[tense music]
[tires scraping]
[truck brakes squeal to a halt]
[tense music continues]
[truck doors opening
then closing]
[Captor] What we
gonna do with her?
Can't keep her like that.
Let's do something.
[Captor] Time will
take good care of her.
She'll be fine here.
She'll have plenty of time
to do some deep thinking.
[Captor] You want her to think?
[captors talking indistinct]
-[tense music]
-[Aamal breathing]
-[Aamal whimpering]
-[tense music]
[Aamal] Help.
[Aamal panting]
[Aamal wailing]
Help!
Help me, please!
[Aamal crying]
Help!
Help me.
Help me.
[Aamal crying]
Please.
Help me!
Help me, please!
[Aamal crying]
[warped whispers echoing]
[tense music continues]
[metal banging and clanking]
[Aamal whimpering]
[tense music continues]
[tense music swells]
[Aamal breathing shakily]
[intense music]
[ominous music]
[light hopeful music]
[Aamal panting]
[deep echoing music]
[light dramatic music]
[tense music]
[suspenseful music]
[Aamal grunting]
[Aamal panting]
[Aamal grunting]
[Aamal panting]
[bird chirping]
[chaotic music]
[Aamal panting]
[tense music]
[wheel clicking]
[tense music continues]
[buttons clicking]
[buttons clicking]
[metal scraping]
[light tense music]
[deep echoing music]
[light dramatic music]
[wind whistling]
[ominous music]
[tense music]
[ominous music]
[tense music]
[metal banging]
[tense music continues]
[sharp tense music]
[wind whistling]
[tense music]
[hopeful music]
[light dramatic music]
[tense music]
[ominous music]
[warped whispers echoing]
[ominous music]
[tense music]
[light determined music]
[tense music]
[crickets chirping]
[intense music]
[tense music]
[grass crunching]
[tense music]
[grass crunching]
[dog whimpering]
[rocks crunching]
[Aamal panting]
[rocks crunching]
-[suspenseful music]
-[rocks crunching]
[dog whimpering]
[suspenseful music]
-[rocks crunching]
-[suspenseful music]
[warped whispers echoing]
[Captor] What are we
gonna do with her?
[Aamal gasping]
[captor chuckling]
-[intense music]
-[rocks crunching]
-[Aamal panting]
-[intense music]
-[dog barking]
-[intense music]
-[captor laughing]
-[intense music]
-[Aamal screaming]
-[intense music]
[Aamal crying]
[cicada cricking]
[tense music]
[tense music swelling]
[deep tense music]
Lotta
Tiana, Tiana,
mommy loves a lotta
Tiana, Tiana,
mommy loves a lotta
You want a bedtime story?
Hmm.
Well, what story do
you want to hear?
That same--
You wanna hear that story again?
Okay.
Once upon a time
before you were born,
mommy was feeling
very sad and blue.
So, she decided to hide,
kind of like hide and seek.
Daddy was looking for
her and looking for her
and finally, he found her.
And where was she?
The park, that's right.
And so daddy, he drove up
in his blue pickup truck
and in the back of the
truck there was a piano.
And daddy, he
got into the back
and he started playing the piano
and he started singing
in front of everybody,
just for mommy.
You want me to sing the song?
Okay, I guess I'll
have to sing it then.
You gonna sing it with me?
All right.
With someone like you
A pal good and true
I like to leave it
all behind
and go and find
Some place that's
known to God alone
Just a spot to
call our own
We'll find perfect peace
Where joys never cease
Somewhere beneath
the kindly sky
We'll build a
sweet little nest
Somewhere in the west
And watch the
rest of the world
Go by
Yes, mommy is a
terrible singer.
It's okay though.
[Aamal whistling]
[radio whistling]
Hello, is anyone there?
[radio whistling]
Hello, is anyone there?
[radio whistling]
Hello, is anyone there?
[radio whistling]
[tense music swells]
-[Aamal panting]
-[tense music]
[tense music swelling]
[Aamal screaming]
[grunting]
[muttering]
[Aamal panting]
[radio buzzing]
[Broadcaster] Stay
off this channel,
you nincompoop fucktard.
We're talking about
the Constitution here.
We're talking about
our unalienable rights.
We are endowed by
our creator with life
and liberty and the pursuit
of happiness, you hear me?
Hello.
Hello, are you there?
Can you hear me?
[radio buzzing]
Hello, can you hear me?
[Broadcaster] He is
responsible for these works
of devastation and
death and despair.
He is the tyrant.
He is unfit to be the
ruler of a free nation.
Hello, hello?!
[tense music]
Hello, are you there?
Hello, hello, can you hear me?
[ominous music]
[Aamal panting]
[calming music]
[determined music]
[calming music]
[tense music]
[tense music swells]
[Aamal wincing]
[Aamal yelling]
[tense music]
[determined music]
[tense music]
-[metal banging]
-Owwwwww!
[Aamal screaming]
Ow.
Ow.
-[Aamal panting]
-[dramatic music]
[melancholy music]
[Aamal cawing]
[warped singing echoing]
[Aamal cawing]
I liked you,
say, from the
bottom of my heart.
Everyone, I am
deeply, deeply...
...deeply sorry.
[warped singing echoing]
-Die.
-[make g*nsh*t noise]
-Die.
-[make g*nsh*t noise]
-Die.
-[make g*nsh*t noise]
Die.
[warped singing echoing]
[makes g*nsh*t noise]
[deep tense music]
[Aamal crying]
[g*nsh*t f*ring]
[ears ringing]
-[dark music]
-[Aamal crying]
[radio buzzing]
[Broadcaster] Hello?
Anybody ready to engage
in some thought provoking,
truthful conversation?
[radio buzzing]
Hello?
Hello, I'm here.
[Broadcaster] Ooh,
well all right!
I was starting to wonder
if I was gonna get through.
Go on, go on.
Tell me what you
got for me, over.
Please help me.
My name is Aamal Bennett.
I think somebody is
trying to k*ll me.
[Broadcaster] What the
hell kinda story is this?
Please.
[Broadcaster] Look here,
you, you sound drunk.
Please, I'm going to die out
here if you do not help me.
[Broadcaster] Listen, this
channel's for the truth,
not for spouting lies
and making up stories.
I'm not making up a story.
[Broadcaster] I can't
converse with a woman
who ain't in her right mind.
Now god bless you, and over.
I, I woke up, I woke up in
the back of this pickup truck.
I was, I was under a tarp.
I, I couldn't breathe.
I was, I was chained up.
There's this lock,
a combination lock.
Ow, ow, ow.
And I was, I was injured.
It hurts.
I feel like he's
toying with me.
[Broadcaster] Oh,
where's the man now?
Where is he?
Is he there?
No, no I, I don't know.
I, I don't know.
[Broadcaster] So you're alone?
Yes.
[Broadcaster] Listen Aamal,
did he do anything to ya?
No.
I don't know.
I don't know, I,
I can't remember.
[Broadcaster] Do you
remember how you got there?
No, all I remember...
[tense music]
I'm so...that's all I
can remember, I'm sorry.
[Broadcaster] Right, wait, wait.
Now don't worry.
I'm gonna help ya.
[crying] Thank you.
I'm so sorry.
[Broadcaster] Oh,
don't worry about it.
Listen, you sound
like you're afraid.
You feel weak?
Yes.
[Broadcaster] Horrible?
Yes.
[Broadcaster] Well
that's good, that's good.
See, that's honest.
You go ahead and
cry your eyes out.
Go ahead, baby girl,
just cry it out.
I'm not your baby girl.
Are you getting off on this?
[Broadcaster] No
listen to me, Aamal.
Aamal, listen to me.
You trust me.
I just wanna see you
get out of those chains.
I want to see you free.
[tense music]
[determined music]
[radio buzzing]
[Woman on radio] Hello?
Hello, Aamal, are you there?
Yes.
Yes, this is Aamal.
[Woman broadcaster] Aamal.
Aamal, I'm a police officer.
I overheard some of
your conversation.
Are you okay, honey?
Yes.
No, I'm, I uh, I'm
injured, and I,
I'm chained up.
[Police Officer] Aamal,
Aamal, are you okay?
Yes.
Yes, I mean, I'm okay.
I'm here.
[Police Officer] Honey,
I know it's hard,
but I need you to try and
stay focused for me, okay?
Can you do that?
Yes.
[Police Officer] The man
that you were talking to
on the radio, is he the
one that's hurting you?
Huh, uh, no.
I'm, I, I mean, I
don't, I don't know.
[Police Officer] He's the
one that locked you up?
Uh, no, I--
No, I, I don't, I don't know.
Maybe.
He said he was
trying to help me.
[Police Officer] Aamal, I
need you to listen to me
very carefully, all right?
That man is a bad man.
Don't trust anything he says.
What, what, what?
Why are you telling
this right now?
I have a, I have a
husband, my daughter.
[Aamal crying]
[Police Officer] I
need you to stay calm.
Are you able to do that?
Aamal, please, you may
not have a lot of time.
Because of that man,
women have d*ed.
Okay, okay, I'm here.
[Police Officer] I'm going
to help you Aamal, okay?
But you gotta help me first
by answering some questions.
Do you remember what
information you shared with him?
Did you give him any
details about your location?
I don't, no, I don't, I
don't know where I am and I...
he didn't ask for anything.
Um, I just told him that I uh,
I told him I felt like
someone was toying with me.
[Police Officer] Good girl,
that's good, that's good.
Do you think you can describe
your surroundings to me?
Can you see any street
signs or buildings,
landmarks?
Um, I'm uh, I'm, I'm
by a, there's a valley.
It's like a really, it's
like a really big valley,
and um, there's
mountains behind me.
It looks like I'm
surrounded by mountains
and there's uh, I see
some big boulders.
Oh, a field.
I don't know, does that help?
Does that help at all?
-Yeah, that's really...
-[radio buzzing]
[Police Officer]
That's okay, hun.
What about the topography?
Any little detail helps.
Anything else stand out?
Um, uh,
oh, there's a uh, it's a,
one of those oil things.
Like a, a pump jack on top
of the hill and it's blue.
A blue pump jack.
[Police Officer] Great, great.
Is there anything
that might be considered
unique about the truck?
Um, yeah, um.
I'm, I'm uh, the truck,
it's a, it's a, it's
a blue pickup truck.
It's kind of like
an older truck.
And um, I don't...
[Police Officer] Very,
very good, Aamal.
Very good.
What about the license plate?
Are you able to see it?
Um, I, I can, I can check it.
Let me, let me check.
[Police Officer] I'll be here.
[tense music]
[ominous music]
[tense music]
[Broadcaster] Aamal,
Aamal, are you there?
Pick up, please.
Aamal, listen, pick up, please.
Are you, can you hear me?
[ominous music]
Hello?
[Broadcaster] Aamal,
Aamal, is that you?
Thank goodness.
I was worried I'd lost
you for good, girl.
Now listen, I made up my mind.
You're asking me for help
and I'm gonna help
you no matter what.
Why are you doing this?
[Broadcaster] What do you mean?
What do you want?
[Broadcaster] I, I don't
want anything, Aamal.
I just want to
help, help you out,
and help you out on those
chains and home free.
Now listen to me, you know,
you said you don't
know where you are,
but maybe you can tell me what,
what do you see around you?
There's a lake and
uh, a lot of trees.
[Broadcaster] Oh, so
you're not near the valley?
No.
[Broadcaster] Good, good.
That's a relief.
There's terrible
stories I could tell you
about the death
shadow in that valley.
At sunset when the air is still,
I hear it creep
from yonder hill.
It breathes upon
me dead and chill.
A moment and it's gone.
Nasty stuff.
But uh, nothing for you to worry
your pretty little
head about now.
What, what about,
what about your truck?
That truck, what's,
what's it look like?
Oh, it's a black truck,
newish.
[Broadcaster] All
right, good, good, good.
I, I reckon there's only one
or two places you could be.
I should be able to get
to you at no time at all.
Thanks.
Thank you, that's great.
[Broadcaster] Good well uh,
now what [radio breaking up].
The truth shall set you free.
I have a true story for you.
When I was a little girl,
I used to stay out in the
desert with my Aunt Toolie.
My Aunt Toolie had a
little dog, Princess.
Only dog I ever
loved, actually loved.
I woke up one morning,
went to the kitchen,
and I found Princess dead.
And you know what had happened?
A scorpion stung her.
So my Aunt Toolie, she comes
in, she finds the scorpion.
Scorpion's right
there under the table.
So she picks up the
scorpion by the tail
and she drops it into a one of
those glass aquarium things.
And then she picks
up a little mouse.
It's a tiny little brown mouse,
and she drops it into the
aquarium with the scorpion.
I start, I start freaking out.
Aunt Toolie calms me down
and she says, "Watch."
I'm sitting there
and I'm watching,
and I'm watching this
scorpion sting this mouse
over and over again.
In the face and the
body, it's all over.
And you know what?
That little mouse kept
fighting and fighting.
And I sat there
and I watched that mouse k*ll
that scorpion and eat it.
[Broadcaster] That was
a good story, Aamal.
Listen, I'll see you soon.
[radio buzzing]
Hello, is anyone there?
Hello?
[Police Officer]
I'm here, I'm here.
I heard everything.
I didn't know what
to say, so I lied.
[Police Officer]
You did good, honey.
You did good.
You did what you needed
to do to protect yourself.
Did you get the license plate?
No, but I found a VIN number.
[Police Officer] Smart woman.
I'm ready when you are.
It's um,
K-E-1-16-V-10-42-1.
[Police Officer]
Very good work, hun.
I'm gonna be able to get
an associated name
and address with this.
Aamal, do you copy?
Yes, ow.
[Police Officer]
Aamal, are you okay?
Okay.
No, I'm, I, I injured my leg.
I was, um, I sh*t myself.
Well, I was, I was
trying to sh**t the chain
and I got some
shrapnel in my leg,
but I was able to um,
stop the bleeding.
[Police Officer]
You have a g*n?
Yes, it was here.
He left it for me.
[Police Officer] He left it?
When I woke up it was here
on the hood of the truck
and there was some
b*ll*ts on the glove box.
[Police Officer] How
many b*ll*ts do you have?
I um, uh, I have one.
I had two but um...
[Police Officer] Is
the g*n there now?
Yes.
[Police Officer] Your
leg, how's it feeling?
It hurts.
[Police Officer]
Anything else?
Uh, injuries, pain?
I'm thirsty.
I'm thirsty.
Do you think you'll be
here before it's dark?
It's just, he said something
about a death shadow
and at night I, I think
I heard something.
[Police Officer] Listen to me.
You're in pain, you're
exhausted, you're dehydrated,
you're feeling
confused and afraid.
You are suffering.
It's not fair and
it's not right.
Is it okay that
you're not okay?
Is it okay that you
miss your family?
[Aamal] Yes.
[Police Officer] No one wants
their loved ones to suffer.
[ominous music]
They're better off without me.
[Police Officer] Oh,
honey, do you mean that?
I feel so lucky
that you found me.
What's a cop doing
on a CB radio anyway?
[Police Officer] I've been
monitoring the radio channels
for a while trying to stay
one step ahead of him.
Once I have an address,
I can take that info
along with the description
you gave me of your surroundings
and narrow it down
to your location.
These radios only have
a 15, 20 mile radius,
so it won't be too long.
How long?
[Police Officer] Minutes.
Thank you.
[Aamal laughing]
[hopeful music]
[Police Officer] Hey,
couldn't have done it
without you and your
clever thinking, Aamal.
Tiana's gonna be so
proud of her mama.
I never told you
my daughter's name.
[Police Officer] Aamal.
[ominous music]
-[bird cawing]
-[Aamal gasping]
Where are you?!
Where are you?!
[ominous music]
What do you want?!
Where are you?!
[ominous music]
[g*nsh*t f*ring]
No.
[morose music]
No.
[morose music]
[sobs quietly]
[radio buzzing]
Who are you?
[Woman captor on radio]
That question.
You hurt my daughter,
I will k*ll you.
Do you understand me?
[Captor] Okay.
What do you want?!
[Captor] That's a slightly
more interesting question.
If this is about money,
I can get you money.
[Captor] Money's the root
of all kinds of evil,
not happiness.
You are evil!
Pure evil!
[Captor] What are
you gonna do, Aamal?
Why are you doing this to me?
[Captor] No, no, no,
no, no, no, no, no.
You don't get to
play the victim.
Live free or...
[singing] die.
[ominous music]
[intense music]
Ah!
[Aamal panting]
No!
No.
[tense music]
No, help, help.
Help, stop.
No!
[thudding]
[crickets chirping]
[tense music]
[Aamal groaning]
[ominous music]
[tense music]
[captor singing lightly]
And is life really worth
[ominous music]
[g*nsh*t f*ring]
[Captor] You do want to die.
You're not real,
you're not real.
That's where you're wrong.
I am very real.
I am you.
Aamal.
[Aamal] You're not real, you're
not real, you're not real.
[Captor yelling] Shut up!
[ominous music]
I can't k*ll you.
And you can't k*ll me.
The only person that could
put an end to this is you.
Don't you?
Help me.
Life is so hard,
isn't it, Aamal?
I feel so empty inside.
Like there's a
hole I can't fill.
[Captor] Is that why you
screw people over?
[Captor in Employee voice]
Mrs. Bennett, please.
I need this job.
I was only trying to
do the right thing.
All these extra bank accounts
for customers who
didn't ask for them?
It didn't seem right to me.
I wasn't trying
to stir things up.
-Please.
-Wait.
[Employee voice] Mrs.
Bennett, please.
Please Mrs. Bennett, please
don't fire me, please.
Heartless!
Lydia needed that
shitty bank job
to pay for medical bills
for her sick child.
She lost her house.
Whew, how do you sleep at night?
[Lover's voice] Oh.
Yeah.
Naughty girl.
Yeah, you like that?
Slut.
[Aamal crying]
Two years sneaking around.
And your poor, naive husband.
Unfaithful liar.
Poor Daniel.
[Daniel voice] I um, hey honey.
Gosh, you look beautiful.
I um,
listen, I,
things haven't been
the same between us.
Feels like I'm losing you,
and I just want you
to know that I'm here.
Okay?
When, when you're ready.
I'm here and I love you.
And I know I don't always
do the right thing.
I don't always say
the right thing,
but I love you and that's
never gonna change.
I love you.
I love you, too.
[Lover's voice] I love you.
Run away with me.
[Aamal crying]
Ah, gimme a break!
You are a horrible wife.
You are a terrible mother.
[echoing] You are
unfit to be a mother!
Please, please,
tell me how a good person
betrays their family.
[Tiana voice] You promised,
mommy, you lied to me.
You promised mommy.
You promised we would
ride bikes on my birthday.
You liar, you liar!
Baby, I'm sorry.
I'm so sorry.
I love you.
No, you don't get to
say that to her anymore!
[Aamal crying]
[Lover voice] Did
you really think
I was gonna leave my family,
jeopardize my career for you?
-Could you be so stupid?
-[Aamal] I'm so sorry.
-I'm so sorry.
-Ooh, pathetic.
They're better off without me.
They're better off without me.
-[tense music]
-[Aamal crying]
[Daniel's voice] Aamal?
-[engine revving]
-[chaotic music]
[car horns honking]
[tires screeching]
[chaotic music]
-[Aamal screaming]
-[glass shattering]
Stay with us.
Stay with me, god,
please don't, don't.
31 Adam to Station 3.
We have 70-Niner.
[dramatic music]
[Daniel] Aamal?
You changed your mind.
[Aamal] But I deserve to die.
[Aamal crying]
[Daniel voice] Death
is one option,
and so is forgiveness.
[Aamal] I've, I've done things
that can't be undone.
Things that I hate myself for.
[ominous music]
[Daniel] Speak it.
[hopeful music]
You're pathetic.
You make me sick!
-You're pathetic!
-[thudding]
-Why...
-[thudding]
-don't...
-[thudding]
-you...
-[thudding]
-just...
-[thudding]
-die?!
-[thudding]
Why don't you just die?!
[tense music]
[Aamal, weakly] No.
No.
No.
No, no!
No!
[tense music]
[chains rattling]
Please, please.
Please!
I can't live like this again!
Please!
Please, please, please.
Please, please,
please, please, please.
[tense music]
I forgive you.
[venitilator whirring]
[car horn honking]
[tires scraping]
[dramatic music]
Hey uh, uh, uh, I'm sorry.
Are you alright
there? I'm sorry.
I, don't pass out.
Oh god.
Hang on, I'll call 911!
[dramatic music]
Hello?
Are you all right?
Oh god, don't.
Stay awake, stay awake.
Stay with me, stay with me.
Yes, sheriff.
Uh, there's an
accident out here.
I uh--
Stay with us, stay with us.
Yes.
Stay with us, they're here.
Here, here they come.
Okay, you're gonna be all right.
-You're gonna be all right.
-[woman officer] Sir please--
She just stopped right
in front of me I--
[woman officer]
Please step back.
She she, she just--
Just step back, sir.
Thank you.
Just calm down.
Ma'am.
Ma'am, can you hear me?
31 Adam to Station 3.
We have a 1040-Niner
that just occurred.
Uh, two miles west
of [indistinct].
Ma'am.
Ma'am, it's gonna be all right.
[tense music]
-[hopeful music]
-[heart b*ating]
[ominous music]
[Aamal Voiceover] Help me!
Please!
[dramatic music]
[dramatic music]
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