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Narrator: OVER FOUR YEARS,
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A CRUEL, CALCULATING PREDATOR
TERRORIZES THE UNITED STATES.
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IT'S UP TO THREE ROOKIE
DETECTIVES TO HUNT HIM DOWN.
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I THINK HE ACTUALLY ENJOYED
PEOPLE WHO WERE DEAD.
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McChesney:
WHATEVER IT WAS INSIDE HIM
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WAS JUST BUILDING UP
AND BUILDING UP AND BUILDING UP.
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Narrator: NOW, DECADES LATER,
LEAD INVESTIGATOR BOB KEPPEL
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SHARES HIS EXTRAORDINARY
EXPERIENCE
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OF CHASING ONE OF AMERICA'S
MOST NOTORIOUS SERIAL KILLERS.
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DON'T KNOW.
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EVERYTHING TED BUNDY DID
WAS A GAME.
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EVERYTHING.
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Narrator: JUNE 1974.
THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST.
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IN THE LAST FIVE MONTHS,
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FOUR FEMALE COLLEGE STUDENTS
HAVE VANISHED.
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THERE REALLY ARE NO CLUES,
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NO THEORIES AS TO
THE DISAPPEARANCE OF THE GIRLS.
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Narrator:
FEAR SPREADS LIKE WILDFIRE
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THROUGHOUT WASHINGTON STATE.
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30-YEAR-OLD ROOKIE
HOMICIDE DETECTIVE BOB KEPPEL
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IS JUST TWO WEEKS
INTO HIS NEW JOB
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AT KING COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
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AFTER WORKING ONE
SUCCESSFUL MURDER INVESTIGATION,
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HE'S NOW ASSIGNED THE CASE
OF A FIFTH MISSING WOMAN.
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THE BRENDA BALL CASE --
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THAT WAS MY FIRST REAL CASE
TO BE CALLED OUT UPON.
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Narrator:
THE 22-YEAR-OLD WAS LAST SEEN
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LEAVING THE FLAME TAVERN
IN BURIEN,
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10 MILES OUTSIDE SEATTLE.
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I CONTACTED SEVERAL PEOPLE
WHO KNEW HER.
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THERE WAS NO TRACE OF HER
ANYWHERE.
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Narrator:
A MONTH INTO THE INVESTIGATION,
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TWO MORE STUDENTS
ARE REPORTED MISSING --
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23-YEAR-OLD JANICE OTT
AND 19-YEAR-OLD DENISE NASLUND.
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BOTH WERE LAST SEEN
ON THE SAME DAY
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AT LAKE SAMMAMISH,
A POPULAR BEACH
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12 MILES EAST OF SEATTLE.
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THE CASES ARE ASSIGNED
TO BOB KEPPEL
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AND ANOTHER ROOKIE DETECTIVE
ROGER DUNN.
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ROGER WAS A GOOD PARTNER TO HAVE
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BECAUSE HE DIDN'T MINCE WORDS
WITH ANYBODY.
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Narrator:
ALTHOUGH THEY DON'T KNOW IT YET,
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THE YOUNG DETECTIVES
ARE ON THE TAIL
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OF ONE OF AMERICA'S
MOST PROLIFIC KILLERS.
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IN SUCCEEDING DAYS,
WE WERE CONTACTED BY WOMEN
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WHO HAD SEEN JANICE OTT
WALKING WITH A MALE
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WEARING A SLING ON HIS ARM.
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SO HE HAD A SPECIAL LOOK
TO HIMSELF
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THAT NOBODY ELSE HAD THERE.
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AT LEAST THREE PEOPLE SAW HIM
COME UP
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AND TALK WITH JANICE OTT.
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THEY HEARD HIM SAY,
"HI, I'M TED."
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Narrator: ANOTHER WITNESS
ALSO REPORTS BEING APPROACHED
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BY A SIMILAR-LOOKING YOUNG MAN,
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WHO SHE CLAIMS TRIED TO LURE HER
TO THIS CAR --
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A VW BUG.
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BUT NOBODY CAN OFFER
ANY INFORMATION
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ON THE OTHER MISSING WOMAN.
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NO ONE SAW ANYONE
APPROACH DENISE NASLUND.
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SHE WAS GONE.
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Narrator:
THE CASE MAKES HEADLINE NEWS.
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24-YEAR-OLD KATHLEEN McCHESNEY,
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ONE OF ONLY FOUR FEMALE
DETECTIVES IN KING COUNTY,
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CLOSELY FOLLOWS ITS PROGRESS.
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AT THE TIME OF THESE CASES,
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I WASN'T THAT MUCH OLDER
THAN THE WOMEN
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WHO ULTIMATELY BECAME VICTIMS,
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SO I FELT ALMOST PART
OF WHAT WAS GOING ON
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IN THE COLLEGE COMMUNITIES
AT THE TIME.
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Narrator: DRAWING FROM
EYEWITNESS TESTIMONY,
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POLICE RELEASE A SKETCH
OF THE ALLEGED PERPETRATOR
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FROM LAKE SAMMAMISH,
A MAN THEY THINK IS CALLED TED.
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[ TELEPHONES RINGING ]
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WE HAD WELL OVER 500 CALLS A DAY
COMING IN.
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THE PROBLEM IS
WE COULDN'T BE GUARANTEED
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THAT THE VOLKSWAGEN BUG
OR THE NAME TED WERE REAL.
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WHEN WE ASKED THE WOMEN
THAT WERE ON THE BEACH,
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ONE OF THEM HEARD THE NAME TED.
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ANOTHER ONE HEARD THE NAME NED.
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AND ANOTHER ONE HEARD FRED.
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SO FLIP A COIN.
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WHICH ONE IS IT?
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McChesney: IN TERMS
OF SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS,
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PEOPLE DIDN'T HAVE CELLPHONES,
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SO AT LAKE SAMMAMISH,
FOR EXAMPLE,
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IF THAT WERE TO OCCUR TODAY...
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...YOU WOULD HAVE THOUSANDS
OF PHOTOGRAPHS
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ON A SUNDAY AFTERNOON
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THAT YOU WOULD BE ABLE
TO GET AHOLD OF.
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WE HAD VIRTUALLY
A HALF A DOZEN OR A DOZEN.
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Narrator:
KEPPEL CHECKS THE WHEREABOUTS
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OF SEVERAL WELL-KNOWN RAPISTS
AND MURDERERS
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AND TURNS UP A PROMISING LEAD.
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JOHN PAUL KNOWLES
WAS A SERIAL KILLER
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WHO WAS IN A HOTEL RIGHT NEAR
LAKE SAMMAMISH STATE PARK
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THE WEEK BEFORE
THE CRIMES OCCURRED.
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Narrator: ON SEPTEMBER 7th,
TWO HUNTERS ON A WOODED HILLSIDE
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TWO MILES EAST OF LAKE SAMMAMISH
MAKE A CHILLING DISCOVERY --
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HUMAN REMAINS.
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I WAS THE ONE CHOSEN TO BE
KIND OF IN CHARGE OF THE SEARCH.
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AND WE SEARCHED
FOR MAYBE 10 MINUTES
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AND STARTED FINDING BONES.
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Man: WHAT DO YOU GOT
THERE, BOB?
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JUST MORE BONES SO FAR.
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JAWBONES, AS A MATTER OF FACT,
AREN'T THEY?
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WELL, ONE KIND OF LOOKS LIKE
A JAWBONE, YES.
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GOT TEETH IN IT?
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YES.
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Narrator:
THE SEARCH LASTS FOR A WEEK.
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IT TURNS UP 26 BONES, INCLUDING
A SKULL AND TWO JAWBONES
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LATER IDENTIFIED AS BELONGING TO
JANICE OTT AND DENISE NASLUND.
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BONES OF A THIRD VICTIM
ARE ALSO RECOVERED,
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BUT CANNOT BE IDENTIFIED.
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THE BONE FRAGMENTS REVEAL
THE TRUE HORROR OF THE CRIMES.
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[ CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING ]
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Dunn: HAVE YOU EVER SEEN
ANYTHING LIKE THAT?
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Robert: NO.
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GUY'S A PSYCHO.
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HE'S A PATHETIC
SCREWBALL PSYCHO.
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WHAT THE HELL'S
HE DOING TO THOSE WOMEN?
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WOULD YOU STOP TALKING ABOUT IT,
PLEASE?
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THAT JAWBONE...
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IT WAS TOTALLY SMASHED.
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HE'D BEATEN HER
TO A PULP.
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WHAT KIND OF SICK MIND MAKES
YOU DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT?
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AND WHY -- WHY IS HE DOING
SOMETHING LIKE THAT?
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JUST TAKE IT EASY, ROGER.
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IT'S NUTS.
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Sande: I THINK ROGER FELT
MORE PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY
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FOR NOT STOPPING THE CRIMES.
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AND BOB APPROACHED IT MORE FROM
AN INVESTIGATOR'S STANDPOINT.
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SO, HE LIKES ORDER, HE LIKES
CONCLUSIONS TO THINGS,
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AND HE DOESN'T TALK
ABOUT FEELINGS.
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Narrator:
THE MISSING PERSONS CASES
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OF DENISE NASLUND AND JANICE OTT
HAVE NOW BEEN DESIGNATED
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A LARGE-SCALE HOMICIDE
INVESTIGATION.
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IT ENABLED US TO THINK
THAT WE NEEDED TO LOOK
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MORE INTO OTHER MISSING PERSONS.
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BUT EVERY OTHER MISSING PERSON
THAT COULD HAVE BEEN OUT THERE
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AT THE TIME, WE FOUND ALIVE.
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BUT THERE WERE THESE FEW
THAT WERE NEVER FOUND.
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Narrator:
OVER THE NEXT SIX MONTHS,
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KEPPEL EXPANDS HIS INVESTIGATION
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TO INCLUDE
A FURTHER FIVE MISSING WOMEN --
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LYNDA HEALY, DONNA MANSON,
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SUSAN RANCOURT,
GEORGANN HAWKINS,
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AND HIS ORIGINAL CASE,
BRENDA BALL.
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COULD THEY HAVE FALLEN VICTIM
TO THE SAME RUTHLESS KILLER?
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IT WASN'T A POPULAR THEORY
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THAT THEY WERE ALL ABDUCTED
BY THE SAME PERSON.
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IT HAD NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE,
SO WHY WOULD IT HAPPEN THEN?
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Narrator: SINCE GETTING ASSIGNED
THE CASE SEVEN MONTHS AGO,
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KEPPEL AND DUNN
STILL HAVE NO HARD EVIDENCE
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POINTING TO A SUSPECT.
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AND ONE OF THEIR BEST EARLY
LEADS HAS ALREADY GONE COLD.
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THE KNOWN KILLER IN THE AREA,
JOHN PAUL KNOWLES,
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HAD LEFT TOWN BEFORE OTT
AND NASLUND'S DISAPPEARANCE,
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AND THERE'S ANOTHER REASON
TO EXCLUDE HIM.
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Robert: THE SUSPECT WAS THOUGHT
TO BE ANYWHERE FROM 5'10" TO 6'.
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JOHN PAUL KNOWLES WAS CLOSER
TO 6'6".
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Narrator: DESPITE KNOWLES
BEING RULED OUT AS A SUSPECT,
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KEPPEL BELIEVES
THE CASES ARE LINKED.
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BUT TO PROVE IT,
HE NEEDS EVIDENCE.
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THE PROBLEM IS FORENSIC SCIENCE
IN THE 1970s IS IN ITS INFANCY,
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AND DNA ANALYSIS
HASN'T BEEN INVENTED.
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DENTAL RECORDS WERE THE ONLY WAY
THEY COULD BE IDENTIFIED.
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FOR INSTANCE, SUSAN RANCOURT --
SHE HAD A BRIDGE.
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BRENDA BALL -- SHE HAD FILLINGS.
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SO I HAD BASICALLY MEMORIZED
THE DENTAL CHARTS
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OF ALL KNOWN MISSING WOMEN,
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SO I KNEW QUITE A BIT
ABOUT WHAT I WAS TO FIND.
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Narrator: MARCH 2, 1975,
ON TAYLOR MOUNTAIN,
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JUST 10 MILES FROM WHERE
THE FIRST BONES WERE FOUND,
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TWO FORESTRY STUDENTS
STUMBLE ACROSS A HUMAN SKULL.
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DETECTIVE KEPPEL IS
ONE OF THE FIRST ON THE SCENE.
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AS SOON AS HE SEES
THE SKULL'S TEETH,
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HE KNOWS THE VICTIM'S NAME.
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BRENDA BALL.
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THAT SAME DAY,
I FOUND ANOTHER SKULL,
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WHICH TURNED OUT TO BE
SUSAN RANCOURT.
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AND THEN LATER ON,
WE FOUND A SKULL
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BELONGING TO KATHY PARKS
FROM OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY.
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Narrator: REMAINS OF ANOTHER
VICTIM LATER PROVE TO BE
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THAT OF 21-YEAR-OLD
COLLEGE STUDENT LYNDA HEALY.
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ALL FOUR SKULLS
HAD FRACTURE MARKS.
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Narrator:
THE HEAD INJURIES SUSTAINED
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BY THE VICTIMS AT BOTH SITES
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CONFIRM BOB KEPPEL'S
WORST FEARS.
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Robert:
IT WAS A PRETTY GOOD INDICATOR
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THAT THEY ALL SUFFERED DAMAGE
FROM THE SAME PERSON.
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Narrator: AND THAT'S NOT ALL.
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THE KILLER'S
NOT JUST DUMPING BODIES.
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HE'S DECAPITATING THEM.
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Narrator:
IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST,
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FEMALE COLLEGE STUDENTS
ARE DISAPPEARING
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AT A TERRIFYING RATE.
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Man:
WHAT DO YOU GOT THERE, BOB?
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WHEN DECAPITATED BODIES
START TURNING UP,
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POLICE REALIZE THEY'RE CHASING
A CRAZED SERIAL KILLER,
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THE LIKES OF WHICH
HAS NEVER BEEN KNOWN BEFORE.
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IT'S UNREAL AND IT'S A NIGHTMARE
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AND NOTHING IN ANYBODY'S MANUAL
WOULD PREPARE YOU
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FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
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Narrator: NOW, WITH REMAINS
FOUND AT TWO SITES
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AND TIPS FLOODING IN,
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THE KING COUNTY
SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT RECOGNIZES
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THEY NEED MORE MAN POWER
TO WORK THE CASE.
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RADIO CHECK.
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A TASK FORCE IS ESTABLISHED
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WITH BOB KEPPEL AND ROGER DUNN
LEAD DETECTIVES.
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THERE WAS NOTHING
LIKE THIS CASE
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THAT I COULD FIND
IN THE HISTORY,
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ANYWHERE IN WASHINGTON STATE.
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Narrator: SINCE YOUNG WOMEN
FIRST BEGAN DISAPPEARING
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13 MONTHS AGO,
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INVESTIGATORS HAVE POSITIVELY
IDENTIFIED SIX BODIES.
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ONLY 18-YEAR-OLD
GEORGANN HAWKINS
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AND 19-YEAR-OLD DONNA MANSON
REMAIN UNACCOUNTED FOR.
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IN SEATTLE,
FEAR GROWS THAT THEY, TOO,
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MAY HAVE FALLEN VICTIM
TO THE BRUTAL PREDATOR
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KNOWN TO POLICE AS "TED."
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IT WAS VERY HARD TO SOLVE
BECAUSE WE HAD NOTHING.
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WE HAD NO GOOD SUSPECT
THAT STOOD OUT.
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Narrator: OFFICERS SPEND
THOUSANDS OF HOURS
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TRYING TO GET THEIR HEADS
AROUND THE CHALLENGING CASE.
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BUT JUST ONE MONTH LATER,
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THE TASK FORCE IS DISBANDED
WITH NO REAL PROGRESS
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HAVING BEEN MADE.
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KEPPEL AND DUNN ARE LEFT
WITH MORE THAN 3,000
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POSSIBLE SUSPECTS
AND NO SOLID LEADS.
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WHEN THEIR CAPTAIN OFFERS
JUST ONE MORE DETECTIVE
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TO ASSIST THEM,
THEY MAKE A BOLD MOVE.
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THEY CHOOSE ONE OF KEPPEL'S
FORMER TRAINEES,
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24-YEAR-OLD KATHLEEN McCHESNEY,
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A DETECTIVE IN
THE CHECKS AND FRAUD DIVISION.
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SHE WAS EAGER TO GET OUT
OF CHECKS AND FRAUD
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BECAUSE THAT'S A LOSER PLACE
IF YOU'RE A DETECTIVE.
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McChesney:
THERE WERE CERTAINLY SOME MEN
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WHO DIDN'T THINK THAT WOMEN
SHOULD BE IN LAW ENFORCEMENT,
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BUT BOB KEPPEL IS AN INDIVIDUAL
WHO IS FOCUSED ON WORK,
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AND HE DOESN'T CARE
WHAT HIS PARTNER LOOKS LIKE.
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HE ONLY CARES HOW THEY ACT AND
THE INTELLECT THAT THEY PROVIDE.
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Narrator: DETECTIVE McCHESNEY
OFFERS THE INVESTIGATION
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SOMETHING INCREDIBLY VALUABLE --
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A FEMALE PERSPECTIVE ON HOW
THE KILLER TARGETS HIS VICTIMS.
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THIS WAS SOMEONE
WHO WAS VERY BRIGHT, VERY SMART,
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WHO HAD A LITTLE BIT
OF THE GIFT OF GAB
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AND ABLE TO CONVINCE SOMEONE
TO GO WITH HIM.
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WHY DO THEY KEEP
FALLING FOR IT?
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I MEAN, WHY DO THEY GO OFF WITH
AN UNKNOWN GUY -- THIS LOSER?
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I THINK HE...LOVES WOMEN.
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I THINK HE KNOWS
WHAT THEY WANT.
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WOMEN LIKE THAT.
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I'D LIKE THAT.
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I WANT TO MEET A NICE GUY.
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AT FIRST, THAT'S HIM.
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THE FIRST KILLING
IS DANGEROUS --
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SCARY, PROBABLY...
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EXCITING.
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SO HE TRIES IT AGAIN.
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IS HE GONNA
KEEP ON KILLING?
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OH, HE'S HOOKED.
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HE CAN'T STOP.
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SEATTLE IN THE 1970s
WAS A PRETTY LOOSE,
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LIBERAL SORT OF COMMUNITY.
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PEOPLE WERE MORE TRUSTING
AND CERTAINLY LESS SUSPICIOUS
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OF STRANGERS
THAN THEY ARE TODAY.
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BUT AFTER THE MURDERS,
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WOMEN WERE BECOMING AFRAID
TO GO OUT,
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AFRAID TO TALK TO PEOPLE,
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AFRAID TO DO THE KINDS OF THINGS
THAT THEY HAD DONE VERY SAFELY
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AND WITHOUT A THOUGHT
PRIOR TO THAT.
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SHE DIDN'T SHOW UP
TO THE FINAL.
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I TALKED TO THE PROFESSOR
THE NEXT DAY.
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HE SAID HE WAS REALLY SURPRISED
THAT SHE DIDN'T SHOW UP.
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Narrator: RUMORS CIRCULATE
THAT THE KILLER PREYS
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ON A PARTICULAR TYPE.
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McChesney: VICTIMS WERE
ALL WOMEN, OF COURSE,
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OF A CERTAIN AGE,
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GENERALLY THEIR LATE TEENS,
EARLY 20s.
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Narrator: BUT AGE AND APPEARANCE
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ARE ONLY PART
OF THE KILLER'S M.O.
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THE FACT THAT
HE WENT TO COLLEGE CAMPUSES
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AND FOUND VICTIMS WAS
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BECAUSE HE WAS SO COMFORTABLE
IN THE COLLEGE SETTING.
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HE KNEW HOW TO TALK TO CO-EDS.
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HE KNEW HOW TO APPROACH THEM.
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SO THAT WAS HIS AREA.
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THAT WAS WHERE HE DID HIS WORK.
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Narrator:
WITH NO VIABLE SUSPECT,
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THE STRESS MOUNTS
ON THE LEAD DETECTIVES.
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THE MEDIA WERE SURROUNDING US,
SEEKING INFORMATION,
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BUT IT WASN'T JUST
BECAUSE IT WAS SENSATIONAL.
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IT WAS BECAUSE THE COMMUNITY
REALLY NEEDED TO KNOW
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WHAT WAS GOING ON.
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THIS IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT
THAN MOST HOMICIDE CASES
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THAT WE HANDLED.
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I DON'T KNOW THAT PEOPLE REALIZE
THE BURDEN THAT DETECTIVES HAVE
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OR THE RESPONSIBILITY OR GUILT.
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I THINK THAT BOB WAS THINKING
ABOUT THAT ALL THE TIME.
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[ CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING ]
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Narrator: WORKING SUCH
AN IMPOSSIBLE, HIGH-STAKES CASE
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IN THE GLARE
OF THE MEDIA SPOTLIGHT,
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KEPPEL, DUNN, AND McCHESNEY
ARE LIVING IN A PRESSURE COOKER.
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BUT THEY REFUSE TO LOSE HOPE.
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I THINK PEOPLE PERHAPS THOUGHT
IT WAS UN-SOLVABLE.
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WE NEVER BELIEVED THAT.
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I THINK ONE OF THESE DAYS
WE'LL FIND HIM.
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I CAN'T TELL YOU WHEN,
BUT WE WILL.
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Narrator: BUT WITH
SO MANY POTENTIAL SUSPECTS,
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THEY'RE DROWNING IN PAPERWORK.
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IT WAS OVERWHELMING,
AND IN A CASE LIKE THAT,
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IT'S POSSIBLE THAT YOU'RE GONNA
OVERLOOK SOMETHING.
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AND THAT'S
YOUR BIGGEST NIGHTMARE.
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Narrator: SWAMPED BY NAMES,
DATES, CAR MODELS, AND ALIBIS,
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KEPPEL REALIZES THEY HAVE
TOO MUCH DATA TO PROCESS.
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DESPERATE TO MAKE SENSE OF IT,
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HE COMES UP
WITH A STARTLING IDEA.
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I RAN INTO THE COMPUTER PERSON,
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AND I STARTED TALKING TO HIM
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ABOUT WHAT COULD HE DO
TO HELP US.
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I THOUGHT THERE WAS A CHANCE
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THE COMPUTER COULD TAKE
ALL THE NAMES WE HAD
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AND CATEGORIZE THEM
AND LINK THEM TOGETHER.
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Narrator: IN 1975,
WITH COMPUTERS IN THEIR INFANCY,
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IT'S A REVOLUTIONARY CONCEPT.
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WE BELIEVE IT WAS
THE FIRST TIME COMPUTERS
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HAVE BEEN USED
IN A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION.
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BEING ABLE TO USE COMPUTERS
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WAS ABSOLUTELY AN ESSENTIAL PART
OF PUTTING THAT CASE TOGETHER.
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Narrator: NOW ABLE
TO CROSS-REFERENCE OWNERS
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OF VW BUGS WITH UP TO
30 OTHER SUB-CATEGORIES,
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KEPPEL AND HIS TEAM
REDUCE THEIR LIST
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OF POTENTIAL SUSPECTS
FROM NEARLY 3,000 TO JUST 100.
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NOW THEY MUST WADE
ALPHABETICALLY THROUGH
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THE NEW COMPUTER-GENERATED LIST,
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ELIMINATING SUSPECTS
AS FAST AS THEY CAN
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BEFORE THE KILLER STRIKES AGAIN.
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WE DEFINITELY WANTED AN ALIBI --
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SOMETHING WHEN IT WOULD PROVE
WHOEVER WE WERE LOOKING AT
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WAS NOT AT LAKE SAMMAMISH
ON SUNDAY, JULY 14th.
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Narrator: IT'S A PAINSTAKINGLY
SLOW PROCESS.
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IN TWO MONTHS,
THEY ELIMINATE ONLY SIX NAMES.
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INCREDIBLY, DURING THAT TIME,
NO MORE WOMEN GO MISSING.
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SO, WHERE IS TED?
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EITHER THE KILLER WAS DEAD
OR HAD MOVED ON.
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Narrator: IF THE KILLER
HAS FLED WASHINGTON STATE,
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HIS TRAIL COULD EASILY GO COLD.
354
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THEN SUDDENLY,
THE DETECTIVES CATCH A BREAK.
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YOU ALWAYS HOPE THAT
YOUR OFFENDER MAKES A MISTAKE.
356
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OH, I WAS CONVINCED
HE WAS THE RIGHT ONE.
357
00:21:22,967 --> 00:21:25,400
Narrator: AFTER A YEAR HUNTING
A SERIAL KILLER
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KNOWN ONLY AS "TED,"
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KING COUNTY DETECTIVES
KEPPEL, DUNN, AND McCHESNEY
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HAVE TWO
UNEXPLAINED DISAPPEARANCES
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AND 94 POSSIBLE SUSPECTS.
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OCTOBER 15, 1975.
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A 28-YEAR-OLD MAN IS ARRESTED
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FOR THE ATTEMPTED KIDNAPPING
OF CAROL DaRONCH,
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AN 18-YEAR-OLD
TELEPHONE OPERATOR.
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IMPERSONATING A POLICE OFFICER,
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THE MAN LURED HER TO HIS CAR
AND ATTACKED HER
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BEFORE SHE MANAGED TO ESCAPE.
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McChesney: HIS VEHICLE
WAS A VOLKSWAGEN BUG,
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WHICH WAS OUR SUSPECT VEHICLE.
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00:22:19,533 --> 00:22:21,633
AND THERE WERE SOME THINGS
ABOUT THE DESCRIPTION
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THAT ALSO REINFORCED
IT PROBABLY WAS THIS TED PERSON.
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Narrator: HAS THE RUTHLESS
KILLER MADE HIS FIRST MISTAKE?
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DETECTIVES IMMEDIATELY CHECK
THE MAN'S NAME
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AGAINST THEIR LIST
OF POSSIBLE SUSPECTS.
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THEODORE ROBERT BUNDY
WAS TED #7.
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IN HIS VEHICLE, THERE WAS A MASK
WITH EYE HOLES CUT OUT,
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A CROWBAR,
AND A PAIR OF HANDCUFFS.
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00:23:04,967 --> 00:23:10,067
THERE WERE THINGS THAT YOU WOULD
EXPECT A SERIAL KILLER TO HAVE.
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Narrator: TED BUNDY IMMEDIATELY
BECOMES THE PRIME SUSPECT
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IN THE WASHINGTON STATE
SLAYINGS.
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STILL, INVESTIGATORS
MUST CHECK BUNDY'S ALIBIS
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AGAINST EACH
OF THE SIX KNOWN MURDERS.
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THEY GO STRAIGHT TO THE PERSON
WHO KNOWS HIM BEST --
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HIS LONG-TERM GIRLFRIEND, LIZ.
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McChesney:
YOU KNOW HE'S BEEN CHARGED --
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AGGRAVATED KIDNAPPING.
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00:23:41,400 --> 00:23:44,133
NO.
THAT'S NOT POSSIBLE.
389
00:23:44,167 --> 00:23:46,200
HE WOULDN'T.
YOU CAN ASK ANYONE.
390
00:23:49,333 --> 00:23:52,500
LIZ...
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00:23:52,533 --> 00:23:55,567
THOSE ARE ALL THE ITEMS
FOUND IN HIS CAR.
392
00:23:55,600 --> 00:23:57,833
CAN YOU EXPLAIN
ANY OF THAT?
393
00:23:57,867 --> 00:24:00,100
NO.
394
00:24:00,133 --> 00:24:02,367
HE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING.
395
00:24:02,400 --> 00:24:03,700
I LOVE HIM.
396
00:24:03,733 --> 00:24:05,167
WE'RE GONNA GET MARRIED.
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00:24:05,200 --> 00:24:06,767
I SHOULDN'T EVEN BE HERE.
398
00:24:09,200 --> 00:24:10,733
IS HE VIOLENT WITH YOU?
399
00:24:10,767 --> 00:24:12,733
NO.
400
00:24:14,367 --> 00:24:16,067
ONCE OR TWICE.
401
00:24:17,267 --> 00:24:20,233
Narrator: DESPITE PROTESTING
HIS INNOCENCE,
402
00:24:20,267 --> 00:24:21,767
LIZ WASN'T WITH HER BOYFRIEND
403
00:24:21,800 --> 00:24:25,667
ON THE DAY THAT TWO YOUNG WOMEN
WENT MISSING AT LAKE SAMMAMISH.
404
00:24:25,700 --> 00:24:30,700
AND NOW IT EMERGES
THAT SHE HAD BEEN WARY OF BUNDY
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00:24:30,733 --> 00:24:35,167
SINCE THE FIRST COMPOSITE SKETCH
WAS RELEASED IN JULY 1974,
406
00:24:35,200 --> 00:24:38,533
MORE THAN A YEAR AGO.
407
00:24:38,567 --> 00:24:44,433
SHE WAS CONCERNED WHEN TED
STARTED TO DEMONSTRATE BEHAVIORS
408
00:24:44,467 --> 00:24:47,733
THAT WERE UNUSUAL
409
00:24:47,767 --> 00:24:51,367
AND, IN FACT,
TO HER WORDS, SOMEWHAT SCARY.
410
00:24:53,400 --> 00:24:57,267
SHE WAS AMONG
HUNDREDS OF OTHER WOMEN
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00:24:57,300 --> 00:25:01,900
WHO HAD TURNED IN THEIR
BOYFRIENDS AS POSSIBLE SUSPECTS.
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00:25:01,933 --> 00:25:04,267
Narrator:
AFTER LIZ CALLED POLICE
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WITH A TIP ABOUT HER BOYFRIEND,
414
00:25:06,167 --> 00:25:09,167
THEY RAN A BACKGROUND CHECK
ON BUNDY,
415
00:25:09,200 --> 00:25:13,300
BUT FOUND NOTHING SUSPICIOUS.
416
00:25:13,333 --> 00:25:16,600
NOW THEY MUST DIG DEEPER.
417
00:25:16,633 --> 00:25:19,333
Robert:
WE BEGAN TO INVESTIGATE HIM.
418
00:25:19,367 --> 00:25:22,667
WE CONTACTED EVERYBODY
WE COULD FIND
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THAT HAD ANYTHING
TO DO WITH HIM --
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HIS PROFESSORS
AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON,
421
00:25:27,233 --> 00:25:29,633
LOCATIONS WHERE HE'D WORKED,
422
00:25:29,667 --> 00:25:33,900
LOCATIONS WHERE HE'D LIVED,
HIS RELATIVES.
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Narrator: OUTWARDLY,
TED BUNDY APPEARS HANDSOME,
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CHARMING, AND POLITE.
425
00:25:41,167 --> 00:25:45,367
COULD THIS CLEAN-CUT
28-YEAR-OLD FORMER LAW STUDENT
426
00:25:45,400 --> 00:25:48,433
REALLY BE CAPABLE
OF SUCH ATROCITIES?
427
00:25:48,467 --> 00:25:51,500
Louise: OUR SON IS THE BEST SON
IN THE WORLD.
428
00:25:51,533 --> 00:25:52,933
WE STILL DON'T BELIEVE IT.
429
00:25:52,967 --> 00:25:54,400
IT JUST CAN'T BE.
430
00:25:54,433 --> 00:25:59,367
I KEEP SHAKING MY HEAD DAY AFTER
DAY, SAYING, "HOW CAN THIS BE?"
431
00:25:59,400 --> 00:26:03,067
Robert:
EVERYONE THOUGHT WE WERE WRONG.
432
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I MEAN, WHEN YOU HAVE GOVERNORS
SPEAKING ON YOUR BEHALF,
433
00:26:08,600 --> 00:26:12,400
THAT HELPS YOU LOOK LIKE
A GOOD PERSON.
434
00:26:14,400 --> 00:26:16,800
McChesney: BUT THE FACT THAT TED
WAS FROM SEATTLE
435
00:26:16,833 --> 00:26:20,833
AND HAD BEEN IN THE SEATTLE AREA
AT THE TIME OF OUR CASES
436
00:26:20,867 --> 00:26:25,733
LED ME TO BELIEVE THAT WE HAD
A REALLY GOOD SUSPECT HERE.
437
00:26:25,767 --> 00:26:30,133
WE COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING
THAT WOULD ELIMINATE HIM.
438
00:26:30,167 --> 00:26:33,100
McChesney: I THINK TED BUNDY
WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL
439
00:26:33,133 --> 00:26:36,067
AT SEPARATING
THE DIFFERENT PARTS OF HIS LIFE,
440
00:26:36,067 --> 00:26:39,500
WHETHER IT WAS FROM WOMEN
HE WAS SEEING, HIS PROFESSORS --
441
00:26:39,533 --> 00:26:43,700
THEY WERE NEVER ABLE
TO SEE THE DARK SIDE OF HIM
442
00:26:43,733 --> 00:26:47,467
BECAUSE TED WAS
A MASTER MANIPULATOR.
443
00:26:47,500 --> 00:26:49,500
I'LL PLEAD NOT GUILTY RIGHT NOW.
444
00:26:52,333 --> 00:26:57,167
Narrator: IN NOVEMBER 1975,
ONE MONTH AFTER BUNDY'S ARREST,
445
00:26:57,200 --> 00:26:59,667
BOB KEPPEL TRAVELS
TO ASPEN, COLORADO,
446
00:26:59,700 --> 00:27:02,267
TO MEET WITH DETECTIVES
AND PROSECUTORS
447
00:27:02,300 --> 00:27:07,067
INVESTIGATING THE MURDER
OF 23-YEAR-OLD CARYN CAMPBELL.
448
00:27:07,067 --> 00:27:11,067
THEIR PRIME SUSPECT --
TED BUNDY.
449
00:27:11,067 --> 00:27:14,333
WE KNEW THAT IF HE GOT
A CONVICTION IN COLORADO,
450
00:27:14,367 --> 00:27:16,333
IT WOULD STRENGTHEN OUR CASE,
451
00:27:16,367 --> 00:27:21,600
AND WE'D BE ABLE TO USE
THEIR CONVICTION IN OUR COURTS.
452
00:27:21,633 --> 00:27:23,667
Narrator: ALSO IN ATTENDANCE
453
00:27:23,700 --> 00:27:26,767
ARE DETECTIVES
FROM UTAH AND CALIFORNIA.
454
00:27:26,800 --> 00:27:29,433
IT'S ONLY WHEN THEY COMPARE
CASE NOTES
455
00:27:29,467 --> 00:27:33,567
THAT THEY REALIZE THE TRUE
EXTENT OF BUNDY'S CRIMES.
456
00:27:42,133 --> 00:27:46,167
ON MARCH 1, 1976,
TED BUNDY IS FOUND GUILTY
457
00:27:46,200 --> 00:27:49,433
OF THE KIDNAPPING AND ASSAULT
OF CAROL DaRONCH.
458
00:27:49,467 --> 00:27:52,600
HE IS SENTENCED
TO BETWEEN 1 AND 15 YEARS
459
00:27:52,633 --> 00:27:55,067
IN UTAH STATE PRISON.
460
00:27:55,067 --> 00:27:57,733
HE IS ALSO CHARGED
WITH THE COLORADO MURDER
461
00:27:57,767 --> 00:28:00,800
OF CARYN CAMPBELL
AFTER LOCKS OF HER HAIR
462
00:28:00,833 --> 00:28:03,100
WERE DISCOVERED IN HIS CAR.
463
00:28:03,867 --> 00:28:08,633
BUT WHILE BUNDY AWAITS TRIAL,
THE UNTHINKABLE HAPPENS.
464
00:28:08,667 --> 00:28:13,767
I RECEIVED A TELEPHONE CALL
THAT SAID,
465
00:28:13,800 --> 00:28:16,533
"HE'S GONE.
466
00:28:16,567 --> 00:28:18,067
HE'S ESCAPED."
467
00:28:26,467 --> 00:28:29,133
Narrator:
ON NEW YEAR'S EVE 1977,
468
00:28:29,167 --> 00:28:32,333
WHILE SERVING A SENTENCE
FOR ATTEMPTED KIDNAPPING
469
00:28:32,367 --> 00:28:35,367
AND AWAITING TRIAL FOR
THE MURDER OF CARYN CAMPBELL,
470
00:28:35,400 --> 00:28:39,800
TED BUNDY ESCAPES FROM
HIS JAIL CELL IN COLORADO.
471
00:28:45,667 --> 00:28:49,800
I CALLED SEVERAL PEOPLE
THAT I KNEW THAT KNEW TED BUNDY
472
00:28:49,833 --> 00:28:53,967
AND TOLD THEM THAT THEY SHOULD
CALL US RIGHT AWAY
473
00:28:54,067 --> 00:28:55,900
IF THEY HEAR FROM HIM,
474
00:28:55,933 --> 00:28:58,533
OTHERWISE, I'D ARREST 'EM.
475
00:28:58,567 --> 00:29:00,433
I TOLD HIS MOTHER THAT.
476
00:29:02,867 --> 00:29:06,400
Narrator: A NATIONWIDE MANHUNT
IS LAUNCHED,
477
00:29:06,433 --> 00:29:09,067
AND BUNDY SHOOTS STRAIGHT
TO THE TOP
478
00:29:09,067 --> 00:29:11,967
OF THE FBI's MOST WANTED LIST.
479
00:29:12,067 --> 00:29:13,867
TED BUNDY BECAME
A HOUSEHOLD NAME.
480
00:29:13,900 --> 00:29:16,533
[ CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING ]
481
00:29:18,567 --> 00:29:20,733
THE MEDIA MADE HIM A FOLK HERO.
482
00:29:22,833 --> 00:29:24,700
THERE WAS SOMETHING ODD
ABOUT IT.
483
00:29:24,733 --> 00:29:26,967
Narrator:
NO ONE KNOWS WHERE BUNDY IS,
484
00:29:27,067 --> 00:29:30,900
BUT DETECTIVE BOB KEPPEL IS SURE
ABOUT ONE THING.
485
00:29:32,300 --> 00:29:36,300
I ABSOLUTELY THOUGHT
THAT HE WOULD KILL AGAIN.
486
00:29:48,800 --> 00:29:52,100
Anchorman: IT'S BEEN FOUR DAYS
SINCE THE FSU MURDERS OCCURRED,
487
00:29:52,133 --> 00:29:53,600
AND THE MOOD BOTH ON CAMPUS
488
00:29:53,633 --> 00:29:55,800
AND HERE IN THIS USUALLY
PEACEFUL CITY
489
00:29:55,833 --> 00:29:57,667
IS STILL ONE OF APPREHENSION.
490
00:30:00,133 --> 00:30:02,233
McChesney:
THE EARMARKS WERE THERE
491
00:30:02,267 --> 00:30:06,167
THAT TED BUNDY
WAS VERY LIKELY THE OFFENDER.
492
00:30:06,200 --> 00:30:08,567
Narrator: THE DEADLY ATTACKS
ON YOUNG WOMEN
493
00:30:08,600 --> 00:30:10,533
IN THE UNIVERSITY SORORITY HOUSE
494
00:30:10,567 --> 00:30:14,200
DISPLAYS A NEW LEVEL
OF BLOODTHIRSTY RECKLESSNESS.
495
00:30:14,233 --> 00:30:17,967
FOUR WEEKS LATER,
HE STRIKES AGAIN.
496
00:30:18,000 --> 00:30:20,900
ONLY THIS TIME,
HIS VICTIM IS MUCH YOUNGER
497
00:30:20,933 --> 00:30:24,967
THAN HIS USUAL TARGETS --
498
00:30:25,000 --> 00:30:28,867
12-YEAR-OLD SCHOOLGIRL
KIMBERLY LEACH.
499
00:30:28,900 --> 00:30:32,867
THAT FRIGHTENED
A LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE.
500
00:30:32,900 --> 00:30:35,900
TED BUNDY --
HE WAS IN SUCH A FRENZY
501
00:30:35,933 --> 00:30:39,100
BECAUSE HE HAD NOT KILLED
FOR SO LONG,
502
00:30:39,133 --> 00:30:41,333
SO WHATEVER IT WAS INSIDE HIM
503
00:30:41,367 --> 00:30:44,533
WAS JUST BUILDING UP
AND BUILDING UP AND BUILDING UP.
504
00:30:48,367 --> 00:30:51,200
Narrator: ONE WEEK LATER,
IN PENSACOLA, FLORIDA,
505
00:30:51,233 --> 00:30:55,033
POLICE PULL OVER A CAR
WITH STOLEN PLATES.
506
00:30:55,067 --> 00:30:58,933
THE DRIVER -- TED BUNDY.
507
00:31:00,667 --> 00:31:03,067
IT'S AN INCREDIBLY LUCKY BREAK.
508
00:31:06,233 --> 00:31:10,233
BUNDY IS ARRESTED AND PUT ON
TRIAL FOR THE FLORIDA MURDERS.
509
00:31:10,267 --> 00:31:12,767
THEODORE ROBERT BUNDY.
510
00:31:12,800 --> 00:31:15,067
Narrator:
ARMED WITH EYEWITNESS REPORTS
511
00:31:15,100 --> 00:31:16,800
AND PHYSICAL EVIDENCE TYING HIM
512
00:31:16,833 --> 00:31:19,100
TO THE SORORITY-HOUSE
CRIME SCENE,
513
00:31:19,133 --> 00:31:21,333
THE PROSECUTION'S CASE IS
STRONG.
514
00:31:21,367 --> 00:31:23,600
SHE HAD BEEN BEATEN
SEVERELY.
515
00:31:23,633 --> 00:31:27,700
AT TRIAL,
BUNDY DENIES THE ALLEGATIONS,
516
00:31:27,733 --> 00:31:29,733
AND EVER THE PUBLIC SHOWMAN,
517
00:31:29,767 --> 00:31:33,533
THE FORMER LAW STUDENT
EVEN ACTS AS HIS OWN ATTORNEY.
518
00:31:33,567 --> 00:31:38,967
Robert: YOU WATCH BUNDY'S
BEHAVIOR THROUGHOUT THAT TRIAL,
519
00:31:39,067 --> 00:31:41,067
AND HE WAS
REALLY ENJOYING HIMSELF.
520
00:31:41,067 --> 00:31:44,600
Man: DON'T SHAKE YOUR FINGER
AT ME, YOUNG MAN.
521
00:31:47,533 --> 00:31:50,167
THE SENTENCE OF THIS COURT --
THAT YOU, THEODORE ROBERT BUNDY,
522
00:31:50,200 --> 00:31:52,467
BE ADJUDICATED GUILTY OF MURDER
IN THE FIRST DEGREE.
523
00:31:52,500 --> 00:31:55,900
Narrator:
IN JULY 1979, BUNDY IS CONVICTED
524
00:31:55,933 --> 00:31:59,067
ON THREE COUNTS
OF FIRST-DEGREE MURDER,
525
00:31:59,067 --> 00:32:00,967
THREE COUNTS
OF ATTEMPTED MURDER,
526
00:32:01,067 --> 00:32:03,067
AND TWO COUNTS OF BURGLARY.
527
00:32:05,067 --> 00:32:07,800
A MAJORITY OF THE JURY ADVISES
AND RECOMMENDS TO THE COURT
528
00:32:07,833 --> 00:32:10,333
THAT IT IMPOSE THE DEATH PENALTY
UPON THE DEFENDANT,
529
00:32:10,367 --> 00:32:11,467
THEODORE ROBERT BUNDY.
530
00:32:14,100 --> 00:32:15,867
[ BUNDY SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY ]
531
00:32:15,900 --> 00:32:17,767
DO YOU UNDERSTAND?
532
00:32:19,833 --> 00:32:21,867
Narrator: THOUGH BUNDY RECEIVES
THE DEATH SENTENCE
533
00:32:21,900 --> 00:32:23,933
FOR THE FLORIDA SLAYINGS,
534
00:32:23,967 --> 00:32:26,467
THERE ARE DOZENS MORE
UNSOLVED MURDERS,
535
00:32:26,500 --> 00:32:28,800
INCLUDING EIGHT
IN WASHINGTON STATE
536
00:32:28,833 --> 00:32:31,567
THAT DETECTIVES
KEPPEL, DUNN, AND McCHESNEY
537
00:32:31,600 --> 00:32:34,700
BELIEVE BUNDY COMMITTED.
538
00:32:34,733 --> 00:32:37,967
WE FELT DISAPPOINTED
THAT WE WEREN'T ABLE
539
00:32:38,067 --> 00:32:40,933
TO GET JUSTICE
FOR THOSE VICTIMS' FAMILIES
540
00:32:40,967 --> 00:32:42,800
IN WASHINGTON STATE.
541
00:32:42,833 --> 00:32:47,133
I KNOW HE MURDERED DENISE,
542
00:32:47,167 --> 00:32:51,333
AND I-I HATE HIM.
543
00:32:51,367 --> 00:32:55,500
OH, I WAS CONVINCED
HE WAS THE RIGHT ONE.
544
00:32:55,533 --> 00:32:59,467
ALL I KNEW WAS
I JUST NEEDED EVIDENCE.
545
00:33:03,633 --> 00:33:07,700
Narrator: 10 YEARS LATER,
AS HIS EXECUTION DRAWS NEAR,
546
00:33:07,733 --> 00:33:11,833
TED BUNDY ASKED TO MEET
WITH BOB KEPPEL FACE-TO-FACE.
547
00:33:30,900 --> 00:33:32,733
HELLO, BOB.
548
00:33:32,767 --> 00:33:36,333
Anchorman: DIABOLICAL GENIUS,
DECEPTIVE, MANIPULATIVE --
549
00:33:36,367 --> 00:33:39,167
WORDS AUTHORITIES USED
TO DESCRIBE THEODORE BUNDY.
550
00:33:39,200 --> 00:33:42,533
THE AUTHORITIES ALSO SAY BUNDY'S
TRYING TO HEAD OFF EXECUTION
551
00:33:42,567 --> 00:33:45,567
BY CONFESSING TO SOME
OF THE MURDERS HE'S SUSPECTED OF
552
00:33:45,600 --> 00:33:47,967
AND BY HINTING
THAT HE'LL PROVIDE DETAILS
553
00:33:48,067 --> 00:33:49,167
ABOUT THE OTHER KILLINGS.
554
00:33:52,267 --> 00:33:58,067
I EXPECTED MAYBE HE WOULD
STALL THINGS OUT, BUT NO.
555
00:33:58,067 --> 00:33:59,800
HE WANTED TO TALK ABOUT MURDER.
556
00:33:59,833 --> 00:34:05,667
WHAT DID YOU WANT TO
TELL ME?
557
00:34:05,700 --> 00:34:09,333
Narrator: NOW, 26 YEARS LATER,
BOB KEPPEL LISTENS
558
00:34:09,367 --> 00:34:13,300
TO 1989 AUDIO RECORDINGS
OF HIS CONFRONTATION
559
00:34:13,333 --> 00:34:16,233
WITH THE MONSTER
THAT IS TED BUNDY.
560
00:34:27,100 --> 00:34:28,667
THE "WHY" DIDN'T MATTER
561
00:34:28,700 --> 00:34:32,067
BECAUSE THE "WHY"
NEVER CATCHES ANYBODY.
562
00:34:41,100 --> 00:34:46,067
Narrator: KEPPEL QUESTIONS BUNDY
ABOUT THE UNIDENTIFIED VICTIM
563
00:34:46,067 --> 00:34:49,067
FOUND AT
THE ISSAQUAH CRIME SCENE.
564
00:34:49,067 --> 00:34:50,967
THE NAME BUNDY GIVES
565
00:34:51,067 --> 00:34:55,333
IS ONE KEPPEL HAS SUSPECTED
FOR OVER A DECADE.
566
00:34:59,833 --> 00:35:02,667
BUT HER NAME IS NOT ENOUGH.
567
00:35:02,700 --> 00:35:05,067
KEPPEL NEEDS MORE PROOF.
568
00:35:25,467 --> 00:35:28,633
Hawkins: [ SCREAMS ]
569
00:36:01,067 --> 00:36:03,467
Narrator: BUT THE WAY
HE DISPOSED OF THE BODY
570
00:36:03,500 --> 00:36:05,933
IS EVEN MORE HORRIFYING.
571
00:36:20,333 --> 00:36:23,667
I JUST HAD TO TAKE IT
WITH A STRAIGHT FACE.
572
00:36:23,700 --> 00:36:25,967
I'M THINKING
ABOUT THE NEXT QUESTION.
573
00:36:33,333 --> 00:36:37,767
HE DID
WHAT YOU CALL MURDER-RAPE.
574
00:36:37,800 --> 00:36:42,100
MOST PEOPLE DO RAPE-MURDER.
575
00:36:42,133 --> 00:36:44,700
BUT HE'S DIFFERENT.
576
00:36:44,733 --> 00:36:50,200
I THINK HE ACTUALLY ENJOYED
PEOPLE WHO WERE DEAD.
577
00:36:50,233 --> 00:36:53,200
Narrator: AS THE ONLY VICTIM
OF HIS ORIGINAL EIGHT
578
00:36:53,233 --> 00:36:55,133
UNACCOUNTED FOR,
579
00:36:55,167 --> 00:36:59,567
KEPPEL FEARS DONNA MANSON
SUFFERED THE SAME CRUEL FATE.
580
00:37:05,633 --> 00:37:08,100
YOU'RE NOT GONNA FIND
HER HEAD.
581
00:37:08,133 --> 00:37:11,133
WHY NOT? WHERE IS IT?
582
00:37:20,067 --> 00:37:22,367
Narrator:
AS HIS EXECUTION DRAWS NEAR,
583
00:37:22,400 --> 00:37:24,767
NOTORIOUS SERIAL KILLER
TED BUNDY
584
00:37:24,800 --> 00:37:27,867
AGREES TO CONFESS HIS CRIMES
TO BOB KEPPEL,
585
00:37:27,900 --> 00:37:31,833
THE DETECTIVE WHO SPENT
FOUR YEARS HUNTING HIM.
586
00:37:39,167 --> 00:37:40,833
[ CLEARS THROAT ]
587
00:37:40,867 --> 00:37:43,933
WHAT HAPPENED
TO DONNA MANSON?
588
00:37:43,967 --> 00:37:46,433
WHAT DID YOU DO
WITH HER?
589
00:37:48,100 --> 00:37:51,133
YOU'RE NOT GONNA FIND
HER HEAD.
590
00:37:52,167 --> 00:37:53,967
WHY NOT? WHERE IS IT?
591
00:37:55,267 --> 00:37:57,200
IN LIZ'S FIREPLACE.
592
00:38:07,267 --> 00:38:09,067
MM-HMM.
593
00:38:26,100 --> 00:38:27,800
DON'T KNOW.
594
00:38:27,833 --> 00:38:31,933
McChesney: MAYBE HE'S DOING IT
TO ELICIT SOME SORT OF RESPONSE
595
00:38:31,967 --> 00:38:36,067
THAT IS ABOUT HIM
AND MAYBE GIVES HIM
596
00:38:36,100 --> 00:38:39,567
CONTINUED CONTROL
UNTIL THE END OF HIS LIFE.
597
00:38:39,600 --> 00:38:44,500
Robert: EVERYTHING TED BUNDY DID
WAS A GAME -- EVERYTHING.
598
00:38:44,533 --> 00:38:48,100
YOU COULD ASK
ANY MEDICAL EXAMINER
599
00:38:48,133 --> 00:38:54,667
IF IT'S POSSIBLE TO DO
WHAT HE DID WITH THAT SKULL.
600
00:38:54,700 --> 00:38:57,333
BURN IT ALL THE WAY UP?
601
00:38:57,367 --> 00:38:59,400
I DOUBT IT.
602
00:39:02,700 --> 00:39:04,767
Narrator:
THOUGH BUNDY MAY BE EXAGGERATING
603
00:39:04,800 --> 00:39:07,167
DETAILS OF HIS HEINOUS CRIMES,
604
00:39:07,200 --> 00:39:09,233
KEPPEL HAS WHAT HE NEEDS.
605
00:39:09,267 --> 00:39:13,467
HE ADMITTED TO THE EIGHT MURDERS
IN WASHINGTON STATE.
606
00:39:13,500 --> 00:39:17,433
Narrator: STILL, BUNDY HAS
ONE FINAL SURPRISE IN STORE.
607
00:39:17,467 --> 00:39:20,633
HOW MANY DID YOU KILL
IN THE NORTHWEST?
608
00:39:23,533 --> 00:39:25,067
11.
609
00:39:27,633 --> 00:39:30,767
11?
610
00:39:30,800 --> 00:39:32,233
WELL, I GOT EIGHT.
611
00:39:32,267 --> 00:39:35,767
THE PROBLEM IS
THAT WE DIDN'T KNOW
612
00:39:35,800 --> 00:39:38,500
WHICH THREE HE WAS ADDING UP
613
00:39:38,533 --> 00:39:43,267
BECAUSE WE HADN'T FOUND
ANY MISSING PERSON CASES,
614
00:39:43,300 --> 00:39:46,833
AND WE DEFINITELY HAD NOT FOUND
ANY BODIES.
615
00:39:46,867 --> 00:39:48,900
WHO WERE THE OTHERS
IN WASHINGTON?!
616
00:39:48,933 --> 00:39:50,233
WHAT WERE THEIR NAMES?!
617
00:39:50,267 --> 00:39:51,333
GIVE ME MORE!
618
00:39:54,167 --> 00:39:56,900
THE CONVERSATION
WAS NOW OVER.
619
00:39:59,800 --> 00:40:01,333
YOU JUST SIGNED
YOUR OWN DEATH WARRANT.
620
00:40:02,967 --> 00:40:07,933
HE DIDN'T GIVE ENOUGH TO ME
FOR ME TO SPEAK ON HIS BEHALF
621
00:40:07,967 --> 00:40:09,567
TO THE GOVERNOR OF FLORIDA.
622
00:40:09,600 --> 00:40:11,367
Narrator: THE GAMES ARE OVER.
623
00:40:11,400 --> 00:40:13,800
ONE OF AMERICA'S WORST
SERIAL KILLERS
624
00:40:13,833 --> 00:40:16,267
IS FINALLY GOING TO GET
THE PUNISHMENT
625
00:40:16,300 --> 00:40:18,667
MANY BELIEVE HE DESERVES.
626
00:40:18,700 --> 00:40:21,933
I WOULD LOVE TO SEE HIM BEING
DRUG TO THE ELECTRIC CHAIR.
627
00:40:21,967 --> 00:40:28,267
NOW, THAT MAY SOUND CRUEL,
BUT THAT'S EXACTLY HOW I FEEL.
628
00:40:29,733 --> 00:40:32,667
Narrator:
NOW, IN JANUARY OF 1989,
629
00:40:32,700 --> 00:40:35,833
15 YEARS
AFTER BUNDY STARTED KILLING,
630
00:40:35,867 --> 00:40:38,067
KEPPEL FINALLY CLOSES THE CASE.
631
00:40:46,500 --> 00:40:48,667
HE WILL NEVER KNOW
WHETHER THERE WERE
632
00:40:48,700 --> 00:40:51,733
ANOTHER THREE VICTIMS
IN WASHINGTON,
633
00:40:51,767 --> 00:40:55,167
BUT HIS CLOSE ENCOUNTER
WITH TED BUNDY
634
00:40:55,200 --> 00:40:57,600
LEAVES A LASTING IMPRESSION.
635
00:40:57,633 --> 00:41:00,100
Sande: BOB WAS JUST SHAKEN.
636
00:41:00,133 --> 00:41:03,933
HE SAID,
"I THINK I WITNESSED THE DEVIL."
637
00:41:08,200 --> 00:41:11,067
BUNDY'S EXECUTION WAS THE 20th
IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA
638
00:41:11,067 --> 00:41:13,200
SINCE THE DEATH PENALTY
WAS REINSTATED.
639
00:41:13,233 --> 00:41:16,067
NORMALLY, A STATE EXECUTION
IS MET WITH A STORM OF PROTEST,
640
00:41:16,067 --> 00:41:17,967
BUT AS CHANNEL 7'S JOAN LOVETT
REPORTS
641
00:41:18,067 --> 00:41:20,500
BUNDY RECEIVED LITTLE SYMPATHY.
642
00:41:20,533 --> 00:41:21,933
[ CROWD CHEERING ]
643
00:41:21,967 --> 00:41:25,267
Narrator: IN THE EARLY HOURS
OF JANUARY 24, 1989,
644
00:41:25,300 --> 00:41:29,567
TED BUNDY IS EXECUTED
BY THE STATE OF FLORIDA.
645
00:41:29,600 --> 00:41:33,400
OUTSIDE THE PRISON,
THOUSANDS REJOICE.
646
00:41:33,433 --> 00:41:36,133
BOB KEPPEL ISN'T ONE OF THEM.
647
00:41:36,167 --> 00:41:41,667
Robert: I HAD ACTUALLY
FLOWN HOME FROM FLORIDA,
648
00:41:41,700 --> 00:41:43,733
AND I WENT TO BED.
649
00:41:43,767 --> 00:41:46,900
AND WHEN I WOKE UP,
HE WAS ALREADY DEAD.
650
00:41:46,933 --> 00:41:50,067
[ CROWD CHEERING ]
651
00:41:50,100 --> 00:41:52,667
I DIDN'T HAVE ANY FEELINGS
ABOUT IT.
652
00:41:52,700 --> 00:41:55,500
THAT'S WHAT HIS STRONG SUIT
HAS BEEN
653
00:41:55,533 --> 00:41:59,367
IS THAT HE'S BEEN ABLE TO LOOK
AT TERRIBLE, TERRIBLE THINGS
654
00:41:59,400 --> 00:42:04,500
AND BACK OFF AND LOOK AT IT FROM
THE ROLE OF THE INVESTIGATOR.
655
00:42:04,533 --> 00:42:07,467
OTHERWISE, I DON'T THINK
HE COULD DO HIS JOB.
656
00:42:07,500 --> 00:42:09,800
Narrator:
THE TED BUNDY INVESTIGATION
657
00:42:09,833 --> 00:42:13,367
IS BOB KEPPEL'S SECOND
AS A HOMICIDE DETECTIVE,
658
00:42:13,400 --> 00:42:16,533
BUT IT'S THE FIRST
OF 50 SERIAL-KILLER CASES
659
00:42:16,567 --> 00:42:20,733
WITH WHICH HE WILL BE INVOLVED
OVER THE COURSE OF HIS CAREER.
660
00:42:20,767 --> 00:42:25,533
THE LESSONS THAT I'D LEARNED
IN THAT CASE
661
00:42:25,567 --> 00:42:29,967
HELPED ME WITH EVERY OTHER CASE
THAT I EVER HAD TO INVESTIGATE.
662
00:42:30,067 --> 00:42:32,967
Narrator: KATHLEEN McCHESNEY
WENT ON TO BECOME
663
00:42:33,067 --> 00:42:36,733
AN EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
AT THE FBI.
664
00:42:36,767 --> 00:42:38,700
SHE GIVES MUCH CREDIT
FOR HER ACHIEVEMENTS
665
00:42:38,733 --> 00:42:41,267
TO HER EARLY MENTORS
WHO TOOK A CHANCE
666
00:42:41,300 --> 00:42:44,800
ON A YOUNG,
AMBITIOUS FEMALE DETECTIVE.
667
00:42:44,833 --> 00:42:46,933
FROM BOB KEPPEL AND ROGER DUNN,
668
00:42:46,967 --> 00:42:51,700
I LEARNED YOU COULD HAVE
AN IMPACT ON SOCIETY.
669
00:42:51,733 --> 00:42:54,767
YOU COULD HAVE AN IMPACT
ON SOMEBODY'S LIFE.
670
00:42:54,800 --> 00:42:56,733
AND THAT'S A REAL TREASURE --
671
00:42:56,767 --> 00:43:00,433
A REAL GIFT TO BE ABLE
TO DO THAT.
672
00:43:00,467 --> 00:43:03,067
Narrator: HAVING HELPED CONVICT
AND IMPRISON
673
00:43:03,067 --> 00:43:06,333
ONE OF AMERICA'S MOST NOTORIOUS
SERIAL KILLERS,
674
00:43:06,367 --> 00:43:09,833
BOB KEPPEL DOESN'T MINCE
HIS WORDS.
675
00:43:09,867 --> 00:43:12,867
I COULD TELL YOU HOW I TEARED UP
676
00:43:12,900 --> 00:43:15,433
AND I FELT REALLY GOOD
AND ALL THAT STUFF.
677
00:43:15,467 --> 00:43:16,767
THAT'S NOT TRUE.
678
00:43:16,800 --> 00:43:18,967
NONE OF THAT [BLEEP] HAPPENED.
679
00:43:19,067 --> 00:43:24,633
I WAS IN THE BUSINESS
OF DEALING WITH KILLERS.
680
00:43:24,667 --> 00:43:28,300
THAT'S ALL IT WAS.
681
00:43:28,333 --> 00:43:29,667
NO MORE.
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