Walden[1] (formerly titled The Stenographer)[2] is a 2023 American thriller film written and directed by Mick Davis and starring Emile Hirsch and Shane West.
Walden, shocked by his own uncharacteristic capacity for violence, is met by detective Bill Kane and agrees to stop by the police station to give a statement.
Meanwhile, Bill and his partner, Sally Hunt, are investigating a string of mysterious disappearances involving local boys, the latest of which appears to be Cal Pepper.
Cal Pepper's body is discovered in the woods; Walden stumbles upon the crime scene as it is being investigated, and glimpses some evidence, a piece of unusual fabric.
As he leaves, Walden admires his antique car, but notices fabric missing from the back seat that matches the evidence found on Cal Pepper's body.
Combined with George's mysterious, frequent assertion that there is a "bad man" in court regardless of the defendant's gender, Walden realizes Boyle is the killer.