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The case of samantha burch,the 11-year-old
girl last seen leaving school two months ago,
has gotten a new burst of energy.
Suspicions continue to swirl around
samantha's parents, brian and lorraine burch,
amid accusations that they killed their
daughter and claimed she was abducted.
Just yesterday the burches
raised the reward for information
about their daughter's
whereabouts to $100,000.
And there are also reportsthey've hired
so-called deception expertdr.
Cal lightman.
Girl goes missing,supermodel's
in rehab, obama gets anew puppy,
and you guys make freedom
ofthe press the first amendment.
I don't think this is what
ourfounding fathers had in mind.
Watch this, daddy.
- you adopted her five years ago?
- Yeah.
We waited so long for a child.
She made us a family.
Do either of you have children?
Yeah, I do.
How anybody thinks that
we could hurt her,I, I don't understand.
You said there wasnew information?
A car ran a red light two days ago.
The police gave usthat photograph.
It's from one ofthose traffic cameras.
Do you see there? That
is samantha's sweater.
Uh, lorraine made that.
Someone has her.
That's why we raised the reward.
We re-mortgaged the house.
We've been gettinghundreds of calls from all
over saying they've gotinformation about sammy,
but the police saythat's going to
take weeks to talk to everybodyand
she may not havethat kind of time.
So we thoughtthat you could tell
which of the tipsterswe should believe.
I mean, you could do that
faster thanthe police, right?
I need to ask you a question.
Did you kill your daughter?
- Did you? Did you kill her?
- How can you evenask us that?
- Yeah, I know, you brought me here to help you.
- Are you serious?
So answer the question.
Did you kill your daughter?
- I'm not gonna answer that.
- No, listen.
- Did you kill samantha?
- We didn't bring you hereso that
did you killyour
daughter? Did you kill her?
No.
No, no, no.
No.
No, no.
All right,I think we can help you.
You gonna be okay?
Sure.
'Cause I can do this one on my own.
No, not a chance.
I know what you're thinking, and it's
not going to be a problem; I'm fine.
Dr.
Lightman, can we ask you a question?
Anything from the burches?
Um, off the record?
Yeah, off the record.
Put the camera down.
It's my understanding that, uh, samantha
burch was seen with an unidentified male
leaving a restaurant
called the happy dragon.
Right now the police
are searching chinatown.
All right, thank you.
Let's go.
Well, the burches
could use some privacy,
and the happy dragon could
definitely use the business.
Diane kretschmer, editor-
in-chief at ashmont press.
Dr.
Foster explained
what this was about?
It's about her, right? Farida mugisha.
That's right.
What do you know about her?
Well, she's a, uh, peace
activist from northern uganda.
She was kidnapped by rebels when she was
in her teens, kept in the bush, and escaped.
I read her book.
It's awesome.
- You published it, right?
- Yeah, and it's about to be huge.
This is just the kickoff
party for the tour.
Oprah's chosen her for the book club.
But there's a problem?
Last week we got a report that farida took part in
massacres carried out by the rebels that held her.
Took part how?
Carried a gun, pulled the trigger.
Her memoir doesn't mention that.
If the reports are
accurate, it's a disaster.
It means the whole book's a lie.
We're about to ship
half a million copies.
Now, is there any way that you can find out
if there's any truth to these accusations?
We'll have to talk to her about
what happened and see how she reacts.
And you'll be discreet?
Farida absolutely cannot know
that you're investigating her.
That won't be a problem.
Gillian foster.
Don hughes, youth
investigation division at metro.
Detective.
Mr.
Hughes is here to
welcome us to the burch case.
"Welcome" isn't the word I'd use.
Well, we won't get in
your way, detective.
Too late.
You work for the burches, right?
As far as I'm concerned,they're still
suspects.
At puts youright in my way.
- Well, they didn't killtheir daughter.
- Really? Any other tips?
We wantto find samantha
as much as you do.
When a kid's beenabducted
this long, odds are she's dead.
You going to help me
findthis girl's corpse?
How do you knowshe was abducted?
And what aboutthe traffic cam photo?
Lorraine burch knit that sweaterfor santha off
of a pattern that soldup and down the east coast.
Could have been anyone.
Maybe she just ran away.
There's noevidence of abuse or neglect
in the home,no alcoholism or drug use.
Those are the usual predictorsof a
runaway, but samantha was adopted.
It's possible she hadattachment issues--
difficulty forming arelationship with the burches.
That could have made herrun away.
Uh, excuse me,the tipsters are here.
you want to stickaround for this?
This is going to take you forever
to listento all these people.
Fortunately, I don't have to.
Excuse me.
Excuse me,
please.
Excuse me, excuse me.
Uh, thanks for
coming,ladies and gentlemen.
Now, I know you've been told that the burch
familyhave put forward a $100,000 reward.
Okay, that rewardhas now been withdrawn.
what the hellis he doing? It
took us monthsto raise that money.
They're all leaving.
Some are leaving.
Dr.
Lightmanjust
eliminated the financial incentiveto lie.
Now, the police have arrestededward stentz in
connection with samantha burch'sdisappearance.
Anyone who can give me anyinformation on
edward stentz, could you please raiseyour hands?
You can all leave.
Who's edward stentz?
He doesn't exist.
The people who saidthey knew
something about him are overclaimers
lying to getattention.
The rest of you, if you
could just follow me
I didn't know sam that well.
We were in guys and dolls, but
she was the lead, I was
justin the chorus, so
it's okay.
Deirdre,
you'renot in any trouble.
Okay, well,there was this
older boy-- walter grinwis.
Heas always hanging around.
He wouldn'tleave her alone.
How old is walter?
An eighth-grader, maybe.
When she told me about
thiswalter, I called the tip line.
We called the police when
we heardabout samantha.
The officer askedwalter some questions,
he thanked us for the call,that was it.
It's awful.
Seems justlike yesterday
walter was taking the buswith her.
You do that a lot,do you,
walter? Take the busith sam?
I guess.
You were friends?
Don't have manyfriends, do you, eh?
I don't care.
People are stupid.
Not sam, though, eh?
Where's that picturewe have of you
with samantha? Is it in your bedroom?
something's in yourbedroom, isn't
it, walter? Let's go andhave a look.
Hold on.
What do think you're doing?
Are you afraid your
son is hiding something?
No, of course not.
Hey, walter.
You kn how toplay hot or
cold yeah? Okay, am I hot?
This is dumb.
So I'm cold, right? Okay.
How about now? Nope, still cold.
Am I getting warmer, walter? Yeah.
Yeah, I am.
That's enough.
You need a warrant before
youcan look through his things.
No, I don'T.
I'm not withthe police.
I want you out ofmy house right now.
Nice backpack, walter.
Where is she?
I don't care how you found this.
It's got to be bagged,taken
to the lab, and analyzed.
Can we just have aquick look in it?
Yeah, let's contaminatethe
evidence.
That'll help.
Detective, we need to see
walter'srelationship with the bag.
If he killedsamantha, it's a trophy.
Its contentswill provoke arousal.
If this kid hadanything to do with samantha's
disappearance,we can tell you right here, right now.
- That's interesting.
- What?
He's not showing anynegative emotion.
In fact, I think he's as surprised at
thecontents of the backpack as we are.
You've never looked in
there,have you, walter, eh?
Why is that?
It's not mine.
You were respectingsamantha's privacy.
Walter, did shebring this to you?
Ask you to keep it incase she needed it?
We're not mad at samantha.
We just need to find her.
I said I'd keep it.
She askeme not to tell
anyone.
She trusted me.
That's a runaway kit.
Kids put them togethersometimes when
they're thinking about leaving home.
When d shegive it to you?
A couple of monthsbefore
she went missing.
I think she wanted to
getaway from her mom and dad.
- Why?
- I don't know.
She didn't talktoo much about it.
Bet she talked to her shrink.
"Christina knowlton.
"
Samantha saw meevery other week.
She had issues
stemmingfrom her adoption.
I told the policeeverything I could.
What was the sourceof the issues?
The dynamics werepretty complicated.
Well, she may have run away.
Did she talkwith you about that?
Not directly, no.
Indirectly?
I'm sorry, but I couldn't say.
Samantha'sin danger.
Her parents are desperate.
There must be somethingthat
you can tell us.
I have a colleague who was treating
a womanin an abusive marriage.
My colleague reportedit to the
police, they arrested the husband,
he got out on bail, d went home
and shothis wife in the head.
I'm sure youcan appreciate how I have to
be careful what informationleaves my office.
You saying samantha was abused?
I didn't say that.
Yeah, you did.
Um, club soda.
Cranberryspritzer, please.
You'd get your *** kicked ifyou
ordered that where I'm from.
I got my *** kickedwhere I'm from.
there she is.
- Farida mugisha,woman of the hour.
- Hello.
Eli loker.
I loved your book.
- You have an incredible story.
- Thank you.
I mean, everything you've done
changing the world through
peaceful resistance.
I mean, you're like gandhi.
Except you don't look
likea malnourished old man.
you're too kind.
You never turned to violence.
I guess a lot ofthe victims did?
We have to forgive them.
Many
had no choice.
I was lucky.
Lucky how?
I was never forced
toparticipate in the massacres.
That's really lucky, isn't it?
I'm thankful every day.
I don't think I'd havethe strength
to live with something like that.
Well, I should getback to our hosts, but
I'm speaking atseaver hall this evening.
I hope you'll come.
Oh, I look forward to it.
Bring yourook.
I'll sign if you'd like.
I would like.
No shame when she
talkedabout the violence.
It's hard to believeshe killed anybody.
- Did you see anything?
- No.
We should go hear her speak.
Yeah, she wantedto sign my book.
- I think we had a connection.
- Oh, yeah.
'Cause ugandan womencan't
resist a guy with a girly drink.
Samantha did not run away.
Whatever you mayhave been told.
It's something we haveto
consider, mrs.
Burch.
sorry, sorry.
Oh, I gotta take this.
Yeah,
um, it's my daughter.
Just a sec.
Hello? Absolutely not.
'Cause I said so.
No, I said absolutely not.
We.
.
don'tbe such a ***! Shut up! Stop it!
How'd we do?
- Sympathy, then horror.
- Oh, good.
Yeah, thanks, love.
No, it was
finE.
It was good, very good.
Well, dependswhen I finish.
All right, yeah,
I love you.
I love you, too.
Yeah.
Okay, bye.
So, what the hell was that?
Well, I'm not anabusive parent.
And it doesn't looklike you are either.
You think this is some kind of game?
- You think we abused our daughter?
- Brian.
I'm sorry, mr.
Burch,
butwe had trule it out.
This is how you
peopletreat your clients?
I mean, this is a good
family.
This is a happy family!
Samantha and I are very close.
You know what, I thinkyou're
telling the truth.
I do.
But you, on the other hand,
there's somethingyou're not saying.
No, she's saying everything.
It's all right, mrs.
Burch.
You n tell us.
You never saw what she was like
when she was alonewith me, brian.
A few weeks beforesamantha disappeared
she threw one of her tantrums.
And I tried to hold her.
I tried, but she was so strong.
And she she pushed
me away.
I don't know
I don't know how this happened.
Go on.
She fell into the stove and her
shirt touchedone of the burners.
And it caught on fire
and it burned her back.
It was an accident.
Samantha
felt guiltyabout it and I was
I was so ashamed.
So, we didn'ttell
you, and I went to the hospital alone.
it was an accident.
I'm so
sorry, brian.
I'm so sorry, brian.
But it wasn'T it wasn't my fault.
It's not my faultthat she's gone.
It's not my fault.
It's okay.
It's okay.
Sometimes adopted kidshave
trouble connecting.
Thousands of mothersgo through it.
It's nothing tobe ashamed of.
Okay?
Given what happened at home,you have to
consider the possibilitythat samantha ran away.
Unless noneof it happened and
they're pullingthe wool over our eyes.
You know how many abusiveparents
I've seen fake tears?
- Ah, they'renot faking it.
- We'll see.
Still, if she wasburned that
badly, she needed more treatment.
I'll have my people checkthe
hospitals and clinics.
Thank you.
You know, you were very
goodback there, with mrs.
Burch.
Very nurturing.
Maybe you should get a puppy.
I could talkto obama's people.
Alec has allergies.
Poodles.
No fur.
They have hair.
That's not what it's about.
I watched as they murdered
almost every memberof the village.
The rest of us theydragged into the bush,
where I was madea rebel officer's wife.
The horrors I saware beyond compare.
***.
Torture.
Massacres carried outby child soldiers.
Northern uganda has
beenstuck in this nightmare
no deception leakage.
She wasn't involvedin the massacres.
She seems pretty anxious.
Well, it's not unusual.
She's speaking
in frontof a big group of people.
Thank you all so much for coming out
to supportpeace in northern uganda.
thank you for coming.
I hope my speech
wasn'ttoo long and boring.
Oh, no, no, no,we're fans.
Yeah, you looked a
littlenervous up there.
You'd think I'd be usedto public speaking
by now but I'll admit,my heart still races.
Oh, I-I brought mycopy of your
book.
You promised to sign it.
Of course.
This is for both of you?
Oh, no, no, no,we're not together.
No, we came together.
But it is not a date.
Well, it was niceto meet you both.
What?
We heard ms.
Mugisha
speaktwice about the massacres.
When she deniedbeing involved there was
no increase inwhat we call manipulators
and no visiblemicroexpressions.
And what's that in english?
She said she didn't kill anyone,
and shewas telling the truth.
Great.
That's it, then.
- I think we might want totake another look at her.
- Why?
There's something about her.
Something'S something's not right.
Do you have any evidenceto support that?
No, but if webrought
her back in--
I don't have time for this.
I came
in for your report.
What is it?
There's no evidencethat she's lying.
That's what I needed to
hear.
Thanks very much.
guess mugishagets to meet oprah.
What's it say?
"Eli, thank you for listening.
I hope to see you again.
"
And, uh that's her phone number.
Thanks for calling us,detective.
Where'd you getthis prize, then?
Canvassingthe hospitals.
He was working as a nurse at
the free clinicin mount pleasant.
Seemed a little off, so we ran him.
Turns out, he was workingunder a false
name.
Guy's a registered ***.
- Whoopsie.
- Why bring us in?
We haven't been able
toget anything out of him.
You guys havedone okay so far.
- He's got something for us.
- Let's hope.
No, I'm telling you.
He's trying not togive himself away.
This guy knows something.
*****IvesI haven't seen the girl.
Yeah, I know.
I don't believe you.
- Well, I'm telling the truth.
- No, you're not;you're lying.
- No.
- No, you are.
You're lying, yeah.
- I never touched her, all right?
- Now, that's the truth.
I don't thinkyou're even
attracted to her, are you?
But you have seen her.
Right?
If I say I saw her,
they'll say that I hurt her.
Even you think I hurt her.
No, that'snot true.
I don't
thinkyou hurt her.
I don'T.
Now, you're sweating.
And you're frail.
Desperately tryingto control yourself.
What are you on?
I take medcoprogesterone.
That's for chemicalcastration, right?
You're doing thatto yourself?
I don't wantto hurt any more kids.
Good for you.
That's nice.
So, where did you see her, then?
At the clinic.
She has
a full thickness burn.
And she comes in every other
wednesday so I can treat it.
Keep taking the pills, kevin.
I got it.
Dinner was
wonderful--thank you.
Well, if you thinkdinner
was good, wait for the tour.
What are thesepictures?
Well, uh, the facesare speaking.
What are they saying?
They're tellingthe truth about
what each personis feeling.
That's what we do here.
We we read faces and body
language,and we try to spot lies.
Look.
Agony.
Contempt.
Disgust.
They look the same on everybody?
Yeah, they're universal.
I don't believe it.
Well, I peed sittingdown till I was ten.
See? Your eyes widened: Surprise.
An americanpolitician, a
french president and you.
It's the same expressionusing
the same muscles.
That's remarkable.
What?
I was
just imagining a thousand
thingsI want to do with you.
Let's go for a ride.
Not her.
It's been two hours.
You think we cantrust that pervert?
Yeah, in my experience, self-castrating
pedophilesgenerally tell the truth.
- Got another one.
- That's her.
- You sure?
- Yeah.
Yeah, lookat her eyes.
Samantha burch? I'm a police
officer.
I'm hereto help you.
She's goingto run.
She's going to run.
There she goes.
- No!No, let me go, let me go!
- We're not goingto hurt you.
It's okay.
- Where is she?
- She's in with childprotective services.
Follow me.
Oh, my god.
She's here.
Samantha.
Let me see her.
oh, my baby.
My little girl.
It's really you.
It's really you.
Oh, samantha, thank god
you're all right--samantha.
My name is jessica, and I have
to get homebefore my curfew.
Sammy sweetheart
don't you recognize us?
My name is jessica, and I have
to get homebefore my curfew.
Now, samantha swallowedwhen
she saw her parents.
And she swallowed again when
she said her namewas jessica.
Swallowing is a signof strong emotion.
So, she recognizedher parents, she lied
about her name,and she knew she was lying.
She's too clean and
well fedto be a runaway.
Could she havestockholm syndrome?
It seems more likebattered
person syndrome.
No bruises, no cuts.
No
signs of *** abuse.
Yeah, butwith kids, just the threat of
abuse is sometimes enoughto control them.
We need her to name her abductor, right?
So, we have to break their bond.
You any goodwith kids, detective?
Elements of content-based
analysis.
These arefoster's books.
Yeah, I borrowed a few.
Been doing some research.
Okay into what?
Uh, mugisha.
I've been tryingto figure
out what felt wrong about her.
- What do you mean?
- Just listen.
The rebels agreed to a cease-fire
a week before my birthday.
But without the support of the international
community, talks broke down by christmas.
"A week beforemy birthday,"
"talks broke down by christmas"?
Yeah, those detailsare
contextual embedding.
- Means she's telling the truth.
- Yeah, but later,there's a change.
I watched as they murdered almost
every member of the village.
The rest of us they dragged into the bush,
where I was made a rebel officer's wife.
No more contextual embedding.
- She's lying.
- The horrors I saw were beyond compare
that's, uh, not bad for
a rookie,but it's wrong.
That's not a conversation.
It's a speech.
It's written, it's memorized.
You don't know whatyou're talking about.
All right, maybeyou should
just read up a little more.
She got nervouswhen you told her
what we do here--she touched her face.
- That's a manipulator.
- Oh, now you'rean expert on manipulators
because six weeks ago, you
didn't even knowwhat that was.
Okay, you just don't seewhat's going on
here, because you've gota thing for her.
That's not true.
I saw that she didn't mention
detailsabout the atrocities.
Did you ever stop to think that
maybe she doesn't wantto remember?
I'm bringing this to foster.
You do whateverthe hell you want.
Samantha.
I know that you knowyour
name is samantha.
I know that you're scared.
What is he saying to her?
He's telling herthat you love her, but I
really think that sheshould hear that from you.
I've tried.
She doesn't hear me.
I know it seemsthat way.
You reach out to her, and then she
rejects you, and you can'thelp but recoil.
You don't know what it's like.
You're not a mother.
No, but I was.
My husband and iadopted
a baby girl last year.
We brought her homefrom delaware,
and we bathed her androcked her
to sleep and built a nursery.
In delaware, the birth motherhas
We made it to day 57.
And I didn't getto keep my baby, but
yours is right there.
You
know, you need totalk to her.
What was your daughter's name?
Sophie.
I tried so hard.
Look, samanthaneeds to know that
you love her,no matter what she does.
I think youshould tell her.
Then maybe she'll tell uswho took her.
It's the onlyway she'll start
seeing you as her mother.
hey, samantha.
I'm here.
I'm right here.
You can say you'renot my daughter.
You can say you're not my sammy.
You can tryto push me away,
but I'm you're mother,and
I'll always find you.
I'm your mother.
I love
you,and I'm not going anywhere.
Mom.
I'm sorry.
I'm so sorry.
it's okay.
I was worried about heather.
Who's heather?
She's the other girl.
What other girl?
The other girl who was taken.
Who's heather? Do you knowher last name?
I can't tell you.
You afraid? What are you afraid of?
Samantha
no one is goingto take you again.
We got you now, darling.
I could go outside Or heather could.
But never at the same time.
Go out where?
We always had to be back by noon.
Where? Ba where?
She's still there.
We'll get her outof there safe,
honey.
Just tell us where she is.
I can't tell you.
I can't tell you.
You bring all your dates here?
Just the ugandanpeace activists.
Actually, I don'T I
don't go outon many dates.
Why not?
People lie to you
withpolite conversation.
Then, when they finallyshow
themselves to you,
you realize you've spent
allthat time with a stranger.
I promise not to makeany
polite conversation.
What is it?
Uh, torres, the woman I
was withat your speech
she thinks you're lying about
well, it's hard to exp
you touched your ear.
Does that mean I'm lying?
Are you?
What part of your story isn't true?
Is any of it true?
Who would make upsuch a terrible story?
Do you know how many
peopleare taken in my country?
Do you have any ideawhat
that does to a person?
You were nevertaken, were you?
They're children.
Children who have seenunspeakable
things.
Made to dounspeakable things.
But it's a lie.
It
never happened to you.
It happened.
It's happening.
But nobody listeneduntil there
was a face.
My face.
My story.
Every lie has consequencesthat
you can't see coming.
Someone needed to speak.
I was educatedin the west.
When
I talk, peoplelike you hear me.
My country is being torn
apart by violence and shame
and I would do anythingto
stop the killing.
What are you going to do, eli?
This other girl-- heather--
might be heather mahome.
Disappearedabout three months
ago.
Foster kid, recently placed.
There were some similarities in their
cases, but whensamantha disappeared
the press jumped in, and
nobodywas interested in heather.
Happens every day.
All right, it's past noon.
We have to find heather now.
I need to talkto samantha again.
Samantha
I'm going to play
I can't sayanything.
That's all right,I'm
going to do the talking.
All right, we knowthe person who took you uh,
is an animal, so we'll countthat as question one.
Two.
Is it someone you know?
Someone you know.
Three.
Is it a teacher?
Not a teacher.
Four.
Is it someone connectedto your family?
Someone who worksfor your family?
Six.
Is she your psychiatrist?
dr.
Knowlton? Police.
Open the door.
They're gone.
still searchingthe house.
Found samantha's sweater.
Also a bunch of picturesof this girl.
- What, another girl she took?
- Nope.
- That's dr.
Knowlton'sdaughter.
- What?
Jessica.
August 2006.
Apparently, she died two
yearsago-- some kind of accident.
- They're replacements.
- What do you mean?
Samantha and heather are stand-insfor
the daughter that knowlton lost.
They don't look anything alike.
It doesn't matter.
It's about
heremotional connection to the girls.
Knowlton's using them to relive
the life she hadwith her daughter.
You think she took heather
somewhere she usedto go with jessica?
It could be more specificthan that.
Think you can find
out wherejessica died?
everybody hold.
- Is she okay?
- I can't tell.
I'm not taking any chances.
I'll get a negotiator out here.
No, let us talk to her.
She's got a gun.
You looking to get shot?
Well, how long isit going to
take to get a negotiatorout here?
******
She's sleeping.
Did you drug her?
This is one of our favorite spots.
Jessica loves to swim.
Jessica's dead, dr.
Knowlton.
I told her not to dive here.
But she wouldn'tlisten.
I know you don't wantto hurt her.
For years I've been
dealingwith troubled kids.
Every day I see the
parentsscrewing them up.
I understand.
No, you you took
them for their own good.
No, you could do a
better jobraising them.
That's right.
I'm a good mother.
They loved living with me--they would
come back every time I let them out.
I'm a good mother!
I haven't talked to foster yet.
Well, I did.
She called the publisher.
They're probably pullingfarida's
book off the shelf right now.
I'sorry.
She could've writtena different book.
She didn't have to say
those things happened to her.
No, she's right.
Nobody
would havepaid attention.
And the funny thing is she went out with me
even after she found outwhat I do for a living.
I think on some levelshe
wanted to get caught.
Or maybe she just liked you.
Well, I don't really care.
Hey, loker.
You just lied.
Yeah.
I just needed a
minutebefore I went home.
Sure.
Sophie's 13 months.
You know, she's probablywalking now.
Yeah, emily startedaround
that age, I think.
She's probably changing so fast.
Every now and then I see alittle girl on
the street, and I, uh, I think it's her.
And I have to
fight so hard not to run up and hug
some, you know,stranger's little girl.
I'm sorry.
Don't be.
It's just, uh, alec doesn't
want to talkabout it.
Um, he says he can't, you know.
So we don'T.
I'm okay.
You can go.
No, I'm all right.