The Outsider

This guy has murdered a child.

We've got a slew of witnesses.

Prints. DNA.

Did you kill my son?!

Is that not Terry Maitland...

on the same day 70 miles away?

Poof.

Terry Maitland's prints from the Sheraton prints,

from the crime scene... They all match.

He can't have been in two places at once.

We've got a video tape and witnesses.

What we've got beats what they've got.

If Terry Maitland is innocent, we're not done.

Jessa...

No!

He was here. He was saying bad things to me.

It's like he's begging us to catch him.

What kind of criminal does that?

Do you think Terry Maitland killed that boy?

I really don't know.

Kinda late for a visit.

Oh, it's not a social call.

Can we lose the cuffs?

Against protocol.

I'll take responsibility for him.

No, sir, you won't.

Howie Saloman...

would probably fire me as a client

if he knew I was talking to you.

Well, it's the same on my end.

You have any idea what the D.A. would do to me?

Tell me why you're here.

The van with the New York plates is still...

troubling me.

The van I've never seen before in my life?

The last time I was in New York was 16 years ago,

for my honeymoon.

Oh. I didn't know that.

I mean, I knew you hadn't been there recently.

We, of course, back checked your movements

over the last six months.

Couldn't find anything but a...

family vacation

to, Dayton.

And we flew both directions for that,

as I'm sure you know.

I'm as baffled...

by this conflicting evidence as you are.

Hey, will you tell me why you're here?

That...

TV footage...

puts you at the teachers' conference in Cap City

at the same time as Frankie Peterson's murder

sixty miles away.

But I have credible witnesses...

credible witnesses who saw you

walking around covered in Frankie Peterson's blood.

Your prints are all over the van,

the crime scene,

the boy.

Want me to explain all that to you?

- No. - Good.

- Because you can't? - Right.

Right? And no one can.

On March 30th, 2019, did you have any physical...

or verbal contact with Frankie Peterson?

Nope.

On March 30th, 2019, did you abduct Frankie Peterson?

No.

On March 30th, 2019, did you murder Frankie Peterson?

I didn't kill that kid, Ralph.

That it?

For tonight, yeah.

- Okay. - Thank you.

You know, Ralph, when you arrested me...

in front of all those people...

at that game...

you asked me if I'd ever touched your son, Derek.

Do you remember that?

Be very careful about what you say to me next.

In all the years I've been coaching Little League...

your son, Derek, was the best drag bunter...

I ever had.

And he was just a little guy,

you know, he was very small, smallest kid on the team,

but he had a lot of guts,

he was never afraid to crowd the plate,

even if there was some great, big eighth-grader throwing heat.

In most kids that short you just count on 'em for walks.

That's all you can expect, but he wasn't havin' that,

he just kept swinging, and striking out,

and the kids even started calling him...

the "Whiffer."

Secretly, they called him Whiffer.

I asked them to stop, but they're 12 and 11...

Only time he got on base was when he got hit by a pitch, so,

tough to blame 'em.

But when I saw that he wasn't gonna quit,

that he was gonna just keep swingin' and striking out,

I taught him how to bunt,

and not a lot of kids like to do that.

They're afraid they'd drop that bat over the plate,

fast ball comes in, they get their fingers smashed,

but not him.

He never flinched, not once.

And he flew down that first base line,

and you remember how many bunt singles he got?

A lot more than I expected.

But those kids stopped calling him Whiffer,

and they started calling him "Push It."

Right? He'd come up to the plate

runners on the corners, they'd start saying,

"Push it, Derek, push it."

So he had a new handle that year when we almost won district.

You must have noticed a difference in him, right?

Did you notice that that summer?

How confident he was?

How proud he was?

He was a... He was a big little guy.

And, you know, I don't want...

I don't want you to get the wrong impression;

he practiced, a lot,

but I taught him that.

I taught him how to bunt.

So, when you asked me if I ever touched your kid...

I really hope I did.

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solid mahogany with a high gloss finish,

or anything with the velvet interior,

and the classic French Fold design

with a hinged spilt couch,

and the adjustable eternal rest bed.

And since you will be ordering two

I'd be willing to offer you a 20 percent discount

on the embalming.

In my 18 years as a reporter

here at Cherokee City, Bill,

we've never had a case as high profile as this one.

We have all the reporters, all of the law enforcement here,

and plenty of passionate locals

who really just wanna get a glimpse of Terry Maitland.

He, of course, is the accused child killer,

and he should be making a court appearance here momentarily.

Most of them would like to see

justice against accused killer Terry Maitland,

but others are here to offer their support.

And this is the direct result of that bombshell footage

that was leaked online last night, of Maitland.

He's caught on tape attending a literary convention

at the same time Frankie Peterson was murdered.

D.A. Hayes, do you worry your focus

is so narrow on Terry Maitland

that you could be letting other potential suspects pass by?

No, absolutely not.

I have no doubt in my mind that the man we have in custody

is the man who murdered Frankie Peterson

on the afternoon of March the 30th.

And on a personal note, are the rumors true?

Could we actually see your name on the ballot next March?

All I care about today

is securing justice for the kid who was brutally killed

while walking home in a neighborhood

we allowed him to think was safe.

Okay, we're good.

Okay.

Killer!

Die, asshole!

Disgusting! You degenerate!

Terry.

Terry, Terry.

Terry, let me see. Let me see, let me see.

Oh!

Oh, Jesus. 911!

- No! 911! - Terry. Hey, Terry.

Call 911!

Hey.

Hey, breathe with me.

- Hey. Let me take a look. - Breathe with me.

Let me take a look, let me take a look.

Let me take a look. No...

- Oh, God. - Okay, come here.

Put your hand there. Just keep it there.

Right there, right there.

Look at me, Terry. Terry.

I didn't do it.

I wasn't there.

It wasn't me.

It wasn't me.

Jus... Just, Terry, keep looking at me.

- Keep looking at me. - Terry.

Ralph, we have a doctor here.

Hey, Terry, stay with me, please.

- It's okay. - Hey, I'm a doctor.

I'm here to help, okay?

We're gonna help you, buddy. Stay with us.

Stay with us, buddy.

Got the bleeding under control. Did someone call 911?

Yes.

Can you tell me your name, buddy?