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- Female narrator:
In a serene cemetery,
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A granite headstone marks
the grave of a young mother.
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But if justice is to be
served for her tragic murder,
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Her resting place will
be anything but final.
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- I saw my wife laying
on the floor...Dead.
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- Narrator: A brutal
murder unsolved.
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- It would have to be
someone she knew and trusted.
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- Thirty years of not
knowing what to think
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Is its own kind of torture.
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- Narrator: A chance phone
call resurrects the case.
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- [police siren wails]
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- Wayne: We wanted
our suspect to know
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Dna evidence still exists,
and we were searching for it.
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- Narrator: Does the key
evidence still exist
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After three decades underground?
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- When we open the casket up--
- [casket lid creaking]
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- Angela: --We just stood there
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And we kind of
looked at each other.
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And then we kind of went...
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- I had never seen
anything like that.
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- ♪
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- Narrator: It's
March 11, 1980...
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In the rural town of
columbus, wisconsin.
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- David: It's a pretty quaint,
tight-knit community.
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The pace is slow.
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Classic small-town americana.
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- Narrator: 23-year-old
lane mcintyre is heading home
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After working a long night shift
at a local paper plant.
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- At 7 o'clock
in the morning,
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When you get done
with a night's work...
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I'm cold, and I'm tired,
and all I could think about
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Is crawling into
a warm bed with my wife.
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When I approached
the front door,
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The dog was outside
on a chain, barking.
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And I thought,
"well, that's unusual."
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- [dog barks]
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- Lane: I stepped inside
the door
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And stood there for a while,
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Not believing
what my eyes were seeing.
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I saw my wife laying
on the floor...Dead.
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And it was like
I was in a tunnel.
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So I'm thinking, "my son,
christopher, is he okay?"
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- Narrator: He rushes into
the bedroom
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And luckily finds his son
unharmed in his crib.
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- Lane: And I thought, "oh,
thank god, christopher's okay.
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And my head was spinning."
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The only phone number
I had memorized in my head
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Was my parents' phone number.
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And I said, "mom, you have
to call the police for me.
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I think marilyn's dead."
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- [police siren wails]
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- Narrator: Columbus police
race to the scene.
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- Wayne: In 1980,
a murder in columbia county
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Was something of a rarity.
It didn't happen very often.
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- [police siren wails]
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- As a young person
growing up in this area,
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I don't recall any homicides
or anything like that.
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- Narrator: But it
will be decades before
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Sgt. Daniel garrigan
and lt. Wayne smith
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At the columbia county
sheriff's department
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Learn about this tragic day.
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- [beeping]
- [indistinct radio chatter]
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- Wayne: So when police
arrived at the house,
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They discovered a
woman on the floor.
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She had been brutally beaten.
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- Daniel: She also had a kitchen
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Or steak knife
stuck in her chest.
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It was rough to see that.
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- Narrator: Moving past
the horrific sight,
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Investigators discover
lane cradling his baby.
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- [baby crying]
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- The victim was identified
as marilyn mcintyre,
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An 18-year-old wife and mother.
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- Lane: She was beautiful.
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She always had
a smile on her face.
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You know, she always
saw the good in people.
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- Narrator:
Investigators get to work
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Searching the apartment
for clues...
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And immediately notice
something significant.
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- Wayne: There wasn't any
signs of forced entry.
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And it appeared as though
marilyn had allowed her attacker
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To enter the residence.
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- Daniel: Assuming that
it's someone that you know,
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They know you have
a young child there.
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And, I mean,
it's about as coldhearted
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As I suppose you could be.
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- Wayne: Police also discovered
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That there was blunt force
trauma to her head area.
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- Narrator: Investigators
begin going over the scene
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With painstaking precision,
trying to figure out
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Who could've inflicted such
horror on to this young mother.
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- Wayne: We were able to
collect fingerprint evidence,
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Bloodstain evidence,
hairs from an unknown source,
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And also the knife that
was thrust into her chest.
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We additionally found what
we believed was a bloodstain
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In the bathroom sink.
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- Narrator: While the
forensic team works,
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Detectives canvass the area.
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Someone may have
heard or seen something
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When marilyn was brutally slain.
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And they immediately
find a witness.
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- Wayne: The upstairs neighbor
was awakened around 3 a.M.
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That morning by the
mcintyre family dog.
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- [dog barks]
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- Wayne: The dog was
outside, barking.
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She stated that this
had never happened before,
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And that was unusual.
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- David: It marked a
point in time in which
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Someone else was
at the residence.
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- Narrator: They've got
a possible time: 3 a.M.
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- Wayne: We clearly
have a homicide.
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But as far as who had done it
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And exactly how they
had done it was unknown.
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- Narrator: It's frustrating,
but police hope that
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The forensics collected at the
scene might give them a lead...
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Or there's something
they can learn at autopsy.
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- Angela: There is evidence
of strangulation
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And traumatic sexual contact.
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She was badly beaten.
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She had multiple lacerations
to her head and her face.
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She had very dark bruising
that comes from being, you know,
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Struck quite recklessly.
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- Wayne: The pathologist had
determined that the knife
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That had been thrust into
her chest was postmortem.
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When you see this
level of violence,
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Typically, it's a crime that's
committed by someone that knows
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The victim and has anger
towards them for some reason.
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- Narrator: Three days
after the brutal murder,
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Marilyn mcintyre
is laid to rest.
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- [birds chirping]
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- There's this sunny open field.
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There's full-grown trees.
There's shade.
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She has a pink
granite headstone.
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I give her yellow flowers.
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Yellow was her favorite color.
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They're artificial 'cause
I want them to last longer.
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- I lost my best friend.
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She was special.
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And she did not deserve
what happened to her at all.
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She did not.
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- David: Marilyn was known
as a very sweet girl.
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That is the quandary when you
have someone who doesn't seem
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To have anyone who would
want to cause them any harm.
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And then to be murdered
so brutally, uh,
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Really is befuddling.
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- Narrator:
Who would have wanted
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This beloved young woman dead?
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- Wayne: Lane was immediately
considered a person of interest
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Simply because of his
relationship to the victim.
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- Narrator: Lane immediately--
and strenuously--
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Denies killing his wife.
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He tells investigators that
he was working all evening
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The night of the murder.
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- Wayne: He was
emotional and upset.
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He told us he left for
work around 10 p.M.
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He was at work overnight
and didn't come home
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Until just before 7 a.M.
That next morning.
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Investigators spoke
with supervisors
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To try and make certain
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That lane was actually
at work and hadn't left.
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- David: His timecard at least
supported he had been at work.
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But they did have breaks.
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He worked for the
most part by himself.
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Lane mcintyre did not
have an ironclad alibi.
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- Narrator: Investigators
thoroughly dig into
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Lane's history...
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And immediately find something
that makes them suspicious.
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- David: Days before
marilyn was murdered,
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Lane had taken out a life
insurance policy on marilyn.
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In addition to opportunity,
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Now you have a financial motive.
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- Wayne: When you hear that
someone purchased insurance,
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And shortly after that insurance
is purchased, someone dies,
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That's a red flag.
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- Narrator: All eyes are
trained on the victim's husband,
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Lane mcintyre.
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Did he brutally
murder his young wife?
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Coming up,
the suspect pool widens,
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But the killer
remains a mystery.
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- David: There's the old adage:
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Innocent stay
and the guilty flee.
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- Narrator: Then,
the last resort.
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- We made the exhumation public.
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- David: If you can
rattle your suspect,
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They're more likely
to do something stupid.
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- Narrator: After marilyn
mcintyre is found murdered
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In the small town of
columbus, wisconsin...
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Police and the public are
beginning to think her husband,
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Lane, is the killer.
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- Wendy: I would go
in bathrooms in bars
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And see writing on the wall,
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"lane mcintyre
murdered his wife."
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My reaction was:
My brother didn't do it.
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- Narrator: It doesn't help that
lane quickly gets remarried.
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- I was a little shocked.
It was a fast situation, yes.
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- Wayne: Certainly, a
relationship would raise
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A lot of flags.
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Could this have been
a relationship
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That was going on
before the homicide
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And that might be
a reason for the homicide?
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So that's certainly something
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That would be addressed
and examined.
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- Narrator: And then
investigators receive a tip
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That points them in
another direction.
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- [indistinct chatter]
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- Narrator: As they continue
to interview
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The mcintyres'
circle of friends...
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A name emerges: Curtis forbes.
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- Curt forbes was close
friends with the mcintyres.
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- Curt forbes I knew
from high school.
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Curtis and debbie
would come over.
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We would get a pizza, turn on
the stereo, that kind of thing.
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- Wayne: Debbie and curt
were reportedly
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Going through a rough patch.
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And marilyn had encouraged
debbie to leave the
relationship.
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- Narrator: Friends say
curtis was angry at marilyn
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For influencing
debbie to leave him.
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Could that be motive for murder?
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- Wayne: When police
spoke with curtis,
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They learned from him
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That he had been
out on the town that night.
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- Narrator: Curtis tells police
that he left the bar
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When it closed and went
to visit a friend, lori beattie,
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Around 1 a.M.
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- About 1:10, maybe,
1:15, the doorbell rang.
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- [doorbell rings]
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- Lori: And curtis was there.
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I...Remember thinking
that it was odd
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That he showed up at my house.
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I invited him in.
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And as we were coming
in the front door--
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- [phone rings]
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- Lori: --The telephone rang.
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And when I turned around to
my then-boyfriend and I said,
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"where's curtis?"
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And he said, "he left.
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He was gonna see
about getting some beer."
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And...Curtis
never showed up again.
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- David: Curtis forbes told
law enforcement that after
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He had left lori's house
at 2:45,
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He spent the night with his,
uh, fiancée, debbie addleson.
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- Narrator: Investigators
contact debbie,
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And she confirms that curtis
was with her that night.
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But one detail doesn't add up.
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- Debbie states that he arrived
there shortly after 4 a.M.
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- David: That left
curtis forbes with the problem
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Of having two and a half hours
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In which he couldn't
account for his time.
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- Narrator: And that time
is exactly within the time
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Marilyn was murdered.
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- When police went to
try and have contact with him
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And see if he could clear up
some of these issues,
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Curtis had fled the state.
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When you're speaking
with someone about a crime,
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And they take off,
it makes them very suspicious.
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- Lori: He was gone.
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He didn't talk to anyone.
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He didn't say
anything to anyone.
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- He fled, where I
got to go to work and cry.
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- David: The police had things
like opportunity and motive
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Pointing in the
direction of two people:
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Lane mcintyre and curtis forbes.
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- Narrator: But what they don't
have is any hard evidence
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That either of them
is the killer.
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So detectives turn to forensics.
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During interviews, police
had obtained hair samples
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From both men.
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- In 1980, they processed
this evidence
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To the extent
that science allowed.
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But they weren't able to
directly identify a suspect.
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The police department
had exhausted leads.
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They didn't have
new information,
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And had really just
come against a roadblock.
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- Narrator: Investigators
follow up with curtis and lane,
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But find nothing new
to link either suspect
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To marilyn's murder.
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- David: And at that point,
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They were, for lack of
a better term, verklempt.
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- Narrator: The years pass,
and marilyn's family is left
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With no closure to their grief.
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- Wayne: A loved one
was taken from them,
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And there's just
no answer for it.
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It's tragic.
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Every year, marilyn's
twin sister, carolyn,
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Would call the columbus police
department and ask them,
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"is there any new
updates on the case?
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Anything going on?"
trying to keep the case alive.
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But this case just went cold.
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- Narrator: Investigators
are frustrated,
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But unable to single out a
suspect without more evidence.
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The community, however,
remains convinced
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Lane mcintyre is the killer.
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- Wendy: They all said because
he had an insurance policy
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Out on her and...
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That they think that
he did it for the money.
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- Lane: I got all
the blame for it.
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- Narrator: Twenty-seven
years go by.
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Then, in 2007, marilyn's niece
calls the police department
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To see if there's any progress
in her aunt's cold case.
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But she mistakenly
dials the wrong number...
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And resurrects
the investigation.
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- Daniel: I think it was sheer
luck that phone call intended to
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Go to the columbus
police department,
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And she accidentally got
the columbia county sheriff,
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Which was where I worked.
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- Narrator: The columbia county
sheriff's office has no record
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Or knowledge of
local police cases.
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- Wayne: I was really surprised
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When I heard that there
was an unsolved homicide.
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It's hard not to want
to pick that up and--
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And see what you can do with it.
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- Narrator: The sheriff's
department decides
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To reopen the case,
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Hoping a fresh perspective
and scientific advancements
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Might unearth
something previously unseen.
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- I told them by the
time we were done,
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I felt confident that we
would be able to hold someone
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Accountable for
committing this crime.
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- Narrator: The evidence needed
to identify marilyn's killer
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May be in the decades-old
casework...
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Or is it still buried
with the victim?
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- [phone rings]
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- Narrator: Determined to
solve the 27-year-old murder
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Of marilyn mcintyre,
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The columbia county
sheriff's department
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Will pursue
every shred of evidence,
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Including what may have been
buried decades ago.
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They immediately focus
their attention
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On the most obvious suspect:
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Lane mcintyre,
the victim's husband.
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- My attitude was I was
going to do whatever they needed
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To help get the case solved.
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Enough is enough.
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- In the community, lane
had been considered a suspect
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By a lot of people.
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- Narrator: Fueling the
community's suspicion
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Was a life insurance policy,
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Which lane purchased days
before his wife's murder.
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But when cold case detectives
look into the policy...
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They realize that
it's not what it seems.
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- Wayne: In 1980, an insurance
salesperson would observe
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A birth announcement in the
paper, approach the family,
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Explain to them why it was
perhaps a good idea for them
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To get insurance with a newborn.
355
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- He just showed up
one day, pure and simple.
356
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- Narrator: Next, investigators
reexamine the physical evidence
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That is still preserved
decades later
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To see if any of it
implicates lane.
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Specifically, the spot of
blood found in the sink.
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- Wayne: The suspect could have
had an injury and deposited
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Not only their dna, but the dna
of our victim's in this sink.
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Dna wasn't something
that was done in 1980.
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The evidence in this case
from 30 years ago
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Wasn't collected
with dna in mind.
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We didn't know if it was usable.
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- Narrator: Investigators send
the blood out for analysis...
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And amazingly get a giant lead.
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- [phone rings]
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- We had the results that
it was a blood mixture
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Of two dna profiles.
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- Narrator: They find
a mix of marilyn's dna
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And what investigators
believe is her killer's.
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- That was a major moment.
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We were quite excited.
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- Wayne: We tested lane's dna
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Against the stain
in the bathroom sink.
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- ♪
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- Lane's dna wasn't present.
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- Lane mcintyre was
excluded as a dna source
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To that stain.
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- Narrator: Lane is no longer
a suspect in his wife's murder.
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- Wendy: It was a sigh of
relief because, all these years,
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He felt the finger was pointed
at him, and some people did.
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- Lane: Nine times out of ten,
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I too believe
that the husband did it.
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But I know what it feels like
to be that one that didn't.
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I'm angry at being
accused of being guilty.
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It was more hurt on top
of the hurt I already had.
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It was torture.
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- ♪
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- Narrator: Investigators
revisit the other suspect
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From the original investigation,
curtis forbes.
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He left town after the murder,
but had moved back to the area
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And married his
girlfriend, debbie addleson.
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- Knowing that information
and his reaction in 1980,
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We monitored his comings and
goings as best we could, um,
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Because we--we feared
he was going to flee again.
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- Narrator: Investigators
locate a hair sample
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Submitted by curtis in 1980.
401
00:22:12,832 --> 00:22:15,449
They send it to the lab
to see if the dna
402
00:22:15,484 --> 00:22:18,619
Matches the blood stain
from the sink...
403
00:22:18,654 --> 00:22:20,671
And get what may be a lead.
404
00:22:22,508 --> 00:22:25,334
- Daniel: We received test
results that indicated
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Curt forbes was a possible
dna contributor to those stains.
406
00:22:30,350 --> 00:22:32,841
- Narrator: The results
are in no way definitive.
407
00:22:32,852 --> 00:22:34,968
The lab just can't rule out
408
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That it's curtis forbes's
blood in the sink.
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00:22:38,006 --> 00:22:40,307
But it gives detectives
a direction
410
00:22:40,384 --> 00:22:43,310
For their investigation.
411
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Energized, police take another
hard look at curtis forbes's
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Whereabouts the
night of the murder.
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- Daniel: We identify
individuals who were named
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In police reports and
start re-interviewing them.
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00:22:55,708 --> 00:22:58,876
We learned curt was out,
you know, boozin' that night.
416
00:22:58,953 --> 00:23:01,545
He was out, um,
quote/unquote, "prowling."
417
00:23:04,741 --> 00:23:07,793
He had made some advancements
towards some young women
418
00:23:07,870 --> 00:23:09,887
In one of the taverns.
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00:23:09,964 --> 00:23:11,806
But he was striking out.
420
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- Narrator: Authorities start
to develop a theory about
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What might have happened
on that tragic night.
422
00:23:20,900 --> 00:23:23,517
- We believe that he went to
mcintyre's because he knew
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That marilyn was home alone.
424
00:23:26,406 --> 00:23:29,898
- All he'd have to do
would be knock on the door,
425
00:23:29,909 --> 00:23:32,743
And marilyn would
have let him in.
426
00:23:35,397 --> 00:23:39,366
My theory was that he
forced himself on marilyn.
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00:23:39,401 --> 00:23:43,745
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- David: Maybe he decided to
then kill marilyn after he had
429
00:23:47,576 --> 00:23:51,595
Had his way with her, rather
than have her be able to have
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00:23:51,672 --> 00:23:54,047
Everybody know what he had done.
431
00:23:54,082 --> 00:23:57,551
So he bashed her in the head,
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Stabbed her in the chest,
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Washed in the sink,
and then left.
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- ♪
435
00:24:06,970 --> 00:24:09,655
- It was a good case,
but not good enough.
436
00:24:10,858 --> 00:24:13,609
- Narrator: Right now,
it's just a theory.
437
00:24:13,619 --> 00:24:17,779
There's no hard evidence tying
curtis forbes to the murder.
438
00:24:17,790 --> 00:24:19,948
- Wayne: Curtis
developed into a suspect.
439
00:24:19,959 --> 00:24:23,243
Now we needed to collect
any additional information
440
00:24:23,320 --> 00:24:26,455
And/or evidence that
might possibly be out there.
441
00:24:26,466 --> 00:24:28,290
- Narrator: Authorities
let the media know
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They are open for business.
443
00:24:31,304 --> 00:24:33,971
Lane is no longer a
person of interest,
444
00:24:34,048 --> 00:24:36,798
And they're looking for tips.
445
00:24:36,809 --> 00:24:38,550
- Wayne: It was important
that the public know
446
00:24:38,627 --> 00:24:40,978
That this case wasn't solved.
447
00:24:41,055 --> 00:24:45,891
We wanted suspects to know
that this was not forgotten.
448
00:24:45,968 --> 00:24:47,643
Marilyn's not forgotten.
449
00:24:47,653 --> 00:24:49,645
We're gonna seek
justice for her.
450
00:24:49,655 --> 00:24:50,821
- [phone rings]
451
00:24:50,898 --> 00:24:53,407
- Narrator: Immediately after,
the phone starts ringing.
452
00:24:56,979 --> 00:24:59,404
- Daniel: Friends or family
members came forward and said,
453
00:24:59,481 --> 00:25:02,824
"hey, I remember back then."
454
00:25:02,835 --> 00:25:05,953
- Narrator: And one piece of
information makes them sit up
455
00:25:05,988 --> 00:25:07,087
And take notice.
456
00:25:08,490 --> 00:25:10,582
Something curtis's
girlfriend, debbie,
457
00:25:10,659 --> 00:25:12,760
Told her friend at
the time of the murder.
458
00:25:14,013 --> 00:25:17,348
- A few weeks after
marilyn's murder,
459
00:25:17,424 --> 00:25:20,842
I remember running
into debbie addleson.
460
00:25:20,853 --> 00:25:23,845
I remember her telling me about
curt showing up at her home
461
00:25:23,856 --> 00:25:28,809
About 4 and wanting her
to wash a shirt
462
00:25:28,844 --> 00:25:30,778
That he had that
had blood on it.
463
00:25:33,366 --> 00:25:34,773
I remember being shocked
464
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And very uncomfortable
with the conversation,
465
00:25:38,445 --> 00:25:41,372
But I assumed debbie
had told the police.
466
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- Narrator: Investigators
immediately check
467
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The original file.
468
00:25:48,196 --> 00:25:52,049
There's no record of anyone
seeing blood on curtis's shirt.
469
00:25:52,126 --> 00:25:56,503
This is new information,
but is it true?
470
00:25:56,538 --> 00:25:58,806
What they need is
forensic evidence.
471
00:26:02,210 --> 00:26:05,679
Coming up,
detectives make a last push
472
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To solve the case--
473
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- Angela: There was so much
riding on this exhumation.
474
00:26:11,887 --> 00:26:14,572
- Narrator: --By
exhuming marilyn's body.
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00:26:16,075 --> 00:26:18,450
- It was powerful,
and it's damning.
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00:26:20,580 --> 00:26:23,789
- ♪
477
00:26:28,420 --> 00:26:32,047
- ♪
478
00:26:33,408 --> 00:26:35,542
- Narrator: After 28 years
without a break
479
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In the unsolved murder
of marilyn mcintyre,
480
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Police realize there's one place
481
00:26:41,267 --> 00:26:43,717
They may be able to find
the physical evidence
482
00:26:43,752 --> 00:26:45,561
That could solve the case.
483
00:26:47,464 --> 00:26:49,222
- Daniel: We thought
maybe if she fought back,
484
00:26:49,299 --> 00:26:51,683
Maybe scratched someone's face,
maybe there was a chance
485
00:26:51,760 --> 00:26:54,069
There would be dna
under her fingernails.
486
00:26:55,764 --> 00:26:59,691
No fingernail scrapings
had been taken at that time
487
00:26:59,768 --> 00:27:02,077
Because the dna technology
didn't exist.
488
00:27:03,697 --> 00:27:06,749
- Narrator: There is only one
way to collect this evidence.
489
00:27:10,654 --> 00:27:13,339
They must exhume marilyn's body.
490
00:27:15,709 --> 00:27:18,710
- In 2007, I was
the medical examiner
491
00:27:18,787 --> 00:27:21,380
For columbia county, wisconsin.
492
00:27:21,456 --> 00:27:24,257
Lt. Smith came into my office,
and he said,
493
00:27:24,292 --> 00:27:28,136
"we may need to recover
marilyn from her gravesite
494
00:27:28,147 --> 00:27:30,389
For further examination."
495
00:27:30,465 --> 00:27:33,558
- Narrator: This radical move
to uncover new evidence
496
00:27:33,635 --> 00:27:35,435
Might be investigators'
only hope
497
00:27:35,512 --> 00:27:39,531
For an indictment of their
main suspect, curtis forbes.
498
00:27:42,185 --> 00:27:45,070
- Wayne: I was really optimistic
that we'd find some evidence,
499
00:27:45,147 --> 00:27:46,497
But we may strike out.
500
00:27:46,573 --> 00:27:48,415
We might not find
anything at all.
501
00:27:50,819 --> 00:27:52,711
- Narrator: There's
only one option left.
502
00:27:54,748 --> 00:27:57,457
- Exhumation is
a sensitive decision
503
00:27:57,534 --> 00:28:01,128
That we just don't
make on our own.
504
00:28:01,204 --> 00:28:03,130
- Wayne: Anyone in this
situation would not want
505
00:28:03,165 --> 00:28:06,258
Their loved one's final
resting place disturbed.
506
00:28:06,334 --> 00:28:07,442
But it felt critical
507
00:28:07,444 --> 00:28:12,064
That we try and obtain
as much evidence as we can.
508
00:28:13,383 --> 00:28:15,183
- Narrator: But first
they ask for consent
509
00:28:15,194 --> 00:28:17,018
From the next of kin:
510
00:28:17,029 --> 00:28:20,406
The wrongly accused husband,
lane mcintyre.
511
00:28:21,534 --> 00:28:24,317
- Detective wayne smith
asked me
512
00:28:24,394 --> 00:28:28,038
If he could exhume
marilyn's body.
513
00:28:28,115 --> 00:28:30,157
And that hurt me.
514
00:28:30,233 --> 00:28:31,357
But I said yes because
515
00:28:31,393 --> 00:28:34,795
I was so desperate to
help them in any way I could.
516
00:28:36,698 --> 00:28:37,731
- Wendy: That's not cool,
517
00:28:37,808 --> 00:28:41,209
Digging someone up
from their resting place and--
518
00:28:41,220 --> 00:28:43,011
But it had to be done, you know?
519
00:28:46,541 --> 00:28:47,540
- [phone rings]
520
00:28:47,576 --> 00:28:49,509
- Wayne: One of the big
hopes that I had, uh,
521
00:28:49,586 --> 00:28:51,228
In exhuming marilyn was to see
522
00:28:51,305 --> 00:28:54,723
If there was any dna of her
attacker under her fingernails.
523
00:28:54,734 --> 00:28:59,236
I didn't believe that that had
been processed or looked for.
524
00:28:59,313 --> 00:29:01,188
- Narrator: And
investigators have a second,
525
00:29:01,264 --> 00:29:04,742
More strategic motive
behind the exhumation:
526
00:29:04,818 --> 00:29:07,819
They hope just the threat
of finding new evidence
527
00:29:07,896 --> 00:29:10,330
Will spook their main suspect.
528
00:29:14,611 --> 00:29:15,735
- Female reporter:
Twenty-eight years ago,
529
00:29:15,771 --> 00:29:19,372
They buried her with so
many questions left unanswered.
530
00:29:19,449 --> 00:29:22,751
And today, the family of marilyn
mcintyre had her body exhumed,
531
00:29:22,762 --> 00:29:25,554
Hoping to find those answers.
532
00:29:27,508 --> 00:29:30,267
- We made the exhumation public.
533
00:29:30,344 --> 00:29:32,269
We wanted our suspects to know,
534
00:29:32,346 --> 00:29:35,222
"you may have escaped
for many years,
535
00:29:35,298 --> 00:29:38,725
"but dna evidence
still exists and, uh,
536
00:29:38,802 --> 00:29:41,436
We were searching for it."
537
00:29:41,447 --> 00:29:43,605
- David: If you can
rattle your suspect,
538
00:29:43,616 --> 00:29:49,119
They're off their game and more
likely to do something stupid.
539
00:29:49,196 --> 00:29:55,075
- ♪
540
00:29:55,151 --> 00:29:58,712
- [thunderclap]
541
00:30:00,207 --> 00:30:02,541
- It was a very eerie day.
542
00:30:02,617 --> 00:30:06,637
- [camera shutter clicking]
543
00:30:06,713 --> 00:30:09,381
- Narrator: Investigators
gather around the gravesite,
544
00:30:09,457 --> 00:30:11,424
Accompanied by
the medical examiner
545
00:30:11,501 --> 00:30:14,594
And some members
of the victim's family.
546
00:30:14,671 --> 00:30:17,931
- Angela: There was so much
riding on this exhumation.
547
00:30:17,966 --> 00:30:20,141
We're gonna find this--this dna.
548
00:30:20,152 --> 00:30:23,436
We're gonna be able to
get somewhere with this case.
549
00:30:23,513 --> 00:30:25,772
- Narrator: Lane mcintyre
can't bring himself
550
00:30:25,807 --> 00:30:29,109
To be at marilyn's graveside.
551
00:30:29,185 --> 00:30:30,828
- Just signing the
paper was enough.
552
00:30:30,904 --> 00:30:32,746
It was more than I could bear.
553
00:30:34,500 --> 00:30:36,283
- Angela: It was a
very sensitive day.
554
00:30:36,318 --> 00:30:38,669
Not only are you
bringing her back up,
555
00:30:38,745 --> 00:30:42,840
But you're also bringing up all
the emotion and all the sadness.
556
00:30:42,916 --> 00:30:44,457
It's almost like
you're going through
557
00:30:44,534 --> 00:30:46,134
The trauma all over again.
558
00:30:48,705 --> 00:30:51,673
- Daniel: When that concrete
cover crypt was lifted,
559
00:30:51,684 --> 00:30:53,842
It was very, very wet.
560
00:30:53,853 --> 00:30:57,470
- ♪
561
00:30:57,547 --> 00:30:59,139
- Wayne: I was disappointed.
562
00:30:59,215 --> 00:31:02,601
You could see a casket
that was in poor condition.
563
00:31:02,677 --> 00:31:04,862
You could tell that this had
been in the ground a long time.
564
00:31:04,938 --> 00:31:08,532
- [rain pouring]
565
00:31:08,609 --> 00:31:10,775
- Daniel: When the casket was
being lifted from the ground,
566
00:31:10,852 --> 00:31:16,615
There was water, um, emanating
from most all sides of it.
567
00:31:16,691 --> 00:31:20,452
- Dna does not hold up
well in wet environment.
568
00:31:20,528 --> 00:31:21,494
- Daniel: It was disheartening
569
00:31:21,529 --> 00:31:22,871
To think pieces
of trace evidence
570
00:31:22,882 --> 00:31:24,506
Could have all washed away.
571
00:31:26,034 --> 00:31:28,543
- Wayne: My optimism
sank a little.
572
00:31:28,554 --> 00:31:31,338
It could be potentially
a long shot with, you know,
573
00:31:31,373 --> 00:31:33,223
A body that had been
in the ground so long.
574
00:31:35,043 --> 00:31:36,560
- Narrator: The casket
is transported
575
00:31:36,637 --> 00:31:39,396
To the columbia county
sheriff's office morgue.
576
00:31:39,473 --> 00:31:43,642
- ♪
577
00:31:43,718 --> 00:31:45,644
- Angela: We were not able
to actually open the casket
578
00:31:45,720 --> 00:31:47,646
By a conventional method.
579
00:31:47,722 --> 00:31:50,357
It was completely
rusted and corroded shut
580
00:31:50,433 --> 00:31:51,358
From all the water.
581
00:31:51,434 --> 00:31:53,860
- [camera shutter clicking]
582
00:31:53,937 --> 00:31:57,405
- Daniel: The pathologist
ended up utilizing a wedge
583
00:31:57,416 --> 00:32:00,375
And a--hand tools
to pry the casket open.
584
00:32:03,330 --> 00:32:04,371
- Angela: We weren't
really certain
585
00:32:04,447 --> 00:32:06,539
As to what we would
be looking at.
586
00:32:06,616 --> 00:32:09,760
You either have really
good burial technique,
587
00:32:09,836 --> 00:32:13,588
Where you have nice bodies
that you can reexamine.
588
00:32:13,599 --> 00:32:16,883
In other cases,
you are not quite so lucky.
589
00:32:16,918 --> 00:32:20,270
When we open the casket up,
we just stood there.
590
00:32:20,347 --> 00:32:21,554
And we kind of
looked at each other.
591
00:32:21,631 --> 00:32:23,565
And then we kind of went...
592
00:32:27,929 --> 00:32:29,529
- I had never seen
anything like that.
593
00:32:32,618 --> 00:32:35,827
- ♪
594
00:32:40,866 --> 00:32:44,044
- ♪
595
00:32:46,114 --> 00:32:48,081
- Narrator: Although
marilyn mcintyre was buried
596
00:32:48,158 --> 00:32:50,968
Nearly three decades ago,
597
00:32:51,044 --> 00:32:53,136
Investigators hope
examining her remains
598
00:32:53,213 --> 00:32:55,305
Will provide new clues to tie
599
00:32:55,382 --> 00:32:58,892
Main suspect curtis forbes
to her murder.
600
00:33:01,146 --> 00:33:04,889
- Marilyn's remains
were heavily decomposed.
601
00:33:04,966 --> 00:33:07,392
- Daniel: You could
make out a female.
602
00:33:07,469 --> 00:33:08,810
The clothing was intact,
603
00:33:08,821 --> 00:33:12,948
But there was no visible
soft tissue left.
604
00:33:14,660 --> 00:33:17,152
- ♪
605
00:33:17,162 --> 00:33:19,946
- We knew at that point
that evidence collection
606
00:33:20,023 --> 00:33:21,164
Would be difficult.
607
00:33:23,243 --> 00:33:27,337
- Narrator: But something gives
investigators a shred of hope.
608
00:33:27,414 --> 00:33:28,455
- Daniel: You could make out
609
00:33:28,531 --> 00:33:32,175
That she had
artificial fingernails.
610
00:33:32,252 --> 00:33:33,460
- Angela:
Little press-on fingernails
611
00:33:33,536 --> 00:33:35,128
On each of her digits.
612
00:33:35,163 --> 00:33:38,465
It was miraculous how--
how well they stayed on.
613
00:33:38,541 --> 00:33:39,966
- Daniel: Not all hope is lost.
614
00:33:40,001 --> 00:33:41,801
We were quite excited.
615
00:33:41,836 --> 00:33:44,345
- Narrator: The tips of finger
bones and press-on nails
616
00:33:44,356 --> 00:33:48,016
Are submitted to the
crime lab for dna testing.
617
00:33:48,027 --> 00:33:49,184
- Angela:
I thought it's possible
618
00:33:49,194 --> 00:33:52,687
That they could have
glued in some dna
619
00:33:52,698 --> 00:33:55,982
That had gotten trapped
underneath the fingernail.
620
00:33:56,017 --> 00:33:59,319
- Narrator: The lab processes
the remains and reaches back out
621
00:33:59,395 --> 00:34:02,372
To investigators
with their findings.
622
00:34:02,449 --> 00:34:03,356
- Wayne: Those press-on nails
623
00:34:03,392 --> 00:34:07,952
And what evidence
may be under them...
624
00:34:08,029 --> 00:34:11,831
Couldn't be tested after that
amount of time and exposure.
625
00:34:11,908 --> 00:34:15,126
- ♪
626
00:34:15,203 --> 00:34:17,721
- I was devastated.
627
00:34:17,798 --> 00:34:20,715
- Narrator: It's a
discouraging dead end.
628
00:34:20,726 --> 00:34:24,853
Marilyn's remains are returned
to the coffin and reburied.
629
00:34:26,398 --> 00:34:28,890
But investigators hold out hope
630
00:34:28,901 --> 00:34:31,943
That the exhumation
could still pay off.
631
00:34:33,429 --> 00:34:35,072
- Wayne:
Even though our exhumation
632
00:34:35,148 --> 00:34:37,357
Didn't yield evidence,
633
00:34:37,433 --> 00:34:39,359
We didn't release that
to the public.
634
00:34:39,394 --> 00:34:41,152
The suspect didn't know
that that evidence
635
00:34:41,229 --> 00:34:43,530
Wasn't gonna be able to be used.
636
00:34:43,565 --> 00:34:45,365
- Narrator: It's a chess game.
637
00:34:45,400 --> 00:34:48,076
And authorities
go on the offensive,
638
00:34:48,087 --> 00:34:52,205
Telling the media they are busy
analyzing strong dna evidence
639
00:34:52,240 --> 00:34:53,873
They've uncovered.
640
00:34:53,908 --> 00:34:55,041
- We weren't shy about the fact
641
00:34:55,118 --> 00:34:58,044
That we were gonna
have new dna tests done.
642
00:34:58,121 --> 00:35:01,431
We were using the
media to our advantage.
643
00:35:01,508 --> 00:35:04,509
If you're someone who
has some role in this,
644
00:35:04,586 --> 00:35:07,887
I would think you'd
be pretty nervous.
645
00:35:07,964 --> 00:35:11,274
- Wayne: We decided to
track curtis's phone.
646
00:35:11,351 --> 00:35:16,437
We wanted to know who he was
calling and when he was calling.
647
00:35:16,448 --> 00:35:19,440
- David: Law enforcement was
hoping that exhumation would
648
00:35:19,451 --> 00:35:24,279
Spur curt forbes to make a call
or get a call from somebody
649
00:35:24,289 --> 00:35:26,498
That would tie him in
to the murder.
650
00:35:28,127 --> 00:35:30,919
- Narrator: The
investigators' hunch pays off.
651
00:35:32,798 --> 00:35:35,456
- Wayne: We learned that he was
contacting the carpenters union
652
00:35:35,467 --> 00:35:37,008
In the state of hawaii.
653
00:35:38,453 --> 00:35:41,847
But we weren't sure
initially what that meant.
654
00:35:42,624 --> 00:35:44,382
- Narrator: Over the
next several months,
655
00:35:44,459 --> 00:35:48,395
Investigators discover curtis
is plotting an elaborate plan.
656
00:35:50,673 --> 00:35:52,432
- David: Because
of the exhumation,
657
00:35:52,508 --> 00:35:57,145
Curtis forbes then
began to hatch a plan
658
00:35:57,156 --> 00:36:01,274
To fake his disappearance.
659
00:36:01,309 --> 00:36:04,444
- ♪
660
00:36:04,520 --> 00:36:06,997
- We had learned
that curt had taken steps
661
00:36:07,073 --> 00:36:09,166
To fake his death.
662
00:36:10,652 --> 00:36:14,337
He had purchased an inflatable
raft that he planned go out
663
00:36:14,414 --> 00:36:16,339
Into lake michigan with
on a boat he had owned
664
00:36:16,416 --> 00:36:20,585
And sink that boat
and raft back to shore.
665
00:36:20,662 --> 00:36:22,420
- There's the old adage:
666
00:36:22,497 --> 00:36:25,015
The innocent stay
and the guilty flee.
667
00:36:27,543 --> 00:36:28,668
- Wayne: When we got
this information,
668
00:36:28,704 --> 00:36:31,304
It was pretty exciting because
without the exhumation,
669
00:36:31,381 --> 00:36:35,016
We may not have been able to
cause that reaction in him.
670
00:36:35,027 --> 00:36:37,477
I thought it really was,
uh, very incriminating.
671
00:36:37,512 --> 00:36:40,855
- Narrator: Investigators decide
it's time to bring curtis in
672
00:36:40,866 --> 00:36:42,190
For questioning.
673
00:36:42,201 --> 00:36:46,912
- ♪
674
00:37:02,387 --> 00:37:05,546
- Wayne: We spoke with curt
for, uh, a fairly lengthy time.
675
00:37:05,557 --> 00:37:10,176
He had, uh, obviously 30 years
of denial built up in him.
676
00:37:10,211 --> 00:37:12,971
- Narrator: Investigators
interview curtis at the station,
677
00:37:13,047 --> 00:37:15,348
Hoping that just the idea
that the autopsy
678
00:37:15,383 --> 00:37:17,400
From the exhumation
implicates him
679
00:37:17,477 --> 00:37:19,611
Rattles him enough to confess.
680
00:37:30,082 --> 00:37:33,533
- He seemed concerned
that we had dna.
681
00:37:33,609 --> 00:37:36,077
But curt didn't confess
to the crime
682
00:37:36,088 --> 00:37:39,247
And maintained
the--his innocence.
683
00:37:39,258 --> 00:37:41,374
- David: It was pathetic.
684
00:37:41,409 --> 00:37:44,377
It wasn't convincing to anyone.
685
00:37:44,454 --> 00:37:47,555
It just adds further
fuel to your fire.
686
00:37:49,751 --> 00:37:52,602
- Narrator: Investigators
are frustrated...
687
00:37:52,679 --> 00:37:55,388
But still have one piece
of evidence left to pursue
688
00:37:55,423 --> 00:37:58,558
With debbie,
curtis forbes's wife,
689
00:37:58,634 --> 00:38:01,111
Who told a friend
she had noticed curtis
690
00:38:01,187 --> 00:38:04,397
Wearing a bloody shirt
the night of the murder.
691
00:38:04,432 --> 00:38:06,274
- We believe that debbie
was aware
692
00:38:06,285 --> 00:38:09,027
That curt had arrived
after 4 a.M.,
693
00:38:09,103 --> 00:38:10,445
And that her
parents had cleaned
694
00:38:10,455 --> 00:38:13,039
Bloody clothing
that curt arrived in.
695
00:38:14,626 --> 00:38:17,452
- Narrator: If investigators
can get debbie to confirm seeing
696
00:38:17,462 --> 00:38:21,706
Blood on curtis's clothes,
it's enough to make an arrest.
697
00:38:21,783 --> 00:38:23,967
But it won't be easy.
698
00:38:24,044 --> 00:38:26,469
- We were concerned that
debbie would be reluctant
699
00:38:26,546 --> 00:38:28,054
To speak to law enforcement.
700
00:38:29,791 --> 00:38:32,642
Debbie had been uncooperative
up to this point,
701
00:38:32,719 --> 00:38:35,470
Perhaps out of fear.
702
00:38:35,480 --> 00:38:37,096
- She was one of the individuals
703
00:38:37,131 --> 00:38:39,733
That could really
send him down the river.
704
00:38:42,303 --> 00:38:45,989
- Narrator: Detectives
visit debbie at her home.
705
00:38:46,066 --> 00:38:47,982
- Daniel: Through the course
of the lengthy interview,
706
00:38:47,993 --> 00:38:51,778
She really wasn't providing us
with any real new information.
707
00:38:51,854 --> 00:38:55,498
- Narrator: But finally,
debbie lets something slip.
708
00:38:56,835 --> 00:39:01,504
- She indicated seeing blood on
the sleeve of curtis's shirt
709
00:39:01,581 --> 00:39:03,748
The night of the murder.
710
00:39:03,825 --> 00:39:07,177
- David: Deb had never admitted
to the police before that moment
711
00:39:07,253 --> 00:39:11,506
That she had saw blood
on curt's clothing.
712
00:39:11,516 --> 00:39:14,467
It was powerful,
and it's damning.
713
00:39:14,502 --> 00:39:16,636
That was pretty extraordinary.
714
00:39:16,671 --> 00:39:19,356
A pivotal moment in the case.
715
00:39:20,692 --> 00:39:22,525
- Wayne: That really
closed up the case for us,
716
00:39:22,602 --> 00:39:25,311
Or at least brought it to the
point where we felt comfortable
717
00:39:25,388 --> 00:39:28,856
With going forward
with a criminal charge.
718
00:39:28,867 --> 00:39:31,534
- Narrator: The admission
is enough to make an arrest.
719
00:39:31,611 --> 00:39:34,112
But will it be enough
to convince a jury?
720
00:39:34,188 --> 00:39:37,791
- ♪
721
00:39:38,901 --> 00:39:42,170
- ♪
722
00:39:46,400 --> 00:39:49,386
- ♪
723
00:39:50,463 --> 00:39:51,671
- [police siren wails]
724
00:39:51,673 --> 00:39:53,631
- Narrator: Curtis forbes
is under arrest
725
00:39:53,633 --> 00:39:56,810
For the decades-old murder
of marilyn mcintyre.
726
00:39:59,180 --> 00:40:01,889
His wife, debbie, is now
cooperating with police
727
00:40:01,891 --> 00:40:03,566
And looking for answers.
728
00:40:03,568 --> 00:40:06,736
- ♪
729
00:40:06,738 --> 00:40:09,897
- Two days after
curtis was arrested,
730
00:40:09,899 --> 00:40:12,525
He had a phone call with debbie.
731
00:40:12,527 --> 00:40:15,027
- Narrator: Callers are informed
that the lines are recorded
732
00:40:15,029 --> 00:40:16,996
And conversations are monitored.
733
00:40:34,716 --> 00:40:37,383
- She's just interested in
getting the truth from him.
734
00:40:37,385 --> 00:40:39,093
But because it's
a recorded call,
735
00:40:39,095 --> 00:40:43,565
Unwittingly, she was a very
powerful advocate for us.
736
00:40:45,351 --> 00:40:47,727
- Wayne: What curt did at
that point was critical.
737
00:40:47,729 --> 00:40:49,395
He didn't say,
"what bloody shirt?
738
00:40:49,397 --> 00:40:52,356
There was no bloody shirt.
What are you talking about?"
739
00:40:52,358 --> 00:40:54,567
And we were pretty excited
as a group
740
00:40:54,569 --> 00:40:56,453
When we listened to that call.
741
00:40:59,365 --> 00:41:01,908
- Narrator: Twenty-nine years
after marilyn mcintyre
742
00:41:01,910 --> 00:41:05,411
Was fatally beaten
and stabbed...
743
00:41:05,413 --> 00:41:07,246
Police finally
have enough evidence
744
00:41:07,248 --> 00:41:11,042
To charge suspect curtis forbes
with first-degree murder.
745
00:41:11,044 --> 00:41:16,214
- ♪
746
00:41:16,216 --> 00:41:21,385
- Lane: I think curt forbes
had an infatuation for marilyn.
747
00:41:21,387 --> 00:41:24,555
It's ironic how
you cannot see something
748
00:41:24,557 --> 00:41:27,058
That's right
in front of your face.
749
00:41:27,060 --> 00:41:28,568
Never saw it coming.
750
00:41:30,605 --> 00:41:33,314
- David: There is enough proof
beyond a reasonable doubt
751
00:41:33,316 --> 00:41:35,566
To take the case to trial.
752
00:41:35,568 --> 00:41:37,944
Damn the torpedoes,
full steam ahead.
753
00:41:37,946 --> 00:41:42,281
- ♪
754
00:41:42,283 --> 00:41:43,407
- Female reporter:
Wearing jail orange,
755
00:41:43,409 --> 00:41:44,825
52-year-old curtis forbes
756
00:41:44,827 --> 00:41:48,412
Returned to court
in columbia county.
757
00:41:48,414 --> 00:41:50,122
- Narrator: Curtis forbes
stands trial
758
00:41:50,124 --> 00:41:53,125
For the murder of
marilyn mcintyre.
759
00:41:53,127 --> 00:41:57,296
- When I was testifying,
I looked straight at curt.
760
00:41:57,298 --> 00:42:03,135
- ♪
761
00:42:03,137 --> 00:42:07,273
- I was looking at him, just
glaring--him glaring back at me.
762
00:42:09,477 --> 00:42:10,977
I remember thinking,
763
00:42:10,979 --> 00:42:16,774
Had my boyfriend
not been home that morning,
764
00:42:16,776 --> 00:42:18,484
That it could have
very well have been me
765
00:42:18,486 --> 00:42:20,820
Instead of marilyn mcintyre.
766
00:42:20,822 --> 00:42:25,291
And that is very scary
to even think about.
767
00:42:29,163 --> 00:42:32,999
- The jury, after just
three hours of deliberation,
768
00:42:33,001 --> 00:42:34,625
Arrived at a verdict.
769
00:42:34,627 --> 00:42:38,004
- ♪
770
00:42:38,006 --> 00:42:41,340
- Jury foreman: Guilty.
- [crowd gasping]
771
00:42:41,342 --> 00:42:43,050
- Female reporter: Curtis forbes
dropped his head
772
00:42:43,052 --> 00:42:46,345
As sobs from the victim's
family filled the court.
773
00:42:46,347 --> 00:42:49,849
Guilty of first-degree murder
in the 1980 beating, stabbing,
774
00:42:49,851 --> 00:42:53,236
And strangling of
18-year-old marilyn mcintyre.
775
00:42:56,190 --> 00:43:01,861
- I just felt this exhale
of anguish that was like--
776
00:43:01,863 --> 00:43:04,739
I could just finally let go.
777
00:43:04,741 --> 00:43:08,200
It was just--came out
of me like, ughhhhhh.
778
00:43:08,202 --> 00:43:14,206
And it was like,
finally, after 30 years.
779
00:43:14,208 --> 00:43:15,758
You know?
780
00:43:15,760 --> 00:43:18,586
- ♪
781
00:43:18,588 --> 00:43:22,214
- It doesn't make
marilyn come back.
782
00:43:22,216 --> 00:43:25,509
But at least...We know.
783
00:43:25,511 --> 00:43:28,387
Thirty years of not
knowing what to think
784
00:43:28,389 --> 00:43:30,723
Is its own kind of torture.
785
00:43:30,725 --> 00:43:33,901
It's important that
there's resolution.
786
00:43:37,398 --> 00:43:40,241
- Narrator: Curtis forbes is
sentenced to life in prison.
787
00:43:43,404 --> 00:43:46,364
- David: Doing justice
for a family, you know,
788
00:43:46,366 --> 00:43:47,615
You're giving them something
789
00:43:47,617 --> 00:43:50,409
That nobody else
could give them.
790
00:43:50,411 --> 00:43:54,955
And...It's extremely rewarding.
791
00:43:54,957 --> 00:43:57,625
- Wayne: Makes you take
pride in your work.
792
00:43:57,627 --> 00:44:00,753
These types of crimes, you know,
they need to be answered
793
00:44:00,755 --> 00:44:03,089
And they need our attention.
794
00:44:03,091 --> 00:44:04,757
The exhumation was critical.
795
00:44:04,759 --> 00:44:07,259
Without the exhumation,
we may not have been able
796
00:44:07,261 --> 00:44:09,062
To bring justice to this family.
797
00:44:11,149 --> 00:44:13,391
- Lori: Justice was
served in the fact
798
00:44:13,393 --> 00:44:16,310
That curt forbes
was found guilty.
799
00:44:16,312 --> 00:44:19,397
And yet, at the same time,
800
00:44:19,399 --> 00:44:22,483
I feel that he was free
for 30 years.
801
00:44:22,485 --> 00:44:27,321
Thirty years that people
accused lane of doing this.
802
00:44:27,323 --> 00:44:30,282
Thirty years that
marilyn never had.
803
00:44:30,284 --> 00:44:34,420
Thirty years that lane
and marilyn's son struggled.
804
00:44:36,457 --> 00:44:41,293
- I hope and try so hard
to just be good enough
805
00:44:41,295 --> 00:44:45,589
That god will let my soul
get to be by marilyn once again.
806
00:44:45,591 --> 00:44:49,644
- ♪
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