Meanwhile, Chris walks out of the car while Sam is asleep. Patricia is there, wailing in despair and blaming Anna for causing her childrens' deaths, as she was trying to protect them from La Llorona. Tomas and Carlos's bodies were found in the river. Anna is called by Detective Cooper (Sean Patrick Thomas) to go by the hospital, leaving Chris and Sam in the car. When Carlos turns around, he sees tears dripping onto the floor before he looks up and is face-to-face with. Tomas turns around and points to something in the mirror. Carlos follows him outside into the hallway. A guard checks in on them, and when he leaves, Tomas is out of his bed. He tries to wake up Tomas, but he doesn't hear. Later that night, Carlos is woken up by what sounds like a woman sobbing. She is a widow, as her husband was killed in the line of duty, and it has been hard on her. At home, Anna tries to spend time with her kids. They are brought to a nearby hospital where they have burn marks on their wrists. Claro pulls Patricia off Anna, and she opens the door to find Tomas and Carlos inside. Anna goes by a closet where she realizes the boys are being kept, but Patricia attacks Anna in an attempt to keep her from opening it. Patricia mentions that she has been hearing the sound of a woman crying. Patricia tries to keep them from entering, but she is forced to let them in. Anna goes to the Alvarez home with Officer Claro (Paul Rodriguez).
Anna convinces her boss to let her go to check on them since she knows them more personally. Anna is their caseworker, and she hears that the boys have been missing from school. At work, Anna overhears her boss ask co-worker Donna (Irene Keng) to check on the home of Patricia Alvarez (Patricia Velasquez), a mother with two boys, Tomas (Aiden Lewandowski) and Carlos (Oliver Alexander). Los Angeles, 1973 Social worker Anna Tate-Garcia (Linda Cardellini) is getting her kids Chris (Roman Christou) and Sam (Jaynee-Lynne Kinchen) ready for school, but they miss the bus. The little boy runs, only to be grabbed by his mother and taken to the river as well. He walks around calling for his mother and brother, only to find the woman drowning his brother in the river. She and her husband hold hands with their sons and dance, until the youngest boy opens his eyes and sees that everyone is gone. Mexico, 1673 Two young boys present their mother (Marisol Ramirez) with a pendant, which she says she will cherish forever.The synopsis below may give away important plot points.