Run: 2026-09-23-01M37PG9GY1BQJB1HRXV2JX7BX

**Maria:** "¿Sí? Perdone... ¿necesita algo?" **Hunter:** "Afternoon, ma'am. Detective Hunter, Alborn Police. Mind if I sit? I'm asking around about Walt Gundersen, the fella who runs the orchard up on Ridge Road. Nobody's seen him since Tuesday night. Were you out near the orchard at all this week?" **Maria:** "¿Gundersen? No... lo siento, no hablo inglés. Pero... ¿policía? ¿Es por el hombre del huerto? Dios mío. Lo sabía. Sabía que algo iba mal." **Hunter:** "Okay. That's not English." **Maria:** "No entiendo casi nada. Lo siento mucho, de verdad." **Hunter:** "No, that's alright. That's on me. Let's try this. Walt Gundersen. Apples. Big man, gray beard, red cap. You know him?" **Maria:** "Manzanas... sí, sí, el huerto. Fui el martes por la tarde para hacer fotos de la puesta de sol. Las colinas, los árboles... era precioso. Y luego..." **Hunter:** "Hey, easy. You're shaking. Take a breath. Nobody's in trouble here." **Maria:** "Perdone. Es que no he dormido desde entonces. Escuché algo aquella noche. Un grito, creo. O quizá no. No sé qué fue." **Hunter:** "I caught 'no sé.' I think that means you don't know. Welcome to my week." **Maria:** "Espere. Mire. La cámara. Le enseño." **Hunter:** "Camera. Okay, yeah, I got that one. You want me to look?" **Maria:** "Sí, mire aquí. Martes. Las siete y cuarenta de la tarde. ¿Ve la fecha?" **Hunter:** "Tuesday, 7:40 p.m. That's a nice shot. Orchard, the old barn, sunset. You've got a good eye." **Maria:** "No, no, la foto no. Detrás. Aquí, al fondo. Al lado del granero." **Hunter:** "You're pointing at the barn. What am I looking at... Hold on. Can you zoom in? Make it bigger?" **Maria:** "Sí, un momento. ¿Ve? Una camioneta. Blanca." **Hunter:** "That's a white pickup. Walt drives a green Ford. That's not his truck." **Maria:** "Y ahora esta. Cinco minutos después." **Hunter:** "Two people by the barn door. One of them's wearing a red cap. That's Walt. Who's the other one?" **Maria:** "No lo sé. No le vi la cara. Pero llevaba algo en la mano. Algo largo. Una pala, creo." **Hunter:** "I don't know what 'pala' is, but I don't like how you said it. Can you show me?" **Maria:** "Así. Para cavar. En la tierra." **Hunter:** "Digging. A shovel. You're telling me the second guy had a shovel." **Maria:** "Sí. Exacto. Una pala." **Hunter:** "Shovel is pala. Look at me, learning things. Is there another picture after that one?" **Maria:** "No. Después oí el ruido y me fui corriendo al coche. Tenía miedo. Pensé que eran cosas mías, que me lo estaba imaginando. Pero hoy he visto su foto en el periódico, y..." **Hunter:** "The flyer. Yeah. His daughter put those up yesterday. You saw it and put it together. That's why you look like you've seen a ghost." **Maria:** "Tendría que haber llamado a alguien. Pero no sé hablar con nadie aquí. No sabía qué hacer." **Hunter:** "Whatever you just said, it sounded like you're beating yourself up. Don't. You held on to these. That's more than anyone else in this town has given me." **Maria:** "¿Me va a quitar la cámara?" **Hunter:** "You're holding onto that thing like I'm gonna take it. I'm not. I just need copies. Copies. Understand? I need..." **Hunter:** "Hang on. Sorry. I've got to take this. Hunter... Yeah... Where?... The Pruitt farm? Is the white truck there?... Don't touch anything. I'm ten minutes out." **Maria:** "¿Qué pasa? ¿Le han encontrado?" **Hunter:** "I have to go. I'm sorry. Here. My number, on the napkin. Phone. Call me. Tomorrow. I'll find someone who speaks Spanish. Okay?" **Maria:** "Vale. Mañana. Le llamo." **Hunter:** "Vale. I'm gonna guess that's a yes." **Maria:** "Sí. Es un sí. Detective, tenga cuidado. Por favor." **Hunter:** "Didn't catch that. But thanks. And don't show those pictures to anybody else. Nobody. Not until I see you again." **Maria:** "Nadie. Se lo prometo." --- **Translation of Maria's lines (for reference):** 1. "Yes? Excuse me... do you need something?" 2. "Gundersen? No... I'm sorry, I don't speak English. But... police? Is this about the man from the orchard? My God. I knew it. I knew something was wrong." 3. "I understand almost nothing. I'm very sorry, truly." 4. "Apples... yes, yes, the orchard. I went on Tuesday afternoon to take pictures of the sunset. The hills, the trees... it was beautiful. And then..." 5. "Forgive me. I haven't slept since then. I heard something that night. A scream, I think. Or maybe not. I don't know what it was." 6. "Wait. Look. The camera. I'll show you." 7. "Yes, look here. Tuesday. 7:40 in the evening. Do you see the date?" 8. "No, no, not the photo. Behind. Here, in the background. Next to the barn." 9. "Yes, one moment. See? A pickup truck. White." 10. "And now this one. Five minutes later." 11. "I don't know. I didn't see his face. But he was carrying something in his hand. Something long. A shovel, I think." 12. "Like this. For digging. In the ground." 13. "Yes. Exactly. A shovel." 14. "No. After that I heard the noise and ran to my car. I was scared. I thought I was imagining things. But today I saw his picture in the newspaper, and..." 15. "I should have called someone. But I can't talk to anyone here. I didn't know what to do." 16. "Are you going to take my camera?" 17. "What's happening? Have they found him?" 18. "Okay. Tomorrow. I'll call you." 19. "Yes. It's a yes. Detective, be careful. Please." 20. "Nobody. I promise."