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FOR CENTURIES,

MAN BELIEVED
NO ONE COULD PENETRATE

THE SILENCE
OF THE DEAD.

THAT THE MYSTERY OF HOW
SOMEONE DIED

WOULD DIE WITH THEM.

THEN,
100 YEARS AGO,

SCIENCE REALIZED THE NEED
FOR A DOCTOR

SPECIFICALLY TRAINED
TO INVESTIGATE MURDER.

AND MODERN FORENSIC
SCIENCE WAS BORN.

TODAY,
THE FORENSIC PATHOLOGIST

HAS ELEVATED THE AUTOPSY
TO A FINE ART,

USING HIS SKILL TO INVESTIGATE
ALL UNNATURAL DEATHS.

THE ACCIDENTS,
THE SUICIDES,

AND THE MURDERS.

HE IS CALLED
THE INTERPRETER OF THE DEAD

BECAUSE HE REVEALS
THEIR SECRETS

THROUGH THE MYSTERY
OF THE AUTOPSY.

IN NOVEMBER OF 1997,

POLICE IN
BRADENTON, FLORIDA,

RECEIVED A FRANTIC
PHONE CALL,

FROM A MAN WHO SAID THAT HE HAD
FOUND A STRANGE OBJECT

LYING ON THE SHORE
OF THE MANATEE RIVER.

WHAT THE POLICE FOUND
WHEN THEY ARRIVED

WAS AN ALMOST PERFECT
HUMAN HAND,

CUT OFF
AT THE WRIST.

AS I'M STANDING THERE
LOOKING AT THIS HAND,

THE FIRST THING THAT
COMES TO MY MIND IS,

THAT SOMEBODY GOT THEIR HAND
CAUGHT IN THE COOKIE JAR

AND THEY PAID
THE PRICE.

THE HAND APPEARED TO BE
THAT OF A MALE

AND IT WAS
WELL PRESERVED.

I COULD SEE THAT
IT WAS A CLEAN CUT.

I KNEW THAT THERE
MUST BE A BODY

THAT GOES WITH
THIS HAND SOMEWHERE.

HOPING TO FIND
THE REST OF THE BODY,

POLICE CAREFULLY SEARCHED
THE MANATEE RIVER.

THIS BODY OF WATER
IS POPULATED BY

BOTH SHARKS
AND ALLIGATORS.

THERE'S A LOT OF
THINGS OUT THERE

THAT WILL EAT A BODY UP

IF IT STAYS IN
THAT RIVER LONG ENOUGH.

WHILE THE MARINE UNIT
CONTINUED THEIR SEARCH,

DETECTIVES TOOK THE HAND
TO THE FINGERPRINT DIVISION

OF THE MANATEE COUNTY
SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.

WHEN THE HAND WAS
BROUGHT TO THE CRIME LAB

IT WAS SO WATERLOGGED
THAT THE FINGERPRINT TECHNICIANS

COULDN'T RAISE
A USABLE FINGERPRINT.

WHAT HAPPENS AS
THE BODY DECOMPOSES,

THE OUTER LAYER OF SKIN
SEPARATES FROM THE INNER LAYER.

THE INNER LAYER CAN GET
VERY WATERLOGGED

BUT THE OUTER LAYER
STAYS THIN

AND KEEPS ITS RIDGING.

SO, WHAT THEY DID, IS THEY
CUT OFF SOME OF THE DIGITS

AND WERE ABLE TO REMOVE
THE OUTER LAYER OF SKIN INTACT.

THEY THEN PUT THE OUTER LAYER
OF SKIN ON THEIR OWN FINGERS,

WERE THEN ABLE
TO ROLL THAT FINGER

AND THEY WERE ABLE TO GET
ONE VERY USABLE FINGERPRINT.

IN ORDER TO FIND OUT
WHO THE HAND BELONGED TO,

THE FINGERPRINT
WAS RUN THROUGH

THE AUTOMATED FINGERPRINT
IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM,

WHICH CONTAINED
OVER 150,000 PRINTS

OF PEOPLE WHO HAD BEEN
ARRESTED IN THE FLORIDA AREA.

INCREDIBLY, THE SYSTEM
TOOK ONLY MINUTES,

TO FIND
A MATCHING PRINT.

IT BELONGED TO
A 70-YEAR-OLD MAN

NAMED WILLIE SUTTLE,

A MAN WHO HAD HAD
A MINOR POLICE RECORD.

HE HAD PASSED AWAY
OF NATURAL CAUSES

A YEAR PRIOR TO
THE IDENTIFICATION.

I JUST COULDN'T UNDERSTAND
WHERE THIS HAND HAD BEEN

FOR THE SIX MONTHS THAT THIS
MAN HAD BEEN DEAD AND BURIED.

TO SEE IF
WILLIE SUTTLE'S BODY

HAD ACTUALLY
BEEN DISMEMBERED,

DETECTIVES WENT TO
THE NEW MEMPHIS CEMETERY,

A BURIAL GROUND FOR
THE POOR AND HOMELESS.

THERE,
IN A SHALLOW GRAVE,

THEY FOUND AN OLD,
ROTTING, WOODEN BOX.

INSIDE OF THE BOX,

A BODY BAG CONTAINING
THE REMAINS OF WILLIE SUTTLE.

EVERYTHING WAS CONTAINED
IN THAT BAG.

JUST BODY FLUIDS
AND DECOMPOSITION.

THE ORGANS THAT ARE
NORMALLY CONTAINED

IN A SMALL
BIO-HAZARD BAG,

WERE AT
THE MAN'S FEET.

THE FIRST THING
AUTHORITIES NOTICED

WAS THAT SUTTLE'S LEFT WRIST
WAS WRAPPED IN DUCT TAPE

AND HIS HAND
WAS MISSING.

BUT THE BIGGEST SURPRISE CAME
WHEN THEY X-RAYED THE BODY.

THE MEDICAL EXAMINERS
AND THE POLICE

WERE STARTLED TO FIND
LITTLE METAL PINS

THAT WERE
INSIDE THE BODY.

WHEN THEY OPENED UP
THE ORIGINAL AUTOPSY INCISION,

MANY SMALL DOLLS HAD BEEN
PLACED INTO THE BODY

AND ON THE BACK
OF EACH DOLL

WAS A NOTE HELD TO THE BACK
BY A METAL PIN.

SOME OF THE HANDWRITING
ON THE NOTES WAS STILL LEGIBLE,

AND IT WAS CLEAR THAT
SOMEONE HAD PLACED A CURSE

ON SEVERAL PEOPLE
WHO LIVED IN THE LOCAL AREA,

CONDEMNING THEM TO ROT
JUST LIKE THE DOLLS

INSIDE OF
WILLIE SUTTLE'S BODY.

DETECTIVE NOW REALIZED
THEY WERE LOOKING FOR A PERSON

WHO APPARENTLY BELIEVED
IN BLACK MAGIC.

THE DETECTIVES KNEW THAT
WHEN THE BODY LEFT

THE MEDICAL
EXAMINER'S OFFICE,

BOTH HANDS WERE
STILL ATTACHED.

AT THE GRAVESITE,

THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE THAT
ANYBODY HAD EVER DUG UP

OR DISTURBED
WILLIE SUTTLE'S BODY.

THEREFORE,
WHATEVER WAS DONE

TO PUT THOSE DOLLS
IN THE BODY

WAS AT THE
FUNERAL PARLOR.

MRS. PAULA ALBRITTON,

THE OWNER OF
THE GREEN FUNERAL HOME,

WAS BROUGHT DOWN
TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT

TO BE INTERVIEWED
BY DETECTIVES.

WHEN MRS. ALBRITTON WAS
CONFRONTED WITH THE FACT

THAT HER NAME
IS ON THESE NOTES

ATTACHED TO THESE DOLLS,
INSIDE MR. SUTTLE,

SHE HAD NO EXCUSE.

DURING HER INTERVIEW
WITH THE POLICE,

MRS. ALBRITTON
TOLD THEM

THAT SHE WAS A
PRACTITIONER OF VOODOO.

SHE SAID SHE USED IT
TO DEFEND HERSELF

BECAUSE HER BUSINESS
WAS GOING BAD

AND SHE WANTED TO GET
RID OF HER COMPETITORS.

PAULA ALBRITTON EXPLAINED
THAT THE REASON

SHE'D PUT THESE DOLLS
INSIDE THE BODY WAS THAT,

AS THE DOLLS ROTTED,

HER COMPETITORS
WOULD ALSO ROT

AND LOSE THEIR
BUSINESSES.

AS FAR AS
THE HAND GOES,

SHE SAID IT WAS
HER HELPING HAND

THAT WOULD HELP HER
IN THIS VENTURE.

AS IT TURNED OUT,

THE ONLY PEOPLE IT HELPED
WERE THE POLICE.

ON DECEMBER 15th, 1994,
IN CATASAQUA, PENNSYLVANIA,

A MAN NAMED
ANDREW KATRINAK

RUSHED HOME FROM WORK
TO BE WITH HIS FAMILY.

WHEN HE GOT THERE,

HIS WIFE, JOANN,
AND THEIR THREE-MONTH-OLD BABY

WERE MISSING.

THE NEXT MORNING HER HUSBAND
FOUND HIS WIFE'S ABANDONED CAR

JUST 300 FEET
FROM THEIR HOUSE.

ANDREW KATRINAK TOOK POLICE
DOWN TO HIS BASEMENT

AND SHOWED THEM
THAT HIS CELLAR DOOR

HAD BEEN PRIED OPEN,

AND THAT THE TELEPHONE WIRE
LEADING TO AN ANSWERING MACHINE

HAD BEEN CUT.

A mystery is unfolding
in Catasaqua.

A young mother
and her baby boy

appear to have
vanished.

( female )
There's an empty crib
in the Katrinak house

on Front Street.

He says the two
have been missing

since yesterday
afternoon.

We're at a loss,
the police are at a loss.

We don't know.

What do you do ?
where do you look ?

SOON AFTER
THEIR DISAPPEARANCE,

PICTURES OF JOANN AND HER BABY
WERE PLACED ALL OVER TOWN

IN HOPES THAT SOMEONE
MIGHT HAVE SEEN THEM.

AT THIS POINT,
WE DIDN'T JUST HAVE

A WOMAN AND A BABY
WHO WERE MISSING,

WE ALSO HAD VERY
SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES

SURROUNDING
THEIR DISAPPEARANCE.

EVEN THOUGH NEIGHBORS
TOLD POLICE

THAT THE KATRINAKS
APPEARED TO HAVE

A GOOD RELATIONSHIP,

AUTHORITIES STILL REMAINED
SUSPICIOUS ABOUT HER HUSBAND.

THE MAIN FOCUS OF THE
INVESTIGATION AT THIS POINT,

OF COURSE,
WAS ANDREW KATRINAK.

HE WAS JOANN'S HUSBAND,
HE WAS ALEX'S FATHER

AND WE FELT THAT IF
THERE WAS ANY INFORMATION

ABOUT THEIR
WHEREABOUTS,

HE WOULD HAVE THAT.

BUT WITHOUT
A BODY,

DETECTIVES DID NOT
HAVE THE EVIDENCE

TO ARREST HIM
OR ANYONE ELSE.

WINTER SLOWLY PASSED
AND THE GROUND BEGAN TO THAW.

AND ON A FARM
MORE THAN 50 MILES AWAY

FROM THE KATRINAK HOME,

A MAN CAME ACROSS WHAT
LOOKED LIKE A PILE OF CLOTHES

LYING IN SOME
SECLUDED WOODS.

MY NEIGHBOR
IS A POLICE OFFICER

AND HE CAME
TO MY DOOR,

AND WHEN I OPENED
THE DOOR, I KNEW.

I SAID,
YOU FOUND THEM.

FOUR MONTHS
AFTER HER DISAPPEARANCE

JOANN AND HER BABY
HAD FINALLY BEEN FOUND.

SHE HAD BEEN OUTDOORS
BETWEEN DECEMBER AND APRIL,

BUT HER BODY WAS FAIRLY
WELL PRESERVED

BECAUSE OF
THE COLD TEMPERATURES.

THE BODY OF ALEX WAS LEFT UPON
THE ABDOMEN OF HIS MOTHER.

IT ALMOST APPEARED
AS THOUGH THE OFFENDER

WAS ATTEMPTING TO
PLACE THE INFANT

BACK INTO THE WOMB
OF THE MOTHER.

EVEN THROUGH
A SEVERE WINTER,

THE CRIME SCENE
HAD REMAINED INTACT.

THE BABY'S BOTTLE,

AND HIS FAVORITE TOY
TELEPHONE WERE STILL THERE.

BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY,

AFTER HOURS OF SIFTING
THROUGH THE SOIL,

A DETECTIVE FOUND
TWO HUMAN HAIRS

LOCATED UNDERNEATH
THE BABY'S DIAPER BAG.

IT WAS THEIR FIRST
BREAKTHROUGH

BECAUSE THE HAIRS
DID NOT BELONG TO ANYONE

IN THE KATRINAK FAMILY.

AT THE AUTOPSY,
THE FORENSIC PATHOLOGIST

DETERMINED THAT SOMEONE
HAD SHOT JOANN KATRINAK

JUST BELOW
HER RIGHT EYE,

AND HAD VICIOUSLY STRUCK HER
IN THE HEAD 19 TIMES

WITH A BLUNT
INSTRUMENT.

BUT HE COULD
NOT DETERMINE

IF THE BABY HAD
BEEN SMOTHERED

OR HAD BEEN LEFT TO DIE
DURING THE WINTER.

THIS WAS,
AS WE TERM IT,
OVERKILL.

THIS WAS A PERSON WHO HAD
A RAGE FOR THE VICTIM,

WHO COULD'VE HAD
A REAL PERSONAL PROBLEM

OR A HATRED
FOR THE VICTIM.

TWO DAYS LATER,

ANDREW AND THE REST
OF HIS WIFE'S FAMILY

ATTENDED THE FUNERAL
OF JOANN AND HER BABY.

ALTHOUGH
HE WAS VISIBLY UPSET,

ANDREW KATRINAK WAS BEING
WATCHED VERY CAREFULLY

BY THE POLICE.

WITH JOANN'S CAR
NOW AT THEIR FORENSIC UNIT,

THE EVIDENCE TEAM BEGAN
A LONG DETAILED EXAMINATION

OF HER VEHICLE.

THEY VACUUMED
THE INTERIOR

AND COLLECTED EVERY PARTICLE
OF DEBRIS IN THE CAR.

ONCE AGAIN,

THEY FOUND UNIDENTIFIED
STRANDS OF HUMAN HAIR.

THEY FOUND SIX HAIRS
THAT DID NOT MATCH

THE MOTHER,
THE FATHER,
OR THE BABY.

BUT THEY DID MATCH
THE TWO HAIRS

THAT THEY HAD PREVIOUSLY
BEEN COLLECTED

AT THE CRIME SCENE.

SOME OF THE HAIRS HAD BEEN
PULLED OUT BY THEIR ROOTS,

INDICATING THEY'D BEEN
PULLED OUT DURING A STRUGGLE.

THEY ALSO HAD DRIED
BLOOD ON THEM.

WHICH MEANT THAT
THEY HAD PROBABLY COME

FROM WHOEVER HAD KILLED
JOANN KATRINAK AND HER BABY.

THE HAIRS WERE OVER
EIGHT INCHES LONG

AND DIRTY BLONDE.

BUT UNDER
A MICROSCOPE,

FORENSIC SCIENTISTS
DISCOVERED

THAT THE SECTION OF HAIR
CLOSEST TO THE ROOT WAS BROWN,

INDICATING THAT
THE HAIR HAD BEEN DYED.

THE FACT THAT THE HAIRS
WERE OVER EIGHT INCHES LONG

AND WERE DYED
SUDDENLY SUGGESTED

THAT THE PERSON WHO HAD
COMMITTED THESE HORRIBLE MURDERS

WAS NOT A MAN,
BUT WAS A WOMAN.

SEVERAL OF ANDY'S OLD
GIRLFRIENDS WERE INVESTIGATED,

INCLUDING A WOMAN
NAMED PATRICIA RORRER.

ANDREW KATRINAK TOLD ME

THREE DAYS PRIOR TO
JOANN AND ALEX'S
DISAPPEARANCE,

PAT RORRER HAD CALLED
THE KATRINAK RESIDENCE

BECAUSE SHE WANTED
TO SPEAK TO ANDY.

JOANN KATRINAK HAD
ANSWERED THE TELEPHONE

AND SHE ANGRILY
TOLD PAT RORRER,

"DON'T CALL HERE AGAIN.

ANDY'S HAPPILY MARRIED
AND HAS A BABY NOW",

AND SLAMMED THE PHONE
DOWN ON PAT RORRER.

SO, ONCE WE FOUND
THE BODIES OF JOANN
AND ALEX KATRINAK,

WE DECIDED TO LOOK
FURTHER INTO THAT PHONE CALL

AND FURTHER INTO
PATRICIA RORRER.

DETECTIVES LEARNED
THAT PAT RORRER

HAD LIVED WITH ANDY
FOR FIVE YEARS,

BUT THEY HAD
BROKEN UP

LONG BEFORE HE HAD
MET HIS WIFE.

AND ALTHOUGH RORRER NOW LIVED
OVER 500 MILES AWAY,

IN NORTH CAROLINA,

IT SEEMED THAT SHE
HAD NOT FORGOTTEN

ABOUT HER OLD
BOYFRIEND.

WE HAD TESTIMONY FROM BOTH
OF HER SUCCEEDING BOYFRIENDS

THAT OCCASIONALLY,

WHEN SHE WOULD BECOME
INTOXICATED OR DESPONDENT,

THAT SHE HAD
PERSONAL EFFECTS

FROM HER RELATIONSHIP
WITH ANDREW KATRINAK,

PHOTOGRAPHS
OF THEM TOGETHER,

THAT SHE WOULD GET OUT
AND GO OVER AND LOOK AT.

SO, SHE HAD A THING
FOR ANDREW KATRINAK

THAT SHE
WOULDN'T LET GO.

( Baden )
DETECTIVES, NOW DROVE
TO NORTH CAROLINA

TO COLLECT BLOOD
AND HAIR SAMPLES

FROM PATRICIA RORRER.

BUT THEY WERE TROUBLED
BY ONE OBVIOUS FACT.

THAT PATRICIA RORRER
HAD BLACK,

NOT BLONDE HAIR.

ON THE WAY TO
THE HOSPITAL

SHE MADE A BIG DEAL
OF HER HAIR COLOR,

BY SAYING TO ONE OF
THE POLICE OFFICERS,

AFTER LOOKING
AT THE WARRANT,

SHE SAID, DIRTY BLOND ?
WHO HAS DIRTY BLOND HAIR ?

I DON'T HAVE
DIRTY BLOND HAIR.

BUT, FORTUNATELY
FOR THE POLICE,

PATRICIA RORRER WAS
VERY GOOD ON HORSEBACK.

SO GOOD, IN FACT,

THAT JUST ONE WEEK
BEFORE THE MURDER

SHE WON FIRST PRIZE
IN A RODEO COMPETITION.

AND OF COURSE SHE HAD
HER PICTURE TAKEN.

AND IT CLEARLY SHOWED
THAT PAT RORRER

HAD DYED HER
BROWN HAIR BLONDE.

EVEN THOUGH SHE WORE
A COWBOY HAT,

WE WERE ABLE TO GET THE LENGTH
AND THE COLOR OF HER HAIR

WHICH MATCHED PERFECTLY
WITH THE HAIR,

THE SIX THAT WERE
FOUND IN THE CAR,

IN LENGTH AND COLOR.

THEY WERE ALL ABOUT
EIGHT INCHES IN LENGTH

AND THEY WERE
ALL DIRTY BLOND.

THEY ALSO MATCHED
THE TWO HAIRS THAT WERE FOUND

WHERE THE BODIES
WERE FOUND.

SO, WE HAD EIGHT HAIRS
THAT MATCHED THE HAIR

DEPICTED
IN THE PICTURE

TAKEN A WEEK BEFORE
THE CRIME WAS COMMITTED.

ON FEBRUARY 6th, 1998,

PAT RORRER WENT ON TRIAL
IN ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA,

FOR MURDER.

ALTHOUGH SHE INSISTED
THAT SHE WAS INNOCENT,

DNA COMPARISON TESTS
SHOWED THAT HER HAIR

AND THE HAIRS FOUND
AT THE CRIME SCENE

WERE IDENTICAL.

THE JURY FOUND
HER GUILTY

AND SHE WAS SENTENCED
TO LIFE IN PRISON.

IT DOESN'T MATTER
WHAT PENALTY SHE GOT,

SHE WON...
SHE TOOK MY LIFE.

AND MY LIFE WAS PERFECT,
DECEMBER 15th, 1994.

AND IT'LL NEVER
BE THAT AGAIN.

AUTHORITIES SAID THERE
WAS NO RATIONAL EXPLANATION,

WHY A PHONE CALL SO ENRAGED
PATRICIA RORRER,

THAT SHE DROVE 500 MILES
TO MURDER A WOMAN

SHE NEVER MET,

LEAVING HER THREE-MONTH-OLD
BABY TO DIE.

EARLY ON THE MORNING
OF NOVEMBER 26th, 1997,

A PHYSICIAN BY
THE NAME OF MARGO PRADE,

DROVE HER VAN INTO
THE PARKING LOT

OF A MEDICAL CENTER CALLED
PROFESSIONAL CENTER WEST.

IT WAS A ROUTINE THAT
DR. PRADE HAD BEEN FOLLOWING

FOR ALMOST
11 YEARS NOW.

BUT TODAY WOULD
BE DIFFERENT.

SHE WOULD NEVER
GET OUT OF HER CAR.

CO-WORKER LORI COLLINS,
OUT FOR A CIGARETTE,

WAS THE FIRST PERSON
TO FIND HER BODY.

I SAW DR. PRADE HUNCHED
OVER TO THE PASSENGER SIDE.

HER WHITE LAB JACKET
WAS ALL BLOODY.

I WAS YELLING AT HER,
WANTING HER TO GET UP,

SHE DIDN'T.

I FELT FOR A PULSE AND
SHE DIDN'T HAVE ONE.

AND SHE WAS
NOT MOVING.

WHEN DETECTIVES FROM
THE AKRON POLICE DEPARTMENT

ARRIVED AT
THE CRIME SCENE,

THEY QUICKLY REALIZED THAT
THE MURDER OF DR. MARGO PRADE

WAS NOT
A RANDOM KILLING.

SHE WAS RESTING WITH HER HEAD
ON THE PASSENGER SEAT.

HER CELL PHONE WAS
WITHIN REACH OF HER HAND.

SHE COULD SEE IT,
SHE COULD CALL FOR HELP.

HER PURSE WAS THERE.

THE CONTENTS
OF HER PURSE

APPARENTLY HAD
NOT BEEN RIFLED.

AND SHE APPARENTLY
HAD BEEN SHOT

FROM THE RIGHT SIDE,

WHICH WOULD
INDICATE TO US

THAT SHE UNLOCKED THE DOOR
FOR WHOEVER WAS IN THE VAN.

AS THE BODY WAS BEING
PREPARED FOR AUTOPSY

BY THE MEDICAL EXAMINER,

IT QUICKLY BECAME
APPARENT TO DETECTIVES

HOW MARGO PRADE
WAS KILLED.

EVERY TIME WE TOOK OFF
A LAYER OF CLOTHING

ANOTHER BULLET
FELL OUT.

WE GOT RIGHT DOWN
TO HER BRA AND PANTIES...

I MEAN THERE WAS STILL
ANOTHER ONE IN HER BRA.

I HADN'T REALIZED
THAT SHE'D BEEN SHOT
THAT MANY TIMES.

MARGO PRADE HAD ACTUALLY
BEEN SHOT SIX TIMES,

AT CLOSE RANGE,
WITH A .38 CALIBER PISTOL.

BUT THE MOST NOTABLE
ASPECT OF THE HOMICIDE

WAS THE MARK
FOUND ON HER ARM.

THE KILLER HAD APPARENTLY
STRUGGLED WITH DR. PRADE

AND HAD BITTEN HER
SO VICIOUSLY

THAT THE BITE HAD GONE
THROUGH HER LAB COAT.

BUT WHAT THE POLICE
COULD NOT UNDERSTAND

WAS WHY THERE WAS
JUST THE IMPRESSION

OF HALF A BITE MARK.

THE FUNERAL
OF MARGO PRADE

BROUGHT OUT, LITERALLY,
HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE.

NOT ONLY FRIENDS
AND RELATIVES,

BUT MANY OF THE PEOPLE
SHE SO LOVINGLY CARED FOR.

( male )
IF THAT HAPPENED
TO DR. MARGO PRADE,

THAT COULD HAPPEN TO YOU,
THAT COULD HAPPEN TO ME.

IT COULD HAPPEN
TO ANYBODY.

SHE WAS
SO WELL-LOVED

THAT THERE WAS A STRONG
COMMUNITY SENTIMENT

THAT HER KILLER
MUST BE FOUND.

MARGO PRADE'S DEATH
CRIED OUT FOR JUSTICE.

THE MEDIA BEGAN TO PUT
TREMENDOUS PRESSURE

ON AUTHORITIES
TO SOLVE THIS BRUTAL MURDER.

EVEN MARGO'S
EX-HUSBAND,

CAPTAIN DOUGLAS PRADE,

A HIGHLY DECORATED
POLICE OFFICER,

VOLUNTEERED TO TAKE
A LIE DETECTOR TEST,

WHICH HE PASSED,

AND WAS THEN IMMEDIATELY
DISMISSED AS A SUSPECT.

THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S
DOING AN OUTSTANDING JOB.

THEY'RE USING ALL
OF THEIR RESOURCES

TO INVESTIGATE THIS,

INCLUDING THE RESOURCES
OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT,

SO I FEEL VERY
CONFIDENT

THAT THEY'LL REACH
A RESOLUTION

TO THIS SITUATION, SOON.

POLICE THEN RECEIVED
AN ANONYMOUS LETTER

ABOUT AN ACQUAINTANCE
OF MARGO PRADE'S,

NAMED DELPHINIA GILBERT.

SOMEONE HAD WRITTEN
LETTERS TO THE FBI

AND ALSO TO DOUG PRADE,

IMPLICATING ME
IN THIS MURDER,

SAYING THAT I WAS SOMEONE
THAT KNEW DR. PRADE,

I PRETENDED TO BE HER
FRIEND, BUT I HATED HER.

FLYERS WERE CIRCULATED
AROUND TOWN

SAYING THAT
DELPHINIA GILBERT

HAD ALREADY BEEN ARRESTED
FOR MURDER.

THIS FORCED THE GILBERTS
TO DEFEND THEMSELVES

IN THE PRESS.

BUT THE POLICE STILL HAD
ONLY ONE REAL CLUE

TO THE KILLER'S
IDENTITY,

AND THAT WAS THE BITE MARK
ON MARGO PRADE'S ARM.

THE ONLY THING
THEY COULD DO

WAS TO TAKE DENTAL IMPRESSIONS
FROM EVERYONE CLOSE

TO MARGO PRADE.

EVERYBODY HAS
A SET OF TEETH

WHICH ARE UNIQUE
AND INDIVIDUAL

TO THAT PARTICULAR PERSON

AND CERTAIN SUBSTANCES
CAN CAPTURE THOSE

UNIQUE AND INDIVIDUAL
CHARACTERISTICS

WITH GREAT FIDELITY.

WHAT I DID WAS I TOOK
EACH DENTAL CAST

AND MADE A
BITE MARK IN WAX

TO COMPARE WITH
THE BITE MARK

ON THE ARM
OF MRS. PRADE.

I WENT THROUGH
EACH OF THEM

AND WAS ABLE TO
EXCLUDE ALL OF THEM,

WITH THE EXCEPTION
OF MR. PRADE.

DR. LEVINE FOUND
THAT THE IMPRINT PATTERN

OF DOUG PRADE'S
LOWER TEETH

MATCHED THE BITE MARK LEFT
ON THE BLOOD STAINED LAB COAT,

AS WELL AS ON
THE VICTIM'S ARM.

WHAT I BASICALLY
TOLD THE POLICE WAS,

ONLY ONE OF THE MODELS
COULD'VE LEFT THE MARK

AND THAT BELONGED
TO DOUGLAS PRADE.

ON SEPTEMBER 1st, 1998,

CAPTAIN DOUGLAS PRADE
WENT ON TRIAL

FOR THE MURDER
OF HIS EX-WIFE.

DOUGLAS, DID YOU
KILL MARGO PRADE ?

NO, I DID NOT...
I DID NOT.

NOT ONLY DID DOUG PRADE DENY
THAT HE HAD KILLED HIS WIFE,

BUT HIS LAWYER
TRIED TO DEMONSTRATE

THAT HE COULDN'T
HAVE BITTEN ANYONE,

BECAUSE HIS UPPER
TEETH WERE FALSE,

AND THEREFORE,
HE LACKED THE STRENGTH

TO LEAVE A BITE MARK
THROUGH HER CLOTHING.

IT WAS IRONIC THAT
THE VERY THING

THE DEFENSE TRIED TO USE
TO HELP THEIR CLIENT,

ONLY SERVED TO
ANSWER THE QUESTION

AS TO WHY THERE WAS ONLY
HALF A BITE MARK

ON HIS WIFE'S BODY.

IT WAS OBVIOUS THAT
THE BITE MARK

WAS CREATED
BY DOUG PRADE'S
LOWER TEETH.

THE JURY FOUND THE BITE MARK
EVIDENCE COMPELLING

AND DOUGLAS PRADE
WAS CONVICTED OF MURDER

AND WAS SENTENCED
TO LIFE IN PRISON.

WE DETERMINED THAT HE HAD
BEEN OBSESSED WITH HIS WIFE.

AND I THINK HE FELT LIKE
HE CREATED HER.

HE CREATED THIS
PROMINENT DOCTOR

WHO WAS EXTREMELY POPULAR
AND EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL

AND I DON'T THINK
HE COULD TOLERATE THE FACT

THAT SHE WAS
GETTING RID OF HIM.

IT WAS A PRIDE THING.

IT IS A FUNDAMENTAL TRUTH
IN FORENSIC SCIENCE

THAT AT EVERY
CRIME SCENE

THE CRIMINAL ALWAYS
LEAVES SOMETHING BEHIND.

SOMETIMES IT IS
SOMETHING AS OBVIOUS

AS A FINGERPRINT.

BUT THEN THERE ARE
THE MORE BIZARRE CASES.

LIKE THE KILLER
WHO WAS CAUGHT

BECAUSE HE LEFT
HIS FOOTPRINT

ON THE NECK
OF HIS VICTIM.

OR THE CASE WHERE AN EAR PRINT
WAS USED IN COURT

TO CONVICT A MAN
OF MURDER.

BUT IN 1979,

IN A SMALL BANK
IN CALIFORNIA,

AN EQUALLY UNUSUAL CASE
MADE FORENSIC HISTORY.

AS CUSTOMERS CASUALLY
GO ABOUT THEIR BUSINESS,

SECURITY CAMERAS QUIETLY
RECORD THE DAYS EVENTS.

A WOMAN
ENTERS THE BANK.

AFTER MAKING OUT
A DEPOSIT SLIP,

SHE WALKS OVER
TO A BANK TELLER,

AND CASUALLY HANDS
HER THE DEPOSIT SLIP.

SHE THEN PULLS
OUT OF HER HANDBAG

AN AUTOMATIC PISTOL,
AND DEMANDS MONEY.

THE TELLER FRANTICALLY
HANDS HER $10,000.

THE ROBBER THEN TRIES
TO RUN OUT OF THE BANK.

NOT REALIZING
THE DOORS ARE LOCKED,

SHE BANGS INTO THEM,

HITTING HER FACE
ON THE GLASS.

SHE RECOVERS
AND ESCAPES.

WHEN THE DETECTIVES
ARRIVED AT THE CRIME SCENE,

THE WITNESSES TOLD THEM
WHAT HAD HAPPENED,

AND ALSO MENTIONED

THAT THE ROBBER HAD
RUN INTO THE DOOR.

WHEN DETECTIVES
EXAMINED THE GLASS,

THEY NOTICED A SMUDGE.

THEY SOON REALIZED THEY
WERE LOOKING AT A PRINT.

NOT A FINGERPRINT,
BUT A LIP PRINT.

WHEN THEY RE-RAN THE TAPE,

THEY SAW THAT WHEN
THE ROBBER HIT THE DOOR,

SHE HAD STRUCK HER LIPS
AGAINST THE GLASS,

SO, TECHNICIANS USED
TRANSPARENT TAPE

TO LIFT THE PRINT
OFF THE DOOR

JUST AS THEY WOULD
A FINGERPRINT.

IT WAS THEN TRANSFERRED
TO A FINGERPRINT CARD.

THE TECHNICIANS
THEN USED BLACK POWDER

TO GET A CLEARER VERSION
OF THE LIP PRINT.

BOTH CARDS
WERE THEN SENT

TO THE FINGERPRINT
DIVISION OF THE FBI.

A FEW DAYS LATER, SOMEONE
CALLS THE POLICE AND SAYS

THAT THE PERSON WHO
ROBBED THE BANK

WAS NOT A WOMAN,

BUT WAS A MAN NAMED
JONATHAN JACKSON.

BUT WHEN WITNESSES
AT THE BANK

LOOKED AT JACKSON'S MUG SHOT
FROM A PREVIOUS CONVICTION,

THEY COULDN'T
IDENTIFY HIM

BECAUSE THEY ONLY
REMEMBERED SEEING A WOMAN.

SO DETECTIVES
GOT A COURT ORDER

AND BROUGHT HIM DOWN
TO THE FINGERPRINT DIVISION

SO THEY COULD TAKE
A PRINT OF HIS LIPS.

THEY HAD HIM PUT ON
THE SAME COLOR LIPSTICK

THAT WAS FOUND ON
THE BANK DOOR,

AND THEN TOOK AN
IMPRESSION OF HIS LIPS.

HIS LIP PRINT
WAS THEN COMPARED

TO THE LIP PRINT
FOUND ON THE BANK DOOR.

THE CREASE PATTERNS FROM
EACH OF THE TWO LIP PRINTS

WERE IDENTICAL,

AS INDIVIDUAL
AS FINGERPRINTS

AND AS INCRIMINATING.

JONATHAN JACKSON
WAS FOUND GUILTY

AND GIVEN
10 YEARS IN PRISON.

AND HE LEARNED
A VALUABLE LESSON--

NEXT TIME
YOU ROB A BANK,

DON'T WEAR LIPSTICK.

EMILITA VILLA WAS BORN
IN THE PHILIPPINES...

BUT HAD ALWAYS DREAMED OF
LIVING IN THE UNITED STATES.

IN 1987, THAT DREAM
WAS FULFILLED

WHEN SHE MARRIED
A RETIRED ARMY OFFICER

NAMED JACK REEVES.

THEY RETURNED TO HIS HOME
IN ARLINGTON, TEXAS,

AND EMILITA QUICKLY ADAPTED
TO HER NEW LIFE THERE.

MAKING FRIENDS QUICKLY,
ESPECIALLY WITH OTHER WOMEN,

WHO, LIKE HER, HAD
COME FROM THE PHILIPPINES.

BY 1993, SHE HAD GIVEN
BIRTH TO A BABY BOY...

No, don't touch.

AND HAD ALL OF
THE POSSESSIONS

THAT SHE HAD EVER
DREAMED ABOUT.

Bye !

BUT IN OCTOBER
OF 1994,

EMILITA'S CAR
WAS FOUND ABANDONED

AT A LOCAL
SUPERMARKET.

HER FRIENDS TOLD POLICE
THAT SOMETHING WAS WRONG,

THAT SHE WOULD NEVER JUST LEAVE
HER CHILD AND DISAPPEAR.

WHEN DETECTIVE TOM LeNOIR
WENT TO INTERVIEW HER HUSBAND,

HE WAS SURPRISED BY WHAT
JACK REEVES HAD TO SAY.

WHEN JACK AND I MET,
IT WAS FIVE DAYS LATER.

AND FROM THE VERY
MEETING WITH HIM,

HE STARTS TALKING,
QUITE FRANKLY,

VERY TERRIBLY ABOUT HER.

HE STARTS TALKING ABOUT,
WHAT HE SAID,

HER LESBIAN AFFAIRS.

HE STARTS TALKING ABOUT HOW
SHE WAS NOT A GOOD MOTHER.

THEN HE STARTS
REVEALING...

AND I DON'T KNOW WHY
HE REVEALED THIS,

BUT HE TELLS ME THAT
HIS PAST WIFE DIED IN 1986,

THAT SHE DROWNED
OUT AT LAKE WHITNEY.

HE TOLD ME THAT
HE HAD MET HER IN KOREA

AND HE TOLD ME
HER NAME WAS MYONG,

SO, I JUST HAD TO ASK,

AND I ASKED,
DID YOU HAVE
ANY OTHER WIVES

THAT HAVE DIED THAT
WE NEED TO KNOW ABOUT ?

AND THAT'S WHEN HE TOLD ME
ABOUT SHARON REEVES.

IN 1978, JACK REEVES'
FIRST WIFE, SHARON,

HAD COMMITTED SUICIDE.

THE CORONER'S REPORT NOTED
THAT A CUT FOUND ON HER TOE

INDICATED THAT SHE HAD USED IT
TO PULL THE TRIGGER

ON A SHOTGUN THAT
WAS FOUND AT THE SCENE.

BUT DETECTIVES
NOW BECAME CURIOUS

AS TO WHY JACK REEVES
HAD THREE YOUNG WIVES

EITHER DISAPPEAR
OR MYSTERIOUSLY DIE,

AND THEY DECIDED TO REVIEW
THE SUICIDE DEATH

OF HIS FIRST WIFE,
SHARON.

BUT SHARON HAD BEEN DEAD
FOR OVER 16 YEARS

AND WHEN THEY
LOCATED HER FILE,

THE ONLY THINGS THAT
DETECTIVES FOUND

WERE A DEATH CERTIFICATE
AND AN 8x10

BLACK AND WHITE
PHOTOGRAPH OF HER SUICIDE.

IT WAS A BLACK AND WHITE
PHOTOGRAPH, AN 8x10,

THAT SHOWED SHARON REEVES'
BODY LAID OUT ON THE BED,

NO CLOTHING ON.

WE LOOKED
AT THE PHOTOGRAPH,

AND IT JUST
DIDN'T LOOK RIGHT.

IT LOOKED LIKE THE BODY
HAD BEEN STAGED.

ANYBODY KNOWS WHEN
YOU SHOOT A SHOTGUN

THERE'S GONNA BE
A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF RECOIL.

THE WAY THIS GUN
WAS LYING,

THERE WAS NO WAY SHE COULD
HAVE PULLED THE TRIGGER,

THERE HAVE
BEEN ANY RECOIL

AND THAT GUN JUST
MAGICALLY CAME BACK

AND LEANED
AGAINST HER BODY.

ON DECEMBER 14th, 1994,
DETECTIVES,

IN ORDER TO GATHER
MORE EVIDENCE,

EXHUMED THE BODY
OF SHARON REEVES.

WHEN THE COFFIN
WAS OPENED,

BECAUSE OF THE LARGE
AMOUNT OF FUNGUS PRESENT,

HER BODY WAS SHROUDED IN WHITE
LIKE A MARBLE STATUE.

THE BODY WAS MUCH
BETTER PRESERVED

THAN I EVER EXPECTED.

ONCE WE BEGAN TO
CLEAN THE BODY OFF,

ALTHOUGH IT WAS NOT
LIKE A NEWLY BURIED BODY,

THE BODY WAS STILL
IN VERY GOOD SHAPE.

THERE WAS STILL A SIGNIFICANT
AMOUNT OF RESIDUAL SKIN.

ALMOST THE ENTIRE BODY WAS
COVERED COMPLETELY IN SKIN.

THE FIRST THING
DR. BARNARD NOTICED

WAS THE SCAR THAT WAS STILL
CLEARLY VISIBLE ON HER TOE.

THE HUSBAND SAID THAT
SHE SHOT HERSELF

AND TRIGGERED
THE WEAPON WITH HER TOE.

TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT WITH
YOUR FOOT OR WITH YOUR TOE

ON THE TRIGGER,
FIRST OF ALL,

WOULD BE VERY DIFFICULT
TO IMPOSSIBLE,

SINCE I'VE NEVER SEEN
THAT OCCUR AT ALL.

SECONDLY, THE WAY THAT IT
WOULD HAVE TO BE ANGLED

WOULD BE A
HORIZONTAL WOUND,

AND THIS WAS VERTICAL.

MORE IMPORTANTLY,

WHEN DR. BARNARD TRACED
THE PATH OF THE SHOTGUN BLAST,

HE FOUND THAT IT
ENTERED THE BODY

AT A VERY ACUTE ANGLE.

WHICH MEANT THAT THE GUN WOULD
HAVE TO HAVE BEEN HELD

IN AN ALMOST
IMPOSSIBLE POSITION,

FOR SHARON REEVES TO
HAVE PULLED THE TRIGGER.

TO PROVE THEIR THEORY,

DETECTIVES HAD
A FEMALE OFFICER

WHO WAS THE SAME HEIGHT
AND WEIGHT AS SHARON REEVES,

HOLD THE SHOTGUN
IN A POSITION

THAT WOULD MATCH THE PATH
OF THE BULLET

FOUND IN SHARON
REEVES BODY.

HERE WAS THIS WOMAN,
SHE WAS A TRAINED PERSON.

SHE WAS WELL BUILT, STRONG,

BUT WHEN IT CAME TO HER
TRYING TO HOLD THAT SHOTGUN,

SHE WAS NOT ABLE
TO PULL THAT TRIGGER.

THE WOUND TRACK
COULDN'T MATCH.

SHE COULDN'T PULL THE TRIGGER
THE WAY THE WOUND TRACK WAS.

THE DEMONSTRATION
PROVED

THAT SOMEONE HAD
MURDERED SHARON REEVES.

AND THE ONLY OTHER PERSON WHO
WAS IN THE HOUSE THAT NIGHT

WAS HER HUSBAND, JACK.

IT WAS IRONIC
THAT ALTHOUGH AUTHORITIES

HAD STARTED WITH
AN INVESTIGATION

INTO THE DISAPPEARANCE
OF HIS THIRD WIFE, EMILITA,

THEY WERE NOW
PROSECUTING JACK REEVES

FOR THE MURDER OF HIS
FIRST WIFE, SHARON.

OUR EVIDENCE
WAS BUILT UP

AND WE FELT REAL STRONG ABOUT
BEING ABLE TO GO TO TRIAL.

I GOT A
PHONE CALL SAYING

THERE HAVE BEEN BONES
DISCOVERED IN BOSQUE COUNTY

AND IMMEDIATELY,
IT FLEW IN MY MIND,

THAT'S EMILITA.

AND I DON'T KNOW WHY,

BUT I KNEW,
IN MY HEART OF HEARTS,

IT WAS EMILITA.

THE SKELETON
OF EMILITA REEVES

HAD BEEN FOUND IN A SHALLOW
GRAVE NEAR LAKE WHITNEY.

ANIMALS HAD DEVOURED HER FLESH
AND SCATTERED HER BONES,

WHICH MADE IT IMPOSSIBLE
FOR PATHOLOGISTS

TO TELL POLICE
HOW SHE HAD BEEN MURDERED.

NEVERTHELESS,

DETECTIVES HAD EVIDENCE
THAT PLACED JACK REEVES

AT LAKE WHITNEY AT THE TIME
OF HER DISAPPEARANCE.

JACK REEVES WAS FOUND
GUILTY OF TWO MURDERS

AND RECEIVED
A COMBINED SENTENCE

OF 134 YEARS
IN PRISON.

SHORTLY AFTER
HIS CONVICTION,

AUTHORITIES LEARNED
THAT JACK REEVES

WAS SO SURE HE WAS GOING
TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER,

THAT AT THE TIME
OF HIS ARREST

HE HAD ALREADY PURCHASED
A TICKET TO THE PHILIPPINES

AND HAD MADE PLANS TO
BRING BACK ANOTHER BRIDE.

MAN'S DESIRE TO ACHIEVE
PHYSICAL IMMORTALITY

SPANS THOUSANDS
OF YEARS.

FOR THE EGYPTIANS,

MUMMIFICATION BECAME
A RELIGIOUS RITUAL,

FOR THEY FEARED IF THE BODY
DECOMPOSED AFTER DEATH

THERE COULD BE
NO AFTERLIFE.

OTHERS PRESERVED THEIR
LOVED ONES OUT OF GRIEF,

LIKE THE SICILIAN FAMILY

WHO PRESERVED
THIS TWO-YEAR-OLD CHILD,

WHO, EVEN TODAY,

LOOKS EXACTLY AS SHE DID
WHEN SHE DIED,

MORE THAN 80 YEARS AGO.

BUT THEN
THERE ARE THOSE

WHO TRY TO BRING
THE DEAD BACK TO LIFE.

THIS IS THE STORY OF
THE STRANGE OBSESSION

OF DR. KARL VON COSEL.

IN 1931,
DR. KARL VON COSEL

WAS WORKING AS
A BACTERIOLOGIST

IN A HOSPITAL
IN KEY WEST, FLORIDA.

THE HOSPITAL WAS FILLED
WITH PEOPLE SUFFERING

FROM THE THEN INCURABLE
DISEASE, TUBERCULOSIS.

ELENA HOYOS WAS ONE OF
THOSE UNFORTUNATE PEOPLE.

KARL VON COSEL TRIED
EVERYTHING IN HIS POWER

TO SAVE THE YOUNG WOMAN,

BUT DESPITE
HIS EFFORTS,

ELENA DIED THREE MONTHS LATER
AT THE AGE OF ONLY 22.

VON COSEL HAD BEEN
SO TAKEN BY HER BEAUTY

THAT BEFORE
SHE WAS BURIED,

HE HAD A DEATH MASK
MADE OF THE WOMAN

HE HAD GROWN TO LOVE.

BUT WHILE
AT THE CEMETERY,

HE ALSO REALIZED

THAT WATER WOULD EVENTUALLY
SEEP INTO HER COFFIN

AND QUICKLY
DESTROY HER BODY.

SO, HE GOT PERMISSION
FROM THE FAMILY

TO BUILD A CONCRETE MAUSOLEUM
ON THE SITE OF HER GRAVE.

INSIDE, HE PLACED
A METAL, AIRTIGHT CASKET,

WHICH CONTAINED AN INCUBATOR
TANK FILLED WITH FORMALDEHYDE

TO FURTHER STOP ANY DECAY
THAT MIGHT TAKE PLACE.

DR. VON COSEL'S
OBSESSION WITH ELENA

BEGAN TO CONSUME
HIS LIFE.

HE LEFT HIS JOB
AT THE HOSPITAL

AND NOW BEGAN TO SPEND
MORE AND MORE TIME

INSIDE THE LITTLE
STONE HOUSE.

HE WROTE
IN HIS JOURNAL,

BUT DR. VON COSEL'S
NIGHTLY VISITS

BEGAN TO ATTRACT
THE CURIOUS.

MORE AND MORE PEOPLE
WONDERED

WHY HE CAME TO
THE MAUSOLEUM EVERY NIGHT.

BUT ONE DAY HIS VISITS
SUDDENLY STOPPED.

AND PEOPLE BEGAN TO
WONDER WHERE HE HAD GONE.

YEARS PASSED BEFORE
KARL WAS SEEN AGAIN.

TO AVOID THE CURIOUS,

HE HAD TRANSPORTED
ELENA'S BODY

TO A SMALL HOUSE
NEAR THE SEA.

NEIGHBORS SAID THAT
THEY WOULD OFTEN HEAR HIM

PLAYING THE ORGAN,
LATE INTO THE NIGHT.

DAY AFTER DAY,
HE WOULD COME AND GO,

ALWAYS CARRYING WITH HIM
LARGE BOXES

FILLED WITH PERFUME
AND PRESERVATIVES.

RUMORS BEGAN TO SPREAD,

AND FINALLY,

ELENA'S SISTER LEARNED OF
KARL'S STRANGE BEHAVIOR.

WHEN SHE WENT
TO HIS HOME,

SHE DEMANDED TO BE
TAKEN TO THE MAUSOLEUM

TO SEE ELENA'S BODY.

THAT WILL NOT
BE NECESSARY, VON COSEL SAID,

AND HE PROCEEDED TO TAKE HER
UPSTAIRS TO THE BEDROOM.

AND THERE,
LYING IN THE BED,

DRESSED IN
A WEDDING GOWN,

WAS SOMETHING THAT
LOOKED LIKE A DOLL,

ITS FEATURES
GLISTENING LIKE WAX,

ITS GLASS EYES
STARING INTO SPACE.

HORRIFIED, ELENA'S SISTER
REFUSED TO BELIEVE

THIS PUPPET WAS THE PERSON
SHE HAD KNOWN ALL HER LIFE

AND SHE DEMANDED
THAT THE BODY BE AUTOPSIED.

SO, AUTHORITIES
PUT IT INTO A BASKET

AND TOOK IT TO
THE LOPEZ FUNERAL HOME

WHERE AN AUTOPSY
WAS PERFORMED.

AT THE AUTOPSY,

DOCTORS FOUND THAT SHE WAS
BASICALLY A DECAYED CORPSE.

JUST FRAGMENTS
OF SKIN, NO BLOOD,

AND BONES THAT WERE HELD
TOGETHER BY PIANO WIRE.

SHE HAD GLASS EYES,

AND A WIG MADE OUT
OF HER OWN HAIR

THAT HAD FALLEN OUT OVER
THE YEARS AS SHE DECAYED.

AS HER SKIN
DETERIORATED,

HE WOULD REPLACE IT
WITH OILED SILK AND WAX.

HE USED PERFUME
TO COVER UP THE ODOR

OF THE DECOMPOSITION
PROCESS.

AS THE PATHOLOGIST
CONTINUED THE AUTOPSY,

THEY FOUND THAT HE HAD
INSERTED A VAGINAL TUBE

INSIDE OF THE BODY,

SO SEXUAL INTERCOURSE
COULD BE PERFORMED.

IT WAS DIFFICULT TO BELIEVE
THAT A SANE MAN

COULD HAVE LIVED
THIS WAY WITH A CORPSE,

FOR SO MANY YEARS.

VON COSEL WAS EXAMINED
BY PSYCHIATRISTS

AND DECLARED
TO BE SANE,

BUT THE PATHOLOGIST SAID THAT
THIS WAS THE MOST BIZARRE CASE

OF NECROPHILIA
HE HAD EVER SEEN.

EVEN SO, ALL CHARGES
WERE DROPPED AGAINST HIM

BECAUSE
AFTER SEVEN YEARS,

THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS
HAD PASSED.

AFTER THE TRIAL,

ELENA'S BODY WAS RESTORED
AND PUT ON EXHIBITION.

THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE
NOW CAME TO SEE THE WOMAN

WHO HAD BECOME PART OF
THE NOW INFAMOUS LOVE AFFAIR.

EVENTUALLY
SHE WAS REBURIED,

ONLY THIS TIME,

THE LOCATION OF HER
COFFIN WAS KEPT A SECRET,

SO VON COSEL WOULD NEVER
BE ABLE TO FIND HER AGAIN.

IN 1952, POLICE WERE CALLED
TO AN ABANDONED HOUSE.

THERE, THEY FOUND THE BODY
OF AN 83-YEAR-OLD MAN.

LYING NEXT TO HIM
WAS A LIFE SIZE DOLL

WEARING THE DEATH MASK
OF ELENA...

THE MAN WAS
KARL VON COSEL,

WHO EVEN IN DEATH

HAD REFUSED TO BE PARTED
FROM HIS BELOVED.

THE LAST ENTRY
IN HIS JOURNAL SAID,

"... FOR SHE HAS
SURVIVED DEATH.

FOREVER AND EVER,
SHE IS WITH ME."

WHETHER DEATH
OCCURRED YESTERDAY

OR HUNDREDS
OF YEARS AGO,

THE DEAD'S LONG SILENT VOICES
RETURN TO ANSWER

THE QUESTIONS
PUT TO THEM

BY THE FORENSIC
PATHOLOGIST.

HE IS THEIR
INTERPRETER

AND UNDERSTANDS
THEIR LANGUAGE.

FOR HIM, DEATH IS
NOT THE END OF THE STORY,

BUT JUST THE BEGINNING.

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