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- Hi, this is Paul
at 346-8323.
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I'm not home right now,
but if you'd be kind enough
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to leave your name and number
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following the sound
of the tone,
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I'll be glad
to return your call.
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Thank you.
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- Hi, Paul.
This is Marilyn.
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Just come on by
when you're ready.
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Bye.
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Paul, this is Marilyn.
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I hope everything's all right.
I'm kind of worried.
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I'll talk to you later.
Bye-bye.
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- Hi, Pauly.
It's Sharon Lou.
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Where are you?
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Call me as soon
as you get in, okay?
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I'm at home.
Bye-bye.
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Hi, Paul.
It's your sister again.
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Uh, please call.
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I'm still at home.
Bye-bye.
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- Missing is 39-year-old
Paul Cosner,
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who was trying to sell his car
and ran an ad.
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The disappearance
of Paul Cosner
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remains a mystery tonight
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as police try to come up
with any lead
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to his whereabouts.
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Those close to him say that
it is totally out of character
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for him to go off voluntarily
without a word.
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- He called
my mother every week
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and never hung up without
telling her that he loved her.
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- I just cannot
imagine Paul going away
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and not telling anybody.
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- It was seven months ago when
Channel 7 first brought you
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the story of a San Francisco
man named Paul Cosner,
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who mysteriously disappeared.
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- San Francisco Police say
they found Cosner's car
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in the possession of a man
who was arrested
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on a weapons charge
two days ago.
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- Tonight police
are saying the man they found
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with Cosner's car
is Leonard Lake.
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- A manhunt is on now
for a second suspect,
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Charles Chat Ng.
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- Ng was with Lake
before he was arrested Sunday
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but escaped
before police arrived.
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- Tonight that case has taken
a very bizarre twist.
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- Following that arrest,
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the suspect
apparently swallowed poison.
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Now he's in a coma.
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- I'm thinking,
"What is going on here?"
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- It turned out that Lake
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had a cabin
in Calaveras County,
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about 150 miles east
of San Francisco.
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- The way this case unfolded
is really the reason
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I wanted to tell the story.
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- We have bloodstains,
bullet holes, and a cell.
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- I also noticed a board
with 21 photos of young ladies
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that sent chills up my spine.
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- We found portions
of human remains.
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And you can clearly see
the skull of somebody.
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- They had no idea
where this was going
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and how dark it was gonna get.
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- There's the house
right there.
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- Here it is.
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- So here's the--
- Really weird to be back here.
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I tell you.
- It is.
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- You know,
I spent a long time
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trying to forget all this.
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Going back to the property
was interesting.
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You sign on,
and that's what you--
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You know, your purpose in life
is to protect and serve.
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And that's
what you expect to do.
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And you run across
something like this,
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and you feel like you've
failed your community
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for allowing this to happen.
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Somewhere we didn't do enough.
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- Right where
we're standing here
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is where we found some bones.
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And it was actually
the first bones
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that we had found
at that point in time.
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- It was my ultimate goal
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in, you know, my life
to be a police officer.
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And so, you know, getting
hired at Calaveras
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was like a "dream come true"
type thing.
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But I never, ever figured
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that I would be involved
in a case like this.
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- Sometimes it can be
hard to talk about...
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Especially being here.
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- You know,
to be honest with you,
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my wife said,
"Well, you need to, you know,
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get it off your chest."
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And how did it affect
my life afterwards?
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I don't know.
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Still trying to
figure that out.
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At the time,
I had been on the force
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for a little over five years,
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and I have never seen anything
of this nature.
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We started
with a missing-persons case,
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and short time later, we
found the skull of somebody.
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- It's not every day
that you find human remains
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buried in the backyard.
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So the clock was ticking
to find out
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what the hell happened here.
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- We knew
that we needed more help
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because just excavating
that trench 100 feet long
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was gonna take
way more manpower than we had.
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Ultimately, Sergeant McFall
makes the decision
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that we're gonna have to get
a criminologist.
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We're gonna have to
maybe get some help
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from outside agencies.
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- We developed a task force,
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and the task force consisted
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of San Francisco Homicide
investigators,
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our district attorney
investigator,
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contacts with the FBI.
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- Within a few hours,
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some people came up
from Department of Justice.
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And additionally,
we called for a backhoe
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to help us excavate.
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- As we started to excavate
the trench to recover one body,
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we discovered
that there was two bodies.
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- For investigators,
they've got to be wondering,
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"What is gonna come next?"
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- While police continued
their search of the property,
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they came across
a chicken coop.
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And upon further examination,
they discovered a third body.
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It was evident
that these human remains
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had been there for some time,
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but investigators had no idea
who they belonged to.
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- At this point in
the investigation,
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we still didn't know who was
responsible for these murders.
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Was it Leonard Lake,
who was in the hospital,
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comatose from having ingested
a cyanide capsule?
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Was it Charlie Ng,
who was on the run?
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Or was it Claralyn Balazs,
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Lake's ex-wife
who owned the cabin?
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Any or all...
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could have been responsible
and involved.
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- Investigators
decided to pay a visit
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to Claralyn Balazs' house
in South San Francisco.
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She had stormed off
her property in Wilseyville
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when police revealed they were
obtaining a search warrant.
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- At that point, we began
a series of interviews
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of Claralyn Balazs regarding
Charles Ng, Leonard Lake,
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and everything
that she knew about them
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and about what was going on
at the cabin.
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- Claralyn told investigators
that Lake and Ng
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were weapons fanatics,
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who had been introduced
by a fellow Marine.
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She claimed she didn't spend
much time at the cabin
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in Wilseyville,
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so was unaware what
may have gone on up there.
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- Unfortunately,
Claralyn didn't provide
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too many answers.
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She denied any knowledge of the
hidden cell inside the bunker.
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When police revealed to her
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that they found human remains
on the property,
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she emphatically denied
any knowledge of this.
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- It was her property.
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One has to ask this question.
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Did she really not know
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what was going on?
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Really?
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- While I was in the process
of detailing the crime scene,
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I discovered that
at the back of the house
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was what appeared to be
some burn piles.
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It's not unusual
to see burn piles
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anywhere in Calaveras County,
'cause that's how people
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dispose of leaves
and some paper trash.
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But it is unusual to find
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5 or 6 separate burn piles
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15 feet apart
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that had been cleaned up.
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When I went down to go look
at the burn piles,
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I noticed
that the one fresh one there
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had bone residue,
bone material.
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At that moment, I realized
that they're burning bodies.
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- Investigators wondered how
much worse this was gonna get.
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Did they stumble upon
some sort of killing field?
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This was obviously
a much bigger case
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than anyone imagined,
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much bigger than just
a missing-persons case.
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- Is this Paul Cosner?
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Is this a member
of the Dubs family?
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Who are the victims
in this ditch?
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And how many victims are there?
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- We are trying to find out who
might some of these people be.
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There were photographs
of young women.
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I believe there were 21.
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And we are trying to identify
those women
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whose photographs
were in the bunker.
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Were possibly
some of the women murdered?
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And their bodies might be
on the property.
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- Leonard Lake was key to
piecing this mystery together.
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But unless he woke up
from his coma,
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investigators were essentially
on their own.
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While police started
looking into the identities
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of the women
in the photographs,
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investigators at the property
sent the overwhelming amount
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of human remains
to the chief medical examiner
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in San Francisco.
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But this process would take
weeks to complete.
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- This crime scene
was expanding minute by minute.
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We were digging
all over the property.
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- We had criminalists
all over the place.
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We had law enforcement officers
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from different agencies
all over the place
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in different areas
of that residence,
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in the trench, in the bunker,
on the hillside,
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all of them
working feverishly,
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and I had never seen
anything like that before.
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You can tell right
from the beginning
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because of the extent
of the crime scene
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that it was going
to be a huge case.
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- There was a lot
of speculation in the news
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about what exactly
was going on at the property.
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Unfortunately,
news was leaked to the press
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before authorities
had a chance
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to share their findings
with Sharon Sellitto,
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whose brother Paul Cosner
was amongst the missing.
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- I was at my house
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doing a radio interview
about the case.
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The reporter said to me,
"Well, what do you think
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about the bodies they're
digging up in Wilseyville?"
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And I said, "I don't know
what you're talking about."
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She said,
"They're digging up bones
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and bodies in Wilseyville."
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And I said, "What kind
of question is that?"
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And I had been told nothing
by the police, nothing.
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And I said,
"Get out of my house.
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"I'm not talking to you.
It's over.
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Get out. Get out."
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- Human bones, the belongings
of missing people,
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a slave cell room.
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- There were a number
of serial cases
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in Northern California
at this time,
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but nothing compared
to this case.
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- Police have found bodies
buried on a property.
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- San Francisco Police Chief
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flew into
Calaveras County today
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to view Leonard Lake's ranch.
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- We have learned that the
San Francisco Police Department
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has sent a team
into the Sierra.
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- We're still out
on the property site,
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digging through the ditches.
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- The State Department
of Justice
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has called agents in
on their days off
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to help with the search.
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- We're going through
burned-out areas.
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- No one is yet willing
to put a limit
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on the number of bodies
they may eventually find.
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- We don't know how big
this is gonna get.
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- It appears there may be
a link to other cases,
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including that
of an entire family
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which vanished
almost a year ago.
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- Investigators
quoted as saying
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that when all
the facts come out,
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this case will make
Charles Manson
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look like a man who organized
Sunday school picnics.
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- There was really no telling
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how many bodies could be
on the property.
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And it was becoming
obvious very quickly
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that this was a major,
major murder case
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involving God knows
how many people.
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- Once the press caught wind
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of what was going on
in Wilseyville,
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we all began to wonder,
who was this guy Leonard Lake?
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So the media began questioning
those who knew him.
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- We talked to neighbors.
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They say Lake
lived in the area
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for about the past
three years.
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- He kept to himself.
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He wasn't
a real friendly person.
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He wasn't unfriendly.
He just didn't mix.
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- We learned that Lake came
from a broken household
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and he displayed early signs
of depravity.
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Lake reportedly killed mice by
dissolving them in chemicals
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and coerced his sisters into
making homemade pornography.
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- Lake was a Marine.
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He had served two tours
of duty in Vietnam,
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had a psychotic episode
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and was released
from the military.
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He ends up in a hippie commune
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up in Mendocino County,
Northern California.
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This is where he meets his
future wife, Claralyn Balazs.
284
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- Although
she was blissfully unaware
285
00:14:21,556 --> 00:14:22,731
of Lake's troubled past,
286
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she fulfilled
his sexual fantasies.
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00:14:27,475 --> 00:14:29,172
- With so many
unanswered questions,
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police will be working
throughout the next few days,
289
00:14:31,740 --> 00:14:33,263
gathering evidence
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00:14:33,307 --> 00:14:35,700
and ultimately trying to find
the motive behind this case.
291
00:14:38,573 --> 00:14:42,620
- After finding human remains
buried at the cabin,
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we were constantly
probing around the property
293
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with our stick,
looking for softer ground.
294
00:14:47,190 --> 00:14:50,411
And we actually find something.
295
00:14:50,454 --> 00:14:54,763
- We uncovered some leaves,
and there was a bucket.
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00:14:54,806 --> 00:14:59,637
And in that bucket,
we discovered a firearm,
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00:14:59,681 --> 00:15:02,989
and it was
a 22-caliber handgun.
298
00:15:04,991 --> 00:15:07,210
Also, we found
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identification papers
in there.
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00:15:11,084 --> 00:15:13,434
And it was of Paul Cosner.
301
00:15:20,397 --> 00:15:23,183
- The police called
and told me
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00:15:23,226 --> 00:15:26,838
they had dug up a bucket,
a pail...
303
00:15:26,882 --> 00:15:30,755
And that it
had Paul's glasses in it...
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and his wallet
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00:15:32,801 --> 00:15:35,499
and his driver's license.
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It was the hardest phone call.
307
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I felt like I knew
Paul was dead.
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I just wanted to find his body.
309
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- Could Paul have been
one of those victims
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buried at Wilseyville?
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All they could do was wait
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until the coroner returned
his findings.
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00:16:00,829 --> 00:16:03,788
In the meantime, authorities
received some news
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from the hospital
in San Francisco.
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- On June the 6th,
we were informed
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00:16:17,715 --> 00:16:20,631
that Leonard Lake was taken
off life support
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00:16:20,675 --> 00:16:22,024
and pronounced dead.
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- He's the one
that had the answers.
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00:16:31,555 --> 00:16:35,516
And in one second,
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00:16:35,559 --> 00:16:39,607
taken all the answers
to our questions away.
321
00:16:39,650 --> 00:16:43,828
He couldn't stay around
to tell the story.
322
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I was very mad.
323
00:16:49,095 --> 00:16:53,055
- Police painstakingly
continued their investigation.
324
00:16:53,099 --> 00:16:55,710
By this time, investigators
had discovered three bodies
325
00:16:55,753 --> 00:16:57,973
and countless
other bone fragments.
326
00:16:58,017 --> 00:17:01,063
- While we were conducting
the investigation at the cabin,
327
00:17:01,107 --> 00:17:04,414
the landlord
of the next-door property
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00:17:04,458 --> 00:17:06,764
came over and reported
that he had not seen
329
00:17:06,808 --> 00:17:09,028
the family living next door
in the last several weeks.
330
00:17:11,421 --> 00:17:14,163
It was a young family--
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00:17:14,207 --> 00:17:16,339
Lonnie Bond, Brenda O'Connor,
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00:17:16,383 --> 00:17:19,516
and their son, Lonnie Jr.
333
00:17:19,560 --> 00:17:21,518
And along with them,
we discovered
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00:17:21,562 --> 00:17:24,826
staying with them
was Robin Scott Stapley.
335
00:17:24,869 --> 00:17:28,177
He was missing as well.
336
00:17:28,221 --> 00:17:30,136
We learned
that Robin Scott Stapley
337
00:17:30,179 --> 00:17:31,659
was a name Leonard Lake used
338
00:17:31,702 --> 00:17:33,704
while being arrested
at the lumberyard
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00:17:33,748 --> 00:17:34,923
in South San Francisco.
340
00:17:39,232 --> 00:17:41,364
And it was Lonnie Bond's
license plate
341
00:17:41,408 --> 00:17:43,236
that was discovered on the car
342
00:17:43,279 --> 00:17:45,368
Leonard Lake was driving
in South San Francisco
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00:17:45,412 --> 00:17:47,283
belonging to Paul Cosner.
344
00:17:49,590 --> 00:17:52,419
- Four people are missing
from the house next door.
345
00:17:52,462 --> 00:17:53,985
The owner of that house
346
00:17:54,029 --> 00:17:55,813
is concerned
about his former tenants.
347
00:17:55,857 --> 00:17:57,467
- I thought
the people just left
348
00:17:57,511 --> 00:17:59,600
because my real estate
agent had called me
349
00:17:59,643 --> 00:18:01,515
and said that the guy next door
had told him
350
00:18:01,558 --> 00:18:04,387
they had been gone
for about ten days.
351
00:18:04,431 --> 00:18:06,607
- Based on this information,
Detective Copley and I
352
00:18:06,650 --> 00:18:09,740
went over to the Bond cabin
to investigate.
353
00:18:11,960 --> 00:18:16,921
We entered the house
and really found nothing.
354
00:18:16,965 --> 00:18:20,142
It was empty.
355
00:18:22,188 --> 00:18:23,624
Now, closer inspection
in the house,
356
00:18:23,667 --> 00:18:26,714
we realized that
in the bedroom that we figured
357
00:18:26,757 --> 00:18:29,586
had to have belonged
to the child,
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00:18:29,630 --> 00:18:32,720
there were some pretty
substantial bloodstains...
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00:18:32,763 --> 00:18:34,983
on the wall,
360
00:18:35,026 --> 00:18:38,378
as if the baby crib
had been up against the wall
361
00:18:38,421 --> 00:18:42,382
and the baby was bludgeoned
to death.
362
00:18:42,425 --> 00:18:44,645
We can only conclude
363
00:18:44,688 --> 00:18:47,343
that the baby was probably
murdered in that crib.
364
00:18:50,651 --> 00:18:52,609
- Once investigators suspected
365
00:18:52,653 --> 00:18:55,134
that 18-month-old Lonnie Jr.
was killed,
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00:18:55,177 --> 00:18:57,179
they feared
that the child's parents.
367
00:18:57,223 --> 00:18:59,138
Lonnie Bond
and Brenda O'Connor,
368
00:18:59,181 --> 00:19:00,748
had also been murdered.
369
00:19:02,924 --> 00:19:04,969
Although authorities
couldn't be certain
370
00:19:05,013 --> 00:19:06,493
until they found bodies,
371
00:19:06,536 --> 00:19:08,451
they decided to reach
out to relatives
372
00:19:08,495 --> 00:19:11,062
to see if they could provide
any additional information.
373
00:19:11,106 --> 00:19:13,500
But when they reached
Brenda O'Connor's father,
374
00:19:13,543 --> 00:19:15,284
this was the first
that he had heard
375
00:19:15,328 --> 00:19:16,764
that his daughter was missing.
376
00:19:16,807 --> 00:19:19,332
- You got to understand,
in the '80s,
377
00:19:19,375 --> 00:19:21,551
that you didn't have
all these cell phones.
378
00:19:21,595 --> 00:19:23,336
So, while we're in Michigan,
379
00:19:23,379 --> 00:19:25,164
they're all the way out
in California.
380
00:19:27,296 --> 00:19:28,645
When they called my dad
381
00:19:28,689 --> 00:19:31,909
and told him that my sister
was missing,
382
00:19:31,953 --> 00:19:35,304
the first thing my dad said is,
"Where's my grandson?
383
00:19:35,348 --> 00:19:38,612
Where's my son-in-law?"
384
00:19:38,655 --> 00:19:42,529
And that's when they said, "We
believe they're missing, too."
385
00:19:42,572 --> 00:19:44,835
- For 23 years
in the police department,
386
00:19:44,879 --> 00:19:47,621
I've worked a number
of serial-murder cases
387
00:19:47,664 --> 00:19:49,536
involving multiple victims.
388
00:19:49,579 --> 00:19:52,539
But this was
a very unusual case,
389
00:19:52,582 --> 00:19:54,671
to say the least,
in many respects,
390
00:19:54,715 --> 00:19:57,239
not just because of the number
of bodies
391
00:19:57,283 --> 00:20:00,503
but the fact that it involved
so many different victims,
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00:20:00,547 --> 00:20:02,853
including small children.
393
00:20:02,897 --> 00:20:06,335
- At this point,
police still needed answers.
394
00:20:06,379 --> 00:20:09,208
The Dubs family,
the Bond family,
395
00:20:09,251 --> 00:20:12,559
and Robin Scott Stapley were
all still considered missing.
396
00:20:12,602 --> 00:20:14,691
And while police
had their suspicions
397
00:20:14,735 --> 00:20:16,258
that Leonard Lake
and Charles Ng
398
00:20:16,302 --> 00:20:19,696
were somehow responsible
for their disappearances,
399
00:20:19,740 --> 00:20:23,134
their motive was still
very much unclear,
400
00:20:23,178 --> 00:20:24,701
until they literally uncovered
401
00:20:24,745 --> 00:20:26,834
the biggest piece
of evidence yet.
402
00:20:32,143 --> 00:20:36,147
- The county backhoe driver
was, with a shovel,
403
00:20:36,191 --> 00:20:39,803
digging the soft dirt
on the edge of the driveway.
404
00:20:39,847 --> 00:20:41,979
While he was doing that,
he ran across something hard,
405
00:20:42,023 --> 00:20:44,460
and he said,
"Hey, I have something here."
406
00:20:44,504 --> 00:20:47,594
They started to remove
the dirt
407
00:20:47,637 --> 00:20:49,509
and found,
buried in the ground,
408
00:20:49,552 --> 00:20:52,599
a five-gallons tub.
409
00:20:52,642 --> 00:20:55,819
- In the tub,
they found a document
410
00:20:55,863 --> 00:20:58,213
of several hundred pages
411
00:20:58,257 --> 00:21:01,564
and two VHS tapes.
412
00:21:01,608 --> 00:21:03,827
- If you're burying something,
you wanted to hide it,
413
00:21:03,871 --> 00:21:06,874
and if it's worth hiding,
then it's worth watching.
414
00:21:46,827 --> 00:21:49,090
- As the investigators
were digging up the property,
415
00:21:49,133 --> 00:21:51,353
they don't know
where this is going to end.
416
00:21:53,442 --> 00:21:55,531
And then they find a tub.
417
00:21:55,575 --> 00:21:58,012
- In the tub,
418
00:21:58,055 --> 00:22:01,276
they found a document
of several hundred pages
419
00:22:01,320 --> 00:22:04,061
and two VHS tapes.
420
00:22:04,105 --> 00:22:06,325
- Immediately what
police want to know is,
421
00:22:06,368 --> 00:22:07,674
what's on these tapes.
422
00:22:07,717 --> 00:22:09,458
- Of the two videotapes
inside the bucket,
423
00:22:09,502 --> 00:22:12,374
one was labeled
"M ladies Kathi and Brenda."
424
00:22:12,418 --> 00:22:14,768
The other was labeled "M."
425
00:22:14,811 --> 00:22:17,161
If you're burying something,
you wanted to hide it,
426
00:22:17,205 --> 00:22:20,034
and if it's worth hiding,
then it's worth watching.
427
00:22:20,077 --> 00:22:23,211
So, utilizing the video
equipment in the house,
428
00:22:23,254 --> 00:22:26,170
we put it in the video
labeled "M."
429
00:23:35,239 --> 00:23:38,982
- This tape was essentially
a 15-minute manifesto
430
00:23:39,026 --> 00:23:42,943
in which Leonard Lake starts
out detailing his plan
431
00:23:42,986 --> 00:23:45,380
to enslave a young woman.
432
00:23:45,424 --> 00:23:47,948
Deborah Dubs is missing,
Brenda O'Connor.
433
00:23:47,991 --> 00:23:50,516
There were pictures
of 21 women on the wall.
434
00:23:50,559 --> 00:23:52,822
What happened
to all these women?
435
00:23:52,866 --> 00:23:55,477
As investigators continued
to watch the tape,
436
00:23:55,521 --> 00:23:57,566
the mystery started to unfold.
437
00:24:24,985 --> 00:24:28,510
- There's a part of that tape
that shows him on a bulldozer
438
00:24:28,554 --> 00:24:30,947
working on the bunker.
439
00:24:42,089 --> 00:24:44,004
You got the sense
as you're watching this
440
00:24:44,047 --> 00:24:46,006
that he was very pleased
with himself
441
00:24:46,049 --> 00:24:49,749
and very kind of proud
of what he had done
442
00:24:49,792 --> 00:24:53,492
and didn't have any qualms
whatsoever about the plans
443
00:24:53,535 --> 00:24:56,712
to enslave and brutalize women.
444
00:25:16,427 --> 00:25:18,560
- When you watch this tape,
445
00:25:18,604 --> 00:25:20,562
you're not talking
about a madman
446
00:25:20,606 --> 00:25:22,738
who is screaming
and yelling at you.
447
00:25:22,782 --> 00:25:24,566
He's relaxed,
448
00:25:24,610 --> 00:25:26,046
he's composed,
449
00:25:26,089 --> 00:25:28,788
and he's
extremely thoughtful in it.
450
00:25:28,831 --> 00:25:31,486
- The language
that he used told me
451
00:25:31,530 --> 00:25:33,053
that he had intelligence.
452
00:25:33,096 --> 00:25:35,316
He was monotone the whole time,
453
00:25:35,359 --> 00:25:38,885
and it just made it
even more sinister
454
00:25:38,928 --> 00:25:40,451
that he did it that way.
455
00:25:40,495 --> 00:25:43,716
- Normally,
you do not have videotapes
456
00:25:43,759 --> 00:25:45,935
of this nature.
457
00:25:45,979 --> 00:25:49,722
This is the first time that I
or any fellows I worked with
458
00:25:49,765 --> 00:25:51,375
had ever seen
something like this.
459
00:25:51,419 --> 00:25:53,856
- It's my feeling
that Leonard Lake
460
00:25:53,900 --> 00:25:56,032
wanted this tape to be found.
461
00:25:56,076 --> 00:25:59,079
And it's almost like he's
talking to us from the grave,
462
00:25:59,122 --> 00:26:01,995
calmly outlining his plans
to enslave women
463
00:26:02,038 --> 00:26:03,562
and use them at his free will.
464
00:26:03,605 --> 00:26:07,261
Leonard Lake explained
his dark, sadistic fantasy.
465
00:26:07,304 --> 00:26:08,567
What they didn't know
466
00:26:08,610 --> 00:26:11,352
was whether or not
he went through with them.
467
00:26:24,278 --> 00:26:27,020
- Investigators would find
their answer
468
00:26:27,063 --> 00:26:30,458
when they watch the second
video tape labeled "M Ladies."
469
00:26:30,501 --> 00:26:33,417
No one was prepared
for what was on that tape.
470
00:26:43,993 --> 00:26:46,779
- Investigators
now have an idea
471
00:26:46,822 --> 00:26:48,955
of what was going on here.
472
00:26:48,998 --> 00:26:52,654
They now understand
what a horror show it is
473
00:26:52,698 --> 00:26:54,177
that they've opened up.
474
00:27:17,766 --> 00:27:21,814
- When investigators played the
second tape labeled "M ladies,"
475
00:27:21,857 --> 00:27:23,903
they quickly realized
that they were watching
476
00:27:23,946 --> 00:27:26,166
a home videotape
that Leonard Lake had filmed
477
00:27:26,209 --> 00:27:28,559
at the Wilseyville property.
478
00:27:28,603 --> 00:27:31,824
- One of the VHS tapes
was of a young woman
479
00:27:31,867 --> 00:27:33,390
sitting in a chair.
480
00:27:33,434 --> 00:27:35,523
She's also seen on a video
481
00:27:35,566 --> 00:27:39,527
where she's tied down
to a bed in the cabin.
482
00:28:10,340 --> 00:28:11,515
- In the video,
483
00:28:11,559 --> 00:28:13,692
Lake was calling a woman
by the name Kathi,
484
00:28:13,735 --> 00:28:18,218
which was significant,
because also inside the tub,
485
00:28:18,261 --> 00:28:20,437
they found
a California driver's license
486
00:28:20,481 --> 00:28:23,223
for a woman
named Kathleen Allen.
487
00:28:23,266 --> 00:28:25,704
They had suspected
that Kathi was likely short
488
00:28:25,747 --> 00:28:27,096
for Kathleen Allen.
489
00:28:27,140 --> 00:28:30,926
- Now we had a name
that we could work with.
490
00:28:30,970 --> 00:28:34,234
And we found out that she was
491
00:28:34,277 --> 00:28:38,325
from the Milpitas,
San Jose area.
492
00:28:38,368 --> 00:28:41,241
We made contact with the
San Jose Police Department
493
00:28:41,284 --> 00:28:43,939
to get additional staff
to help us.
494
00:28:43,983 --> 00:28:48,074
We found out
she was a missing person.
495
00:28:48,117 --> 00:28:50,554
- Police investigators
discover
496
00:28:50,598 --> 00:28:54,689
Kathleen Allen works
at a local grocery store
497
00:28:54,733 --> 00:28:57,126
in the San Jose area.
498
00:28:57,170 --> 00:29:01,914
On Sunday, April 14, 1985,
she goes missing.
499
00:29:03,785 --> 00:29:05,134
- After her shift,
500
00:29:05,178 --> 00:29:08,268
investigators learn
that Kathleen was picked up
501
00:29:08,311 --> 00:29:11,837
by a slightly balding,
heavyset man in his late 30s
502
00:29:11,880 --> 00:29:14,535
in an orange-gold
Honda Prelude.
503
00:29:14,578 --> 00:29:16,145
They immediately suspected
504
00:29:16,189 --> 00:29:18,669
this was Leonard Lake
in Paul Cosner's car.
505
00:29:18,713 --> 00:29:23,239
- Investigators discovered
during the week of May 5th,
506
00:29:23,283 --> 00:29:27,156
Kathleen's manager receives
a letter asking for her checks
507
00:29:27,200 --> 00:29:29,811
to be sent to a PO box.
508
00:29:29,855 --> 00:29:33,032
That PO box has
a return address
509
00:29:33,075 --> 00:29:35,991
of Wilseyville, California.
510
00:29:36,035 --> 00:29:38,820
That's the last
anybody has ever heard
511
00:29:38,864 --> 00:29:40,648
from Kathleen Allen.
512
00:29:42,868 --> 00:29:44,130
- There's another woman
513
00:29:44,173 --> 00:29:47,655
who also appears
on the VHS tape.
514
00:29:47,698 --> 00:29:49,962
Leonard Lake refers to her--
515
00:29:50,005 --> 00:29:52,051
calls her by the name
of Brenda.
516
00:29:54,575 --> 00:29:57,534
- Brenda was the name
investigators recognized.
517
00:29:57,578 --> 00:29:59,667
They suspected
that the woman in the video
518
00:29:59,710 --> 00:30:02,626
was the next-door neighbor
Brenda O'Connor,
519
00:30:02,670 --> 00:30:04,280
who'd mysteriously vanished.
520
00:30:11,940 --> 00:30:14,595
Lonnie was most probably
Lonnie Bond,
521
00:30:14,638 --> 00:30:17,554
Brenda O'Connor's husband,
who also disappeared,
522
00:30:17,598 --> 00:30:20,340
along with their baby,
Lonnie Jr.
523
00:30:20,383 --> 00:30:22,690
- It's a very difficult tape
to watch.
524
00:30:22,733 --> 00:30:24,083
She's crying.
525
00:30:24,126 --> 00:30:28,478
She's asking these guys,
"What about my baby?
526
00:30:28,522 --> 00:30:31,438
What have you done
with my baby?"
527
00:30:35,703 --> 00:30:39,011
- This tape
was completely heartbreaking,
528
00:30:39,054 --> 00:30:41,622
especially because
investigators suspected
529
00:30:41,665 --> 00:30:45,191
that Brenda's baby,
Lonnie Bond Jr., was dead.
530
00:30:45,234 --> 00:30:46,714
It had only been hours earlier
531
00:30:46,757 --> 00:30:48,585
that they had found
blood spatter
532
00:30:48,629 --> 00:30:50,413
on the walls
of the baby's bedroom.
533
00:30:50,457 --> 00:30:54,113
- Normally,
when we do investigations,
534
00:30:54,156 --> 00:30:56,680
you're not getting
that emotional connection
535
00:30:56,724 --> 00:30:58,944
with that person...
536
00:30:58,987 --> 00:31:01,947
where you can see it in their
eyes and hear it in her voice.
537
00:31:11,826 --> 00:31:15,438
That's something that
will stick with you forever.
538
00:31:36,329 --> 00:31:37,721
- As we were watching
the tape,
539
00:31:37,765 --> 00:31:39,941
it was clear that there was
another individual
540
00:31:39,985 --> 00:31:41,987
with Kathi and Brenda.
541
00:31:46,556 --> 00:31:47,906
- It was Charles Ng.
542
00:31:51,126 --> 00:31:53,433
- After investigators
identified Charles Ng
543
00:31:53,476 --> 00:31:55,783
on that tape,
it confirmed for them
544
00:31:55,826 --> 00:31:58,917
that he was much more than
just a shoplifting suspect.
545
00:31:58,960 --> 00:32:00,788
Now they were wondering
546
00:32:00,831 --> 00:32:03,791
if he was aiding and abetting
Leonard Lake in his fantasies.
547
00:32:03,834 --> 00:32:06,707
And what was the level
of Charles Ng's involvement?
548
00:32:06,750 --> 00:32:08,056
Was he involved in murder?
549
00:32:08,100 --> 00:32:10,798
Was he involved
in Lake's sexual fantasies?
550
00:32:10,841 --> 00:32:13,453
The next step
was to obtain a search warrant
551
00:32:13,496 --> 00:32:16,325
for Ng's apartment
back in San Francisco.
552
00:32:16,369 --> 00:32:18,632
So, while police
put in the request,
553
00:32:18,675 --> 00:32:20,808
investigators started sifting
through the stack of documents
554
00:32:20,851 --> 00:32:23,506
found inside the bucket.
555
00:32:23,550 --> 00:32:26,770
- Further examination,
they discovered
556
00:32:26,814 --> 00:32:28,685
Leonard Lake's diary.
557
00:32:30,992 --> 00:32:35,954
This was the key to unraveling
the whole investigation.
558
00:32:50,272 --> 00:32:51,795
- This is Leonard Lake's diary.
559
00:32:51,839 --> 00:32:55,321
It spans a period of time
from the 1st of January, 1983,
560
00:32:55,364 --> 00:32:57,845
to November 9, 1984,
561
00:32:57,888 --> 00:33:01,762
and it is filled
with a lot of information.
562
00:33:01,805 --> 00:33:05,374
- The diary had mundane aspects
of it, too--
563
00:33:05,418 --> 00:33:08,377
"did the dishes,
cleaned the house,"
564
00:33:08,421 --> 00:33:10,814
you know, "did some repairs."
565
00:33:10,858 --> 00:33:12,860
- What stood out at the time
to investigators
566
00:33:12,903 --> 00:33:16,385
were the numerous code names
and references in this diary
567
00:33:16,429 --> 00:33:18,735
to something
called Operation Miranda.
568
00:33:18,779 --> 00:33:23,175
- We were able to determine
that Operation Miranda
569
00:33:23,218 --> 00:33:26,178
was basically to enslave
570
00:33:26,221 --> 00:33:29,355
and kidnap a female
571
00:33:29,398 --> 00:33:31,313
and hold her hostage
572
00:33:31,357 --> 00:33:35,361
and do the things
he wanted to do with her.
573
00:33:35,404 --> 00:33:37,928
Throughout the diary,
574
00:33:37,972 --> 00:33:41,149
he had referred
to the book "The Collector."
575
00:33:41,193 --> 00:33:45,066
- On the 19th
of February, 1983,
576
00:33:45,110 --> 00:33:47,155
Leonard Lake writes...
577
00:33:57,165 --> 00:33:59,167
- "The Collector" is a book
578
00:33:59,211 --> 00:34:00,908
about a character
579
00:34:00,951 --> 00:34:03,041
who's kind of failed
at his relationships,
580
00:34:03,084 --> 00:34:05,869
who comes into money,
and he builds a cell
581
00:34:05,913 --> 00:34:07,306
where he keeps a woman
582
00:34:07,349 --> 00:34:09,351
who he wants to fall in love
with him,
583
00:34:09,395 --> 00:34:11,745
and that woman's name
is Miranda.
584
00:34:15,705 --> 00:34:18,969
- The main character,
Miranda, eventually dies
585
00:34:19,013 --> 00:34:20,667
and is buried by her captor.
586
00:34:20,710 --> 00:34:24,584
Leonard Lake had been inspired
by this 20 years prior.
587
00:34:24,627 --> 00:34:29,676
And he had carried this fantasy
for nearly two decades.
588
00:34:29,719 --> 00:34:33,375
- Operation Miranda
was the realization
589
00:34:33,419 --> 00:34:36,813
of a sexual fantasy
that Leonard Lake had.
590
00:34:36,857 --> 00:34:39,729
Leonard Lake starts
describing in detail
591
00:34:39,773 --> 00:34:42,036
how he's gonna build
this bunker,
592
00:34:42,080 --> 00:34:46,084
how he's gonna capture women
and make them his slave,
593
00:34:46,127 --> 00:34:49,174
make them do his bidding.
594
00:34:49,217 --> 00:34:51,089
- Investigators
made the connection
595
00:34:51,132 --> 00:34:52,916
that the "M" in "M Ladies"
596
00:34:52,960 --> 00:34:56,485
was likely code
for the word "Miranda."
597
00:34:56,529 --> 00:34:58,661
It was becoming clear
that Brenda O'Connor
598
00:34:58,705 --> 00:35:02,012
and Kathleen Allen
were likely victims
599
00:35:02,056 --> 00:35:04,537
to Lake's Operation Miranda.
600
00:35:04,580 --> 00:35:08,193
If this was true,
they were likely dead.
601
00:35:19,247 --> 00:35:22,946
Once investigators determined
that Leonard Lake's motive
602
00:35:22,990 --> 00:35:25,862
was to enslave women for
his own sexual gratification,
603
00:35:25,906 --> 00:35:28,517
they wondered whether there
are other potential M Ladies
604
00:35:28,561 --> 00:35:31,129
amongst victims
found on the property.
605
00:35:31,172 --> 00:35:34,393
So they started sifting
through the diary page by page
606
00:35:34,436 --> 00:35:36,395
in the hopes
of finding any clues.
607
00:35:36,438 --> 00:35:37,961
- It was the same
608
00:35:38,005 --> 00:35:39,746
with all of these pictures
of young women
609
00:35:39,789 --> 00:35:42,183
that were found in the bunker.
610
00:35:42,227 --> 00:35:44,011
And we certainly questioned
611
00:35:44,054 --> 00:35:46,187
whether or not any of those
women were still alive,
612
00:35:46,231 --> 00:35:48,102
were any of them...
613
00:35:48,146 --> 00:35:51,366
any of them or all of them
abducted
614
00:35:51,410 --> 00:35:53,586
and perhaps later
done away with.
615
00:35:53,629 --> 00:35:55,762
- There were still things
amiss here.
616
00:35:55,805 --> 00:35:59,418
What did Operation Miranda
have to do with missing people
617
00:35:59,461 --> 00:36:01,724
like the Dubs family
and Paul Cosner?
618
00:36:01,768 --> 00:36:04,074
- As investigators
are going through his diary,
619
00:36:04,118 --> 00:36:05,815
they start to find out hints
620
00:36:05,859 --> 00:36:07,774
that Leonard Lake
is just not killing people.
621
00:36:07,817 --> 00:36:10,646
He wants to assume
their identity.
622
00:36:10,690 --> 00:36:13,171
They discover that
he often picks his victims
623
00:36:13,214 --> 00:36:14,389
'cause they look like him.
624
00:36:14,433 --> 00:36:16,174
And by assuming
their identity,
625
00:36:16,217 --> 00:36:19,046
he's not only killing them,
he will assume their names.
626
00:36:19,089 --> 00:36:22,745
He will take their checks.
He will open up accounts.
627
00:36:22,789 --> 00:36:24,486
He'll collect social security.
628
00:36:24,530 --> 00:36:27,924
He will do everything.
He will take over their lives.
629
00:36:27,968 --> 00:36:30,797
He considers this
a military operation.
630
00:36:30,840 --> 00:36:33,060
- So investigators are starting
to piece together,
631
00:36:33,103 --> 00:36:35,236
"Is this what happened
to Paul Cosner?
632
00:36:35,280 --> 00:36:36,672
"Did Leonard Lake kill him
633
00:36:36,716 --> 00:36:39,109
so he could steal
his identity and his car?"
634
00:36:41,851 --> 00:36:46,421
- The very last page
of Leonard Lake's diary
635
00:36:46,465 --> 00:36:50,382
becomes key
to the investigation.
636
00:36:50,425 --> 00:36:52,253
It brings everything together.
637
00:36:52,297 --> 00:36:55,778
Friday, November 2, 1984,
638
00:36:55,822 --> 00:36:58,607
"Met Charlie.
Performed Op.
639
00:36:58,651 --> 00:37:01,349
"Met resistance
for the first time.
640
00:37:01,393 --> 00:37:05,614
"Unsuccessful in obtaining
credit cards or bank codes.
641
00:37:05,658 --> 00:37:08,530
"Drove to country
for completion.
642
00:37:08,574 --> 00:37:12,491
Canceled Charlie's running debt
to me."
643
00:37:12,534 --> 00:37:16,364
That was the day
that Paul Cosner disappear.
644
00:37:20,760 --> 00:37:23,066
- So, apparently,
there was some type of debt
645
00:37:23,110 --> 00:37:24,459
that Ng owed Lake.
646
00:37:24,503 --> 00:37:26,374
And he fulfilled that debt
647
00:37:26,418 --> 00:37:29,290
by participating
in the murder of Paul Cosner
648
00:37:29,334 --> 00:37:30,900
and the theft of his car.
649
00:37:30,944 --> 00:37:33,860
- I don't think a car
would be worth it,
650
00:37:33,903 --> 00:37:35,644
but I don't know.
651
00:37:37,864 --> 00:37:41,346
- In our
wildest imaginations...
652
00:37:41,389 --> 00:37:44,218
We never, ever expected this.
653
00:37:47,743 --> 00:37:49,876
- Later that day,
with a search warrant in hand,
654
00:37:49,919 --> 00:37:51,269
police descended
655
00:37:51,312 --> 00:37:53,836
upon Charles Ng's
San Francisco apartment.
656
00:37:53,880 --> 00:37:56,186
When police entered,
they quickly discovered
657
00:37:56,230 --> 00:37:59,668
several important
pieces of evidence.
658
00:37:59,712 --> 00:38:04,499
- We found a holster
that belonged to Paul Cosner.
659
00:38:04,543 --> 00:38:07,067
We found a map
of San Francisco
660
00:38:07,110 --> 00:38:10,157
in which the Dubs residence
on Yukon Street
661
00:38:10,200 --> 00:38:12,028
had been circled.
662
00:38:12,072 --> 00:38:14,117
- Investigators also find
in the apartment
663
00:38:14,161 --> 00:38:17,686
a credit card belonging to
Lonnie Bond...
664
00:38:17,730 --> 00:38:20,515
a photo of Brenda O'Connor,
665
00:38:20,559 --> 00:38:23,431
Harvey Dubs' video equipment,
666
00:38:23,475 --> 00:38:26,521
some of the equipment that was
missing from his property,
667
00:38:26,565 --> 00:38:28,741
videotapes...
668
00:38:28,784 --> 00:38:31,744
which Harvey Dubs himself
had labeled.
669
00:38:31,787 --> 00:38:34,834
- Police painstakingly reviewed
every tape
670
00:38:34,877 --> 00:38:36,575
they found in the apartment.
671
00:38:36,618 --> 00:38:39,491
Most were old films,
television shows,
672
00:38:39,534 --> 00:38:41,319
nothing remarkable.
673
00:38:41,362 --> 00:38:43,625
- While investigators were
going through the videotapes,
674
00:38:43,669 --> 00:38:46,411
they rewound one
to the beginning
675
00:38:46,454 --> 00:38:48,369
and made an amazing discovery.
676
00:38:48,413 --> 00:38:50,328
- At the head of the tape,
677
00:38:50,371 --> 00:38:53,505
a horrific image
flashed on screen.
678
00:38:53,548 --> 00:38:56,725
- In that single frame,
679
00:38:56,769 --> 00:38:59,511
you could see two bodies
680
00:38:59,554 --> 00:39:01,469
in a wheelbarrow
681
00:39:01,513 --> 00:39:02,992
in sleeping bags.
682
00:39:13,307 --> 00:39:15,744
- Once investigators
discovered the shocking image
683
00:39:15,788 --> 00:39:17,267
on the videotape,
684
00:39:17,311 --> 00:39:19,182
they were trying
to connect these dots.
685
00:39:19,226 --> 00:39:21,750
Whose bodies were inside
the sleeping bags?
686
00:39:21,794 --> 00:39:23,186
Could it be Paul Cosner?
687
00:39:23,230 --> 00:39:24,623
Could it be the Dubs?
688
00:39:24,666 --> 00:39:28,017
Could it be Lonnie Bond
or Robin Scott Stapley?
689
00:39:28,061 --> 00:39:31,412
It wasn't long before
investigators got their answer.
690
00:39:31,456 --> 00:39:34,937
They had expanded their search
outside of the property,
691
00:39:34,981 --> 00:39:36,939
and it was on one
of these drives
692
00:39:36,983 --> 00:39:40,769
that they made
an unexpected discovery.
693
00:39:40,813 --> 00:39:43,990
- We were driving up
and took a left-hand turn
694
00:39:44,033 --> 00:39:49,517
onto a road where they
had reforested the trees.
695
00:39:49,561 --> 00:39:51,867
And just out
the corner of our eye,
696
00:39:51,911 --> 00:39:55,654
we saw freshly dug dirt.
697
00:39:55,697 --> 00:39:58,700
Coyotes or some sort of animal
had dug into the ground,
698
00:39:58,744 --> 00:40:02,138
disturbing it enough
to draw our attention to it.
699
00:40:02,182 --> 00:40:03,879
Also present was
700
00:40:03,923 --> 00:40:06,708
the heavy smell
of decaying body.
701
00:40:06,752 --> 00:40:10,190
And we went over
to investigate that.
702
00:40:10,233 --> 00:40:11,974
That's when we noticed
that the material
703
00:40:12,018 --> 00:40:13,933
of, like, a green sleeping bag
was in there.
704
00:40:13,976 --> 00:40:16,370
And the sleeping bag
is identical
705
00:40:16,414 --> 00:40:19,112
to the one seen in the video
at Charles Ng's apartment.
706
00:40:22,507 --> 00:40:24,160
- On further inspection,
707
00:40:24,204 --> 00:40:28,948
investigators discovered a body
jammed headfirst into the bag.
708
00:40:28,991 --> 00:40:33,779
He was handcuffed, shot in
the head with a single bullet.
709
00:40:33,822 --> 00:40:34,954
In the other sleeping bag,
710
00:40:34,997 --> 00:40:37,696
they found another man
bound and gagged
711
00:40:37,739 --> 00:40:41,874
that had been shot in the head
four times.
712
00:40:41,917 --> 00:40:44,354
The coroner would later
identify the bodies
713
00:40:44,398 --> 00:40:48,489
as Lonnie Bond and his friend
Robin Scott Stapley.
714
00:40:51,623 --> 00:40:53,189
- At this point
in the investigation,
715
00:40:53,233 --> 00:40:57,933
Charles Ng was the suspect
in at least nine murders.
716
00:40:57,977 --> 00:41:00,501
But we didn't know
at that point where he was.
717
00:41:03,025 --> 00:41:04,766
- For Sharon,
it was heartbreaking
718
00:41:04,810 --> 00:41:06,551
to think
that the person responsible
719
00:41:06,594 --> 00:41:08,509
for her brother's death
was on the run.
720
00:41:08,553 --> 00:41:12,208
She feared that authorities
would never find him.
721
00:41:12,252 --> 00:41:14,820
- Nobody was gonna get away
with that.
722
00:41:14,863 --> 00:41:17,039
Nobody was gonna go and live
the rest of their life
723
00:41:17,083 --> 00:41:20,086
without a thought
and take my brother.
724
00:41:20,129 --> 00:41:24,351
I just wasn't gonna
have that happen.
725
00:41:24,394 --> 00:41:27,615
- Investigators decided to
contact Leonard Lake's ex-wife
726
00:41:27,659 --> 00:41:30,183
and property owner
Claralyn Balazs again
727
00:41:30,226 --> 00:41:33,055
to see if she had seen
or heard from him.
728
00:41:33,099 --> 00:41:35,971
- When we asked
about Charles Ng again,
729
00:41:36,015 --> 00:41:37,669
Claralyn changed her story.
730
00:41:37,712 --> 00:41:40,976
She admitted that, after the
incident at the lumberyard,
731
00:41:41,020 --> 00:41:43,588
Ng came to her home
and told her what had happened
732
00:41:43,631 --> 00:41:46,068
concerning Leonard's
being arrested.
733
00:41:46,112 --> 00:41:48,244
She drove him to his apartment
in San Francisco,
734
00:41:48,288 --> 00:41:50,420
and then she later drove him
to the airport.
735
00:41:50,464 --> 00:41:52,901
And when we asked her
where he was going,
736
00:41:52,945 --> 00:41:56,557
she said that she believed
he was going to Chicago
737
00:41:56,601 --> 00:41:58,167
and then later into Canada.
738
00:41:58,211 --> 00:42:00,909
- With a suspected
serial killer on the loose,
739
00:42:00,953 --> 00:42:03,042
investigators
left further questions
740
00:42:03,085 --> 00:42:05,174
for Claralyn to a later date.
741
00:42:05,218 --> 00:42:07,568
They were more concerned
about Charles Ng
742
00:42:07,612 --> 00:42:08,961
getting out of the country,
743
00:42:09,004 --> 00:42:12,138
which would make him
much more difficult to find.
744
00:42:12,181 --> 00:42:14,923
- So now the clock was ticking
to find Charles Ng
745
00:42:14,967 --> 00:42:16,795
before he could flee
the country
746
00:42:16,838 --> 00:42:18,971
and literally get
away with murder.
747
00:42:19,014 --> 00:42:21,495
- There's now an arrest warrant
out on Charles Ng.
748
00:42:21,539 --> 00:42:23,976
- Charles Ng is being hunted
all over the country tonight.
749
00:42:24,019 --> 00:42:27,370
- Charles Ng, now the object
of a nationwide manhunt.
750
00:42:27,414 --> 00:42:29,155
- Police say he is armed
751
00:42:29,198 --> 00:42:31,723
and has said
he will not be taken alive.
752
00:42:38,468 --> 00:42:41,776
- The investigation
is now focusing on Charles Ng,
753
00:42:41,820 --> 00:42:42,951
who is still at large.
754
00:42:42,995 --> 00:42:44,387
- Ng was arrested
755
00:42:44,431 --> 00:42:46,041
at a Calgary department store
yesterday
756
00:42:46,085 --> 00:42:47,608
when he shot a security guard
in the hand.
757
00:42:47,652 --> 00:42:52,744
- I grabbed ahold of the gun,
and he shot off one shot.
758
00:42:52,787 --> 00:42:55,007
- The wait has
been interminable.
759
00:42:55,050 --> 00:42:57,183
I think he deserves
the death penalty.
760
00:42:57,226 --> 00:42:59,968
- It was probably
the most gruesome investigation
761
00:43:00,012 --> 00:43:01,579
in the history of our state.
762
00:43:01,622 --> 00:43:03,493
The family members
of the alleged victims
763
00:43:03,537 --> 00:43:07,149
may actually see the terror
their loved ones endured.
764
00:43:07,193 --> 00:43:09,282
- That's the only question
I asked them was,
765
00:43:09,325 --> 00:43:12,502
"Was my sister murdered
on tape?"
766
00:43:12,546 --> 00:43:13,895
- Charles, what are
you going to do to us?
767
00:43:13,939 --> 00:43:15,201
Why are you doing this?
768
00:43:15,244 --> 00:43:17,203
- This was really
a roller coaster of a trial.
769
00:43:17,246 --> 00:43:20,336
- I'm sure he did it,
but they didn't prove it.
770
00:43:20,380 --> 00:43:23,513
- You, Charles Ng,
you deserve to die.
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