Speaker 1: Solve Presents the Missing Babysitter Part one seven, Very much
Speaker 1: m Test one two three, Test one two three. Sorry,
Speaker 1: I guess you can't listen to yourself while you're on
Speaker 1: the air. I'm just going to write that down. Okay,
Speaker 1: what's up. I don't know if anyone is listening to this,
Speaker 1: but this is Sam Douel. I'm coming to you live
Speaker 1: from my closet where I'm trying out my science fair
Speaker 1: project and FM transmitter. You may be wondering why I
Speaker 1: decided to build a radio transmitter for the Science Fair
Speaker 1: instead of just making a paper machine model of Pompeii
Speaker 1: with soda running through the streets. Well, this isn't just
Speaker 1: any science fair. It's statewide and the winner gets a
Speaker 1: trip to the Smithsonian INDEC. So now that I have
Speaker 1: my own radio show, I just have to figure out
Speaker 1: what I'm going to talk about. The problem is I
Speaker 1: live in the most boring town in the world, Maple,
Speaker 1: New Jersey. It's a tiny town. I know everybody that
Speaker 1: lives here, and I know everything that goes on, which
Speaker 1: is nothing. Oh sorry, listeners, this closet isn't sound proof, Richie.
Speaker 1: Are you getting that? Mom? I guess We're going to
Speaker 1: go to commercial while I get the door. This show
Speaker 1: is brought to you by this sole tennis racket. Richie.
Speaker 1: Did you hear the door? It's up a little Douel's
Speaker 1: biggal here, Ritchie, it's Lisa. What's up? I need Kara?
Speaker 1: She's not here. Her car is it's parked up front.
Speaker 1: That's weird. She was babysitting down the street last night.
Speaker 1: Maybe they gave her a ride home. Why would they
Speaker 1: do that if she had a car. Maybe she was tired.
Speaker 1: She has someone answering my texts either. That doesn't seem
Speaker 1: like Kara. She doesn't answer my text for hours. Sometimes
Speaker 1: that's because you're clingy. You are a little cleany. Yeah,
Speaker 1: well as a clany boyfriend. I know her better than
Speaker 1: you too. They say you will only moved here like
Speaker 1: three years ago. And Sam, you're just some kids. She
Speaker 1: used to babysit. I'm not just some kids. And I
Speaker 1: know that. Sometimes she just needs some alone time and
Speaker 1: won't text back for a while. She said, coming up
Speaker 1: on the Find my Friends app? Why are you two
Speaker 1: connected on Find my Friends? Because, like I was saying,
Speaker 1: I'm not just some kids. She used to babysit. I'm
Speaker 1: going to check her house. I'll go with you. Why
Speaker 1: because what if something happened to her? Most missing person's
Speaker 1: cases are solved in the first board eight hours or
Speaker 1: not at all. You're just bored and want to play detectives. Fine,
Speaker 1: waste your Sunday. I'm going back to playing video games
Speaker 1: until Carrot calls? Am I getting paid to babysit your
Speaker 1: little sister Ritchie and fourteen? I don't need a babysitter,
Speaker 1: you know. Why do I feel like this is going
Speaker 1: to be a long work? What's wrong with your car?
Speaker 1: It sounds bad, it smells weird, nothing's wrong with it.
Speaker 1: This is what being in the lower classes, like third
Speaker 1: hand cars and secondhand smoke. I'm sorry, not all of
Speaker 1: us live in the nice part of town. Sam. When
Speaker 1: did you last year? From Kara? Last night? We talked
Speaker 1: right before ten. I really need to talk to her
Speaker 1: about something. What is it? Why do you ask so
Speaker 1: many questions? I have an inquisitive mind, That's why I'm
Speaker 1: a scientist. Look, her parents cars gone? Well, maybe they're
Speaker 1: at church or brunch. No one picked up the paper
Speaker 1: on the front step. Either they've been gone all night
Speaker 1: or left very early. Wait, so we should go to
Speaker 1: the police. That sounds dramatic. How will you feel if
Speaker 1: she's in trouble and we did nothing because it felt dramatic? Fine, okay,
Speaker 1: here you go Maple police station. You aren't coming in.
Speaker 1: Coughs make me nervous, and you make me nervous. So
Speaker 1: I'm just gonna go home and wait for Care to come.
Speaker 1: I don't think she will because you're so dramatic, because
Speaker 1: I'm pretty sure those are her parents inside talking to
Speaker 1: the police. Did care Winger's parents? Just walk back there? Kid,
Speaker 1: I'm not a kid. I need to talk to the
Speaker 1: person in charge of the Winger case. There's no case.
Speaker 1: A teenagers stayed out all night and there parents are
Speaker 1: freaking out. You should be too, she could be in trouble.
Speaker 1: Keep your voice down, kid again, not a kid? Hey,
Speaker 1: can we take it down a notch. I'm in the
Speaker 1: middle of an interview. You're a detective, right, well, gave
Speaker 1: it away. You're not in uniform, your badges in a
Speaker 1: wallet and not pinto your shirt, and you're walking around
Speaker 1: like you're in charge. Someone watches a lot of law
Speaker 1: and order. I don't know what that is. I need
Speaker 1: to talk to you about care Winger? What about her?
Speaker 1: She's missing? Oh, that's not new. The Winger girl disappears
Speaker 1: every once in a while. She always comes back. She
Speaker 1: disappears without her car. Officer. She was babysitting for the
Speaker 1: Garcia family over on Hillcrest Way. When the parents came home,
Speaker 1: the kids were tucked into bed, but the Winger girl
Speaker 1: was gone. I'm sure she'll turn up. Who is she
Speaker 1: to you anyway? She's my babysitter. She's like a big sister. Okay,
Speaker 1: I know her. Are you going to investigate or not?
Speaker 1: Not until I see evidence that it's something more than
Speaker 1: a teenager blowing off some steam. All right, let's call
Speaker 1: Nancy Drew's parents and get her picked up. What's your
Speaker 1: mom's number, Nancy? Well, I did hope I would never
Speaker 1: get a call to pick my child up from the
Speaker 1: police station. It's not like I was arrested, mom, No,
Speaker 1: you were badgering the police. I was trying to help
Speaker 1: Karak could be in trouble. Carrot is trouble, which is
Speaker 1: frankly nothing new. She's the class valedictorian and president of
Speaker 1: the student council. She's everyone's favorite babysitter. Why are you
Speaker 1: suddenly acting like she's a criminal. She isn't. It's just
Speaker 1: you got to know Kara when she was a little
Speaker 1: older and more mature. She ran off like this all
Speaker 1: the time. When she was your age. I used to
Speaker 1: see that poor girl's mother driving in circles around the
Speaker 1: neighborhood looking for her. He was heartbreaking. She grew out
Speaker 1: of it, or maybe she just got better at hiding it.
Speaker 1: Kara wouldn't hide that for me. We were close, she
Speaker 1: said him, like the sister she never had. I love
Speaker 1: how much you care. I love how curious and motivated
Speaker 1: you are. But there's nothing to worry about. If you
Speaker 1: bother the police with this again, you're grounded. I mean it.
Speaker 1: I don't want to see my kid behind bars, understand, Yeah,
Speaker 1: I understand. Huh. I'll have to ask the wingers to
Speaker 1: come get Kara's car or street sweeping tomorrow. I'll talk
Speaker 1: to see if it's open. What's this in the back seat,
Speaker 1: I ask you, listeners. If Kara was going to take
Speaker 1: off of her own free will, wouldn't she have taken
Speaker 1: her backpack with her. It was sitting in the backseat
Speaker 1: of her car. Of course, I can't even bring it
Speaker 1: to the police without getting grounded. But what am I
Speaker 1: supposed to do? No one even cares enough to look
Speaker 1: for her. Screw it, I'm doing this without the cops.
Speaker 1: So inside the backpack we have a binder about prom
Speaker 1: bottle of kombucha, gross keys, tampons, and Kara's diary. Hey,
Speaker 1: her diary. Okay, maybe I can retrace her steps you
Speaker 1: find out where she is now. I guess we have
Speaker 1: a subject from my radio show. After all, listeners, I'm
Speaker 1: going to start A couple of weeks ago, I remember
Speaker 1: seeing Lisa pool care into the girls room at school
Speaker 1: and she looked pissed. Okay, okay, here it is March.
Speaker 1: Lisa seriously crazy. She grabbed me by the arm before
Speaker 1: history and Lisa, go go me late. I cannot believe
Speaker 1: you believe that. I am seriously going to scream if
Speaker 1: you don't let me out of the bathroom. Where were
Speaker 1: you doing lunch? Were you with him again? Okay? I
Speaker 1: get that you're trying to protect me, but there is
Speaker 1: nothing going on between me and Sath. Protect you. If
Speaker 1: you want to cheat on Richie, fine, I don't give
Speaker 1: a ship, but you better keep my name out of it.
Speaker 1: Jesus I don't talk to him about you. Okay, you
Speaker 1: better not. We're best friends. We keep each other's secret.
Speaker 1: Show a few questions listeners. What secret was Lisa so
Speaker 1: scared would come out? And who said, Richie, I'm trying
Speaker 1: to do my radio show. Turn it down? Oh, Richie,
Speaker 1: turn it down? I did h. Hey, I have to
Speaker 1: ask you something. Do you know someone named Seth? Do
Speaker 1: you know what? Kara had a fight with Lisa a
Speaker 1: couple of weeks ago? Why would I? I thought, as
Speaker 1: her boyfriend, you knew everything about her, not about Lisa. Oh,
Speaker 1: you are useless. Kara is missing and you're sitting here
Speaker 1: playing games, playing the games because she's missing. I'm going
Speaker 1: to talk to Lisa. Great, I don't care. You do
Speaker 1: these high knee things every night. I do them four
Speaker 1: times a day. They were really into fitness. The soccer
Speaker 1: team is one went away from being state champs. You
Speaker 1: can't start off now. Did you come here to ask
Speaker 1: me about exercising? No? I I was wondering if he
Speaker 1: knew about this guy. Karre told me about Seth. What
Speaker 1: about Seth? Did you ever meet him? Um? Yeah, so
Speaker 1: have you? He's the guidance counselor Mr Bernard. What was
Speaker 1: she doing with Mr Bernard? They met all the time
Speaker 1: after school. What do you suppose a forty year old
Speaker 1: man would be doing with an eighteen year old girl
Speaker 1: after school? Hold on, I ordered pizza. Hey, Harrison, Hey,
Speaker 1: I've got your Sunday Night special, two pizzas. See you
Speaker 1: again next Sunday two pizzas? Are you having people over
Speaker 1: there for me? You burned a lot of calories training
Speaker 1: to be a champion. I hope you weren't squeamish, because
Speaker 1: I am about to annihilate these pies. Karen said, you
Speaker 1: were really upset about her talking to Mr Bernard? Is
Speaker 1: that all she said? Yeah? Do you think she'd have
Speaker 1: something else? Do this and get to bed practice in
Speaker 1: the morning before school? Sure, no problem. Looks like I
Speaker 1: have to get up early to make it a point,
Speaker 1: moved Mr Bernard. Anyway, Mr Bernard, Samantha right, Ritchie's sister. Actually,
Speaker 1: I prefer Sam, Mr Bernard, I prefer seth kind of
Speaker 1: a casual way for students to address a member of
Speaker 1: the faculty. Sounds like we're looking at a police academy.
Speaker 1: I feel like I'm being interrogated. Actually, I wanted to
Speaker 1: ask you about some of programs and stem I'm into
Speaker 1: engineering mechanics stuff like that. Sure, let me grab some brochures.
Speaker 1: I wouldn't have about to ask you, but Karas said
Speaker 1: he helped her a lot. Sorry, I don't think I
Speaker 1: have those brochures on hand. Why don't you come back later?
Speaker 1: So I don't deserve as much of your time as
Speaker 1: Kara Winger does. Kara is a special circumstance. You know
Speaker 1: she's missing, don't you. We were told this morning. I
Speaker 1: know you spent time with her after school. I'll just
Speaker 1: let you know when I find those brochures. If you
Speaker 1: send me away now, I'll keep thinking the worst. There's
Speaker 1: nothing to think. I'm helping Carra get into art school.
Speaker 1: Art school like painting and sculpture. Yes, that's what she
Speaker 1: really wants to do. She never told me about arts school.
Speaker 1: Everyone has secret, Sam. She would have told me I
Speaker 1: have to catch my ride. Let me know if you
Speaker 1: think of anything else, Richie. Wait up, Hey, Sam, what
Speaker 1: is Elena doing here? I'm looking for Kara's prom planning binder,
Speaker 1: and that's what you're worried about if she doesn't turn
Speaker 1: up prom in Kara's well being, of course, But I
Speaker 1: can only control one of those things or none. If
Speaker 1: I can't find the binder. Well, it was with her
Speaker 1: on Saturday when she went to your house. You saw
Speaker 1: her on Saturday. Of course, event planning is a full
Speaker 1: time job. I know where it is. It's in her
Speaker 1: car at our house. We'll give you a right, Oh
Speaker 1: you will. That is such great news. My boyfriend has
Speaker 1: work and I really didn't want to bother him to
Speaker 1: come get me. You can take shotgun. Thanks Sam. You
Speaker 1: know I always thought you were kind of annoying. But
Speaker 1: let's get in the car. Hold your backpack. You are
Speaker 1: so sweet. Yeah, you're really helpful today. Sam. Give me
Speaker 1: two minutes and we'll look in her car. Lena. We'll
Speaker 1: meet you outside. Okay, Sam, what are you doing getting
Speaker 1: the snack? I saw you going through a Lena's bag.
Speaker 1: I was looking for gum. Tell me the truth. You
Speaker 1: don't want to hear the truth? Okay, you don't even care?
Speaker 1: That care is gone? Of course I care, but not.
Speaker 1: Everything is a big conspiracy. And why was your cell
Speaker 1: phone in Elena's back What you saw me digging around
Speaker 1: in it? There were two cell phones. This one's Kara's.
Speaker 1: Let me see that. Holy shit, I turned it on,
Speaker 1: but I don't know the pass code? Do you? Um? No,
Speaker 1: I don't. She also had a prescription bottle of riddling
Speaker 1: with someone else's name on it, and a bottle of kombucha.
Speaker 1: Why does everyone drink that crap? It's just a second
Speaker 1: to Lena, Lisa, don't you have practice? Where's Kara? Find?
Speaker 1: My friends? Just pinter here? Oh? Is she back? Because
Speaker 1: I was prepared to take the reins on prom I
Speaker 1: have some questions for you, Elena, what kind of questions?
Speaker 1: You know? What happened to Kara? How? Detective fry Sam? Sam?
Speaker 1: What happened to Nancy? This is your brother? Yeah, I'm Richie.
Speaker 1: Hey where are your parents? Our mom's at work? Wait?
Speaker 1: What are you doing here? Anyway? It's uh, it's better
Speaker 1: that I wait for your mom. It's bad news, isn't it? Okay?
Speaker 1: Anybody that doesn't live here, I'm gonna need you guys
Speaker 1: to head home. Now. What is it? Look? Kids, I'm
Speaker 1: sorry I have to tell you this, but we found Kara.
Speaker 1: I found her body a few hours ago. Oh my god.
Speaker 1: I told you guys, I told you she was in trouble. No, no,
Speaker 1: she she she just has to take a break. Sometimes
Speaker 1: she always comes back. How what how did she die?
Speaker 1: I really don't want to know the details. Yes, yes
Speaker 1: we do. She was strangled, left in the woods off
Speaker 1: the Jersey Turnpike. I'm sorry, truly, So listeners if I
Speaker 1: have listeners. H I was right. It didn't matter that
Speaker 1: I told the police, and it didn't matter that I
Speaker 1: tried to find her on my own. Kara's dead, and
Speaker 1: it's pretty likely that I know the person who did it.
Speaker 1: It's a small town, after all, and I know everyone here.
Speaker 1: I couldn't find Kara, but I'm going to find her
Speaker 1: killer some and the Duel was played by Gesl Torres.
Speaker 1: Care Winger by Valerie Rose Lohman, Richie Duel by Eric Shewitt,
Speaker 1: Lisa Hayes by Jaden Jerome, Detective Fry by Philip Anthony Rodriguez,
Speaker 1: Alanna Kirshner by Audrey Bousse. Mr Bernard by Michael John Pollock,
Speaker 1: Sylvie Duel by Aaron Young, Harrison by Adam Webber. This
Speaker 1: episode of Solve was written by Alex Rubin, directed by
Speaker 1: Corey Serge, Executive produced by Corey Serge, Executive produced by
Speaker 1: Walt Palmer and Sterling Barnett. Casting by Daisy Laura. Audio
Speaker 1: production and post production by Salt Audio production manager Liz LeMay.
Speaker 1: Recording engineers Hope Brush and John Schmidt. Original music and
Speaker 1: score by Nathan Turchon, Edited and mixed by Zach Jurich.
Speaker 1: Assistant editor shy Han Zoom. Sound designed by Eric Rachelson.
Speaker 1: Script supervisor Marilyn Miller