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HOST: Tonight on
"Unsolved Mysteries"--
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NARRATOR: For decades, many
believe that this man, Albert
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DeSalvo, was one of the most
notorious serial killers
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in history--
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the Boston Strangler.
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Now shocking new
DNA evidence seems
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to dispute DeSalvo's guilt,
raising a disturbing question--
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is the Boston Strangler
still on the loose?
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A 22-year-old
college honor student
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seems to have it
all, until he is
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blamed for causing three deaths
and a fatal traffic accident.
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Free on bail, he
has disappeared.
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Authorities need your help
to bring him to trial.
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An ambitious young mother
returns to the workforce
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and crosses paths with
a hot-tempered coworker.
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The woman is then
brutally murdered.
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And now authorities need your
help to catch her alleged
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killer, Carlos Berjeda.
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Also, a doctor accused
of poisoning his patients
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and fleeing to Zimbabwe
has been captured.
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This update and more on
"Unsolved Mysteries."
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[theme music]
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On a previous broadcast, we
brought you the story of one
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of the most infamous
serial killers in history--
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the Boston Strangler.
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At that time, we questioned
whether the man held
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responsible for murdering
11 women, Albert DeSalvo,
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was in fact guilty.
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Recently, major
new information has
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come to light that potentially
proves DeSalvo did not commit
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at least one of the murders.
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Join us as we examined the
latest theories and evidence
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in this intriguing case.
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Perhaps the real identity
of the Boston Strangler
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will finally be revealed.
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[music playing]
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Today it is quiet, but 40
years ago, these very streets
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exploded in horror.
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[woman screaming]
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The year-- 1962.
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The place-- Boston,
Massachusetts.
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The first known serial
killer in American history
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was on the prowl.
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Victim number one, Anna Slesers,
55, strangled with her bathrobe
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and raped with a blunt object.
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Victim number two,
Helen Blake, 65,
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sexually mutilated
and strangled.
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Her bra twisted into an
enormous bow under the chin.
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Victim number three, Nina
Nichols, 68, strangled.
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Her nylons tied into yet
another gruesome bow.
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It was only the beginning.
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Over the next two
years, eight more women
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fell victim to this psychopath.
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All but one were brutally choked
to death in their own homes,
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their bodies posed
in hideous positions.
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The city buckled under a
frenzy of fear and paranoia.
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Stepping into this maelstrom
was Albert DeSalvo.
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Already facing a
lengthy prison term
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for an unrelated
series of rapes,
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DeSalvo admitted that he
was the Boston Strangler.
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A wave of relief and calm passed
over the residents of Boston.
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Order had been restored.
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The sadistic killer was
finally behind bars.
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But many believe DeSalvo had
reason to falsely confess.
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The first day, I put my
arm around backwards, right?
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Right.
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And then I put the
pillowcase around the neck.
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The first thing that Albert
hoped to get out of being known
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as the Boston Strangler
was the fame of it,
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because he desperately
wanted to be famous, even
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if it were something terrible.
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His second goal was to
avoid a prison sentence.
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He had apparently been
convinced that if he confessed
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to the stranglings, he
would be sent not to prison,
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but to a very fancy
private institution
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where doctors would study him.
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Do you remember
tying any knots in it?
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Yeah, I did, I did.
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ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
But if he was lying,
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DeSalvo's confession
was uncannily accurate.
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Many investigators
were convinced
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he had to be the killer.
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That makes two.
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If you had heard
him go into detail
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and tell you exactly
how the furniture was,
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and what it was adjacent
to, and so forth,
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nobody could tell you that
unless they were there.
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After eight years of research
on this case, one thing
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I'm certain of, and that
is that Albert DeSalvo
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was not the Boston Strangler.
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There are a number of
very good suspects.
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None of them happen
to be Albert DeSalvo.
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On November 24,
1973, Albert DeSalvo
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called his former
psychiatrist from prison,
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stating he was ready
to tell the truth
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about the Boston Strangler.
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But he was murdered that
night before he could
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meet with the psychiatrist.
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Now startling new
DNA evidence suggests
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the real killer or killers
were never actually caught.
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Was Albert DeSalvo
the Boston Strangler?
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Evidence found on
the last victim
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suggests that the answer is no.
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Mary.
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Mary.
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[knock on door]
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Mary.
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ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
On January 4, 1964,
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Mary Sullivan was found by her
roommate, strangled to death
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and sexually assaulted.
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In a final morbid gesture,
a Happy New Year card
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was placed at her feet.
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[shutter click]
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The killer left
semen on Mary's body
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that the police
collected in 1964.
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Forensic technology at that time
wasn't capable of determining
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to whom it belonged.
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Mary Sullivan officially became
the 11th and final victim
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of the Boston Strangler.
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Albert DeSalvo later
confessed to her murder.
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But recently, two families have
formed an unlikely alliance
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to challenge that assertion more
forcefully than ever before--
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the family of Mary
Sullivan and the family
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of her alleged killer,
Albert DeSalvo.
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I never believed my
brother was the Boston
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Strangler from day one.
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I just want the name
cleared, that's all.
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Albert was not perfect.
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Albert did some bad things.
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Albert was not a murderer.
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ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
Mary's sister,
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Diane, also believes that
DeSalvo was not the killer.
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I mainly come here
to say hi to Mary,
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and I'm going to try
to do what I can.
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I'm going to do everything
I can to find her murderer,
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to find your murderer, Mary.
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ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): To the
DeSalvo and Sullivan families,
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there was an obvious
solution to the controversy,
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one of the most powerful
forensic tools ever created--
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DNA profiling.
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[crying]
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If the Boston Police
Department still
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had the biological evidence from
Mary Sullivan's crime scene,
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her killer could be found.
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[shutter click]
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I made several inquiries to
the Boston Police Department,
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and they told me flat
out that they did not
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have any physical evidence left
in the Boston Strangler case
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to test for DNA evidence.
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ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
Casey Sherman and his mother
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Diane were then forced to
turn to the only evidence
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available to them--
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the body of Mary Sullivan.
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We had to do the
exhumation of my aunt's body.
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It was a horrible experience.
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We didn't want to do it, but it
was our last and only recourse,
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we thought, and it was the
only chance to find her killer.
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ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
To supervise the exhumation,
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the Sullivans asked for the
help of world renowned professor
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of law and forensic
science, James E.
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Starrs, and a team of experts.
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We were obviously looking
for any seminal fluid.
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And we do know
that seminal fluid
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will fluoresce under UV light.
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So we looked, and
seminal fluid fluoresced.
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And it also was in the right
location for seminal fluid.
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It's on pubic hair.
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ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
Could this be the evidence
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the team had been hoping for?
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A chilling clue reaching across
decades to identify the killer.
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A sample of her pubic
hair was transferred
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to a forensic
molecular biologist,
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David Foran, and his team.
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So we examined that and
went after that as far as
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could we get any DNA from it.
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We had to be extra careful
because, obviously, her hair
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is going to have her DNA in it.
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So one of the tricky parts
becomes isolating DNA only
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from this material that's
stuck in the pubic hair and not
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from the hair itself.
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ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): Dr.
Foran successfully isolated
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a DNA sequence from the sample.
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Foran then compared
it to Albert DeSalvo
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by using DNA taken from
his brother Richard.
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The results were
virtually indisputable--
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the DNA found on
Mary Sullivan's body
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did not belong to
Albert DeSalvo.
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Somewhat to our
surprise, in no instances
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did we find anything
from Albert DeSalvo.
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It wasn't there.
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On the other hand, we did
find DNA sequences that
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are from someone, and they're
not someone we can account for,
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despite how hard we tried.
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A well of emotions
came over me,
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because there have
been a lot of times
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where I didn't know if we
had done the right thing.
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But when he said that there was
DNA they believed from Mary's
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killer on her body, and that
DNA didn't match Albert DeSalvo,
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it was just complete
vindication,
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as far as I was concerned.
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For those who say that
Albert DeSalvo did do it,
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the shoe is on their foot now.
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It's for them to come forward
and show the evidence to prove
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that Albert DeSalvo did do it.
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As of now, we've got
evidence indicating,
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in all scientific probability,
that he didn't do it.
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ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): If
Albert DeSalvo did not kill
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Mary Sullivan, then who did it?
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Before DeSalvo's confession put
an end to the investigation,
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the police were pursuing a
number of promising suspects.
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[shutter click]
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The original investigators
of Mary's murder
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found a strange piece of
evidence in her bathroom,
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implicating Mary's allegedly
abusive ex-boyfriend.
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They found an ascot
cut up in the toilet.
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When my sister
dated this person,
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that's all she bought
him for presents.
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He loved ascots.
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So I could see him definitely
cutting that ascot up
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in the bathroom, and
I could absolutely
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see him killing Mary.
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ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
The second suspect is
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based on an eyewitness account.
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A neighbor saw a man
in Mary's apartment
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at the approximate
time of the murder.
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So they're giving you
a hard time at work, huh?
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Yeah.
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What'd they say?
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ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
Mary Sullivan's
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roommate had a
boyfriend who matched
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the neighbor's description.
- Who, your boss?
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No, just the other girls.
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Why don't you
just beat them up?
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ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
The roommate's boyfriend
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may have also had
access to Mary's
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apartment, explaining there
were no signs of forced entry.
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I don't know.
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At the height of the
Boston Strangler case,
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my aunt was well-versed
in what was going on.
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She wouldn't let a stranger
into the apartment.
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She would have had to
have known that man,
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or that man would have
had to have gotten
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into the apartment with a key.
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So?
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CASEY SHERMAN (VOICEOVER):
The day before Mary's murder,
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her roommate had
spent the entire day
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with the prime suspect
in Mary's killing.
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I want a steak.
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OK, so go to the dining room.
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[clinking]
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What are these for?
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They're the keys to the
apartment, an extra set.
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I'm going to go powder my nose.
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All right.
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Her apartment key
had gone missing
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the day before she was killed.
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Now this key hadn't
fallen off the key chain,
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it was taken off.
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Do you live in Vermont?
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No.
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Do you know Mary Sullivan?
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ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
The suspect was brought
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in for a lie detector test.
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Did you take a key from
Mary Sullivan's apartment?
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No.
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Did you kill Mary Sullivan?
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No.
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Face front, please.
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ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
According to police,
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his responses were
deemed untruthful.
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Once DeSalvo confessed,
however, investigations
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into this suspect and Mary's
ex-boyfriend were closed.
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And what about
the other murders?
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Author Susan Kelly's
extensive investigation
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has revealed that the police
had promising suspects
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in many of these cases as well.
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If Albert wasn't
the Boston Strangler,
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who was the Boston Strangler?
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From what my research
indicates, there wasn't one,
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there were many.
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ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
On June 14, 1962,
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the maniac claimed
his first victim,
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56-year-old Anne Slesers.
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Earlier that day,
a painting crew
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was working at her apartment.
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16 days later, the same painting
crew arrived at the apartment
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building of Helen Blake.
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She became victim number two.
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The only thing that
connected those murders
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was a painting crew, working
on the exteriors of the women's
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apartment buildings at
the approximate times
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they were killed.
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Two of the members of the
painting crew, their alibi's
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couldn't be corroborated
by their boss
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or by their fellow workers, and
that's an unusual connection.
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ROBERT STACK
(VOICEOVER): As was first
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uncovered by Susan
Kelly's research,
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police also had a
suspect for victim number
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six, 20-year-old Sophie Clark.
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The suspect in the
Sophie Clark case
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was seen entering her
apartment building.
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He was seen fleeing
her apartment
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building, covered in sweat.
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Are you 27 years old?
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Yeah.
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ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
Police identified the man
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and learned that he had
dated Sophie at least once.
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Do you reside in Boston?
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ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): He was
given lie detector tests on two
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separate occasions, and
according to authorities,
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failed both.
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Victim number seven was
23-year-old Patricia Bissette.
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In this case too, Susan
Kelly discovered that police
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had a viable suspect.
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Patricia?
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ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
Patricia's boss,
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who discovered her body.
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The detectives found out that
Patricia Bissette was having
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an affair with her
happily married boss
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at the time she was killed.
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Well, I found her
autopsy report.
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It shows that she was one month
pregnant when she was murdered.
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Not only do you have motive,
but you have a suspect there.
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ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): Like
the suspects in Mary Sullivan's
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murder, investigations into
every one of these individuals
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stopped cold when Albert
DeSalvo confessed.
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That there were more
than one strangler,
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there's a possibility that
some of the older women
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died at the hands
of the same person.
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Each of the young
women who died was
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murdered by a
different individual
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who had his own motives.
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If you hated a woman
back in the early 1960s,
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you could kill her, loosely
wrap a stocking around her neck,
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and hope that the
police would think
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it was the Boston Strangler.
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Clearly, the killers that
were murdering these women,
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they had a diagram on how to
commit a Boston strangling
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because all the grisly
details were printed
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in the papers at the time.
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If you wanted to commit a
murder, here was your diagram.
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ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
The Sullivan family
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continues to hope that
Mary's killer will
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one day be held accountable.
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CASEY SHERMAN (VOICEOVER): I
want closure for my mother.
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My mother has had to live nearly
40 years without any answers
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00:17:29,116 --> 00:17:30,717
in this case.
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We want to publicly
identify Mary's killer,
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look him in the eye, and tell
him what he stole from us.
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[music playing]
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MATT WAGNER (VOICEOVER):
Headlight came right
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into the driver side window.
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[tires screeching]
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And that's pretty much
the last thing I remember.
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00:18:24,204 --> 00:18:25,972
And then I woke up
about 10 minutes later,
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00:18:26,072 --> 00:18:27,307
I had glass in my eyes.
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I couldn't really see much
just because of all the glass.
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00:18:31,611 --> 00:18:34,847
And I just looked around,
and it clicked to me
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that there's no
way everybody could
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00:18:36,249 --> 00:18:38,218
have made it out of there.
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00:18:38,318 --> 00:18:43,390
And saw my friends on the road.
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00:18:43,490 --> 00:18:44,391
It was ugly.
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It was real ugly.
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[siren]
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ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): Matt
Wagner had somehow survived
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a devastating four-car accident
on State Route 270 outside
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00:18:55,001 --> 00:18:58,137
of Pullman, Washington.
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Three of his closest
friends were not so lucky.
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Brandon S. Clements,
best friend,
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Ryan Sorensen, and Ryan's
girlfriend, Stacy Morrow.
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Stacy was my daughter,
Stacy Gretchen Morrow.
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She was 21, going to turn 22,
student at Washington State
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University, and just one
of the most beautiful
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young ladies I ever knew.
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ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
Shortly after the fatal crash,
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00:19:30,102 --> 00:19:33,105
Stacy Morrow, along
with Brandon and Ryan,
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00:19:33,206 --> 00:19:38,478
were honored at a Washington
State University memorial.
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I didn't know what to do,
and I had mixtures, of course,
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00:19:41,047 --> 00:19:44,251
of sadness and just rage
that something like this
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00:19:44,351 --> 00:19:45,718
would happen.
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00:19:45,818 --> 00:19:47,987
Nothing's been the same since.
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00:19:48,087 --> 00:19:50,257
It was just a nightmare.
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A nightmare that
should have been--
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that could have
been easily avoided
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and was totally unnecessary.
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ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
Police believed
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00:20:00,700 --> 00:20:03,570
that Frederick Russell, a
22-year-old honor student,
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00:20:03,670 --> 00:20:07,274
had recklessly
caused the accident.
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00:20:07,374 --> 00:20:10,109
He was charged with three
counts of vehicular homicide
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00:20:10,209 --> 00:20:13,746
and four counts of
vehicular assault.
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00:20:13,846 --> 00:20:17,216
But Fred has his
share of supporters.
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00:20:17,317 --> 00:20:18,718
Do I believe
that that accident
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00:20:18,818 --> 00:20:20,987
was caused primarily by my son?
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00:20:21,087 --> 00:20:22,154
I don't.
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00:20:22,255 --> 00:20:24,657
I think there were
a lot of causes,
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00:20:24,757 --> 00:20:26,393
and I think there
were a lot of people
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responsible for what happened
on that road that night.
399
00:20:29,996 --> 00:20:33,733
That doesn't make it
any better or any worse.
400
00:20:33,833 --> 00:20:37,036
That's just an
interpretation of the facts.
401
00:20:37,136 --> 00:20:40,607
My sense of what Greg
Russell is doing in this case
402
00:20:40,707 --> 00:20:46,546
is that he is defending his
son beyond a reasonable amount,
403
00:20:46,646 --> 00:20:52,785
and is making statements that
are trying to cloud the issue,
404
00:20:52,885 --> 00:20:56,456
spread the responsibility,
and excuse his son,
405
00:20:56,556 --> 00:20:59,492
to try to get this
young man off the hook
406
00:20:59,592 --> 00:21:03,596
for the deaths of my daughter,
and Brandon, and Ryan.
407
00:21:06,399 --> 00:21:07,634
Could Fred Russell
have been innocent
408
00:21:07,734 --> 00:21:10,102
of the charges against him?
409
00:21:10,202 --> 00:21:12,439
Russell is from a respected
family whose father
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00:21:12,539 --> 00:21:14,374
is the chair of the
Criminal Justice Department
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00:21:14,474 --> 00:21:17,109
at Washington State University.
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00:21:17,209 --> 00:21:19,479
He doesn't believe Fred is
solely responsible for what
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00:21:19,579 --> 00:21:21,247
happened that night.
414
00:21:21,348 --> 00:21:24,584
But the victims' families
vehemently disagree.
415
00:21:24,684 --> 00:21:27,119
This tragic case has put
the college town of Pullman,
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00:21:27,219 --> 00:21:29,822
Washington, into warring camps.
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00:21:29,922 --> 00:21:31,858
Many believe that only
the driver that night,
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00:21:31,958 --> 00:21:35,595
Fred Russell, can stop the
outburst of rage and grief.
419
00:21:35,695 --> 00:21:38,297
But Fred Russell is
nowhere to be found.
420
00:21:42,068 --> 00:21:42,935
Hey.
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00:21:43,035 --> 00:21:43,903
All right, big guy.
422
00:21:44,003 --> 00:21:44,971
Feeling good?
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00:21:45,071 --> 00:21:46,205
ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
Investigators
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00:21:46,305 --> 00:21:48,941
have pieced together Fred's
activities in the hours
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00:21:49,041 --> 00:21:51,378
leading up to the deadly crash.
426
00:21:51,478 --> 00:21:53,380
I think that I was
have a drink to that.
427
00:21:53,480 --> 00:21:54,814
ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
Several witnesses
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00:21:54,914 --> 00:21:56,516
claim they saw Fred
and his friend,
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00:21:56,616 --> 00:22:00,119
Jacob McFarland,
drinking at a local bar.
430
00:22:00,219 --> 00:22:02,355
I'm driving.
I'm driving.
431
00:22:02,455 --> 00:22:04,524
ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
At approximately 10:15 PM,
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Fred and Jacob were
seen leaving the bar.
433
00:22:07,727 --> 00:22:08,528
Whoo!
434
00:22:08,628 --> 00:22:09,429
Yeah.
435
00:22:09,529 --> 00:22:10,797
[laugh]
436
00:22:10,897 --> 00:22:12,665
ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
Fred then got behind the wheel
437
00:22:12,765 --> 00:22:17,269
and headed onto Route 270.
438
00:22:17,370 --> 00:22:19,205
Whoo!
439
00:22:19,305 --> 00:22:20,239
[honking]
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00:22:20,339 --> 00:22:21,140
Pick it up.
441
00:22:21,240 --> 00:22:22,509
This is ridiculous.
442
00:22:22,609 --> 00:22:23,810
Lady, pick it up.
443
00:22:23,910 --> 00:22:25,645
ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
According to police reports,
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00:22:25,745 --> 00:22:29,081
Fred came upon a slower moving
vehicle in front of him.
445
00:22:29,181 --> 00:22:31,384
Lady, you're moving
like 10 miles an hour.
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00:22:31,484 --> 00:22:32,719
Son of a--
447
00:22:32,819 --> 00:22:34,186
ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
Although he was in a no passing
448
00:22:34,286 --> 00:22:36,489
zone, Fred illegally
tried to go around
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00:22:36,589 --> 00:22:40,660
the car at 90 miles an hour.
450
00:22:40,760 --> 00:22:42,128
[tires screeching]
451
00:22:42,228 --> 00:22:44,363
No!
452
00:22:44,464 --> 00:22:45,732
ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
Police believed
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00:22:45,832 --> 00:22:48,768
that Fred's Chevy Blazer first
struck a Geo Prizm heading
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00:22:48,868 --> 00:22:53,873
in the opposite direction,
then a Cadillac carrying
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00:22:53,973 --> 00:22:54,874
seven college students.
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00:23:00,379 --> 00:23:03,583
Brandon Clemens, Ryan
Sorensen, and Stacy Morrow
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00:23:03,683 --> 00:23:06,018
were killed on impact.
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00:23:06,118 --> 00:23:07,820
Matt Wagner and
three other students
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00:23:07,920 --> 00:23:09,422
were critically
injured but survived.
460
00:23:13,025 --> 00:23:15,462
The Blazer then smashed
into a third vehicle
461
00:23:15,562 --> 00:23:18,565
before bursting into flames.
462
00:23:18,665 --> 00:23:21,200
Amazingly, Fred Russell
and his friend Jacob
463
00:23:21,300 --> 00:23:25,337
escaped relatively unscathed.
464
00:23:25,438 --> 00:23:26,973
What was that?
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00:23:27,073 --> 00:23:28,140
ROBERT STACK
(VOICEOVER): Two hours
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after the accident,
Fred's blood alcohol
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00:23:30,710 --> 00:23:32,178
was tested at a nearby hospital.
468
00:23:35,648 --> 00:23:40,620
It measured 0.12, well
above the legal limit.
469
00:23:40,720 --> 00:23:43,690
Later, Fred Russell was
arrested at his home
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00:23:43,790 --> 00:23:46,793
and charged with three
counts of vehicular homicide.
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00:23:50,229 --> 00:23:53,600
Fred Russell's bail was set
for $5,000, which his father,
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00:23:53,700 --> 00:23:56,836
Greg, had no problem posting.
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00:23:56,936 --> 00:23:59,706
Fred would remain
free until his trial.
474
00:23:59,806 --> 00:24:04,877
In fact, he was even allowed
to drive to and from work.
475
00:24:04,977 --> 00:24:07,413
That was pretty hard to
take, when you lose your three
476
00:24:07,514 --> 00:24:11,117
friends, it feels like
somebody murdered them,
477
00:24:11,217 --> 00:24:13,252
you feel like the guy should
be behind bars right away,
478
00:24:13,352 --> 00:24:17,824
and he shouldn't be able to
be out in public anymore.
479
00:24:17,924 --> 00:24:19,992
That the bail is so
low as to be nothing
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00:24:20,092 --> 00:24:25,197
other than a slap on the wrist
is almost insulting to victims
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00:24:25,297 --> 00:24:26,566
and their families.
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00:24:26,666 --> 00:24:28,501
And we believe that
he poses no flight risk.
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00:24:28,601 --> 00:24:30,002
RICHARD MORROW (VOICEOVER):
Now whether there
484
00:24:30,102 --> 00:24:32,438
was a personal connection
between Judge Fraser
485
00:24:32,539 --> 00:24:36,876
and Greg Russell, the dean of
the School Criminology at WSU,
486
00:24:36,976 --> 00:24:38,711
I don't know.
487
00:24:38,811 --> 00:24:43,415
I do believe, though, that
Greg Russell's standing
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00:24:43,516 --> 00:24:47,019
in the community was one of
the reasons why Frederick
489
00:24:47,119 --> 00:24:49,088
Russell was allowed
to be out on bail
490
00:24:49,188 --> 00:24:51,257
and why that bail was so low.
491
00:24:51,357 --> 00:24:55,027
I would imagine that 99.9%
of the time, most judges
492
00:24:55,127 --> 00:24:57,129
in this country in
the same situation
493
00:24:57,229 --> 00:24:58,164
would have done the same thing.
494
00:25:00,432 --> 00:25:01,734
ROBERT STACK
(VOICEOVER): Public anger
495
00:25:01,834 --> 00:25:06,438
began to grow as Fred's team of
lawyers prepared his defense.
496
00:25:06,539 --> 00:25:09,976
A motion was filed disputing
the blood alcohol finding,
497
00:25:10,076 --> 00:25:13,479
and challenges were made as
to whether Fred was really
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00:25:13,580 --> 00:25:16,515
responsible for the accident.
499
00:25:16,616 --> 00:25:20,620
I was shown toxicology
reports of the deceased driver
500
00:25:20,720 --> 00:25:26,025
of the Cadillac that
indicated there were drugs
501
00:25:26,125 --> 00:25:29,295
and alcohol in his system.
502
00:25:29,395 --> 00:25:32,599
I was shown toxicology
reports of other occupants
503
00:25:32,699 --> 00:25:34,033
that showed that
there were drugs
504
00:25:34,133 --> 00:25:37,970
and alcohol in their systems
as well, meth and marijuana.
505
00:25:38,070 --> 00:25:40,973
There was absolutely nothing
in the system of the decedents
506
00:25:41,073 --> 00:25:43,976
that contributed in any
way either to the collision
507
00:25:44,076 --> 00:25:46,278
or to their subsequent death.
508
00:25:46,378 --> 00:25:50,950
I think that the
accusation by Greg Russell,
509
00:25:51,050 --> 00:25:56,656
that is clearly
intended to cloud
510
00:25:56,756 --> 00:26:00,126
the issue of his son's
responsibility in this case,
511
00:26:00,226 --> 00:26:01,027
is sinful.
512
00:26:04,396 --> 00:26:06,332
ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
Within weeks, Fred Russell
513
00:26:06,432 --> 00:26:07,867
and his supporters
claimed that he
514
00:26:07,967 --> 00:26:10,703
became the target of the
community's growing outrage.
515
00:26:10,803 --> 00:26:12,739
MAN (ON PHONE): You're going to
go to prison for a long time,
516
00:26:12,839 --> 00:26:13,873
you worthless piece of trash.
517
00:26:13,973 --> 00:26:15,808
I hope to God you
get raped in prison,
518
00:26:15,908 --> 00:26:17,443
you worthless piece of garbage.
519
00:26:17,543 --> 00:26:18,611
You're a scumbag,
you're a loser.
520
00:26:18,711 --> 00:26:20,012
ANN SHANNON (VOICEOVER):
The death threats
521
00:26:20,112 --> 00:26:22,148
that he indicated that he
received were two phone
522
00:26:22,248 --> 00:26:23,916
calls in July, early July.
523
00:26:24,016 --> 00:26:25,551
MAN (ON PHONE): --for
every person you've killed.
524
00:26:25,652 --> 00:26:27,253
I hope someone puts a
bullet in your head.
525
00:26:27,353 --> 00:26:29,255
I hope that your
mom's still alive--
526
00:26:29,355 --> 00:26:32,458
And then we
received information
527
00:26:32,558 --> 00:26:37,897
that a card was left at the
front doorstep of the residence
528
00:26:37,997 --> 00:26:40,499
that he was at,
indicating that he
529
00:26:40,599 --> 00:26:44,136
wouldn't live to see his trial.
530
00:26:44,236 --> 00:26:45,571
ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
Four weeks later,
531
00:26:45,672 --> 00:26:47,807
Fred Russell disappeared.
532
00:26:47,907 --> 00:26:50,009
Both his lawyers and
family claim to have
533
00:26:50,109 --> 00:26:53,045
not heard from him since.
534
00:26:53,145 --> 00:26:55,748
Shortly after he jumped
bail, Greg Russell
535
00:26:55,848 --> 00:26:57,650
and several local
newspapers received
536
00:26:57,750 --> 00:26:59,618
a letter signed by Fred.
537
00:26:59,719 --> 00:27:01,988
It read in part--
538
00:27:02,088 --> 00:27:04,523
READER (VOICEOVER): "I left
because I had no choice.
539
00:27:04,623 --> 00:27:07,259
Since the first day after
the tragic accident,
540
00:27:07,359 --> 00:27:09,829
horrible things have
been printed about me.
541
00:27:09,929 --> 00:27:12,799
Now people are so enraged that
they would rather see me dead
542
00:27:12,899 --> 00:27:15,067
than receive a fair trial.
543
00:27:15,167 --> 00:27:18,170
I maintain my innocence, but
my life has been repeatedly
544
00:27:18,270 --> 00:27:20,306
threatened, so I cannot stay."
545
00:27:24,877 --> 00:27:26,512
ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
Fred Russell's whereabouts
546
00:27:26,612 --> 00:27:28,614
are currently unknown.
547
00:27:28,715 --> 00:27:30,683
I think Fred has an
expensive lifestyle.
548
00:27:30,783 --> 00:27:33,986
I think Fred's accustomed
to good things,
549
00:27:34,086 --> 00:27:38,057
being able to go out, and
party, and drink, and socialize.
550
00:27:38,157 --> 00:27:40,827
I would find it
impossible for Fred
551
00:27:40,927 --> 00:27:44,296
to make his ends meet without
assistance in some manner
552
00:27:44,396 --> 00:27:45,998
from some family
member or friend.
553
00:27:46,098 --> 00:27:49,001
Since that letter, nobody in
the family, to my knowledge,
554
00:27:49,101 --> 00:27:51,470
has heard anything from him.
555
00:27:51,570 --> 00:27:55,341
We don't know anyone
who has heard from him.
556
00:27:55,441 --> 00:27:59,545
And I would hope that if anyone
did, if any of my friends knew,
557
00:27:59,645 --> 00:28:04,751
if anyone in the family heard
from him, that they'd tell us.
558
00:28:04,851 --> 00:28:11,824
What I would say to Frederick
Russell is, we'll get you.
559
00:28:11,924 --> 00:28:14,160
You can't hide forever.
560
00:28:14,260 --> 00:28:18,530
And I've got a long time left
in this life, and I'll find you.
561
00:28:18,630 --> 00:28:21,533
[music playing]
562
00:28:52,932 --> 00:28:54,500
ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
10-year-old Joana Molina
563
00:28:54,600 --> 00:28:57,203
of Merced, California,
will soon be reunited
564
00:28:57,303 --> 00:28:59,338
with her mother, Jeanne.
565
00:28:59,438 --> 00:29:02,574
Jeanne Molina has recently
moved to Tustin, four hours
566
00:29:02,674 --> 00:29:05,277
to the south, and is now
ready for her oldest child
567
00:29:05,377 --> 00:29:06,178
to join her.
568
00:29:08,981 --> 00:29:11,984
Jeanne was real happy
because Joanna was going
569
00:29:12,084 --> 00:29:16,455
to come and live with her,
and we made arrangements
570
00:29:16,555 --> 00:29:18,858
to take her down that weekend.
571
00:29:18,958 --> 00:29:20,359
ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
Two months earlier,
572
00:29:20,459 --> 00:29:23,029
feeling a need to take a
sabbatical from her marriage,
573
00:29:23,129 --> 00:29:25,597
Jeanne had taken
a job as a cook.
574
00:29:25,697 --> 00:29:28,700
It would be a chance to
assert some independence.
575
00:29:28,801 --> 00:29:32,905
However, other forces may have
prompted her move as well.
576
00:29:33,005 --> 00:29:36,442
She had had a dream that I
was going to badly beat her up,
577
00:29:36,542 --> 00:29:40,012
and she felt that she
should get out of my house.
578
00:29:40,112 --> 00:29:43,215
And I never understood why she
would have a dream like that
579
00:29:43,315 --> 00:29:45,184
and believe that dream.
580
00:29:45,284 --> 00:29:46,585
ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
When her parents
581
00:29:46,685 --> 00:29:52,358
and Joanna stopped by Jeanne's
new home, no one was there.
582
00:29:52,458 --> 00:29:55,127
Not knowing where else
to turn, the Hitchcocks
583
00:29:55,227 --> 00:29:58,564
checked the restaurant
where Jeanne worked.
584
00:29:58,664 --> 00:29:59,531
Excuse me, miss.
585
00:29:59,631 --> 00:30:01,500
Yeah, I'll be right with you.
586
00:30:01,600 --> 00:30:02,501
Two up.
587
00:30:02,601 --> 00:30:03,469
Thanks, Carlos.
588
00:30:08,007 --> 00:30:09,575
Yes?
- Is Jeanne here?
589
00:30:09,675 --> 00:30:10,910
Jeanne Molina?
- Uh, Jeanne?
590
00:30:11,010 --> 00:30:11,810
No.
591
00:30:11,911 --> 00:30:14,246
She didn't come in today.
592
00:30:14,346 --> 00:30:16,082
Maybe we made a mistake.
593
00:30:16,182 --> 00:30:20,119
I was just really not sure
what to do, because Jeanne,
594
00:30:20,219 --> 00:30:21,587
if she said she was
going to be there,
595
00:30:21,687 --> 00:30:23,822
she would have been there.
596
00:30:23,923 --> 00:30:25,257
ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
The next morning,
597
00:30:25,357 --> 00:30:27,126
the Hitchcocks rushed
to Jeanne's room,
598
00:30:27,226 --> 00:30:30,529
hoping to find a sign of her.
599
00:30:30,629 --> 00:30:34,700
Sadly, there were no clues
to where she might be.
600
00:30:34,800 --> 00:30:36,468
It was very difficult
because at that point,
601
00:30:36,568 --> 00:30:38,170
we were so worried.
602
00:30:38,270 --> 00:30:40,606
And Joanna, she
kept watching me.
603
00:30:40,706 --> 00:30:43,910
She wanted to see how I was
reacting, how frightened I was,
604
00:30:44,010 --> 00:30:49,181
or how bad the situation
was by my reaction.
605
00:30:49,281 --> 00:30:50,549
Oh, excuse me, sir.
606
00:30:50,649 --> 00:30:52,351
ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): The
Hitchcocks immediately went
607
00:30:52,451 --> 00:30:54,120
to the Anaheim Police
Department to file
608
00:30:54,220 --> 00:30:55,754
a missing persons report.
609
00:30:55,854 --> 00:30:58,290
Yesterday, we were supposed
to meet with my daughter, and--
610
00:30:58,390 --> 00:31:00,092
ERNESTINE HITCHCOCK (VOICEOVER):
Deep down, I did know
611
00:31:00,192 --> 00:31:02,761
that something was very wrong.
612
00:31:02,861 --> 00:31:06,065
But I tried not to think about
it because I knew that it
613
00:31:06,165 --> 00:31:07,599
would just make things worse.
614
00:31:07,699 --> 00:31:08,500
Thank you.
615
00:31:11,803 --> 00:31:14,406
Joanna and the Hitchcocks
returned home empty-handed,
616
00:31:14,506 --> 00:31:17,843
without a single clue to
Jeanne Molina's whereabouts.
617
00:31:17,944 --> 00:31:19,778
Over the next several
days, they would anxiously
618
00:31:19,878 --> 00:31:22,048
wait by their phones,
hoping for news that Jeanne
619
00:31:22,148 --> 00:31:24,150
was safe and unharmed.
620
00:31:24,250 --> 00:31:28,420
Sadly, that call
would never come.
621
00:31:28,520 --> 00:31:32,024
Jeanne Molina was raised
in Merced, California.
622
00:31:32,124 --> 00:31:34,326
Following a tour of
duty with the Navy,
623
00:31:34,426 --> 00:31:37,296
Jeanne returned home
and began a family.
624
00:31:37,396 --> 00:31:40,166
She married Frank Reed
and had three children--
625
00:31:40,266 --> 00:31:43,369
Joanna, Elizabeth, and John.
626
00:31:43,469 --> 00:31:45,938
Though she and Frank
had their ups and downs,
627
00:31:46,038 --> 00:31:48,975
it was a fulfilling marriage.
628
00:31:49,075 --> 00:31:49,976
We had a lot of fun.
629
00:31:50,076 --> 00:31:51,577
We had a lot of
respect for each other.
630
00:31:51,677 --> 00:31:55,547
She just had all of the things
that I've always wanted.
631
00:31:55,647 --> 00:31:59,952
She made me want to be
married for a long time.
632
00:32:00,052 --> 00:32:01,853
ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): But
when her youngest child was
633
00:32:01,954 --> 00:32:04,023
two years old,
Jeanne felt a need
634
00:32:04,123 --> 00:32:08,360
for some changes in her life
and decided to go back to work.
635
00:32:08,460 --> 00:32:11,730
Merced is such a
small town, and she
636
00:32:11,830 --> 00:32:13,799
didn't feel she
could go far here,
637
00:32:13,899 --> 00:32:16,535
so she went to
Southern California.
638
00:32:16,635 --> 00:32:18,037
ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
Jeanne's experience
639
00:32:18,137 --> 00:32:20,439
as a cook in the Navy
helped her land a job
640
00:32:20,539 --> 00:32:23,342
with a restaurant chain.
641
00:32:23,442 --> 00:32:25,644
Within six weeks,
she had been promoted.
642
00:32:25,744 --> 00:32:28,981
She was going to be
training all the new hires
643
00:32:29,081 --> 00:32:31,650
at each restaurant
as they opened up.
644
00:32:31,750 --> 00:32:33,619
She had planned to
take Joanna with her,
645
00:32:33,719 --> 00:32:36,888
so it was going to be a
neat experience for her.
646
00:32:36,989 --> 00:32:38,190
She was real excited about it.
647
00:32:38,290 --> 00:32:40,126
She was real happy.
648
00:32:40,226 --> 00:32:42,961
Then just when everything
was going so well for her,
649
00:32:43,062 --> 00:32:45,364
33-year-old Jeanne
Molina vanished.
650
00:32:49,968 --> 00:32:53,305
The very day the Hitchcocks
drove to Tustin to see Jeanne,
651
00:32:53,405 --> 00:32:56,108
a gruesome discovery
was made in Westminster,
652
00:32:56,208 --> 00:32:58,977
a town 10 miles away.
653
00:32:59,078 --> 00:33:02,281
The badly battered body
of an unidentified woman
654
00:33:02,381 --> 00:33:05,917
was found near an abandoned
construction site.
655
00:33:06,018 --> 00:33:07,819
It was one of the more
vicious crime scenes
656
00:33:07,919 --> 00:33:09,555
that we've investigated,
and we've investigated
657
00:33:09,655 --> 00:33:12,124
an awful lot of homicides.
658
00:33:12,224 --> 00:33:14,326
ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): Just
after daybreak that Sunday,
659
00:33:14,426 --> 00:33:16,495
a husband and wife
witnessed a man acting
660
00:33:16,595 --> 00:33:19,831
suspiciously near his car.
661
00:33:19,931 --> 00:33:22,901
He picked up some
type of large object--
662
00:33:23,001 --> 00:33:25,504
and we later found that
to be a piece of asphalt--
663
00:33:25,604 --> 00:33:30,942
and with both hands above his
head, just thrust it down hard.
664
00:33:31,043 --> 00:33:34,346
And then looked up and saw
her, and, in her words,
665
00:33:34,446 --> 00:33:37,749
he panicked, and jumped back
in this compact vehicle,
666
00:33:37,849 --> 00:33:39,885
and sped off from the scene
at a high rate of speed.
667
00:33:43,255 --> 00:33:45,891
We didn't feel that
robbery was a motive.
668
00:33:45,991 --> 00:33:48,194
She had some money on her.
669
00:33:48,294 --> 00:33:50,729
She had a ring on her finger.
670
00:33:50,829 --> 00:33:55,267
We felt that probably
under the circumstances,
671
00:33:55,367 --> 00:33:58,237
the suspects that did
this knew her in some way.
672
00:33:58,337 --> 00:34:01,373
They were trying to prevent us
from finding out who she was.
673
00:34:01,473 --> 00:34:02,708
I don't even know
what race she is.
674
00:34:02,808 --> 00:34:03,942
Can you tell?
675
00:34:04,042 --> 00:34:05,511
MICHAEL PROCTOR (VOICEOVER):
She was so badly damaged
676
00:34:05,611 --> 00:34:07,746
that we couldn't tell
if she was a female
677
00:34:07,846 --> 00:34:09,481
Asian, white, Hispanic.
678
00:34:12,518 --> 00:34:13,619
ROBERT STACK
(VOICEOVER): An autopsy
679
00:34:13,719 --> 00:34:15,154
revealed that she
had been sexually
680
00:34:15,254 --> 00:34:18,290
assaulted, strangled,
and bludgeoned
681
00:34:18,390 --> 00:34:22,228
before being run over by a car.
682
00:34:22,328 --> 00:34:24,563
Three days after
Jeanne Molina vanished,
683
00:34:24,663 --> 00:34:26,565
her landlord read
a newspaper article
684
00:34:26,665 --> 00:34:30,035
about the unidentified female
victim found in Westminster
685
00:34:30,136 --> 00:34:32,238
and thought it might be Jeanne.
686
00:34:32,338 --> 00:34:34,406
He immediately
contacted authorities
687
00:34:34,506 --> 00:34:35,974
who contacted Jeanne's husband.
688
00:34:36,074 --> 00:34:37,409
- How you doing?
- Detective Selinske.
689
00:34:37,509 --> 00:34:38,544
Thanks, John, appreciate it.
690
00:34:38,644 --> 00:34:42,214
Possibly the most
difficult thing in my life
691
00:34:42,314 --> 00:34:45,050
I ever had to do, to
go down and identify
692
00:34:45,151 --> 00:34:49,688
somebody who was beaten so
badly she was unrecognizable.
693
00:34:49,788 --> 00:34:52,691
This ring was
found on the victim.
694
00:34:52,791 --> 00:34:54,260
ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
It wasn't until Frank
695
00:34:54,360 --> 00:34:55,727
was shown the ring
the victim was
696
00:34:55,827 --> 00:34:58,930
wearing that he was certain
his beloved Jeanne had
697
00:34:59,030 --> 00:35:00,499
been murdered.
698
00:35:00,599 --> 00:35:02,634
I'm really sorry.
699
00:35:02,734 --> 00:35:05,137
Frank had called me
and told me that he
700
00:35:05,237 --> 00:35:07,839
had had to identify the body.
701
00:35:07,939 --> 00:35:09,208
I didn't handle that very well.
702
00:35:09,308 --> 00:35:12,944
That was a horrible week, and
the day was worse, but somehow,
703
00:35:13,044 --> 00:35:14,213
at least--
704
00:35:14,313 --> 00:35:15,547
I can't say it was a relief.
705
00:35:15,647 --> 00:35:18,049
It was just-- it made me angry.
706
00:35:18,150 --> 00:35:19,651
ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
Despite Jeanne's dream
707
00:35:19,751 --> 00:35:22,654
about her husband beating
her, investigators
708
00:35:22,754 --> 00:35:26,925
were able to quickly eliminate
Frank Reed as a suspect.
709
00:35:27,025 --> 00:35:30,028
I've come to believe that
the dream wasn't about me.
710
00:35:30,128 --> 00:35:31,330
It was a dream about
something else,
711
00:35:31,430 --> 00:35:34,666
and she had foreseen what
was going to happen to her.
712
00:35:34,766 --> 00:35:36,001
ROBERT STACK
(VOICEOVER): Detectives
713
00:35:36,101 --> 00:35:39,571
went to the restaurant and
questioned Jeanne's coworkers.
714
00:35:39,671 --> 00:35:41,207
What can I do for you guys?
715
00:35:41,307 --> 00:35:42,574
Ma'am, the reason we're here--
716
00:35:42,674 --> 00:35:44,243
TERRY SELINSKE (VOICEOVER):
One of the things we found out
717
00:35:44,343 --> 00:35:49,381
was that she had worked
on July 16th, just about
718
00:35:49,481 --> 00:35:50,682
till 11 o'clock at night.
719
00:35:50,782 --> 00:35:51,650
It's 11 o'clock.
720
00:35:51,750 --> 00:35:53,552
OK, you guys, my shift is over.
721
00:35:53,652 --> 00:35:57,456
One witness stated that she
did come back after signing out
722
00:35:57,556 --> 00:35:58,857
on the time card.
723
00:35:58,957 --> 00:36:01,927
She did come back and talk
to this particular individual
724
00:36:02,027 --> 00:36:03,395
for a few minutes.
725
00:36:03,495 --> 00:36:05,297
ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): That
individual was short order
726
00:36:05,397 --> 00:36:07,098
cook, Carlos Berdeja.
727
00:36:07,199 --> 00:36:08,200
- Surprise.
- Hey.
728
00:36:08,300 --> 00:36:09,301
What?
729
00:36:09,401 --> 00:36:10,502
You guys didn't think
I was going to come?
730
00:36:10,602 --> 00:36:12,771
I'm glad you made it.
731
00:36:12,871 --> 00:36:14,606
ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
Investigators theorize Jeanne
732
00:36:14,706 --> 00:36:17,443
might have left with Berdeja
to celebrate her daughter's
733
00:36:17,543 --> 00:36:19,378
impending arrival.
734
00:36:19,478 --> 00:36:22,013
I thought they were all
going to come with us.
735
00:36:22,113 --> 00:36:23,915
She'd already bought
a bed for her daughter.
736
00:36:24,015 --> 00:36:26,252
She'd already stocked
up the refrigerator.
737
00:36:26,352 --> 00:36:27,886
This was an exciting
time for her,
738
00:36:27,986 --> 00:36:30,322
this was something
that she was really,
739
00:36:30,422 --> 00:36:32,023
really looking forward to.
740
00:36:32,123 --> 00:36:33,158
Carlos.
741
00:36:33,259 --> 00:36:34,426
ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
Police would soon
742
00:36:34,526 --> 00:36:36,595
learn that Carlos Berdeja
reportedly admitted
743
00:36:36,695 --> 00:36:39,231
committing a previous murder.
744
00:36:39,331 --> 00:36:40,632
He's got a temper.
745
00:36:40,732 --> 00:36:42,368
DETECTIVE: OK, can you
tell me what that means?
746
00:36:42,468 --> 00:36:46,004
Um, I was working
one day, and I was
747
00:36:46,104 --> 00:36:47,406
just joking around with him.
748
00:36:47,506 --> 00:36:50,242
Carlos, Maria will never go out
with you on account of you're
749
00:36:50,342 --> 00:36:51,310
ugly.
750
00:36:51,410 --> 00:36:52,143
MICHAEL PROCTOR
(VOICEOVER): The line cook
751
00:36:52,244 --> 00:36:53,345
thought it was just minuscule.
752
00:36:53,445 --> 00:36:54,746
He was just kidding with him.
753
00:36:54,846 --> 00:36:56,748
And he said the guy just
went off, and pulled
754
00:36:56,848 --> 00:36:58,617
a butcher knife
out, and threatened
755
00:36:58,717 --> 00:36:59,685
him with the butcher knife.
756
00:36:59,785 --> 00:37:01,353
Who do you think
you're talking to, huh?
757
00:37:01,453 --> 00:37:02,288
Hey, that's not funny!
758
00:37:02,388 --> 00:37:04,823
[speaking spanish]
759
00:37:06,358 --> 00:37:09,728
Yeah, I killed in Mexico.
760
00:37:09,828 --> 00:37:11,096
MICHAEL PROCTOR:
Berdeja then came back
761
00:37:11,196 --> 00:37:14,666
in, according to the person that
we interviewed, the next day
762
00:37:14,766 --> 00:37:17,235
and had some kind of
paperwork with him stating
763
00:37:17,336 --> 00:37:19,438
that he was wanted
someplace in Mexico
764
00:37:19,538 --> 00:37:21,873
for an additional homicide.
765
00:37:21,973 --> 00:37:24,443
He came in the morning, but
he didn't show up at night.
766
00:37:24,543 --> 00:37:25,911
ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
Jeanne's coworkers
767
00:37:26,011 --> 00:37:28,780
also informed police
that Carlos Berdeja had
768
00:37:28,880 --> 00:37:30,982
abruptly resigned from his job.
769
00:37:31,082 --> 00:37:32,384
Yes, that was Sunday.
770
00:37:32,484 --> 00:37:34,320
ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): When
investigators went to Berdeja's
771
00:37:34,420 --> 00:37:37,323
residence, they learned that
he and his common-law wife
772
00:37:37,423 --> 00:37:40,459
had vacated the premises
the day of the murder.
773
00:37:40,559 --> 00:37:41,893
He left his clothes behind?
774
00:37:41,993 --> 00:37:43,762
Some of his clothes.
775
00:37:43,862 --> 00:37:45,397
ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
That afternoon,
776
00:37:45,497 --> 00:37:47,399
another neighbor
caught Carlos Berdeja
777
00:37:47,499 --> 00:37:50,235
behaving oddly around his car.
778
00:37:50,336 --> 00:37:53,038
Berdeja was then seen
attempting to clean
779
00:37:53,138 --> 00:37:54,806
out parts of the vehicle.
780
00:37:54,906 --> 00:37:56,274
[honk]
781
00:37:56,375 --> 00:37:57,175
Wait.
782
00:37:57,275 --> 00:37:58,109
Hold on.
783
00:38:00,612 --> 00:38:01,913
ROBERT STACK
(VOICEOVER): The sedan
784
00:38:02,013 --> 00:38:06,718
registered to Carlos Berdeja was
later found abandoned nearby.
785
00:38:06,818 --> 00:38:10,456
The car provided a wealth of
physical evidence in the case.
786
00:38:10,556 --> 00:38:12,591
Evidence not only
in the vehicle,
787
00:38:12,691 --> 00:38:16,194
but on the undercarriage of
the vehicle, that secured,
788
00:38:16,294 --> 00:38:18,296
in my mind, beyond
a shadow of a doubt,
789
00:38:18,397 --> 00:38:20,966
that this was the
vehicle that had been
790
00:38:21,066 --> 00:38:24,135
used to run over Jeanne Molina.
791
00:38:24,235 --> 00:38:26,037
ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
Authorities have been searching
792
00:38:26,137 --> 00:38:28,774
for Carlos Berdeja ever since.
793
00:38:28,874 --> 00:38:30,842
They believe he may
have additional wives
794
00:38:30,942 --> 00:38:36,047
and families in Mexico who
are helping him evade capture.
795
00:38:36,147 --> 00:38:38,183
Well, I hope they
catch him, and I just
796
00:38:38,283 --> 00:38:41,186
hope to be able to tell
him what I think of him.
797
00:38:41,286 --> 00:38:42,854
[speaking spanish]
798
00:38:46,692 --> 00:38:51,397
"You're a coward, and you hide
beneath your mother's skirts."
799
00:38:51,497 --> 00:38:53,064
ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
Carlos Garcia Berdeja
800
00:38:53,164 --> 00:38:55,901
is wanted for the
murder of Jeanne Molina.
801
00:38:56,001 --> 00:38:59,771
Berdeja is 37 years old,
5 foot 7 inches tall,
802
00:38:59,871 --> 00:39:03,375
and weighs 180 pounds.
803
00:39:03,475 --> 00:39:05,677
He is adept at creating
aliases and should be
804
00:39:05,777 --> 00:39:07,446
considered extremely dangerous.
805
00:39:12,418 --> 00:39:15,353
On a previous broadcast,
we profiled a suspected
806
00:39:15,454 --> 00:39:17,723
serial killer who fled
halfway around the world
807
00:39:17,823 --> 00:39:20,225
to avoid being
charged with murder.
808
00:39:20,325 --> 00:39:26,031
In a remarkable twist of
fate, he is now in custody.
809
00:39:26,131 --> 00:39:27,566
ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
The story of Michael
810
00:39:27,666 --> 00:39:30,035
Swango is a bizarre one.
811
00:39:30,135 --> 00:39:32,203
As a medical student,
he used his hospital
812
00:39:32,303 --> 00:39:34,406
internship to secretly kill.
813
00:39:34,506 --> 00:39:36,708
When mysterious deaths
occurred on his watch,
814
00:39:36,808 --> 00:39:39,110
hospital officials
became suspicious.
815
00:39:39,210 --> 00:39:41,947
When coworkers became
ill, they believed
816
00:39:42,047 --> 00:39:44,783
Swango was poisoning them.
817
00:39:44,883 --> 00:39:48,086
Swango represents
the ultimate betrayal.
818
00:39:48,186 --> 00:39:49,187
We trust doctors.
819
00:39:49,287 --> 00:39:52,157
We put our lives and
health in their hands.
820
00:39:52,257 --> 00:39:53,459
And Swango held
himself out as someone
821
00:39:53,559 --> 00:39:54,426
who was willing to help.
822
00:39:54,526 --> 00:39:57,395
But in fact, he was
looking to hurt.
823
00:39:57,496 --> 00:39:58,997
ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
Using various aliases,
824
00:39:59,097 --> 00:40:01,933
the doctor spent
years evading the law.
825
00:40:02,033 --> 00:40:04,135
And when police
began to close in,
826
00:40:04,235 --> 00:40:07,606
he quietly fled to
Zimbabwe, Africa.
827
00:40:07,706 --> 00:40:11,076
Soon after, authorities issued
a warrant for Swango's arrest
828
00:40:11,176 --> 00:40:12,944
for the only thing they could--
829
00:40:13,044 --> 00:40:13,912
fraud.
830
00:40:14,012 --> 00:40:16,748
He had lied on a
federal job application.
831
00:40:16,848 --> 00:40:19,518
That warrant would eventually
come back to haunt him.
832
00:40:22,187 --> 00:40:24,556
Update.
833
00:40:24,656 --> 00:40:28,460
Three years later, Swango was
fleeing Africa to Saudi Arabia,
834
00:40:28,560 --> 00:40:31,763
but had to stop in the
US to renew his visa.
835
00:40:31,863 --> 00:40:34,800
At Chicago O'Hare Airport,
an alert customs agent
836
00:40:34,900 --> 00:40:37,936
ran his name through the
computer, found the warrant,
837
00:40:38,036 --> 00:40:39,771
and Swango was arrested.
838
00:40:39,871 --> 00:40:43,642
It was June 1997, and little
did officials know that they had
839
00:40:43,742 --> 00:40:45,711
captured possibly
the most prolific
840
00:40:45,811 --> 00:40:48,947
serial killer of the century.
841
00:40:49,047 --> 00:40:53,251
Nothing compares to Swango,
the unbelievable, strange
842
00:40:53,351 --> 00:40:55,453
motives that he had,
and the length of time
843
00:40:55,554 --> 00:40:56,655
for which he did
it, and the number
844
00:40:56,755 --> 00:40:57,989
of times he got away with it.
845
00:40:58,089 --> 00:41:00,025
Nothing compares.
846
00:41:00,125 --> 00:41:01,927
ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
While serving time on the fraud
847
00:41:02,027 --> 00:41:04,530
charge, federal
prosecutors had three years
848
00:41:04,630 --> 00:41:07,398
to develop a murder
case against Swango that
849
00:41:07,499 --> 00:41:09,735
could put him away for life.
850
00:41:09,835 --> 00:41:12,203
We had to prove that
there was a homicide.
851
00:41:12,303 --> 00:41:14,606
Normally, that's not a
problem in a murder case.
852
00:41:14,706 --> 00:41:17,175
You have a dead body, there's
a bullet, there's a stabbing,
853
00:41:17,275 --> 00:41:19,177
there's a strangling, a beating.
854
00:41:19,277 --> 00:41:21,747
In this case, the
people had passed on,
855
00:41:21,847 --> 00:41:25,551
and it had been assumed
that they died naturally.
856
00:41:25,651 --> 00:41:26,918
ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
Exhumed bodies,
857
00:41:27,018 --> 00:41:30,255
complicated toxicology
tests, an eyewitness,
858
00:41:30,355 --> 00:41:32,524
and even Swango's
own diaries, sealed
859
00:41:32,624 --> 00:41:34,259
the deadly doctor's fate.
860
00:41:34,359 --> 00:41:36,427
Page after page of
his personal writings
861
00:41:36,528 --> 00:41:38,764
are filled with
morose texts like, "I
862
00:41:38,864 --> 00:41:44,502
love it, sweet, husky, close
smell of an indoor homicide."
863
00:41:44,603 --> 00:41:47,138
We can tell from
Michael Swango's writings
864
00:41:47,238 --> 00:41:51,777
that he simply liked
to kill people.
865
00:41:51,877 --> 00:41:54,980
For him, the thrill
was doing the killing
866
00:41:55,080 --> 00:41:56,247
and getting away with it.
867
00:41:56,347 --> 00:41:58,016
And that's why it was
difficult to establish
868
00:41:58,116 --> 00:41:59,317
a pattern with him.
869
00:41:59,417 --> 00:42:02,588
Because he was something
of an opportunistic killer,
870
00:42:02,688 --> 00:42:05,757
he would kill whenever he
had the chance to kill.
871
00:42:05,857 --> 00:42:07,726
[music playing]
872
00:42:26,177 --> 00:42:29,280
Join me next time for
more fascinating stories
873
00:42:29,380 --> 00:42:31,750
from the realm of
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874
00:42:40,859 --> 00:42:44,095
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