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abused and still love the adults

who were abusing them.

This girl couldn't risk

alienating the only person

she had in her life, so

she formed an attachment

that will be very hard to break.

How long does it take

to create that kind of bond?

It can take as little

as a few days,

but this girl's body language

and mistrust of others

makes me think that she's been

isolated much longer than that.

- Might help with IDing her.

- Mm-hmm.

Well, I've narrowed it down

to nine girls matching

her general description, missing

two to six years.

Six years...

All right, good news:

We have someone who may be able

to identify the girl...

the family's lawyer.

Isabelle Saunders, 19.

Abducted on her way home

from school in Brantford

four years ago.

Her parents are understandably

eager to see her.

- What makes you so sure it's her?

- Left kneecap, shaped like a U.

It's in the description

you've been circulating.

Even if this girl is

who you say she is,

she's a key individual in the

investigation of Maya Henson's murder.

This girl has spent years

in captivity.

God knows what kind of

psychological and physical abuse

she's suffered. Finally,

the police stumble upon her...

completely by accident,

by the way - and now what?

- Now you want to implicate her in a crime?

- We just want to talk to her.

What I hear from the hospital

staff is she's half catatonic.

You want to talk to her, fine, but

when she is ready and not before.

- It's a little more complicated than that.

- Fire away. I love complicated.

The girl was found in

possession of the murder weapon.

She'd drawn a picture

of the body.

Oh. Oh, OK, I got it.

So, Isabelle somehow

magically killed a woman

from behind a locked door.

The point is, we don't know.

And when we don't know,

we act in the interest

of protecting everyone.

Inspector Caligra,

you really don't want headlines

about how you're

re-victimizing

a traumatized girl.

We don't care about headlines.

This is our call.

No, she's right, Aidan.

Holding her would

look terrible.

All I want is to have Isabelle

released to her family.

They've been waiting a long time

to see their daughter again.

You can talk to her

all you want, but first she has

to go home.

All those years

in that basement,

the sensory overload alone

must be crippling.

- She's not ready for this.

- Neither are they.

The whole family is gonna

need counselling.

But she's not

diagnosably mentally ill,

and her family wants her

released, so,

unless you want

to arrest her...

I'll get 24-hour surveillance

put on her house.

Hey, it's my little girl.

How was school today?

Relax,

I'm just messing with you.

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