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WOMAN: Hello?
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-(STATIC)
-UNKNOWN CALLER: Kill you.
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(STATIC CONTINUES)
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♪ (SOMBER MUSIC PLAYS) ♪
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WOMAN 2:
By 79', the East Area rapist
moved south.
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In Goleta, Santa Barbara
we see the next attack.
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I know that it's
the same person.
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WOMAN 2: The killer's pleasure
was derived
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from raising the stakes.
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WOMAN 3: Michelle ultimately
came up with
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the name
Golden State Killer.
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MAN: It was her first
major piece of writing.
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WOMAN 3: That story exploded.
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I said that I would represent
that book,
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if she wanted to turn it
into one.
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MAN 2: The hope is that by
having greater public attention,
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the right person will
give the right tip.
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♪ (MUSIC CONCLUDES) ♪
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♪ (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
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(SEABIRDS SQUAWKING)
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MICHELLE MCNAMARA:
What was I thinking last night?
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I let myself get drunk
and fall into a trap...
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but with a married man
with children?
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I did not want that to happen.
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REPORTER: It's far from being
an isolated incident.
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Several thousand people
have died
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since the start of the troubles
between Protestant Unionists
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-and Roman Catholic...
-MICHELLE: I live in this house
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with five troubled
men and women,
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providing a sort of counseling
role model type of support.
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REPORTER 2: ...the latest in
a line of bomb attacks
on Northern Ireland towns.
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MICHELLE:
After about a month in Belfast,
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my boss's behavior changed
from calming any fears I had
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about potentially
dangerous scenarios...
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to something more serious.
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He talked wistfully
about managing bands in London,
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leopard skin pants,
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his perpetually aggrieved wife.
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I let him press against me.
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While I was alarmed
and distressed by his behavior,
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he was also my supervisor,
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and he had created it
so I was very dependent on him.
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(READS)
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I'm going home,
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or at least away from here.
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♪ ("AVALANCHE"
BY AIMEE MANN PLAYING) ♪
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♪ Well, I stepped
Into an avalanche ♪
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♪ It covered up my soul ♪
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♪ When I am not this hunchback
That you see ♪
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♪ I sleep beneath
The golden hill ♪
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♪ You who wish to conquer pain ♪
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♪ You must learn
Learn to serve me well ♪
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♪ (MUSIC CONCLUDES) ♪
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(INTERCOM DINGS)
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PILOT: Again, good morning,
ladies and gentlemen.
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I'd like to welcome you
back on board flight...
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-(PHONE PINGS)
-TEDDY SYKES: (ON SCREEN)
You hate me, right?
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-I'm sorry?
-No, I'm kidding. We're buds.
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But I'm the Vice President's
Chief of Staff.
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You know,
you came to see him directly,
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I didn't know
you were coming, so...
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-(PHONE PINGS)
-JONAH RYAN: Oh, I'm sorry...
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(PHONE PINGS CONTINUOUSLY)
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♪ (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
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KERA BOLONIK: As a writer,
I know that the one thing
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you don't say to a friend
who's working on a book is,
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"How's the book going?"
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But I just wanted
to just check in
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and see how she was doing
and was she coming to the city
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any time soon,
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so I said,
"Hey. How's it going?
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I really miss you."
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-Then I see her note pop up.
-(MESSAGE PINGS)
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Writing your first book
is really hard.
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But she was great.
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And she was really hard-working.
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So I wasn't really that worried.
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DANIEL GREENBERG: As the months
and months went by,
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her deadline coming closer,
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she wasn't done
or really close to being done.
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Let me see if I have
anything else in here from her.
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I know that there were deadlines
that she missed.
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And I remember her being
very, very worried about that,
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and I'm like,
"Call your agent right now,
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and he will tell you,
everyone misses their deadline."
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The deadlines were things
she put on herself.
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You know,
"I want to be reliable.
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I want to be a professional."
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KERA: She was a perfectionist.
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And she was doing
two things at once.
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She was writing a book,
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and she was trying
to solve a case.
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The fact that these two things
were combined,
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that's not a typical
writing experience.
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DANIEL: Oh, here's one.
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MICHELLE:
Hi, Daniel... (READS)
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DANIEL: "...Santa Barbara Hotel.
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I left my hotel exactly twice."
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MICHELLE:
The writing is going well.
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I can turn in another
big batch of pages,
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but I personally feel
it's too soon to deliver it
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as a final manuscript.
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DANIEL: "And as I've told you
on a personal level,
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I can't continue at this pace
with this material.
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My gut says that I should
come to New York City soon..."
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MICHELLE: ...soon,
to meet with you and Jennifer.
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I can share with you guys
a few developments
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that are exciting.
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-(BELLS JINGLING)
-(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
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JENNIFER BARTH:
I do remember that last time
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when she was in New York
in December of 2015.
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MICHELLE: Oh, hi.
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Thank you so much
for talking to me.
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This has been, uh...
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JENNIFER: And I think
Michelle was a little nervous.
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So she came fully prepared.
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She had a presentation.
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She was, um,
had all the reasons lined up.
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MICHELLE: Through various
twists and turns,
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pleas and persuasion,
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I'm being allowed to go down
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to the Orange County
Sheriff's Department
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and enter their EAR/ONS room,
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a room which apparently
hasn't been entered in years.
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It's an obvious opportunity
to help advance the case.
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JENNIFER: She said this huge
treasure trove of files
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was going to be handed to her.
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And there was no way
she wasn't gonna go through it.
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I think we sort of went
back and forth
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and debated the pros and cons,
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but it pretty quickly
was clear that
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we all kinda thought,
like, yeah,
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give-- you know,
take the time.
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MICHELLE: Okay, well,
I will not take up
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any more of your time.
You-- This has been awesome.
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JENNIFER:
It was partially the case,
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but it was also
partially Michelle
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and how she just enlisted people
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to her cause
and to her passion for it.
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In retrospect,
I-- I wonder if she knew
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that she was a little consumed,
and that maybe...
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maybe part of her wanted
an artificial deadline
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to-- to be set.
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But I was so curious about what
she was gonna find out next.
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You had this sense
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that you were going down
this dark corridor,
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and there were more
and more doors opening faster,
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and that she was gonna
get through the last one,
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like it was a matter of time.
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♪ (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
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(MESSAGE PINGS)
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(MESSAGE PINGS)
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(MESSAGE PINGS)
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(MESSAGE PINGS)
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CROWD: Six, five, four,
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three, two, one!
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Happy New Year!
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-(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE)
-(FIREWORKS BOOM)
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RADIO HOST:
And good morning to you.
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The new year is upon us.
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Happy New Year to everyone.
Thanks for...
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(BIRDS CHIRPING)
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(TYPING ON KEYBOARD)
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MICHELLE: (READS)
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-ALICE RIGNEY OSWALT: Now?
-MICHELLE: Yeah.
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"When I was little,
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even young boys
were expected to work.
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-All least..."
-MICHELLE: Also.
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ALICE: "...Also loved animals."
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MICHELLE: Feeling Xanaxy
without a Xanax.
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(KETTLE WHISTLES)
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(TELEVISION CHATTER)
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-♪ (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
-(MESSAGE PINGS)
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(MESSAGE PINGS)
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♪ (UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
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When Michelle suggested
that we motorcade into Santa Ana
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in two separate SUVs
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with the expectation
that we would be leaving
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with the motherlode,
as we dubbed it,
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from the Orange County
Sheriff's Department,
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um, you know, I was skeptical.
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Law enforcement agencies
don't just let private citizens
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take what they want.
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MICHELLE: I don't necessarily
think we'll be allowed
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to pull off my heist-like plan.
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But I'd like to be prepared
for the possibility.
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Honestly, I feel like
this is the best chance
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of solving the case.
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♪ (MUSIC CONTINUES) ♪
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(MESSAGES PING)
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(CAR LOCK BEEPS)
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♪ (MUSIC CONCLUDES) ♪
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PAUL HAYNES:
We met the homicide investigator
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who had inherited the case
from Larry Pool.
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And Michelle chatted with him
for about 40 minutes.
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And I could feel
the energy in the room shift
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from kinda
smug skepticism to awe.
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Then he led us to the box room.
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♪ (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
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MICHELLE: The unsolved section
of a property room
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is tainted with disappointment.
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Fringed purse.
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Embroidered tunic.
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Items from lives defined
by violent death.
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It's the to-do list
that's never done.
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Now, it seemed that the weather
in the property room,
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always an oppressive gray,
had lifted,
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and light beamed down
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on the monotony
of cardboard boxes.
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Everyone basked
in the possibilities.
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It was a heady feeling,
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the idea that one could reverse
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the flow of power.
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♪ (UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
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(PHONE PINGS)
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HAYNES: As we're loading
the Bankers boxes
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into the backs of the SUVs,
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the undersheriff appears.
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And he had no idea
what was unfolding.
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And Michelle was like, you know,
"Let-- Let's pick up the pace
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and get out of here before
people change their minds."
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MICHELLE: Dammit.
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HAYNES:
It really felt like a heist.
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(TIRES SCREECHING)
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♪ (UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
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(MESSAGE PINGS)
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(MESSAGES PING)
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(MESSAGE PINGS)
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HAYNES: The problem
with a case like this is that
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there's very little
that has been known for sure
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about this offender.
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We knew that he's a white male
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born sometime
between 1940 and 1960.
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MICHELLE: The height
seems pretty consistent.
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HAYNES: We knew that he was
roughly five-nine, five-ten...
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MICHELLE: He's anywhere from
five-eight to maybe five-ten.
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The shoe size
is nine and a half.
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HAYNES: ...and was
in the Sacramento area
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in the mid to late '70s.
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Everything else has just been
an unknown variable
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and a possible
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and the most significant
of those was Visalia.
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Hello. I'm Scott Devenney
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and for the next few minutes,
I invite you to visit
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one of America's
hardest working cities,
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as you discover Visalia.
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MICHELLE:
In the town of Visalia,
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there was this ransacker
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who I mean just down
to the strangest details
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totally mirrors
the-- the East Area Rapist.
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MELANIE BARBEAU: If you look
at the Visalia cases,
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they're very much
things that he did
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-in all his rape cases.
-(EMPTY DIAL TONE)
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He took trinkets
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that would be more
of something personal
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and close to a victim.
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There were many times
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where valuables
were left behind.
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MICHELLE:
And the burglaries are all--
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they have one earring
taken sometime--
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just very specific things
that are very quirky.
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Both offenders used
the same specific phrase
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in phone calls they made
to victims,
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which was, um, "I'm going
to come over and fuck you."
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MICHELLE: The Visalia Ransacker
was really into
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going through lingerie.
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He would take out and leave it
just sort of arrayed around.
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So, you know,
it could be a coincidence,
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it's a mighty coincidence though
if it's not him, I think.
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(PAPER TEARING)
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MELANIE: I never was
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a hundred percent
he wasn't Visalia
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or 100 percent he was.
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But these numerous burglaries
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and peepings
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and masturbation
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and just that type of behavior,
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I do think could have led
to his real fantasy,
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which was rape.
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And I also think
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that the only reason
he left Visalia
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is because, um,
Bill McGowen saw him.
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MICHELLE: (READS)
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...where tennis shoe impressions
had been observed
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under the bedroom window.
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(POLICE RADIO CHATTER)
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McGowen waited.
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(CHATTER CONTINUES)
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A figure appeared
in the garage doorway
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and looked around.
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A chase ensued.
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But the suspect escaped.
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(SIRENS WAILING)
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A month later, Detective McGowen
was hypnotized.
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HYPNOTIST: Okay, um...
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MICHELLE: The hypnotist quietly
encouraged McGowen to relax.
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HYPNOTIST:
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MICHELLE: Legs were uncrossed,
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fists unclenched,
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breathing deepened.
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HYPNOTIST:
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(POLICE RADIO CHATTER)
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(GUNSHOT)
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MICHELLE: When McGowen
fired a warning shot,
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the suspect gestured
in surrender.
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"Oh my God, don't hurt me,"
he squeaked
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in an oddly mannered,
high pitched voice.
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"See, my hands are up!"
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Remembering the moment
during hypnosis
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pulled McGowen
into a deeper trance.
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He fixated
on the face illuminated
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in the beam of his flashlight.
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"Baby, round,
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soft-looking baby.
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Doesn't even shave.
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Very light skin."
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McGowen started over the fence
to arrest him,
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but the Ransacker had raised
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only his right hand
in surrender.
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With his left hand,
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he withdrew
a blue steel revolver
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-from his coat pocket.
-(GUNSHOT)
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I fell down, uh, the--
the impact knocked me back
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and, uh...
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the, uh, projectile went
into the end of my flashlight,
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which is a Kel-Lite,
the big metal one,
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and, uh, it went through
several batteries
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and lodged in the back portion
of the flashlight.
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MICHELLE: The Ransacker struck
as many as 130 times
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over a period
of less than two years.
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But once the composite sketch
based on Bill McGowen's run-in
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with the Ransacker
was released to local press,
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he never struck Visalia again.
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The EAR series began
in Sacramento
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just six months later.
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♪ (SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
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REPORTER:
The article suggests a link
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between the East Area Rapist
and Visalia.
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But at the Sacramento
Sheriff's Department,
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the information
is branded as false
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and the Visalia
Police Department
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is being labeled
as irresponsible
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for suggesting that connection.
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MICHELLE: I just don't put a lot
of stock in that composite.
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He was wearing a mask
and the guy was taking it off
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when he kind of shot at him.
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HOLES: Well,
there's other burglary victims
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-that saw the Ransacker.
-MICHELLE: Okay.
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HOLES: And so
they took that composite
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to those other victims
and they said,
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"Yeah, that's the guy I saw."
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So, it kind of gives
further credence
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-this was the Ransacker.
-MICHELLE: I see. I see.
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HOLES:
Now, the very first EAR
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sees the EAR standing
in her doorway
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and he's nude
from the waist down
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and she goes, "He's slim built."
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Broad-shouldered,
well-proportioned,
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but slim.
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So, six months
after Visalia Ransacker,
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-and now he's a skinny guy?
-MICHELLE: Mm-hmm. (LAUGHS)
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♪ (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
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MICHELLE: There can only be
so many white males
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born between these years
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who have connections
to these towns,
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so really it is
kind of just get--
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winnowing it down, you know.
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Have your feelings changed
over the years about sort of
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what brought him to all these
different places, work wise?
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What about real estate?
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Will you be surprised
if he doesn't have a record?
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MAN: I will.
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MICHELLE: Do you feel like
he was thinking like a cop?
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I'm not sure if I'm reading
too much into that.
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I've heard that the whole
dishes thing was something
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that may have happened
in Vietnam,
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so I, you know, I'm not sure
he wasn't a vet
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-or something like that.
-MAN: Right. Wow.
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MICHELLE: Yeah.
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One of the, um, things
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that the rape victims tell me
that he did a couple times
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which just is so weird to me,
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is after the rape
he would go into the corner
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-and start sobbing and, um...
-LARRY CROMPTON: Yes.
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He would say,
"Bonnie is gonna hate me,"
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-or that type of thing.
-MICHELLE: Yeah.
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That must have just been
some kind of thing with him.
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CROMPTON: Yeah.
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MICHELLE: And I don't even know
what that could be, but yeah.
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I read about a case every day
that's solved by DNA
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and it's just some guy
who just is living quietly
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for the last 25 years
of his life,
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he met some woman that liked him
and had ki--
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you know, I would--
I just won't be surprised
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if it turns out, um,
that he's compartmentalized
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this part of his life
or something.
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MARY RITA SKRINE:
Oh, hey, Mish. It's Mary Rita.
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We're flying into LA so, um,
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wanted to see
if you guys were around.
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So just call me whenever.
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Thanks. Bye.
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00:22:13,732 --> 00:22:15,482
In March,
I took my two kids
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to LA for spring break.
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00:22:17,023 --> 00:22:21,273
And she was so excited
that we were there.
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00:22:21,357 --> 00:22:23,232
First, she got the 23andMe.
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She's talking about our DNA.
(LAUGHS)
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00:22:25,482 --> 00:22:27,732
And she was so excited.
And she's going through her--
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all the results and telling
my kids about everything.
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MICHELLE:
You guys know what 23andMe is?
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-MAN: Mm-hmm.
-MICHELLE: Okay.
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I did it like four years ago.
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I get an email
about every week that says,
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"Hey, we found
your second cousin.
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00:22:42,232 --> 00:22:43,399
We found..." whatever.
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00:22:43,482 --> 00:22:46,524
The chances that someone
in his greater family are--
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is in 23andMe is pretty high.
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00:22:50,273 --> 00:22:51,941
So, she started
to talk about the case,
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and she said, "You guys want
to see the boxes?"
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♪ (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
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She just poured out
all these...
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details about the case
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and how excited she was,
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and all you did was hope
that she could solve it.
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I remember her
slowing down the writing,
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because she couldn't write
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until she went through
all of this stuff.
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And I'm not sure
if I heard from her again
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after that.
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Every available hour
from late January of 2016
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until April 21, 2016, was spent
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reviewing or interacting with
our new acquisition.
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The motherlode.
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MICHELLE: It's beyond
a treasure trove of info.
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I have to think there's at least
an 80 percent chance
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his name is buried
in here somewhere.
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HAYNES: We were following ideas
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00:24:01,148 --> 00:24:04,232
and suspects
and theories and leads
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00:24:04,315 --> 00:24:06,315
or, uh,
she would spot something
439
00:24:06,399 --> 00:24:08,399
that wasn't
thoroughly investigated
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or not followed up on.
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00:24:12,315 --> 00:24:13,732
There was material in there
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that us other investigators
had never seen.
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And so,
as she came across material
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00:24:21,691 --> 00:24:24,357
that she thought was relevant,
she did share that.
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00:24:36,899 --> 00:24:40,023
So now,
I'm looking at who this guy is.
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♪ (SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
447
00:24:49,273 --> 00:24:51,774
And I told Michelle,
"Yeah, you know, right now,
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00:24:51,857 --> 00:24:55,107
I can't eliminate him, at all."
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00:24:55,190 --> 00:24:57,565
So, Michelle was saying,
"We gotta get his DNA."
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00:24:57,649 --> 00:24:59,065
I was like, "Absolutely."
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MELANIE: I can't even tell you,
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when you see something
that you're looking for,
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how far down
the rabbit hole you go.
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I mean, I can't believe
some of the things I've done,
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to tell you the truth.
(CHUCKLES)
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MICHELLE: Have you ever
interacted with anyone
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that you thought
might be a suspect, like...?
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MELANIE: Yes, I actually got DNA
on the suspect.
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MICHELLE:
You-- You yourself did?
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MELANIE:
Yes, and I know the suspect.
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MICHELLE: Oh my gosh.
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'Cause he was someone who, like,
463
00:25:39,023 --> 00:25:40,482
you went to high school with
or something?
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-MELANIE: I dated him.
-MICHELLE: Wow.
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MELANIE:
I happened to know a guy
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who was on the suspect list
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and I talked him into coming
into Sacramento.
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And so we have lunch.
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00:25:54,273 --> 00:25:56,357
I'm thinking I'm gonna
bag the silverware,
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but I'm like,
I can't get the silverware
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without him seeing me.
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00:26:00,691 --> 00:26:03,774
So, I say, "Well, why don't you
let me drive you home?"
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00:26:05,941 --> 00:26:08,899
And so, I put him in the car,
and he had a bottle of water.
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00:26:08,982 --> 00:26:11,607
And I go, "Can I have
the last sip of that water?"
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00:26:11,691 --> 00:26:13,065
And I took it and kept it
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and turned it in
to be DNA tested.
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00:26:15,941 --> 00:26:19,649
MICHELLE: Wow.
Did he live in any of the areas?
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MELANIE:
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MICHELLE: Oh, my gosh!
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MELANIE: Um...
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00:26:29,691 --> 00:26:31,732
Yeah, I spend
three to four hours a day
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00:26:31,816 --> 00:26:33,440
on this case.
483
00:26:33,524 --> 00:26:35,232
-I have five kids.
-MICHELLE: Right.
484
00:26:35,315 --> 00:26:37,524
MELANIE: My sixth grandchild
is due any second,
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00:26:37,607 --> 00:26:40,399
and, um, I mean,
I just have a really full life,
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but I'm consumed with this case.
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MICHELLE: I've had
an uneasy realization
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about how our frenetic searching
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mirrors the compulsive behavior
of the one we seek.
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00:26:55,399 --> 00:26:57,440
The trampled flower beds.
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Scratch marks on window screens.
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-Crank calls.
-(STATIC CRACKLES)
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00:27:02,524 --> 00:27:05,524
We glimpse the rough outline
of what we seek,
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00:27:05,607 --> 00:27:07,482
and we get snagged on it,
495
00:27:07,565 --> 00:27:09,565
sometimes remaining stuck
496
00:27:09,649 --> 00:27:12,023
when we could get free
and move on.
497
00:27:16,482 --> 00:27:17,816
-My song--
-MICHELLE: Wait, wait, wait.
498
00:27:17,899 --> 00:27:18,774
One, two, three.
499
00:27:18,857 --> 00:27:21,357
This is my song
that I want to show you.
500
00:27:22,482 --> 00:27:25,065
That I learned from, uh...
501
00:27:25,148 --> 00:27:27,357
♪ (PIANO MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
502
00:27:27,440 --> 00:27:28,649
(MESSAGE PINGS)
503
00:27:42,565 --> 00:27:44,482
MICHELLE: Wow.
504
00:27:44,565 --> 00:27:48,190
♪ (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
505
00:27:48,273 --> 00:27:49,774
(MESSAGE PINGS)
506
00:28:03,399 --> 00:28:04,732
(MESSAGE PINGS)
507
00:28:44,440 --> 00:28:46,190
WOMAN:
Hey, Michelle. How are you?
508
00:28:46,273 --> 00:28:48,982
I wanted to just go over
the placement of the tree
509
00:28:49,065 --> 00:28:51,148
in the rear portion of the yard.
510
00:28:51,232 --> 00:28:53,232
MAN: Hey, Michelle.
I wanted to talk to you
511
00:28:53,315 --> 00:28:55,065
about the pool basically.
512
00:28:55,148 --> 00:28:58,273
It's discharging water
over to the property behind you.
513
00:28:58,357 --> 00:28:59,565
PATTON OSWALT:
Hey, it's Patton.
514
00:28:59,649 --> 00:29:01,190
Alice got off to school okay.
515
00:29:01,273 --> 00:29:02,649
Thank you for, uh, helping.
516
00:29:02,732 --> 00:29:04,440
MELANIE: Good morning,
Michelle. It's Mel.
517
00:29:04,524 --> 00:29:05,732
I believe it was number 21.
518
00:29:05,816 --> 00:29:07,482
LARRY POOL: Hi, Michelle.
Investigator Larry Pool.
519
00:29:07,565 --> 00:29:08,899
MAN 2:
There's nothing there to hide.
520
00:29:08,982 --> 00:29:10,899
I understand you want to speak
with me about Janelle Cruz.
521
00:29:10,982 --> 00:29:12,899
Uh, more than happy
to speak with you.
522
00:29:12,982 --> 00:29:14,857
I'll, uh, I'll try again later.
523
00:29:14,941 --> 00:29:17,982
Probably about ten o'clock
your time. Thank you. Goodbye.
524
00:29:20,899 --> 00:29:24,816
♪ (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
525
00:29:25,315 --> 00:29:26,357
(RECORDER BEEPS)
526
00:29:27,565 --> 00:29:29,357
MICHELLE: The killer's
last known victim
527
00:29:29,440 --> 00:29:32,273
was an 18-year-old young woman
in Irvine
528
00:29:32,357 --> 00:29:34,440
named Janelle Cruz.
529
00:29:35,649 --> 00:29:37,816
That was in 1986.
530
00:29:49,857 --> 00:29:53,023
MICHELLE: Yeah.
It's hard to figure out.
531
00:29:56,065 --> 00:30:00,857
MELANIE: The Janelle Cruz case
was very interesting to us.
532
00:30:01,607 --> 00:30:03,273
You know, being 18 years old
533
00:30:03,357 --> 00:30:06,565
and just so innocent
and so young.
534
00:30:07,899 --> 00:30:09,941
WOMAN: Janelle!
535
00:30:10,023 --> 00:30:11,899
MICHELLE: She-- You know,
I was a teenager
536
00:30:11,982 --> 00:30:14,107
-around the same time.
-WOMAN: Say something!
537
00:30:14,190 --> 00:30:17,273
And I-- I'd just-- even looking
at her hairstyles and stuff,
538
00:30:17,357 --> 00:30:18,941
it's very familiar to me.
539
00:30:19,691 --> 00:30:22,148
MAN: Walk to me, Janelle.
540
00:30:22,232 --> 00:30:24,190
MICHELLE: The brief life
of Janelle Cruz
541
00:30:24,273 --> 00:30:26,607
was no less tragic
than her death.
542
00:30:28,065 --> 00:30:31,440
Her biological father
was long out of the picture.
543
00:30:31,524 --> 00:30:35,357
When she was 15,
she was drugged and raped.
544
00:30:35,440 --> 00:30:37,899
The crime went unreported.
545
00:30:41,524 --> 00:30:45,816
On May 3rd, 1986,
her mother and stepfather
546
00:30:45,899 --> 00:30:48,399
left for a vacation to Cancun.
547
00:30:49,482 --> 00:30:52,107
The following evening,
a teenage coworker
548
00:30:52,190 --> 00:30:54,357
hung out with Janelle
after she told him
549
00:30:54,440 --> 00:30:57,232
she was lonely
with her parents out of town.
550
00:30:59,941 --> 00:31:02,315
A noise outside startled them.
551
00:31:03,941 --> 00:31:07,107
Janelle looked out her window
and closed the shutters.
552
00:31:08,482 --> 00:31:10,148
"I think it's just the cats."
553
00:31:12,691 --> 00:31:15,774
The workmate left
a short time later.
554
00:31:19,774 --> 00:31:21,440
HOLES:
In the Janelle Cruz case,
555
00:31:21,524 --> 00:31:24,941
relative to the previous cases,
there's a lot of similarities.
556
00:31:29,732 --> 00:31:31,357
And it appears that he,
of course,
557
00:31:31,440 --> 00:31:33,023
is going through the backyard.
558
00:31:33,107 --> 00:31:35,857
He picked up the weapon,
likely a monkey wrench
559
00:31:35,941 --> 00:31:38,649
that was present
in the backyard.
560
00:31:38,732 --> 00:31:40,774
He's able to get inside...
561
00:31:43,565 --> 00:31:47,315
and then he binds her up
and she's raped
562
00:31:47,399 --> 00:31:49,107
and then she's bludgeoned.
563
00:31:50,315 --> 00:31:53,982
♪ (SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
564
00:31:59,440 --> 00:32:01,232
It's important to point out
565
00:32:01,315 --> 00:32:03,524
that when he attacks
Janelle Cruz,
566
00:32:03,607 --> 00:32:06,357
the Golden State Killer's
previous attack
567
00:32:06,440 --> 00:32:08,607
was five years earlier
568
00:32:08,691 --> 00:32:10,774
in July of 1981.
569
00:32:11,816 --> 00:32:17,107
♪ (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
570
00:32:17,190 --> 00:32:19,232
CAROL DALY: Knowing what I know
about this man,
571
00:32:19,315 --> 00:32:21,857
if I had a gun,
I definitely would shoot him.
572
00:32:21,941 --> 00:32:23,565
And I would not shoot
to injure,
573
00:32:23,649 --> 00:32:26,232
I would shoot
to take care of him.
574
00:32:26,315 --> 00:32:28,440
CROMPTON: I believe
that he wants to kill,
575
00:32:28,524 --> 00:32:30,190
and he will kill.
576
00:32:32,273 --> 00:32:34,399
MICHELLE: The interesting thing
about Janelle's case
577
00:32:34,482 --> 00:32:37,023
is the gap
between '81 and '86.
578
00:32:39,691 --> 00:32:43,107
He obviously was stopping
for whatever reason.
579
00:32:43,190 --> 00:32:44,691
(ENGINE REVVING)
580
00:32:44,774 --> 00:32:46,107
It wasn't just
that he saw Janelle
581
00:32:46,190 --> 00:32:47,273
and was like,
"I'm gonna kill her."
582
00:32:47,357 --> 00:32:48,899
I think there was a combination
of, like,
583
00:32:48,982 --> 00:32:50,482
she was gonna be
his next victim,
584
00:32:50,565 --> 00:32:53,774
and I think it must've been some
sort of precipitating stressor,
585
00:32:53,857 --> 00:32:55,816
and who knows what that was.
586
00:32:55,899 --> 00:32:58,524
Maybe he just got kicked out
of his house or something,
587
00:32:58,607 --> 00:33:00,232
you know, lost his job.
588
00:33:00,315 --> 00:33:04,357
He was just obviously
very, very angry.
589
00:33:06,816 --> 00:33:11,399
And, yeah, it's just--
it's-- it's-- it's just a very,
590
00:33:12,148 --> 00:33:14,399
very sad story, and, um...
591
00:33:14,482 --> 00:33:19,065
and you can just only hope
that somehow, in her life--
592
00:33:19,148 --> 00:33:22,315
like in that time period
around when she died,
593
00:33:22,399 --> 00:33:24,107
maybe there is a clue
of, you know,
594
00:33:24,190 --> 00:33:26,273
maybe she--
something she said or...
595
00:33:26,357 --> 00:33:28,857
So, you know, looking
into her life in that way
596
00:33:28,941 --> 00:33:30,565
is interesting to me, yeah.
597
00:33:30,649 --> 00:33:33,816
(BIRDS CHIRPING)
598
00:33:33,899 --> 00:33:36,232
Have you seen the,
um, the interview
599
00:33:36,315 --> 00:33:38,232
that-- with Janelle's mom?
600
00:33:38,315 --> 00:33:40,899
I mean, she kind of talks,
stream of consciousness
601
00:33:40,982 --> 00:33:42,232
in a way that I thought,
602
00:33:42,315 --> 00:33:44,899
"Someone who is an investigator
should listen to this."
603
00:33:47,273 --> 00:33:49,357
-Janelle...
-MICHELLE:
604
00:33:49,440 --> 00:33:51,691
...was kind of a shy girl.
605
00:33:51,774 --> 00:33:54,357
She was very pretty,
very popular.
606
00:33:54,440 --> 00:33:55,315
MICHELLE:
607
00:33:55,399 --> 00:33:56,691
But at the same...
608
00:33:56,774 --> 00:33:57,857
MICHELLE:
609
00:33:57,941 --> 00:34:00,899
Anyway, uh, this one night
I let her stay overnight
610
00:34:00,982 --> 00:34:03,232
at her girlfriend's house.
611
00:34:03,315 --> 00:34:07,440
She came home the next day,
cr-- uh, crying and--
612
00:34:07,524 --> 00:34:09,982
and she wouldn't tell me why
right away,
613
00:34:10,065 --> 00:34:15,107
but the man, the father
of the young girl,
614
00:34:15,816 --> 00:34:18,232
uh, raped her.
615
00:34:19,065 --> 00:34:20,440
(CONTINUES INDISTINCTLY)
616
00:34:22,941 --> 00:34:24,273
MELANIE:
617
00:34:33,357 --> 00:34:34,691
MICHELLE: Right. Right. Yeah.
618
00:34:34,774 --> 00:34:37,107
MELANIE:
619
00:34:37,732 --> 00:34:38,732
MICHELLE:
620
00:34:38,816 --> 00:34:40,148
-They-- They--
-MELANIE: No, but I mean...
621
00:34:41,065 --> 00:34:42,941
MICHELLE: Yeah. Oh, they--
622
00:34:43,023 --> 00:34:44,649
-MELANIE: Yeah, I mean--
-MICHELLE: No, I--
623
00:34:45,482 --> 00:34:46,649
I had a similar--
624
00:34:49,482 --> 00:34:50,649
MELANIE: Mm-hmm.
625
00:34:50,732 --> 00:34:53,774
MICHELLE:
626
00:34:56,816 --> 00:34:59,857
♪ (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
627
00:35:06,440 --> 00:35:10,107
MICHELLE: I catch myself
in urban mirrors,
628
00:35:10,190 --> 00:35:14,148
store windows,
the smudged glass on the train.
629
00:35:15,107 --> 00:35:17,941
Each time, I look dazed,
630
00:35:18,023 --> 00:35:19,732
slightly wide-eyed,
631
00:35:19,816 --> 00:35:23,816
as if I'm seeing something
unbelievable for the first time.
632
00:35:34,607 --> 00:35:36,857
The neediness
of his stubby fingers
633
00:35:36,941 --> 00:35:39,023
digging inside me.
634
00:35:39,107 --> 00:35:41,190
The scene in Linen Hall Library,
635
00:35:41,273 --> 00:35:43,816
burning eyes staring at me.
636
00:35:45,190 --> 00:35:48,565
(WAVES CRASHING)
637
00:35:49,649 --> 00:35:52,107
(READS)
638
00:36:01,190 --> 00:36:02,732
♪ (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
639
00:36:03,107 --> 00:36:05,065
(READS)
640
00:36:13,524 --> 00:36:17,982
The conversation with Mom
and Dad really tore me apart.
641
00:36:18,065 --> 00:36:21,941
I know they care immensely
and want what's best for me.
642
00:36:22,023 --> 00:36:23,399
I just think sometimes,
643
00:36:23,482 --> 00:36:26,232
they don't know
what's going on inside me.
644
00:36:30,023 --> 00:36:31,982
I'm so angry, and then I'm not.
645
00:36:32,065 --> 00:36:35,357
I'm so sad
and full of self-doubt,
646
00:36:35,440 --> 00:36:37,357
and then I'm not.
647
00:36:37,440 --> 00:36:41,649
Where...
Where can this all lead?
648
00:36:57,816 --> 00:36:59,607
GAY HARDWICK: A year
and a few months past,
649
00:36:59,691 --> 00:37:03,399
uh, the attack,
we had sold the house.
650
00:37:03,482 --> 00:37:06,982
And we decided to get married
in the backyard of--
651
00:37:07,065 --> 00:37:10,774
of the new house
when the landscaping was put in.
652
00:37:12,357 --> 00:37:14,232
So, we just had a small wedding,
653
00:37:14,315 --> 00:37:19,065
with just a few close family
and friends. (CHUCKLES)
654
00:37:19,148 --> 00:37:23,232
♪ (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
655
00:37:23,315 --> 00:37:27,232
Bob is huge on moving forward
and moving on.
656
00:37:27,315 --> 00:37:30,899
And that was good for me
to have somebody to grab my hand
657
00:37:30,982 --> 00:37:32,982
and say
we were gonna move forward,
658
00:37:33,065 --> 00:37:34,941
and we were gonna move
past this
659
00:37:35,023 --> 00:37:39,148
and we were not gonna let it
destroy our life.
660
00:37:43,649 --> 00:37:47,649
On the other hand,
I actually had been suffering
661
00:37:47,732 --> 00:37:50,273
a lot of post-traumatic
stress symptoms.
662
00:37:51,482 --> 00:37:54,982
I just was afraid
and exhausted all the time,
663
00:37:56,524 --> 00:38:00,565
but I wasn't formally diagnosed
for about six years.
664
00:38:02,273 --> 00:38:04,065
And the psychiatrist said,
665
00:38:04,148 --> 00:38:07,148
you know,
my central nervous system has--
666
00:38:07,232 --> 00:38:10,232
has been rewired
because of the trauma
667
00:38:10,315 --> 00:38:12,899
that I experienced
during those hours.
668
00:38:12,982 --> 00:38:17,065
♪ (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
669
00:38:17,857 --> 00:38:20,982
(CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS)
670
00:38:39,482 --> 00:38:42,732
You don't live your life
the same way again, ever.
671
00:38:45,440 --> 00:38:47,440
Um...
672
00:38:47,524 --> 00:38:50,107
you know, I'm sure you've had
your times of depression,
673
00:38:50,190 --> 00:38:53,649
but you handle it
much better than me.
674
00:38:53,732 --> 00:38:56,315
I wouldn't say that.
I just handle it differently.
675
00:38:56,399 --> 00:38:58,565
I remember in a mediation,
676
00:38:59,816 --> 00:39:02,065
a-- a attorney called
my client a liar,
677
00:39:02,148 --> 00:39:05,565
and it was in a court mediation
and I just flipped out.
678
00:39:05,649 --> 00:39:07,774
I just stood up and pinned
the guy against the wall.
679
00:39:07,857 --> 00:39:09,065
(CHUCKLES)
680
00:39:09,148 --> 00:39:13,315
I guess, then I was in--
I felt maybe I was in control.
681
00:39:13,399 --> 00:39:15,607
But when you think
about what she went through,
682
00:39:15,691 --> 00:39:17,899
she went through
a lot more than I went through
683
00:39:17,982 --> 00:39:19,399
and then it's--
uh, but the bad part
684
00:39:19,482 --> 00:39:21,357
is I could do nothing about it,
you know.
685
00:39:21,440 --> 00:39:23,190
That's the--
That's the only thing.
686
00:39:23,273 --> 00:39:24,315
That's...
687
00:39:26,232 --> 00:39:27,857
But I still think about it,
you know.
688
00:39:27,941 --> 00:39:29,899
You know, you want
to protect your wife,
689
00:39:29,982 --> 00:39:32,774
you want to protect your kids,
but sometimes you can't.
690
00:39:34,148 --> 00:39:36,982
Well, for, you know--
you may have those feelings,
691
00:39:37,065 --> 00:39:40,524
but in the past 40 years,
you've more than made up...
692
00:39:40,607 --> 00:39:45,607
(LAUGHS) ...for-- for taking,
you know, extra care of me
693
00:39:45,691 --> 00:39:50,941
at times when I'm sure other men
probably would've walked away.
694
00:39:54,273 --> 00:39:55,440
So...
695
00:39:55,524 --> 00:39:59,273
♪ (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
696
00:40:01,524 --> 00:40:04,190
You learn to live
with these things
697
00:40:04,273 --> 00:40:08,357
just like you learn to live
with the loss of a loved one,
698
00:40:08,440 --> 00:40:12,691
and you pass through stages
and hopefully you recover.
699
00:40:12,774 --> 00:40:15,190
And you become
a fully functioning human being
700
00:40:15,273 --> 00:40:16,649
with a happy life.
701
00:40:18,232 --> 00:40:20,691
BOB HARDWICK: I mean, I wanted
to be super wealthy one day
702
00:40:20,774 --> 00:40:23,315
and she wanted to be the top
of a construction company
703
00:40:23,399 --> 00:40:26,232
and we just decided
that we could start a family
704
00:40:26,315 --> 00:40:27,857
and, you know,
take a different approach.
705
00:40:29,065 --> 00:40:33,691
GAY: So we dialed back
and I stayed home ten years.
706
00:40:36,691 --> 00:40:40,315
So, we started out with one,
and it grew to three.
707
00:40:40,399 --> 00:40:43,357
And finally, to four.
Family of six.
708
00:40:46,190 --> 00:40:47,982
And, uh, all the kids
709
00:40:48,065 --> 00:40:50,857
have brought
great gifts to our lives.
710
00:40:59,691 --> 00:41:02,065
MARY RITA:
Happy birthday, sweet sister.
711
00:41:02,148 --> 00:41:03,941
I hope you're having a good day.
712
00:41:04,023 --> 00:41:05,857
MARGO CHADWICK:
Hey, Mish. It's Margo.
713
00:41:05,941 --> 00:41:08,232
Calling to wish you
a very happy birthday.
714
00:41:08,315 --> 00:41:10,190
I love ya.
Hope everything's going well.
715
00:41:10,273 --> 00:41:11,941
PATRICK SKRINE: Hey,
Aunt Michelle. It's Patrick.
716
00:41:12,023 --> 00:41:14,148
I just wanted to say
happy birthday to you.
717
00:41:14,232 --> 00:41:16,440
ADAM DRUCKER:
Happy birthday, beautiful.
718
00:41:16,524 --> 00:41:18,107
And I hope you're having
a great night
719
00:41:18,190 --> 00:41:20,357
doing something fun
with your family.
720
00:41:20,440 --> 00:41:22,440
I love you
very, very, very much.
721
00:41:22,524 --> 00:41:24,273
Bye, baby.
722
00:41:24,357 --> 00:41:26,899
-♪ (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
-(MESSAGE PINGS)
723
00:41:43,065 --> 00:41:44,232
(MESSAGE PINGS)
724
00:41:53,649 --> 00:41:54,774
(MESSAGE PINGS)
725
00:42:09,107 --> 00:42:10,148
(MESSAGE PINGS)
726
00:42:12,565 --> 00:42:13,649
(GIGGLING)
727
00:42:13,732 --> 00:42:15,816
Look, see, she knows
what she's talking about.
728
00:42:15,899 --> 00:42:17,524
She-- wait. She don't know.
729
00:42:17,607 --> 00:42:20,023
No, no, no.
He looks nervous and scared.
730
00:42:20,107 --> 00:42:21,440
Yeah. And he's like...
731
00:42:21,524 --> 00:42:24,691
PATTON: She was still
very much a mom and a wife
732
00:42:24,774 --> 00:42:25,941
and a friend.
733
00:42:27,857 --> 00:42:31,607
(CHEERING)
734
00:42:32,649 --> 00:42:35,440
PATTON: But the further
she got into this,
735
00:42:35,524 --> 00:42:39,440
it was clear that she had
a real shot at solving this.
736
00:42:41,190 --> 00:42:44,565
ALICE:
Hi, Mom. Call you later.
737
00:42:44,649 --> 00:42:47,691
MICHELLE: Little Dom's
and old police files.
738
00:42:47,774 --> 00:42:49,899
Miss you guys so much.
739
00:42:49,982 --> 00:42:52,315
Remember to tell Alice
Mommy loves her
740
00:42:52,399 --> 00:42:54,565
and can't wait to be finished
with her book,
741
00:42:54,649 --> 00:42:57,982
so that I can be with her more
than she'll ever want me to be.
742
00:43:01,190 --> 00:43:02,857
PATTON: That can really pull you
743
00:43:02,941 --> 00:43:05,649
into some depths that you can't
get yourself back out of.
744
00:43:15,440 --> 00:43:17,440
MICHELLE: Holy mother of God.
745
00:43:18,691 --> 00:43:22,315
I came across a shitload
of photos in my boxes.
746
00:43:23,315 --> 00:43:25,440
A whole shoebox full.
747
00:43:26,899 --> 00:43:28,649
Fucking monster.
748
00:43:30,190 --> 00:43:33,023
I'd never seen
the Smith scene in Ventura.
749
00:43:33,857 --> 00:43:35,023
Bludgeoned with a log
750
00:43:35,107 --> 00:43:37,691
from firewood pile
outside house.
751
00:43:38,524 --> 00:43:40,065
Bark everywhere.
752
00:43:42,524 --> 00:43:44,524
But I will say,
crime scene wise,
753
00:43:44,607 --> 00:43:49,524
there is something very striking
about how eerily similar
754
00:43:49,607 --> 00:43:51,691
the individual crime scenes are.
755
00:43:59,732 --> 00:44:01,982
There's something so, um...
756
00:44:03,607 --> 00:44:05,941
uh, I can't-- I wish
I could articulate it,
757
00:44:06,023 --> 00:44:09,691
the way he-- he walks
around people's houses
758
00:44:11,524 --> 00:44:14,023
and the way he destroys them.
759
00:44:15,065 --> 00:44:17,691
And sort of hangs out and eats.
760
00:44:19,941 --> 00:44:22,440
That's why I just don't think
this is like pure sexual sadism.
761
00:44:22,524 --> 00:44:24,148
I think
there was something else,
762
00:44:24,232 --> 00:44:26,732
you know,
going on there psychologically.
763
00:44:37,565 --> 00:44:43,482
It's so, um, king-- "I am king"
and how, you know, this is--
764
00:44:43,565 --> 00:44:46,399
He just-- it's so--
it's so unusual to have someone
765
00:44:46,482 --> 00:44:49,065
who just actually wants
to ruin your home,
766
00:44:49,148 --> 00:44:51,482
where it's like so--
it's like he got
767
00:44:51,565 --> 00:44:53,899
to the emotional center
of people's lives
768
00:44:54,023 --> 00:44:56,440
and just wanted to destroy that.
769
00:45:00,107 --> 00:45:03,065
PATTON: (YAWNS)
Hey, it's, uh, it's Patton.
770
00:45:03,148 --> 00:45:05,607
Try to call me in, like,
uh, ten minutes
771
00:45:05,691 --> 00:45:07,774
'cause I'm kinda
falling asleep here.
772
00:45:07,857 --> 00:45:09,440
I'd love to talk to you.
773
00:45:11,482 --> 00:45:14,440
MICHELLE: (READS)
774
00:45:24,941 --> 00:45:27,982
PATTON: It was a lot
of sleeplessness and insomnia.
775
00:45:28,065 --> 00:45:30,190
There must have been days
where she was, like,
776
00:45:30,273 --> 00:45:31,565
"I'll take Adderall
in the morning.
777
00:45:31,649 --> 00:45:33,816
I'll take, you know, Xanax
and Vicodin to get to sleep
778
00:45:33,899 --> 00:45:35,691
because I'm--
this is for a better--
779
00:45:35,774 --> 00:45:37,816
this is for a bigger purpose
than me."
780
00:45:38,482 --> 00:45:41,065
(TAPE RECORDER REWINDS)
781
00:45:41,148 --> 00:45:43,399
DREW WITTHUHN: But if you wanna
just run through, I...
782
00:45:43,482 --> 00:45:46,065
-I don't mind.
-MICHELLE: Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.
No, totally. Yeah.
783
00:45:46,148 --> 00:45:48,607
DREW:
So, uh, the night before
784
00:45:48,691 --> 00:45:50,232
CSI released the house...
785
00:45:50,315 --> 00:45:51,565
MICHELLE: Mm-hmm.
786
00:45:51,649 --> 00:45:54,607
DREW: ...I really wasn't allowed
to get anywhere near it.
787
00:45:54,691 --> 00:45:55,816
MICHELLE: Right.
788
00:45:56,607 --> 00:45:58,023
DREW:
789
00:45:59,107 --> 00:46:00,482
Um, they called and said, "Okay,
790
00:46:00,565 --> 00:46:01,857
you know,
we're releasing the home,
791
00:46:01,941 --> 00:46:06,107
so now you guys can go in
and-- and basically clean up.
792
00:46:06,190 --> 00:46:08,816
Because at the time,
they didn't have companies
793
00:46:08,899 --> 00:46:10,732
that specialized in crime scenes
794
00:46:10,816 --> 00:46:13,607
and-- and biohazard things
and things like that.
795
00:46:13,691 --> 00:46:16,273
And I felt a responsibility
to my brother
796
00:46:16,357 --> 00:46:19,273
to make this crime scene
no longer a crime scene.
797
00:46:19,357 --> 00:46:21,148
Let's turn it back into a home.
798
00:46:23,482 --> 00:46:25,482
-DREW: And, uh...
-MICHELLE:
799
00:46:25,565 --> 00:46:27,732
DREW:
800
00:46:27,816 --> 00:46:29,023
MICHELLE: Oh, wow.
801
00:46:29,524 --> 00:46:31,190
(DOOR CREAKING)
802
00:46:35,982 --> 00:46:38,273
DREW: We went into the bedroom
and took a look around,
803
00:46:38,357 --> 00:46:40,941
and it wasn't a pretty sight.
804
00:46:41,023 --> 00:46:42,649
You know,
it's not the kinda thing
805
00:46:42,732 --> 00:46:44,816
you want to remember
if you don't have to.
806
00:46:48,524 --> 00:46:50,524
He had a very intricate
brass bed,
807
00:46:50,607 --> 00:46:54,107
which took a long time to clean
because there was,
808
00:46:54,190 --> 00:46:56,565
you know,
blood spatter everywhere.
809
00:46:56,649 --> 00:46:59,899
And on the carpet
and the wall behind it.
810
00:47:11,732 --> 00:47:12,857
MICHELLE: Mm-hmm.
811
00:47:12,941 --> 00:47:15,482
DREW: And we cleaned it up
as well as we could.
812
00:47:15,565 --> 00:47:17,482
MICHELLE: And this is before
David has seen it.
813
00:47:17,565 --> 00:47:20,565
So, yeah, you're protecting
him from it, yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
814
00:47:24,732 --> 00:47:26,482
DREW: When we finally left
the house
815
00:47:26,565 --> 00:47:28,732
and everything was done,
816
00:47:28,816 --> 00:47:32,148
the autopilot was almost
turned off, if that makes sense.
817
00:47:32,232 --> 00:47:36,190
And the rush of emotion,
it just overwhelmed me.
818
00:47:38,732 --> 00:47:42,148
My thoughts were of my brother
and of my sister-in-law.
819
00:47:43,732 --> 00:47:46,148
And I have no idea why,
to this day I don't,
820
00:47:46,232 --> 00:47:48,899
but at that very moment,
I mourned for my dad.
821
00:47:58,941 --> 00:48:01,148
MICHELLE: Wow. Oh, my gosh.
822
00:48:01,524 --> 00:48:03,440
DREW:
823
00:48:03,524 --> 00:48:05,607
-And he...
-MICHELLE:
824
00:48:05,691 --> 00:48:07,273
DREW: You know, it's one
of those things, and I--
825
00:48:07,357 --> 00:48:08,982
It's hard to say.
We really don't know.
826
00:48:09,065 --> 00:48:10,440
-MICHELLE: Yeah, yeah.
-DREW: But, um,
827
00:48:10,524 --> 00:48:13,774
it kinda all hit us
like a ton of bricks, obviously.
828
00:48:26,482 --> 00:48:28,190
-MICHELLE: Yeah.
-DREW: He says, come here...
829
00:48:28,899 --> 00:48:30,691
-MICHELLE: Right.
-DREW:
830
00:48:33,107 --> 00:48:35,816
-MICHELLE: Oh. Oh, Drew. Gosh.
-DREW: And so...
831
00:48:35,899 --> 00:48:37,065
DREW:
832
00:48:37,148 --> 00:48:38,607
MICHELLE: Oh, my God.
833
00:48:38,691 --> 00:48:40,941
-DREW: I-- I never--
-MICHELLE:
834
00:48:41,023 --> 00:48:42,232
DREW:
835
00:48:42,315 --> 00:48:43,691
MICHELLE: Oh, God.
836
00:48:43,774 --> 00:48:46,524
DREW:
837
00:48:46,607 --> 00:48:49,649
-MICHELLE: Yeah.
-DREW: So... It's not easy.
838
00:48:51,315 --> 00:48:52,816
It's not easy for anybody.
839
00:48:53,816 --> 00:48:56,691
♪ (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
840
00:49:31,148 --> 00:49:33,524
EAST AREA RAPIST:
Gonna kill you.
841
00:49:35,357 --> 00:49:37,691
Gonna kill you.
842
00:49:39,899 --> 00:49:42,565
Gonna kill you.
843
00:49:52,107 --> 00:49:53,232
(MESSAGE PINGS)
844
00:50:02,065 --> 00:50:06,899
♪ (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
845
00:50:20,232 --> 00:50:21,357
(MESSAGE PINGS)
846
00:50:32,607 --> 00:50:33,774
(MESSAGE PINGS)
847
00:50:55,440 --> 00:50:56,482
(MESSAGE PINGS)
848
00:51:06,982 --> 00:51:10,107
MICHELLE: If you commit a murder
and then vanish,
849
00:51:10,190 --> 00:51:13,565
what you leave behind
isn't just pain,
850
00:51:13,649 --> 00:51:15,732
but absence.
851
00:51:15,816 --> 00:51:18,357
A supreme blankness
that triumphs
852
00:51:18,440 --> 00:51:20,816
over everything else.
853
00:51:20,899 --> 00:51:24,732
The unidentified murderer
is always twisting a doorknob
854
00:51:24,816 --> 00:51:28,357
behind a door that never opens.
855
00:51:28,440 --> 00:51:33,273
But his power evaporates
the moment you know him.
856
00:51:36,399 --> 00:51:37,440
(EXHALES)
857
00:51:37,732 --> 00:51:38,774
Okay.
858
00:51:39,774 --> 00:51:41,857
Letter to an Old Man.
859
00:51:44,273 --> 00:51:46,482
You were your approach.
860
00:51:46,565 --> 00:51:49,023
The thump against the fence.
861
00:51:49,107 --> 00:51:53,440
A temperature dip from
a jimmied-open patio door.
862
00:51:53,524 --> 00:51:55,440
A blade at the base of the neck.
863
00:51:55,524 --> 00:51:56,691
(CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS)
864
00:51:58,065 --> 00:52:00,357
Your fantasies ran deep,
865
00:52:01,148 --> 00:52:03,357
but they never tripped you up.
866
00:52:07,691 --> 00:52:09,816
(READS)
867
00:52:15,440 --> 00:52:17,148
Not me.
868
00:52:17,232 --> 00:52:21,232
I think you bailed
when the world began to change.
869
00:52:21,315 --> 00:52:24,273
It's true,
age must have slowed you.
870
00:52:24,357 --> 00:52:28,107
But your heyday prowess
has no value anymore.
871
00:52:28,190 --> 00:52:31,982
Virtual windows are opening
all around you.
872
00:52:32,065 --> 00:52:35,315
You, the master watcher,
are an aging,
873
00:52:35,399 --> 00:52:38,315
lumbering target
in their crosshairs.
874
00:52:38,399 --> 00:52:41,148
A ski mask won't help you now.
875
00:52:41,232 --> 00:52:44,565
One day soon, you'll hear a car
pull up to your curb,
876
00:52:44,649 --> 00:52:46,357
an engine cut out.
877
00:52:47,440 --> 00:52:51,482
You'll hear footsteps
coming up your front walk.
878
00:52:51,565 --> 00:52:52,982
The doorbell rings.
879
00:52:53,065 --> 00:52:54,065
(DOORBELL RINGS)
880
00:52:54,148 --> 00:52:56,065
-(DOG BARKING)
-No side gates are left open.
881
00:52:56,148 --> 00:52:59,107
You're long past
leaping over a fence.
882
00:52:59,190 --> 00:53:02,482
Take one of your hyper,
gulping breaths,
883
00:53:02,565 --> 00:53:07,023
clench your teeth, inch timidly
toward the insistent bell.
884
00:53:07,107 --> 00:53:09,565
(READS)
885
00:53:17,607 --> 00:53:21,482
Open the door,
show us your face.
886
00:53:22,148 --> 00:53:24,273
Walk into the light.
887
00:53:29,107 --> 00:53:32,315
(BIRDS CHIRPING)
888
00:53:46,816 --> 00:53:48,607
(MESSAGE PINGS)
889
00:53:53,315 --> 00:53:55,273
(MESSAGE PINGS)
890
00:54:10,482 --> 00:54:12,148
(MESSAGE PINGS)
891
00:54:20,941 --> 00:54:24,315
(FOOTSTEPS)
892
00:54:24,399 --> 00:54:26,857
(DOOR CREAKS OPEN)
893
00:54:28,899 --> 00:54:30,774
(BLANKETS RUSTLING)
894
00:54:32,315 --> 00:54:34,148
(PHONE DIALING 911)
895
00:54:34,232 --> 00:54:36,065
(PHONE RINGING)
896
00:54:36,148 --> 00:54:38,107
PATTON: I-- I need
an ambulance here right now.
897
00:54:38,190 --> 00:54:39,649
An EMT team right now.
898
00:54:39,732 --> 00:54:40,982
DISPATCHER:
Okay, sir, listen to me.
899
00:54:41,065 --> 00:54:42,774
We're gonna send you help.
Okay?
900
00:54:42,857 --> 00:54:43,982
How old is your wife?
901
00:54:44,065 --> 00:54:45,774
PATTON: I'm calling
from this address right now.
902
00:54:45,857 --> 00:54:48,148
Please, please send
the ambulance right now.
903
00:54:48,232 --> 00:54:50,440
DISPATCHER: Sir, I'm sending you
help there now. Okay?
904
00:54:50,524 --> 00:54:52,107
Help is on the way. Stay on...
905
00:54:52,190 --> 00:54:57,190
(SIRENS WAILING)
906
00:55:08,023 --> 00:55:10,649
(BIRDS CHIRPING)
907
00:55:23,732 --> 00:55:27,357
♪ (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
908
00:57:10,273 --> 00:57:11,440
PATTON OSWALT: I remember
being very frightened.
909
00:57:11,524 --> 00:57:13,065
I did that thing where
I close my eyes
910
00:57:13,148 --> 00:57:16,023
and I try to will this
as a nightmare,
911
00:57:16,315 --> 00:57:17,649
and then it just wasn't.
912
00:57:18,691 --> 00:57:19,691
♪ (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS) ♪
913
00:57:20,023 --> 00:57:21,816
MAN: We didn't know for months
what killed Michelle.
914
00:57:21,899 --> 00:57:25,232
In the true crime community,
her death was unbelievable.
915
00:57:25,440 --> 00:57:27,190
One of the first things
I thought was
916
00:57:27,273 --> 00:57:28,607
that book has to get finished.
917
00:57:29,232 --> 00:57:31,023
Patton was like,
"We're already on it."
918
00:57:31,190 --> 00:57:33,982
I wanted to take care of
this person for her whole life.
919
00:57:34,816 --> 00:57:36,941
This book was
my last opportunity
920
00:57:37,023 --> 00:57:38,565
to take care of something
for her.
921
00:57:39,148 --> 00:57:41,190
MAN 2:
And then there was the case.
922
00:57:41,649 --> 00:57:44,440
I just lost
my investigative partner.
923
00:57:45,315 --> 00:57:47,399
I reached out to
this genetic genealogist.
924
00:57:47,941 --> 00:57:49,857
GENEALOGIST:
We've got a third cousin match.
925
00:57:50,607 --> 00:57:52,273
MAN 2:
Things snowballed from there.
926
00:57:52,524 --> 00:57:55,273
I've got all this stuff that's
adding up that he's the guy.
927
00:57:55,357 --> 00:57:56,691
♪ (MUSIC CONCLUDES) ♪
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