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It's Sharon Lou. 15 00:00:38,212 --> 00:00:39,472 Where are you? 16 00:00:39,517 --> 00:00:41,997 Call me as soon as you get in, okay? 17 00:00:42,042 --> 00:00:44,222 I'm at home. Bye-bye. 18 00:00:44,261 --> 00:00:47,351 ♪ 19 00:00:47,395 --> 00:00:50,085 Hi, Paul. It's your sister again. 20 00:00:50,137 --> 00:00:53,877 Uh, please call. 21 00:00:53,923 --> 00:00:57,193 I'm still at home. Bye-bye. 22 00:00:57,231 --> 00:00:59,971 - Missing is 39-year-old Paul Cosner, 23 00:01:00,016 --> 00:01:02,666 who was trying to sell his car and ran an ad. 24 00:01:02,714 --> 00:01:04,894 The disappearance of Paul Cosner 25 00:01:04,934 --> 00:01:06,544 remains a mystery tonight 26 00:01:06,588 --> 00:01:09,028 as police try to come up with any lead 27 00:01:09,069 --> 00:01:10,679 to his whereabouts. 28 00:01:10,722 --> 00:01:13,252 Those close to him say that it is totally out of character 29 00:01:13,290 --> 00:01:16,950 for him to go off voluntarily without a word. 30 00:01:16,989 --> 00:01:18,949 - He called my mother every week 31 00:01:18,991 --> 00:01:22,391 and never hung up without telling her that he loved her. 32 00:01:22,430 --> 00:01:24,910 - I just cannot imagine Paul going away 33 00:01:24,954 --> 00:01:26,704 and not telling anybody. 34 00:01:26,738 --> 00:01:29,438 - It was seven months ago when Channel 7 first brought you 35 00:01:29,480 --> 00:01:32,440 the story of a San Francisco man named Paul Cosner, 36 00:01:32,483 --> 00:01:34,313 who mysteriously disappeared. 37 00:01:34,355 --> 00:01:36,615 - San Francisco Police say they found Cosner's car 38 00:01:36,661 --> 00:01:38,711 in the possession of a man who was arrested 39 00:01:38,750 --> 00:01:40,930 on a weapons charge two days ago. 40 00:01:40,970 --> 00:01:42,750 - Tonight police are saying the man they found 41 00:01:42,798 --> 00:01:44,578 with Cosner's car is Leonard Lake. 42 00:01:44,626 --> 00:01:46,716 - A manhunt is on now for a second suspect, 43 00:01:46,758 --> 00:01:48,198 Charles Chat Ng. 44 00:01:48,238 --> 00:01:50,238 - Ng was with Lake before he was arrested Sunday 45 00:01:50,284 --> 00:01:51,724 but escaped before police arrived. 46 00:01:51,763 --> 00:01:54,983 - Tonight that case has taken a very bizarre twist. 47 00:01:55,027 --> 00:01:56,327 - Following that arrest, 48 00:01:56,377 --> 00:01:58,467 the suspect apparently swallowed poison. 49 00:01:58,509 --> 00:01:59,769 Now he's in a coma. 50 00:01:59,815 --> 00:02:01,425 - I'm thinking, "What is going on here?" 51 00:02:01,469 --> 00:02:03,249 - It turned out that Lake 52 00:02:03,297 --> 00:02:04,947 had a cabin in Calaveras County, 53 00:02:04,994 --> 00:02:07,434 about 150 miles east of San Francisco. 54 00:02:07,475 --> 00:02:10,865 - The way this case unfolded is really the reason 55 00:02:10,913 --> 00:02:12,393 I wanted to tell the story. 56 00:02:12,436 --> 00:02:16,916 - We have bloodstains, bullet holes, and a cell. 57 00:02:16,962 --> 00:02:22,102 - I also noticed a board with 21 photos of young ladies 58 00:02:22,142 --> 00:02:25,192 that sent chills up my spine. 59 00:02:25,232 --> 00:02:28,282 ♪ 60 00:02:28,322 --> 00:02:30,592 - We found portions of human remains. 61 00:02:30,628 --> 00:02:34,848 And you can clearly see the skull of somebody. 62 00:02:34,893 --> 00:02:37,983 - They had no idea where this was going 63 00:02:38,027 --> 00:02:39,327 and how dark it was gonna get. 64 00:02:39,376 --> 00:02:46,506 ♪ 65 00:03:21,288 --> 00:03:23,988 - There's the house right there. 66 00:03:24,029 --> 00:03:25,249 - Here it is. 67 00:03:25,292 --> 00:03:27,382 ♪ 68 00:03:27,424 --> 00:03:29,434 - So here's the-- - Really weird to be back here. 69 00:03:29,470 --> 00:03:31,210 I tell you. - It is. 70 00:03:31,254 --> 00:03:33,004 - You know, I spent a long time 71 00:03:33,038 --> 00:03:34,558 trying to forget all this. 72 00:03:34,605 --> 00:03:36,825 Going back to the property was interesting. 73 00:03:36,868 --> 00:03:38,908 You sign on, and that's what you-- 74 00:03:38,957 --> 00:03:42,347 You know, your purpose in life is to protect and serve. 75 00:03:42,396 --> 00:03:44,346 And that's what you expect to do. 76 00:03:44,398 --> 00:03:46,268 And you run across something like this, 77 00:03:46,313 --> 00:03:50,193 and you feel like you've failed your community 78 00:03:50,230 --> 00:03:52,010 for allowing this to happen. 79 00:03:52,057 --> 00:03:54,017 ♪ 80 00:03:54,059 --> 00:03:55,759 Somewhere we didn't do enough. 81 00:03:55,800 --> 00:03:58,590 - Right where we're standing here 82 00:03:58,629 --> 00:04:01,629 is where we found some bones. 83 00:04:01,676 --> 00:04:03,676 And it was actually the first bones 84 00:04:03,721 --> 00:04:08,161 that we had found at that point in time. 85 00:04:08,204 --> 00:04:10,384 - It was my ultimate goal 86 00:04:10,424 --> 00:04:13,124 in, you know, my life to be a police officer. 87 00:04:13,165 --> 00:04:15,115 And so, you know, getting hired at Calaveras 88 00:04:15,167 --> 00:04:17,257 was like a "dream come true" type thing. 89 00:04:17,300 --> 00:04:19,300 But I never, ever figured 90 00:04:19,346 --> 00:04:21,866 that I would be involved in a case like this. 91 00:04:21,913 --> 00:04:25,313 - Sometimes it can be hard to talk about... 92 00:04:25,352 --> 00:04:28,052 ♪ 93 00:04:28,093 --> 00:04:30,533 Especially being here. 94 00:04:30,574 --> 00:04:32,624 - You know, to be honest with you, 95 00:04:32,663 --> 00:04:34,543 my wife said, "Well, you need to, you know, 96 00:04:34,578 --> 00:04:36,448 get it off your chest." 97 00:04:36,493 --> 00:04:43,633 ♪ 98 00:04:47,417 --> 00:04:49,677 And how did it affect my life afterwards? 99 00:04:52,901 --> 00:04:54,471 I don't know. 100 00:04:56,426 --> 00:04:58,336 Still trying to figure that out. 101 00:04:58,385 --> 00:05:05,475 ♪ 102 00:05:16,359 --> 00:05:18,139 At the time, I had been on the force 103 00:05:18,187 --> 00:05:19,617 for a little over five years, 104 00:05:19,667 --> 00:05:23,367 and I have never seen anything of this nature. 105 00:05:23,410 --> 00:05:25,370 We started with a missing-persons case, 106 00:05:25,412 --> 00:05:29,072 and short time later, we found the skull of somebody. 107 00:05:29,111 --> 00:05:32,111 - It's not every day that you find human remains 108 00:05:32,157 --> 00:05:33,767 buried in the backyard. 109 00:05:33,811 --> 00:05:36,211 So the clock was ticking to find out 110 00:05:36,248 --> 00:05:38,768 what the hell happened here. 111 00:05:38,816 --> 00:05:41,206 - We knew that we needed more help 112 00:05:41,253 --> 00:05:44,083 because just excavating that trench 100 feet long 113 00:05:44,126 --> 00:05:48,036 was gonna take way more manpower than we had. 114 00:05:48,086 --> 00:05:50,786 Ultimately, Sergeant McFall makes the decision 115 00:05:50,828 --> 00:05:53,608 that we're gonna have to get a criminologist. 116 00:05:53,657 --> 00:05:55,177 We're gonna have to maybe get some help 117 00:05:55,224 --> 00:05:56,534 from outside agencies. 118 00:05:56,573 --> 00:05:59,623 ♪ 119 00:05:59,663 --> 00:06:02,193 - We developed a task force, 120 00:06:02,231 --> 00:06:04,541 and the task force consisted 121 00:06:04,581 --> 00:06:07,801 of San Francisco Homicide investigators, 122 00:06:07,845 --> 00:06:10,755 our district attorney investigator, 123 00:06:10,805 --> 00:06:14,195 contacts with the FBI. 124 00:06:14,243 --> 00:06:15,723 - Within a few hours, 125 00:06:15,766 --> 00:06:17,196 some people came up from Department of Justice. 126 00:06:17,246 --> 00:06:19,416 And additionally, we called for a backhoe 127 00:06:19,466 --> 00:06:21,156 to help us excavate. 128 00:06:21,206 --> 00:06:25,516 - As we started to excavate the trench to recover one body, 129 00:06:25,559 --> 00:06:27,339 we discovered that there was two bodies. 130 00:06:27,387 --> 00:06:29,907 ♪ 131 00:06:29,954 --> 00:06:32,744 - For investigators, they've got to be wondering, 132 00:06:32,783 --> 00:06:35,743 "What is gonna come next?" 133 00:06:35,786 --> 00:06:38,526 - While police continued their search of the property, 134 00:06:38,572 --> 00:06:40,402 they came across a chicken coop. 135 00:06:40,443 --> 00:06:44,063 And upon further examination, they discovered a third body. 136 00:06:44,099 --> 00:06:46,539 ♪ 137 00:06:46,580 --> 00:06:48,450 It was evident that these human remains 138 00:06:48,495 --> 00:06:50,145 had been there for some time, 139 00:06:50,192 --> 00:06:53,462 but investigators had no idea who they belonged to. 140 00:06:53,500 --> 00:06:55,420 - At this point in the investigation, 141 00:06:55,458 --> 00:06:59,108 we still didn't know who was responsible for these murders. 142 00:06:59,157 --> 00:07:01,457 Was it Leonard Lake, who was in the hospital, 143 00:07:01,508 --> 00:07:05,598 comatose from having ingested a cyanide capsule? 144 00:07:05,642 --> 00:07:08,522 Was it Charlie Ng, who was on the run? 145 00:07:08,558 --> 00:07:10,558 Or was it Claralyn Balazs, 146 00:07:10,604 --> 00:07:14,094 Lake's ex-wife who owned the cabin? 147 00:07:14,129 --> 00:07:17,569 Any or all... 148 00:07:17,611 --> 00:07:20,441 could have been responsible and involved. 149 00:07:22,616 --> 00:07:24,566 - Investigators decided to pay a visit 150 00:07:24,618 --> 00:07:27,928 to Claralyn Balazs' house in South San Francisco. 151 00:07:27,969 --> 00:07:30,099 ♪ 152 00:07:30,145 --> 00:07:32,405 She had stormed off her property in Wilseyville 153 00:07:32,452 --> 00:07:35,192 when police revealed they were obtaining a search warrant. 154 00:07:35,237 --> 00:07:38,277 - At that point, we began a series of interviews 155 00:07:38,327 --> 00:07:42,197 of Claralyn Balazs regarding Charles Ng, Leonard Lake, 156 00:07:42,244 --> 00:07:45,034 and everything that she knew about them 157 00:07:45,073 --> 00:07:48,383 and about what was going on at the cabin. 158 00:07:48,424 --> 00:07:50,864 - Claralyn told investigators that Lake and Ng 159 00:07:50,905 --> 00:07:52,335 were weapons fanatics, 160 00:07:52,384 --> 00:07:54,954 who had been introduced by a fellow Marine. 161 00:07:54,996 --> 00:07:57,386 She claimed she didn't spend much time at the cabin 162 00:07:57,433 --> 00:07:58,743 in Wilseyville, 163 00:07:58,782 --> 00:08:02,132 so was unaware what may have gone on up there. 164 00:08:02,177 --> 00:08:04,267 - Unfortunately, Claralyn didn't provide 165 00:08:04,309 --> 00:08:05,919 too many answers. 166 00:08:05,963 --> 00:08:08,583 She denied any knowledge of the hidden cell inside the bunker. 167 00:08:08,618 --> 00:08:10,838 When police revealed to her 168 00:08:10,881 --> 00:08:13,191 that they found human remains on the property, 169 00:08:13,231 --> 00:08:17,451 she emphatically denied any knowledge of this. 170 00:08:17,497 --> 00:08:19,537 - It was her property. 171 00:08:19,586 --> 00:08:22,716 One has to ask this question. 172 00:08:22,763 --> 00:08:26,073 Did she really not know 173 00:08:26,114 --> 00:08:28,294 what was going on? 174 00:08:28,333 --> 00:08:29,473 Really? 175 00:08:29,509 --> 00:08:36,079 ♪ 176 00:08:36,124 --> 00:08:40,134 - While I was in the process of detailing the crime scene, 177 00:08:40,171 --> 00:08:43,571 I discovered that at the back of the house 178 00:08:43,610 --> 00:08:45,700 was what appeared to be some burn piles. 179 00:08:45,742 --> 00:08:48,532 ♪ 180 00:08:48,571 --> 00:08:50,701 It's not unusual to see burn piles 181 00:08:50,747 --> 00:08:54,007 anywhere in Calaveras County, 'cause that's how people 182 00:08:54,055 --> 00:08:57,485 dispose of leaves and some paper trash. 183 00:08:57,537 --> 00:08:59,627 But it is unusual to find 184 00:08:59,669 --> 00:09:03,149 5 or 6 separate burn piles 185 00:09:03,194 --> 00:09:04,984 15 feet apart 186 00:09:05,022 --> 00:09:07,332 that had been cleaned up. 187 00:09:07,372 --> 00:09:09,292 ♪ 188 00:09:09,331 --> 00:09:11,031 When I went down to go look at the burn piles, 189 00:09:11,072 --> 00:09:12,812 I noticed that the one fresh one there 190 00:09:12,856 --> 00:09:15,076 had bone residue, bone material. 191 00:09:15,119 --> 00:09:17,079 ♪ 192 00:09:17,121 --> 00:09:21,341 At that moment, I realized that they're burning bodies. 193 00:09:21,386 --> 00:09:28,306 ♪ 194 00:09:28,350 --> 00:09:31,480 - Investigators wondered how much worse this was gonna get. 195 00:09:31,527 --> 00:09:35,097 Did they stumble upon some sort of killing field? 196 00:09:35,139 --> 00:09:37,529 This was obviously a much bigger case 197 00:09:37,577 --> 00:09:39,057 than anyone imagined, 198 00:09:39,100 --> 00:09:42,540 much bigger than just a missing-persons case. 199 00:09:42,582 --> 00:09:44,282 - Is this Paul Cosner? 200 00:09:44,322 --> 00:09:47,332 Is this a member of the Dubs family? 201 00:09:47,369 --> 00:09:49,069 Who are the victims in this ditch? 202 00:09:49,110 --> 00:09:51,590 And how many victims are there? 203 00:09:51,634 --> 00:09:55,164 - We are trying to find out who might some of these people be. 204 00:09:55,203 --> 00:09:57,213 There were photographs of young women. 205 00:09:57,248 --> 00:09:58,898 I believe there were 21. 206 00:09:58,946 --> 00:10:01,426 And we are trying to identify those women 207 00:10:01,470 --> 00:10:04,210 whose photographs were in the bunker. 208 00:10:04,255 --> 00:10:08,425 Were possibly some of the women murdered? 209 00:10:08,477 --> 00:10:13,347 And their bodies might be on the property. 210 00:10:13,395 --> 00:10:17,265 - Leonard Lake was key to piecing this mystery together. 211 00:10:17,312 --> 00:10:19,312 But unless he woke up from his coma, 212 00:10:19,357 --> 00:10:23,487 investigators were essentially on their own. 213 00:10:23,535 --> 00:10:26,355 While police started looking into the identities 214 00:10:26,408 --> 00:10:28,238 of the women in the photographs, 215 00:10:28,279 --> 00:10:31,199 investigators at the property sent the overwhelming amount 216 00:10:31,239 --> 00:10:33,849 of human remains to the chief medical examiner 217 00:10:33,894 --> 00:10:35,464 in San Francisco. 218 00:10:35,504 --> 00:10:38,294 But this process would take weeks to complete. 219 00:10:39,856 --> 00:10:44,426 - This crime scene was expanding minute by minute. 220 00:10:44,469 --> 00:10:47,259 We were digging all over the property. 221 00:10:47,298 --> 00:10:49,078 - We had criminalists all over the place. 222 00:10:49,126 --> 00:10:51,126 We had law enforcement officers 223 00:10:51,172 --> 00:10:53,092 from different agencies all over the place 224 00:10:53,130 --> 00:10:55,790 in different areas of that residence, 225 00:10:55,829 --> 00:10:59,049 in the trench, in the bunker, on the hillside, 226 00:10:59,093 --> 00:11:01,363 all of them working feverishly, 227 00:11:01,399 --> 00:11:03,839 and I had never seen anything like that before. 228 00:11:03,880 --> 00:11:05,320 You can tell right from the beginning 229 00:11:05,360 --> 00:11:07,930 because of the extent of the crime scene 230 00:11:07,971 --> 00:11:11,021 that it was going to be a huge case. 231 00:11:12,889 --> 00:11:15,109 - There was a lot of speculation in the news 232 00:11:15,152 --> 00:11:17,812 about what exactly was going on at the property. 233 00:11:17,851 --> 00:11:20,111 Unfortunately, news was leaked to the press 234 00:11:20,157 --> 00:11:22,587 before authorities had a chance 235 00:11:22,638 --> 00:11:24,988 to share their findings with Sharon Sellitto, 236 00:11:25,032 --> 00:11:27,732 whose brother Paul Cosner was amongst the missing. 237 00:11:27,774 --> 00:11:29,734 ♪ 238 00:11:29,776 --> 00:11:31,996 - I was at my house 239 00:11:32,039 --> 00:11:36,959 doing a radio interview about the case. 240 00:11:37,000 --> 00:11:39,520 The reporter said to me, "Well, what do you think 241 00:11:39,568 --> 00:11:43,918 about the bodies they're digging up in Wilseyville?" 242 00:11:43,964 --> 00:11:46,794 And I said, "I don't know what you're talking about." 243 00:11:46,836 --> 00:11:49,616 She said, "They're digging up bones 244 00:11:49,665 --> 00:11:51,445 and bodies in Wilseyville." 245 00:11:51,493 --> 00:11:54,893 And I said, "What kind of question is that?" 246 00:11:54,931 --> 00:11:58,851 And I had been told nothing by the police, nothing. 247 00:11:58,892 --> 00:12:01,982 And I said, "Get out of my house. 248 00:12:02,025 --> 00:12:04,285 "I'm not talking to you. It's over. 249 00:12:04,332 --> 00:12:06,032 Get out. Get out." 250 00:12:06,073 --> 00:12:07,773 - Human bones, the belongings of missing people, 251 00:12:07,814 --> 00:12:09,294 a slave cell room. 252 00:12:09,337 --> 00:12:11,817 - There were a number of serial cases 253 00:12:11,861 --> 00:12:14,341 in Northern California at this time, 254 00:12:14,385 --> 00:12:16,645 but nothing compared to this case. 255 00:12:16,692 --> 00:12:19,092 - Police have found bodies buried on a property. 256 00:12:19,129 --> 00:12:20,389 - San Francisco Police Chief 257 00:12:20,435 --> 00:12:21,995 flew into Calaveras County today 258 00:12:22,045 --> 00:12:23,605 to view Leonard Lake's ranch. 259 00:12:23,655 --> 00:12:25,695 - We have learned that the San Francisco Police Department 260 00:12:25,745 --> 00:12:27,265 has sent a team into the Sierra. 261 00:12:27,311 --> 00:12:29,841 - We're still out on the property site, 262 00:12:29,879 --> 00:12:31,269 digging through the ditches. 263 00:12:31,315 --> 00:12:32,875 - The State Department of Justice 264 00:12:32,926 --> 00:12:34,536 has called agents in on their days off 265 00:12:34,579 --> 00:12:35,889 to help with the search. 266 00:12:35,929 --> 00:12:37,319 - We're going through burned-out areas. 267 00:12:37,365 --> 00:12:39,315 - No one is yet willing to put a limit 268 00:12:39,367 --> 00:12:41,367 on the number of bodies they may eventually find. 269 00:12:41,412 --> 00:12:43,332 - We don't know how big this is gonna get. 270 00:12:43,371 --> 00:12:45,201 - It appears there may be a link to other cases, 271 00:12:45,242 --> 00:12:47,032 including that of an entire family 272 00:12:47,070 --> 00:12:48,860 which vanished almost a year ago. 273 00:12:48,898 --> 00:12:50,858 - Investigators quoted as saying 274 00:12:50,900 --> 00:12:52,160 that when all the facts come out, 275 00:12:52,206 --> 00:12:53,946 this case will make Charles Manson 276 00:12:53,990 --> 00:12:57,470 look like a man who organized Sunday school picnics. 277 00:13:05,480 --> 00:13:07,830 ♪ 278 00:13:07,874 --> 00:13:09,924 - There was really no telling 279 00:13:09,963 --> 00:13:12,623 how many bodies could be on the property. 280 00:13:12,661 --> 00:13:16,271 And it was becoming obvious very quickly 281 00:13:16,317 --> 00:13:20,097 that this was a major, major murder case 282 00:13:20,147 --> 00:13:23,977 involving God knows how many people. 283 00:13:24,020 --> 00:13:25,850 - Once the press caught wind 284 00:13:25,892 --> 00:13:27,722 of what was going on in Wilseyville, 285 00:13:27,763 --> 00:13:31,773 we all began to wonder, who was this guy Leonard Lake? 286 00:13:31,811 --> 00:13:34,901 So the media began questioning those who knew him. 287 00:13:34,944 --> 00:13:36,424 - We talked to neighbors. 288 00:13:36,467 --> 00:13:37,857 They say Lake lived in the area 289 00:13:37,904 --> 00:13:39,474 for about the past three years. 290 00:13:39,514 --> 00:13:40,824 - He kept to himself. 291 00:13:40,863 --> 00:13:43,133 He wasn't a real friendly person. 292 00:13:43,170 --> 00:13:45,300 He wasn't unfriendly. He just didn't mix. 293 00:13:45,346 --> 00:13:48,476 - We learned that Lake came from a broken household 294 00:13:48,523 --> 00:13:51,663 and he displayed early signs of depravity. 295 00:13:51,700 --> 00:13:55,970 Lake reportedly killed mice by dissolving them in chemicals 296 00:13:56,009 --> 00:13:59,659 and coerced his sisters into making homemade pornography. 297 00:13:59,708 --> 00:14:01,138 - Lake was a Marine. 298 00:14:01,188 --> 00:14:03,838 He had served two tours of duty in Vietnam, 299 00:14:03,886 --> 00:14:05,316 had a psychotic episode 300 00:14:05,366 --> 00:14:07,586 and was released from the military. 301 00:14:07,629 --> 00:14:10,679 He ends up in a hippie commune 302 00:14:10,719 --> 00:14:14,679 up in Mendocino County, Northern California. 303 00:14:14,723 --> 00:14:19,903 This is where he meets his future wife, Claralyn Balazs. 304 00:14:19,946 --> 00:14:21,506 - Although she was blissfully unaware 305 00:14:21,556 --> 00:14:22,726 of Lake's troubled past, 306 00:14:22,774 --> 00:14:26,084 she fulfilled his sexual fantasies. 307 00:14:27,475 --> 00:14:29,165 - With so many unanswered questions, 308 00:14:29,216 --> 00:14:31,696 police will be working throughout the next few days, 309 00:14:31,740 --> 00:14:33,260 gathering evidence 310 00:14:33,307 --> 00:14:35,697 and ultimately trying to find the motive behind this case. 311 00:14:35,744 --> 00:14:38,534 ♪ 312 00:14:38,573 --> 00:14:42,623 - After finding human remains buried at the cabin, 313 00:14:42,664 --> 00:14:44,804 we were constantly probing around the property 314 00:14:44,840 --> 00:14:47,150 with our stick, looking for softer ground. 315 00:14:47,190 --> 00:14:50,410 And we actually find something. 316 00:14:50,454 --> 00:14:54,764 - We uncovered some leaves, and there was a bucket. 317 00:14:54,806 --> 00:14:59,636 And in that bucket, we discovered a firearm, 318 00:14:59,681 --> 00:15:02,991 and it was a 22-caliber handgun. 319 00:15:03,032 --> 00:15:04,952 ♪ 320 00:15:04,991 --> 00:15:07,211 Also, we found 321 00:15:07,254 --> 00:15:11,044 identification papers in there. 322 00:15:11,084 --> 00:15:13,434 And it was of Paul Cosner. 323 00:15:13,477 --> 00:15:20,347 ♪ 324 00:15:20,397 --> 00:15:23,177 - The police called and told me 325 00:15:23,226 --> 00:15:26,836 they had dug up a bucket, a pail... 326 00:15:26,882 --> 00:15:30,762 And that it had Paul's glasses in it... 327 00:15:30,799 --> 00:15:32,759 and his wallet 328 00:15:32,801 --> 00:15:35,501 and his driver's license. 329 00:15:37,197 --> 00:15:38,887 It was the hardest phone call. 330 00:15:38,938 --> 00:15:42,118 ♪ 331 00:15:42,158 --> 00:15:44,598 I felt like I knew Paul was dead. 332 00:15:44,639 --> 00:15:46,769 ♪ 333 00:15:46,815 --> 00:15:49,035 I just wanted to find his body. 334 00:15:49,078 --> 00:15:52,908 ♪ 335 00:15:52,952 --> 00:15:55,082 - Could Paul have been one of those victims 336 00:15:55,128 --> 00:15:56,958 buried at Wilseyville? 337 00:15:56,999 --> 00:15:58,169 All they could do was wait 338 00:15:58,218 --> 00:16:00,788 until the coroner returned his findings. 339 00:16:00,829 --> 00:16:03,789 In the meantime, authorities received some news 340 00:16:03,832 --> 00:16:06,012 from the hospital in San Francisco. 341 00:16:09,055 --> 00:16:11,965 ♪ 342 00:16:16,062 --> 00:16:17,672 - On June the 6th, we were informed 343 00:16:17,715 --> 00:16:20,625 that Leonard Lake was taken off life support 344 00:16:20,675 --> 00:16:22,015 and pronounced dead. 345 00:16:29,379 --> 00:16:31,509 - He's the one that had the answers. 346 00:16:31,555 --> 00:16:35,515 And in one second, 347 00:16:35,559 --> 00:16:39,609 taken all the answers to our questions away. 348 00:16:39,650 --> 00:16:43,830 He couldn't stay around to tell the story. 349 00:16:43,872 --> 00:16:45,962 I was very mad. 350 00:16:46,005 --> 00:16:49,045 ♪ 351 00:16:49,095 --> 00:16:53,055 - Police painstakingly continued their investigation. 352 00:16:53,099 --> 00:16:55,709 By this time, investigators had discovered three bodies 353 00:16:55,753 --> 00:16:57,973 and countless other bone fragments. 354 00:16:58,017 --> 00:17:01,057 - While we were conducting the investigation at the cabin, 355 00:17:01,107 --> 00:17:04,407 the landlord of the next-door property 356 00:17:04,458 --> 00:17:06,758 came over and reported that he had not seen 357 00:17:06,808 --> 00:17:09,028 the family living next door in the last several weeks. 358 00:17:09,071 --> 00:17:11,381 ♪ 359 00:17:11,421 --> 00:17:14,161 It was a young family-- 360 00:17:14,207 --> 00:17:16,337 Lonnie Bond, Brenda O'Connor, 361 00:17:16,383 --> 00:17:19,523 and their son, Lonnie Jr. 362 00:17:19,560 --> 00:17:21,520 And along with them, we discovered 363 00:17:21,562 --> 00:17:24,832 staying with them was Robin Scott Stapley. 364 00:17:24,869 --> 00:17:28,179 He was missing as well. 365 00:17:28,221 --> 00:17:30,141 We learned that Robin Scott Stapley 366 00:17:30,179 --> 00:17:31,659 was a name Leonard Lake used 367 00:17:31,702 --> 00:17:33,702 while being arrested at the lumberyard 368 00:17:33,748 --> 00:17:34,918 in South San Francisco. 369 00:17:34,966 --> 00:17:39,186 ♪ 370 00:17:39,232 --> 00:17:41,362 And it was Lonnie Bond's license plate 371 00:17:41,408 --> 00:17:43,238 that was discovered on the car 372 00:17:43,279 --> 00:17:45,369 Leonard Lake was driving in South San Francisco 373 00:17:45,412 --> 00:17:47,282 belonging to Paul Cosner. 374 00:17:47,327 --> 00:17:49,547 ♪ 375 00:17:49,590 --> 00:17:52,420 - Four people are missing from the house next door. 376 00:17:52,462 --> 00:17:53,992 The owner of that house 377 00:17:54,029 --> 00:17:55,809 is concerned about his former tenants. 378 00:17:55,857 --> 00:17:57,467 - I thought the people just left 379 00:17:57,511 --> 00:17:59,601 because my real estate agent had called me 380 00:17:59,643 --> 00:18:01,523 and said that the guy next door had told him 381 00:18:01,558 --> 00:18:04,388 they had been gone for about ten days. 382 00:18:04,431 --> 00:18:06,611 - Based on this information, Detective Copley and I 383 00:18:06,650 --> 00:18:09,740 went over to the Bond cabin to investigate. 384 00:18:09,784 --> 00:18:11,924 ♪ 385 00:18:11,960 --> 00:18:16,920 We entered the house and really found nothing. 386 00:18:16,965 --> 00:18:20,135 It was empty. 387 00:18:22,188 --> 00:18:23,618 Now, closer inspection in the house, 388 00:18:23,667 --> 00:18:26,707 we realized that in the bedroom that we figured 389 00:18:26,757 --> 00:18:29,587 had to have belonged to the child, 390 00:18:29,630 --> 00:18:32,720 there were some pretty substantial bloodstains... 391 00:18:32,763 --> 00:18:34,983 on the wall, 392 00:18:35,026 --> 00:18:38,376 as if the baby crib had been up against the wall 393 00:18:38,421 --> 00:18:42,381 and the baby was bludgeoned to death. 394 00:18:42,425 --> 00:18:44,645 We can only conclude 395 00:18:44,688 --> 00:18:47,338 that the baby was probably murdered in that crib. 396 00:18:47,387 --> 00:18:50,607 ♪ 397 00:18:50,651 --> 00:18:52,611 - Once investigators suspected 398 00:18:52,653 --> 00:18:55,133 that 18-month-old Lonnie Jr. was killed, 399 00:18:55,177 --> 00:18:57,177 they feared that the child's parents. 400 00:18:57,223 --> 00:18:59,143 Lonnie Bond and Brenda O'Connor, 401 00:18:59,181 --> 00:19:00,751 had also been murdered. 402 00:19:00,791 --> 00:19:02,881 ♪ 403 00:19:02,924 --> 00:19:04,974 Although authorities couldn't be certain 404 00:19:05,013 --> 00:19:06,493 until they found bodies, 405 00:19:06,536 --> 00:19:08,446 they decided to reach out to relatives 406 00:19:08,495 --> 00:19:11,055 to see if they could provide any additional information. 407 00:19:11,106 --> 00:19:13,496 But when they reached Brenda O'Connor's father, 408 00:19:13,543 --> 00:19:15,283 this was the first that he had heard 409 00:19:15,328 --> 00:19:16,758 that his daughter was missing. 410 00:19:16,807 --> 00:19:19,327 - You got to understand, in the '80s, 411 00:19:19,375 --> 00:19:21,545 that you didn't have all these cell phones. 412 00:19:21,595 --> 00:19:23,335 So, while we're in Michigan, 413 00:19:23,379 --> 00:19:25,159 they're all the way out in California. 414 00:19:25,207 --> 00:19:27,247 ♪ 415 00:19:27,296 --> 00:19:28,646 When they called my dad 416 00:19:28,689 --> 00:19:31,909 and told him that my sister was missing, 417 00:19:31,953 --> 00:19:35,303 the first thing my dad said is, "Where's my grandson? 418 00:19:35,348 --> 00:19:38,608 Where's my son-in-law?" 419 00:19:38,655 --> 00:19:42,525 And that's when they said, "We believe they're missing, too." 420 00:19:42,572 --> 00:19:44,842 - For 23 years in the police department, 421 00:19:44,879 --> 00:19:47,619 I've worked a number of serial-murder cases 422 00:19:47,664 --> 00:19:49,544 involving multiple victims. 423 00:19:49,579 --> 00:19:52,539 But this was a very unusual case, 424 00:19:52,582 --> 00:19:54,672 to say the least, in many respects, 425 00:19:54,715 --> 00:19:57,235 not just because of the number of bodies 426 00:19:57,283 --> 00:20:00,503 but the fact that it involved so many different victims, 427 00:20:00,547 --> 00:20:02,847 including small children. 428 00:20:02,897 --> 00:20:06,337 - At this point, police still needed answers. 429 00:20:06,379 --> 00:20:09,209 The Dubs family, the Bond family, 430 00:20:09,251 --> 00:20:12,561 and Robin Scott Stapley were all still considered missing. 431 00:20:12,602 --> 00:20:14,692 And while police had their suspicions 432 00:20:14,735 --> 00:20:16,255 that Leonard Lake and Charles Ng 433 00:20:16,302 --> 00:20:19,702 were somehow responsible for their disappearances, 434 00:20:19,740 --> 00:20:23,130 their motive was still very much unclear, 435 00:20:23,178 --> 00:20:24,698 until they literally uncovered 436 00:20:24,745 --> 00:20:26,825 the biggest piece of evidence yet. 437 00:20:26,877 --> 00:20:32,097 ♪ 438 00:20:32,143 --> 00:20:36,153 - The county backhoe driver was, with a shovel, 439 00:20:36,191 --> 00:20:39,801 digging the soft dirt on the edge of the driveway. 440 00:20:39,847 --> 00:20:41,977 While he was doing that, he ran across something hard, 441 00:20:42,023 --> 00:20:44,463 and he said, "Hey, I have something here." 442 00:20:44,504 --> 00:20:47,594 They started to remove the dirt 443 00:20:47,637 --> 00:20:49,507 and found, buried in the ground, 444 00:20:49,552 --> 00:20:52,602 a five-gallons tub. 445 00:20:52,642 --> 00:20:55,822 - In the tub, they found a document 446 00:20:55,863 --> 00:20:58,213 of several hundred pages 447 00:20:58,257 --> 00:21:01,557 and two VHS tapes. 448 00:21:01,608 --> 00:21:03,828 - If you're burying something, you wanted to hide it, 449 00:21:03,871 --> 00:21:06,871 and if it's worth hiding, then it's worth watching. 450 00:21:06,917 --> 00:21:13,317 ♪ 451 00:21:46,827 --> 00:21:49,087 - As the investigators were digging up the property, 452 00:21:49,133 --> 00:21:51,353 they don't know where this is going to end. 453 00:21:51,397 --> 00:21:53,397 ♪ 454 00:21:53,442 --> 00:21:55,532 And then they find a tub. 455 00:21:55,575 --> 00:21:58,005 - In the tub, 456 00:21:58,055 --> 00:22:01,275 they found a document of several hundred pages 457 00:22:01,320 --> 00:22:04,060 and two VHS tapes. 458 00:22:04,105 --> 00:22:06,325 - Immediately what police want to know is, 459 00:22:06,368 --> 00:22:07,668 what's on these tapes. 460 00:22:07,717 --> 00:22:09,457 - Of the two videotapes inside the bucket, 461 00:22:09,502 --> 00:22:12,372 one was labeled "M ladies Kathi and Brenda." 462 00:22:12,418 --> 00:22:14,768 The other was labeled "M." 463 00:22:14,811 --> 00:22:17,161 If you're burying something, you wanted to hide it, 464 00:22:17,205 --> 00:22:20,025 and if it's worth hiding, then it's worth watching. 465 00:22:20,077 --> 00:22:23,207 So, utilizing the video equipment in the house, 466 00:22:23,254 --> 00:22:26,174 we put it in the video labeled "M." 467 00:23:35,239 --> 00:23:38,979 - This tape was essentially a 15-minute manifesto 468 00:23:39,026 --> 00:23:42,936 in which Leonard Lake starts out detailing his plan 469 00:23:42,986 --> 00:23:45,376 to enslave a young woman. 470 00:23:45,424 --> 00:23:47,954 Deborah Dubs is missing, Brenda O'Connor. 471 00:23:47,991 --> 00:23:50,521 There were pictures of 21 women on the wall. 472 00:23:50,559 --> 00:23:52,819 What happened to all these women? 473 00:23:52,866 --> 00:23:55,476 As investigators continued to watch the tape, 474 00:23:55,521 --> 00:23:57,571 the mystery started to unfold. 475 00:24:24,985 --> 00:24:28,505 - There's a part of that tape that shows him on a bulldozer 476 00:24:28,554 --> 00:24:30,954 working on the bunker. 477 00:24:42,089 --> 00:24:43,999 You got the sense as you're watching this 478 00:24:44,047 --> 00:24:46,007 that he was very pleased with himself 479 00:24:46,049 --> 00:24:49,749 and very kind of proud of what he had done 480 00:24:49,792 --> 00:24:53,492 and didn't have any qualms whatsoever about the plans 481 00:24:53,535 --> 00:24:56,705 to enslave and brutalize women. 482 00:25:16,427 --> 00:25:18,557 - When you watch this tape, 483 00:25:18,604 --> 00:25:20,564 you're not talking about a madman 484 00:25:20,606 --> 00:25:22,736 who is screaming and yelling at you. 485 00:25:22,782 --> 00:25:24,572 He's relaxed, 486 00:25:24,610 --> 00:25:26,050 he's composed, 487 00:25:26,089 --> 00:25:28,789 and he's extremely thoughtful in it. 488 00:25:28,831 --> 00:25:31,491 - The language that he used told me 489 00:25:31,530 --> 00:25:33,050 that he had intelligence. 490 00:25:33,096 --> 00:25:35,316 He was monotone the whole time, 491 00:25:35,359 --> 00:25:38,889 and it just made it even more sinister 492 00:25:38,928 --> 00:25:40,448 that he did it that way. 493 00:25:40,495 --> 00:25:43,715 - Normally, you do not have videotapes 494 00:25:43,759 --> 00:25:45,939 of this nature. 495 00:25:45,979 --> 00:25:49,719 This is the first time that I or any fellows I worked with 496 00:25:49,765 --> 00:25:51,375 had ever seen something like this. 497 00:25:51,419 --> 00:25:53,859 - It's my feeling that Leonard Lake 498 00:25:53,900 --> 00:25:56,030 wanted this tape to be found. 499 00:25:56,076 --> 00:25:59,076 And it's almost like he's talking to us from the grave, 500 00:25:59,122 --> 00:26:02,002 calmly outlining his plans to enslave women 501 00:26:02,038 --> 00:26:03,558 and use them at his free will. 502 00:26:03,605 --> 00:26:07,255 Leonard Lake explained his dark, sadistic fantasy. 503 00:26:07,304 --> 00:26:08,574 What they didn't know 504 00:26:08,610 --> 00:26:11,350 was whether or not he went through with them. 505 00:26:20,491 --> 00:26:24,231 ♪ 506 00:26:24,278 --> 00:26:27,018 - Investigators would find their answer 507 00:26:27,063 --> 00:26:30,463 when they watch the second video tape labeled "M Ladies." 508 00:26:30,501 --> 00:26:33,421 No one was prepared for what was on that tape. 509 00:26:38,509 --> 00:26:43,949 ♪ 510 00:26:43,993 --> 00:26:46,783 - Investigators now have an idea 511 00:26:46,822 --> 00:26:48,962 of what was going on here. 512 00:26:48,998 --> 00:26:52,648 They now understand what a horror show it is 513 00:26:52,698 --> 00:26:54,178 that they've opened up. 514 00:27:03,273 --> 00:27:07,193 ♪ 515 00:27:12,543 --> 00:27:17,723 ♪ 516 00:27:17,766 --> 00:27:21,806 - When investigators played the second tape labeled "M ladies," 517 00:27:21,857 --> 00:27:23,897 they quickly realized that they were watching 518 00:27:23,946 --> 00:27:26,166 a home videotape that Leonard Lake had filmed 519 00:27:26,209 --> 00:27:28,559 at the Wilseyville property. 520 00:27:28,603 --> 00:27:31,823 - One of the VHS tapes was of a young woman 521 00:27:31,867 --> 00:27:33,387 sitting in a chair. 522 00:27:33,434 --> 00:27:35,524 She's also seen on a video 523 00:27:35,566 --> 00:27:39,526 where she's tied down to a bed in the cabin. 524 00:27:39,570 --> 00:27:42,750 ♪ 525 00:28:07,990 --> 00:28:10,300 ♪ 526 00:28:10,340 --> 00:28:11,520 - In the video, 527 00:28:11,559 --> 00:28:13,689 Lake was calling a woman by the name Kathi, 528 00:28:13,735 --> 00:28:18,215 which was significant, because also inside the tub, 529 00:28:18,261 --> 00:28:20,441 they found a California driver's license 530 00:28:20,481 --> 00:28:23,221 for a woman named Kathleen Allen. 531 00:28:23,266 --> 00:28:25,696 They had suspected that Kathi was likely short 532 00:28:25,747 --> 00:28:27,097 for Kathleen Allen. 533 00:28:27,140 --> 00:28:30,930 - Now we had a name that we could work with. 534 00:28:30,970 --> 00:28:34,230 And we found out that she was 535 00:28:34,277 --> 00:28:38,327 from the Milpitas, San Jose area. 536 00:28:38,368 --> 00:28:41,238 We made contact with the San Jose Police Department 537 00:28:41,284 --> 00:28:43,944 to get additional staff to help us. 538 00:28:43,983 --> 00:28:48,073 We found out she was a missing person. 539 00:28:48,117 --> 00:28:50,547 - Police investigators discover 540 00:28:50,598 --> 00:28:54,688 Kathleen Allen works at a local grocery store 541 00:28:54,733 --> 00:28:57,133 in the San Jose area. 542 00:28:57,170 --> 00:29:01,910 On Sunday, April 14, 1985, she goes missing. 543 00:29:01,957 --> 00:29:03,737 ♪ 544 00:29:03,785 --> 00:29:05,125 - After her shift, 545 00:29:05,178 --> 00:29:08,268 investigators learn that Kathleen was picked up 546 00:29:08,311 --> 00:29:11,841 by a slightly balding, heavyset man in his late 30s 547 00:29:11,880 --> 00:29:14,540 in an orange-gold Honda Prelude. 548 00:29:14,578 --> 00:29:16,148 They immediately suspected 549 00:29:16,189 --> 00:29:18,669 this was Leonard Lake in Paul Cosner's car. 550 00:29:18,713 --> 00:29:23,243 - Investigators discovered during the week of May 5th, 551 00:29:23,283 --> 00:29:27,163 Kathleen's manager receives a letter asking for her checks 552 00:29:27,200 --> 00:29:29,810 to be sent to a PO box. 553 00:29:29,855 --> 00:29:33,025 That PO box has a return address 554 00:29:33,075 --> 00:29:35,985 of Wilseyville, California. 555 00:29:36,035 --> 00:29:38,815 That's the last anybody has ever heard 556 00:29:38,864 --> 00:29:40,654 from Kathleen Allen. 557 00:29:40,691 --> 00:29:42,821 ♪ 558 00:29:42,868 --> 00:29:44,128 - There's another woman 559 00:29:44,173 --> 00:29:47,663 who also appears on the VHS tape. 560 00:29:47,698 --> 00:29:49,958 Leonard Lake refers to her-- 561 00:29:50,005 --> 00:29:52,045 calls her by the name of Brenda. 562 00:29:54,575 --> 00:29:57,525 - Brenda was the name investigators recognized. 563 00:29:57,578 --> 00:29:59,668 They suspected that the woman in the video 564 00:29:59,710 --> 00:30:02,630 was the next-door neighbor Brenda O'Connor, 565 00:30:02,670 --> 00:30:04,280 who'd mysteriously vanished. 566 00:30:11,940 --> 00:30:14,600 Lonnie was most probably Lonnie Bond, 567 00:30:14,638 --> 00:30:17,548 Brenda O'Connor's husband, who also disappeared, 568 00:30:17,598 --> 00:30:20,338 along with their baby, Lonnie Jr. 569 00:30:20,383 --> 00:30:22,693 - It's a very difficult tape to watch. 570 00:30:22,733 --> 00:30:24,083 She's crying. 571 00:30:24,126 --> 00:30:28,476 She's asking these guys, "What about my baby? 572 00:30:28,522 --> 00:30:31,442 What have you done with my baby?" 573 00:30:35,703 --> 00:30:39,013 - This tape was completely heartbreaking, 574 00:30:39,054 --> 00:30:41,624 especially because investigators suspected 575 00:30:41,665 --> 00:30:45,185 that Brenda's baby, Lonnie Bond Jr., was dead. 576 00:30:45,234 --> 00:30:46,714 It had only been hours earlier 577 00:30:46,757 --> 00:30:48,587 that they had found blood spatter 578 00:30:48,629 --> 00:30:50,409 on the walls of the baby's bedroom. 579 00:30:50,457 --> 00:30:54,107 - Normally, when we do investigations, 580 00:30:54,156 --> 00:30:56,676 you're not getting that emotional connection 581 00:30:56,724 --> 00:30:58,944 with that person... 582 00:30:58,987 --> 00:31:01,947 where you can see it in their eyes and hear it in her voice. 583 00:31:11,826 --> 00:31:15,436 That's something that will stick with you forever. 584 00:31:36,329 --> 00:31:37,719 - As we were watching the tape, 585 00:31:37,765 --> 00:31:39,935 it was clear that there was another individual 586 00:31:39,985 --> 00:31:41,985 with Kathi and Brenda. 587 00:31:46,556 --> 00:31:47,906 - It was Charles Ng. 588 00:31:47,949 --> 00:31:51,079 ♪ 589 00:31:51,126 --> 00:31:53,426 - After investigators identified Charles Ng 590 00:31:53,476 --> 00:31:55,776 on that tape, it confirmed for them 591 00:31:55,826 --> 00:31:58,916 that he was much more than just a shoplifting suspect. 592 00:31:58,960 --> 00:32:00,790 Now they were wondering 593 00:32:00,831 --> 00:32:03,791 if he was aiding and abetting Leonard Lake in his fantasies. 594 00:32:03,834 --> 00:32:06,714 And what was the level of Charles Ng's involvement? 595 00:32:06,750 --> 00:32:08,060 Was he involved in murder? 596 00:32:08,100 --> 00:32:10,800 Was he involved in Lake's sexual fantasies? 597 00:32:10,841 --> 00:32:13,451 The next step was to obtain a search warrant 598 00:32:13,496 --> 00:32:16,326 for Ng's apartment back in San Francisco. 599 00:32:16,369 --> 00:32:18,629 So, while police put in the request, 600 00:32:18,675 --> 00:32:20,805 investigators started sifting through the stack of documents 601 00:32:20,851 --> 00:32:23,511 found inside the bucket. 602 00:32:23,550 --> 00:32:26,770 - Further examination, they discovered 603 00:32:26,814 --> 00:32:28,694 Leonard Lake's diary. 604 00:32:28,729 --> 00:32:30,949 ♪ 605 00:32:30,992 --> 00:32:35,952 This was the key to unraveling the whole investigation. 606 00:32:35,997 --> 00:32:40,697 ♪ 607 00:32:47,922 --> 00:32:50,232 ♪ 608 00:32:50,272 --> 00:32:51,802 - This is Leonard Lake's diary. 609 00:32:51,839 --> 00:32:55,319 It spans a period of time from the 1st of January, 1983, 610 00:32:55,364 --> 00:32:57,854 to November 9, 1984, 611 00:32:57,888 --> 00:33:01,758 and it is filled with a lot of information. 612 00:33:01,805 --> 00:33:05,365 - The diary had mundane aspects of it, too-- 613 00:33:05,418 --> 00:33:08,378 "did the dishes, cleaned the house," 614 00:33:08,421 --> 00:33:10,811 you know, "did some repairs." 615 00:33:10,858 --> 00:33:12,858 - What stood out at the time to investigators 616 00:33:12,903 --> 00:33:16,393 were the numerous code names and references in this diary 617 00:33:16,429 --> 00:33:18,739 to something called Operation Miranda. 618 00:33:18,779 --> 00:33:23,179 - We were able to determine that Operation Miranda 619 00:33:23,218 --> 00:33:26,178 was basically to enslave 620 00:33:26,221 --> 00:33:29,361 and kidnap a female 621 00:33:29,398 --> 00:33:31,308 and hold her hostage 622 00:33:31,357 --> 00:33:35,357 and do the things he wanted to do with her. 623 00:33:35,404 --> 00:33:37,934 Throughout the diary, 624 00:33:37,972 --> 00:33:41,152 he had referred to the book "The Collector." 625 00:33:41,193 --> 00:33:45,073 - On the 19th of February, 1983, 626 00:33:45,110 --> 00:33:47,160 Leonard Lake writes... 627 00:33:57,165 --> 00:33:59,165 - "The Collector" is a book 628 00:33:59,211 --> 00:34:00,911 about a character 629 00:34:00,951 --> 00:34:03,041 who's kind of failed at his relationships, 630 00:34:03,084 --> 00:34:05,874 who comes into money, and he builds a cell 631 00:34:05,913 --> 00:34:07,313 where he keeps a woman 632 00:34:07,349 --> 00:34:09,349 who he wants to fall in love with him, 633 00:34:09,395 --> 00:34:11,745 and that woman's name is Miranda. 634 00:34:11,788 --> 00:34:15,658 ♪ 635 00:34:15,705 --> 00:34:18,965 - The main character, Miranda, eventually dies 636 00:34:19,013 --> 00:34:20,673 and is buried by her captor. 637 00:34:20,710 --> 00:34:24,580 Leonard Lake had been inspired by this 20 years prior. 638 00:34:24,627 --> 00:34:29,677 And he had carried this fantasy for nearly two decades. 639 00:34:29,719 --> 00:34:33,379 - Operation Miranda was the realization 640 00:34:33,419 --> 00:34:36,809 of a sexual fantasy that Leonard Lake had. 641 00:34:36,857 --> 00:34:39,727 Leonard Lake starts describing in detail 642 00:34:39,773 --> 00:34:42,043 how he's gonna build this bunker, 643 00:34:42,080 --> 00:34:46,080 how he's gonna capture women and make them his slave, 644 00:34:46,127 --> 00:34:49,167 make them do his bidding. 645 00:34:49,217 --> 00:34:51,087 - Investigators made the connection 646 00:34:51,132 --> 00:34:52,922 that the "M" in "M Ladies" 647 00:34:52,960 --> 00:34:56,490 was likely code for the word "Miranda." 648 00:34:56,529 --> 00:34:58,659 It was becoming clear that Brenda O'Connor 649 00:34:58,705 --> 00:35:02,005 and Kathleen Allen were likely victims 650 00:35:02,056 --> 00:35:04,536 to Lake's Operation Miranda. 651 00:35:04,580 --> 00:35:08,190 If this was true, they were likely dead. 652 00:35:16,418 --> 00:35:19,198 ♪ 653 00:35:19,247 --> 00:35:22,947 Once investigators determined that Leonard Lake's motive 654 00:35:22,990 --> 00:35:25,860 was to enslave women for his own sexual gratification, 655 00:35:25,906 --> 00:35:28,516 they wondered whether there are other potential M Ladies 656 00:35:28,561 --> 00:35:31,131 amongst victims found on the property. 657 00:35:31,172 --> 00:35:34,392 So they started sifting through the diary page by page 658 00:35:34,436 --> 00:35:36,396 in the hopes of finding any clues. 659 00:35:36,438 --> 00:35:37,958 - It was the same 660 00:35:38,005 --> 00:35:39,745 with all of these pictures of young women 661 00:35:39,789 --> 00:35:42,179 that were found in the bunker. 662 00:35:42,227 --> 00:35:44,007 And we certainly questioned 663 00:35:44,054 --> 00:35:46,194 whether or not any of those women were still alive, 664 00:35:46,231 --> 00:35:48,101 were any of them... 665 00:35:48,146 --> 00:35:51,366 any of them or all of them abducted 666 00:35:51,410 --> 00:35:53,590 and perhaps later done away with. 667 00:35:53,629 --> 00:35:55,759 - There were still things amiss here. 668 00:35:55,805 --> 00:35:59,415 What did Operation Miranda have to do with missing people 669 00:35:59,461 --> 00:36:01,721 like the Dubs family and Paul Cosner? 670 00:36:01,768 --> 00:36:04,068 - As investigators are going through his diary, 671 00:36:04,118 --> 00:36:05,818 they start to find out hints 672 00:36:05,859 --> 00:36:07,769 that Leonard Lake is just not killing people. 673 00:36:07,817 --> 00:36:10,647 He wants to assume their identity. 674 00:36:10,690 --> 00:36:13,170 They discover that he often picks his victims 675 00:36:13,214 --> 00:36:14,394 'cause they look like him. 676 00:36:14,433 --> 00:36:16,173 And by assuming their identity, 677 00:36:16,217 --> 00:36:19,047 he's not only killing them, he will assume their names. 678 00:36:19,089 --> 00:36:22,749 He will take their checks. He will open up accounts. 679 00:36:22,789 --> 00:36:24,489 He'll collect social security. 680 00:36:24,530 --> 00:36:27,920 He will do everything. He will take over their lives. 681 00:36:27,968 --> 00:36:30,798 He considers this a military operation. 682 00:36:30,840 --> 00:36:33,060 - So investigators are starting to piece together, 683 00:36:33,103 --> 00:36:35,243 "Is this what happened to Paul Cosner? 684 00:36:35,280 --> 00:36:36,670 "Did Leonard Lake kill him 685 00:36:36,716 --> 00:36:39,106 so he could steal his identity and his car?" 686 00:36:39,153 --> 00:36:41,813 ♪ 687 00:36:41,851 --> 00:36:46,421 - The very last page of Leonard Lake's diary 688 00:36:46,465 --> 00:36:50,375 becomes key to the investigation. 689 00:36:50,425 --> 00:36:52,245 It brings everything together. 690 00:36:52,297 --> 00:36:55,777 Friday, November 2, 1984, 691 00:36:55,822 --> 00:36:58,612 "Met Charlie. Performed Op. 692 00:36:58,651 --> 00:37:01,351 "Met resistance for the first time. 693 00:37:01,393 --> 00:37:05,613 "Unsuccessful in obtaining credit cards or bank codes. 694 00:37:05,658 --> 00:37:08,528 "Drove to country for completion. 695 00:37:08,574 --> 00:37:12,494 Canceled Charlie's running debt to me." 696 00:37:12,534 --> 00:37:16,364 That was the day that Paul Cosner disappear. 697 00:37:16,408 --> 00:37:20,718 ♪ 698 00:37:20,760 --> 00:37:23,070 - So, apparently, there was some type of debt 699 00:37:23,110 --> 00:37:24,460 that Ng owed Lake. 700 00:37:24,503 --> 00:37:26,373 And he fulfilled that debt 701 00:37:26,418 --> 00:37:29,288 by participating in the murder of Paul Cosner 702 00:37:29,334 --> 00:37:30,904 and the theft of his car. 703 00:37:30,944 --> 00:37:33,864 - I don't think a car would be worth it, 704 00:37:33,903 --> 00:37:35,643 but I don't know. 705 00:37:37,864 --> 00:37:41,354 - In our wildest imaginations... 706 00:37:41,389 --> 00:37:44,219 We never, ever expected this. 707 00:37:44,262 --> 00:37:47,702 ♪ 708 00:37:47,743 --> 00:37:49,883 - Later that day, with a search warrant in hand, 709 00:37:49,919 --> 00:37:51,269 police descended 710 00:37:51,312 --> 00:37:53,842 upon Charles Ng's San Francisco apartment. 711 00:37:53,880 --> 00:37:56,190 When police entered, they quickly discovered 712 00:37:56,230 --> 00:37:59,670 several important pieces of evidence. 713 00:37:59,712 --> 00:38:04,502 - We found a holster that belonged to Paul Cosner. 714 00:38:04,543 --> 00:38:07,073 We found a map of San Francisco 715 00:38:07,110 --> 00:38:10,160 in which the Dubs residence on Yukon Street 716 00:38:10,200 --> 00:38:12,030 had been circled. 717 00:38:12,072 --> 00:38:14,122 - Investigators also find in the apartment 718 00:38:14,161 --> 00:38:17,691 a credit card belonging to Lonnie Bond... 719 00:38:17,730 --> 00:38:20,520 a photo of Brenda O'Connor, 720 00:38:20,559 --> 00:38:23,429 Harvey Dubs' video equipment, 721 00:38:23,475 --> 00:38:26,515 some of the equipment that was missing from his property, 722 00:38:26,565 --> 00:38:28,735 videotapes... 723 00:38:28,784 --> 00:38:31,744 which Harvey Dubs himself had labeled. 724 00:38:31,787 --> 00:38:34,827 - Police painstakingly reviewed every tape 725 00:38:34,877 --> 00:38:36,577 they found in the apartment. 726 00:38:36,618 --> 00:38:39,488 Most were old films, television shows, 727 00:38:39,534 --> 00:38:41,324 nothing remarkable. 728 00:38:41,362 --> 00:38:43,632 - While investigators were going through the videotapes, 729 00:38:43,669 --> 00:38:46,409 they rewound one to the beginning 730 00:38:46,454 --> 00:38:48,374 and made an amazing discovery. 731 00:38:48,413 --> 00:38:50,333 - At the head of the tape, 732 00:38:50,371 --> 00:38:53,511 a horrific image flashed on screen. 733 00:38:53,548 --> 00:38:56,728 - In that single frame, 734 00:38:56,769 --> 00:38:59,509 you could see two bodies 735 00:38:59,554 --> 00:39:01,474 in a wheelbarrow 736 00:39:01,513 --> 00:39:02,993 in sleeping bags. 737 00:39:03,036 --> 00:39:05,646 ♪ 738 00:39:11,218 --> 00:39:13,258 ♪ 739 00:39:13,307 --> 00:39:15,737 - Once investigators discovered the shocking image 740 00:39:15,788 --> 00:39:17,268 on the videotape, 741 00:39:17,311 --> 00:39:19,181 they were trying to connect these dots. 742 00:39:19,226 --> 00:39:21,746 Whose bodies were inside the sleeping bags? 743 00:39:21,794 --> 00:39:23,194 Could it be Paul Cosner? 744 00:39:23,230 --> 00:39:24,620 Could it be the Dubs? 745 00:39:24,666 --> 00:39:28,016 Could it be Lonnie Bond or Robin Scott Stapley? 746 00:39:28,061 --> 00:39:31,411 It wasn't long before investigators got their answer. 747 00:39:31,456 --> 00:39:34,936 They had expanded their search outside of the property, 748 00:39:34,981 --> 00:39:36,941 and it was on one of these drives 749 00:39:36,983 --> 00:39:40,773 that they made an unexpected discovery. 750 00:39:40,813 --> 00:39:43,993 - We were driving up and took a left-hand turn 751 00:39:44,033 --> 00:39:49,523 onto a road where they had reforested the trees. 752 00:39:49,561 --> 00:39:51,871 And just out the corner of our eye, 753 00:39:51,911 --> 00:39:55,651 we saw freshly dug dirt. 754 00:39:55,697 --> 00:39:58,697 Coyotes or some sort of animal had dug into the ground, 755 00:39:58,744 --> 00:40:02,144 disturbing it enough to draw our attention to it. 756 00:40:02,182 --> 00:40:03,882 Also present was 757 00:40:03,923 --> 00:40:06,713 the heavy smell of decaying body. 758 00:40:06,752 --> 00:40:10,192 And we went over to investigate that. 759 00:40:10,233 --> 00:40:11,973 That's when we noticed that the material 760 00:40:12,018 --> 00:40:13,928 of, like, a green sleeping bag was in there. 761 00:40:13,976 --> 00:40:16,366 And the sleeping bag is identical 762 00:40:16,414 --> 00:40:19,114 to the one seen in the video at Charles Ng's apartment. 763 00:40:19,155 --> 00:40:22,455 ♪ 764 00:40:22,507 --> 00:40:24,157 - On further inspection, 765 00:40:24,204 --> 00:40:28,954 investigators discovered a body jammed headfirst into the bag. 766 00:40:28,991 --> 00:40:33,781 He was handcuffed, shot in the head with a single bullet. 767 00:40:33,822 --> 00:40:34,952 In the other sleeping bag, 768 00:40:34,997 --> 00:40:37,697 they found another man bound and gagged 769 00:40:37,739 --> 00:40:41,869 that had been shot in the head four times. 770 00:40:41,917 --> 00:40:44,347 The coroner would later identify the bodies 771 00:40:44,398 --> 00:40:48,488 as Lonnie Bond and his friend Robin Scott Stapley. 772 00:40:48,533 --> 00:40:51,583 ♪ 773 00:40:51,623 --> 00:40:53,193 - At this point in the investigation, 774 00:40:53,233 --> 00:40:57,933 Charles Ng was the suspect in at least nine murders. 775 00:40:57,977 --> 00:41:00,497 But we didn't know at that point where he was. 776 00:41:00,545 --> 00:41:02,975 ♪ 777 00:41:03,025 --> 00:41:04,765 - For Sharon, it was heartbreaking 778 00:41:04,810 --> 00:41:06,550 to think that the person responsible 779 00:41:06,594 --> 00:41:08,514 for her brother's death was on the run. 780 00:41:08,553 --> 00:41:12,213 She feared that authorities would never find him. 781 00:41:12,252 --> 00:41:14,822 - Nobody was gonna get away with that. 782 00:41:14,863 --> 00:41:17,043 Nobody was gonna go and live the rest of their life 783 00:41:17,083 --> 00:41:20,093 without a thought and take my brother. 784 00:41:20,129 --> 00:41:24,349 I just wasn't gonna have that happen. 785 00:41:24,394 --> 00:41:27,624 - Investigators decided to contact Leonard Lake's ex-wife 786 00:41:27,659 --> 00:41:30,179 and property owner Claralyn Balazs again 787 00:41:30,226 --> 00:41:33,056 to see if she had seen or heard from him. 788 00:41:33,099 --> 00:41:35,969 - When we asked about Charles Ng again, 789 00:41:36,015 --> 00:41:37,665 Claralyn changed her story. 790 00:41:37,712 --> 00:41:40,982 She admitted that, after the incident at the lumberyard, 791 00:41:41,020 --> 00:41:43,590 Ng came to her home and told her what had happened 792 00:41:43,631 --> 00:41:46,071 concerning Leonard's being arrested. 793 00:41:46,112 --> 00:41:48,242 She drove him to his apartment in San Francisco, 794 00:41:48,288 --> 00:41:50,418 and then she later drove him to the airport. 795 00:41:50,464 --> 00:41:52,904 And when we asked her where he was going, 796 00:41:52,945 --> 00:41:56,555 she said that she believed he was going to Chicago 797 00:41:56,601 --> 00:41:58,171 and then later into Canada. 798 00:41:58,211 --> 00:42:00,911 - With a suspected serial killer on the loose, 799 00:42:00,953 --> 00:42:03,043 investigators left further questions 800 00:42:03,085 --> 00:42:05,165 for Claralyn to a later date. 801 00:42:05,218 --> 00:42:07,568 They were more concerned about Charles Ng 802 00:42:07,612 --> 00:42:08,962 getting out of the country, 803 00:42:09,004 --> 00:42:12,144 which would make him much more difficult to find. 804 00:42:12,181 --> 00:42:14,921 - So now the clock was ticking to find Charles Ng 805 00:42:14,967 --> 00:42:16,797 before he could flee the country 806 00:42:16,838 --> 00:42:18,968 and literally get away with murder. 807 00:42:19,014 --> 00:42:21,504 - There's now an arrest warrant out on Charles Ng. 808 00:42:21,539 --> 00:42:23,979 - Charles Ng is being hunted all over the country tonight. 809 00:42:24,019 --> 00:42:27,369 - Charles Ng, now the object of a nationwide manhunt. 810 00:42:27,414 --> 00:42:29,164 - Police say he is armed 811 00:42:29,198 --> 00:42:31,718 and has said he will not be taken alive. 812 00:42:31,766 --> 00:42:38,426 ♪ 813 00:42:38,468 --> 00:42:41,778 - The investigation is now focusing on Charles Ng, 814 00:42:41,820 --> 00:42:42,950 who is still at large. 815 00:42:42,995 --> 00:42:44,385 - Ng was arrested 816 00:42:44,431 --> 00:42:46,041 at a Calgary department store yesterday 817 00:42:46,085 --> 00:42:47,605 when he shot a security guard in the hand. 818 00:42:47,652 --> 00:42:52,742 - I grabbed ahold of the gun, and he shot off one shot. 819 00:42:52,787 --> 00:42:55,007 - The wait has been interminable. 820 00:42:55,050 --> 00:42:57,180 I think he deserves the death penalty. 821 00:42:57,226 --> 00:42:59,966 - It was probably the most gruesome investigation 822 00:43:00,012 --> 00:43:01,582 in the history of our state. 823 00:43:01,622 --> 00:43:03,492 The family members of the alleged victims 824 00:43:03,537 --> 00:43:07,147 may actually see the terror their loved ones endured. 825 00:43:07,193 --> 00:43:09,283 - That's the only question I asked them was, 826 00:43:09,325 --> 00:43:12,495 "Was my sister murdered on tape?" 827 00:43:12,546 --> 00:43:13,896 - Charles, what are you going to do to us? 828 00:43:13,939 --> 00:43:15,199 Why are you doing this? 829 00:43:15,244 --> 00:43:17,204 - This was really a roller coaster of a trial. 830 00:43:17,246 --> 00:43:20,336 - I'm sure he did it, but they didn't prove it. 831 00:43:20,380 --> 00:43:23,510 - You, Charles Ng, you deserve to die. 832 00:43:23,557 --> 00:43:27,037 ♪ 62588

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