Law & Order

. - In the criminal justice system, the people are represented

by two separate, yet equally important groups:

the police, who investigate crime,

and the district attorneys, who prosecute the offenders.

These are their stories.

- Do you remember when this park

was a refuge from tourists?

You mean back in the '80s,

when it was full of drug dealers and riots?

The good old days.

And now we've got these

"van life" people hanging around here.

They're kids--

seeking adventure, living their best life.

- They're fake hippies driving gas-guzzling motor homes,

drinking oat milk lattes

all paid for with daddy's credit card.

It's a sham.

- They're not bothering anyone.

- They're a nuisance. This is what I'm talking about.

Look at all this trash.

It isn't trash.

It's blood.

- Van is registered to Amanda Larson.

She's 22 from Columbus, Ohio.

- When was the last time someone had eyes on her?

Yesterday afternoon.

- What was she doing in Manhattan?

- Came to the city five days ago.

Been living in her vehicle. - Uh-huh.

Any summonses on the vehicle? - No.

What about a wallet?

Phone? - Haven't located either.

I think this is one of her shoes.

Couldn't find the other one. - Yeah, probably on her foot.

Deep scuff marks on the heel.

Probably being dragged someplace.

Must've lost the other one in the process.

- At first I thought it was a simple car break,

but the blood, the shoe, the missing tourist?

Figured I'd better call it in.

Check 911 calls.

Have LMSI pull video footage from every camera

within a three-block radius.

Also start a canvas on residential

and business cameras. -

You got something?

- A hammer. Blood looks fresh.

I'll check the hospitals.

She might've ended up in an emergency room.

Or the morgue.

- Amanda and I spent the day together.

We got passes to a gym so we could shower.

And after that, we went to the laundromat.

- What time did you get back here?

Um, around 5:00.

- Have any idea where she went after this?

Who she might have been with?

- I knocked on her door at around 10:00

to see if she wanted to do a livestream

in front of the Tenement Museum,

but she wasn't here.

- Did you notice the condition of the van?

Was the window broken?

- No. No, no, nothing like that.

Did you hear anything?

Yelling or glass breaking?

- No, but I sleep with a sound machine.

- Do you have any idea who Amanda was hanging with

while she was here in New York?

- I never saw her with anyone IRL,

but she was huge on social media.

She made van life a thing.

Living in a van.

How did she make that a thing?

She had a vlog--

posted about life on the road.

She was actually pretty shy.

But when she was on camera,

everything she did looked like so much fun.

She's the reason I got a van.

A lot of people feel the same way.

How many is a lot?

Like over two million?

- And the tips just keep on coming.

I swear, half of her two million followers

are armchair detectives just clogging up the phone lines.

Who knows?

Maybe they'll help us find a lead.

- Yeah, better chance the Jets win the Super Bowl.

- Well, at 10:00 p. m., the van was intact.

And at 11:37 p. m.,

she posts from a party in Brooklyn.

And then at 7:24 a. m.,

we get the call that the van has been broken into.

- I just got off the phone with the parents--

they're a wreck.

They said they get a check-in call from Amanda every morning.

Ten weeks she's been traveling, never missed a day

until this morning.

They're jumping on a plane and I'd like

to have some news for them when they land.

- Mm-hmm. - Where are we at?

- Canvassing--haven't come up with anything,

nothing on the 911 call logs,

and the Missing Persons Squad have come up empty.

No credit card activity.

- Yeah, we should check her father's credit card too.

He said that she uses it sometimes

when hers is maxed out. What about her phone?

- It's either turned off or the battery's dead.

I put in a request for a cell site order.

- Forensics? - F-BIO put a priority

on the testing of the blood

and promised a quick turnaround.

Let's retrace her last steps,

starting with her last-known location,

which is the party, and then we're gonna

have to work forward from there.

- Already have Unis canvassing the area.

- And one of them just found a potential witness

in East Williamsburg.

Let's go.

- Do you know who Amanda Larson is?

- Yeah, I know her. I DM'd her to come.

Put her on the VIP list. - Why's that?

She's a big influencer.

- Yeah, she posts about how much fun she's having?

- Exactly-- gives the party cred.

All it cost me was bottle service.

You talk to her?

For a few seconds.

Seemed pretty cool. Good vibe.

- You see her hanging out with anyone?

- She spent most of the time in the VIP section over there.

Everyone was trying to take selfies with her.

But, uh, there was a dude--

he runs a vegan lifestyle blog.

Think they left together.

We're gonna need his name.

- Yeah. Yeah, I know Amanda.

Yeah, I met her last night.

I was just telling Megan about her.

I can't believe what happened.

I mean, her blood was all over her van like that.

- Wait--how'd you know there was blood on the van?

It's all over social media.

Let me show you.

Hmm.

You go to the party, Megan?

- I wasn't feeling well, so I stayed home.

So you were here all night?

- I was still up when Toby got home.

We went through the content from the party together.

What time was that?

Like 2:00?

2:15?

You come back alone?

Yeah, yeah.

Um, Amanda and I walked to the subway together.

I got on the L train, Eastbound, and...

last time I saw her, she was on the platform

waiting to go to Manhattan.

We'll need you and Megan

to come down to the precinct with us.

Uh, o-okay. Why?

- Because you're lying your ass off.

- You see where Amanda is standing?

- Looks like a bank-- an ATM.

- You see what time that picture was taken?

It says 4:06 this morning.

- That's when Amanda used her father's credit card

to withdraw cash.

Guess where that ATM is located.

Across the street from your apartment, Toby!

Which tells me you and Amanda didn't part ways

on that subway platform like you said.

Time to tell the truth.

Otherwise, you and Toby are gonna be

the lead suspects in a kidnap-murder plot.

I saw her in the apartment.

When?

Around 2:00.

She came home with Toby.

- And how did that make you feel, Megan?

Angry? Jealous? - No.

- Your boyfriend brings another woman

to your apartment at 2:00 in the morning?

You had to feel something-- - It's not like that!

Toby can hook up with anyone he wants to.

We're not together anymore.

- Megan and I broke up a couple months ago.

You know, we still live together and everything--

um, we just live in separate bedrooms, you know?

She does her thing, I do my thing.

- Then why lie about bringing Amanda home?

- Our blog is called "Two Vegans in Love,"

and it's about us as a couple living a healthy life.

If people find out that-- that Megan and I broke up,

I mean, it'll-- it'll ruin everything.