Detective Lester Ybarra Quotes in Changeling (2008)

[last lines]

Christine Collins: Three boys made a run for it that night, detective, and if one got out, then maybe either or both of the other two did too. Maybe Walter's out there having the same fears that he did. Afraid to come home and identify himself, or afraid to get in trouble. But either way, it gives me something I didn't have before today.

Detective Lester Ybarra: What's that?

Christine Collins: Hope.

Detective Lester Ybarra: It's raining cats, dogs, and Democrats out there, this better be worth it.

Detective Lester Ybarra: Nobody can just up and kill 20 kids, okay?

Sanford Clark: We did.

Detective Lester Ybarra: Dig. You put them in the ground, now you can take them out. You heard me. Dig.

Detective Lester Ybarra: If that's how you want it, then I guess we're done here. Tell county jail we're remanding him for trial.

Arthur Hutchins: Wait. I didn't do anything. I wasn't even here when it happened.

Detective Lester Ybarra: By pretending to be Walter Collins, you're interfering in a police investigation of a kidnapping and murder. We can try you as accomplice to that murder after the fact. That's too bad. County jail is a lot worse than a juvenile hall or a foster home. It's a lot worse.

Arthur Hutchins: You can't do that. I'm just a kid.

Detective Lester Ybarra: Mm. Sanford Clark's a kid, too. Fifteen. He's going to jail. All murderers and their accomplices go to jail. Everybody knows that. Get him out of here. It's out of my hands now.

Arthur Hutchins: Wait. I don't want to go to jail.

Detective Lester Ybarra: [pause] Prove it.

Arthur Hutchins: I... I knew Los Angeles is where they make the Tom Mix movies. I figured if I could meet Tom Mix, maybe he would let me ride on his horse. His horse is named Tony. Did you know that?

Detective Lester Ybarra: You put them in the ground, you can take them out of the ground.