Run: 2026-09-23-01M36R108YC88ZV40X4TS4XZPX

Maria: “¿Usted es policía? ¿Encontraron a la muchacha?” [Are you a police officer? Did you find the young woman?] Hunter: “Detective Hunter. I’m asking about the disappearance at the old cider mill last night.” Maria: “No entiendo. Yo estaba tomando fotografías. No hice nada.” [I don’t understand. I was taking photographs. I didn’t do anything.] Hunter: “I’m not accusing you. I just want to know what you saw.” Maria: “¿Qué? No entiendo.” [What? I don’t understand.] Hunter: “Right. Sorry.” [He looks at her, then at her camera, plainly confused. He opens a translation app on his phone and types.] Hunter: “The phone will translate for us. Did you see anything unusual near the cider mill?” [The phone speaks in Spanish.] Maria: “Sí. Una luz en el huerto. Y alguien caminando hacia el molino.” [Yes. A light in the orchard. And someone walking toward the mill.] [The phone speaks in English.] Hunter: “What time?” Maria: “Después de las nueve. Había niebla. Yo estaba fotografiando los árboles, no a esa persona.” [After nine. There was fog. I was photographing the trees, not that person.] [The phone speaks in English.] Hunter: “Could you tell whether it was a man or a woman?” Maria: “No. Llevaba un abrigo oscuro. Cuando vi la luz otra vez, ya no estaba.” [No. They wore a dark coat. When I saw the light again, they were gone.] [The phone speaks in English.] Hunter: “You saw the light twice?” Maria: “Sí. Y escuché algo. Como una puerta cerrándose.” [Yes. And I heard something. Like a door closing.] [The phone speaks in English.] Hunter: “The mill doors are supposed to be locked.” Maria: “Por eso me asusté. Mire.” [That’s why I was frightened. Look.] [She scrolls through her camera and shows him a fog-softened photograph of the orchard. A pale blur glimmers between the trees.] [The phone speaks in English.] Hunter: “Is that the light?” Maria: “Creo que sí. Pero no estaba ahí cuando tomé la foto. Lo vi después.” [I think so. But it wasn’t there when I took the picture. I saw it later.] [The phone speaks in English.] Hunter: “Can you send me the original file? Not a screenshot.” Maria: “Sí. ¿Usted cree que esa persona se llevó a la muchacha?” [Yes. Do you think that person took the young woman?] [The phone speaks in English.] Hunter: “I don’t know yet. I’ll need to see the original and ask you a few more questions.” Maria: “¿Tengo que ir a la comisaría?” [Do I have to go to the police station?] [The phone speaks in English.] Hunter: “Not right now. Keep the memory card safe. Don’t delete anything.” Maria: “Está bien.” [All right.] [The phone speaks in English.] Hunter: “I’ll be in touch.” Maria: “¿Qué pasó?” [What happened?] Hunter: “I have to take this.” [His phone rings. He answers.] “Hunter. Where? All right—don’t touch anything. I’m on my way.” Maria: “¿Encontraron a alguien?” [Did they find someone?] [The phone speaks in English.] Hunter: “I don’t know. But I have to go.” [He types into the translator.] “Please stay here a few more minutes. I’ll send someone to take your statement.” Maria: “Sí. Tendré la cámara conmigo.” [Yes. I’ll keep the camera with me.] [The phone speaks in English.] Hunter: “Good. Keep it close.”