
Mike is questioned by Hays and West with Amelia present about the dolls and reveals that Julie had one in her trick and treat bag at the end of the night but didn't see who gave it to her. The foreman tells him that he can't have distracted workers around heavy machinery. Tom returns to work, much to the surprise of his co-workers. Mike Ardoin tells Amelia that the dolls were being given out at Halloween and that Julie got one. Tom asks the two detectives to leave.Īmelia Reardon questions her students about the chaff dolls. Roy tells her not to speak about considering what day it is, and they both break down. Eloise tells them that Lucy did not like them, and she believes that there was a question over Julie's parentage as Tom was possibly working away during the time that she was conceived. They also speak to Tom's parents, Roy and Eloise Purcell. Hays and West question him over his whereabouts on the night of the disappearance. They are told that Will and Julie used to play outside a lot because of the tensions in the household between Tom and Lucy. Hays and West attend Will's funeral where they question Dan O'Brien. Diller and Bowen are charged with investigating the kidnapping, while Hays and West take point on the murder investigation. Special Agents Burt Diller and John Bowen from the FBI are brought in and a task force is created. Xeroxs of Julie Purcell and Will's backpack are circulated. Woodard recalls seeing Will and Julie on the day in question, and the teenagers, but he was going in the other direction.Īt the West Finger Community Center, Gerald Kindt holds a local community meeting where he lays out information that can be divulged, and announces a curfew of 8:00 p.m. His experience in the Vietnam led to the breakdown of his marriage. Wayne Hays and Roland West continue to investigate, talking to Tom Purcell's co-workers at Wilson Body Works and trying to find source of the chaff dolls. The autopsy report shows that Will's cause of death was a broken neck. As the police drag the rivers, evidence is collected from Will's bike. The police investigation into Will Purcell's murder and Julie Purcell's disappearance continues. As attention is drawn to two suspects – Brett Woodard, a solitary vet and trash collector, and Ted LaGrange, an ex-con with a penchant for children – the children's parents receive a cryptic note from an anonymous source. Wayne looks back at the 1980 Purcell case, including possible evidence left behind at the crime scene, the Devil's Den – an outdoor hangout for local kids.
