Tracker

Hello, you.

What's out there?

Something's coming, isn't it?

Something bad.

Velma. What do ya got?

Emmaline Trace, 16 years old,

went missing yesterday from Pryor, Kentucky.

Her brother, Jasper, put up the reward.

Now, it's only 5K.

And before you even say it, I know,

we would barely break even.

Brother? No parents?

Died in a house fire 10 years ago.

Brother got parental custody, so it kept her out of the system.

How'd you find this one?

I was on the message board and it popped up.

Something about it just reminds me of where I came from.

It seems like you're pretty near the area.

But you don't have to take this if you don't want to.

No, I understand.

Colter, it's just something about her picture, and the post from her brother.

I'm guessing nobody's gonna be chasing this reward.

Send me what you have.

I'm a few hours away. I'll leave as fast as I can.

He's going to take the job?

Yeah.

I felt kind of bad asking him,

but I just got a feeling about this one.

You don't talk much about your family.

-Did Colter tell you? -No.

I just picked up on some clues along the way.

Hmm.

- I don't mean to pry. - I just-- -It's fine.

It's not something I really advertise, but I never knew my dad,

and my mom was institutionalized when I was 12.

-Prison? -No. The other one.

Oh, that's tough.

My sister had to step up and raise me,

and she was basically a kid herself.

And I'm sure she was happy to do it.

I know Colter wishes he could have done more for his sister.

I don't know. I just think that there are some people that are raised

and some people that are forged.

And in my experience,

those kinds are way more interesting.

You think this has to do

with your sister's disappearance?

It was dropped on our porch day before she was taken.

There've been others...

Rabbits, raccoon, even a cat once.

Someone's sending a message.

Yeah.

People here didn't exactly take kindly to outsiders coming in.

You came from Tennessee?

Yes, sir. Six months ago.

The outfit I work for does mine safety and inspection.

Not the most popular job out here.

The locals think you're threatening their livelihood.

No doubt.

Mining ain't what it used to be, but it's good work.

Union work.

And people kill to protect these jobs.

If something happened to her 'cause of what I'm doing, I...

When was the last time you saw your sister?

Yesterday morning. I was leaving for my shift.

She was sitting on the couch, face in a book.

When did you notice she was missing?

The school called, said she wasn't there.

She ain't the type to just skip class.

So I raced home,

and her backpack was sitting there with her phone,

and I just drove around all night looking for her.

Call the police?

Yeah. Yeah, they said she must've ran off.

Mr. Shaw, the police, they got sons and they got cousins in the mine.

They ain't any different.

Did Emmaline like it here, in this town?

You know, she never really had many friends.

She kind of keeps to herself.

Yeah. I mean, moving was tough, but...

She wouldn't leave me,

not after everything that we've been through.

I'd bet my life on that.

I really think something bad happened to her.

There's... something here.

You see that?

Looks like plastic from a car turn-signal light, doesn't it?

I think this animal was hit and it was moved here.

Did you notice anything

when these animals were dropped off, anything at all? A truck?

No. They were always just waiting here when I came home.

You know which days?

Yeah. I would always try reporting it, but...

Like I said, the police weren't too sympathetic.

Um, look, I know the reward isn't much.

-But... -Hey...

I'm gonna help you.

I'm gonna do whatever I can to bring your sister home.

Bobby.

What up, C?

Check your inbox, will you?

And I don't have good cell service here, so we gotta be quick.

Well, you know me. Quick's my middle name.

All right. You want me to find who collects roadkill

for the Department of Transportation in Ferland County, Kentucky?

That's a new one.

Run it against the dates I gave you, will you?

A government website.

Not that easy.

That's why you get paid the big bucks.

You said it, not me.

Okay. Got it. Guy's name is Jim Wheeler.

Looks like he's working for all three of those days.

What do you have on him?

It turns out the hiring standards for county roadkill collection are pretty low.

Wheeler's got a couple of DUIs, domestic violence charge,

but he never did time.

Can you get his location from his phone?

I've got questions, but sure.

All right, sending you the coordinates.

Looks like he's on his route now.

Thank you.

Jim Wheeler.

I'm looking for Emmaline Trace.

Happen to know where she is?

And why would I?

Well, there were a collection of dead animals

dropped off at her place, all while you were on shift.

I'm guessing... not a coincidence.

Must have fallen off my truck.

She's gone missing.

Now I know you ain't police. Ain't county neither.

And if you're a Fed, well,

I got nothing to say to you.

I'm just trying to find the girl.

Her brother thinks she might be in danger.

That might be that, uh...

It might be that trouble found her for a reason.

What reason would that be?

I got a cousin that works with her at the Icy Cone,

says she's seen the devil acting through her.

I don't need none of her kind around here, that's for damn sure.

Is that why you've been dropping roadkill off at her place?

Maybe.

You're lucky that's all.

There you go.

Enjoy.

Hi there.

-Can I help you? -I hope so.

I'm looking for Emmaline Trace.

I've been hired to find her. She's gone missing.

You work with her, right?

Yes, sir.

Well, I... I mean, I did for a bit.

Emmaline don't work here no more.

We fired her last month.

-Why is that? -I'm afraid that's confidential.

Since you ain't a paying customer,

I'm gonna have to ask you to leave.

Right. Um...

In that case, I'll have a black coffee.

Go do the restock, Barbara.

Delivery just came in.

I take it you're not a big fan of Emmaline's.

I've seen enough to know I don't want no part of what she's into.

What's that?

Witchcraft.

-You believe in that? -Be foolish not to.

Now, you have a nice day.

-Enjoy. -Thank you.

Hello. How can I help you?

Your boss doesn't seem to like Emmaline very much, huh?

Says she's, uh, into weird stuff.

I heard the rumors.

And, yeah, I mean, she's strange, but she was nice to me.

Covered my shift when Mom got sick.

How was she strange?

Like most people, when on a break,

they'll go out back and go on their phones.

She walked around in those little trees.

What was she doing?

Nothing, just looking at plants, talking to herself.

But Tess didn't like that too much.

I probably should go back. Tess might start wondering.

If there's anything that you could tell me that would help me find her?

It'll stay between the two of us.

Well, it could be because of what happened with Shirley.

Shirley McCannis.

She kept missing work, so they gave her job to Emmaline.

About a month or two back,

Shirley's husband Travis came in,

was cursing like hell at Emmaline.

Upset that Emmaline replaced his wife.

Maybe, I don't know.

I was doing inventory in the freezer.

After, Emmaline was crying and carrying on.

Tess fired her after that.

Said she could have no more trouble.

-Do you know where the McCannises live? -Down by the old lumber mill.

But you don't want to mess with Travis.