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* A PRETTY GIRL *
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* IS LIKE A MELODY *
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IT ALL LOOKS SO GOOD.
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Stewart: YEAH.
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WHICH ONE
ARE YOU GONNA GET?
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THE CHOCOLATE.
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WE'LL HAVE A STRAWBERRY
AND A CHOCOLATE, PLEASE.
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Reporter: THERE WASN'T ANYTHING
UNUSUAL ABOUT STEFFIE BRYAN.
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IN FACT,
SHE WASN'T MUCH DIFFERENT
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THAN THE THOUSANDS
OF 14-YEAR-OLD GIRLS
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IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.
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THANK YOU.
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Woman:
THANK YOU. BYE-BYE.
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STEFFIE WAS YOUR DAUGHTER
OR YOUR NIECE
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OR YOUR
NEXT-DOOR NEIGHBOR'S KID.
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BUT THAT'S
WHAT GAVE THE STORY LEGS.
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BYE.
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AND FOR THE LAST HALF OF 1955,
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SHE WAS ALL ANYONE IN
THE BAY AREA COULD TALK ABOUT.
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BUT WHY THIS GIRL,
ABOVE ALL OTHERS, YOU ASK?
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WHY STEPHANIE BRYAN?
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[ RUSTLING ]
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BECAUSE ON APRIL 28, 1955,
STEFFIE VANISHED.
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NOWADAYS WHEN YOU HEAR
"BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA,"
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YOU THINK HIPPIES AND RADICALS.
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BUT BACK WHEN I WAS COVERING
THE STEPHANIE BRYAN CASE,
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IT WAS
"LEAVE IT TO BEAVER" LAND
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AS FAR AS THE EYE COULD SEE,
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RIGHT UP TO THE FRONT DOOR
OF THE BRYAN HOUSE.
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THE FAMILY HAD MOVED
TO CALIFORNIA
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FROM MASSACHUSETTS
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TWO YEARS BEFORE
THIS ALL HAPPENED.
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HE WAS A DOCTOR,
AND SHE WAS A DOCTOR'S WIFE.
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THEY WERE PROPER
NEW ENGLANDERS...
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WHICH MEANT ORDER
AND PUNCTUALITY.
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THE FIRST SIGN THAT SOMETHING
IS NOT RIGHT IS THAT STEPHANIE,
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THE RULE-FOLLOWER,
THE VERY GOOD DAUGHTER,
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SHE DOESN'T SHOW UP AT HOME
ON TIME.
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McNamara:
STEPHANIE'S MOM KNOWS
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THAT SHE GETS OUT OF SCHOOL
AT 3:15.
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CHILDREN, HAVE EITHER OF YOU
SEEN STEPHANIE?
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SO, WHEN SHE DIDN'T COME HOME
BY 4:00,
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MOM THOUGHT IMMEDIATELY,
"THIS IS NOT RIGHT."
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[ ROTARY PHONE DIALING ]
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HI.
GOOD AFTERNOON.
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THIS IS MARY BRYAN.
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YES, I -- I'M CALLING TO INQUIRE
ABOUT MY DAUGHTER STEPHANIE.
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I'M JUST WONDERING
IF SHE'S, UH, LEFT SCHOOL YET.
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HI. JANICE.
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HI.
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YES, THIS IS MARY BRYAN.
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YES, UH, SHE'S NOT HOME YET.
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I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED.
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YES, MEREDITH. HI.
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THIS IS MARY BRYAN CALLING.
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I'M CALLING TO SEE
IF STEPHANIE COME HOME
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WITH YOUR DAUGHTER TODAY.
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ONE FRIEND WAS THIS GIRL,
MARY ANN STEWART.
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AND IN FACT, MARY ANN HAD BEEN
WITH STEPHANIE AFTER SCHOOL.
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O'Toole: MARY ANN STEWART
WAS ABLE TO SAY,
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"WE WENT TO THE LIBRARY.
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"SHE CHECKED OUT SOME BOOKS.
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"AND THEN WE WENT
TO THE DOUGHNUT SHOP.
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AND FROM THERE,
WE STARTED TO WALK HOME."
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BUT THEY WENT SEPARATE WAYS ONCE
THEY GOT TO THAT WOODED PATH.
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McNamara: SO, SHE'S GETTING
MORE AND MORE ANXIOUS.
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DR. AND MRS. BRYAN,
MY NAME IS DETECTIVE HUTCHINS.
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THIS IS MY PARTNER.
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WE UNDERSTAND THAT YOUR DAUGHTER
WENT MISSING THIS AFTERNOON.
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O'Toole: AT 5:30 THAT AFTERNOON,
THE FATHER COMES HOME,
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AND HE CALLS THE POLICE.
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WHAT WAS STEPHANIE WEARING
THE LAST TIME SHE WAS SEEN?
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SHE WAS WEARING A BLUE CARDIGAN,
TURQUOISE SKIRT.
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SHE WAS CARRYING A RED PURSE,
AND SADDLE SHOES.
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IS THERE A PHOTO OF HER
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OR SOMETHING THAT I COULD
TAKE A LOOK AT?
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THANK YOU.
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McNamara: STEPHANIE WAS 14.
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SHE WAS THE OLDEST OF FIVE.
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SHE WAS VERY BOOKISH,
VERY QUIET, VERY STUDIOUS.
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NOW, THE FIRST THING THAT
COPS TELL WORRIED PARENTS IS,
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"DON'T WORRY.
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"LITTLE BOBBY OR SALLY
IS GONNA COME
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WALKING THROUGH THAT DOOR
ANY MINUTE."
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DR. BRYAN, IS THERE A TELEPHONE
THAT I COULD USE?
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Dr. Bryan: CERTAINLY.
RIGHT THIS WAY.
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BUT THERE WAS SOMETHING
ABOUT THIS ONE.
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MAYBE IT WAS STEFFIE'S
"GOOD GIRL" STATUS,
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MAYBE IT WAS JUST THE LOOK
IN MRS. BRYAN'S EYES.
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[ TELEPHONE RINGING ]
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IT WAS DIFFERENT BACK THEN.
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US GUYS ON THE CRIME BEAT
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HAD TO HOLD DOWN THE BENCH
AT THE PRECINCT FOR HOURS,
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JUST WAITING FOR A HEADLINE
TO ROLL IN.
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BERKELEY P.D.
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APB, ALL CARS.
STEPHANIE BRYAN.
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O'Toole: AT 9:00 P.M.
THEY PUT OUT AN APB.
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BROWN EYES, BROWN HAIR.
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AND AT THAT POINT,
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THE MEDIA BECOMES AWARE
OF WHAT'S GOING ON.
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LAST SEEN, THE TENNIS CLUB
OF THE CLAREMONT HOTEL.
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McNamara: THE NEWS MEDIA LOVES
NOTHING MORE
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THAN A STORY
ABOUT A YOUNG GIRL IN DISTRESS.
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SADDLE SHOES, 5'2".
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O'Toole:
BACK IN 1955, THERE WERE
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FOUR MAJOR NEWSPAPERS
IN THE BAY AREA.
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AND, OF COURSE, THEY WERE
ALL COMPETING WITH ONE ANOTHER
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FOR THE SCOOP ON THE CASE.
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McNamara:
WITH A MISSING-PERSONS CASE, THEY NEED THE MEDIA
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BECAUSE THEY NEEDED TO
GET IT OUT THERE RIGHT AWAY.
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AND THE TIPS STARTED COMING IN.
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[ TELEPHONE RINGS ]
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SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.
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WHERE'D YOU SAY
YOU SAW THIS HAPPEN?
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A NAVY LIEUTENANT SAID HE SAW
A MAN DRIVING VERY ERRATICALLY.
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McNamara: AND IN THE BACK,
HE SEES THIS YOUNG GIRL.
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AND HE SAW THE MAN TURN AROUND
AND HIT HER.
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WHITE MALE, BROWN HAIR.
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Orloff: BUT IT'S A VERY
GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE CAR.
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NO LICENSE PLATE.
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NOTHING TO REALLY POINT THEM
TOWARDS ANY INDIVIDUAL.
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McNamara: THE POLICE
TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION
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THAT THE BRYANS HAVE
A DECENT AMOUNT OF MONEY.
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YOU KNOW,
HE'S A WELL-OFF DOCTOR.
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SO, THEIR FIRST THOUGHT
IS RANSOM.
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THEY WIRETAP THE HOME...
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...AND AWAIT THE CALL.
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[ CLOCK TICKING ]
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[ TELEPHONE RINGING ]
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HELLO? YES.
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YES.
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O'Toole: 32 HOURS
AFTER STEPHANIE GOES MISSING,
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A PHONE CALL DOES, IN FACT,
COME IN.
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AND THE PERSON ON THE OTHER END
SAYS THAT HE WANTS $5,000
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FOR THE SAFE RETURN
OF STEPHANIE.
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YES.
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YES.
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THE CALLER SAID,
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"I WANT YOU TO DROP THE MONEY
IN WEST OAKLAND.
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NO COPS."
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OKAY.
I'LL BE THERE.
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SO, DR. BRYAN MAKES A BEELINE
FOR THE SPOT, CASH IN HAND.
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NOW EVERYONE --
AND I MEAN EVERYONE KNOWS
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YOU DON'T TRY
AND HANDLE THINGS YOURSELF,
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NO MATTER
WHAT THE GUY ON THE PHONE SAYS.
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ARE YOU HER FATHER?
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DON'T MOVE.
[ GUN COCKS ]
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SO, STEFFIE BRYAN'S PARENTS
HAD GOTTEN A RANSOM CALL
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AND HIGH-TAILED IT
TO THE RENDEZVOUS
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WITH THE MONEY AND THE COPS.
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Officer:
WHAT'S YOUR NAME, SON?
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DOES IT MATTER?
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WHAT'S YOUR NAME, SON?
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MY NAME'S L.C.
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WHAT WERE YOU DOING
OUT HERE?
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I DON'T KNOW.
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YOU DON'T KNOW?
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WHAT WERE YOU ASKING
THAT MAN?
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McNamara:
THE POLICE HAVE THIS GUY.
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HE'S AN 18-YEAR-OLD.
HIS NAME IS L.C. ELLIOT.
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AND WHAT ELLIOT TELLS THEM
IS THAT HE'S BEEN PAID
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BY A WHITE MAN
TO GET THE RANSOM MONEY.
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AND HE ASKED YOU TO ASK HIM?
YES.
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HOW MUCH MONEY?
I DON'T KNOW.
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BUT WHEN THE COPS SEARCHED
THE AREA,
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THEY CAME UP WITH NOTHING.
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THE WHOLE THING SMELLED WRONG.
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Orloff: EVENTUALLY,
HE JUST BREAKS DOWN AND SAYS,
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"I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING
ABOUT KIDNAPPING.
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"BUT I READ ABOUT IT,
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AND I THOUGHT
I COULD MAKE SOME MONEY."
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I SWEAR, IF I HAD A DIME
FOR EVERY SKEL
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WHO TRIED TO WORK AN ANGLE
ON THE COPS, I'D BE A RICH MAN.
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Orloff:
HE WAS JUST A BLOODSUCKER
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THAT JUST CAME OUT
OF THE WOODWORK
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TO TRY AND EXTORT THE FAMILY.
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FOUR DAYS
AFTER STEPHANIE DISAPPEARS,
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A MAN DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD
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PULLS OVER
TO GO TO THE BATHROOM.
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AND HE SEES A BOOK.
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IT'S ACTUALLY STEPHANIE BRYAN'S
FRENCH BOOK.
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THE BOOK IS FOUND
ON FRANKLIN CANYON ROAD,
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WHICH IS AN HOUR
FROM WHERE SHE DISAPPEARED.
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O'Toole: THIS CRIME SCENE
NOW HAS EXTENDED
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WELL BEYOND THE BAY AREA.
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AND IT COULD HAVE EVEN GONE
INTO ANOTHER STATE.
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AND REMEMBER, BACK THEN,
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THERE WERE NO COMPUTERS,
NO INTERNET.
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THE DATABASE FOR THESE GUYS
WAS CALLED A FILING CABINET.
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A SEARCH ENGINE,
IT HAD FOUR WHEELS AND A V-8.
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O'Toole:
THEY WANT TO FIND STEPHANIE IN THE ABSOLUTE WORST WAY.
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THEY'RE DOING WHATEVER THEY CAN
TO GENERATE LEADS.
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TOO MUCH TIME HAD PASSED
WITHOUT A REAL RANSOM CALL.
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WE ALL KNEW WHAT THAT MEANT.
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THE MOTIVE WASN'T MONEY.
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IT WAS SOMETHING WORSE.
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AH, THOMAS.
PEEPING THOMAS.
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WE MEET AGAIN.
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LOOK FAMILIAR?
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14-YEAR-OLD LITTLE GIRL.
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I DON'T -- I DON'T KNOW
WHO SHE IS, OFFICER.
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I'M GETTING SO TIRED
OF SEEING PEOPLE LIKE YOU.
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O'Toole: WELL, BACK IN 1955,
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THEY DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING
ABOUT PROFILING
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OR CRIMINAL
INVESTIGATIVE ANALYSIS.
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THERE'S NOT A LOT MORE TO GO ON
THAN CONTACTING PEOPLE
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THAT MAY HAVE HAD PROPENSITY
TO DO THIS KIND OF THING.
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THEY HAULED IN EVERY CREEP
IN THE FILES --
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FLASHERS AND MASHERS,
PERVS AND JERKERS.
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IT'S LIKE WE BOUGHT A TICKET
TO THE LOSER PARADE.
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WHAT HAPPENED TO HER?
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I'VE NEVER SEEN HER BEFORE,
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AND I KNOW NOTHING
ABOUT THIS GIRL.
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THAT CAME TO A DEAD END,
AS WELL.
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[ CLOCK TICKING ]
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[ SIGHS ]
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McNamara:
STEPHANIE'S DISAPPEARANCE HAS BEEN HEADLINE NEWS
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FOR TWO AND A HALF MONTHS.
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[ SIGHS ]
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THE CASE IS ESSENTIALLY COLD.
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IT'S AT A STANDSTILL.
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NOW, HERE'S THE THING
YOU HAVE TO KNOW
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ABOUT WORKING THE CRIME BEAT.
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JUST WHEN YOU THINK
YOUR STORY IS PETERED OUT,
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YOUR NEXT HEADLINE CAN HIT.
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AND IT CAN COME FROM ANYWHERE.
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[ DOOR CREAKS ]
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AND I MEAN ANYWHERE.
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McNamara:
IN A HOUSE IN ALAMEDA,
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GEORGIA ABBOTT,
A 33-YEAR-OLD COSMETOLOGIST,
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GOES DOWN INTO HER BASEMENT...
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...AND SHE DISCOVERS
A RED LEATHER PURSE.
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AND IT'S NOT HERS.
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THE STEPHANIE BRYAN
DISAPPEARANCE
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HAD BEEN FRONT-PAGE NEWS
FOR ALMOST THREE MONTHS,
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BUT THE POLICE HAD NOTHING.
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AND THEN, OUT OF NOWHERE,
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THEY GET
THE MOTHER OF ALL BREAKS...
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...IN THE CRAZIEST OF PLACES.
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Officer: MRS. ABBOTT,
WHAT BROUGHT YOU DOWN --
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PLEASE CALL ME GEORGIA.
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GEORGIA.
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O'Toole: THE DETECTIVES GO IN,
AND THEY TRY TO GET THE STORY
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BEHIND HOW THESE ITEMS COULD
HAVE ENDED UP IN THEIR BASEMENT.
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CAN YOU TELL ME
WHY YOU WERE IN THE BASEMENT
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THIS EVENING?
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WELL, I WAS GOING DOWN TO LOOK
FOR A HAT.
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UH, FOR A COSTUME.
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00:15:03,267 --> 00:15:05,300
COSTUME?
DO YOU GO DOWN THERE OFTEN?
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UH, NOT OFTEN.
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00:15:07,334 --> 00:15:08,834
I'M THE HEAD
OF THE COSMETOLOGY SOCIETY,
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00:15:08,834 --> 00:15:13,467
AND EVERY YEAR WE HOST
A SORT OF GALA EVENT...THING.
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UM, OTTO?
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00:15:15,734 --> 00:15:19,100
DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT THE THEME
WAS LAST YEAR FOR THE GALA?
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UM, I BELIEVE IT WAS, UM,
OLD WEST, WESTERN?
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00:15:23,734 --> 00:15:27,034
THIS YEAR, IT'S 1920s THEMED,
AND I NEEDED A FLAPPER HAT.
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[ CHUCKLES ]
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00:15:28,434 --> 00:15:31,734
AND DO YOU AND YOUR HUSBAND HAVE
ANY OTHER AREAS OF STORAGE,
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00:15:31,734 --> 00:15:32,734
MAYBE THE ATTIC?
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00:15:32,734 --> 00:15:34,334
[ CHUCKLES ]
OTTO'S NOT MY HUSBAND.
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WE'RE NOT MARRIED.
265
00:15:35,800 --> 00:15:38,234
NO.
UH, BURTON'S MY HUSBAND.
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MR. ABBOTT, YOU MIND
IF I ASK YOU A FEW QUESTIONS?
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NOT AT ALL.
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McNamara:
BURTON ABBOTT IS 27.
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HE IS AN ACCOUNTING STUDENT
AT U.C. BERKELEY.
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00:16:00,000 --> 00:16:01,467
HOW LONG
HAVE YOU BEEN MARRIED?
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ABOUT SEVEN YEARS.
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00:16:02,467 --> 00:16:03,734
SEVEN YEARS?
273
00:16:03,734 --> 00:16:05,967
AND HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN
LIVING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD?
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00:16:05,967 --> 00:16:07,500
ABOUT FIVE YEARS.
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00:16:07,500 --> 00:16:09,734
CAN YOU WALK ME THROUGH
WHAT HAPPENED TONIGHT?
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YEAH.
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00:16:11,400 --> 00:16:14,400
UH, WELL, I WAS COOKING.
278
00:16:14,400 --> 00:16:16,567
WE WERE JUST GETTING READY
FOR DINNER.
279
00:16:16,567 --> 00:16:19,367
AND MY WIFE, SHE CAME UPSTAIRS
HOLDING A RED PURSE.
280
00:16:19,367 --> 00:16:22,167
SHE OPENED IT UP.
SHE SHOWED IT TO US.
281
00:16:22,167 --> 00:16:25,500
AND INSIDE WAS AN I.D. CARD
OF STEPHANIE BRYAN.
282
00:16:25,500 --> 00:16:28,734
WE RECOGNIZED THE NAME
FROM THE PAPERS.
283
00:16:28,734 --> 00:16:30,300
DID YOU TOUCH IT?
284
00:16:30,300 --> 00:16:31,334
YES.
285
00:16:31,334 --> 00:16:33,900
I THINK
WE ALL TOUCHED THE PURSE.
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00:16:33,900 --> 00:16:38,267
MYSELF, OTTO, GEORGIA,
MY MOTHER.
287
00:16:39,734 --> 00:16:40,734
YOUR MOTHER?
288
00:16:40,734 --> 00:16:42,600
YES, MY MOTHER, ELSIE.
IS SHE HERE?
289
00:16:42,600 --> 00:16:44,067
I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE
TO SPEAK TO HER.
290
00:16:44,067 --> 00:16:46,367
NO.
SHE WAS HERE, BUT SHE LEFT.
291
00:16:46,367 --> 00:16:48,734
SHE --
SHE DOESN'T REALLY LIKE
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00:16:48,734 --> 00:16:51,367
PEOPLE INTRUDING
IN ON THE HOUSE, SO.
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00:16:51,367 --> 00:16:54,034
MM.
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00:16:54,034 --> 00:16:56,600
AND OTHER THAN YOU
AND YOUR HUSBAND,
295
00:16:56,600 --> 00:16:59,367
HAS ANYBODY HAD ANY ACCESS
TO THE BASEMENT?
296
00:16:59,367 --> 00:17:01,367
MY MOTHER-IN-LAW
297
00:17:01,367 --> 00:17:04,734
AND, YOU KNOW, WE USED IT
AS A POLLING STATION
298
00:17:04,734 --> 00:17:07,534
FOR THIS LITTLE ELECTION
A FEW MONTHS AGO.
299
00:17:07,534 --> 00:17:09,467
A POLLING STATION?
YES.
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00:17:09,467 --> 00:17:12,234
SO, A LOT OF THE PUBLIC
WAS DOWN THERE.
301
00:17:12,234 --> 00:17:15,034
AND SOMEONE COULD HAVE
PUT IT DOWN THERE.
302
00:17:15,034 --> 00:17:17,434
WELL, THAT COULD HAVE BEEN
HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE
303
00:17:17,434 --> 00:17:18,800
FOR THE COPS TO CHECK OUT,
304
00:17:18,800 --> 00:17:20,900
AND THEY WOULD
IF THEY WERE FORCED TO.
305
00:17:20,900 --> 00:17:23,967
BUT RIGHT THEN, THOSE
DETECTIVES WERE MORE INTERESTED
306
00:17:23,967 --> 00:17:25,934
IN THE THREE PEOPLE
IN THAT HOUSE.
307
00:17:25,934 --> 00:17:28,400
WHAT IS YOUR RELATIONSHIP
WITH BURTON AND GEORGIA ABBOTT?
308
00:17:28,400 --> 00:17:31,734
UM, FAMILY FRIENDS,
NEIGHBOR.
309
00:17:31,734 --> 00:17:35,534
[ CHUCKLES ] GEORGIA ACTUALLY
WORKS AT MY WIFE'S BEAUTY SALON.
310
00:17:35,534 --> 00:17:40,267
OTTO DEZMAN WAS MARRIED
TO LEONA DEZMAN
311
00:17:40,267 --> 00:17:43,367
WHO OWNED THE BEAUTY PARLOR
WHERE GEORGIA WORKED.
312
00:17:43,367 --> 00:17:46,234
AND HE WAS AN EX-MARINE,
313
00:17:46,234 --> 00:17:49,034
KIND OF DID A LITTLE BIT
OF CONSTRUCTION WORK.
314
00:17:49,034 --> 00:17:51,134
WHERE WERE YOU
APRIL 28th?
315
00:17:51,134 --> 00:17:52,300
YOU REMEMBER?
316
00:17:52,300 --> 00:17:55,234
YEAH, I WAS WORKING
ON A CONSTRUCTION JOB,
317
00:17:55,234 --> 00:17:58,100
AND I HAD TO RUN SOME ERRANDS
THAT DAY.
318
00:17:58,100 --> 00:18:00,534
I WAS PROBABLY
AT THE BEAUTY PARLOR
319
00:18:00,534 --> 00:18:02,634
BECAUSE I WORK
EVERY THURSDAY.
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00:18:02,634 --> 00:18:04,600
THE 28th OF APRIL?
321
00:18:04,600 --> 00:18:05,734
THE 28th, YEAH.
322
00:18:05,734 --> 00:18:07,867
I WAS HEADED UP
TO THE FAMILY CABIN
323
00:18:07,867 --> 00:18:09,367
FOR A FISHING TRIP.
324
00:18:09,367 --> 00:18:10,800
AND WHERE IS THAT?
325
00:18:10,800 --> 00:18:13,967
IT'S UP IN WEAVERVILLE,
IN TRINITY COUNTY.
326
00:18:13,967 --> 00:18:16,200
ABOUT HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE YOU
TO GET OUT THERE?
327
00:18:16,200 --> 00:18:18,400
WELL,
IT WAS LONG ENOUGH.
328
00:18:18,400 --> 00:18:22,434
I MEAN, IT'S ABOUT 300 MILES
FROM HERE TO WEAVERVILLE.
329
00:18:22,434 --> 00:18:24,200
SO, IT TOOK A GOOD CHUNK
OF THE DAY.
330
00:18:24,200 --> 00:18:26,867
I DID STOP OFF FOR A MEAL
AT THE CHUCK WAGON.
331
00:18:26,867 --> 00:18:30,367
AND I ALSO STOPPED OFF
AT THE WILDWOOD INN
332
00:18:30,367 --> 00:18:33,834
TO GET
A COUPLE OF DRINKS...
333
00:18:33,834 --> 00:18:36,434
AND ARRIVED AT THE CABIN.
334
00:18:36,434 --> 00:18:37,934
MM-HMM.
335
00:18:37,934 --> 00:18:42,334
BURTON SAYS THAT
HE HAD GONE TO A FAMILY CABIN
336
00:18:42,334 --> 00:18:43,634
ABOUT SIX HOURS AWAY.
337
00:18:43,634 --> 00:18:49,434
[ VEHICLE APPROACHES,
ENGINE SHUTS OFF ]
338
00:18:49,434 --> 00:18:50,534
THINK ABOUT IT.
339
00:18:50,534 --> 00:18:52,800
THE MISSING GIRL'S PURSE
WAS FOUND
340
00:18:52,800 --> 00:18:54,567
IN SOME WEIRD GUY'S BASEMENT,
341
00:18:54,567 --> 00:18:57,500
AND HE MENTIONS A SOLO TRIP
UP TO A SECLUDED CABIN
342
00:18:57,500 --> 00:18:58,734
IN THE WOODS?
343
00:18:58,734 --> 00:19:01,234
YOU BET THE COPS
WERE GONNA CHECK IT OUT.
344
00:19:05,567 --> 00:19:09,267
O'Toole:
THEY LOOK AROUND THE CABIN.
345
00:19:09,267 --> 00:19:11,200
THERE ARE NO SIGNS OF STEPHANIE.
346
00:19:11,200 --> 00:19:16,067
THEY GO TO THE CHUCK WAGON,
AND THEY TALK TO A WAITRESS.
347
00:19:16,067 --> 00:19:19,734
THE INVESTIGATORS PRESENTED HER
WITH SOME PHOTOGRAPHS OF HIM.
348
00:19:19,734 --> 00:19:21,734
AND SHE SAID, "OH, YEAH, YEAH.
I RECOGNIZE HIM.
349
00:19:21,734 --> 00:19:23,400
"YOU KNOW, I DISTINCTLY REMEMBER
350
00:19:23,400 --> 00:19:25,534
HAVING A CONVERSATION
WITH THAT GUY."
351
00:19:25,534 --> 00:19:27,900
AND SHE DESCRIBED KIND OF
WHAT WE HE WAS WEARING,
352
00:19:27,900 --> 00:19:31,534
WHICH MATCHED UP
WITH WHAT HE SAID HE WAS WEARING
353
00:19:31,534 --> 00:19:33,434
ON THAT THURSDAY EVENING.
354
00:19:33,434 --> 00:19:36,234
THAT MEANT ABBOTT WAS AT LEAST
SIX HOURS NORTH OF BERKELEY
355
00:19:36,234 --> 00:19:39,300
WHEN STEFFIE WAS SNATCHED,
SO THAT WAS A NO-GO.
356
00:19:41,200 --> 00:19:44,734
SO, THEY COME BACK HOME
TO THE BAY AREA.
357
00:20:00,034 --> 00:20:02,934
McNamara: THE COPS GO BACK
TO THE ABBOTT HOUSE,
358
00:20:02,934 --> 00:20:04,767
AND THEY TURNED IT INSIDE-OUT.
359
00:20:04,767 --> 00:20:06,034
[ KNOCK ON DOOR ]
360
00:20:06,034 --> 00:20:11,434
Burton: MOTHER?
THEY'D LIKE YOU DOWNSTAIRS NOW.
361
00:20:11,434 --> 00:20:15,267
O'Toole: BURTON'S CAR
REALLY MATCHED FAIRLY CLOSELY
362
00:20:15,267 --> 00:20:19,400
THE DESCRIPTION OF PEOPLE
THAT HAD CALLED IN WITH LEADS.
363
00:20:19,400 --> 00:20:25,900
A VERY RENOWNED
CRIMINALIST PROFESSOR
364
00:20:25,900 --> 00:20:29,034
AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
NAMED PAUL KIRK
365
00:20:29,034 --> 00:20:32,500
COMES AND GOES OVER THE CAR
WITH A FINE-TOOTHED COMB.
366
00:20:32,500 --> 00:20:35,000
[ POLICE RADIO CHATTER ]
367
00:20:41,400 --> 00:20:45,100
CAN I GET YOU ANYTHING
TO DRINK?
368
00:20:45,100 --> 00:20:46,634
COFFEE? TEA?
369
00:20:46,634 --> 00:20:47,967
THANK YOU.
370
00:20:47,967 --> 00:20:49,300
[ SIGHS ]
371
00:20:49,300 --> 00:20:51,834
YOU COULD TELL THESE PEOPLE
TO LEAVE, IS WHAT YOU COULD DO.
372
00:20:51,834 --> 00:20:54,034
MOTHER.
373
00:20:56,400 --> 00:20:59,200
Officer: I'M HEADING DOWN
TO THE BASEMENT.
374
00:21:01,600 --> 00:21:04,267
[ DOOR OPENS ]
375
00:21:08,100 --> 00:21:10,434
McNamara: AND THEY GO DOWN
INTO THE BASEMENT.
376
00:21:10,434 --> 00:21:12,634
IT'S HALF DIRT,
HALF PAVEMENT.
377
00:21:12,634 --> 00:21:14,734
AND THEY DECIDE
TO START DIGGING.
378
00:21:25,634 --> 00:21:28,134
O'Toole:
NOW WE REALLY PUT A BIG DISTANCE
379
00:21:28,134 --> 00:21:30,634
BETWEEN INVESTIGATORS
AND THE MEDIA.
380
00:21:30,634 --> 00:21:33,734
BUT THERE WAS NO DISTANCE HERE
BACK IN 1955.
381
00:21:33,734 --> 00:21:37,234
THEY WERE ALMOST ELBOW TO ELBOW
ON THIS INVESTIGATION.
382
00:21:54,267 --> 00:21:57,167
McNamara: THEY FIND THE
LIBRARY BOOKS SHE CHECKED OUT,
383
00:21:57,167 --> 00:21:59,367
THE PARAKEET BOOK...
384
00:22:09,634 --> 00:22:11,334
...HER GLASSES...
385
00:22:22,834 --> 00:22:25,000
...AND HER BRA.
386
00:22:25,000 --> 00:22:26,800
THAT MEANS, TO THEM,
387
00:22:26,800 --> 00:22:29,634
THAT SOMETHING HORRIBLE HAPPENED
TO STEPHANIE.
388
00:22:45,734 --> 00:22:47,567
STEPHANIE BRYAN'S BELONGINGS
WERE FOUND
389
00:22:47,567 --> 00:22:49,367
IN THE BASEMENT OF A HOUSE
IN BERKELEY.
390
00:22:49,367 --> 00:22:50,934
IT WASN'T A SMOKING GUN,
391
00:22:50,934 --> 00:22:52,834
BUT IT MIGHT AS WELL HAVE BEEN
392
00:22:52,834 --> 00:22:55,467
AS FAR AS JOHN Q. PUBLIC
WAS CONCERNED.
393
00:22:55,467 --> 00:22:56,734
FOR US IN THE DAILIES,
394
00:22:56,734 --> 00:22:59,200
THE SMART MONEY
WAS ON THE MAN OF THE HOUSE,
395
00:22:59,200 --> 00:23:02,267
A GUY NAMED BURTON ABBOTT.
396
00:23:02,267 --> 00:23:03,900
[ FLASHBULBS POPPING ]
397
00:23:03,900 --> 00:23:06,367
WHAT'S IT BEEN LIKE SEEING
YOUR PICTURE IN THE PAPER?
398
00:23:06,367 --> 00:23:08,834
UNPLEASANT, IN A WORD.
399
00:23:08,834 --> 00:23:11,234
TO BE HONEST,
I DON'T THINK THAT ANYBODY LIKES
400
00:23:11,234 --> 00:23:14,234
BEING THROWN INTO THE LIMELIGHT,
ESPECIALLY IN THIS FASHION.
401
00:23:14,234 --> 00:23:15,834
Man:
BURTON, DID YOU DO IT?
402
00:23:15,834 --> 00:23:19,900
AS I'VE TOLD THE POLICE
AND THE FBI MANY TIMES,
403
00:23:19,900 --> 00:23:21,267
I DID NOT, NO.
404
00:23:21,267 --> 00:23:24,067
O'Toole: AT THIS POINT,
BURTON ABBOTT SAYS,
405
00:23:24,067 --> 00:23:25,967
"HEY, I'M COMPLETELY INNOCENT.
406
00:23:25,967 --> 00:23:27,200
"I'M BEING FRAMED.
407
00:23:27,200 --> 00:23:30,034
"I DIDN'T PUT THOSE ITEMS THERE.
408
00:23:30,034 --> 00:23:31,167
"I'VE ALREADY TOLD YOU
409
00:23:31,167 --> 00:23:32,934
THAT OTHER PEOPLE HAD ACCESS
TO MY BASEMENT."
410
00:23:32,934 --> 00:23:36,334
WHAT WOULD YOU SAY
TO STEPHANIE BRYAN'S FAMILY?
411
00:23:36,334 --> 00:23:39,467
I'M MOURNING WITH THEM,
AS ARE MY FAMILY.
412
00:23:39,467 --> 00:23:42,867
I'M A FATHER MYSELF,
AND I CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE
413
00:23:42,867 --> 00:23:46,500
THE HORROR
THEY MUST BE GOING THROUGH.
414
00:23:46,500 --> 00:23:47,734
AND WE'RE ALL PRAYING
415
00:23:47,734 --> 00:23:49,800
THAT SHE'S REUNITED
WITH HER FAMILY VERY SOON.
416
00:23:51,834 --> 00:23:54,734
[ SIGHS ]
417
00:23:54,734 --> 00:23:57,834
IF I COULD BE FRANK,
ME AND MY FAMILY,
418
00:23:57,834 --> 00:24:01,500
W-WE'RE KIND OF READY
FOR THIS MEDIA FRENZY,
419
00:24:01,500 --> 00:24:03,234
IF YOU WILL CALL IT, TO BE OVER.
420
00:24:03,234 --> 00:24:05,600
WE'RE READY TO GO BACK
TO OUR DAILY LIVES.
421
00:24:05,600 --> 00:24:08,067
AND SO, I'VE AGREED
TO TAKE A POLYGRAPH TEST
422
00:24:08,067 --> 00:24:09,467
FOR THE POLICE
423
00:24:09,467 --> 00:24:12,734
AND DO ANYTHING THAT WE CAN
TO SPEED THIS PROCESS ALONG
424
00:24:12,734 --> 00:24:15,100
BECAUSE, FRANKLY,
I THINK WE'RE READY
425
00:24:15,100 --> 00:24:17,500
TO JUST GO BACK
TO OUR PRIVATE LIVES.
426
00:24:17,500 --> 00:24:19,567
THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN.
THAT WILL BE ALL.
427
00:24:23,834 --> 00:24:33,234
[ WHIRRING ]
428
00:24:32,574 --> 00:24:35,107
Riedel: IS YOUR NAME
BURTON WILBUR ABBOTT?
429
00:24:35,107 --> 00:24:37,074
YES.
430
00:24:37,074 --> 00:24:40,374
DO YOU LIVE
AT 1408 SAN JOS� AVENUE?
431
00:24:40,374 --> 00:24:42,240
YES.
432
00:24:42,240 --> 00:24:45,274
ARE YOU MARRIED
TO GEORGIA ABBOTT?
433
00:24:45,274 --> 00:24:46,907
YES.
434
00:24:46,907 --> 00:24:51,174
Orloff:
THE POLYGRAPH IS ADMINISTERED BY A BERKELEY DETECTIVE
435
00:24:51,174 --> 00:24:53,274
CALLED AL RIEDEL.
436
00:24:53,274 --> 00:24:55,774
HE WAS THOUGHT OF AS ONE
OF THE TOP POLYGRAPH EXAMINERS
437
00:24:55,774 --> 00:24:57,140
IN THE COUNTRY.
438
00:24:57,140 --> 00:25:03,807
WHAT DID YOU DO
ON APRIL 28, 1955?
439
00:25:03,807 --> 00:25:05,907
UH, WENT TO
MY WIFE'S PARLOR,
440
00:25:05,907 --> 00:25:08,307
SAID HELLO TO HER
ABOUT 10:00 A.M.
441
00:25:08,307 --> 00:25:12,074
AND THEN I DROVE UP
TO WEAVERVILLE, TRINITY COUNTY.
442
00:25:12,074 --> 00:25:14,474
ON MY WAY,
I STOPPED FOR GAS.
443
00:25:17,707 --> 00:25:19,874
O'Toole: THEY ASK, "DO YOU HAVE
A RECEIPT FOR THE GAS?"
444
00:25:19,874 --> 00:25:21,074
AND HE SAYS,
"NO, I DON'T HAVE A RECEIPT.
445
00:25:21,074 --> 00:25:22,174
"I PAID CASH.
446
00:25:22,174 --> 00:25:24,507
"MY WIFE SAYS I USE
THE CREDIT CARD TOO MUCH,
447
00:25:24,507 --> 00:25:25,740
SO I CAN'T VERIFY THAT."
448
00:25:25,740 --> 00:25:29,974
I STOPPED AT THE CHUCK WAGON
TO HAVE AN EARLY DINNER.
449
00:25:29,974 --> 00:25:33,074
THAT'S WHERE THE WAITRESS
HAD SEEN HIM.
450
00:25:35,240 --> 00:25:38,740
I STOPPED AT THE WILDWOOD INN
TO HAVE A DRINK.
451
00:25:38,740 --> 00:25:41,874
I SAID HELLO TO THE OWNER.
452
00:25:41,874 --> 00:25:44,074
THEN I GOT TO THE CABIN,
AND I WENT TO BED.
453
00:25:44,074 --> 00:25:47,207
HE TELLS INVESTIGATORS THAT HE
SPENT THAT NIGHT AT THE CABIN.
454
00:25:47,207 --> 00:25:50,640
TELL US YOUR ROUTE HOME.
455
00:25:50,640 --> 00:25:54,340
I TOOK THE ZIG-ZAGGIEST ROUTE
YOU EVER DID SEE.
456
00:25:54,340 --> 00:25:57,140
ROUTE 36 TO 99 EAST,
457
00:25:57,140 --> 00:26:00,640
HIGHWAY 40
OVER THE CARQUINEZ BRIDGE.
458
00:26:00,640 --> 00:26:04,407
THEN I TOOK A SHORTCUT
ALONG FRANKLIN CANYON ROAD.
459
00:26:05,507 --> 00:26:07,074
STEPHANIE BRYAN'S FRENCH BOOK
460
00:26:07,074 --> 00:26:08,940
WAS FOUND
ON FRANKLIN CANYON ROAD.
461
00:26:10,607 --> 00:26:12,074
DO YOU KNOW
STEPHANIE BRYAN?
462
00:26:12,074 --> 00:26:13,174
NO.
463
00:26:17,474 --> 00:26:19,174
DID YOU ABDUCT
STEPHANIE BRYAN?
464
00:26:19,174 --> 00:26:20,374
NO.
465
00:26:22,807 --> 00:26:24,974
DID YOU KILL
STEPHANIE BRYAN?
466
00:26:24,974 --> 00:26:26,274
NO.
467
00:26:37,907 --> 00:26:40,340
I DON'T SEE
ANY FLUCTUATION.
468
00:26:42,274 --> 00:26:43,974
McNamara:
THE RESULTS ARE INCONCLUSIVE.
469
00:26:43,974 --> 00:26:46,374
NOTHING SHOWS
THAT BURTON'S LYING.
470
00:26:47,774 --> 00:26:50,074
THE POLYGRAPH DIDN'T PAN OUT
LIKE THEY WERE HOPING IT WOULD,
471
00:26:50,074 --> 00:26:52,540
AND THAT LEFT THEM WITH
TWO OPTIONS THEY DIDN'T LIKE.
472
00:26:52,540 --> 00:26:54,307
"A," BURTON WAS THEIR GUY,
473
00:26:54,307 --> 00:26:56,674
BUT HAD SOMEHOW
BEATEN THE TEST.
474
00:26:56,674 --> 00:26:58,774
OR "B," BURTON WASN'T THEIR GUY
475
00:26:58,774 --> 00:27:01,174
AND THEY WERE BACK
TO SQUARE ONE.
476
00:27:01,174 --> 00:27:04,274
SIR?
477
00:27:04,274 --> 00:27:08,140
McNamara: THEN THEY GET
AN ANONYMOUS NOTE.
478
00:27:08,140 --> 00:27:11,340
O'Toole:
THE NOTE SAYS, "IT'S NOT BURTON.
479
00:27:11,340 --> 00:27:14,274
WHO YOU REALLY NEED TO LOOK AT
ARE GEORGIA AND OTTO."
480
00:27:16,874 --> 00:27:18,074
I'M HERE TO TELL YOU
481
00:27:18,074 --> 00:27:20,207
THE TRUTH IS STRANGER
THAN FICTION.
482
00:27:20,207 --> 00:27:22,574
THE IDEA OF THAT PAIR
FRAMING BURTON FOR MURDER
483
00:27:22,574 --> 00:27:23,907
WASN'T SO CRAZY.
484
00:27:23,907 --> 00:27:25,940
SO, THE DETECTIVES WENT TO
TALK TO THE PERSON
485
00:27:25,940 --> 00:27:27,774
WHO HAD AVOIDED THEM
FROM THE BEGINNING,
486
00:27:27,774 --> 00:27:30,674
THE ONE WHO MIGHT KNOW
ALL THERE WAS TO KNOW
487
00:27:30,674 --> 00:27:32,940
ABOUT GEORGIA, OTTO,
AND BURTON.
488
00:27:32,940 --> 00:27:35,107
ANY INFORMATION
THAT YOU CAN PROVIDE FOR US,
489
00:27:35,107 --> 00:27:36,240
WE'D REALLY --
490
00:27:36,240 --> 00:27:39,140
PERHAPS YOU SHOULD
ASK HER.
491
00:27:39,140 --> 00:27:40,207
GEORGIA?
492
00:27:40,207 --> 00:27:42,574
YES.
AND MAYBE OTTO.
493
00:27:42,574 --> 00:27:44,340
GEORGIA AND OTTO?
494
00:27:44,340 --> 00:27:45,474
YES, PERHAPS.
495
00:27:45,474 --> 00:27:48,074
WHY DO YOU BRING UP
THEIR NAMES?
496
00:27:48,074 --> 00:27:51,874
WELL, THEY DO SEEM
AWFULLY CLOSE.
497
00:27:51,874 --> 00:27:54,074
MM-HMM.
498
00:27:54,074 --> 00:27:57,574
ELSIE SAID,
"GEORGIA JUMPS FROM MAN TO MAN.
499
00:27:57,574 --> 00:27:59,907
SHE'S UNFAITHFUL TO MY SON."
500
00:27:59,907 --> 00:28:03,074
AGAIN, REMEMBER THAT
WHAT BURTON IS SAYING IS THAT,
501
00:28:03,074 --> 00:28:04,540
"SOMEBODY'S FRAMING ME,"
502
00:28:04,540 --> 00:28:06,374
AND THE IMPLICATION IS
503
00:28:06,374 --> 00:28:09,674
THAT OTTO COULD BE
ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE.
504
00:28:09,674 --> 00:28:12,940
McNamara:
INVESTIGATORS RECALL
505
00:28:12,940 --> 00:28:18,340
THAT THEY THOUGHT GEORGIA
AND OTTO SEEMED A LITTLE COZY.
506
00:28:18,340 --> 00:28:21,707
AND SO, YOU KNOW,
SPINNING THAT THEORY OUT,
507
00:28:21,707 --> 00:28:23,674
THEY HAVE TO BE OPEN
TO THE POSSIBILITY...
508
00:28:23,674 --> 00:28:24,974
THANKS AGAIN.
509
00:28:24,974 --> 00:28:30,474
...DID OTTO FRAME BURTON
SO THAT HE COULD HAVE GEORGIA?
510
00:28:36,840 --> 00:28:38,940
O'Toole:
OTTO'S NEIGHBOR CAME FORWARD.
511
00:28:38,940 --> 00:28:41,874
AND SHE SAID THAT SHE HAD HEARD
SCREAMING FROM HIS GARAGE
512
00:28:41,874 --> 00:28:43,907
THE DAY
THAT STEPHANIE WENT MISSING.
513
00:28:45,907 --> 00:28:47,074
NOT ONLY THAT,
514
00:28:47,074 --> 00:28:50,107
SHE SAID SHE HAD A HOE
AND SHE HAD A SHOVEL
515
00:28:50,107 --> 00:28:52,907
THAT WERE MISSING
FROM HER GARAGE.
516
00:29:00,707 --> 00:29:02,507
SIT HIM DOWN.
517
00:29:08,574 --> 00:29:10,474
WHAT'S YOUR RELATIONSHIP
WITH GEORGIA ABBOTT?
518
00:29:13,740 --> 00:29:14,974
YOU'VE BEEN SLEEPING
WITH HER.
519
00:29:14,974 --> 00:29:16,474
NO!
520
00:29:16,474 --> 00:29:18,807
I DON'T KNOW
WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
521
00:29:18,807 --> 00:29:19,940
OTTO DENIED THE AFFAIR
522
00:29:19,940 --> 00:29:21,740
AND THE RUMORS
FROM HIS NEIGHBOR.
523
00:29:21,740 --> 00:29:23,740
BUT WHAT DO YOU THINK
A GUY'S GONNA SAY
524
00:29:23,740 --> 00:29:25,574
WHEN HE'S PUT IN A SPOT
LIKE THAT?
525
00:29:25,574 --> 00:29:30,307
WHERE WERE YOU APRIL 28th WHEN
STEPHANIE BRYAN DISAPPEARED?
526
00:29:34,440 --> 00:29:38,307
Orloff:
THAT DAY, OTTO'S WIFE WAS WORKING AT THE BEAUTY PARLOR.
527
00:29:38,307 --> 00:29:39,540
LET ME SEE THAT.
528
00:29:39,540 --> 00:29:41,874
HE WENT INTO
THE BEAUTY PARLOR,
529
00:29:41,874 --> 00:29:46,340
AND THERE WAS A WOMAN THERE
THAT HAD A PARKING TICKET.
530
00:29:46,340 --> 00:29:48,807
AND HE VOLUNTEERS
TO TAKE HER PARKING TICKET
531
00:29:48,807 --> 00:29:52,074
TO THE PARKING BUREAU
AND PAY IT.
532
00:29:52,074 --> 00:29:53,640
DATE CHECKS OUT.
533
00:29:53,640 --> 00:29:57,074
THAT PUTS HIM IN ALAMEDA
WHEN STEPHANIE DISAPPEARS.
534
00:29:59,240 --> 00:30:02,107
SO, HE BASICALLY HAS
AN IRON-CLAD ALIBI.
535
00:30:04,807 --> 00:30:07,240
WERE GEORGIA AND OTTO HAVING
AN AFFAIR?
536
00:30:09,374 --> 00:30:10,640
WHO KNOWS?
537
00:30:10,640 --> 00:30:12,774
THAT LINE OF QUESTIONING
STOPPED RIGHT THERE.
538
00:30:15,774 --> 00:30:18,207
AND THAT'S WHEN ONE OF US --
A REPORTER, I MEAN,
539
00:30:18,207 --> 00:30:20,274
A REAL HARD CASE
NAMED ED MONTGOMERY --
540
00:30:20,274 --> 00:30:21,440
PLAYED A HUNCH.
541
00:30:21,440 --> 00:30:23,674
BETWEEN THE CAR,
FRANKLIN CANYON ROAD,
542
00:30:23,674 --> 00:30:26,074
STEPHANIE'S STUFF
IN THE BASEMENT,
543
00:30:26,074 --> 00:30:28,040
AND ABBOTT'S TIMELY TRIP NORTH,
544
00:30:28,040 --> 00:30:31,840
MONTGOMERY DECIDED THERE HAD
TO BE ANSWERS UP AT THAT CABIN.
545
00:30:31,840 --> 00:30:33,774
McNamara:
THERE WAS NO WAY IN HIS MIND
546
00:30:33,774 --> 00:30:36,407
THAT THERE WASN'T SOMETHING
UP THERE THAT THE COPS MISSED.
547
00:30:36,407 --> 00:30:41,140
MONTGOMERY AND A PHOTOGRAPHER
WENT DOWN
548
00:30:41,140 --> 00:30:45,574
TO BURTON ABBOTT'S CABIN SITE
AND LOOKED AROUND.
549
00:30:45,574 --> 00:30:48,607
McNamara:
THEY LOOKED AND THEY LOOKED,
550
00:30:48,607 --> 00:30:50,407
AND THE DAY WAS ENDING.
551
00:30:50,407 --> 00:30:53,140
SO, MONTGOMERY,
BEING THE SMART,
552
00:30:53,140 --> 00:30:56,074
RESOURCEFUL REPORTER
THAT HE WAS...
553
00:30:56,074 --> 00:30:58,140
[ DOGS BARKING ]
554
00:30:58,140 --> 00:31:01,340
...WENT AND FOUND
SOME BLOODHOUNDS.
555
00:31:01,340 --> 00:31:04,074
O'Toole: THE DOGS HIT...
556
00:31:04,074 --> 00:31:07,140
[ BARKING CONTINUES ]
557
00:31:09,074 --> 00:31:13,107
...AT A LOCATION
THAT'S WAY UP ON A STEEP HILL.
558
00:31:13,107 --> 00:31:15,274
BUT AS THEY GET CLOSER...
559
00:31:15,274 --> 00:31:19,807
THEY SEE A LITTLE SADDLE SHOE
STICKING OUT OF THE DIRT.
560
00:31:30,303 --> 00:31:33,203
A CABIN IN THE WOODS,
AN INTREPID REPORTER,
561
00:31:33,203 --> 00:31:36,736
AND A PACK OF BLOODHOUNDS.
562
00:31:36,736 --> 00:31:39,669
THREE HOURS LATER,
WE WERE STARING AT A BODY,
563
00:31:39,669 --> 00:31:42,336
AND THE COPS WERE SWARMING.
564
00:31:42,336 --> 00:31:45,669
O'Toole:
THEY FIND STEPHANIE'S BODY
565
00:31:45,669 --> 00:31:49,403
WITHIN 330-SOME FEET
TO THE CABIN
566
00:31:49,403 --> 00:31:52,469
WHERE BURTON SAYS
HE WAS THAT THURSDAY.
567
00:31:52,469 --> 00:31:55,569
McNamara: THEY'RE ABLE TO TELL
FROM INSECT LARVAE
568
00:31:55,569 --> 00:31:58,703
THAT SHE WAS KILLED
SHORTLY AFTER HER ABDUCTION.
569
00:31:58,703 --> 00:32:02,303
THERE HAD BEEN SOME
VERY SEVERE BLUNT-FORCE TRAUMA
570
00:32:02,303 --> 00:32:04,703
TO HER HEAD.
571
00:32:04,703 --> 00:32:09,336
THEY SAW THAT HER UNDERPANTS
HAD BEEN AROUND HER THROAT.
572
00:32:12,536 --> 00:32:14,903
I HAVE TO ADMIT,
EVEN FOR VETERAN REPORTERS,
573
00:32:14,903 --> 00:32:16,569
THE DETAILS WERE NIGHTMARISH.
574
00:32:22,136 --> 00:32:23,236
[ INDISTINCT SHOUTING ]
575
00:32:23,236 --> 00:32:24,369
Man:
THERE HE IS!
576
00:32:24,369 --> 00:32:26,203
Man #2: ALL RIGHT, FELLAS.
MOVE IT ALONG.
577
00:32:26,203 --> 00:32:28,003
O'Toole:
SO, THEY ARREST HIM.
578
00:32:28,003 --> 00:32:30,303
BUT HE'S STILL PRETTY COOL,
AND HE'S CALM,
579
00:32:30,303 --> 00:32:32,369
AND HE'S COLLECTED.
580
00:32:38,703 --> 00:32:43,336
NOW THE PROSECUTOR KNOWS
THAT HE'S UNDER A TIME CRUNCH.
581
00:32:43,336 --> 00:32:45,669
IT SOUNDS FROM THE OUTSET
LIKE HE HAD A GOOD CASE.
582
00:32:45,669 --> 00:32:46,836
BUT WHEN YOU GO TO COURT,
583
00:32:46,836 --> 00:32:48,936
THAT EVIDENCE HAS TO RISE
TO A CERTAIN LEVEL
584
00:32:48,936 --> 00:32:51,136
WHERE A JURY OF PEOPLE
WOULD SAY,
585
00:32:51,136 --> 00:32:54,103
"THIS IS MORE
THAN CIRCUMSTANTIAL."
586
00:32:54,103 --> 00:32:56,636
SO, HE KNOWS HE'S GOING TO NEED
FORENSIC EVIDENCE
587
00:32:56,636 --> 00:32:59,136
BECAUSE IF HE DOESN'T,
BURTON'S GOING TO WALK.
588
00:32:59,136 --> 00:33:03,269
NOVEMBER 7, 1955,
589
00:33:03,269 --> 00:33:05,836
THE TRIAL STARTED,
AND IT WAS GONNA BE HUGE.
590
00:33:05,836 --> 00:33:08,303
HACKS FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY
SHOWED UP.
591
00:33:08,303 --> 00:33:09,669
AND JUST WHEN WE THOUGHT
592
00:33:09,669 --> 00:33:13,769
THE CIRCUS COULDN'T GET
ANY BIGGER...
593
00:33:13,769 --> 00:33:16,669
THE MAIN ATTRACTION ARRIVED
TO TAKE CENTER RING.
594
00:33:16,669 --> 00:33:20,569
AND LET ME TELL YOU,
HE WAS A SHOW-STOPPER.
595
00:33:20,569 --> 00:33:23,736
O'Toole: BURTON ABBOTT HAS
NO EMOTION THAT'S CONSISTENT
596
00:33:23,736 --> 00:33:26,803
WITH THE FACT THAT HE'S FACING
THE CHARGE OF HOMICIDE
597
00:33:26,803 --> 00:33:28,869
WITH THE POSSIBILITY
OF A DEATH SENTENCE.
598
00:33:28,869 --> 00:33:30,703
HE'S COMPLETELY DETACHED
FROM THAT.
599
00:33:30,703 --> 00:33:32,436
IN COURT,
HE'S GLIB AND CHARMING.
600
00:33:32,436 --> 00:33:34,669
HE WAS LAUGHING AND JOKING
TO THE MEDIA,
601
00:33:34,669 --> 00:33:36,636
TO THE DEFENSE,
TO ANYBODY THERE.
602
00:33:42,769 --> 00:33:44,503
'COURSE,
THE D.A. WAS UNIMPRESSED
603
00:33:44,503 --> 00:33:45,736
WITH ABBOTT'S SHENANIGANS
604
00:33:45,736 --> 00:33:49,636
AND WENT RIGHT AFTER HIM
AND HIS ALIBI.
605
00:33:49,636 --> 00:33:52,203
BURTON ABBOTT SAID ON THURSDAY,
606
00:33:52,203 --> 00:33:54,269
THE DAY
OF STEPHANIE'S DISAPPEARANCE,
607
00:33:54,269 --> 00:33:56,236
HE LEFT FOR TRINITY COUNTY
608
00:33:56,236 --> 00:33:59,769
SOME TIME SHORTLY AFTER
10:00 IN THE MORNING.
609
00:33:59,769 --> 00:34:03,336
SO, HE COULDN'T
HAVE ABDUCTED STEPHANIE.
610
00:34:03,336 --> 00:34:05,869
AND THE WAITRESS
AT THE CHUCK WAGON HAD SAID
611
00:34:05,869 --> 00:34:07,503
SHE'D SEEN HIM THURSDAY NIGHT.
612
00:34:07,503 --> 00:34:10,269
BUT THE BARTENDER
AT THE WILDWOOD INN
613
00:34:10,269 --> 00:34:12,136
REMEMBERED IT DIFFERENTLY.
614
00:34:12,136 --> 00:34:14,803
Prosecutor:
WAS IT THURSDAY OR FRIDAY?
615
00:34:16,736 --> 00:34:18,769
FRIDAY.
616
00:34:18,769 --> 00:34:22,969
THE BARTENDER SAID, "HE WASN'T
HERE ON THURSDAY NIGHT."
617
00:34:22,969 --> 00:34:26,203
THEY VERIFIED THAT HE WAS THERE
THE FOLLOWING DAY,
618
00:34:26,203 --> 00:34:29,669
BUT THEY SAID, "NO, HE WASN'T
HERE ON THURSDAY NIGHT."
619
00:34:33,436 --> 00:34:35,269
TOUGH DAY FOR ABBOTT,
AIN'T IT, FELLAS?
620
00:34:35,269 --> 00:34:36,269
[ CHUCKLES ]
621
00:34:36,269 --> 00:34:37,703
HE'S NOT SO COCKY ANYMORE,
IS HE?
622
00:34:37,703 --> 00:34:38,936
GOT THAT RIGHT.
623
00:34:38,936 --> 00:34:40,936
IT WAS A GOOD OPENING MOVE
FOR THE D.A.
624
00:34:40,936 --> 00:34:43,636
SHOW ABBOTT'S A LIAR
ABOUT ONE THING,
625
00:34:43,636 --> 00:34:46,769
AND CHANCES ARE
HE'S A LIAR ABOUT EVERYTHING.
626
00:34:46,769 --> 00:34:51,103
IT'S EFFECTIVE,
BUT IT'S NOT FOOLPROOF,
627
00:34:51,103 --> 00:34:52,469
AND THAT'S WHERE
THE PROSECUTION'S
628
00:34:52,469 --> 00:34:54,169
KEY WITNESS CAME IN.
629
00:34:54,169 --> 00:34:57,636
McNamara:
SO, FINALLY, THE PROSECUTION BRINGS OUT THEIR SECRET WEAPON,
630
00:34:57,636 --> 00:34:59,236
FORENSIC EXPERT PAUL KIRK.
631
00:34:59,236 --> 00:35:00,669
YOU GOT TO REMEMBER,
632
00:35:00,669 --> 00:35:02,503
THIS WAS BEFORE "PERRY MASON"
AND "THE DEFENDERS"
633
00:35:02,503 --> 00:35:05,136
AND SHOWS THAT MADE US ALL FEEL
THAT WE KNEW OUR WAY AROUND
634
00:35:05,136 --> 00:35:06,703
THE INSIDE OF A COURTROOM.
635
00:35:06,703 --> 00:35:09,603
MOST OF US HAD NEVER SEEN
ANYONE LIKE PAUL KIRK.
636
00:35:09,603 --> 00:35:13,436
Orloff:
PAUL KIRK WAS A NATIONALLY RENOWNED CRIMINOLOGIST.
637
00:35:13,436 --> 00:35:16,969
HE WAS A PROFESSOR AT UNIVERSITY
OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY.
638
00:35:16,969 --> 00:35:18,836
HE HAD DEVELOPED
SEVERAL TECHNIQUES
639
00:35:18,836 --> 00:35:20,603
IN THE AREA
OF FORENSIC EVIDENCE.
640
00:35:20,603 --> 00:35:26,669
PROFESSOR KIRK, CAN YOU TELL US
THE SIGNIFICANCE
641
00:35:26,669 --> 00:35:32,836
OF THE FIBER THAT YOU FOUND
IN BURTON ABBOTT'S CAR?
642
00:35:32,836 --> 00:35:36,269
I CANNOT ONLY TELL YOU,
I CAN SHOW YOU.
643
00:35:36,269 --> 00:35:38,969
I BROUGHT ALONG
SOME SAMPLES.
644
00:35:38,969 --> 00:35:44,403
O'Toole: PAUL SAYS THAT HE WAS
ABLE TO RECOVER FIBERS
645
00:35:44,403 --> 00:35:45,503
FROM BURTON'S CAR
646
00:35:45,503 --> 00:35:47,803
THAT, ULTIMATELY,
HE WAS ABLE TO MATCH
647
00:35:47,803 --> 00:35:51,769
TO THE FIBERS
IN STEPHANIE'S SWEATER.
648
00:35:51,769 --> 00:35:54,136
HE ALSO SAID HE FOUND HAIRS
649
00:35:54,136 --> 00:35:57,536
THAT MATCHED
THE HAIRS OF STEPHANIE.
650
00:35:59,369 --> 00:36:02,103
WHAT WAS THE SIGNIFICANCE
OF THE DIRT
651
00:36:02,103 --> 00:36:04,169
THAT YOU FOUND
ON HIS BOOTS?
652
00:36:04,169 --> 00:36:05,769
WHAT WE ARE ABLE TO DO,
653
00:36:05,769 --> 00:36:08,903
WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO LOOK AT
IN A LABORATORY,
654
00:36:08,903 --> 00:36:10,869
IS THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN, SAY,
655
00:36:10,869 --> 00:36:13,803
THE DIRT FOUND ON THE LAWN
OUTSIDE THIS COURTHOUSE
656
00:36:13,803 --> 00:36:17,636
AND A LAWN FOUND A FEW MILES
AWAY IN SOMEONE'S BACKYARD.
657
00:36:17,636 --> 00:36:23,303
PAUL WAS ABLE TO SAY
THAT THE DIRT ON BURTON'S BOOTS
658
00:36:23,303 --> 00:36:28,469
MATCHED THE DIRT NINE INCHES
DOWN INTO STEPHANIE'S GRAVE.
659
00:36:31,303 --> 00:36:36,869
THE EVIDENCE DON'T LIE, BOYS.
THE EVIDENCE DON'T LIE.
660
00:36:36,869 --> 00:36:40,436
AND ONCE THE D.A. HAD STACKED
UP HIS CASE BRICK BY BRICK,
661
00:36:40,436 --> 00:36:42,236
HE DID WHAT D.A.s DO BEST --
662
00:36:42,236 --> 00:36:46,103
HE TOLD THE JURY A STORY.
663
00:36:49,169 --> 00:36:51,903
McNamara:
ON APRIL 28, 1955,
664
00:36:51,903 --> 00:36:54,169
STEPHANIE BRYAN WAS WALKING HOME
FROM SCHOOL.
665
00:37:02,569 --> 00:37:04,003
[ TWIG SNAPS ]
666
00:37:15,969 --> 00:37:18,469
O'Toole: HE GRABBED HER...
667
00:37:22,503 --> 00:37:27,303
...AND HIT HER...
668
00:37:27,303 --> 00:37:28,736
SO HE COULD
GET CONTROL OF HER.
669
00:37:30,903 --> 00:37:35,103
HE THEN PUT HER IN HIS CAR.
670
00:37:38,703 --> 00:37:41,469
HE HAD AN INSTRUMENT
THAT HE USED
671
00:37:41,469 --> 00:37:44,336
TO INFLICT
THE BLUNT-FORCE TRAUMA.
672
00:37:50,736 --> 00:37:55,636
* THAT HAUNTS YOU
NIGHT AND DAY *
673
00:37:55,636 --> 00:37:58,503
AND THEN,
ONCE HE WAS FINISHED WITH HER,
674
00:37:58,503 --> 00:38:01,236
HE THEN PUT HER IN THE TRUNK
OF HIS CAR
675
00:38:01,236 --> 00:38:06,536
AND THEN DROVE UP TO TRINITY....
* JUST LIKE THE STRAIN *
676
00:38:06,536 --> 00:38:11,736
* OF A HAUNTING REFRAIN *
677
00:38:18,236 --> 00:38:21,103
...AND BURIES HER
300 FEET FROM HIS CABIN.
678
00:38:27,169 --> 00:38:31,169
AND THEN, ON HIS WAY HOME,
ABBOTT DISCARDS A FRENCH BOOK.
679
00:38:33,803 --> 00:38:36,236
AND THEN,
ARRIVING HOME, YOU KNOW,
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00:38:36,236 --> 00:38:39,103
HE'S GOT SOME
OF HER OTHER POSSESSIONS,
681
00:38:39,103 --> 00:38:42,603
AND HE BURIES A COUPLE OF THEM
UNDERNEATH HIS HOUSE.
682
00:38:49,536 --> 00:38:52,103
SIX DAYS OF DELIBERATIONS
AND NO VERDICT.
683
00:38:52,103 --> 00:38:53,703
WE ALL KNEW WHAT THAT MEANT.
684
00:38:53,703 --> 00:38:55,969
THOSE 12 JURORS COULDN'T AGREE.
685
00:38:55,969 --> 00:38:57,636
AND EVERY HOUR THAT PASSED,
686
00:38:57,636 --> 00:39:00,169
IT GOT MORE LIKELY
THAT ABBOTT WOULD WALK.
687
00:39:00,169 --> 00:39:02,869
THEN FINALLY,
ON THE SEVENTH DAY,
688
00:39:02,869 --> 00:39:05,836
WE GOT WORD
THAT THE JURY WAS BACK.
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00:39:09,136 --> 00:39:11,369
[ GAVEL BANGING ]
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00:39:14,436 --> 00:39:16,969
Foreman: WE, THE JURY,
FIND THE DEFENDANT,
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BURTON W. ABBOTT,
GUILTY OF FELONY VIOLATION
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00:39:19,603 --> 00:39:22,469
OF SECTION 209
OF THE PENAL CODE.
693
00:39:25,236 --> 00:39:28,669
O'Toole: THE JURY COMES BACK,
AND THEY FIND HIM GUILTY.
694
00:39:28,669 --> 00:39:30,969
AND HE IS SENTENCED TO DEATH.
695
00:39:34,003 --> 00:39:35,636
MRS. ABBOTT.
696
00:39:35,636 --> 00:39:37,236
MRS. ABBOTT.
697
00:39:37,236 --> 00:39:38,969
ONE QUESTION.
698
00:39:38,969 --> 00:39:40,669
IS HE GUILTY?
699
00:39:40,669 --> 00:39:43,469
THE VERDICT SENT SHOCK WAVES
THROUGH BERKELEY AND BEYOND.
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00:39:50,236 --> 00:39:51,269
Man on TV: DOOMED
BY CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE
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00:39:51,269 --> 00:39:52,903
IN THE SENSATIONAL TRIAL...
702
00:39:52,903 --> 00:39:55,703
Reporter:
A DEATH SENTENCE WAS JUSTICE IN THE EYES OF THE LAW.
703
00:39:55,703 --> 00:39:58,036
Man on TV: ...BLUDGEON MURDER
OF 14-YEAR-OLD STEPHANIE BRYAN.
704
00:40:01,336 --> 00:40:03,903
Reporter: BUT IT WAS
COLD COMFORT TO THE BRYANS,
705
00:40:03,903 --> 00:40:06,369
WHO WOULD NEVER
BE MADE WHOLE AGAIN.
706
00:40:06,369 --> 00:40:09,569
[ CRYING ]
707
00:40:25,936 --> 00:40:28,603
AND I CAN UNDERSTAND
HER PARENTS WANTING,
708
00:40:28,603 --> 00:40:30,436
AT THE VERY LEAST, A REASON --
709
00:40:30,436 --> 00:40:32,569
WHY DO IT?
710
00:40:32,569 --> 00:40:34,836
WHY KILL OUR GIRL?
711
00:40:34,836 --> 00:40:38,569
BUT BURTON WOULD NEVER
GIVE IT TO THEM...
712
00:40:45,236 --> 00:40:49,269
...BECAUSE HE NEVER EVEN
ACKNOWLEDGED THAT HE DID IT.
713
00:40:49,269 --> 00:40:52,503
Man: WHY DON'T YOU COME OUT
AND ADMIT YOUR GUILT
714
00:40:52,503 --> 00:40:56,503
AND THROW YOURSELF
ON THE MERCY OF THE GOVERNOR?
715
00:40:56,503 --> 00:41:00,703
NOT REALLY, ANYWAY.
716
00:41:02,803 --> 00:41:06,269
I CAN'T ADMIT IT.
717
00:41:06,269 --> 00:41:09,669
THINK OF WHAT IT WOULD DO
TO MY MOTHER.
718
00:41:10,503 --> 00:41:12,103
BUT GET THIS.
719
00:41:15,469 --> 00:41:17,269
EVENTUALLY,
IT CAME OUT IN THE PAPERS
720
00:41:17,269 --> 00:41:19,103
THAT ELSIE HAD MADE HERSELF
SO SCARCE
721
00:41:19,103 --> 00:41:23,203
BECAUSE SHE HAD BEEN KEEPING
A SECRET OF HER OWN.
722
00:41:28,403 --> 00:41:31,303
McNamara: SHE, IN FACT,
HAD FOUND THAT PURSE
723
00:41:31,303 --> 00:41:34,536
DOWN IN THE BASEMENT
TWO MONTHS EARLIER,
724
00:41:34,536 --> 00:41:36,603
BEFORE THE LOCAL ELECTION.
725
00:41:42,136 --> 00:41:46,436
AND SHE WAS SILENT AS A MOUSE
ABOUT THAT.
726
00:41:46,436 --> 00:41:49,636
I GUESS THERE'S JUST NO LIMIT
727
00:41:49,636 --> 00:41:52,603
TO THE LOVE BETWEEN A BOY
AND HIS MOTHER.
728
00:41:58,769 --> 00:42:04,503
* A PRETTY GIRL *
729
00:42:04,503 --> 00:42:10,003
* IS LIKE A MELODY *
730
00:42:11,636 --> 00:42:15,469
IT'S BEEN A LOT OF YEARS AND
I'VE COVERED A LOT OF STORIES.
731
00:42:15,469 --> 00:42:18,303
IT'S EASY TO GET HARDENED
ABOUT THINGS,
732
00:42:18,303 --> 00:42:21,369
BUT NOT ABOUT STEFFIE BRYAN.
733
00:42:21,369 --> 00:42:24,336
I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS THAT
I WAS YOUNG AND IDEALISTIC
734
00:42:24,336 --> 00:42:26,669
OR THAT THIS TOWN WAS,
735
00:42:26,669 --> 00:42:31,003
OR JUST THAT STEFFIE BRYAN,
A BEAUTIFUL 14-YEAR-OLD GIRL,
736
00:42:31,003 --> 00:42:34,869
WAS DESTROYED BY A MONSTER.
737
00:42:38,403 --> 00:42:40,169
BUT I SUPPOSE
IT'S NOT IMPORTANT
738
00:42:40,169 --> 00:42:42,836
WHY WE REMEMBER STEFFIE BRYAN,
739
00:42:42,836 --> 00:42:46,269
JUST THAT WE DO.
740
00:42:52,403 --> 00:42:59,003
* SHE WILL LEAVE YOU
AND THEN *
741
00:42:59,003 --> 00:43:03,936
* SHE'LL COME BACK AGAIN *
742
00:43:03,936 --> 00:43:06,369
* A PRETTY GIRL *
743
00:43:06,369 --> 00:43:08,703
* IS JUST LIKE *
744
00:43:08,703 --> 00:43:20,503
* A PRETTY TUNE *
745
00:43:20,553 --> 00:43:25,103
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