1 00:00:04,960 --> 00:00:07,156 (boy) Try "naked girls". 2 00:00:13,440 --> 00:00:15,909 All right! We got 473 matches. 3 00:00:16,000 --> 00:00:19,789 If we spent just five minutes in each site, that would make... 4 00:00:19,880 --> 00:00:22,759 39 hours of porn on the Internet. 5 00:00:22,840 --> 00:00:25,878 Yeah! That is why Bill Gates should be president. 6 00:00:25,960 --> 00:00:30,511 There. That one. "100% Free Nasty Hardcore Coed Teenage Virgins." 7 00:00:38,240 --> 00:00:40,436 "I understand I'll be exposed to images, 8 00:00:40,520 --> 00:00:44,957 verbal descriptions and audio sounds of a sexually orientated erotic nature." 9 00:00:45,040 --> 00:00:47,839 "Under penalty of perjury, I affirm that I am an adult 10 00:00:47,920 --> 00:00:50,355 at least 21 years of age." 11 00:00:56,520 --> 00:00:59,160 - Yes. - Oh. 12 00:00:59,240 --> 00:01:03,598 $9.95? That's false advertising. It says, "100% free". 13 00:01:03,680 --> 00:01:09,312 - And we said we were over 21. - It's OK. One down, 472 to go. 14 00:01:09,400 --> 00:01:11,835 (oar door closes) 15 00:01:15,080 --> 00:01:18,391 - Don't start without me. - You almost gave me a heart attack. 16 00:01:18,480 --> 00:01:21,074 I thought you were my mom. 17 00:01:24,200 --> 00:01:27,636 - The pizza's cold. - I got something that'll make up for that. 18 00:01:27,720 --> 00:01:32,112 I ran into Leah y. He heard about it while lurking on a chatroom for perverts. 19 00:01:32,200 --> 00:01:34,476 - Heard about what? - An address. 20 00:01:35,120 --> 00:01:38,670 - To a very special place. - Oh, yes. 21 00:01:57,240 --> 00:02:01,074 - S and M. - I don't know. She doesn't look the type. 22 00:02:01,160 --> 00:02:03,151 As if you'd know. 23 00:02:06,280 --> 00:02:08,840 The higher the number, the less clothes. 24 00:02:08,920 --> 00:02:12,675 So what happens at 37122? Full frontal? 25 00:02:14,680 --> 00:02:16,796 Better. Watch. 26 00:02:19,240 --> 00:02:22,517 This is getting kinda freaky. 27 00:02:30,120 --> 00:02:31,997 - God! - We gotta tell somebody. 28 00:02:32,080 --> 00:02:34,276 - (line engaged) - What are we gonna tell them? 29 00:02:34,360 --> 00:02:37,113 We need proof. Hit "print". 30 00:02:42,840 --> 00:02:44,956 Did that really happen? 31 00:03:45,240 --> 00:03:49,279 The Group received reports from 24 police departments across the US. 32 00:03:50,080 --> 00:03:54,278 All had complaints from citizens claiming to have witnessed a murder on a webcast. 33 00:03:54,360 --> 00:03:56,431 - The accounts are consistent? - Yes. 34 00:03:56,520 --> 00:04:01,515 Over a period of several hours a series of live still images updated. 35 00:04:01,600 --> 00:04:04,513 They depicted this woman being restrained to a chair 36 00:04:04,600 --> 00:04:09,071 and then murdered when the number of hits on the website matched the one on the wall. 37 00:04:09,160 --> 00:04:12,994 - 37122. And the website? - It disappeared. 38 00:04:13,080 --> 00:04:17,039 In your hands is the only visual record we have of the entire incident. 39 00:04:17,120 --> 00:04:22,718 Some of the Group think it might have been staged. Some kind of sick performance alt. 40 00:04:23,520 --> 00:04:26,431 No, it's real. Though the elaborate nature 41 00:04:26,443 --> 00:04:29,436 of the murder shows he's performing for us. 42 00:04:29,520 --> 00:04:32,990 - Who has jurisdiction over this? - Technically, nobody. 43 00:04:33,080 --> 00:04:36,516 No agency can claim jurisdiction till we find out where it happened. 44 00:04:36,600 --> 00:04:39,240 The law hasn't kept up with the technology. 45 00:04:39,320 --> 00:04:43,553 No crime scene, no physical evidence and we don't know the identity of the victim. 46 00:04:44,880 --> 00:04:48,396 Do you think he's gonna commit another murder? 47 00:04:48,880 --> 00:04:50,871 You can count on it. 48 00:04:57,600 --> 00:05:01,639 The first step in finding the victim's identity is to deconstruct her face 49 00:05:01,720 --> 00:05:04,678 to give the computer something to compare to other faces. 50 00:05:04,760 --> 00:05:07,559 We highlight the cardinal points of the victim's face, 51 00:05:07,640 --> 00:05:13,352 which creates an abstraction I can enhance by the minute degrees of pixel contrast. 52 00:05:13,440 --> 00:05:15,660 Reducing her face to a string of numbers I 53 00:05:15,672 --> 00:05:17,957 can feed into the Missing Persons Registry. 54 00:05:18,880 --> 00:05:20,757 This will take a minute. 55 00:05:25,200 --> 00:05:27,840 Sorry about the mess. It's the maid's day off. 56 00:05:27,920 --> 00:05:32,630 Don't worry about it. Your apaltment's exactly howl imagined it would be. 57 00:05:34,440 --> 00:05:38,559 - Ooh! We got six maybes. - Show all of them. 58 00:05:39,680 --> 00:05:42,240 Which of the missing women have an e-mail address? 59 00:05:43,640 --> 00:05:49,033 Three. Claudia Vance, Rebecca Damsen and Patricia Viamonte. 60 00:05:49,120 --> 00:05:53,079 Can you tell how active they were online before they went missing? 61 00:05:53,640 --> 00:05:58,157 Viamonte's got a CompuNetServe account which she's used twice. 62 00:05:58,240 --> 00:06:02,120 Vance has got the same kind of account and logged in about once a week. 63 00:06:02,200 --> 00:06:04,476 What about Damsen? 64 00:06:04,560 --> 00:06:08,076 She's posted hundreds of messages in every conceivable newsgroup. 65 00:06:08,160 --> 00:06:10,356 Must have been online hundreds of hours. 66 00:06:10,440 --> 00:06:12,909 My kinda woman. A real net chick. 67 00:06:13,000 --> 00:06:16,550 - Is there a user profile? - Uh-huh. 68 00:06:16,640 --> 00:06:21,077 Female, 26. Librarian at the Sheboygan Conservatory of Music. 69 00:06:21,160 --> 00:06:24,198 - She's the victim. - Just because she uses the computer? 70 00:06:24,280 --> 00:06:28,751 No. Because he does. The web has become his world. 71 00:06:28,840 --> 00:06:31,992 He showed her off on the Internet. He killed her on the Internet. 72 00:06:32,080 --> 00:06:36,472 I believe he stalked her then made contact in cyberspace 73 00:06:36,560 --> 00:06:38,551 before abducting her in real life. 74 00:06:38,640 --> 00:06:40,677 There may be a record of that contact. 75 00:06:40,760 --> 00:06:42,990 I need access to her e-mail account. 76 00:06:43,080 --> 00:06:46,516 We need permission from CompuNetServe and to go through the bureaucracy. 77 00:06:46,600 --> 00:06:48,710 You'd get the files by the end of the week. 78 00:06:48,722 --> 00:06:49,194 No good. 79 00:06:49,280 --> 00:06:52,875 The killer's already trawling for his next victim. 80 00:06:52,960 --> 00:06:55,287 I could try hacking into their system, but 81 00:06:55,299 --> 00:06:57,750 I need something with a lot more fire power. 82 00:06:57,840 --> 00:07:00,036 Where can we get access to that equipment? 83 00:07:00,120 --> 00:07:02,567 I can think of two places. The NSA data 84 00:07:02,579 --> 00:07:05,354 system at Vandenberg, level three clearance. 85 00:07:05,440 --> 00:07:08,990 The other is even harder to get into. 86 00:07:19,960 --> 00:07:22,395 Access is restricted to the Millennium Group 87 00:07:22,480 --> 00:07:25,393 but this is a special case, so anything you don't see, ask. 88 00:07:25,840 --> 00:07:29,276 My God. This is like a hacker's wet dream. 89 00:07:29,360 --> 00:07:32,432 Dickey Bird told me about it, but I thought he was yanking my chain. 90 00:07:32,520 --> 00:07:34,909 That's a T3 line. It's like a fire hose 91 00:07:35,000 --> 00:07:39,392 compared to the soda straw we were sucking information out of. 92 00:07:45,680 --> 00:07:49,719 You two may wanna leave the room. What I'm doing isn't exactly legal. 93 00:07:49,800 --> 00:07:52,474 Just get in as quick as you can. 94 00:08:03,880 --> 00:08:07,794 Ding! 11 seconds. Her password was "password". 95 00:08:07,880 --> 00:08:11,271 Her pseudonym online was Queen Libido. 96 00:08:11,360 --> 00:08:16,594 These are quite explicit. Doesn't sync with a librarian from the Sheboygan. 97 00:08:16,680 --> 00:08:20,514 Some people feel liberated when they adopt an Internet persona. 98 00:08:20,600 --> 00:08:23,319 In cyberspace people are free to experiment. 99 00:08:23,400 --> 00:08:28,759 Online I've changed my name, my appearance, sexual orientation. Even gender. 100 00:08:28,840 --> 00:08:31,639 That's more personal information than I need, Brian. 101 00:08:31,720 --> 00:08:33,996 Her correspondents were two men and a woman. 102 00:08:34,080 --> 00:08:37,960 - Or so they claim. - We ought to interview them soon. 103 00:08:38,040 --> 00:08:41,237 - Who do you want to talk to first? - Ideally all at once. 104 00:08:41,320 --> 00:08:44,517 Otherwise they'll communicate and tip off the suspect. 105 00:08:44,600 --> 00:08:47,084 But we can't be in three places at one time. 106 00:08:47,096 --> 00:08:47,638 You can. 107 00:08:58,000 --> 00:09:02,676 We have full duplex vid connections with every city now. We can see and hear them. 108 00:09:02,760 --> 00:09:06,276 These sliders allow you to turn up the volume on any of the satcasts. 109 00:09:06,360 --> 00:09:09,591 If you wanna talk, hit this. Otherwise you can't be heard. 110 00:09:10,520 --> 00:09:12,636 - Peter, can you hear me? - Loud and clear. 111 00:09:13,120 --> 00:09:15,350 Detective Brusk y? 112 00:09:16,120 --> 00:09:18,350 - Sergeant Collier? - Mm-hm. 113 00:09:20,280 --> 00:09:22,271 Let's go. 114 00:09:24,440 --> 00:09:27,353 (man) Yeah, that's me. My onscreen name is Big One. 115 00:09:28,080 --> 00:09:30,071 I never heard of a law against e-mail. 116 00:09:30,160 --> 00:09:34,916 - Ask him if he ever met Queen Libido. - Have you had contact with Queen Libido? 117 00:09:35,000 --> 00:09:38,470 Never have, never will. Don't even want to see a picture. 118 00:09:39,280 --> 00:09:41,840 I get off on their minds. Physical attributes 119 00:09:41,852 --> 00:09:44,309 bore me. Look at me. Now close your eyes... 120 00:09:44,400 --> 00:09:46,994 Frank, this is Officer Dominic. 121 00:09:47,080 --> 00:09:50,232 I don't think this Brandon Heygood Iii is home. 122 00:09:50,320 --> 00:09:52,277 Officer, time is of the essence. 123 00:09:52,360 --> 00:09:55,910 - Can you tum that away a sec? - (clatter) 124 00:09:56,000 --> 00:09:59,630 What do you know? He left the door unlocked. 125 00:10:02,960 --> 00:10:07,158 There must be some mistake. The person you're looking for is obviously female. 126 00:10:07,240 --> 00:10:09,595 With a name like ladylove. 127 00:10:09,680 --> 00:10:11,478 Honey, have you been online? 128 00:10:11,560 --> 00:10:15,394 Brusk y, I think you'd find more success if you isolated the husband. 129 00:10:15,480 --> 00:10:21,271 Mrs O'Connor, do you think we might talk to your husband in private for a moment? 130 00:10:21,360 --> 00:10:23,920 - Peter, anything of interest? - Still looking. 131 00:10:24,000 --> 00:10:28,358 I! Smells terrible in here. Food rotting. Like he hasn't been home for days. 132 00:10:28,440 --> 00:10:31,273 - Why not use your own name? - It's a non": de plume. 133 00:10:32,000 --> 00:10:34,674 It's common amongst authors and literary people. 134 00:10:34,760 --> 00:10:38,799 Ladylove just happens to be my writing persona. 135 00:10:40,080 --> 00:10:43,357 Peter, on the wall. What was on the wall? 136 00:10:43,440 --> 00:10:45,875 Show him the wall. Show him the pictures. 137 00:10:50,680 --> 00:10:53,877 That's it. The cemetery. The victim. That's where the girl is. 138 00:10:54,560 --> 00:10:58,474 - I can't do this on video. - You wanna come down after the storm? 139 00:10:58,560 --> 00:11:00,995 They're predicting heavy rains here. El Nifio. 140 00:11:01,080 --> 00:11:05,392 - A lot of evidence could be washed away. - Then go to the cemetery now. 141 00:11:18,080 --> 00:11:20,799 Let us be your eyes and ears. Tell us where to look. 142 00:11:20,880 --> 00:11:24,953 - Show me everything. - Just keep panning all around. 143 00:11:26,280 --> 00:11:29,352 Try and tell me what you're thinking, put it into words. 144 00:11:29,440 --> 00:11:31,556 I can't put it into words. 145 00:11:32,600 --> 00:11:35,353 What I do exists somewhere on the other side of words. 146 00:11:35,440 --> 00:11:38,080 It's gonna rain. We won't get a second chance. 147 00:11:50,520 --> 00:11:54,593 You slaughtered that young girl for no other reason than you wanted to. 148 00:11:55,360 --> 00:11:59,479 You hate yourself but you feel like you're God at the same time. 149 00:11:59,560 --> 00:12:01,551 But maybe the bitch had it coming. 150 00:12:01,640 --> 00:12:04,029 I watched the life drain from her body. 151 00:12:04,120 --> 00:12:07,351 And now she's mine forever. I showed her to the world. 152 00:12:08,040 --> 00:12:13,240 And now I have her in a safe place where I can see her any time I want. 153 00:12:19,200 --> 00:12:21,316 There's a shed. 154 00:12:21,400 --> 00:12:23,676 Over here. Shed. 155 00:12:31,120 --> 00:12:33,396 - It hasn't been opened. - Show me the lock. 156 00:12:34,120 --> 00:12:37,954 That's a new lock. My lock. I wanted to be careful. He wanted to be careful. 157 00:12:38,040 --> 00:12:40,429 Open it up. Get in there. 158 00:12:48,200 --> 00:12:51,352 (Officer Dominic) God, it's both of them. The girl and Heygood. 159 00:12:53,080 --> 00:12:56,914 Heygood's not our killer. He's another victim. 160 00:12:58,560 --> 00:13:00,551 Those are numbers? 161 00:13:03,400 --> 00:13:06,597 (Peter) a, s, 2, s, a, a, s, 12. 162 00:13:06,680 --> 00:13:08,671 Maybe passages from the Bible. 163 00:13:08,760 --> 00:13:11,639 - It's an IP. - It's an Internet address. 164 00:13:15,200 --> 00:13:17,510 He's taken another victim. 165 00:13:28,560 --> 00:13:31,837 - Any changes on the website? - Only the target number. 166 00:13:31,920 --> 00:13:34,389 The chair's exactly the same. 167 00:13:35,640 --> 00:13:37,906 On the floor the spray pattern is consistent 168 00:13:37,918 --> 00:13:39,679 with the carotid artery being cut. 169 00:13:39,760 --> 00:13:41,344 Anything from the shack? 170 00:13:41,356 --> 00:13:44,118 No prints or useful fibres. He was careful. 171 00:13:44,200 --> 00:13:47,716 The FBi's prepared to mobilise when we find the location of the site. 172 00:13:47,800 --> 00:13:50,553 - It could be anywhere. - OK. I'm set. 173 00:13:50,640 --> 00:13:55,316 CompuNetServe is ready to help with the trace. 174 00:13:55,400 --> 00:13:58,199 This shows how the web connection is routed. 175 00:13:58,280 --> 00:14:02,069 We find out how the website gets to us and how the picture got to the website. 176 00:14:02,160 --> 00:14:04,231 I've got to do the trace within one cycle. 177 00:14:04,320 --> 00:14:07,472 Every time it updates, we're back to ground zero. 178 00:14:07,560 --> 00:14:10,393 - Go. - It travelled the fibre backbone. 179 00:14:11,920 --> 00:14:14,070 Come on. Just a second more. 180 00:14:15,000 --> 00:14:17,640 The picture was routed to a server in Michigan. 181 00:14:21,240 --> 00:14:24,198 Boston. On the main server for the state of Massachusetts. 182 00:14:24,280 --> 00:14:28,069 I've got it originating in a suburb called Wellesley. 183 00:14:29,000 --> 00:14:32,516 - Come on. - (Over phone) Boston. 184 00:14:32,600 --> 00:14:34,079 - (Frank) Damn! - Lost it. 185 00:14:34,160 --> 00:14:36,879 - We need an account number and a name. - I'm close. 186 00:14:36,960 --> 00:14:41,272 - The next one will give me an address. - Boston law enforcement's ready to move. 187 00:14:41,960 --> 00:14:43,394 (beeping) 188 00:14:44,280 --> 00:14:46,920 What? That's impossible. No one can do this. 189 00:14:47,000 --> 00:14:50,072 - What's going on? - This update is from a different server. 190 00:14:50,160 --> 00:14:53,118 It's coming from Hawaii. The server is in Honolulu. 191 00:14:53,200 --> 00:14:55,350 What is it, Boston or Hawaii? 192 00:14:55,960 --> 00:14:57,792 I have to start over. 193 00:14:57,880 --> 00:14:59,837 Tracking it back. 194 00:14:59,920 --> 00:15:02,878 Came off the backbone. That's right, come to Papa. 195 00:15:02,960 --> 00:15:06,715 Routing information. It's coming from... Canterbury, England. 196 00:15:06,800 --> 00:15:08,552 I don't get it. 197 00:15:09,480 --> 00:15:11,705 He's playing with us. He gave us his address 198 00:15:11,717 --> 00:15:13,599 because he knew we couldn't trace it. 199 00:15:13,680 --> 00:15:18,231 There are two million lines of code running CompuNetServe. 200 00:15:18,320 --> 00:15:21,119 I'm sorry. I can't identify the source of the call. 201 00:15:21,200 --> 00:15:23,316 - I can disconnect the website. - No. 202 00:15:23,400 --> 00:15:26,279 Then we cut off our only source of information. 203 00:15:27,800 --> 00:15:29,791 696314. 204 00:15:34,240 --> 00:15:36,356 696314. 205 00:15:40,600 --> 00:15:43,752 I have a feeling it's more than a target number. It's a puzzle. 206 00:15:43,840 --> 00:15:47,879 - It's something we have to unravel. - Peter. 696314. 207 00:15:47,960 --> 00:15:51,396 I know that number. I practically lived with it when I was in the FBI. 208 00:15:51,480 --> 00:15:55,314 San Francisco file, aka Avatar. 209 00:15:55,400 --> 00:15:57,596 Still unsolved. Does that ring a bell? 210 00:15:57,680 --> 00:16:03,437 You've taken a 12-year leap. The last murder attributed to Avatar was in 1986. 211 00:16:03,520 --> 00:16:05,797 He was the same kind of predator. He killed 212 00:16:05,809 --> 00:16:08,151 couples, took souvenirs, taunted the police. 213 00:16:08,240 --> 00:16:12,359 The unique aspect of this case is its public nature. It's murder on display. 214 00:16:12,440 --> 00:16:14,082 We've got to focus on that. 215 00:16:14,094 --> 00:16:16,718 It's a new medium to vent the same old rage. 216 00:16:16,800 --> 00:16:19,713 You take the technology out of it, it's the same crime. 217 00:16:19,800 --> 00:16:22,030 696314. 218 00:16:22,120 --> 00:16:25,795 - It can't be a coincidence. - Mr Black, Mr Watts. 219 00:16:26,760 --> 00:16:29,752 The picture changed. This just came in. 220 00:16:31,600 --> 00:16:34,752 - Forward that to FBI Cryptography. - I already did. 221 00:16:38,120 --> 00:16:40,919 A rotation substitution cipher. 222 00:16:41,000 --> 00:16:45,710 Semaphore codes, horoscope symbols. Just like Avatar. 223 00:16:45,800 --> 00:16:48,519 - (beeping) - Looks like we lost the signal. 224 00:16:48,600 --> 00:16:51,319 That's not blank. That's a curtain. 225 00:16:51,400 --> 00:16:54,916 Like on the stage. He's gonna open the curtain and show us something. 226 00:16:55,000 --> 00:16:58,436 - Print every frame. - Printing. 227 00:16:59,920 --> 00:17:01,752 His next victim. 228 00:17:05,720 --> 00:17:07,870 I don't know if I wanna see this. 229 00:17:07,960 --> 00:17:10,918 If we can ID her, at least we can tell where she came from. 230 00:17:11,000 --> 00:17:15,551 That's a first step to finding out where he's holding her. 231 00:17:16,640 --> 00:17:18,677 No, he won't show us her face. 232 00:17:18,760 --> 00:17:22,310 That's how we found the other two bodies. 233 00:17:22,800 --> 00:17:25,792 The cipher's all he's gonna give us. 234 00:17:37,320 --> 00:17:41,791 We sent the cipher to the Group's cryptographer. They haven't had much luck. 235 00:17:41,880 --> 00:17:43,757 Agent Tully, how's it going? 236 00:17:43,840 --> 00:17:47,151 We've run it through every known algorithmic solution. Nothing. 237 00:17:47,240 --> 00:17:49,834 - Did you try my suggestion? - Yeah, we tried it. 238 00:17:49,920 --> 00:17:52,127 This code may look similar bu! It's not the 239 00:17:52,139 --> 00:17:54,357 same as the Avatar code sent ten years ago. 240 00:17:54,440 --> 00:17:58,229 OK. We'll be here if you come up with anything. 241 00:18:03,720 --> 00:18:06,712 He could be a copycat. 242 00:18:06,800 --> 00:18:13,194 Someone who was obsessed with the case, with him. Obsessed enough to re-create it. 243 00:18:13,280 --> 00:18:16,875 The most recent events are not a copy. It's a whole new creation. 244 00:18:16,960 --> 00:18:19,110 From the slipstream of electrons. 245 00:18:19,200 --> 00:18:22,716 A world as real as life or death, but disappear in the blink of an eye. 246 00:18:22,800 --> 00:18:25,474 The devil has a new playground. 247 00:18:27,240 --> 00:18:31,598 696314... was a message. 248 00:18:31,680 --> 00:18:34,240 This cipher was another message. 249 00:18:34,320 --> 00:18:37,790 He found this important enough to send it twice. 250 00:18:37,880 --> 00:18:41,760 First before the reveal of the victim and then again after. 251 00:18:41,840 --> 00:18:44,235 What if he didn't send the same one twice? 252 00:18:44,247 --> 00:18:45,231 I've checked it. 253 00:18:45,320 --> 00:18:47,789 Every symbol, every position. Exactly the same. 254 00:18:47,880 --> 00:18:52,750 To our eye, maybe, but at the pixel level there could be a slight difference. 255 00:18:52,840 --> 00:18:55,798 Each point could be one of 64,000 colours. 256 00:18:55,880 --> 00:19:01,432 We can't tell the difference between, say, colour 32,105 and colour 32,106. 257 00:19:01,520 --> 00:19:03,875 It's just one small dot in a big picture. 258 00:19:04,320 --> 00:19:08,029 So, two pictures which appear identical by sight, 259 00:19:08,120 --> 00:19:10,919 and they have the same file size, 260 00:19:11,000 --> 00:19:14,118 can conceal within them a hidden message? 261 00:19:14,200 --> 00:19:17,989 Yes, those two files may be different, not in a major way but in a minute way. 262 00:19:18,080 --> 00:19:23,029 Least significant digit. The imperceptible difference yields a binary number. 263 00:19:23,120 --> 00:19:27,671 If we find that number, we'll find the message. 264 00:19:28,880 --> 00:19:32,794 This is the cipher as we know it, and this is how we're gonna decode it. 265 00:19:32,880 --> 00:19:36,999 We compare binaries in successive pairs of pictures until we find a difference. 266 00:19:38,320 --> 00:19:41,950 - There's a mismatch. And another. - Thousands of bits. 267 00:19:42,040 --> 00:19:44,721 Is the message in a recognisable file type? 268 00:19:44,733 --> 00:19:45,271 It's... 269 00:19:47,600 --> 00:19:49,955 - A sound file. - Play it. 270 00:19:51,600 --> 00:19:54,911 (I "The Mikado" by Gilbert and Sullivan) 271 00:20:03,120 --> 00:20:07,783 - "Defer, defer to the Lord High Executioner." 272 00:20:07,795 --> 00:20:09,116 - The Mikado. 273 00:20:09,200 --> 00:20:13,034 Yeah. Avatar's favourite operetta. 274 00:20:13,360 --> 00:20:16,193 (I "The Mikado" playing) 275 00:20:21,200 --> 00:20:25,592 This was never made public. Maybe ten people in the nation knew about it. 276 00:20:27,160 --> 00:20:28,160 What is it? 277 00:20:28,240 --> 00:20:31,073 Avatar sent four ciphers to the San Francisco newspapers. 278 00:20:31,160 --> 00:20:35,199 Three of them are published. An amateur cryptographer cracked it. 279 00:20:35,280 --> 00:20:37,430 - The fourth... - Was never decoded. 280 00:20:37,520 --> 00:20:42,117 That's what we led people to believe but we cracked it. 281 00:20:42,200 --> 00:20:44,191 "We work in the dark. We do what we can." 282 00:20:44,280 --> 00:20:46,635 "We give what we have." 283 00:20:46,720 --> 00:20:48,711 "Our doubt is our passion." 284 00:20:48,800 --> 00:20:51,110 "Our passion is our task." 285 00:20:51,200 --> 00:20:53,840 "And the rest is the madness of art." 286 00:20:53,920 --> 00:20:56,719 - Henry James. - Yeah, but Avatar changed one word. 287 00:20:56,800 --> 00:20:59,394 "The rest is the madness of pain." 288 00:21:00,200 --> 00:21:03,795 Brian, is there a way that we could send a message to his website? 289 00:21:03,880 --> 00:21:09,512 No. There's no e-mail link. But a newsgroup has gone crazy over this web death room. 290 00:21:09,600 --> 00:21:12,194 It has over 300 new posts in the last two hours. 291 00:21:13,240 --> 00:21:17,393 - What do you think? - Avatar may be monitoring the newsgroup. 292 00:21:17,480 --> 00:21:20,916 - We could take a shot. - We'll send our own cipher. 293 00:21:21,000 --> 00:21:23,833 We'll do the Henry James without the last word. 294 00:21:23,920 --> 00:21:27,993 We'll sign it "Sceptic". We address it to the Lord High Executioner. 295 00:21:28,080 --> 00:21:31,232 - Got that, Brian? - Who is this Avatar anyway? 296 00:21:31,720 --> 00:21:33,711 That's a good question. 297 00:21:33,800 --> 00:21:39,113 (Peter) As many as 19 murders over seven years were attributed to Avatar. 298 00:21:40,520 --> 00:21:44,115 (Frank) The only survivor described Avatar as wearing a robe and a hood. 299 00:21:44,200 --> 00:21:48,478 His eighth victim was a cab driver. Avatar shot him on a crowded street. 300 00:21:48,560 --> 00:21:53,031 Still covered with blood, he was seen heading into a public park. 301 00:21:53,120 --> 00:21:54,519 (woman screams) 302 00:21:54,600 --> 00:21:58,594 40 police officers went to the park. They searched all night, finding no one. 303 00:21:58,680 --> 00:22:00,478 The! Give up at dawn. 304 00:22:00,560 --> 00:22:04,190 Days later, a letter arrived with a swatch of bloody clothing. 305 00:22:04,280 --> 00:22:06,682 Avatar described dozens of officers 306 00:22:06,694 --> 00:22:09,798 searching for him, down to the badge numbers. 307 00:22:09,880 --> 00:22:13,999 He was that close, but none of the officers saw him. 308 00:22:14,080 --> 00:22:16,640 I was with the search team in the park, 309 00:22:16,720 --> 00:22:21,191 but I was younger and my instincts weren't as refined. 310 00:22:22,480 --> 00:22:26,110 But I felt him. I was too slow to react and he was gone. 311 00:22:26,200 --> 00:22:28,191 (been) 312 00:22:29,240 --> 00:22:31,038 Oh, my God. 313 00:22:41,600 --> 00:22:44,194 He's back. 314 00:23:20,200 --> 00:23:21,599 (woman screams) 315 00:23:27,440 --> 00:23:28,874 (snoring) 316 00:24:20,960 --> 00:24:23,679 Time for breakfast before the video conference. 317 00:24:25,120 --> 00:24:30,320 FBI set up links anywhere there was a girl missing who might match our victim. 318 00:24:30,400 --> 00:24:32,550 Cancel it. We're casting too wide a net. 319 00:24:33,120 --> 00:24:36,033 Frank, the first victim was from Sheboygan, Wisconsin. 320 00:24:36,120 --> 00:24:39,033 Yes, but her body was found in San Jose. 321 00:24:39,120 --> 00:24:43,796 37122. That was what was on the wall behind the first victim. 322 00:24:43,880 --> 00:24:46,349 37 north. 122 west. 323 00:24:46,440 --> 00:24:50,513 That's San Francisco in the atlas. 37122. 324 00:24:50,600 --> 00:24:54,195 The counter on that website is above 600,000. We've got a day. 325 00:24:54,280 --> 00:24:57,238 If we direct our search across the US, we won't make it. 326 00:24:57,320 --> 00:25:00,153 He told us who he is, what to look for. 327 00:25:00,240 --> 00:25:02,834 Damn it, I should have seen it, felt it. 328 00:25:02,920 --> 00:25:05,992 But I've been in front of this monitor and I don't feel a thing. 329 00:25:06,080 --> 00:25:08,469 I cannot feel anything through those wires. 330 00:25:08,560 --> 00:25:12,633 He has put us on the defensive and has been two steps ahead of us all along. 331 00:25:12,720 --> 00:25:15,030 You know why? We're not taking control. 332 00:25:15,120 --> 00:25:17,794 Maybe he told us where to look because he isn't there. 333 00:25:17,880 --> 00:25:20,520 He's too arrogant for that kind of deception. 334 00:25:20,600 --> 00:25:23,752 Avatar will tell us how to find him. 335 00:25:23,840 --> 00:25:27,799 And then, after he escapes, it proves his superiority. 336 00:25:27,880 --> 00:25:30,838 If we do what he wants, that may be his cue to kill this girl. 337 00:25:30,920 --> 00:25:33,833 If we don't do something, it guarantees she dies. 338 00:25:36,680 --> 00:25:39,559 OK, we'll take it one step at a time. 339 00:25:39,640 --> 00:25:43,520 We'll narrow the search and brief San Francisco police. 340 00:25:46,040 --> 00:25:49,351 No, the other way. Turn the focus ring the other way. 341 00:25:51,240 --> 00:25:55,552 - He zoomed out instead of focusing. - I still can't programme my VCR. 342 00:25:55,640 --> 00:25:58,553 - Captain Bachman, can you see and hear us? - Loud and clear. 343 00:25:58,640 --> 00:26:02,031 We got the faxes. And I gotta say I'm confused. 344 00:26:02,120 --> 00:26:06,034 The first two bodies were found in a cemetery in San Jose. 345 00:26:06,120 --> 00:26:09,875 What leads you to believe that this death room is located in San Francisco? 346 00:26:09,960 --> 00:26:12,236 That's where he's always been. 347 00:26:12,320 --> 00:26:15,472 I believe we're dealing with Avatar here. He targets couples. 348 00:26:15,560 --> 00:26:20,396 He kills the male, kidnaps the girl, then enslaves her before the murder. 349 00:26:20,480 --> 00:26:22,676 These are low-risk victims. 350 00:26:22,760 --> 00:26:25,718 - Most likely professionals. - Wait a minute. Avatar? 351 00:26:25,800 --> 00:26:29,191 - The maniac from the '80s? - We have strong evidence... 352 00:26:29,280 --> 00:26:32,238 As a homicide detective when Avatar was active, 353 00:26:32,320 --> 00:26:36,359 I know the fear he inspired in this city, this department, 354 00:26:36,440 --> 00:26:39,080 and, the truth be told, in me. 355 00:26:39,160 --> 00:26:43,631 Not many people know this, but we had two suspects. 356 00:26:43,720 --> 00:26:46,234 One worked in a hardware store, one construction. 357 00:26:46,320 --> 00:26:50,029 Both were college dropouts, both highly intelligent and both are dead. 358 00:26:50,960 --> 00:26:55,113 All this you've got here - the faxes, the computers, the Internet web room, 359 00:26:55,200 --> 00:26:57,191 this camera I'm speaking into - 360 00:26:57,280 --> 00:26:59,556 none of this can replace legwork. 361 00:26:59,640 --> 00:27:03,110 With a bit of legwork, you would have found out what I already know. 362 00:27:03,200 --> 00:27:09,276 If there's anything else I can help you gentlemen with, pick up a phone. 363 00:27:22,840 --> 00:27:27,630 At the current rate, how long before the number of hits match the target number? 364 00:27:27,720 --> 00:27:32,351 It's been getting about 4,000 hits per hour. That gives us maybe 21 hours. 365 00:27:32,440 --> 00:27:36,149 4,000 people visit this site just because a girl might be killed. 366 00:27:36,240 --> 00:27:39,345 There's a lot of repeat business. Most of them 367 00:27:39,357 --> 00:27:42,270 just hope that she'll take off her clothes. 368 00:27:42,360 --> 00:27:45,079 Yeah, but some of them know what's gonna happen. 369 00:27:45,160 --> 00:27:50,075 They saw it on the previous site. Their actions make them accessories to the crime. 370 00:27:50,160 --> 00:27:54,916 Not to be even more downbeat, but the rate of web hits always increase 371 00:27:55,000 --> 00:27:57,196 the closer it gets to the anticipated event. 372 00:27:57,520 --> 00:28:00,080 - (beeping) - Damn it. 373 00:28:11,080 --> 00:28:13,879 (beeping) 374 00:28:19,680 --> 00:28:21,671 Peter. 375 00:28:31,840 --> 00:28:33,433 What did I do? 376 00:28:56,360 --> 00:28:59,000 (woman) Just a little bit more and I'm done here. 377 00:28:59,080 --> 00:29:03,597 Frank. I've been in touch with CompuNetServe. 378 00:29:03,680 --> 00:29:06,399 When we switch the feed from his side to ours, 379 00:29:06,480 --> 00:29:10,110 they've indicated a possibility of a lag lasting one to three seconds. 380 00:29:10,880 --> 00:29:14,191 - If he's looking at his monitor... - He kills her. 381 00:29:20,960 --> 00:29:25,397 We'll see Avatar's site but everyone else, including him, will be diverted to ours. 382 00:29:25,480 --> 00:29:28,518 But we can ensure the hit counter never reaches its target. 383 00:29:28,600 --> 00:29:32,434 At best it gives us about 18 hours before he decides something's wrong. 384 00:29:32,920 --> 00:29:35,480 - I'm ready. - It has to be a perfect match. 385 00:29:35,560 --> 00:29:37,551 It has to appear perfect at 640 x 480. 386 00:29:37,640 --> 00:29:40,758 Angela, move your right hand a hair to your left. 387 00:29:44,080 --> 00:29:46,993 On the next update, we take over. 388 00:29:51,480 --> 00:29:53,710 Do it. 389 00:30:02,520 --> 00:30:04,033 Got it. 390 00:30:05,880 --> 00:30:07,871 Now what? 391 00:30:07,960 --> 00:30:10,270 I wish I knew. 392 00:30:13,160 --> 00:30:15,913 Angela, slide down a little and move to your left. 393 00:30:17,960 --> 00:30:21,476 Thank God she moved. I was beginning to lose feeling on the right side. 394 00:30:21,920 --> 00:30:27,871 - Uh, do you need any water or anything? - Not right now. 395 00:30:27,960 --> 00:30:30,315 There's usually a minute between updates. 396 00:30:30,400 --> 00:30:35,076 I could give you a massage to get some of the circulation back. 397 00:30:35,520 --> 00:30:38,876 Is this some kind of a sick come-on? I'm not enjoying myself. 398 00:30:38,960 --> 00:30:41,759 I don't get tied up in real life. 399 00:30:41,840 --> 00:30:43,911 Forget I even mentioned it. 400 00:30:47,720 --> 00:30:49,711 Frank. 401 00:31:05,360 --> 00:31:07,078 What's going on? 402 00:31:16,280 --> 00:31:18,271 Print it. 403 00:31:34,600 --> 00:31:40,073 Got it. The message hidden in the last webcast ciphers appear to be two URLs. 404 00:31:40,160 --> 00:31:42,231 Two websites? Two more victims? 405 00:31:42,320 --> 00:31:45,358 It could represent an escalation. 406 00:31:45,440 --> 00:31:47,909 Bring it up, Brian. 407 00:31:49,560 --> 00:31:52,120 Not again. I hate that chair. 408 00:31:52,200 --> 00:31:55,909 - The target number's gone down. - I'm not certain what that represents. 409 00:31:56,000 --> 00:32:00,358 He killed the other girl before he reached target. Bring up the other website. 410 00:32:07,120 --> 00:32:10,078 350 million hits? That'|| never happen. 411 00:32:10,160 --> 00:32:12,834 If that's a live picture, we got a major break. 412 00:32:13,440 --> 00:32:15,829 Modem all that information to the FBI. 413 00:32:16,960 --> 00:32:20,999 - What do you make of that number? - It's too long to be a case file. 414 00:32:21,080 --> 00:32:25,313 - Special Agent Tully, please. I'll hold. - Maybe it's a square root. 415 00:32:25,400 --> 00:32:31,433 350... 047... 734. 416 00:32:32,760 --> 00:32:36,799 Whoa. Maybe it's a word. 417 00:32:38,280 --> 00:32:40,999 Hellhouse. Changed an O for a U. 418 00:32:44,680 --> 00:32:46,910 We find that RV and we got him. 419 00:32:47,000 --> 00:32:48,991 (phone rings) 420 00:32:50,920 --> 00:32:53,309 - Bach man. - This is Frank Black. 421 00:32:53,400 --> 00:32:58,839 I'm forwarding information to you from the FBI regarding the Internet killer. 422 00:32:58,920 --> 00:33:01,673 You've finally given up the idea this is Avatar. 423 00:33:01,760 --> 00:33:06,197 Regardless of his name, we believe he's located in a 20-square-mile area 424 00:33:06,280 --> 00:33:10,035 in and around San Francisco, adjacent to a body of water. 425 00:33:10,120 --> 00:33:12,157 How did you come to determine that? 426 00:33:15,720 --> 00:33:18,599 This is Peter Watts. We determined that from a picture. 427 00:33:18,680 --> 00:33:22,514 The location of the sun on the horizon, the exact time of day, 428 00:33:22,600 --> 00:33:25,513 the angle of a shadow on a fixed object of standard height. 429 00:33:25,600 --> 00:33:28,319 All these details are in the e-mail from the FBI. 430 00:33:28,400 --> 00:33:33,110 - I could talk to the commissioner. - No need to bother the commissioner. 431 00:33:33,200 --> 00:33:36,352 If the FBI says that's where he is, that's where we'll find him. 432 00:33:36,440 --> 00:33:39,717 I'll send down a couple of patrol cars right away. 433 00:33:40,640 --> 00:33:42,870 He's covering his behind. I'm going there. 434 00:33:42,960 --> 00:33:45,270 I believe he's gonna send out those patrols. 435 00:33:45,360 --> 00:33:50,150 It's not about him, it's about me. I do better being there. 436 00:34:28,000 --> 00:34:30,913 (phone rings) 437 00:34:31,000 --> 00:34:33,913 - Frank Black. - That image is getting more specific. 438 00:34:34,000 --> 00:34:36,514 The door is from a Casalette brand mobile home, 439 00:34:36,600 --> 00:34:38,830 manufactured between '69 and '74. 440 00:34:38,920 --> 00:34:43,073 SFPD is canvassing every waterside trailer park and parking lot in the area. 441 00:34:43,160 --> 00:34:47,199 - Anything on the other website? - No, it's still the chair so far. 442 00:34:47,280 --> 00:34:53,310 - Where are you heading? - A few haunts where Avatar dropped bodies. 443 00:34:53,400 --> 00:34:55,710 I don't know if it will get us anywhere. 444 00:34:55,800 --> 00:34:59,555 Just being outside, I feel like my senses are finally working. 445 00:34:59,640 --> 00:35:02,109 Leave your phone on. I'll update you. 446 00:35:02,200 --> 00:35:04,350 All right. 447 00:35:11,800 --> 00:35:14,553 (woman on police radio) 448 00:36:01,840 --> 00:36:03,990 Mr Watts, I think you should see this. 449 00:36:43,600 --> 00:36:45,591 (mobile rings) 450 00:36:49,400 --> 00:36:52,199 - Frank Black. - Frank, they found the RV. 451 00:36:52,280 --> 00:36:56,751 Ifs at the Powell wrecking yard in Oakland. 6521 Alessandro. 452 00:36:56,840 --> 00:37:00,799 - Officers are there now. - I'm on my way. 453 00:37:34,520 --> 00:37:36,670 San Francisco police. Anyone home? 454 00:38:04,480 --> 00:38:07,154 This is Unit 4-19. Shots fired. Officer down. 455 00:38:07,240 --> 00:38:10,915 Officer down at 6521 Alessandro. Officer down. 456 00:38:32,640 --> 00:38:35,359 (I "The Mikado" starts playing) 457 00:38:59,320 --> 00:39:02,551 (police officer) Get out of there! 458 00:39:02,640 --> 00:39:04,756 Easy. 459 00:39:04,840 --> 00:39:08,151 (T “The Mikado“) 460 00:39:43,960 --> 00:39:46,554 (T “The Mikado“) 461 00:40:03,480 --> 00:40:06,916 They got him, right? There's no way he could have got away. 462 00:40:21,880 --> 00:40:23,359 There's Frank. 463 00:40:44,240 --> 00:40:46,231 No, they didn't get him. 464 00:40:49,840 --> 00:40:51,831 (mobile rings) 465 00:40:57,560 --> 00:40:59,551 (running footsteps) 466 00:41:12,880 --> 00:41:15,394 (T “The Mikado“) 467 00:41:43,000 --> 00:41:44,991 Don't move. 468 00:41:51,920 --> 00:41:54,230 - (whimpering) - Oh. 469 00:41:54,320 --> 00:41:57,790 You're safe now. Nobody's gonna hurt you. 470 00:42:08,760 --> 00:42:10,990 You all right? 471 00:42:13,800 --> 00:42:17,680 They found a badly burned body at the mobile home at the wrecking yard. 472 00:42:17,760 --> 00:42:22,516 Identification's gonna be difficult, but police believe it was the Internet killer. 473 00:42:22,600 --> 00:42:24,910 No, it's another victim. 474 00:42:25,000 --> 00:42:28,755 Twice I've been close enough to stop him. Twice I've failed, Pete. 475 00:42:28,840 --> 00:42:34,279 - You didn't fail. You saved this girl. - He's still out there. 476 00:42:34,360 --> 00:42:39,833 - Is he gonna reappear? - Not in this form. Not in this medium. 477 00:42:41,480 --> 00:42:44,195 But when he finds that next thing, that next 478 00:42:44,207 --> 00:42:46,873 weakness, that's when he'll be there again. 479 00:42:50,840 --> 00:42:52,911 You can count on it. 480 00:43:17,000 --> 00:43:20,231 Visiontext Subtitles: Gill Parrott 481 00:43:37,600 --> 00:43:39,352 (child) I made this. 482 00:43:40,000 --> 00:43:41,991 ENGLISH SDH