Recap / True Detective S 1 E 07 After Youve Gone

In 2012, Rust presents Marty with evidence of a cult he believes is responsible for the disappearance of dozens of women and children along the coast in Louisiana. Among the evidence is a videotape, which Rust stole from a safe in Rev. Tuttle's home, of men in costumes and masks ritualistically raping and murdering Marie Fontenot (the missing-child case they briefly investigated in 1995). Rust denies killing Tuttle, speculating that others did it to prevent Tuttle from being blackmailed over the tape. Marty, shaken from watching the videotape, agrees to join the investigation. They learn that Tuttle had an illegitimate half-brother with the surname Childress, whose son had scars on his face. They also learn that their former colleague Steve Geraci (Michael Harney) was ordered by his boss Ted Childress () —then the sheriff of Vermilion Parish—to cut short his investigation of Fontenot's disappearance. Marty and Rust accost Geraci to coerce the details from him, threatening him if he should try to go to the authorities or have them arrested. Gilbough and Papania ask the same groundskeeper Rust encountered at Light of the Way Academy in 1995 for directions to the burnt-out church. They drive off without noticing the lower part of his face is heavily scarred.