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This is so unfair.

The sooner you accept that life's not fair,

- the better off you'll be. - But you said I could go to the city.

If you said she could go, it is a bit unreasonable.

I never said she could go.

- Mom. - Doug.

If I did, I didn't realize it was today.

And I assumed that you would make her wear,

you know, clothes.

What was that?

- Help me! - Oh, God!

- Help me, please - Oh, oh!

Call 911!

- Help me! - Look at me.

- Help me... - Call somebody!

You're gonna be okay. You're gonna be okay.

You're gonna be okay.

Call an ambulance!

Come on. Come on.

Come on. Come on, keep going, Gideon.

Good boy. Come on.

Don't give up, Gideon.

There's so much blood, we didn't even need Gideon.

The girl did have, like, 30 holes in her.

Heck, you could see the blood trail from space.

It's amazing she even survived.

He buried her.

You know if she's gonna make it?

We don't know.

But I'm pretty sure they're not.

ERT already removed some bodies?

The ones that weren't too badly decomposed

M.E.S working with.

ERT sent pics of the rest.

He brings her out here,

assaults her, stabs her repeatedly,

and buries her in a pre-dug hole.

Multiply by, what, 19?

- Yep. - We made nine turns

to get here from the LIE...

It's an out-of-the-way-spot.

He knows this area.

He's spent time here.

He's comfortable here.

Too comfortable, actually.

What do you mean "too comfortable"?

He buried his last victim

without making sure she was dead.

It's his first mistake.

What does that tell you?

He's smart.

He's highly organized.

It's the only way you kill and bury 18 victims

without leaving a single witness.

The Sands Point police have found

a number of human remains. They have...

All right, the JOC is hot, people.

- Kristen, you got it? - Yep.

We ID'd our surviving victim.

- It's putting out now. - Her prints hit off

a two-year-old tourist visa.

Nice work, Ms. Chazal. What do we got?

All right, her name is Hailey Nuriyev.

She's 20 years old, Ukrainian.

She came from Kiev to JFK in the fall of 2016.

Hailey doesn't sound Ukrainian.

Mother was American.

Northern-Cal, hippie,

did a semester abroad in 96.

Married a Ukrainian, never came back.

Died in 09.

Any idea what she was doing in New York?

She has family here?

No. Grandparents are dead.

Visa lists Sutton Suites as her address...

month-to-month corporate rentals...

but they have no record of her ever staying there.

Medical Examiner is ready for you.

He's got a pre-lim. Go-go-go.

Let's go.

The victims were killed over the past three years.

The most recent was three to five weeks ago.

All were stabbed approximately 30 times

with a five-inch, partially-serrated blade.

All have a similar-sized section of skin flayed

from the upper-left chest,

and they all show signs of being sex workers.

Serial killers need to get their victims alone.

Easier to accomplish when they're prostitutes.

I'll have to take your word on that.

What is that?

In the exposed tissue.

Good eye.

Seems the killer was trying to remove an identifying mark.

Tattoos don't scar that deeply.

We working with a brand?

Heat from a branding wouldn't penetrate that far.

If it's cut with a heated blade, it does.

Not easy keeping up with her, is it?

Can you bring out that image?

The body's condition has made it impossible

to identify the brand.

One more thing... one of the girls had

polyacrylamide breast implants.

- Is that unusual? - In an 18, 19-year-old, very.

Those haven't been used since the early 90s.

Mostly in Eastern Europe.

Jubal said that Hailey's almost out of her surgery.

We only have a short window before her next one.

Thank you.

The scarring in the muscle tissue

was hard to make out, but

it's there.

I need to prep for a surgery.

- Thank you. - A crown?

The killer removed the same piece of skin

from the same spot on all of the victims.

All the girls probably had the same brand.

So all the victims worked for the same ring

and the brand was removed

so the bodies couldn't get tied to them.

We have to change our theory.

Serial killers leave signatures.

Something that serves a psychological need

but of no practical purpose.

If the skin was taken to hide what ring they worked for,

then it served a very practical purpose.

No signature, no serial killer.

So who are we looking for?

A trafficker.

Someone who disposes of the girls

when they outlive their usefulness.

Help me! Help me!

Hailey, it's okay.

Hailey, it's all right. Sit back.

It's okay. My name is Maggie,

I'm with the FBI. You're safe now.

It's okay.

No ones gonna hurt you anymore.

But what about my sister?

Please...

my sister...

This is all my fault.

Hailey, one in five women are sexually assaulted.

- It could happen to anyone. - You don't understand.

My sister would still be safe at home

if I hadn't suggested the employment agency.

Coming to the U.S. was all my idea.

- I had... - This is not your fault.

Tell us what happened.

Start with the employment agency.

I saw an ad online.

Pass their test and you interview

for jobs in New York.

I should have known this was a scam

Two dumb farm girls from Travneve.

I...

What happened when you got here?

[breaths shakily

Three men picked us up.

Snake was the boss.

The others were Spider and Hog.

- Ukrainian? - Yeah.

Spider and Hog were.

Snake spoke Ukrainian, but not well.

His English was better.

What else can you tell us about him?

Um...

uh, he blindfolded us...

took us to a basement...

If we resisted...

they said they would kill us and our family.

And then they raped us

for three days straight.

It's how they break down your resistance.

Afterwards...

they took me away and I haven't seen Brooke since.

You know where they took you?

There were four basements.

They rotated us through them.

Once, there was...

in the summertime, a beach house.

How do you know?

- Did you see it? - I could hear the waves.

You're doing really great, Hailey.

Thank you.

Do you know who attacked you last night?

Snake.

Do you know why?

I broke the rule.

I asked for help.

I heard Brooke was sick,

and girls that get sick and don't get better,

they go with Snake and they don't come back.

Who did you ask for help?

A john that I'd seen a few times.

I took a chance.

I begged him to call the police,

and then Snake came for me, and he...

I need to prepare Hailey for surgery.