The InBetween

- Previously, on "The Inbetween"...

I can't wake up my mom.

- The woman I saw was dead. - He'd taken out her eyes.

Perp's name was Ed Roven...

Texas, mid '90s.

Six women murdered.

Same MO, same signature.

Executed October 2, 2005.

Roven screwed up when he left

his last victim's son alive.

Mark Waterman told the cops

- everything Roven did - to his mom.

- He couldn't save her, - and he blamed himself,

- so he starts to create - violent fantasies

in which he's like Roven.

We're not a team.

I want out of the Inbetween.

And you're gonna help me,

Cottontail.

[Simple Minds' "Someone,

Hey, we're closed!

Last call was

half an hour ago.

Hey. You don't have to go home,

but you can't stay here!

Millie?

Find me.

Okay, I understand.

Thank you so much

for calling, Doctor.

Why is the doctor

calling so early?

He had some news.

Uh, he took a look

at my most recent film,

- and the steroids - aren't shrinking the tumor

quite as fast as he'd like.

I see.

So what does that mean?

Look, we knew that

the surgery was inevitable.

Yeah, but not this soon.

Well, he also had

some good news.

Dr. Ramona Ashcroft,

- who's one of the best - brain surgeons in the country...

he said she's available to fly

in in the next few weeks

to perform the procedure.

Okay.

Oh, let's not get into it

right now.

- Hey, guys. - Hey, sweetie.

- How's it going? - Hey.

I need a favor.

Yeah?

- Can you look - into a cold case for me?

Yeah, sure.

Do you have a name?

Millicent Pierce.

- I saw her last night - at the bar,

and then I spent a few hours

- looking through - missing-persons websites

until I found her photo.

She disappeared

in the summer of 1985.

She wants me to find her.

- 1985, that's almost ten years - before you were born.

- Yeah. - There are other things, too.

There was a fishing boat

and rope

and another dead woman.

- Okay, well, look, - I'm going to the office early,

- so I'll look up the file... - I'll give you a call.

Thank you.

I'll see you later.

Did we catch a case?

Millicent Pierce.

Disappeared August 29, 1985.

A cold case.

So no body, no forensics,

and not to mention

a 34-year lag time for

witnesses' memories to fade.

What are you thinking...

reinterview the parents?

I can handle that.

But if you wouldn't mind,

I could use some help

- with these files. - What files?

- These files. - Thanks, fellas.

Anytime, Detective.

I did a quick search.

In 1985, every detective

on Millie's case

- was working at least - two other missing women...

- mostly sex workers - and runaways.

Oh. Was Millie a runaway?

- No, but she was pegged - as one because she snuck out

- of the house post curfew, - never came home.

But she was a good student.

She was close to her family.

Oh, what's the connection?

Cassie.

- She said - when she saw Millie,

- there was - another girl there as well.

- Now, it could be they were - taken by the same person.

These seven women went missing

the same year as Millie,

- and like her, - the bodies were never found.

- A task force worked on the - cases as long as they could

back in '85, but eventually

the trail went cold.

Detectives retire,

files were sent to storage.

These women were forgotten.

And if he was never caught,

whoever took them

could still be active.

I've asked unis to gather

all missing-persons files

for the last 34 years.

- But, basically, - any woman that disappeared

- in that time and hasn't been - found is potentially

- a victim, - especially prostitutes.

- Well, I'll check - with Vice,

- see if any sex workers - have recently gone missing.

I've already done that.

According to them, this woman,

Becky Russell,

disappeared just five days ago.

Last seen down near Sea-Tac.

- The airport's popular - with working girls.

- Yeah. Friend of hers - said the last time she saw her,

- she was getting into a car - with an older guy.

Didn't see his face.

- Well, guess it goes - without saying

that if he's been active

for over 30 years,

- he'd best - be described as older.

He'd be in his 50s or 60s

by now.

Cassie said Millie

wants to be found.

- What if she's also trying - to help us

bring down a serial killer?

- So you're saying seven - other women

- went missing - the same year as Millie?

- Mm-hmm. All prostitutes, - all last seen near Sea-Tac.

Asante and I

are looking into it.

That's her. This is the woman

I saw in the fishing net.

Tara Burns.

She went missing

two days before Millie.

- All right, - are you ready for this?

Grieving relatives?

It's never easy.

I understand.

- What did you tell them - about me?

- I told them - you were my daughter,

- you saw Millie's case - on the Internet,

- and you asked me - to look into it.

- But they're not going - to tell me anything

- that they haven't already said - to the original detectives

a million times.

- If there's any new information - to glean in there,

you'll be

the one getting it...

from Millie.

We were surprised to get

your call, Detective.

- It's been a long time - since anyone

has been interested

in looking for Millie.

Very long time.

I can't make any promises.

We understand.

It's been 34 years.

And if Millie

were still alive, she...

If my sister

were still alive,

- she would have - come back to us by now.

We don't expect miracles.

We just want to give

our daughter a proper burial.

She shouldn't be out there...

out there alone.

We'll do everything we can.

The night Millie disappeared,

you thought she'd slipped out

of the house to meet someone?

- Earlier that summer, - I had caught her

sneaking out the back door.

She was all dressed up.

She had a date, I'm sure of it.

- And she never mentioned - to you

the name of the person