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You’ll need a photograph for your investigation, right?

There’s plenty in the house. Plenty to choose from.

Mr. Kuchever, I’m sorry about this,

but I’m gonna need you to confirm your daughter’s identity.

Okay.

Uh, now, anything that you can tell me about your daughter’s activities over the weekend,

or any time, anything at all, will be helpful.

Well, I don’t know.

My flight got in at 8:00 a.m. this morning,

and she was supposed to pick me up, but she wasn’t there.

I thought maybe she just overslept,

so I took a cab and I went straight to her house.

Her and Alan’s car was gone,

so I thought maybe she’d just finally sold it.

Who’s Alan? Her fiance.

Or ex-fiance.

They broke up a few months ago.

And where is he now, Alan?

He moved to Montreal.

Okay.

She was too good for him, anyway.

I got a sweater that she left, if you want to take it.

No, that’s okay. But if you have keys to her house, I would appreciate it.

Oh, she–she had a date.

Last night on the phone, she told me that she was gonna meet someone,

but she didn’t say who.

Her friend Beth set it up.

Beth.

Beth Walsh. Claire baby-sits her daughter, Abbey, sometimes.

Okay.

Thank you.

That’s good for now.

Somebody’ll be in touch.

Agent Carlin?

Doug.

I want you to take these.

Well, that’s…

Just go through them when you get a chance.

Well, it’s really not necessary.

Yes, it is.

See, I know how these things go, Agent Carlin, and I need her to matter to you.

Monday, 7:48 p.m.

Hi, Claire. It’s Dad.

My flight gets in at 7:55 tomorrow morning,

so don’t stay up too late. Love you. Bye-bye.

Tuesday, 9:44 a.m.

Claire? Hi, it’s Beth. Are you there?

I’m sorry to call you so early,

but you said you were gonna call me when you got home,

and when you didn’t, I started to get worried.

Beth, is this a joke? Oh, hey, hey! No.

Like–Like I said, I was just worried about you, that’s all.

I can’t talk right now. Someone’s here. I’ll call you later.

Claire…

Tuesday, 9:50 a.m.

Tuesday, 10:04 a.m.

Claire, it’s Dad. I did say 7:55, didn’t I?

I’m here at the airport, waiting for you.

If you’re not coming, I hope you’re sending Beth or someone.

Call me.

Tuesday, 1:18 p.m.

Yeah, this is ATF Agent Doug Carlin returning your call.

My cell number is 504-555-0130.

Tuesday, 1:18 p.m.

Yeah, this is ATF Agent Doug Carlin returning your call.

My cell number is 504-555-0130.

The blast wave initiated here, hit the bulkhead

and propagated fore and aft along the path of least resistance until it hits this access hatch.

Uh, and that’s where it gets really bad.

The blast wave continues into the engine room, bursting the fuel tanks.

This utility shaft here acts like a chimney, draws the thermal components into the engine room,

which ignites the fuel vapor, causing a secondary explosion of far greater magnitude.

Essentially, the initial device turns the whole ferry into a bomb and detonates it.

And so our early guess is that the bomb vehicle was a minivan or SUV.

Possibly red or tan.

Make and model?

Take weeks, maybe months; I got a partial on the license plate.

Shit.

Check all the SUVs and minivans that are registered in the state.

Anything recently rented or purchased,

anything tied to a theft or a missing persons report.

Agent McCready? Yeah.

Doug Carlin, ATF.

Oh, yeah. Oklahoma City.

Right. That’s right.

This afternoon, I witnessed an autopsy of a young woman who washed up off the Poland Wharf.

Heavy fuel burns, traces of PETN on her face.

PETN, that’s the base explosive used by domestic terrorists.

She also lost several fingers in what appeared to be blast damage.

Appeared?

That’s right. I checked the tide tables against the position of the blast.

For her to have washed up that early and that far upriver,

she would’ve had to have been killed two hours before the ferry exploded.

Before?

She died before the explosion?

She died before the explosion, yeah.

Her name is Claire Kuchever.

She washed up before the explosion and against the tide.

Do you have a scenario?

Yes, I do.

I believe that somebody abducted her in her home, taped her mouth,

bound her wrists, burned her alive, dumped her in the river

so she would appear to be just another disaster victim.

A disaster that hadn’t happened yet.

But the PETN tells us that the bomber came in direct contact with the victim.

You solve her case, you solve this case.

Why this woman?

Good question. Her SUV is missing.

It’s a tan and red Bronco.

It could have been stolen to drive the bomb to the ferry.

Oh, one more thing.

The victim called the local ATF office the morning of the explosion.

Yeah.

We’ll look into it.

Okay.

All right.

Okay.

Where’s Larry?

What? Larry Minuti, my partner.

That’s his car right there. Is he here?

I thought you said he was on vacation.

Yeah, that’s right.

What?

Those cars were brought here from the Algiers ferry parking lot.

They’re the vehicles that belonged to the victims.