The Gone ep 04
The Gone
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00:00The
00:26body is rolling.
00:27Please need to hear it from me.
00:32This changes everything.
00:33It won't have anything conclusive until we get him back to the mortuary.
01:01It'll be a job distinguishing the injuries pre-mortem
01:04and damage from the river and waterfall.
01:25Cause of death almost certainly deep puncture wound.
01:29Likely a blade.
01:32And something else I'm sure you've noticed.
01:38This body wasn't in the water a week.
01:40Nothing like it.
01:41Hours at most.
01:47Dr. Tau.
01:48What can you tell us about the girl?
01:51Ollier's with an experienced vet.
01:52Look for anything of forensic interest.
01:59He nga whae matua.
02:01Kia ora Taina.
02:05Let us pray.
02:07We stand here on the land of my tupuna.
02:09We ask him to guide Ronan Garvey back to his ancestors
02:12so that he may rest in peace.
02:17Whae rea te rangi e tū nei.
02:19Whae rea te pāpou e takoto nei.
02:22Whae rea te araka i mua i a koe Ronan.
02:25Kea mahia.
02:26Kea wātea.
02:28Whā anō. Whā anō.
02:30Haere māte tō.
02:31Haumi e.
02:32Hui e.
02:33Tairangi e.
02:48Wait a moment.
03:09Ronan.
03:11Ronan.
03:13Sinead!
03:17Rowan!
03:27We found Rowan.
03:29He's gone.
03:32We're still looking for Sinead.
03:35We haven't found her yet, I'm so sorry.
03:38Rowan.
03:43Sinead!
04:13Rowan!
04:43Rowan.
04:59My wife met Sinead at a work event and they hit it off.
05:05And so I invited them over and it was a nice enough dinner for a while.
05:14And Ronan stepped outside for a breath of fresh air, he said, but when he came back in he was wired.
05:22He was all over the place. He'd obviously, you know, taken something.
05:28And eventually Harriet had to ask them to leave.
05:32That was what the argument was about?
05:36And Sinead avoided me after that.
05:38But the past few weeks I saw she was under some kind of pressure, I assumed it was Ronan, and I tried to give her some advice.
05:47I told her to drop the guy.
05:51And she didn't take a while?
05:54She told me to fuck off and mind my own business, actually.
05:58The thing is, Colin, you told Detective Huya at Hokura that you didn't know Sinead personally.
06:07That you barely overlapped.
06:12That wasn't quite the truth now, was it?
06:15Well, it's not really a lie, right? She came over once.
06:19One time because my wife liked her.
06:21The evening went south and we stayed out of each other's way after that.
06:25Until I tried to offer some unwelcome advice.
06:27Was there anything else, Colin? No impropriety?
06:31I'm sorry?
06:34Was there anything that you said, or did, that could be misconstrued?
06:38Sorry, you mean, did I harass her? Did I make a pass at her? Is that what you mean?
06:42I have to ask—
06:43No, never! I respect my wife. I respect her.
06:47I have to ask—
06:48No, never! I respect my wife. I respect women.
06:54I respect myself.
06:57Can I go now, or do you want to insult me further?
07:01No. I'm sorry.
07:07One more thing. You moved to Mount Affinity, what, two years ago?
07:12It was three years ago.
07:14I was Tomity's first hire. Harriet and I moved here three years ago.
07:19Three years. Right, yeah? Thanks.
07:25I'll get the door.
07:27You know what? I'll get it myself.
07:45Hey.
07:47I need to know you're OK.
07:49Jesus Christ, I'm not having a breakdown, David. I'm just done here, OK?
07:53Alright, alright. I believe you. Thousands wouldn't.
07:57Listen, before you go, though, they found a body.
08:04Sinead?
08:05It hasn't been confirmed, but it was found on the mountain.
08:10Geoff from NZ Daily heard it from a source inside the coroner's office, an alien.
08:15He said something weird about a goat.
08:25Records confirm Colin Franz moved to Mount Affinity three years ago.
08:30So that puts him out of the frame for the 2006 killings.
08:34Bruce, you were saying there was one main suspect back in 06, right?
08:39Travelling farm machinery salesman. Had historical form, GBH, kidnapping.
08:45Passing through Mount Affinity during the time of both murders.
08:48Trevor John McLaughlin. He passed away in a car wreck two years later.
08:53You there, Bruce?
08:54Yeah.
08:56OK.
08:58OK.
09:00Cheers. Bye.
09:03Police records, one warehouse down, two to go, nothing here.
09:06Hands are tied without those files.
09:09Look, I don't want to get anybody in trouble, but we need to go and see Rose.
09:16Samuel Richard's wife? Why?
09:19Trust me on this one, Diana.
09:21Who's he?
09:23Samuel investigated the original mountain murders.
09:26Let's go, eh?
09:29Dawson, you got the fork?
09:35Bring the tea in there.
09:39Yes, Richard's played Santa on the Christmas parade every year.
09:43Sweetest guy.
09:49So he was the ranking officer during the mountain murders?
09:52Yeah, he retired not long after the killings. Early onset dementia.
09:56Passed away recently.
09:58That's the last of them. Please, sit down.
10:04Those poor kids.
10:05It was Samuel's biggest case, the one that got away.
10:09Broke his heart, he couldn't get answers for Emma and Gabriel's family.
10:13When he had to retire, he made copies of every file, every note he ever took.
10:18Nothing will come of this. I know we really shouldn't have kept it.
10:21Rose, your husband was a good cop, and if he bent the rules keeping these, it was to help.
10:25And trust me, he's helping now.
10:31Not a week could go by he wouldn't open one of those.
10:33Read the files, cover to cover.
10:36When did your husband pass away, Mrs Richards?
10:42Six months ago now.
10:45I'm sorry for your loss.
10:50Even when Samuel was fighting to remember my name, he'd still ask me to bring one file or another into the care home.
10:58Thank you. Yeah, his notes are meticulous.
11:01The two Irish, I knew it was connected.
11:04The bodies were in the river, you found a goat.
11:07Rose, come on now.
11:09The chap who sold the tractors.
11:11My husband never believed he was involved.
11:13Samuel was sure the answer was right here in Mount Affinity, hiding in plain sight.
11:19I always hoped he was wrong, but he wasn't wrong about many things.
11:24I reckon that Irishman was pulled out of the water.
11:27He was all like, bloated and green, like the Incredible Hulk.
11:35It's a good job, though, eh?
11:37Yeah.
11:39Well, it's a good job.
11:41It's a good job.
11:43It's a good job.
11:45It's a good job.
11:47It's a good job.
11:49It's a good job.
11:50It's a good job, though, eh?
11:53That prick wrote him, feeding that evil shit to Jared.
11:56He got what he deserved, you ask me.
11:58Fuck me, son.
12:06Ata whakarongo mai.
12:13Ahako o pehea, he tapu te tangata.
12:21Whatever Ronan did, he was someone's son and worthy of forgiveness.
12:26And you, of all people, should know that.
12:35Today, we bring Jared back into our whare.
12:42We carry him home to feel on him, our way.
12:51What time are you bringing our boy back?
12:54About two o'clock.
12:56Everything will be ready.
13:05Ronan was killed by a single stab wound to the heart.
13:08His body was kept somewhere for several days before being dumped in the water.
13:12In 2006, quite a few people died.
13:15He was kept somewhere for several days before being dumped in the water.
13:18In 2006, cause of death in both cases was strangulation, and the victims didn't know each other.
13:24They disappeared a week apart, and then their bodies were dumped in the water within about 12 hours.
13:30But in this case, a couple goes missing at the same time.
13:34So the only thing linking those cases and Ronan is the gutted goat.
13:38That was widely known, the whole goat man thing.
13:40Press got a long lens shot of it.
13:43It was on every front page.
13:48You had nightmares for weeks.
13:55There was one piece of key information we kept out of the public domain.
13:59Bird bones.
14:01Lashed together with a piece of string.
14:04The shape of a cross.
14:08Where were they found?
14:10Lodged in the windpipes of the victims.
14:15This was kept privileged?
14:17Only Samuel and I knew.
14:20So if the pathologist finds bird bones in Ronan's windpipe, the mountain murderer is back.
14:30And he's finding new ways to kill.
14:34Okay, let's go back to the original victims.
14:37Emma Louise Wilson.
14:3923 years old when she was killed.
14:41Says here she'd been in town two weeks, working picking oranges.
14:46Emma was out here pruning trees.
14:49But the girl she normally bedded up with was off sick, so...
14:53The owner saw her working this line at 10.45am.
14:58She didn't come back for lunch, so we went looking for her, found a pruning gear by the ladder.
15:03But Emma was gone.
15:06Emma's working.
15:09She has a clear view of any passing cars.
15:13A driver spots her, pulls up down the road.
15:16He approaches through the trees.
15:19He's careful.
15:21Maybe she never even sees him coming.
15:23Unplanned spur of the moment.
15:25He grabbed the opportunity.
15:27Or...
15:29Or the driver's known to her.
15:36She recognizes him, goes to say hello.
15:41She trusts him.
15:43Explains why there was no sign of a struggle.
15:46Gabriel Peters.
15:4819 years old.
15:50A gap year from his hometown of Bruges.
15:53Traveled around the country in a second hand jeep.
15:58This was his favorite swimming spot.
16:00Locals reported seeing him here multiple times.
16:03Night swimming.
16:05Jeep was found at dawn, December 12th, 2006.
16:09The keys were still in the ignition.
16:12The jeep's his biggest possession, so he's not just going to leave the keys in there, so...
16:16Somebody's already here, waiting, watching.
16:19Could have got them before he even got out of the car.
16:22Or a passing car could have spotted him.
16:25Realized he was alone.
16:27Taken a chance.
16:30Or he'd already been swimming.
16:32Came back to the jeep.
16:35The killer was waiting.
16:47Dr. Tahu.
16:49Dear Swia, we've got something to show you at the lab.
16:52We'll be there in 30 minutes.
16:54See you then.
17:04The subclavian artery was severed below the shoulder blade.
17:08Would have led to massive and rapid blood loss.
17:11Death within minutes.
17:12Weapon?
17:13The wound was 9 centimeters deep, 4 to 5 centimeters wide.
17:16About the size of a kitchen knife.
17:18Any indication where the body was kept?
17:20No disturbance from animals.
17:22And the decomposition wasn't as advanced as I'd expect if he was in the sunlight.
17:26So he was stored inside.
17:28And the goat?
17:30We swabbed the carcass.
17:32No human DNA was retrieved.
17:34But I did retrieve soil from Ronan's ear that matches the soil on the goat's fur.
17:39So they were stored together.
17:41Seems like it.
17:43But then, the biggie.
17:46Lodged in the throat of the deceased.
17:48Introduced posthumously.
18:05I'm not going to make it.
18:15Gerald and I are at Ngapitou.
18:20After that we're taken back to his mother's home.
18:27Welcome back to Ngapitou.
18:28You're welcome, T.
18:32I know you love Gerard.
18:36I'm sorry you couldn't hear him.
18:47Shall we go?
18:49No.
18:51I've got to go.
18:53I've got to go.
18:55No.
18:56Shall we go?
19:00I mean, we met him once in Ireland, that's enough.
19:04We work today.
19:06Unless you want to go to another time?
19:14If it is the mountain murder, we're going to need a bigger team.
19:27I've seen these.
19:29In some of those files.
19:31Any idea what it is?
19:33Could be just doodles.
19:36But each one's identical.
19:38We're following up with Rose.
19:45Hey there.
19:46Hey.
19:49Just swapped out the shifts.
19:51Back up the moaner in the morning.
19:52Egg and salad?
20:03There you go.
20:05You're really giving up if you go to sleep just to feed me?
20:08And to see how you are.
20:10You're not even good.
20:12Liar.
20:18I'm not a liar.
20:20During the karakia, you could see how you were feeling.
20:25Being up there on the moaner.
20:29So close to where your mum went missing.
20:31Remember when your mum took us up to the lookout?
20:35After I'd won junior athletics champion you came second?
20:38No, other way around.
20:40Not how I remember her.
20:42She made us that picnic.
20:44And you were there.
20:46And you were there.
20:48And you were there.
20:50And you were there.
20:52And you were there.
20:54And you were there.
20:56And you were there.
20:58And you were there.
21:00She made us that picnic to celebrate.
21:02Those soft cheeses I'd never heard of.
21:05Fancy crackers.
21:07I don't know how she found the money.
21:09She let us drink bubbly wine.
21:11Watered down with orange juice.
21:13All the same.
21:22She'd never do it though.
21:25Kill herself, leave me.
21:30You more than anyone knows that.
21:42I'm sorry I haven't been back.
21:44It's been...
21:46Christ fell on me.
22:00Here.
22:02Eat your sandwich.
22:17Kira, I'm sorry to bother you.
22:20You're the man Richter arrested.
22:25I just came to say sorry for your loss.
22:29I assaulted Ronan.
22:31Stole from him.
22:33I'm not proud that I used my fists on him.
22:39There was a reason.
22:42Ronan sold P to a young man who was in my care.
22:47His name was Jared.
22:50One or two years younger than your Ronan.
22:53You should go.
22:57We're going to be celebrating Jared's life.
22:59And if you wish it, Ronan's as well.
23:03You're welcome to join us at night Peter.
23:05Do you expect us to believe that you're celebrating Ronan's life now too?
23:10Jared and Ronan are both young men.
23:14Much more than their faults and weaknesses.
23:18We'd welcome the chance to mourn with you.
23:30So back to Roses.
23:33Two minutes. I've talked to your friend.
23:35Throw her something.
23:37Nothing that'll screw us though.
23:49You okay?
23:52I was heading straight for the airport.
23:54No idea what I was going to do when I got home.
23:57And now?
24:00Things change, you know?
24:06So is it true?
24:08The body found at the bottom of the waterfall?
24:13He...
24:15suffered a chest wound.
24:18Gun?
24:20Knife?
24:22It'll be in the pathology report.
24:24And the goat?
24:25All the old press clippings from the historical cases.
24:30Do you think this is a serial killing?
24:37I think I've said enough.
24:39Right.
24:55Let's go.
25:26If this is a serial killer, Jesus Christ, Eileen.
25:33Well, until we know more, the angle has to be Ronan.
25:37Who he was, how he died.
25:40What it might mean for Shania.
25:42I don't know.
25:44I don't know.
25:46I don't know.
25:48I don't know.
25:50I don't know.
25:52I don't know.
25:54What it might mean for Sinead.
26:00The Martins will have been briefed on the mountain murders.
26:02If I can just get them to talk to me.
26:05Well, good luck with that one.
26:07Thank you, David.
26:10Oh.
26:18Where are you going?
26:23I don't know.
26:54I don't know.
27:02Oh, my God.
27:04Oh, my God.
27:06Oh, my God.
27:23I don't know what to do, I don't know what to do, I don't know what to do, I don't know what to do, I don't know what to do, I don't know what to do, I don't know what to do, I don't know what to do, I don't know what to do, I don't know what to do, I don't know what to do, I don't know what to do, I don't know what to do, I don't know what to do, I don't know what to do, I don't know what to do, I don't know what to do, I don't know what to do, I don't know what to do, I don't know what to do, I don't know what to do, I don't know what to do, I don't know what to do, I don't know what to do, I don't know what to do, I don't know what to do, I don't know what to do, I don't know what to do
27:53If I'm not with you, then you're not with me
28:00If I'm not with you, then you're not with me
28:13You're not with me
28:18There is no guilt in human weakness, and it is no one's place to judge.
28:35We are here to breathe food to Herod.
28:42And Herod's demons followed him his whole life.
29:00And his demons won, and we are heartbroken.
29:07Our girl, Linda.
29:12We love your boy.
29:17And we weep with you.
29:22We also grieve with you, Judge Martin.
29:25Mr Martin.
29:28Ronan was a part of your whānau.
29:34We also acknowledge the fear you hold for your daughter.
29:39And we pray with you for her safety.
29:43To be once more wept in the cloak of your love.
29:54Rose, over here.
30:01Hello.
30:02Hi. Kia ora.
30:04Kia ora.
30:05He bought this on our 10th anniversary.
30:07The roses were advertised as yellow.
30:11But when white flowers bloomed the next spring, he was fuming, and every year after.
30:18Then one year, he didn't seem to notice.
30:21That was the start.
30:25Rose, there's a symbol all through Samuel's files.
30:31Any ideas?
30:33As he lost words, he drew.
30:36He wasn't much of an artist.
30:39That's meant to be the mill.
30:41Why the mill?
30:42He just got more and more fixated.
30:44Kept on saying, the mill, it all goes back to the mill.
30:48Makes no sense.
30:50There's nothing in his files about the mill.
30:52Not a thing.
31:23Rose.
31:26Would you like to say something?
31:33Hello.
31:34My name is Joseph Martin.
31:37And on behalf of my wife and me, I'd like to thank you all for welcoming us here.
31:44I'm not much of a public speaker.
31:47And I'm certainly not as eloquent as Mr. Huya.
31:51But if I may, I will sing you a song.
31:54In Irish.
31:59Well, what joy in my life
32:04There's a cat on my doorstep
32:10And what a pain I'm in
32:15I'm the one who's in pain
32:20It's the worst things I've done
32:26I'm the one who's in pain
32:31It's the worst things I've done
32:36I'm the one who's in pain
32:42I'm the one who's in pain
32:47It's the worst things I've done
32:52I'm the one who's in pain
32:57I'm the one who's in pain
33:02It's the worst things I've done
33:07I'm the one who's in pain
33:13It's the worst things I've done
33:18I'm the one who's in pain
33:23I'm the one who's in pain
33:41It all goes back to the mill.
33:45On the way to where Emma was abducted, we drove past the mill.
33:49When we were driving to where Gabriel was taken...
33:51Straight past the mill again. It's in sight of both killings.
33:55Less than a kilometre from Sinead and Ronan's house.
33:59Maybe Samuel wasn't just rambling.
34:03Maybe the killer had some connection to the place.
34:06Maybe.
34:16Now's your opportunity.
34:19For what?
34:22Talk to your boy.
34:25Embrace him.
34:28To say goodbye.
34:31Goodbye.
34:34Goodbye.
34:37Goodbye.
34:40Goodbye.
34:43To say goodbye?
34:46Or...
34:48To apologise?
34:55I've had a lifetime of assholes laying down judgement on me.
35:00You're just the latest arsehole.
35:04Don't you judge me old man, I've got nothing to say sorry for.
35:07For once in your life, do the right thing. Go!
35:10Get fucked.
35:12The Land Wizard has no place here.
35:14Fuck all his.
35:17I only wanted a day out of that shit hole anyway.
35:19Fuck it, take me back.
35:40Fuck off.
35:49Oi!
35:51You can't hang around, this is a funeral.
35:53I'm just paying my respects.
35:56If I believed you, you'd be welcome.
35:58I don't.
35:59You're here for a story.
36:03Look.
36:04Alright, fair enough.
36:05Yeah, just some other time, eh?
36:07Yeah.
36:08Okay.
36:09Hey.
36:12Tough day?
36:13Yeah.
36:15Just the two boys.
36:17It's heartbreaking.
36:18And then he shows up.
36:22Who is he?
36:23It's Jared's dad.
36:25He's blood.
36:26So we can't really turn him away.
36:28Which is what we'd love to.
36:30He's just a piece of shit.
36:32Beat his wife up.
36:33Beat his son up.
36:34Abandoned them both.
36:36You know, same old story.
36:39His fists gave Jared a life sentence.
36:42Violence as a kid.
36:44And then down the road, misery and addiction.
36:49Hey.
36:52What you do here, it really means something, Ricky.
36:57Especially on a day like today.
37:02Thanks, go on.
37:03See you later.
37:04See you.
37:27Flow tar.
37:29Better than nothing.
37:35What?
37:42I've got something to say to you.
37:53You know what they say around here?
37:55They say the goat man's back.
37:57They say the goat man's back.
37:59It's just nonsense.
38:00No, it's weird.
38:01He's back.
38:03The goat man?
38:06That's fucking funny.
38:10You know anything about that?
38:14I don't know, it's fucking bullshit.
38:17Why's that?
38:23Because I'm a fucking goat man.
38:28Goat man.
38:38So, what do you know?
38:58Oh.
39:01Oh.
39:04Oh.
39:07Oh.
39:10Oh.
39:13Oh.
39:16Oh.
39:20Oh.
39:30Jesus, Frank.
39:42It's not what it looks like.
39:44Never was.
39:46Okay.
39:47This guy.
39:48Come on.
40:15No, back in the day, all the Maori kids used to jump off this bridge for pennies.
40:34You were missed at work today.
40:40You okay, mate?
40:45When I saw what happened on the CCTV footage...
40:47Yeah.
40:49Well, it's best to be honest, right?
40:55I had to tell them, mate.
40:57It's over.
41:00Mate.
41:11It's over.
41:33Maybe Samuel left some information out of the files.
41:36Another suspect who worked here.
41:38When you saw his files, he was thorough as hell.
41:40There's no way he'd leave a name of someone he suspected out.
41:44Unless he didn't get to a name, just a gut instinct about this place.
41:49Maybe.
41:52Or maybe he's just a man with a crumbling mind.
41:56Looking at this place every day, coming up with a scenario.
42:00Richter.
42:04You're not him.
42:06Didn't think I was.
42:10I do now.
42:15You're such a dick.
42:27What up?
42:29What have you got?
42:33It's been moved.
42:35Recently.
42:39Thanks.
43:02Big tanks down here.
43:08Probably for waste.
43:30Smell that?
43:32Mm-hmm.
43:37Oh, my God.
43:48Oh, shit.
43:52These guys can be hard.
43:56Too small for a human.
43:57More like a small animal.
43:59About the size of a goat.
44:07Oh, shit.
44:24Thanks for coming in.
44:30Make sure you get plenty of samples off the ground, too.
44:35I have your bagging up.
44:36Rotten meat on your first day in Mount Affinity, Gwendo.
44:38Could be worse.
44:40How are you, darling?
44:41Could be better.
44:43Head office is sending more help.
44:46I've got Bruce setting up workstations for you back at the station.
44:49Great.
44:50I'll leave you to it.
44:51Hey, I'll call you, Nate.
44:52Aye.
44:55Animal sacrifice.
44:57It's already Old Testament.
44:58From the cross.
45:00Maybe a religious fanatic?
45:01Christians have sanitised the symbol.
45:04It originally represented execution by torture.
45:07The leaving of personal items, the goat, the bones.
45:11It's classic serial killer pattern behaviour.
45:13It's a textbook.
45:15Almost like it came directly out of a textbook.
45:17What do you mean by that?
45:19I don't know.
45:22Can you drop me back to the station?
45:23Make it another couple of hours in.
45:24Sure.
46:35Do you remember this?
46:53Cheers.
46:59Good?
47:01Yeah, strong.
47:31Cheers.
47:47Do you remember our big ass plans?
47:49Hitchhike around the island.
47:52Climb a big mountain.
47:54Kayak expedition.
47:56I reckon, when we get the chance.
47:57Or you could just come to Wellington and we could drink a shit ton.
48:00I don't know.
48:08Sorry.
48:09What's up?
48:14I'll go and do the dishes.
48:26Local paper.
48:27November 2006.
48:29Look at the photograph at the top of the page.
48:32Mount Affinity Gun Club Prize Giving.
48:34Jesus, Rick, if that's obscure.
48:35Look at who came third.
48:39Colin Friends.
48:42But he told Bruce he only moved to Mount Affinity after somebody shoulder tapped him three years ago.
48:49Colin Friends was here during the mountain murders.
48:51He's lying to us.
48:52Again.
48:59It was one time, and we stayed out of each other's way after that.
49:06And we stayed out of each other's way after that, and she came over once.
49:12One time because my wife liked her.
49:15And we stayed out of each other's way after that.
49:21And we stayed out of each other's way after that.
49:26She came over one time because my wife liked me.
49:29She came over once.
49:32She came over one time.
49:34And we stayed out of each other's way.
49:57She came over once.
49:59And we stayed out of each other's way.
50:01She came over once.
50:03And we stayed out of each other's way.
50:05She came over once.
50:07And we stayed out of each other's way.
50:09She came over once.
50:11And we stayed out of each other's way.
50:13She came over once.
50:15And we stayed out of each other's way.
50:17She came over once.
50:19And we stayed out of each other's way.
50:21She came over once.
50:23And we stayed out of each other's way.
50:24She came over once.
50:26And we stayed out of each other's way.
50:28She came over once.
50:30And we stayed out of each other's way.
50:32She came over once.
50:34And we stayed out of each other's way.
50:36She came over once.
50:38And we stayed out of each other's way.
50:40She came over once.
50:42And we stayed out of each other's way.
50:44She came over once.
50:46And we stayed out of each other's way.
50:48She came over once.
50:50And we stayed out of each other's way.
50:52She came over once.
50:54And we stayed out of each other's way.