Smaller and Smaller Circles

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I can't go home

until I know by heart all these parts of the body.

Teacher kept mouthing that.

I don't want to be here.

Whatever I do,

there's always something missing.

Body parts.

I'm still missing some, he kept telling me.

I should do better.

I still can't leave.

This won't kill me, I hope.

I just want to go home.

I see you've helped yourself.

Go ahead, have some.

Where did you come from?

You fly tomorrow to Boston?

Chicago.

Look!

There's bud rot on those trees.

It started with one tree,

then two others were infected.

Where were you again?

Just checking on something.

Or someone?

Is there a girlfriend we should know about?

Monsignor Ramirez!

Not funny.

Let me guess, transferred again?

He still heads the children's charity.

And you're surprised?

It's not like we can change the Cardinal's mind.

Besides, to him the matter's closed.

It's not closed, and never will be.

Unless Monsignor Ramirez will be made to answer for what he's done.

Gus, you've been chasing him through the system for ten years!

The Cardinal just moves him around.

Ramirez is untouchable because of his powerful friends.

Those kids are too afraid to say anything.

They know they don't stand a chance.

And why is that?

What makes them that way? What makes them helpless?

They don't stand a chance?

Can you hear yourself?

They don't stand a chance so let's just forget about them?

They don't stand a chance because we've abandoned them.

Gus, I'm not the enemy here.

I know, I'm sorry.

It's just that I have to do something--

This can't go on!

He's just gonna use the charity

to choose and groom his victims.

Father Gus Saenz? This is Francisco Lastimosa.

Good afternoon, Director Lastimosa.

I sent you some photos.

Yeah, they're right here.

I'm looking at them now--

Father Gus, we need your forensic knowledge on this case.

Can you help us?

Director Mapa should be here!

The secretary said he's out playing golf.

Obviously, he wasn't informed.

There's not much in this report, sir.

You're right, Father.

We don't have much there.

Maybe we should consider revisiting the site of the second boy?

Jake, get on it!

Yes sir!

This doesn't seem to be the work of someone drunk

or under the influence--

The killer seems to be in full control here.

Injuries on the victims are too similar.

Could be just one killer with similar staging and disposal.

Also, what if there are more victims

who have not yet been found?

Father Saenz, you've been watching too many Hollywood movies!

There are no serial killers in the Philippines!

Ben.

I expect you to do what needs to be done!

Okay, good luck!

Sit down, Attorney.

But sir--

Sit down!

I'm here.

Got your e-mail.

Sounds urgent.

It is, when are you back?

Will need your help soon.

You okay on your own for a while?

Of course. Paperwork will take a while.

Father, two other bodies were found in the dumpsite.

One in March, another in April.

Where are they now?

Police and town officials found no leads.

And no one claimed the bodies.

Two more bodies.

The Bureau trying to exhume.

With similar injuries.

Nobody raised a stink?

Surely they were reported.

But not transmitted to higher levels.

Father, this may be a piece of good news.

This sample matches the fibers found on one of the victims.

This is good, Jake.

This is good news.

With any luck, it could help identify this victim.

Somebody out there is looking for their son.

Jake, what's up?

Victim's name is John David Mendoza.

Positive ID?

Parents recognized the shirt.

There's a possible ID on the second boy.

When did you last see John David?

We call him Jon-Jon.

It was Saturday morning, Father.

He was hurrying to Payatas.

Said he was meeting some friends there.

Those friends--

Do you know them?

No.

How about enemies?

None.

He was a good kid.

We depended on him.

Sometimes he brings food from the dumpsite.

From the dumpsite?

We find food there.

Not all of it's spoiled.

Meat, fruits, vegetables--

Food is food.

He worked in the dump as a scavenger.

Breadwinner of the family at thirteen.

When I was thirteen,

I was in school.

I was lonely and a misfit,

but at least I was in school.

You had your own cross to bear.

Did Jon-Jon mention where he was meeting them?

No.

Sometimes he'd go to the parish.

There's free food on Saturdays.

Will you help us, Father?

Did you see what was done to our son?

What kind of person would do such a thing?

These boys--

it's almost as though

they don't matter.

Nobody is watching.

I'm sorry for your loss.

When I woke up,

there was blood on my shorts.

Father saw it. He asked--

Why the pale face?

Lose your tongue again?

I couldn't stomach seeing Mother wash my shorts,

her hands shaking.

I had no face to show.

I know what's in their heads.

I can feel their eyes.

I hate being watched.

You're too old for this.

Maybe you're right.

Just kidding.

There's coffee there if you want.

In the pot.

This is terrible.

Cost-cutting.

How's the tooth?

Leave it alone.

"Keep to your own ways and leave mine to me."

Petrarch wasn't talking about tooth decay.

It's bad for the heart.

I'll tell you what's bad for my heart.

Another one.

Boy number six.

Same missing parts?

Yup.

Heart and genitalia removed, face peeled off--

Clean slit, horizontal.

This work is something else.

Skull fracture shows that there was a heavy blow here.

Assuming that he's right-handed, it comes from the right.

Age?

Maybe twelve or thirteen.

What did the killer use?

A blade, not too big.

Around six inches long, no more than an inch wide.

Easier to control.

No serrations.

You think he used the same blade on the body?

No.

The notches on the ribs were slightly thicker.

What about the teeth?

Pitting.

He was a mouth breather, that boy.

He suffered from chronic respiratory disease.

Sexual assault?

No.

But why the excision of the genitals? We have to account for that.

Seems to me there's sexual conflict.