(SKATEBOARD ROLLING)
(CHATTER)
This is Linda Johnson's residence,
this is my fourth time here, no contact.
Linda's car is not here.
It was here on two previous occasions.
We're at the front of the residence, front door.
The windows are still shut,
the door appears to be locked.
I'm on the south side of the building
observing a, uh,
door in the, uh, basement part.
Curious thing, the, uh, air conditioner is going.
I'm at the rear of the residence, uh...
I'm looking at the back door,
doesn't appear to be any damage.
The lock is intact.
At the rear of the building,
there are two windows and the door.
Windows appear to be shut, the curtains are drawn,
and I can't see inside.
Along the west side of the building,
there's several windows.
There's another air conditioner,
and that air conditioner is functioning.
There's also a door...
what appears to be a door into a crawl space.
I'm at the rear of Linda Johnson's residence,
the house behind it...
has security cameras mounted on the building.
HEY! Hey!
Hey, hold on partner, hold on, hey, settle down.
Who the fuck are you man, and
what the fuck are you doing here?
I'm an investigator and I'm looking for your neighbor, Linda Johnson.
She ain't my neighbor, I'm her fucking landlord. What do you want?
Better yet, man. I'm trying to find her.
Have you seen her?
♪
No... no... no...
No, please no!
[PUNCHING]
[HEAVY BREATHING]
- Hey Eddie, Detective Ceda. - Hey. Detective.
- Good to meet you. - Good to meet you.
Jerry says a lot of great things about you.
That's very complimentary, he's a good guy.
We worked together back in the day, you know.
He's enjoying retirement, I tell ya that.
Some guys do.
- Right. - Some guys do.
So I'll tell you what man, I got a heavy load today.
What do you got for me?
Understood. Look I've got something that I think is urgent.
Okay.
You have a case, Linda Johnson.
And, uh...
Or it's in your office, and I think she's, uh...
Being held against her will.
Well, that's pretty big.
And you're saying that we have this case?
I believe you do.
Okay...
It's probably about five or six weeks old.
You still on the job?
No, no. I'm a private investigator, a PI
Oh right on. Okay so do You have credentials?
Yeah, I do.
You mind if I take a look at them?
No, don't mind at all.
Look at that. Still doing it, huh?
Hey, still trying to make that buck, man.
I don't blame you.
Alright, so keep going.
So... I've got some information...
and I've got some things I want to show you...
that, uh, indicate, I think,
that she's being held against her will.
So that information is on that thumb drive?
Yes, some of it, yes.
I tell you what, man, Let me grab this.
No... um, it's not that kind of thing.
It's where I have to... because of the urgency...
I have to show it to you.
I have to explain to you what you're gonna be seeing on this.
Okay, alright you seem pretty serious about this.
I'll tell you what, Eddie...
Let me make a copy of this...
pull up the case, and I'll be back. [DISTORTION]
My brothers and sisters,
I come to you today...
as things are not right in the world.
I often talk about how we live in
a disconnected world because we're so connected...
to our phones, to our laptops,
to our iPads...
that nobody ever really communicates.
I'm happy people are following,
they're watching, they're...
checking in with me, we're talking, we are...
we are... we are...
actively...
becoming activists and anarchists together,
because we all align ourselves with the same...
ideals of...
we need change and we need to bring about
this change through any means necessary.
Alright so... pushing that... I guess I'm
doing this right, I believe I'm live...
Hello, Facebook family. It's, uh...
My name's Linda Johnson and, umm...
This is my very first live post.
And, umm... this feels kind of weird...
but kind of fun at the same time. Umm...
Just kind of feeling liberated and everything,
and just... um...
just wanting to reach out a little bit, you know,
I never had Facebook.
This is my first time actually having a Facebook account,
so this is cool. Umm...
My friends call me LJ, umm...
I live in Los Angeles, uh...
Uh... I'm a social worker... I don't know...
I don't know what to say on these things...
So, umm... Anyway yeah, that's it.
Just introducing myself to you guys, and...
Anyway, I hope, uh...
I can meet some cool new friends out of this.
Okay, bye.
[OMINOUS MUSIC]
[RAP MUSIC]
This is my jam, I love this girl! Woo!
[RAP MUSIC]
Gotta turn this up!
♪ I don't want to be somebody else ♪
This is so right on right now.
With what's going on in the world!
♪ You can't pull me, push me ♪
♪ change me, ♪
♪ I know what's right ♪
I can't believe how much this place has changed.
I mean, you just gotta look at this.
Water used to be in here, just filled with water. Now...
There's nothing. I actually don't know what
they're gonna put in there...
but it's crazy, it's just crazy how much this place has changed.
I'm off coffee and...
this is my second day and... I'm drinking tea...
Yeah, tea, there's nothing in this,
but I felt like I needed to get off coffee,
because... I read some article about
how bad coffee is... for women.
So I thought I'd give it a go
But I'm experiencing these weird headaches right now.
It's just really weird, my...
I don't know, I don't know if it's gonna
be worth it or not...
But... yeah, tea's not very tasty...
Thirsty guy. That's weird.
Anyway, so I don't know if any of you
have ever gotten off coffee,
how does that make you feel? I don't know, I... feel a little weird.
[DISTORTION]
She gets abducted live on Facebook...
Nobody gives a shit. Nobody fucking cares.
There's no news report, there's nothing on
there's nothing in the newspaper,
whichever one they... since they, they
fucking choked that industry out.
There's less and less people watching these motherfuckers.
Gets abducted, nobody cares...
Why is that?
Why, why? Why, is it because she's black?
Probably. Did she not fit?
Was she not the type of black woman
that they need to actually care about?
I don't know what the fuck it is, man,
but it's driving me...
I'm just like I'm sick of it. Every day it's someone else.
And it's gotten to the point
where they want you to be numb to it...
where you get so used to it you stop
fucking caring. That's what it's about
and that's where we are, nobody fucking cares!
Linda, I care.
We're gonna find out what the fuck happened to you
while we all... Everybody!
Let this not be another person we forget.
We have to find out what happened to Linda Johnson.
I'm thinking of changing my hair color,
I'm kind of sick of the blonde, I need to
become myself and I'm figuring the hair
color needs to go. So, I'm thinking...
Maybe this auburn, just right here, auburn,
maybe possibly might be a good color for
me.
Or this jet black might be a good color
for me? Or, I could just go really wild and
just go extra blonde,
and just,
you know, kind of go Beyonce-esque, just super
blonde? What do you guys think about that?
Or I could be really drastic, which I've
always wanted to do this...
I've really... never had...
the courage to do it, or...
wasn't really empowered to do it,
but this short haircut right here,
just be real natural.
I think that's what I might do,
I think I just might go the
short route. I think. I'm not sure. Anyway.
♪ [CHEERING]
Yes!
- Sex and the city! - Yes!
She's Carrie.
I'm Carrie!
Andres, you better stay up, 2 AM is not that late.
Woo!
You need to stay up and party with us
cause it's only... It's only 10:45 here.
♪
- Bye - Peace out.
- Adios. - Deuces
[EDDIE:] How did you meet her?
I met her through my boyfriend, Sentwali.
- [EDDIE:] Okay. - They're close friends, umm
and we just kind of hit it off after that.
[EDDIE:] Okay so, tell me a little about her, was she...
Linda's fun, I like hanging out with her.
She's a good time, she's always you know
has a really good outlook on life.
Good personality, so it's fun, I liked
hanging out with her every time we would hang out.
[EDDIE:] Okay, so what do you mean by hanging out?
Do you mean clubbing, or...
No, we don't really do that. she's, um, we've gone out
to eat a few times we've hung out at her
house, had girls night... um, yeah, so it's
just, she's fun.
[EDDIE:] How long did you work with her?
About two, three years.
[EDDIE:] Okay, so you knew her pretty well?
For the most part I'd say yeah, I knew her well.
[EDDIE:] Okay, alright. Tell me a little about her, her make-up,
who was she, you know? What, what did...
how did she interact with you?
At first things were
she was a bit standoffish at first.
And then eventually she warmed up to me and
we started hanging out more. Her husband,
I guess wasn't very nice... and that's what
prevented her from not going out with
other people in the office.
[EDDIE:] Did you know she was in the process of
getting a divorce?
Yeah, yeah that was one of the
last times that we were hanging out was
to celebrate her being single.
[EDDIE:] Did you ever meet him?
No.
No seriously what's going
on with social media, like, you've been on it
a little bit too much, I'm a little, I'm a little
I'm not gonna lie, I'm a little concerned.
Doesn't need to be concerned.
It's fun, everybody's doing it
I don't know these people!
Y'all can throw up as many thumbs downs and, and
ugly face emojis if you want, I don't
know y'all. I'm just trying to figure out
why my homegirl is streaming every other
day. Help me, help me understand the allure.
And that's why he's my big brother
cuz he's always looking out for me.
I ain't that old.
Didn't say you were old,
I'm just saying you're my big brother...
I'm a young man.
You're my big brother, like...
That don't cry, baby.
Yeah big, like big. Big doesn't necessarily
mean old, right?
That's true.
My big brother always looking out.
- So how do you umm - That's what's up
always looking out for me.
How's everything going with you and umm
This is not a confessional,
not a confessional.
I ain't worried about y'all.
I'm act like you're not even there.
I'm eating my food, I'm hanging out with my homegirl,
- Eat your food - I don't care about none of y'all emoji and the
- eat your food - and the hearts and whatever it is
y'all do on your little phones.
- What's going with you and umm... - Nope!
- my boy? - Nope.
Like I said, not a confessional. We're
chillin, we're eating. I got my greens
here, and my potato salad, and my ribs.
- Shot me down. - St. Louis ribs...
So...
Peace out.
Hey Facebook fam, it's me, LJ.
I'm just chilling in my house with my nice glass
of Cabernet right here,
celebrating...
my separation.
And just enjoying the fact
that I am in my house all by myself.
I am alone.
Nobody here but me, and
it's freaking awesome, I love it. I can
watch whatever I want to, if I'm gonna
watch Real House... Housewives of Atlanta,
I can watch that, umm...
I could've run around here naked if I want to...
Nobody gives a shit,
I don't care. Umm...
I don't have to cook if I
don't want to, you know? I can dress how I
want to dress, put on makeup or not put
on makeup or whatever. I can do whatever
the fuck I want to do, because...
for the first time in my life, I am alone.
I am by myself, all alone.
I just can't even
[SHUFFLING]
I think I just... heard something...
I think that was just the neighbors, or whatever, but...
Anyway, I'm just... I'm celebrating,
because...
like I said...
for the first time...
I'm all by myself.
I'm alone.
And... that's it.
All of this is bullshit, everything
you seeing right there is bullshit
She ain't happy to be alone,
she's hurt, she's in pain.
Everything with Brent is... is...
is out the window, going south
and this is her outlet, it's her escape, it's...
it's a facade. That's not who Linda is.
You know, and...
as her friend...
I see the breakdown happening
outside of...
the thread, outside of her timeline.
I can look at her eyes and I know what's going on.
And I don't believe any of it.
Yeah, I think she's having a hard time, you know?
[EDDIE:] Why do you think that?
Well, 'cause, you know, every now and then I hear
her crying, or you know, what I think is, I mean, I
think she's crying, I mean, you know, it's kind of...
[EDDIE:] Have you ever thought of knocking on the door
to see if she's okay?
Yeah, but you know, I mean, I'm the landlord, I don't
want to, you know, I, you know, it's like...
- [EDDIE:] Yeah. - You know?
[EDDIE:] I understand. I understand.
I kind of mind my own
business, I, you know. I don't, I don't want to...
I don't want to creep her out, you know?
- [EDDIE:] Yeah. - I mean I'm not like, you know.
[EDDIE:] Understood.
To me, I think she's using
that as an outlet, you know, it's, it's
kind of the new wave of, you know, writing
a diary or something like that, you know?
It's kind of just that release so... I've
seen a little bit, um, but again, I think
she's just she's going through stuff.
It's a hard time, you know, and she's
trying to be as positive as possible.
Okay so it's crazy, I'm down here at the
Women's March in LA and I don't know if you can
see all this but look at...
all these people, it's crazy.
Tried to take the train down here,
couldn't do it because all the trains
were full, They were just going by,
people trying to hop on the train, the
buses were full, so I didn't want to miss
this historical occasion, so I got a Uber.
But look at this, this is amazing,
what's happening here. It's just so much power
and love and energy. Women, men, children,
babies, dogs. Absolutely amazing.
Look at this.
We couldn't go anywhere I first, I thought it
was gonna be a... stand instead of a march,
but then we got it going, they had to open
up all the streets around to get people
going.
Estimated at, uh, two hundred thousand, but
I think it's more than that.
It's amazing.
Love trumps hate.
Peace out.
[OMINOUS MUSIC]
Brent's stuff.
All this shit.
Guess what this is?
Lighter fluid.
All ready for Brent's.
Yeah baby, get it nice and doused.
Yep.
[DOG BARKS]
[BARKING CONTINUES]
Yeah, a neighbor's dog is cheering me on.
[BARKING CONTINUES]
Yeah, here we go.
Another one of his favorites.
Whew, this feels good.
It's cathartic.
It's therapy.
It's a thing of beauty.
Yeah, I'm getting sentimental but what the fuck,
I don't give a shit. Why am I getting sad,
this is awesome. This is my fucking
Angela Bassett "Waiting to Exhale" moment.
Fuck that fuck. Fuck him, fuck him, I don't
give a shit. Yes. Yes.
That's right, take that!
All your shit is fucking burned [DISTORTION]
Called the police and it was fairly obvious
very quickly that this was a sweep it
under the rug situation.
No information,
no interest in following up on anything
other than just them being completely
content
letting her disappear.
Which has led me to believe that
perhaps the police are involved
in this entire thing.
I don't know how, but based off of
their attitude...
I'm pretty certain something weird is fucking going on.
I don't know if it might have anything to
do with her ex-husband...
perhaps old boyfriend, I don't know, uh...
Something fishy is up with this lady.
Hey, so, umm...
I'm selling a jacket, a Coogi jacket
um... that used to be my husband's. Um...
I had a liberating bonfire the other day,
and I didn't put that in there because...
Umm... I don't think it deserved to go in there
because I bought the shit and now I want
to get rid of it. Cost me five grand and
this jacket has seen more dinners out
than I have, so, um, I'm getting rid of things
I don't need anymore and I'm just gonna
show you what it looks like. Here it is
it's a lovely pony hair jacket,
really good condition. I'm gonna be
posting this bad boy up for sale on
Facebook. You can see that's the sleeves
it's beautifully detailed. You can't see
it here but um I can put up better
pictures it actually has coogi within the
stitching, within the pattern of the pony hair.
So, yeah, I'm getting rid of things
that are toxic in my life and...
this jacket is one of them.
Don't need it don't want it.
And for the right price,
It can be yours!
Okay, peace out.
Okay so my ex is here.
This should be interesting.
Okay.
I don't see why that's any of your business.
What's... why are you here?
Get what?
I got it a while ago in celebration.
I guess, I don't know...
I'm not corny.
Okay whatever.
I don't have your jacket.
I don't have any of your stuff.
Good.
Then why are you here?
I don't have your jacket.
It burned up with the rest of your stuff
I just answered your question.
I'm not emotional.
[DOOR OPENS]
[DRAWER SLAMS SHUT]
[SLAMMING CONTINUES]
[BANGING]
I don't have your stuff.
[DOOR OPENING]
[DOOR SLAMS SHUT]
Let's see...
Okay, so we talked to the husband
Mm-hmm. And what did he have to say?
Seems like he's okay, but I'm not so sure...
Neither am I, but, you know, he defused the situation
when he was... talking to her, you know. It escalated...
That doesn't mean anything, you know that.
Yeah, you're right. It doesn't mean anything...
but we have to look for...
we have to look for more...
You know. There's more there, I'm telling you.
There's more there.
Hold on a second, okay?
Okay.
Hey, Eddie, this is my partner, Sergeant Culvert.
Sergeant, pleased to meet you.
So, I hear you got a story to tell.
Entertain me.
I've been around them when it's just...
it gets a little... a little uncomfortable,
the way they argue. But what I saw...
with what she posted...
I was disgusted.
Brent really surprised me, a little bit,
and...
this motherfucker...
I wanted to whoop his ass.
My personal opinion. I don't care how
cool we were you don't talk to nobody
like that, especially a friend of mine.
And, just made me wonder what's really
going on...
Is that normal, was that regular?
Is that what he does when nobody else is around?
Is he hitting her?
You know... a lot
of shit happens behind closed doors, you
never know about somebody. But when I saw
that, I saw somebody who wasn't a real man.
[EDDIE:] Okay.
[EDDIE:] You seem to be pretty involved with
their friend, did it ever go past the
point of friendship?
Nah.
[OMINOUS MUSIC]
Hey everyone, I just want to say, um... I just
want to thank everyone for... reaching out
to me I really appreciate it, with the
whole fire burning thing. I just want you know
I'm... I'm okay, I'm okay... and I just, you
know, needed to release some stuff. But I
just got finished hanging out with some
really cool friends, and, I'm okay.
I'm really chilled out, and... you know,
everything's good, and...
Okay, that's really weird...
Can you all see that?
♪
Okay, so, apparently...
I've been stood up.
Yeah, dating these days really sucks, you know?
But whatever Look at me, I think I look pretty
good, I've got my...
my beret on, and...
my funky...
funky shades, and uh...
Whatever. It's all good.
Look-I've got my turmeric tea here,
which is, uh,
good for the skin, good for the brain, good for
the liver, good, fuzzy, hot.
It's absolutely delicious.
Intelligencia.
This the shiznik.
Anyway, c'est la vie,
whatever, Busta.
Peace out. [DISTORTION]
I hate that we live in this world where...
there's just no connection anymore.
Connected or disconnected, it's just,
it's impossible to fucking meet anyone in
this world unless you've been vetted by
your Facebook profile, your Tinder profile,
your bumble profile, akumenang.com
profile. You try to talk to people, you try to
establish a connection, it's not there.
You fucking make plans to meet up,
you get there... no one fucking shows up.
They get there... they're... oh, hold on my
girlfriend just called, never fucking
hear from them again. And it's just, it's...
we just need to fucking start over. We need to
fucking start everything over.
Hey, Facebook fam. Just checking in with everyone.
If anyone's out there listening, I had a
really good morning this morning. I... I got up
and I made myself breakfast. I haven't done that in
a really long time. I made myself some scrambled
eggs, bacon, sourdough toast, put a little bit
of blueberry jam on there, absolutely amazing.
"You seem sad today"?
Sad, really?
Josh Jones, I seem sad?
Do you guys think I seem sad? I don't feel like I seem sad.
I feel pretty great actually, you know, I...
you know...
I don't know if it's sad that I feel,
maybe... a little...
disappointment, possibly? Because...
I was supposed to meet somebody
to go hiking with me today and
I got stood up, so maybe disappointment
is what I feel if anything, I don't know...
Disappointment...
You know what, maybe I do
feel a little mad, not sad, but, Josh Jones,
if you want me to clarify things maybe I
feel a little mad because I was stood up,
you know, I don't understand the whole
dating thing these days, you know.
Back in the, you know, day when I started dating
there were no apps or anything like that
for dating and, you know, I got on these
apps and stuff and for dating and it's
supposed to make it easier but it
doesn't seem easier to me.
You know, seems really frustrating, and...
disappointing, if you
want me to really be honest about
everything. It's just,
you know, I...
I don't know, I, I don't get it. I don't, I don't
get the whole dating app that, you know,
just feels really stupid to me actually,
if you think about it,
you know, you're...
you're waiting for people to... someone to
meet you, but then they don't show up, and...
and you're sitting there... So, if anything,
if you're... if you're sensing anything for
me, maybe it's... it's... it's not sadness, it's
just disappointment, and maybe a little
bit of anger, I don't know. I...
I guess I just felt like
I wouldn't be at this point in my life where
I...
am going on some...
app trying to meet somebody, and... and...
I don't know it just... it just
it just feels really...
upsetting to me, I guess, I don't
know. I... I'm more disappointed because...
people should do what they say they're
gonna do, and when they don't do that,
that's very upsetting to me, I guess, it
is more disappointment than anything because
I've had enough disappointments
in my life where people haven't done
what they say they're gonna do, and...
I just felt like when I got married that
would have been it, so, I don't know. I...
I can't do this anymore, so I'm sorry.
[HIP HOP MUSIC]
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
Alright Eddie, I need to know how you got
ahold of this security cam footage, how you
got ahold of these text messages,
where'd this come from?
Came from a guy by the name of Patrick Flannagan.
Okay, who's he?
He's the guy who's paying me to find Linda Johnson.
So, the guy paying you has acquired all this
footage, how does he get this footage?
Look, this guy's a hacker, man. He's hooked
into the city, he's hooked into traffic, he might
even be watching us right now, I don't know.
[CEDA:] How is this guy paying you, is he sending checks, cash?
It's through Bitcoin.
Okay.
Do you know whether or not
Patrick Flannagan is involved in this?
I don't. I was paid to find this woman.
At this point...
So this guy may or may not be our kidnapper.
This guy may or may not have acquired
this footage illegally, or for the
purposes of throwing you off of his scent.
I need help.
[CEDA:] So you hit a wall. [EDDIE:] I hit a wall.
Alright, well how do you get ahold of Patrick Flannagan?
Well he sends me stuff over the net.
So he emails you.
Well, it's not email,
it's through... uh, live postings on uh...
[CEDA:] Have you ever seen his face?
Have you ever had any sort of...
I sort of saw his face. You know, I don't like
anybody who's not... I don't know who's paying me.
So what do you mean you sorta saw
his face? Do... Have you seen him in person?
Have you ever met this man in person?
I have never met him in person, I
think I've seen him in person. I tracked
him down to his IP address... to where I
believe his IP was coming from. I saw a
guy, a guy came out... but, when I tried to
make contact with this guy, he's... he's
disappeared, I can't find him.
[CEDA:] Do you have any photos of him, when you...
- any surveillance? - No.
Alright so now he's a ghost.
Look here's the, here's the bottom line, sergeant:
I know this woman is being held against her will.
If we don't do something soon,
it's gonna be another kind of case.
Doesn't make sense why the police, her ex-husband,
her family, like, she disappears and no one fucking
cares. How is it that I
care the most about this?
I mean, am I wrong in the... the sense...
that we should... that... we're... that we're...
we're supposed to be in a... that we... we still
have family values and your own fucking
flesh and blood and people that are
supposed to love you? Like, how is it that
I'm the most concerned person about this
whole fuck-it doesn't make any sense.
Other than there are layers to this as
to who is involved, and I'm going to
figure out what the fuck is going on.
We just got laid off.
Everybody, it's a pink slip party.
It's a pink slip party.
Woohoo! Happy-sad moment.
Happy, sad, happy moment, kind of.
Whatever.
We shouldn't be sad, 'cause we get to hang out for the rest
of the day. Margaritas and flights and flatbread. Food.
What about your husband?
What about my husband? He's not really...
I mean in my mind, he's not my husband anymore.
Yeah, I mean you're separated...
You could get alimony from him?
Can I?
Yeah.
Really? Is that true?
Yeah.
Really, is that true? Do y'all know...
can... I can collect alimony?
You guys, tell her, she totally can.
- Alimony! - You're still technically married!
Woohoo! Alimony, ooh...
We can collect unemployment.
We got fired.
- We totally could. - We can collect unemployment.
That's right.
That'll come at a nice handy time.
I mean, you know, it'll help... ease, you know, the
struggle, the... suffering through the next few months
trying to find work.
Let's go to the beach. Anybody want to meet us
at the beach? We're gonna go to the beach.
We won't tell you which beash, you'll have to guess.
Hear? I said "beash". "Beash".
I think I've had too much to drink.
I think you have too, but that's fine.
'Cause you don't have to go to work tomorrow.
[OMINOUS MUSIC]
Cats are serial killers. You know that?
Yeah, cats... cats don't care.
But you don't really know about that, do you?
What do you mean?
- Look, cats are serial killers. - Also having a beer.
Let me tell you something. They did a study on cats.
- Mm-hmm. - 40 cats in Atlanta.
- Yeah. - True story. They put little cameras on they little
necks, little serial killer necks. They were
outside cats, outdoor cats, they ran out the
house. You know, those stupid people that
let they cats outside the house, like they,
like they gonna come back. These cats come back.
20, 30 percent of these cats hunted
from the moment they left the house. Not for
food, hunted to kill. Straight serial killers.
You know, there was a guy on... on Facebook. She thought
he was really cute. She had sold a jacket to him or
something, and they were supposed to meet up for coffee,
or tea, but I didn't hear anything else after that.
[EDDIE:] Okay, did she mention a name?
No...
♪
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
Okay, I'm recording this because I just got pulled
over by what I think is a cop... I think he's a cop?
He hit a red light in his car, I'm not sure, but...
I... want to make sure that... whatever happens,
you all see this, because this is some fucking bullshit.
Makes me think about Sandra Bland,
you know? This is... I'm really scared right now.
I don't even know, this is... I didn't even do
anything wrong. I know... this is crazy.
This guy looks real suspect.
Oh my God... here he comes.
[KNOCKING ON WINDOW]
I don't know who you are, can you show me
some ID or something? I don't know who you are.
My hands, see my hands are on the steering wheel.
Yes I see them, thank you.
Turn the engine off, please.
- What'd I do wrong? - Thank you.
Can you turn the music down please?
[MUSIC GETS QUIETER]
Great, thank you. Can I have your license
and registration and proof of insurance?
What did I do wrong, first of all?
Why... I don't understand, what did I do wrong?
You don't know why I pulled you over?
- No, I don't. - You changed lanes in the
middle of the intersection.
Are you kidding me? Are you kidding?
No, I'm not kidding. That's a traffic
violation. Can I please have your license,
registration, and proof of insurance?
Going in my purse... okay?
Thank you.
That's my ID, and my proof of insurance.
My registration is in here... I'm going in here...
Yes, thank you.
Alright Miss Johnson, wait here please.
This is bullshit. Changing lanes, in the middle
of an intersection... Has anyone ever been
pulled over for that? This is crazy.
This is absolutely crazy, I don't...
All I can think about is Castile, this is...
Yes, I've seen The Wire, what the fuck?
The badge looked real, I don't know! Looked
real, he had a red... light in his car, so...
he seems-oh, I don't know.
He's coming back.
Alright, Miss Johnson. Thank you, here you go.
Do you have your Medical Marijuana card?
What? I don't smoke marijuana.
- Well... - I don't like...
Your car reeks of marijuana.
I don't... I don't smell anything, I don't smoke
marijuana so I don't know how you're smelling that.
Alright, I need you to step out of the
car please.
Why? I don't smoke marijuana, I don't... I don't...
Well, if you don't smoke marijuana, then you
won't mind if I search your car, will you?
You don't have the right to search my
car. I know my rights, you don't have the
right to search my car.
Miss Johnson,
there's two ways we can do this, alright?
If you decline, and do not let
me search your car,
then... I will call it in,
I will have the impound come, we'll impound
your car-which you're right, it's
perfectly in your legal rights to
decline me to search your car.
But if you do that, I will call the impound,
we will impound your car...
and...
- I don't even believe this. - We'll do it at the station.
Are you guys hearing...
I... Fine. Fine.
Alright, great! Thank you.
Come on out.
Pop the trunk, please.
I can't pop the truck. I mean, I have to
use my keys.
Okay, well then grab your key.
[SHOUTING]
[LINDA SCREAMS]
[SHOUTING CONTINUES]
[MAN COUGHING]
Oh my God... Oh my God... Oh my God...
Oh my God!
[CRYING]
Oh my God!
Oh my God...
This guy is fucking following me?
The hell...
Why is he following me! Oh my God.
[CRYING]
This is fucking nuts. This is crazy!
Get out of the way!
[INAUDIBLE]
Okay, think I lost him...
How... Turn... Turn this phone off
[EDDIE:] When is the last time you saw her?
I mean last time I heard from her, some crazy
shit happened, she hit me up, she was really,
really shaken. She said some cop had tried to
pull her over, but it wasn't a cop...
I freaked the fuck out.
And she said somebody was
trying to impersonate a cop or some shit, or was a cop, and...
and tried to take her. And she ran off, and
fought the dude off.
[EDDIE:] Does she have many visitors?
I never saw a lot of people come over.
One guy, tall black guy.
[EDDIE:] Okay...
[EDDIE:] was his name ever mentioned?
Do you know his name?
I don't remember, I mean it's like...
a weird name. I don't know.
[EDDIE:] Okay. When's the last time you saw him?
Maybe a couple days ago?
[EDDIE:] Okay...
Did he go in the house, or... do you know?
Dude, I don't make it my business to spy on
people. I don't know what he did, I was doing
something, you know, and I look, and he was there,
and then next thing I know he was gone.
[EDDIE:] When is the last time
you've been by her house?
Probably a couple weeks after I got back.
[EDDIE:] Okay, are you sure?
I'm busy. I'm a busy person, so sometime in that
timeframe. I dunno. Might have been less than a
week, I don't know. I'm a little... my... my
timeline right now is just a little... all over
the place. Because you gotta understand,
like, my friend is missing.
I got 10 million other things going on...
[EDDIE:] Okay.
And I got to worry about that, so, I don't
really know... My days is rolling into the next.
[EDDIE:] Okay, let me tell you why I asked.
I talked to her landlord and she said... he
said that you were there a couple of days ago.
Nah, that wasn't me.
♪
So... I had a wonderful day today. Just kidding.
Starting to calm down a little bit. Shaking still
from... what happened.
Just really scared and...
went to the cops, to police station...
and... apparently they really didn't give a
shit. Unless they can catch them in the
act, there's really fucking nothing,
nothing they can do about it. Fucking
nothing. We're fucking screwed. We are screwed.
The horrible thing is...
is the cop who said to me,
he said just be happy you weren't raped.
Fucking raped!
Can you believe he actually said that shit? I mean...
What are we supposed to do now?
Cops are supposed to protect us, got
people out here impersonating cops, you
go to the cops, they say they can't do
shit, because they have to catch these
motherfuckers in the act?
But they can't
catch him in the act because it's too
hard, it's just too hard,
I guess. So...
Anyway...
What do we do? What do we do, ladies?
And then some asshole fucking stops me.
Stops me!
Because of what, I guess I looked
interesting or whatever? I don't know, but...
I don't know...
Where was I...
I was on Effie.
Effie and Silverlake.
That's where I was. I mean, you
never think something like this could
happen in LA, but I guess it does,
you know?
You know, I'm driving through a great neighborhood...
God, I practically... I
mean, I've lived in Silverlake for years.
You never think something like that's
gonna happen in Silverlake.
And then I just...
so scared...
I just...
I didn't know what to do!
This guy just pulls me over,
and... I pull over, because I think he's a cop...
because he's got... the red... light in his
car, like a cop, like it's an unmarked
police car, so I pull over and... this
motherfucker tells me that I make an
illegal lane change...
in the intersection.
Who gets pulled over for shit like that?
So, you know, I ask him to show me some
ID 'cause I'm fuckin scared because, you
know, the Sandra Bland stuff. So he shows
me his badge. It looks legitimate, so I
roll down my window, like he asks me. He
asked for my driver's license, and my
freakin... um... proof of insurance, and my
registration, and I give it to him and
stuff, and he takes it back, and I am just
sitting there just like... thinking...
Am I gonna die today? I don't know!
Just really scared.
And then... he comes back,
and is just like,
"I smell weed in your car."
Weed? I don't even smoke marijuana.
I don't smoke, I don't even...
I drink wine, that's all I do...
when I get home.
It was just...
It's a horrible ordeal, so...
he tells me...
to get out of the car because he wants to
search my car and I tell him you can't
even search my car, I know my rights. And
then he starts explaining to me that it
would be easier than having to impound
the car, and so I get out of the car, and
I get out...
and
he grabs me, this guy fucking
grabs me, he just... grabs me.
out of nowhere.
And he's trying to fucking take me...
take me somewhere.
And so I just...
everything I had fucking... punched that
fucker in the nuts, and then I get the fuck out
of there, and then he's chasing me and shit.
As soon as I get the chance, I go
straight to the cops and they don't do
shit. They don't even care, they just
patronized me, is what they did.
They didn't even care.
Did anybody else see what happened?
No.
I don't think so, I don't know...
I looked around...
and I didn't really see anybody, but I really
wasn't paying attention, I was just
really, really scared.
I didn't know...
I didn't know if that was going
to be the end of my life.
So ladies, you... you really have to be
careful out there. You really have to be careful...
because I really... I really thought this guy was a cop
I really did.
I started recording because
I felt like...
I could get it all on video, and
people would see if something were
to happen, you know. People would see
if... if this cop was gonna shoot me, or do
whatever, that you were gonna see, but
I didn't... I thought that recording it would be the...
the best thing to do.
So I just...
I just gotta say,
I just want to thank everybody that... is out there.
Thank you so much. I'm okay, I'm alright.
It's gonna take a lot more than some motherfucker...
trying to...
take me to bring me down. I'm pretty strong.
But, seriously, thank you all, so, so much...
for your... concerns about me. I really, really appreciate it.
Doesn't he have your address?
No, I don think so. I don't think he has my address.
I don't think... he had my stuff...
long enough to get
my address... I... I didn't see him doing anything...
Just... glad to be home...
safe...
and sound...
in my own home.
[MUSIC STOPS]
Okay, so, umm... my power just went out, so... I
think... I'm gonna go check and see if... it's
a blackout in my neighborhood? Let's see...
[DOOR OPENING]
It's... number... 10...
[DOOR OPENS] Oh my God!
Oh my God. Oh my God. Oh my fucking God. [POUNDING ON DOOR]
Oh my God, oh my God, oh my God. No! [CRYING]
[POUNDING STOPS]
[LOUD BANG] [LINDA SCREAMING]
[SLAPPING] [LINDA SCREAMING]
[MUFFLED SCREAMING] (Man) OW! Fucking bitch! Shut UP!
Shut your fucking mouth, goddammit! [STRUGGLING DIES DOWN]
(MAN 1) Yo where's the fucking phone? (MAN 2) What fucking phone?
(MAN 1) Her fucking phone, where is it? (MAN 2) What are you talking about?
Where's her fucking phone?
Ah shit!
I notice you have cameras around your house,
video cameras. Are they live?
- Yeah, I got 8 of 'em. 1080p. - Are you recording?
- 24/7, 365. - How long do you store the data?
Lets see... my hard drive will keep that for... about a year.
Great, great. Would you have any objections to me
- looking at that data? - No.
So I'm gonna state the obvious but I think this guy
- had a key. - Yeah, he got in there pretty quick.
Top it off, he knows exactly where the fuse box is.
He goes in, the power goes off in an instant...
So he's definitely out of the house, he maybe has a
key... I'm looking at the husband again. Maybe the
husband hires this guy to do some dirt to his wife.
Alright, lets play this back to the beginning.
So. Josh Jones, who bought the jacket... lures her
to the... to the vinyl shop, right? He doesn't show.
On the way home from the vinyl shop, she... failed
abduction. This perp tries to abduct her. So now,
later here at the house, that same perp... shows up,
successfully abducts her, but then there's a second
perp that shows up. Who's that guy?
This is a guy that we think was at Linda's home,
based on the footage we got from the... landlord.
This is Josh Jones, he's the guy that bought the jacket.
- Right. - Alright.
And made the date that he stood
up on. This guy, in one of her initial postings, was
observed behind her, standing behind her, and she sort
of noticed that someone was standing behind her.
Alright, so you're saying that you think that
this guy, is Josh Jones
[ROCK MUSIC] [DISTORTED SINGING]
[LAUGHTER]
Patrick has been a bad boy. As you all know, I hacked
Linda's phone. And I notice that her ex-husband
installed spyware on there so he can track her every
move. Oh, put that kind of technology in someone
like my hands and things start to happen.
Josh Jones, you may have deleted your accounts, and
think you have vanished off the face of the earth
but I found you. [LAUGHTER]
What up. Been staking out Linda's house and
slowly starting to figure some shit out.
You know I, I know, I reached out to a
buddy who... we saw the pin of Linda, and it made
it seem like she was this, she was out in the
middle of fucking Korea. But that was actually a ping,
it bounced... and this is coming... from Los Angeles.
And... I've seen this sort of thing before... where
people, they get... kidnapped, inside of their own
homes, and they're basically forced to, you know,
[STAMMERING] We know, that Linda, uh...
she just lost her job. I mean, we know she's getting
unemployment, I mean, I'm just... I'm positive
these fucking sick leeches are living off of her,
and they got her in her own fucking house.
And I'll show you how I know, here, watch...
Look, look, look at that fucking car. Look.
Not a speck of dirt on it. I mean like,
What car that's been sitting in Los Angeles for
three motherfucking weeks doesn't have dust all
over it? When you come to Los Angeles you're
guaranteed two... you're guaranteed two things,
Alright? You see a homeless person taking a dump
in broad daylight, and you're gonna get a dusty
fucking car. And, beyond that, beyond that... Look
right here, look look look look look...
No mail. Three weeks, no mail. No flyers, no
newspapers, no nothing. no nothing, nothing.
Who's... who's getting her mail? Like I just...
I know... these motherfuckers got her inside
her own goddamn house. I know it.
Look. You guys know there's something there. Look,
I used to sit where you work, you know. 20 years ago,
I was right there. I know you think there's something
here, but time is of the essence. You can't roll
- this around, you know. We... we got to start somewhere. - Okay.
- Let me... Let me... - What makes this so urgent?
Let me show you what was sent to me, it's a live
- feed, I know she's being held. - Alright, Eddie,
I get that you needed to bring us up to speed,
but you're telling us all this time we've been
sitting here, you've had access to a live feed,
- and we're just hearing about this now? - Yes.
Well you might want to call it up
so we can see what's going on.
♪
[SCREAMING]
[CRYING]
Alright, first thing, we need to get a tech
in here and geotag this now.
Look, thats... that's not gonna happen.
- Well how do you know? - I know, I tried.
I've been in the tech industry, I know that
this fucking thing is impossible to find.
We have to do something else and that's
why I'm here. This is on the dark web, and
you're not gonna fuckin find this thing.
Sarge, my first instinct's to get a warrant
- for the house. - Yeah, do that. [PHONE DINGS]
- What the fuck is this? - It's Flannagan, man.
He... He's sending through the live feed.
- Wait, Facebook live... live feed or... - Yes.
- Well, can you call that up? - Yes.
But don't minimize that, I want to keep an
- eye on it. - Okay, alright.
[CRYING]
Know what I saw in there? That was the fuckin jacket.
first guy that walked out of the house.
We need to go see that house right now. Roll units
- over there right now. - On it. I'm also calling in
- Linda Johnson's car. - Yeah. And if
Flannagan's still parked outside of the
house, bring him in too. I got a shitload of
questions for him.
[WHISPERING] What the fuck?
What the fuck? Oh shit! Oh my... Linda? Linda?
Stay awake, stay with me, I got you. Here we go, we're...
[MUFFLED SHOUTING]
Oh shit.
We are live at what appears to be an active
crime scene investigation. I have with me
here the owner of the property. I
understand that there is one confirmed
dead. Do you know about this?
I don't know anything.
Have the investigators given you any information?
Haven't told me a thing, I wish they would.
I'm at an active crime scene,
in the Silver lake area of Los Angeles. It's
crazy. I'm go see if I can get a better look, some details.
- Hey, officer! Hey! - Sir! I...
Can you tell me a little bit of information?
Sir, I need you to go across the street with the others
I just wanna know... I just wanna... Did somebody die here?
- Across the street. - Alright, alright. Alright.
Somebody definitely died here. Do you guys see
anything over here? Nothing? Oh man. Oh, they're
bringing a body down. Coroners are removing the body
from the crime scene... Excuse me guys, I just got a...
Hey, who's in the body bag? Is it male or female?
Sir, do not engage! Go across the street with the others.
Could you just tell me is it male or female?
- Alright, alright. - Across the street, right now.
- Alright, okay. - I'm not gonna say it again. - Okay!
Okay... There's some people, they gotta know something.
Yeah, ask them some questions. Hey guys?
Did you see anything over here? You got
- any witnesses, no nothing? - Nothing.
- Nobody saw the murderer, no nothing? - No, nothing at all.
Alright, alright shit. Wait what's this on the floor?
Hey I think I found something! Hey, I... I got
something for sure, this has to be something.
- Hey asshole. - What, I think I found something!
Sir, get across the street [SHOUTING]
Hey, hey don't shove me, man. I think I found something,
- I just wanna give you something. - Back the fuck up!
Hey, hey, alright. What, are you gonna tase me?
- This is your last warning! - I'm live-streaming, man,
I'm live-streaming. You guys saw that. [CROWD AGREES]
Jeez. Hurt my leg, man.
Boys in blue can't suppress the truth!
You see me out here in the trenches. I'm out
here for you guys. Always trending, never
sleep. Real news, real time. Like, comment, share.
Oh shit, it's still on, check this out... What is that?
It's got to be something...
Good evening, sir, how are you?
Good, good, can you turn your music down?
Thank you. Can I see your license, proof of
insurance, your registration for this vehicle?
- Okay, Shawn... Who's Linda Johnson? - Oh, uh, Linda
Johnson is my girlfriend, she let me borrow her car.
Okay. What I need you to do is, uh... this is a
residential area. A lot of kids are out here playing, so
- I need you to slow it down. - Okay, yes, Officer,
I'm so sorry. I really didn't realize I was
going that fast. Uh, I'll definitely slow it down.
Okay, we appreciate that. Alright just gonna
get you off with just a warning this time.
Thank you so much, Officer.
- Okay. - Thank you.
Keep it within the speed limit
- I will. - Alright, have a great day, sir.
- Thank you so much, Officer. - Okay.
♪