Martin Short as Sebastian Ballentine / Henry Palaver.Peter Hermann as Attorney Trevor Langan.Mariska Hargitay as Detective Olivia Benson.Christopher Meloni as Detective Elliot Stabler.Palaver believes him, saying he "thinks that he grew on ". Stabler reveals that while Canada wants Henry extradited, he, Stabler, will attempt to prevent that. After Henry nearly strangles Carlene to death, he taunts Stabler using the voice he used to leave a sexually graphic message on Kaley's mother's answering machine, reciting the same words. is eventually returned to his biological father while the Palavers are awaiting to be charged for their crimes.
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Carlene hoped that if she brought a baby into the family, he would stop raping women, which was unsuccessful. Carlene also reveals she never had sex with Henry, possibly because he found out about the affair. Carlene confesses to the murder, and to having an affair while Henry was in prison. When Stabler discovers that an eight and a half month pregnant woman was butchered via caesarean section, he realizes that she, not Carlene, is the child's biological mother, and that her murder was committed at approximately the time the Palavers fled Canada. as bait to come up behind her and subdue her. Peg reveals that Carlene used her baby son Henry, Jr. Carlene gives them the location of a shipping container, inside which Sister Peg is injured but still alive. Benson questions Carlene about Sister Peg's location, believing that she was the kidnapper under Palaver's orders. Palaver, witnessing this, confesses to Stabler and reveals that his wife was not a virgin when he married her in prison, so he raped virgins to feed on his sexual compulsion. She also confesses to the murder of Kaley in order to protect her husband. Benson gets Carlene to confess, and she reveals that there were many other victims, mostly hitchhikers in Canada. During the search, they learn that the apartment is rented under the name Henry Palaver.Ĭanadian police send them information revealing that Palaver is a virgin rapist and is possibly Ballentine's partner, until they see Palaver's picture: Palaver and Ballentine are the same person, and the AFIS database does not match with Canadian fingerprints, thus, there was no connection between Ballentine and Kaley's abduction found earlier. Casey manages to get a search warrant for their van and apartment covering Stabler's and Tutuola's break-in.
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Stabler and Tutuola break into Ballentine's apartment but are unable to find her, while Ballentine and his wife Carlene are arrested. Benson and Stabler discover that Kaley planned to sell her virginity on the Internet in exchange for college tuition funding.Īfter Sister Peg is kidnapped and Kaley's clothes are left on her bed, Benson starts to believe that when Ballentine met Sister Peg at the police station, she revealed she was a nun, signaling to Ballentine that she, like Kaley, is a virgin.
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After Kaley's body is found in a spot that Ballentine specifically described, Stabler suspects him of having been the kidnapper, even though he was at the police station when she was killed. Stabler refuses to believe that Ballentine is a real psychic, and moreover, he is convinced that the hints that Ballentine is dropping about the case indicate he is somehow involved. After 18-year-old Kaley Sellers is kidnapped and raped, a self-styled psychic named Sebastian Ballentine comes forward claiming to have information about the kidnapping.