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5. Vanished: Part 2

Bobby represents a couple, the Baldwins, who are haunted by the kidnapping of their son 18 years earlier and believe John Pierce---serving a prison sentence for child molestation---is the kidnapper. At the time of the disappearance, Pierce was a suspect, but the police did not have enough evidence to charge him with the kidnapping. The Baldwins believe their son was murdered, and they just want to know the location of the body. They persuade Bobby to bring a wrongful-death civil lawsuit against…

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Bobby represents a couple, the Baldwins, who are haunted by the kidnapping of their son 18 years earlier and believe John Pierce---serving a prison sentence for child molestation---is the kidnapper. At the time of the disappearance, Pierce was a suspect, but the police did not have enough evidence to charge him with the kidnapping. The Baldwins believe their son was murdered, and they just want to know the location of the body. They persuade Bobby to bring a wrongful-death civil lawsuit against Pierce, believing the suit will compel Pierce to reveal the body's location. On the witness stand, Pierce insists that he did not kidnap the boy. At the end of the episode, Bobby is approached by a young man who believes that he is the boy who was kidnapped years ago---accompanied by Allison Tucker, the woman who raised him. Meanwhile, after Sid the bookie threatens Jimmy seriously, Jimmy "borrows" money from a client's trust fund. He uses the money to bet on a horse tipped to him by a relative, and he wins enough to pay back the bookie. Jimmy returns the client's money, but not before Eugene and Bobby discover his reckless action. To be continued...

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