Barbara Collentine

After three gangsters murder a partner who ran off with their bank robbery loot, they realise the money is still missing. Chief Mathews stakes out the dead man's home, anticipating the gang will target the victim's wife.

A botched robbery results in the abduction of the only witness -- a 10-year-old girl who can neither hear nor speak.

Freddie stops by to pay Bill a visit, but ends up falling in love with the children, and decides she might like to have children of her own.

The death of a neighbourhood vigilante helps Hunter track down the escaped murderer; McCall works to bust the leader of a high-school pornography film operation.

An escaped death-row inmate seeks revenge on Hunter, while McCall poses as a teacher to probe links between the convict and a teacher's murder.