The Missing Babysitter (Part 2)

Sam uses Cara’s diary to retrace her steps in hopes of tracking down the killer.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:06):
Solve Presents the Missing Babysitter Part two. Okay, listeners, does
anyone have a system for breaking the pass code on
someone's phone. I've been trying to open care isn't no?
I keep getting locked out. It's weird to think that

(00:32):
she was just here the other day watching TV with Richie,
talking with Lisa, complaining about Elena. Now it just feels
like there's an empty space. The only thing I have
to remember her by is her diary. Maybe there's something
in here that could tell me what happened. And who
would strangle her? I mean, that's a really personal way

(00:55):
to kill somebody. I'd have to look her in her
eyes and watchers. Okay. A few weeks ago, Kara wrote
that she went to Lena's and weird is Elena has
seriously gone too far? Now for the last time, Lena,

(01:17):
were you just bought out of my life? I'm not
in your life? You really think I have nothing better
to do? You are obsessed with me, and now you're
trying to get Richie to break up with me, And
how exactly am I doing that? I found this note
under the windshield of his car. Ritchie, Kara is cheating
on you? Signed a friend. You're lucky I found it

(01:39):
before he did. I didn't write that he broke up
with you five years ago. Get over it, Get over yourself.
Did Elena suspect Carre was having an affair with Mr
Bernard too? Did Lisa tell her? Or is there another guy? What?
Did have you lost her mind? Hey? What did the

(02:01):
police ask you? Do they have any leads? Did anything?
The whole way back from the station, I was listening
to your radio show. Oh what do you think? I think?
Whoever hurt Kara, here's this? You could be next. You're
gonna get yourself killed. Well I'm doing this all on
my own. Okay, maybe someone listening will be able to help. Yeah,
someone listening does want to help you. You were the

(02:25):
only one who took this seriously. I brushed you off
while my girlfriend was lying lying dead somewhere. So if
you've got ideas, I'm in. Well. I do have some
questions for the student Council vice president. Yes, I'll drive.

(02:50):
Oh hey, Snam, Richie, what's up? We just wanted to
check on you. I'm doing okay. It must be so
much harder for you, rich it is. It's got to
be hard to lose a friend. I'm dealing with it. Sure,
because you and Kara weren't really friends. We were friendly.

(03:11):
Why wouldn't we be. Didn't Ritchie break up with you
for Kara? Oh my god, I'm so tired of this story.
It was in middle school. She's gone, Helena. We want
to know if you had something to do with it.
Well I didn't, Karen, I got along. Fine, Okay, you
can go now. The thing is, Elena, I have Kara's diary.

(03:31):
Whatever happened between you two doesn't sound like water under
the bridge. Fine, we didn't get along, okay, but it
didn't have anything to do with Richie. I have a boyfriend.
He's older and has a job. He's real relationship material.
What's your boyfriend do for work? He works in the
restaurant industry. He delivers pizza, which is in the restaurant industry.

(03:55):
Must have been tough, always coming in second place to Kara.
Excuse me, second place? Sure? I mean Kara was valedictorian,
president of student council, got all the best babysitting gigs,
and yet I got my early acceptance letter from Columbia.
So I guess coming in second to Kara really didn't
wreck my life after all? Are we done here? Just

(04:16):
one more thing? Why did you have Kara's phone? I
found it in your bag when we were driving you home.
Did I? I don't see how I could, except maybe
she put it in my bag thinking it was hers
on Saturday. Sure, yeah, I know that totally could have happened.
Do you have it? I should probably give it to
the police. Don't worry about it, we already did. They'll

(04:38):
check out what's inside, see if there's any clues. Oh yeah,
that's that's good. Try her birthday. I did try my birthday.
I did try her birth here. Okay, just to cover everything,

(05:01):
I've already tried all the obvious numbers, and none of
them are cares pass code. At least we bought ourselves
some time telling Elena the police had it. Oh and
we can still see stuff on the lock screen as
it comes in. Carrol got a calendar alert. She was
supposed to babysit for the Garcias again tonight. Maybe we
should go talk to them. So how was school? I

(05:41):
just heard you and tarrogate Elena like a seasoned pro.
It's insulting that you're so bad at asking me questions. Sorry,
I don't really know how to ask you about this.
I don't really know how to tell you about it.
Should I just turn on the radio? No, it's okay.
My favorite shows in on right now. Anyway, you really
like my show. I've been trying to avoid feeling anything

(06:05):
since Sunday morning. You're investigating this. Snap me out of it.
But I thought you didn't feel like anything was wrong
at the time. Sometimes what people say they believe is
actually what they're trying to make themselves believe. I didn't
exactly want to think something bad happened to Kara, and
then something did anyway, and I just feel untethered. What

(06:31):
does that mean? She kept me grounded. Now I'm floating.
I know what you mean. Carol always supported me. She
was the first person to tell me I could do
something with science. Mom told you that you could. Parents
don't count. They love you so much they think you
can do anything. Kara didn't have to believe in me.

(06:53):
She just it. We're here. I'll wait in the car.
You're not coming in the Garcias are just going to
give me those sad looks people have been giving me
because of Karaiki. He's a break. Okay, Well, stay close
in case there's danger. Sam, this is Maple. Kara was

(07:13):
killed in Maple. I'll be right here, Lisa, Sam, What
are you doing here? It's Miss Sam. Miss Sam. They
call anyone older than ten ms or Mr Miss Lisa.
Can we what at pizza? I told you the pizza

(07:35):
place closes at eight? Why don't you go play in
the other room while I talked to Miss Sam. Kara
was supposed to babysit the Garcia kids tonight. Yeah, she was.
Mr and Mrs Garcia couldn't cancel their plans, so they
called me. So you're like their new babysitter now, I guess, uh,

(07:56):
you must be so happy about that. Everyone knows the
Garcia is pay well. Yeah, it's a good gig. You know,
the kids are easy and you could really use the money.
What are you getting at, Sam, Lisa? What's your secret?
Excuse me? Charas said, you accused her of spilling your
secret to Mr Bernard. What didn't you want him to know?
None of your business? Was it enough to kill over?

(08:18):
Are you crazy? You haven't answered my question. Richie's in
the car. If I say the word, he goes straight
to the police. Fine, Jesus, my house isn't in the
school district. What Our school has the best soccer team
in the state. I needed to go there, but my
house is outside the district limits, so I use a

(08:39):
random address in town. Karen new and if she ran
her mouth about it, I would have been expelled and
have to go to another school with no team at all.
Soccer is my ticket out of this stupid town. And
you think she told Mr Bernard. All I know is
that about a month ago, the school asked for a
proof of residency out of the blue. She's the only
one who knew about it, so you confront at her.

(09:00):
I talked to her like people do, and trapped her
in a bathroom. I was angry. Were you angry on Saturday? Too?
I've got to go stop these kids from trashing the place.
Go home, Sam and tell Richie whether he knows it
or not, I was doing him a favor. A favor.

(09:31):
Lisa did Richie a favor. What does she mean by that?
I didn't tell Richie. If she really did something and
it was for him, I don't know that he can
handle that. Right now. I've been going through Kara's diary
some more, thinking maybe there's something further back like like
Lena having a drug dealer? Am I reading this right?

(09:56):
Hey Richie, I'm going to school early. I don't need
a ride, thanks, babe, I'll pick you up after school.
Two fifteen exactly exactly now what you want, Sam, same

(10:16):
thing I've always wanted, the truth. You are a very
dramatic fourteen year old. I have to get to home room.
I've literally never been late, Karen, and you were taking drugs.
I don't take drugs. I found the riddle in when
I was going through your bag, You nosy little bitch.
You know they were just teaching us about this in school,

(10:36):
how teenagers are abusing prescription drugs. Hey I am, I'm
not abusing it. Oh yeah, because here's what I think.
You were taking riddle in to get an edge on
Kara and become valedictorians. But it didn't help, so you
killed her and took her phone, turning it off so
no one could find her. Wow. Nice, I take Riddlin

(10:59):
for my A d h D genius late. Really, Yes,
I don't take it to kid an edge in school.
I take it so that I can function, so that
I can feel like a normal person. Well, then why
did the bottles have someone else's name on them. My
dad got laid off this year. We lost her health insurance.
He decided my meds were a luxury we couldn't afford.

(11:22):
What he doesn't understand is that's like telling someone with
a stigmatism that their glasses are a luxury. Then where
are you getting your prescription from? My boyfriend? Harrison? He
has a connection, but you have to keep this to yourself.
He went to Judie when he was a kid, and
if he gets Scott dealing again, he'll go to prison. Wait,
did care find out she's this weird vendetta against him?

(11:45):
She said she has pictures of him dealing. That's why
I took her phone when we were planning for prom
on Saturday. I was going to drop it in a
bucket of water or smash it with a goddamn hammer.
That's pretty violent. Harrison just got his life back on track.
He's got a job and a partment right outside of town,
and stuff is helping him apply to colleges. I wasn't
going to let anyone get in the way of that. Okay,

(12:07):
So seth Mr Bernard, he can corroborate your story. You
really do need to start minding your own business. Sam, Oh, great,
you again. I want to check back in on those brochures, right,

(12:31):
I haven't had time to pull them. I can wait. Sure,
why not? You get very involved with your students, That's
my job. I want to help people succeed, even some
people who aren't students, like Harrison. He's a former student.
He got mixed up in some stuff that really wasn't
his fault, and I'm helping him get his life back

(12:53):
in shape. What kind of stuff I prefer that open
have a special job here in the counselor's office. I
worked specifically with kids who had legal trouble. It's much
harder for them to get into schools, get jobs, even
find a place to live. I'm helping Harrison so that
he can get out of his dead end job, go

(13:15):
to school, and do something with his life. And you
were helping Kara too, since she was fourteen. Kara was
very motivated to turn her life around, and she was
doing it too. In fact, it's almost the anniversary of
the first day she came to my office. We used
to celebrate every year. She called it a rebirthday. Who

(13:35):
else knew about Kara's past? I don't know, And she's
not able to tell us, except she might. What's the
date of a rebirthday? April? Why where are you? School
starts in two minutes excluding I'm trying to get through

(14:00):
your Sam, Lisa, what's going on? They're a fight in
the parking lot. Sam, Come with me. I have to
run homes. You shouldn't go out front. Why is that
Detective Fry. He's arresting Ritchie. What? No, he can't. Detective Fry,

(14:20):
You have the wrong guy. Richie was home that night.
He couldn't have. We have an eye witness that saw
your brother leave the Garcia's at ten pm the night
of the murder. Richie. It's okay, Sam, Just keep doing
your radio show. Understand, keep going. Yeah, I can understand.

(14:56):
Samantha Duel was played by gesl Torres. Care Winger by
Valerie rose Loman, Richie Duel by Eric Shewitt, Lisa Hayes
by Jaden Jerome, Detective Fry by Philip Anthony Rodriguez, Atlanta
Kirshner by Audrey Booss. Mr Bernard by Michael John Pollock,

(15:16):
Sylvie Duel by Aaron Young, Harrison by Adam Weber. This
episode of Solve was written by Alex Rubin, directed by
Corey Serge Executive Produced by Corey Serge Executive Produced by
Walt Palmer and Sterling Barnett. Casting by Daisy Laura. Audio
production and post production by Salt Audio production manager Liz LeMay.

(15:41):
Recording engineers Hope Brush and John Schmidt. Original music and
score by Nathan Turchion, Edited and mixed by Zach Jurich.
Assistant editor shy Han Zoo. Sound designed by Eric Rachelson.
Script supervisor Marilyn Miller.