Peter Carson is a licensed private investigator in both New York and Arizona running a specialized service of returning kidnapped children.
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His partner, Kenny Pratt, bonds with the children from looking younger with his adult age to leave windows of opportunity for catching the kids and returning them to their rightful guardians. Michelle Osborne saw Patty Branson out in public and assumed she was Michelle's dead daughter Anna, who was vaporized alive in a car explosion. Michelle hired Peter and Kenny to snatch Patty from a psychotic belief she was Anna, Michelle being too traumatized to not understand the truth.
The PIs stalked Patty and her family, then Kenny introduced her to his dog to befriend her. One day at the park, Kenny tried to pull Patty over a fence while riding past her on his bike. Kenny was too clumsy and biking too fast, so he ended up assaulting Patty and only yanking out her hair. When detectives were called, Peter and Kenny were eventually sited at Patty's school, ready for another abduction. As a result, the duo was arrested.
Horrified they were seen as pedophiles, the PIs elaborated on their services, but they refused to give Michelle up as their client. When Peter was threatened with the removal of both his only licenses, Peter caved and revealed Michelle was the client, leading to her arrest as well. Later on, Peter came by to Michelle's home and showed a DNA test from Patty's hair Kenny had pulled. The test revealed Patty had the same mother as Anna, proving she was definitely Michelle's daughter.
It was revealed Patty was born from one of extra embryos Michelle was conned into paying for by her fertility doctor, Stanley Norton. Norton retained her embryos for infertile mothers and implanted Patty into her legitimate mother Sarah because she was infertile, forging the medical records to charge Michelle with additional fees. After Norton was arrested and Michelle realized continuing to try and kidnap Patty to have for herself was traumatizing her own daughter, Michelle swore to leave the Bransons alone and took a plea for a suspended sentence, moving out of state for Patty's safety.
Norton's records showed three other children were born from Michelle's extra embryos. It's unknown what penalties Peter and Kenny faced for their actions. (SVU: "Birthright")