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- (PHONE BUZZES) Hello.

Where are you right now?

Right now I am on my way to South Dakota.

Gonna do a little camping, do a little fishing.

Good for you, Colter.

It is important to take time for yourself.

You have a job for me, don't you?

St. Louis, Missouri. $20,000 reward

to find a witness who saw a murder.

Offered by Stephanie Porter, 16 years old.

She's 16 years old

and she's offering a $20,000 reward?

She started a fundraising web page

to raise money for her father's appeal.

I find it really sweet, actually.

Her father Clay Porter

was convicted of murdering

his business partner, a man named Avery Engram.

Got 30 years.

You mentioned something about a, uh, missing witness?

Stephanie says that there's somebody out there

who could help with her father's case,

but there's no proof they actually exist.

It might just be a sweet kid

who wants to believe that her father is someone

other than who he is.

Yeah, okay, all right, you got me.

South Dakota can wait. Let's set up a meeting.

Maybe Reenie could consult? Lots of ins and outs

with this one already having been investigated

and tried before a jury...

Okay, yeah, I'll leave it to you to figure out the split.

Call you when I'm in St. Louis.

That's me and my dad.

That's all of us in Florida for spring break.

And that's his business partner Avery.

See? They were friends.

I just know my dad didn't kill him.

I don't care what anybody says. He wouldn't lie to me.

Mrs. Porter, what do you think?

Please. Deborah.

And I admire my daughter's passion,

but I am worried that you're not going to find anything.

Mom, he didn't do it,

and you said it yourself.

The investigation his legal team did wasn't great.

Of course he didn't.

And yes. I think Clay's public defender

had limited resources.

But it's been a year.

There's been a trial.

No one has come forward, and I think

that maybe we did the best we could.

I think Mr. Shaw can help us.

You mentioned a missing witness?

Someone sent me an anonymous message

on my fundraising page. Here.

Take a look.

"There's a witness that knows your father is innocent."

- You have no idea who sent this? - We don't.

That's what you do, isn't it?

- Find missing people? - I do.

This is our only chance to save his life.

I want to believe there's a witness

out there that can exonerate him, too.

With all my heart, I do.

But I worry that we've exhausted

every avenue and...

I just want to do whatever's best for Stephanie.

It's hard to...

hear things about your father, about your husband

that you feel might not be true.

I know something about that.

My father had a lot of secrets.

It was very hard on my mother.

- It was very hard on all of us. - So...

... you're taking the job.

Right, Mr. Shaw?

Let me see what I can find out about that witness.

You want my opinion?

Clay Porter is guilty, end of story.

But what about him maintaining his innocence?

Colter, you may want to sit down for this.

But, um, people who murder

often also lie.

- (SCOFFS) Yeah, what if he's not lying? - Based on what?

Based on the fact that no one saw Clay kill anyone.

Okay. Let's review the facts, shall we? Come.

Come, come, come.

Okay, so...

Clay Porter and Avery Engram

ran a business together, an asbestos removal company.

Homeowners move out while the work is done.

On the night of the murder, Clay returns to a home

where they're working, and guess what he finds.

His business partner Avery running an illegal poker game

inside the clients' house. Yes, I know.

Except he doesn't just find it.

Porter blows his top.

You've got... count 'em... one, two,

three, four people who independently witnessed

Porter hit Avery.

Threatened to kill him, and then, oh,

lo and behold, the coroner reports

that Avery was dead due

to blunt force trauma to the head

an hour after his fight with Clay.

I mean, this is what you call a slam dunk.

No one saw him kill anyone.

No, but his attorney never found

any other witnesses.

I mean, you're the probabilities guy, you tell me,

what are the chances that Clay Porter

is actually innocent, hmm?

Low, very low.

- But I made a promise to his daughter. - Colter.

You find missing stuff for reward money.

You don't exonerate convicted murderers.

Reenie, what's missing is the witness.

Oh, I get it. This is personal.

Look, I haven't forgotten what you told me about your brother

- and how he... - Okay, that's...

Come on, Reenie.

You like this, huh?

You kind of like it.

Just admit it, you like helping people.

It beats filing briefs. And...

yeah, I kind of like this.

Okay, and there you have it.

And the coffee's good.

So, okay, therapy session over?

What's next?

What's next is, I go talk to Clay Porter.

I knew she was raising money online.

Said it was to help pay for a better investigation.

You really think there's a witness?

That's why I'm here talking to you.

Let's start with what happened between you and Avery Engram.

I did not kill Avery.

What happened the night of the murder?

I go to check on this big job we have.

House was all wrapped, ready for removal.

I go in,

and there's Avery running a poker game.

Like not a friendly game.

In a house that we're supposed to do a job in.

That made you mad.

So mad you wanted to kill him?

No, no, I mean, look, I lost my temper, I admit that.

And I said all kinds of crazy stuff,

but it was just words.

You were mad that he was

cutting you out of the poker winnings?

Hell no, man.

That is not who I am.

Look, Avery had his side hustle.

But that night he crossed the line.

It put the business in danger.

And I busted my ass off

to build this business, and there he goes behind my back.

Avery was always up to something.

Getting mixed up in all sorts of shady stuff.

Look, he stayed in his lane

and we were cool.

But that night?

Hell, he messed up.

And he knew it, too.

Do you think he got mixed up with the wrong crowd,

- that's what got him killed? - I don't know.

It's possible, though.

He was running with some pretty heavy cats.

And what do you know about this mysterious witness?

I got no clue.

I thought everybody left.

Me and Avery talked it out, and he promised he'd do better.

- And then what, what'd you do? - I went home.

Left Avery to clean things up.

Next morning, the cops rolled up and...

I'm still here.

Now, if you're lying, you are gonna break

your daughter's heart. She's never gonna recover.

I would never do anything to hurt her.

Never. I swear to you, I'm innocent.

If there's a witness out there, I'll find 'em.

Normally I'd ask Bobby to help me

on this one, but he's helping his mother move

into a retirement home in Palm Beach,

so he's gone for the week.

Yeah, we will not bother him unless we have to.

The anonymous message sent to Stephanie's fundraiser page

came from a burner phone.

Same burner phone received

a message yesterday.

"Tomorrow night. Ante at 8:00.

"12th and White Oak. Enter through parking garage.

Gold coin."

Sounds like a poker game.

Guessing that "gold coin" is some sort

- of token or password to get in. - (BREATHES DEEPLY)

I'll figure something out.