(Leper by Seo Jeong Ju)
(The leper ate a child At moonrise by the barley fields)
Hello.
(Dreamland Orphanage)
She never asked for her mom.
I just thought she didn't have one.
Did she say anything about her life before coming here?
Aside from her name and age, no.
She has a very minor development disability.
I see.
She's been here for just a month, but she has a lot of stuff.
It's her clothes and some stationary stuff.
About that picture...
Was it always here?
It was originally in the playroom.
We moved it here temporarily for the renovation.
Why do you ask?
I don't think it's a fitting poem for kids to read.
It was always there, so it never occurred to me.
You're probably right,
but it's only a poem.
It's beautiful and mournful.
Would you mind...
looking at this picture?
This child looks...
He died from a car accident,
but they have yet to identify him.
I thought maybe he used to stay here.
No, he wasn't with us.
Why did you think he'd be from here?
Because that poem was written...
on a picture he left behind.
It's not a poem a child would normally write,
but it's a famous poem.
He probably saw it somewhere.
Just to make sure, could you ask...
the other teachers here?
I took care of each child with my own hands.
I would recognize my own children.
She was sleeping here like this.
It must have been pretty cold.
The child was found around 6:30am.
Did she stay out all night?
She would have frozen to death if she did.
It's that dog who saved her.
What did that dog do?
The dog barked loudly.
Normally, this dog is very gentle,
but it started barking like crazy that morning.
When someone came out to check, there was a child here.
Look.
Why did the culprit throw away the child...
where there is a CCTV camera and a dog?
Is the camera broken?
It was broken a long time ago.
This dog would probably welcome burglars too.
But it knows to bark when a child is in trouble.
It's a smart dog.
The culprit is someone who knows about this place well.
They wanted the child to be found safely,
while escaping the scene without leaving a trace.
A broken CCTV camera and a smart dog.
There's also a trail in the back where they could avoid eyes.
This person definitely knows the orphanage well.
Gosh, Ha Na.
Do you remember this place?
Ha Na!
- No, no. - Why?
- Let's go in that way. - But...
Ha Na,
is this how you used to come in here?
Ha Na.
What is it?
Let's follow her slowly.
(Do Not Enter)
(Episode 9: The Witness)
Do you think she'll be able to testify?
It'll take some time.
She wasn't the one you were looking for. Are you okay?
I found Ha Na instead.
We came in the right direction.
The case was closed then.
The place that first sent out the wanted notice...
called us saying that they found an unidentified child.
Right?
We asked for a DNA test just in case,
and she was found to be Lee Hye Sun's daughter.
We can't just sit still anymore.
At the time the child was found, she was deep in sleep.
It was hard to wake her up.
The child was given sleeping pills...
before she was moved to the orphanage. That's my guess.
It's both kidnapping and abandonment.
This person got rid of the child's trace in the storage.
All of the child's belongings and her fingermarks were gone.
This person is meticulous.
We're certain Lee Hye Sun was murdered.
You and you...
- are getting along well. - Pardon?
Hey, I thought you hated her.
Why are you pushing us apart? We're colleagues.
So? What happened to the child?
Someone from Hanul Children's Center is taking care of her.
It's just until we find a housing for her.
She's someone qualified as a foster parent.
Let's see who can hold in a laughter longer.
Okay, let's eat.
Wow! You made sausages!
It's delicious.
"Then the tiger said,"
"'If you give me a rice cake, I won't eat you.'"
"Mom was so scared..."
Does Ha Na not have a mom and a dad?
Of course she does.
She does, but...
they're far away.
So she's staying with us for a while.
Just like how Dad is far away?
Finish the story.
Don't you dare talk.
I'll wring your neck.
Eat that.
Darn it.
Whatever. Come on.
So what?
I don't know her.
Your wife was pregnant, had a child and...
raised her until that age and you didn't know?
So,
if she really exists,
I'm the only one who didn't know...
she cheated on me and had a kid.
I'm the idiot here.
What did you do the night of October 4?
What?
Lee Hye Sun was caught on camera on October 4.
The kid was found the next morning.
That narrows the time of the crime.
Now, we need the suspect's alibi.
Gosh.
- Are you saying I'm a suspect? - Yes.
Think about it.
Why would I kill her when we were divorced?
Good point.
Do you need to hide your own child when you don't have an inheritance?
Why you... Darn you.
If you're that upset, get a DNA test done.
The kid.
It's not mine.
Why would I get a DNA test?
Then don't get so upset.
You're driving me insane.
What did you do the night of October 4?
People don't remember things like that.
Do you remember what you did that day?
I don't need to remember because I'm innocent of anything.
But you must remember killing someone that night.
Mister.
80 percent of murders are committed by people close by.
You're the only acquaintance of dead Lee Hye Sun.
Wrack your brain.
Or you'll go down for murder.
What did you do that night?
Get out.
I don't know what you think of me,
but I studied engineering for four years.
Look. I'm very detailed.
I'm very meticulous.
(October 3 to 5: Health store, fishing range)
You fish for a hobby? For three days in a row?
Wasn't that boring?
I applaud you. You have my respect.
I give it to you that you have a thing for wasting your time.
That's fine.
I catch big fish sometimes.
I hope you do. Good luck.
He's a nasty one.
He didn't even blink at the photo.
What if he's proven the father?
We lock him up for child neglect and abuse.
And obstructing an investigation.
I'll charge him with everything I can think of.
What?
Just because he denied her existence and didn't register her birth,
you can't punish him severely.
Are you lecturing me?
As if I don't know?
Going up.
Anything on the orphanage?
We're looking into two staffers...
and three volunteer workers.
We haven't found anything noteworthy on them yet.
The girl was found at an orphanage 68km from Hanul Children's Center.
There are three tollgates and hundreds of cameras in-between.
We're looking for a vehicle found in...
both locations between 4am and 7am on October 5.
I don't know how many there will be,
but if we whittle them down, we'll be left with one.
The vehicle the girl was transported in. That's the idea.
It sounds simple.
It does. The problem is,
we don't know how many cameras still have the relative footage.
At least a few.
The cameras near Hanul or the orphanage...
won't have much.
They're narrow roads or alleys.
Don't expect too much. I can't guarantee the accuracy.
I'll let you cuff the guy if we find him.
You will?
Just guarantee the accuracy.
Do you think he will?
I'll give it a shot.
We're here. Let's get this unfastened.
I'll take your bag.
Come on out, puppy.
Give me a kiss.
Say goodbye.
Good girl.
Wait in the car.
Watch out for the cars.
See you later.
Ha Na.
Ha Na!
Ha Na.
You were here before, weren't you?
Yes.
Did your mom tell you that...
if you looked in here,
you'd find things?
She's full of energy and quite curious.
Other than lacking verbal skills,
she isn't much different from any other child.
I understand...
her state of mind.
Did you get her to talk about that day?
Whenever I mention her mom, she goes silent...
and pretends to not hear me.
That means she has a lot to say about her mom.
We need her to give a statement on what happened.
We can't interrogate a child.
I'm not saying we'll interrogate. We'll coax her.
Even if she's a kid, she must want to find out...
who killed her mom.
I'm sorry. I got a bit carried away.
I'm not pushing...
When you first saw the body in the room.
How did you feel?
My feeling?
(Life that is rotten and crumbled.)
It looked like a set stage.
To judge someone.
Her verbal development is slow...
because her mother didn't talk to her.
That woman...
didn't look after the girl at all.
Instead, she took the little thing...
and wandered around...
and made her search garbage cans.
Are you saying because she didn't care for her child,
she was murdered as a punishment?
Immoral act...
with good intentions.
After her mom died,
her environment got better.
If that was the culprit's intention, it was good.
Murder...
is an immoral act.
Good intentions.
Immoral act.
Let's wipe your hands.
There's one more thing in common...
aside from death and poetry.
It's children.
Abused or neglected children.
When there's death involving a poem,
a child is always there too.
(Death, poem, child)
Judgment of a crime.
Judging the crimes committed upon children.
Who? The poet.
Good intentions.
Immoral act.
I verified Mr. Go's alibi at the fishery.
Surveillance recording was deleted.
It's impossible to know if he stayed there for two nights.
We'll track the location of his cell phone during that period...
Stop, that's enough.
It's not him. What about the beer can?
I'm behind other cases, so it'll take quite a while.
Based on that pattern,
he's more likely to be killed than kill someone.
Do you think all these cases are related?
Cha Woo Kyung said...
the corpse was presented as if judgement was passed upon it.
Looking at these cases from that perspective...
No.
The suspect for Park Ji Hye's murder was arrested.
The case was closed.
What if he had an accomplice?
How did he call her at that time and place when she's reclusive?
That was your question.
We haven't found the answer yet.
In An Seok Won case,
An Seok Won purchased the burning coal himself.
- The autopsy confirmed his suicide. - It's only assumed to be suicide.
A gambling addict killed himself with cash next to him?
It's very rare.
The case may not be over yet.
The first two cases are solved.
All we need to do is find who killed Lee Hye Sun.
It's only an assumption based on uncertain evidence.
It'll make Captain Hong angry.
Is there a detective named Kang Ji Heon?
He didn't answer his phone.
One moment.
He's out of the office. What is it about?
I need to talk to him in person.
May I take a message?
Didn't a man die over there a few days ago?
- Pardon? - It wasn't suicide.
I have evidence.
My insurance payment.
You promised to pay me, but where is it?
Ma'am, I...
My husband died.
You promised insurance payment for his death.
Where is it?
You can't do this, ma'am.
- How will my child and I live? - Ma'am, you can't do this.
Let me go. Let me go.
Give me my money, you thieves.
Give my husband's insurance payment!
The baby likes food very much.
Who cooks for the baby?
Lions can't cook.
The baby's mother can cook, right?
Ha Na.
Shall we have the mother be with her baby?
Ha Na, the baby is hungry.
- Let's ask Mom... - Cloud.
Cat.
Butterfly.
Ha Na, should we let the dad join?
Dad...
also misses the baby.
Shall we put Dad in the baby's room?
Don't you dare tell him.
I'll wring your neck and kill you.
Ha Na, who told you that?
Was it your dad?
Ha Na.
"If you tell, you'll die."
It's a common phrase used in crimes targeting children.
I was worried...
that Mr. Go wouldn't be indicted.
We caught him.
What did he tell her not to say?
He probably did something terrible to her.
But Ha Na is really reluctant to talk about her mom.
I think it'll take more time.
She doesn't say a thing.
She must have seen something.
She may have witnessed something crucial.
Like the culprit's face.
It's my intuition as a detective.
It's hardly been wrong.
Based on your intuition as a detective,
can you explain the girl in green that I see?
Wait a minute.
Did you see her again?
I was just curious.
I wanted to know...
your opinion as a detective.
Do you really want to know?
Yes.
First of all,
it's not the sister of the boy in the accident.
Then?
When you feel empty inside,
you might start to see things.
Why was it her that I saw out of all things?
There must be a reason. She must be related to you.
Are you saying I know that child?
You said that you remember...
the child's hairclip as well as the pattern on her stockings.
It seems way too detailed to be something...
you made up in your head.
I don't know her.
I don't know that child.
Do you remember your friends from kindergarten?
However, the information stacks up in your subconscious.
Then when a coincidental opportunity comes up,
it just pops back out.
This isn't based on my intuition as a detective.
It's a logical questioning.
What are you doing over there?
Hey.
I'm just looking for something.
The kids are asleep. I have to get going too.
Okay.
(Episode 10)
You're being too nosy with bringing in another child.
My whole body aches from looking after two kids.
That's why I added a bit more for this month.
Can you afford it? Your husband is gone too.
I have enough to give you.
What were you doing in the storage?
I was looking at an old album.
I was reminded of Dad.
I miss talking to Dad.
He was a sweet man.
Right, Mom. Do you remember...
a girl wearing a green dress...
with a bob cut?
Do you remember such a friend of mine? Have you seen her?
From when?
Maybe when I was around 6 or 7?
How would I know your friend from back then?
I married your dad after that.
I moved in when you started grade school.
You're right.
I better go.
Why do I always forget that you're my stepmom?
Maybe I raised you well like your real mom.
I'm going.
Thanks for your help, Mom.
Take care, okay?
- Yes? - It's me, So Ra's mom.
Ms. Cha.
They told me I can't get any insurance money.
They won't pay me because he killed himself.
Ms. Cha. I really need that money.
I really need it.
Is there no way to get it?
Once I get the insurance money,
I was going to move to a clean house...
and have So Ra get tutored.
Ma'am.
Why are you calling me about this?
I understand you're troubled,
but it really makes me uncomfortable...
when you call me like this.
Ms. Cha, you were the one...
who said it'd be nicer with him gone.
No. I told you that it'd be nicer to escape from the violence...
and to live independently.
Also,
I don't know anything about insurance.
Please ask someone else.
I'm hanging up.
My husband didn't kill himself.
Someone killed him!
Even if he only had three dollars,
he'd run straight to the gambling table.
He would never kill himself if he had 3,000 dollars.
No one would believe that.
You didn't say that last time.
When the police told me that he committed suicide,
I took your word for it.
How can I be in the right mind...
when my husband died?
That's not all.
That will you told me about...
is fake.
Are you talking about what we found?
Yes. That's actually what's left...
after his phone number was ripped off.
What do you mean by that?
Gosh. Here.
You write something like this when you park.
After doing this, they went...
Here. It's what's left after they ripped off the bottom.
Why are you bringing this up only now?
I told you! I wasn't myself!
Do you believe me now?
My husband didn't kill himself.
Did the insurance company tell you they won't pay you?
Is it a life insurance or an indemnity insurance?
Will they not count it since it's a suicide?
Are you trying to change it to homicide because of it?
What are you saying?
Usually, most people...
deny it's suicide...
even when it's clear it's a suicide.
They say their husbands would never do such a thing.
They say their husbands would never commit suicide.
But how did you react?
You agreed.
You said your husband was someone who'd commit suicide.
You told us he's been wanting to die.
But now you're saying he was murdered?
I know money is great,
but you're going back on your word about your husband's death.
Ma'am, you shouldn't do that. It would be wrong.
I really mean it.
He didn't commit suicide.
Ma'am, do you know that you're...
obstructing our business, obstructing with an investigation,
and interfering with public officials?
Also, you're trying to change a suicide to a homicide...
because of insurance money.
That's insurance fraud.
You're committing...
1, 2, 3, 4...
You're committing four crimes right now.
Do you want to be locked up?
No.
- Hey. - Yes?
Don't say anything to Ji Heon.
He's already acting perversely. Don't provoke him.
(An Seok Won Case File)
(I'm sorry.)
Are you the owner of this car?
You went to Daejeon this day. Why did you go there?
- Is 6414 your car? - Yes, it's my car.
When did you come back?
Why did you go to Daejeon on the 8th?
That's enough. Stop.
Have a good day.
We ask for your cooperation.
How many more do we have left?
We have three more left.
Like Chan Wook said, I don't think we'll find anything.
Do you really believe that this case is related to the other two?
I decided to take your advice.
You told me...
that the other two cases are already closed.
That we only have to catch the murderer of Lee Hye Sun.
What is it? Is it not to your liking?
It's not that.
When we find the murderer, we'll get some answers.
I'll wait humbly until then.
We couldn't find any clues...
from the people related to the orphanage.
If we don't find anything today...
We have to keep on digging.
I'll keep digging until I find something.
That's what investigating's like.
Let's clean up now.
Se Jin, you can put away the crayons.
Good. I'll put away the sketchbook.
Se Jin.
Where did you get this stamp from?
It's not a stamp.
It's a drawing.
A drawing?
It is my car, but I wasn't driving it.
A friend had borrowed it for a few days.
What does that friend do?
He works at some childcare facility.
Do you have his name and number?
Sure.
His name is Lee Eun Ho. 010...
Does he work at Hanul Children's Center?
Yes, that's the place.
Can I help you?
I'd like to meet...
the young man who works here.
Oh, Eun Ho? He stepped out for a bit.
He'll be back soon.
Wait inside.
Thank you.
Sit over there.
Hello, Maintenance.
Third floor playroom?
Okay, I'll be right there.
- Wait here for a bit. - Okay.
What are you doing there?
He answered all our questions...
and was cooperative when we collected evidence.
I didn't notice anything suspicious.
Who would suspect a guy like this?
He looks so sweet.
Do you know him?
We lost a criminal once because of him.
He grew up at the orphanage the girl was found at.
Didn't you check that?
I didn't think of looking into the graduates.
I'm sorry.
Fasten your seat belt.
Is this yours?
I'm sorry.
Where is Mr. Lee?
He went upstairs to change a light bulb.
What are you doing here?
I wanted to ask you something.
Did you draw this stamp?
I did draw that.
I thought it was a stamp.
I drew it to look like one.
The kids like it a lot.
The kid who drew this...
died in a car accident.
They couldn't identify him.
It's him.
Do you remember him?
I don't.
I drew that stamp for so many kids.
I can't remember everyone unless I see them often.
(At moonrise by the barley fields)
Lee Eun Ho.
It's been a while.
Who's this?
The girl who disappeared from Hanul's storage a month ago.
The storage room?
- The room with the body? - She's her daughter.
The mother and daughter...
lived in a room at the place you work.
Aren't you angry?
The mom made the girl sleep in a storage room...
and eat out of garbage cans.
She's the kind of people you abhor.
That lot.
I don't know this girl.
You're the only person who works there at night.
These two were the only people left there at night.
I may work there at night,
but I only walk around the building once at 10pm.
What I really do is maintaining the facility.
Detective.
I didn't know, I swear.
What did you do on the night of October 4?
Give me an answer.
The charges are murder, kidnapping, and child abandonment.
Almost...
every day is the same for me.
I probably worked all day...
and would've been asleep in my dorm as usual.
"As usual"?
(Vehicle Registration)
Do you remember now?
You borrowed your friend's car.
This was taken at 6:02am.
Dreamland Orphanage is 10 minutes from where this was taken.
The kid was found at 6:30am.
You work where the mom's body was found...
and grew up at the orphanage the kid was found at.
Is that all a coincidence?
Are you sure? Is there evidence?
We're investigating.
Your investigation. That's...
Detective. Children come here.
We teach and consult.
It's terrible enough that a body was found here,
but a killer?
Listen.
If this gets on the news, it'll end my career for good.
I'll lose everything.
I can't stop the press or the public,
but you're fine until the killer's identified.
Don't worry.
Do you know Lee Eun Ho well?
You're the one who allowed him to eat and sleep here.
Yes, I know him well.
He grew up at the orphanage my father ran.
Dreamland Orphanage?
No. The orphanage my father ran...
was called Hanul Angels' Home.
We sold it to someone else over 10 years ago.
Then did you meet Eun Ho after he had grown up?
Yes. He came to see me 2, was it 3 years ago?
He needed a job...
and I needed the help, so I hired him.
He's hard-working and gentle.
I'm sure there's a misunderstanding.
Why does he like kids so much?
I don't think it's a fetish,
but he gets along better with kids than people his own age.
I wouldn't know why.
Maybe he wants to be like them.
He couldn't have had a normal childhood,
growing up in an orphanage without parents.
He won't change his story.
He just went on a drive?
He says driving at dawn is a hobby.
His colleagues say he got warned a few times...
for taking the center's car.
We got nothing on the search and seizure...
and the footage alone doesn't prove he went to the orphanage.
We can't keep him here.
Well done.
Why is that dangerous?
We're stimulating her memory.
It's not that she can't remember.
She doesn't want to share it.
Don't you think your coddling her...
will make things worse?
She's a child.
We must agitate her as little as possible.
Helping her vent what's bottled up could do her better.
Burst a boil, expose a trauma.
A few years ago,
this happened when I worked down south.
A fire burned the home of a divorced man and his 12-year-old son.
The man died.
The son wasn't at home at the time.
The son was found at...
a nearby internet cafe the next morning.
Kang Min Gi?
Min Gi.
He looked dreadful.
He had scars of long-term abuse all over his body.
It looked like a map of the world.
The fire was an obvious arson.
Three hours before it happened,
the man's son bought kerosene from a nearby gas station...
and posted a note on social media that he planned to kill.
But...
he was below 14 and couldn't be charged.
We called that the Boy A Case.
(Children between 10 and 14 are released.)
Did the boy kill his father?
The circumstances all pointed to that.
But the boy himself was in shock and couldn't give a statement.
Just then...
Lee Eun Ho showed up.
He said the boy was at his place at the time of the fire.
I didn't think a neighborhood friend...
unrelated to the case would lie for no reason.
More than anything,
I didn't want to believe that a 12-year-old boy...
had killed his own father.
And so, the boy went free.
Do you think that...
Lee Eun Ho provided...
a fake alibi for the boy's sake?
No.
I think Eun Ho told the truth.
The boy probably was at his place at the time.
But...
I'm not sure if Eun Ho was with him.
You think he killed the father.
I don't know. I didn't get to check.
That's why this time...
I must check.
Wow. Ha Na, you're good...
at making things with sand.
You made a lovely fish.
What's that?
Do you know what this is for?
Ha Na.
Stop.
It makes coughing stop.
That's interesting.
How did you know about something like this?
Mom.
Your mom must have coughed a lot.
Ha Na.
What happens if Mom doesn't have this?
Without it...
Ha Na, stop. It's okay, you can stop now.
Did you see him?
Stop it.
Did you see who hid this and made Mom sick?
- I said stop. - I saw him.
Was it a man as tall as him?
And then you fell asleep?
Ha Na, do you remember that man's face?
What did he look like?
A good person. He looked like a nice person.
A nice person?
Ha Na.
Some men will come into the room.
If you see the nice man,
tell me who it is.
You're number 1 to 7 in order of entrance.
When I call your number, take one step forward.
Excuse me.
Is Detective Kang Ji Heon here?
I have evidence.
Of murder.
Two.
Three.
Four.
Five.
What is it, Ha Na?
(Children of Nobody)
She was weird from the start.
Is there something you didn't tell us? There must be a few.
I saw a line of a poem on the drawing.
This boy. That's him.
I found out who the boy is.
Detective! Detective!
You did it, Woo Kyung. You saved a child.
I heard you killed my son.
You don't actually think you can walk away from this, right?
You're a mother. He was your child.
I'm the one who lost a child.
You're the one who killed him.
You told me that they're being judged.
For torturing children.
That could be a cause for murder.