1 00:00:10,067 --> 00:00:14,724 >> I'M NO DIFFERENT THAN ANY OHER TEENAGER IN AMERICA. 2 00:00:14,757 --> 00:00:22,827 [ LAUGHTER] I LOVE MY FAMILY AND MY FRIENDS, 3 00:00:22,861 --> 00:00:23,550 MY TWO DOGS AND MY CAT. 4 00:00:23,585 --> 00:00:26,309 I LOVE WRITING, I LOVE READING. 5 00:00:26,344 --> 00:00:33,000 DESPITE ME TRYING TO BE A NORMAL TEENAGER, SOMEONE DOES WANT ME 6 00:00:33,033 --> 00:00:34,412 DEAD. 7 00:00:50,033 --> 00:00:52,965 THIS IS THE PICTURE OF ME, A DESCRIPTION OF ME, WHERE I 8 00:00:53,000 --> 00:00:55,723 LIVED, WHERE I WORKED, THAT MASTERMIND365 POSTED ABOUT ME. 9 00:00:55,758 --> 00:00:58,000 >> Reporter: ON THE MURDER-FOR- HIRE WEB SITE? 10 00:00:58,033 --> 00:00:58,930 >> YES. 11 00:00:59,965 --> 00:01:01,274 >> HI, MY NAME IS YURA. 12 00:01:01,310 --> 00:01:04,067 WE HAVE HUNDREDS OF GANG MEMBERS, CRIMINALS, AND PEOPLE 13 00:01:04,102 --> 00:01:05,137 WHO LOVE TO KILL FOR MONEY. 14 00:01:11,620 --> 00:01:14,000 THEY ARE ANONYMOUS. 15 00:01:14,034 --> 00:01:15,206 YOU ARE ANONYMOUS. 16 00:01:15,240 --> 00:01:19,861 SO, COME AND GET RID OF THOSE NASTY PROBLEMS. 17 00:01:19,896 --> 00:01:22,067 >> Reporter: THIS IS DEADLY SERIOUS. 18 00:01:22,103 --> 00:01:25,655 THIS IS TALKING ABOUT THE MURDER OF A HUMAN BEING. 19 00:01:25,688 --> 00:01:27,757 >> IT DEFINITELY CHANGED MY LIFE. 20 00:01:27,793 --> 00:01:30,033 I KEPT LOOKING OVER MY SHOULDER. 21 00:01:30,067 --> 00:01:32,171 I DIDN'T KNOW WHO I COULD TRUST. 22 00:01:32,206 --> 00:01:34,033 I COULD BE KILLED ON MY WAY TO WORK. 23 00:01:34,067 --> 00:01:38,033 I COULD BE KILLED ON MY WAY HOME FROM SCHOOL. 24 00:01:38,067 --> 00:01:40,206 AND THAT TERRIFIED ME. 25 00:01:41,033 --> 00:01:52,965 >> YOU CAN SUBMIT YOUR ORDERS TO KILL THE PEOPLE YOU HATE. 26 00:01:53,000 --> 00:01:55,343 >> WE'VE GOT SOME SIGNIFICANT LEADS ON WHO YURA MIGHT BE. 27 00:01:55,378 --> 00:01:58,033 >> Reporter: DO YOU THINK YOU'RE GETTING CLOSE? 28 00:01:58,067 --> 00:02:02,067 >> YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. 29 00:02:02,102 --> 00:02:08,896 AS A DARK WEB INTELLIGENCE ANALYST, MY JOB IS TO UNCOVER 30 00:02:08,931 --> 00:02:10,137 THAT WHICH IS HIDDEN. 31 00:02:10,171 --> 00:02:12,620 >> Reporter: IS THERE A CHANCE, AS I LOOK UP ON YOUR SCREEN, 32 00:02:12,655 --> 00:02:14,068 THAT MAY BE OUR GUY? 33 00:02:18,103 --> 00:02:20,586 >> EVERYBODY CAN BE FOUND. 34 00:02:20,620 --> 00:02:22,137 YURA CAN BE FOUND. 35 00:02:24,793 --> 00:02:26,723 >> Reporter: SO, WE ARE LITERALLY A CAR RIDE FROM WHERE 36 00:02:26,758 --> 00:02:31,550 WE'RE TALKING RIGHT NOW TO WHERE YOU BELIEVE YURA ACTUALLY LIVES? 37 00:02:31,586 --> 00:02:34,033 >> YES. 38 00:02:34,067 --> 00:02:38,620 WE'RE GOING TO MAKE A LEFT AT THE NEXT STREET. 39 00:02:38,655 --> 00:02:41,000 GO SLOWER, GO SLOWER, GO SLOWER. 40 00:02:41,033 --> 00:02:42,033 >> Reporter: WHERE'S THE HOUSE? 41 00:02:42,067 --> 00:02:43,275 >> IT'S THIS ONE RIGHT HERE. 42 00:02:43,310 --> 00:02:46,033 YEAH, IT'S THIS HOUSE RIGHT HERE, WHERE YURA MIGHT PRESENTLY 43 00:02:46,067 --> 00:02:47,793 LIVE. 44 00:02:47,826 --> 00:02:50,033 >> Reporter: WHEW! 45 00:02:50,067 --> 00:02:50,620 >> MY HEART IS RACING! 46 00:02:50,655 --> 00:02:53,000 >> Reporter: THAT'S HIM. 47 00:02:53,033 --> 00:02:54,033 >> UP THE BLOCK, GO! 48 00:02:54,067 --> 00:02:57,171 >> Reporter: ARE YOU YURA? 49 00:02:57,206 --> 00:02:58,240 >> STOP RECORDING RIGHT NOW! 50 00:02:58,275 --> 00:02:59,000 >> [ GASP] Captioning sponsored by CBS 51 00:03:48,033 --> 00:03:51,550 >> Reporter: LATE ON A FRIGID NIGHT IN FEBRUARY 2019, 18-YEAR- 52 00:03:51,586 --> 00:03:56,000 OLD ALEXIS STERN WAS DRIVING NEAR HER HOME TOWN OF BIG LAKE, 53 00:03:56,033 --> 00:04:01,448 MINNESOTA, WHEN SHE SAYS SHE NOTICED A WHITE VAN IN HER 54 00:04:01,481 --> 00:04:02,655 REARVIEW MIRROR. 55 00:04:02,688 --> 00:04:07,205 >> SO, WE STARTED DRIVING AROUND THE TOWN, TAKING DETOURS. 56 00:04:07,240 --> 00:04:09,413 >> Reporter: BUT THE VAN STUCK WITH HER. 57 00:04:09,448 --> 00:04:13,413 IN A GROWING PANIC, SHE CALLED AUTHORITIES, WHO LATER LOCATED 58 00:04:13,448 --> 00:04:19,620 AND SPOKE WITH THE VAN'S DRIVER. 59 00:04:19,654 --> 00:04:20,343 >> HE CLAIMED HE WAS LOST. 60 00:04:20,379 --> 00:04:21,620 HE DIDN'T KNOW WHERE HE WAS. 61 00:04:21,654 --> 00:04:24,550 >> Reporter: YOU HAVE NO DOUBT YOU WERE BEING FOLLOWED, RIGHT? 62 00:04:24,586 --> 00:04:25,826 >> YEAH. 63 00:04:25,862 --> 00:04:29,310 >> Reporter: ALEXIS HAD EVERY REASON TO BE WORRIED BECAUSE OF 64 00:04:29,343 --> 00:04:32,343 SOMETHING THAT HAD HAPPENED JUST MONTHS EARLIER, WHEN, OUT OF 65 00:04:32,379 --> 00:04:35,793 NOWHERE, THE POLICE HAD CALLED HER. 66 00:04:35,826 --> 00:04:36,654 >> "WE HAVE TO TALK TO YOU. 67 00:04:36,689 --> 00:04:38,343 IT'S DIRE, AND YOU NEED TO COME NOW." 68 00:04:38,379 --> 00:04:41,379 >> Reporter: "IT'S DIRE," HE SAYS. 69 00:04:41,413 --> 00:04:42,689 >> YES, HE SAID IT WAS URGENT. 70 00:04:42,723 --> 00:04:45,379 I HAD NO IDEA WHAT TO EXPECT. 71 00:04:45,413 --> 00:04:46,620 DID SOMEONE DIE? 72 00:04:46,654 --> 00:04:48,930 IS SOMEONE HURT? 73 00:04:48,965 --> 00:04:50,206 LIKE, AM I IN TROUBLE? 74 00:04:50,240 --> 00:04:53,379 >> Reporter: WHEN ALEXIS ARRIVED AT THE POLICE STATION, SHE GOT 75 00:04:53,413 --> 00:04:54,447 STUNNING NEWS. 76 00:04:54,481 --> 00:04:56,481 >> HE WAS JUST, LIKE, "I THINK YOU SHOULD SIT DOWN. 77 00:04:56,516 --> 00:05:02,379 SOMEONE PUT A HIT OUT ON YOU, AND THEY WANT YOU DEAD." 78 00:05:02,413 --> 00:05:05,000 I WAS LIKE, "THIS IS A JOKE, RIGHT?" 79 00:05:05,033 --> 00:05:08,379 >> Reporter: IT WAS NOTA JOKE. 80 00:05:08,413 --> 00:05:13,413 ON THE DARK WEB, SOMEONE USING THE ALIAS MASTERMIND365 HAD GONE 81 00:05:13,447 --> 00:05:17,586 TO A HIT MAN-FOR-HIRE SITE AND PAID ABOUT $5,000-WORTH OF 82 00:05:17,620 --> 00:05:24,862 BITCOIN FOR ALEXIS TO BE ASSASSINATED, GIVING CHILLING 83 00:05:24,896 --> 00:05:26,000 DETAILS. 84 00:05:26,033 --> 00:05:29,413 >> WHERE I LIVED, WHERE I WORKED, MY PICTURE OF ME, A 85 00:05:29,447 --> 00:05:30,586 DESCRIPTION OF ME, EVERYTHING. 86 00:05:30,620 --> 00:05:32,793 >> Reporter: F.B.I. AND HOMELAND SECURITY AGENTS SOON GOT 87 00:05:32,826 --> 00:05:35,310 INVOLVED. 88 00:05:35,343 --> 00:05:37,516 ALTHOUGH MANY DARK WEB SITES ARE SCAMS, ALEXIS KNEW SOMEONE OUT 89 00:05:37,550 --> 00:05:41,379 THERE WANTED HER DEAD. 90 00:05:41,413 --> 00:05:43,172 >> AND THAT TERRIFIED ME. 91 00:05:43,206 --> 00:05:45,447 >> Reporter: AUTHORITIES PROMISED TO INVESTIGATE. 92 00:05:45,481 --> 00:05:50,000 THE ASPIRING HORROR BOOK AUTHOR HAD READ ABOUT THE DARK WEB, A 93 00:05:50,033 --> 00:05:56,310 HIDDEN ONLINE MARKETPLACE WHERE CRIMINALITY RANGING FROM HUMAN 94 00:05:56,343 --> 00:06:01,447 TRAFFICKING TO ILLEGAL WEAPONS IS ADVERTISED FOR SALE-- EVEN 95 00:06:01,482 --> 00:06:03,620 MURDER. 96 00:06:03,654 --> 00:06:06,930 >> THE MORE YOU START TO DIG, THE DARKER IT STARTS TO GET. 97 00:06:06,964 --> 00:06:09,447 >> Reporter: IT WAS IN 2017 THAT "48 HOURS" FIRST INVESTIGATED 98 00:06:09,481 --> 00:06:13,413 DARK WEB MURDER-FOR-HIRE. 99 00:06:13,447 --> 00:06:17,413 THE NEXT YEAR, WE EXPOSED ABOUT 20 ACTIVE MURDER PLOTS. 100 00:06:17,447 --> 00:06:20,343 >> POLICE RECEIVED A TIP FROM THE CBS NEWS PROGRAM, 101 00:06:20,379 --> 00:06:23,862 "48 HOURS." 102 00:06:23,896 --> 00:06:26,343 >> Reporter: "48 HOURS" ALERTED LAW ENFORCEMENT, LEADING TO 103 00:06:26,379 --> 00:06:31,896 ARRESTS IN TWO STATES AND TWO FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 104 00:06:31,930 --> 00:06:37,586 OUR INVESTIGATION ALSO LED US TO THIS MYSTERIOUS FIGURE KNOWN AS 105 00:06:37,620 --> 00:06:41,586 YURA, WHO HAS BEEN OPERATING HIT MAN SITES FOR ABOUT FIVE 106 00:06:41,620 --> 00:06:44,343 YEARS. 107 00:06:44,379 --> 00:06:49,310 WE DON'T KNOW HIS REAL NAME OR LOCATION, BUT HE SENT US THESE 108 00:06:49,343 --> 00:06:50,689 VIDEO DIARIES. 109 00:06:50,723 --> 00:06:53,379 >> I AM DOING THIS VIDEO DIARY ENTRY TO GIVE YOU OFFICIAL 110 00:06:53,413 --> 00:06:56,033 STATEMENTS. 111 00:06:56,067 --> 00:07:01,482 >> LOOKING FOR CRIMINALS ON THE DARK WEB IS NOT FOR THE FAINT OF 112 00:07:01,516 --> 00:07:03,757 HEART. 113 00:07:03,793 --> 00:07:05,447 >> Reporter: FOR MOST OF HER CAREER, THIS WOMAN HIS LIVED IN 114 00:07:05,482 --> 00:07:07,723 THE SHADOWS. 115 00:07:07,757 --> 00:07:10,862 >> I WAS A MEMBER OF THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY. 116 00:07:10,896 --> 00:07:13,447 >> Reporter: NOW, SHE'S A CBS NEWS CONSULTANT WHO WE HIRED TO 117 00:07:13,481 --> 00:07:17,447 HELP US LOOK FOR YURA. 118 00:07:17,481 --> 00:07:20,379 >> WHAT MAKES IT CHALLENGING IS, THIS ISN'T YOUR TRADITIONAL LAW 119 00:07:20,413 --> 00:07:24,379 ENFORCEMENT INVESTIGATION WHERE THERE'S D.N.A. AND THERE'S 120 00:07:24,413 --> 00:07:28,206 FINGERPRINTS AND A WEAPON AND A-- A CRIME SCENE. 121 00:07:28,240 --> 00:07:32,379 >> Reporter: "LISA," AS WE'LL CALL HER, HAS ALTERED HER 122 00:07:32,413 --> 00:07:33,586 APPEARANCE FOR THIS INTERVIEW. 123 00:07:33,620 --> 00:07:37,447 >> IN THE WORLD OF THE DARK WEB, D.N.A. IS EMAIL ADDRESSES, 124 00:07:37,481 --> 00:07:40,896 USERNAMES, PASSWORDS. 125 00:07:40,930 --> 00:07:44,379 >> Reporter: LISA ANALYZED YURA'S WRITINGS. 126 00:07:44,413 --> 00:07:45,654 >> HIS ENGLISH IS VERY GOOD. 127 00:07:45,689 --> 00:07:47,586 >> Reporter: BUT SHE SAYS THE EVIDENCE SUGGESTS HE IS FOREIGN- 128 00:07:47,620 --> 00:07:51,413 BORN AND DOESN'T WORK ALONE. 129 00:07:51,447 --> 00:07:54,862 >> THERE'S DEFINITELY SOME SUPPORT. 130 00:07:54,896 --> 00:07:56,343 >> Reporter: SHE SAYS THE MURDER-FOR-HIRE SITES ARE ALL 131 00:07:56,379 --> 00:08:01,586 ABOUT MAKING BIG MONEY, AND THAT SHE FOUND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF 132 00:08:01,620 --> 00:08:07,240 PROFITS IN AN ONLINE ACCOUNT SHE BELIEVES IS LINKED TO YURA. 133 00:08:07,274 --> 00:08:09,447 >> UPWARDS OF, I THINK, $5 MILLION. 134 00:08:09,481 --> 00:08:13,447 >> Reporter: APPARENTLY, ABOUT $5,000 OF THOSE PROFITS WAS 135 00:08:13,481 --> 00:08:16,689 ALLEGEDLY PAID TO KILL ALEXIS STERN. 136 00:08:16,723 --> 00:08:21,274 WHEN HER PARENTS FOUND OUT, THEY WEREN'T TAKING ANY CHANCES. 137 00:08:21,310 --> 00:08:21,723 YOU LEFT MINNESOTA. 138 00:08:21,757 --> 00:08:25,447 >> YES. 139 00:08:25,481 --> 00:08:28,343 WE JUST STARTED DRIVING. 140 00:08:28,379 --> 00:08:29,274 IT WASSCARY. 141 00:08:29,310 --> 00:08:32,413 >> Reporter: BUT WHO WOULD WANT HER DEAD? 142 00:08:32,447 --> 00:08:36,481 ALEXIS THOUGHT SHE KNEW. 143 00:08:36,517 --> 00:08:38,379 BACK IN 2016, SHE WAS A HIGH SCHOOL SOPHOMORE STRUGGLING WITH 144 00:08:38,413 --> 00:08:41,413 HER SELF-ESTEEM. 145 00:08:41,447 --> 00:08:44,379 SHE WAS JUST 15 WHEN A FRIEND INTRODUCED HER TO AN OLDER MAN 146 00:08:44,413 --> 00:08:47,758 ONLINE. 147 00:08:47,793 --> 00:08:49,413 >> I ENDED UP MEETING A GUY NAMED ADRIAN. 148 00:08:49,447 --> 00:08:50,379 >> Reporter: ADRIAN FRY? 149 00:08:50,413 --> 00:08:53,413 >> YES, ADRIAN FRY. 150 00:08:53,447 --> 00:08:56,379 >> Reporter: SHE WAS INTRIGUED TO LEARN THAT ADRIAN FRY LIVED 151 00:08:56,413 --> 00:08:57,586 IN ENGLAND. 152 00:08:57,620 --> 00:09:01,136 >> I WAS ALWAYS PARTIAL TO BRITISH ACCENTS, SO I THOUGHT IT 153 00:09:01,172 --> 00:09:01,793 WAS KIND OF A BONUS. 154 00:09:01,826 --> 00:09:04,172 >> Reporter: ADRIAN WAS 20. 155 00:09:04,206 --> 00:09:08,413 HE SAID HE WAS TRAINING TO BE AN ACCOUNTANT AND LIKED TO STREAM 156 00:09:08,447 --> 00:09:13,172 VIDEO GAMES ONLINE. 157 00:09:13,206 --> 00:09:14,000 HIS SCREEN NAME: ROCKETWIND. 158 00:09:14,033 --> 00:09:16,551 >> WHAT IS UP, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN? 159 00:09:16,586 --> 00:09:20,413 MY NAME IS ROCKETWIND, AND WELCOME TO ANOTHER PATCH 160 00:09:20,447 --> 00:09:21,517 NOTES... 161 00:09:21,551 --> 00:09:24,206 >> I WANTED TO HAVE A BOYFRIEND, AND IT WAS A PERFECT 162 00:09:24,240 --> 00:09:25,517 OPPORTUNITY. 163 00:09:25,551 --> 00:09:29,447 >> Reporter: IN AUGUST OF 2016, FRY FLEW TO MINNESOTA AND GOT A 164 00:09:29,481 --> 00:09:30,586 HOTEL ROOM NEAR HER HOUSE. 165 00:09:30,620 --> 00:09:32,413 THIS IS ADRIAN, RIGHT HERE? 166 00:09:32,447 --> 00:09:33,758 >> YES. 167 00:09:33,793 --> 00:09:37,413 >> Reporter: DO YOUR PARENTS HAVE ANYIDEA THIS IS GOING ON? 168 00:09:37,447 --> 00:09:38,413 >> NO, THEY HAD NO IDEA. 169 00:09:38,447 --> 00:09:44,067 >> Reporter: THE TWO BEGAN A RELATIONSHIP. 170 00:09:44,102 --> 00:09:45,309 ALEXIS HAD JUST TURNED 16. 171 00:09:45,344 --> 00:09:47,206 >> HE WAS ALREADY PRETTY MUCH TALKING ABOUT GETTING MARRIED, 172 00:09:47,240 --> 00:09:48,551 HONESTLY. 173 00:09:48,586 --> 00:09:50,379 HE-- HE WAS 100% SET ON BEING WITH ME. 174 00:09:50,413 --> 00:09:53,517 >> Reporter: ADRIAN FRY VISITED ALEXIS TWICE MORE, IN THE SUMMER 175 00:09:53,551 --> 00:10:00,379 OF 2017 AND IN THE SPRING OF 2018. 176 00:10:00,413 --> 00:10:02,000 SHE SAYS HER FEELINGS WERE CHANGING. 177 00:10:02,033 --> 00:10:05,379 >> HE REALLY STARTED TRYING TO CONTROL MY NORMAL, EVERYDAY 178 00:10:05,413 --> 00:10:06,688 LIFE. 179 00:10:06,724 --> 00:10:09,413 >> Reporter: THEY HAD CONSIDERED THEMSELVES A COUPLE FOR ABOUT 180 00:10:09,447 --> 00:10:13,688 TWO YEARS WHEN ALEXIS TOLD ADRIAN IT WAS OVER. 181 00:10:13,724 --> 00:10:16,551 >> HE FREAKED OUT. 182 00:10:16,586 --> 00:10:17,517 HE DID NOT LIKE THAT AT ALL. 183 00:10:17,551 --> 00:10:20,344 IT WAS A LOT OF PLEADING, A LOT OF BEGGING. 184 00:10:20,379 --> 00:10:23,206 >> Reporter: A FEW MONTHS LATER, WHEN SHE TOLD HIM SHE HAD A NEW 185 00:10:23,240 --> 00:10:26,344 BOYFRIEND, SHE SAYS HE BECAME ANGRY. 186 00:10:26,379 --> 00:10:29,379 >> PRETTY MUCH SAYING, "YOU DESERVE EVERYTHING HORRIBLE THAT 187 00:10:29,413 --> 00:10:30,826 HAPPENS TO YOU." 188 00:10:30,861 --> 00:10:32,413 >> Reporter: DO YOU SENSE THAT HE'S BASICALLY SENDING YOU A 189 00:10:32,447 --> 00:10:33,379 MESSAGE? 190 00:10:33,413 --> 00:10:34,240 >> 100%. 191 00:10:34,274 --> 00:10:36,033 >> Reporter: AND WHAT IS THAT MESSAGE? 192 00:10:36,067 --> 00:10:40,067 >> THAT IT'S NOT GOING TO END THAT GREAT FOR ME. 193 00:10:57,033 --> 00:11:00,240 >> SOMEONE COULD SNEAK INTO THE HOUSE AND KILL ME. 194 00:11:00,274 --> 00:11:04,000 I COULD BE KILLED ON MY WAY HOME FROM SCHOOL. 195 00:11:04,033 --> 00:11:07,000 >> Reporter: WE ASKED ALEXIS STERN TO READ THE DISTURBING 196 00:11:07,033 --> 00:11:10,793 EMAILS BETWEEN THE PERSON WHO WANTED HER DEAD-- CODE-NAMED 197 00:11:10,826 --> 00:11:18,000 MASTERMIND365-- AND YURA, THE ALLEGED MURDER-FOR-HIRE KINGPIN 198 00:11:18,033 --> 00:11:21,413 ON THE DARK WEB. 199 00:11:21,447 --> 00:11:24,413 >> "I CAN SEE ON YOUR WEB SITE THAT THE SERVICES YOU OFFER ARE 200 00:11:24,447 --> 00:11:27,481 MURDER, ASSAULT, AND ARSON." 201 00:11:27,517 --> 00:11:33,172 "A KIDNAPPING IS THE JOB THAT I HAD IN MIND." 202 00:11:33,206 --> 00:11:36,379 >> Reporter: MASTERMIND365 SENT THIS PICTURE OF ALEXIS TO YURA. 203 00:11:36,413 --> 00:11:41,379 THEN, FOR SOME REASON, ABOUT A WEEK LATER, HE UPGRADED HIS 204 00:11:41,413 --> 00:11:45,379 ORDER FROM KIDNAPPING TO "I WOULD JUST LIKE THIS PERSON 205 00:11:45,413 --> 00:11:46,688 DEAD." 206 00:11:46,724 --> 00:11:54,379 >> "I WOULD JUST LIKE THIS PERSON TO BE SHOT AND KILLED." 207 00:11:54,413 --> 00:11:57,379 >> Reporter: IT WAS ANOTHER COLD AND CLINICAL MINNESOTA HIT 208 00:11:57,413 --> 00:11:59,481 ORDER THAT TRIGGERED OUR ORIGINAL DARK WEB MURDER-FOR- 209 00:11:59,517 --> 00:12:03,000 HIRE INVESTIGATION. 210 00:12:03,033 --> 00:12:07,447 IN 2016, A 43-YEAR-OLD DOG TRAINER NAMED AMY ALLWINE WAS 211 00:12:07,481 --> 00:12:10,000 KILLED IN NEARBY COTTAGE GROVE. 212 00:12:10,033 --> 00:12:20,309 POLICE QUESTIONED HER HUSBAND, STEPHEN. 213 00:12:20,344 --> 00:12:25,102 >> Reporter: LIKE MASTERMIND365, STEPHEN ALLWINE HAD PAID YURA 214 00:12:25,136 --> 00:12:27,517 THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO ARRANGE A HIT. 215 00:12:27,551 --> 00:12:31,447 [ GUNSHOTS] WHEN IT DIDN'T HAPPEN, ALLWINE 216 00:12:31,481 --> 00:12:38,826 TOOK MATTERS INTO HIS OWN HANDS AND SHOT HIS WIFE IN THE HEAD. 217 00:12:38,861 --> 00:12:43,413 IN 2018, HE WAS CONVICTED OF MURDER. 218 00:12:43,447 --> 00:12:46,413 DO YOU HAVE ANY DOUBT IN YOUR MIND WHO PUT OUT THE CONTRACT ON 219 00:12:46,447 --> 00:12:47,517 YOUR LIFE? 220 00:12:47,551 --> 00:12:52,413 >> I HAVE NO DOUBT IN MY MIND THAT IT IS ADRIAN FRY. 221 00:12:52,447 --> 00:12:57,309 >> Reporter: ADRIAN FRY, HER EX-BOYFRIEND FROM ENGLAND. 222 00:12:57,344 --> 00:13:01,172 WHEN SHE SAW THE KILL ORDER, DATED JULY 15, SHE SAYS THE 223 00:13:01,206 --> 00:13:03,481 TIMING SUDDENLY MADE SENSE TO HER. 224 00:13:03,517 --> 00:13:07,586 WHAT HAD HAPPENED THE DAY BEFORE, JULY 14? 225 00:13:07,620 --> 00:13:14,309 >> THAT IS WHEN I TOLD ADRIAN THAT I WAS DATING SOMEONE ELSE. 226 00:13:14,344 --> 00:13:16,447 >> Reporter: AND IT WASN'T JUST THE TIMING OF THE HIT ORDER. 227 00:13:16,481 --> 00:13:19,447 SHE SAYS IT WAS THE LANGUAGE, TOO. 228 00:13:19,481 --> 00:13:22,000 >> IT SOUNDS VERY BRITISH. 229 00:13:22,033 --> 00:13:23,447 "I WOULD JUST LIKE THIS PERSON DEAD, BUT IF THERE'S ANY MORE 230 00:13:23,481 --> 00:13:27,447 INFORMATION YOU WOULD LIKE, INBOX ME." 231 00:13:27,481 --> 00:13:29,758 I DON'T KNOW ANYONE IN AMERICA THAT USES THE TERM "INBOX ME." 232 00:13:29,793 --> 00:13:37,586 ADRIAN, ON THE OTHER HAND, OFTEN WOULD SAY THAT. 233 00:13:37,620 --> 00:13:40,033 >> Reporter: ALEXIS NOTICED MASTERMIND365 SOMETIMES REFERRED 234 00:13:40,067 --> 00:13:43,413 TO HIMSELF WITH A LOWERCASE "i." 235 00:13:43,447 --> 00:13:50,309 SHE SAYS WHEN ADRIAN WROTE HER, HE DID THE SAME THING. 236 00:13:50,344 --> 00:13:55,413 SHE ALSO SAW THAT MASTERMIND365 WROTE "THANKYOU" AS ONE WORD. 237 00:13:55,447 --> 00:13:58,413 IN ADRIAN'S MESSAGES TO HER, HE'D DONE THAT, TOO. 238 00:13:58,447 --> 00:14:03,274 IT'S A QUIRK THAT WOULD BECOME MORE SIGNIFICANT LATER IN OUR 239 00:14:03,309 --> 00:14:03,793 INVESTIGATION. 240 00:14:03,826 --> 00:14:07,309 AND THERE WAS MORE. 241 00:14:07,344 --> 00:14:08,586 >> MASTERMIND 365 TO YURA: "MY PROBLEM IS THAT I DON'T 242 00:14:08,620 --> 00:14:13,344 CURRENTLY HAVE AN EXTRA $5,000, BUT I WILL HAVE IT IN ABOUT A 243 00:14:13,379 --> 00:14:15,447 WEEK'S TIME." 244 00:14:15,481 --> 00:14:18,895 THIS PART IS FROM ADRIAN TO ME: "IF THERE IS A CHANCE YOU MAY 245 00:14:18,931 --> 00:14:22,447 LIKE ME IN A YEAR'S TIME, THEN I WILL HAPPILY WAIT." 246 00:14:22,481 --> 00:14:27,240 >> Reporter: THE PHRASES "WEEK'S TIME" AND "YEAR'S TIME" ARE 247 00:14:27,274 --> 00:14:28,379 COMMON IN BRITISH ENGLISH. 248 00:14:28,413 --> 00:14:34,447 IN WRITING THEM, BOTH MASTERMIND365 AND ARIAN FRY HAD 249 00:14:34,481 --> 00:14:35,724 LEFT OFF AN APOSTROPHE. 250 00:14:35,758 --> 00:14:40,413 SO, THERE'S A COUPLE OF PHRASES THAT MATCHES ADRIAN'S PATTERN? 251 00:14:40,447 --> 00:14:43,447 >> YES. 252 00:14:43,481 --> 00:14:46,654 >> Reporter: SHE ALSO REALIZED MASTERMIND365 SEEMED TO HAVE 253 00:14:46,688 --> 00:14:51,551 GROWN IMPATIENT WITH YURA OVER TIME, AND THAT'S WHEN SHE SAW 254 00:14:51,586 --> 00:14:55,861 ONE PARTICULAR MESSAGE THAT SENT A SHIVER UP HER SPINE. 255 00:14:55,895 --> 00:14:58,413 >> "DO YOU GUYS SELL GUNS? 256 00:14:58,447 --> 00:15:02,517 I NEED A PISTOL WITH A SILENCER." 257 00:15:02,551 --> 00:15:04,000 >> Reporter: HE'S ASKED YURA TO HELP HIM GET A GUN WITH A 258 00:15:04,033 --> 00:15:04,481 SILENCER. 259 00:15:04,517 --> 00:15:06,586 >> MM-HMM. 260 00:15:06,620 --> 00:15:08,136 >> Reporter: WHAT DOES THAT TELL YOU? 261 00:15:08,172 --> 00:15:11,481 >> IT SOUNDS LIKE HE IS WILLING TO TAKE MATTERS INTO HIS OWN 262 00:15:11,517 --> 00:15:12,826 HANDS IF IT DOESN'T GET DONE. 263 00:15:12,861 --> 00:15:16,447 >> Reporter: JUST LIKE STEPHEN ALLWINE. 264 00:15:16,481 --> 00:15:21,481 AND THAT'S WHAT WORRIES OUR DARK WEB EXPERT, LISA. 265 00:15:21,517 --> 00:15:25,517 SHE BELIEVES YURA'S WEB SITES ARE A SCAM AND THAT FRUSTRATED 266 00:15:25,551 --> 00:15:28,447 CLIENTS MAY BE MOVED TO VIOLENCE. 267 00:15:28,481 --> 00:15:32,481 >> THE FACT THAT HE'S A SCAMMER, AS OPPOSED TO AN ACTUAL HIT MAN- 268 00:15:32,517 --> 00:15:39,447 FOR-HIRE PROVIDER DOES NOT REMOVE THE FACT THAT HE IS A 269 00:15:39,481 --> 00:15:40,724 THREAT OR IS A CRIMINAL. 270 00:15:40,758 --> 00:15:43,447 >> THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO BELIEVE IT IS A REAL HIT MAN 271 00:15:43,481 --> 00:15:47,447 WEB SITE. 272 00:15:47,481 --> 00:15:51,067 >> Reporter: ALEXIS STERN SAYS, AFTER MORE THAN A YEAR WITH 273 00:15:51,102 --> 00:15:55,413 LITTLE APPARENT PROGRESS ON HER CASE, SHE BECAME FRUSTRATED AND 274 00:15:55,447 --> 00:15:57,895 AGREED TO TRY HER LUCK WITH US. 275 00:15:57,931 --> 00:16:03,274 >> I DECIDED I MIGHT AS WELL TAKE A CHANCE AND SEE WHAT 276 00:16:03,309 --> 00:16:04,517 "48 HOURS" CAN HELP ME WITH. 277 00:16:04,551 --> 00:16:07,551 >> Reporter: SHE IS DETERMINED TO SEE JUSTICE CATCH UP TO THE 278 00:16:07,586 --> 00:16:10,931 MAN SHE SAYS ORDERED HER MURDER AND THE PERSON WHO PROMISED TO 279 00:16:10,965 --> 00:16:15,481 ARRANGE IT. 280 00:16:15,517 --> 00:16:18,551 LISA, WE HAVE ALWAYS THOUGHT IN OUR INVESTIGATION THAT YURA MUST 281 00:16:18,586 --> 00:16:21,000 LIVE OVERSEAS. 282 00:16:21,033 --> 00:16:22,826 ARE WE RIGHT? 283 00:16:22,861 --> 00:16:23,793 >> NO, PETER. 284 00:16:23,826 --> 00:16:25,620 YURA MIGHT LIVE RIGHT HERE IN NEW YORK CITY. 285 00:16:44,033 --> 00:16:48,000 >> A HIT MAN MARKETPLACE IS LIKE ANY OTHER AUCTION SITE. 286 00:16:48,033 --> 00:16:50,965 IT BRINGS CUSTOMERS AND VENDORS TOGETHER. 287 00:16:51,000 --> 00:16:54,000 >> Reporter: HE'S STILL OUT THERE SOMEWHERE-- THE 288 00:16:54,033 --> 00:16:58,274 CYBERGHOST, YURA-- STILL UNCATCHABLE IN A HIDDEN WORLD. 289 00:16:58,309 --> 00:17:05,000 STILL A CONFOUNDING MYSTERY. 290 00:17:05,034 --> 00:17:09,000 IT'S PROBABLY NO SURPRISE THAT OUR GLOBAL MANHUNT FOR YURA 291 00:17:09,034 --> 00:17:12,275 BEGAN ON A COMPUTER. 292 00:17:12,309 --> 00:17:15,000 SO, I'VE VENTURED INTO A VERY STRANGE PLACE FOR THE FIRST TIME 293 00:17:15,034 --> 00:17:16,172 IN MY LIFE, THE DARK WEB. 294 00:17:16,205 --> 00:17:19,964 IN 2018, WE WROTE TO HIM ON HIS WEB SITE, ASKING FOR AN 295 00:17:20,000 --> 00:17:21,275 INTERVIEW. 296 00:17:21,309 --> 00:17:26,964 MUCH TO OUR SURPRISE, HE AGREED TO SIT DOWN WITH US ON CAMERA IN 297 00:17:27,000 --> 00:17:31,619 LONDON. 298 00:17:31,654 --> 00:17:35,689 WE WERE ALREADY THERE TO INTERVIEW A SELF-STYLED 299 00:17:35,723 --> 00:17:37,378 "CYBERCRIME RESEARCHER" NAMED CHRIS MONTEIRO, WHO'D BEEN 300 00:17:37,413 --> 00:17:49,689 MOITORING YURA AND HIS HIT MAN SITES FOR MORE THAN THREE YEARS. 301 00:17:49,723 --> 00:17:51,931 >> Reporter: SO, WE'VE FLOWN FROM NEW YORK TO LONDON, RENTED 302 00:17:51,964 --> 00:17:55,344 THIS STUDIO-- YOU CAN SEE THE LIGHTS BEHIND ME FOR THE BIG 303 00:17:55,378 --> 00:17:59,931 INTERVIEW-- AND WE EVEN BROUGHT IN A MASTER OF DISGUISE WHO'S 304 00:17:59,964 --> 00:18:03,000 GOING TO CAMOUFLAGE YURA'S FACE. 305 00:18:03,034 --> 00:18:06,689 NOW, ALL WE NEED IS HIM. 306 00:18:06,723 --> 00:18:09,000 THE ELUSIVE YURA NEVER SHOWED UP, CLAIMING WE COULD HAVE BEEN 307 00:18:09,034 --> 00:18:11,964 FOLLOWED BY POLICE. 308 00:18:12,000 --> 00:18:15,000 BUT HE DID START SENDING US THOSE VIDEO STATEMENTS. 309 00:18:15,034 --> 00:18:19,034 >> WE WILL BE WAITING FOR YOU TO COME PLACE YOUR ORDERS AND GET 310 00:18:19,067 --> 00:18:20,344 RID OF YOUR PROBLEMS. 311 00:18:20,378 --> 00:18:23,964 >> Reporter: YURA, WHO SEEMS TO ENJOY TAUNTING "48 HOURS," SENT 312 00:18:24,000 --> 00:18:31,034 US THIS EMAIL IN JUNE 2019: "UNFORTUNATELY, AFTER YOUR SHOW, 313 00:18:31,067 --> 00:18:34,654 THE BUSINESS HAS DECREASED TREMENDOUSLY. 314 00:18:34,689 --> 00:18:39,964 PEOPLE CONCLUDED THAT THE SITE IS A SCAM." 315 00:18:40,000 --> 00:18:43,862 YURA EVEN CLAIMED HE'S GOING LEGIT, MOVING AWAY FROM 316 00:18:43,895 --> 00:18:47,378 THE MURDER-FOR-HIRE SITES INTO THE REAL WORLD. 317 00:18:47,413 --> 00:18:51,931 "I OPENED A RESTAURANT BUSINESS, AND I LIVE NICE." 318 00:18:51,964 --> 00:18:55,931 LISA, OUR DARK WEB EXPERT, DOUBTS YURA HAS LEFT HIS 319 00:18:55,964 --> 00:18:56,964 CRIMINAL PAST BEHIND. 320 00:18:57,000 --> 00:18:59,517 >> HE'S STILL VERY MUCH IN BUSINESS. 321 00:18:59,550 --> 00:19:00,205 >> Reporter: HE'S STILL WORKING? 322 00:19:00,240 --> 00:19:01,481 >> ABSOLUTELY. 323 00:19:01,517 --> 00:19:07,654 >> Reporter: AND, AS THE CASES OF AMY ALLWINE AND ALEXIS STERN 324 00:19:07,689 --> 00:19:12,000 SHOW, EVEN IF YURA'S HIT MAN SITES ARESCAMS, THE CUSTOMERS 325 00:19:12,034 --> 00:19:18,205 PAYING HIM TO HAVE PEOPLE KILLED ARE HORRIFYINGLY REAL. 326 00:19:18,240 --> 00:19:19,964 A LOT OF PEOPLE WANT OTHE PEOPLE KILLED. 327 00:19:20,000 --> 00:19:21,826 >> CORRECT. 328 00:19:21,862 --> 00:19:23,964 >> Reporter: ALL ACROSS THE UNITED STATES. 329 00:19:24,000 --> 00:19:26,309 >> AND THE WORLD, YES. 330 00:19:26,344 --> 00:19:31,309 >> Reporter: LISA IS DETERMINED TO UNMASK YURA. 331 00:19:31,344 --> 00:19:32,000 >> EVERYONE CAN BE FOUND. 332 00:19:32,034 --> 00:19:35,654 YURA CAN BE FOUND. 333 00:19:35,689 --> 00:19:38,964 >> Reporter: AND SHE QUICKLY SPOTTED HER FIRST CLUE: A 334 00:19:39,000 --> 00:19:43,413 MASSIVE TRAIL OF HACKED DIGITAL DATA. 335 00:19:43,448 --> 00:19:47,895 DIGGING THROUGH THAT TREASURE TROVE, LISA BELIEVES SHE'S 336 00:19:47,931 --> 00:19:48,619 UNEARTHED A FEW GOLD NUGGETS... 337 00:19:48,654 --> 00:19:50,964 >> HI, THIS IS YURA AGAIN. 338 00:19:51,000 --> 00:19:55,550 >> Reporter: ...INCLUDING YURA'S LIKELY PASSWORD FROM ONE OF HIS 339 00:19:55,586 --> 00:19:56,723 EARLY MURDER-FOR-HIRE SITES. 340 00:19:56,758 --> 00:19:59,931 >> IN THIS CASE, WE'VE GOT THIS VERY UNIQUE PASSWORD OF 341 00:19:59,964 --> 00:20:00,586 FRUNZA22. 342 00:20:00,619 --> 00:20:02,964 >> Reporter: F-R-U-N-Z-A 22. 343 00:20:03,000 --> 00:20:05,723 SO, THIS SOUNDS LIKE A LEAD. 344 00:20:05,758 --> 00:20:07,931 >> FROM A DIGITAL FORENSICS PERSPECTIVE, THIS IS A HUGE 345 00:20:07,964 --> 00:20:09,136 LEAD. 346 00:20:09,172 --> 00:20:12,344 >> Reporter: LISA IMMEDIATELY LAUNCHED A WORLDWIDE SEARCH 347 00:20:12,378 --> 00:20:15,931 ACROSS THE DARK WEB AND THE REGULAR INTERNET FOR THAT 348 00:20:15,964 --> 00:20:19,931 PASSWORD POSSIBLY LINKED TO YURA. 349 00:20:19,964 --> 00:20:23,931 IN A MATTER OF HOURS, SHE ZEROED IN ON TWO HITS FROM DIFFERENT 350 00:20:23,964 --> 00:20:27,895 SIDES OF THE PLANET. 351 00:20:27,931 --> 00:20:32,931 >> JUST ON A GOOGLE SEARCH, FRUNZA22 ACTUALLY LED US TO 352 00:20:32,964 --> 00:20:38,931 MOLDOVA, OF ALL PLACES. 353 00:20:38,964 --> 00:20:42,413 >> Reporter: THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA, A FORMER SOVIET STATE 354 00:20:42,448 --> 00:20:43,586 IN EASTERN EUROPE. 355 00:20:43,619 --> 00:20:44,895 THERE'S A VILLAGE HERE CALLED FRUNZA. 356 00:20:44,931 --> 00:20:47,895 IT'S ALSO A COMMON LAST NAME. 357 00:20:47,931 --> 00:20:51,895 >> FRUNZA22 GAVE US ALL THIS INTELLIGENCE WITH WHICH TO WORK 358 00:20:51,931 --> 00:20:55,895 WITH AND NARROW DOWN WHO YURA POSSIBLY COULD BE. 359 00:20:55,931 --> 00:21:00,448 >> Reporter: LISA DISCOVERED THAT THE ONLINE SELLER OF THIS 360 00:21:00,481 --> 00:21:03,931 CAR IN MOLDOVA HAD ALSO USED "FRUNZA22." 361 00:21:03,964 --> 00:21:06,240 COULD THERE BE A LINK? 362 00:21:06,275 --> 00:21:08,205 >> THE LICENSE PLATE FOR THIS CAR OBVIOUSLY GIVES US MORE 363 00:21:08,240 --> 00:21:09,413 INFORMATION. 364 00:21:09,448 --> 00:21:11,275 >> Reporter: DO YOU HAVE AN ANSWER YET AS TO WHO OWNS THIS 365 00:21:11,309 --> 00:21:11,931 VEHICLE? 366 00:21:11,964 --> 00:21:13,205 >> UNFORTUNATELY, WE DO NOT. 367 00:21:13,240 --> 00:21:15,931 WE'RE COORDINATING WITH PEOPLE ON THE GROUND IN MOLDOVA TO SEE 368 00:21:15,964 --> 00:21:19,931 WHO THIS CAR IS ACTUALLY REGISTERED TO. 369 00:21:19,964 --> 00:21:23,103 >> Reporter: BUT THE MOST COMPELLING CLUE, LISA SAYS, 370 00:21:23,136 --> 00:21:26,895 CONNECTS YURA'S POSSIBLE PASSWORD TO A STANDARD EMAIL 371 00:21:26,931 --> 00:21:31,931 ADDRESS HEREIN THE UNITED STATES. 372 00:21:31,964 --> 00:21:35,895 >> I WAS ABLE TO IDENTIFY THAT WITH A VERY HIGH PROBABILITY 373 00:21:35,931 --> 00:21:42,964 WITH AN OLDER RUSSIAN WOMAN IN NEW YORK. 374 00:21:43,000 --> 00:21:47,481 >> Reporter: LISA THINKS THE WOMAN COULD BE YURA'S RELATIVE. 375 00:21:47,517 --> 00:21:50,895 THE CYBER SEARCH FOR YURA AND HIS ANONYMOUS DARK WEB 376 00:21:50,931 --> 00:21:54,654 CONNECTIONS WILL INVOLVE A TEDIOUS, TIME-CONSUMING PROCESS 377 00:21:54,689 --> 00:21:59,895 OF FOLLOWING DIGITAL BREADCRUMBS. 378 00:21:59,931 --> 00:22:02,309 >> ONE PIECE OF EVIDENCE STANDS ON ITS OWN, AND YOU LOOK AT IT 379 00:22:02,344 --> 00:22:05,309 AS A BREADCRUMB, AND YOU TRY TO CHASE THAT FOR A BIT. 380 00:22:05,344 --> 00:22:08,205 AND THEN, YOU FIND ANOTHER BREADCRUMB. 381 00:22:08,240 --> 00:22:12,275 AND COLLECTIVELY, WHEN YOU START TO ADD ALL OF THESE THINGS UP, 382 00:22:12,309 --> 00:22:15,931 YOU HAVE A HIGHER CONFIDENCE ASSESSMENT. 383 00:22:15,964 --> 00:22:19,931 >> I KEEP MY IDENTITY PRIVATE, EVERYTHING THAT COULD HELP WITH 384 00:22:19,964 --> 00:22:23,931 RECOGNITION. 385 00:22:23,964 --> 00:22:27,067 >> Reporter: AS OUR GLOBAL HUNT FOR YURA INTENSIFIES, WE'RE 386 00:22:27,103 --> 00:22:31,792 REMINDED THAT HIS BORDERLESS REACH FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE 387 00:22:31,826 --> 00:22:36,275 INTERNET HAS LEFT SHATTERED LIVES IN HIS WAKE-- AMY ALLWINE 388 00:22:36,309 --> 00:22:50,481 MURDERED AND OTHERS MARKED FOR DEATH, LIVING IN PERPETUAL FEAR. 389 00:22:50,517 --> 00:22:54,586 >> Reporter: WHAT CHRIS MONTEIRO DIDWAS SECRETLY HACK INTO 390 00:22:54,619 --> 00:22:56,931 YURA'S WEB SITES, DREDGING UP DISTURBING EMAILS FROM CLIENTS 391 00:22:56,964 --> 00:23:06,378 ORDERING GRISLY HITS, AND PASSING THEM ON TO "48 HOURS." 392 00:23:06,413 --> 00:23:08,240 WE IMMEDIATELY INFORMED LAW ENFORCEMENT. 393 00:23:08,275 --> 00:23:14,964 THREE CASES WE INVESTIGATED IN 2018 IN ILLINOIS, TENNESSEE AND 394 00:23:15,000 --> 00:23:18,931 CALIFORNIA HAVE LED TO EXPLOSIVE CONCLUSIONS. 395 00:23:18,964 --> 00:23:23,931 DO YOU UNDERSTAND THE TERROR THAT YOU HAVE CAUSED? 396 00:23:23,964 --> 00:23:27,931 WOODRIDGE, ILLINOIS: TINA JONES, A REGISTERED NURSE, GOT INVOLVED 397 00:23:27,964 --> 00:23:31,964 WITH A MARRIED COLLEAGUE. 398 00:23:32,000 --> 00:23:35,792 WHEN HEENDED THE AFFAIR, SHE ALLEGEDLY PAID YURA ABOUT 399 00:23:35,826 --> 00:23:43,205 $12,000 TO KILL THE MAN'S WIFE. 400 00:23:43,240 --> 00:23:44,448 >> [ UNINTELLIGIBLE] >> MISS JONES IS PRESENT AND 401 00:23:44,481 --> 00:23:46,826 APPROACHING THE BENCH. 402 00:23:46,862 --> 00:23:48,413 >> Reporter: THIS WAS A NURSE, SOMEONE WHO SAVESLIVES. 403 00:23:48,448 --> 00:23:51,895 >> TRUTH REALLY IS STRANGER THAN FICTION. 404 00:23:51,931 --> 00:23:54,481 >> SO... 405 00:23:54,517 --> 00:23:56,103 >> Reporter: IN NEWLY-RELEASED VIDEO, WOODRIDGE POLICE SERGEANT 406 00:23:56,136 --> 00:23:58,309 DANIEL MURRAY, ACTING ON THE "48 HOURS" TIP, BROUGHT A 407 00:23:58,344 --> 00:24:00,344 CHILLINGLY CALM TINA JONES IN FOR QUESTIONING. 408 00:24:18,481 --> 00:24:19,344 >> Rporter: PAUSE. 409 00:24:19,378 --> 00:24:19,931 YOU BUYING IT? 410 00:24:19,964 --> 00:24:20,964 >> NO. 411 00:24:21,000 --> 00:24:21,931 >> Reporter: WHY NOT? 412 00:24:21,964 --> 00:24:25,136 >> SHE JUST DOESN'T COME OFF AS BELIEVABLE. 413 00:24:25,172 --> 00:24:27,172 >> Reporter: MOMENTS LATER, THE TRUTH. 414 00:24:34,517 --> 00:24:36,931 >> Reporter: TINA JONES JUST PLEADED GUILTY TO ATTEMPTED 415 00:24:36,964 --> 00:24:38,275 FIRST-DEGREE MURDER. 416 00:24:38,309 --> 00:24:42,344 IN AUGUST 2019, TINA JONES LEARNED HER FATE. 417 00:24:42,378 --> 00:24:49,654 SHE WILL SPEND THE NEXT TEN YEARS IN PRISON. 418 00:24:49,689 --> 00:24:50,826 >> 418 OUT CENTRAL... 419 00:24:50,862 --> 00:24:54,309 >> Reporter: "48 HOURS" ALSO TIPPED OFF DETECTIVE MICHAEL 420 00:24:54,344 --> 00:24:56,275 ULREY IN CLARKSVILLE, TENNESSEE, WHO BROKE THE NEWS TO THEN-22- 421 00:24:56,309 --> 00:24:59,240 YEAR-OLD SYDNEY MINOR... 422 00:24:59,275 --> 00:25:01,826 >> I GOT YOU! 423 00:25:01,862 --> 00:25:02,413 >> Reporter: ...A SINGLE MOM. 424 00:25:17,172 --> 00:25:20,309 >> Reporter: SYDNEY, WHO WAS PREGNANT WITH HER SECOND CHILD, 425 00:25:20,344 --> 00:25:26,309 QUICKLY IDENTIFIED THE FATHER OF HER UNBORN BABY AS A SUSPECT: 426 00:25:26,344 --> 00:25:27,413 BRANDON STATES. 427 00:25:27,448 --> 00:25:35,275 SYDNEY SAYS HE HAD PRESSURED HER TO GET AN ABORTION. 428 00:25:35,309 --> 00:25:38,309 >> THE ONLY PERSON IN OUR MIND WAS BRANDON STATES. 429 00:25:38,344 --> 00:25:39,517 >> Reporter: BECAUSE? 430 00:25:39,550 --> 00:25:42,034 >> BECAUSE IT WAS HIS CHILD, AND SHE REFUSED TO GET RID OF 431 00:25:42,067 --> 00:25:43,275 THE CHILD. 432 00:25:43,309 --> 00:25:47,275 >> Reporter: BRANDON STATES EVENTUALLY PLEADED GUILTY TO 433 00:25:47,309 --> 00:25:50,275 ATTEMPTED PREMEDITATED MURDER. 434 00:25:50,309 --> 00:25:54,689 IN MARCH 2020, THE ARMY SPECIALIST WAS SENTENCED BY A 435 00:25:54,723 --> 00:25:59,275 MILITARY COURT TO 15 YEARS IN FORT LEAVENWORTH. 436 00:25:59,309 --> 00:26:02,344 BY HIS FINAL COURT HEARING, SYDNEY HAD GIVEN BIRTH TO A 437 00:26:02,378 --> 00:26:04,481 LITTLE GIRL NAMED SAYLOR. 438 00:26:04,517 --> 00:26:11,309 BRANDEN STATES ASKED TO MEET HIS DAUGHTER BEFORE GOING TO PRISON. 439 00:26:11,344 --> 00:26:13,723 SYDNEY RELUCTANTLY AGREED AND HANDED THE LITTLE GIRL TO THE 440 00:26:13,758 --> 00:26:18,481 MAN WHO HAD PAID MONEY TO KILL THEM BOTH. 441 00:26:18,517 --> 00:26:20,309 GIVE ME A SENSE OF WHAT WAS GOING THROUGH YOUR MIND AT THAT 442 00:26:20,344 --> 00:26:22,964 MOMENT. 443 00:26:23,000 --> 00:26:23,378 >> FEAR. 444 00:26:23,413 --> 00:26:26,309 A LOT OF FEAR. 445 00:26:26,344 --> 00:26:31,309 SHE HAD TO MEET HIM IN A COURTROOM WITH POLICE OFFICERS 446 00:26:31,344 --> 00:26:34,205 AND ARMED GUARDS. 447 00:26:34,240 --> 00:26:38,240 I TOLD HIM, "I'LL NEVER FORGIVE YOU FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE." 448 00:26:43,309 --> 00:26:47,275 >> Reporter: AROUND THE SAME TIME, IN SAN LUIS OBISPO, 449 00:26:47,309 --> 00:26:50,413 CALIFORNIA, THIS MAN AWAITS TRIAL. 450 00:26:50,448 --> 00:26:53,654 WE KNOW THAT YOU WANTED YOUR STEPMOTHER MURDERED, BUT WE 451 00:26:53,689 --> 00:26:55,275 DON'T KNOW WHY. 452 00:26:55,309 --> 00:26:56,275 WHY DID YOU DO IT? 453 00:27:09,034 --> 00:27:14,000 >> Reporter: IN LATE 2019, BEAU BRIGHAM, A ONE-TIME YOUTUBE 454 00:27:14,034 --> 00:27:15,034 STAR... 455 00:27:15,067 --> 00:27:18,000 >> ♪ I NEVER DID IT FOR THE MONEY 456 00:27:18,034 --> 00:27:21,034 ♪ I DID IT 'CAUSE I HAD A LOT OF TIME ON MY HANDS ♪ 457 00:27:21,067 --> 00:27:25,517 >> Reporter: ...IS ON TRIAL FOR SOLICITATION OF MURDER AFTER "48 458 00:27:25,550 --> 00:27:29,964 HOURS" TIPPED AUTHORITIES TO HIS CASE. 459 00:27:30,000 --> 00:27:33,964 IN 2018, BRIGHAM ALLEGEDLY HAD PAID YURA TO ARRANGE THE 460 00:27:34,000 --> 00:27:37,344 ASSASSINATION OF HIS STEPMOTHER. 461 00:27:37,378 --> 00:27:41,964 DURING QUESTIONING BY DETECTIVES, HE SEEMED TO 462 00:27:42,000 --> 00:27:43,378 ACKNOWLEDGE ORDERING THE HIT. 463 00:27:50,000 --> 00:27:53,517 >> I DO NOT DENY HE WENT TO THE SITE. 464 00:27:53,550 --> 00:27:57,000 I ABSOLUTELY DENY THAT HE HAD ANY INTENTION WHATSOEVER OF 465 00:27:57,034 --> 00:28:00,964 HURTING HIS STEPMOTHER. 466 00:28:01,000 --> 00:28:05,000 >> Reporter: DEFENSE ATTORNEY ILAN FUNKE-BILU SAYS BRIGHAM 467 00:28:05,034 --> 00:28:06,275 WASN'T SERIOUS. 468 00:28:06,309 --> 00:28:11,964 EVIDENCE SHOWS BRIGHAM PAID LESS THAN $3 IN BITCOIN TOWARD THE 469 00:28:12,000 --> 00:28:13,136 $5,000 HIT. 470 00:28:13,172 --> 00:28:17,000 >> IF THERE WAS TRUE INTENT, IT WOULDN'T STOP AT $2.95. 471 00:28:17,034 --> 00:28:20,034 >> Reporter: AFTER NEARLY THREE WEEKS OF TESTIMONY, IT TAKES THE 472 00:28:20,067 --> 00:28:24,895 JURY SEVEN HOURS TO FIND BRIGHAM GUILTY OF SOLICITATION OF 473 00:28:24,931 --> 00:28:25,378 MURDER. 474 00:28:25,413 --> 00:28:28,344 AND A MONTH LATER? 475 00:28:28,378 --> 00:28:31,067 SO, I JUST CAME OUT OF THE COURTROOM. 476 00:28:31,103 --> 00:28:33,136 HE WAS SENTENCED TO JUST THREE YEARS IN STATE PRISON. 477 00:28:33,172 --> 00:28:44,034 BUT WITH CREDIT FOR TIME SERVED, HE WAS RELEASED IN JANUARY 2020. 478 00:28:44,067 --> 00:28:48,964 ALEXIS STERN IS FRUSTRATED THAT, IN HER CASE, THERE HASN'T EVEN 479 00:28:49,000 --> 00:28:52,240 BEEN AN ARREST. 480 00:28:52,275 --> 00:28:56,034 "48 HOURS" TRACKED HER EX- BOYFRIEND, ADRIAN FRY, TO THIS 481 00:28:56,067 --> 00:29:00,172 HOUSE IN THE CITY OF BATH, ENGLAND, AND WE'RE WATCHING THE 482 00:29:00,205 --> 00:29:01,067 PLACE. 483 00:29:01,103 --> 00:29:05,034 SO FAR, HE HASN'T EMERGED. 484 00:29:05,067 --> 00:29:14,000 >> THE HIT MAN MARKETPLACE IS LIKE ANY OTHER AUCTION SITE. 485 00:29:14,034 --> 00:29:17,000 >> Reporter: THE MAN WHO TOOK THE KILL ORDER ADRIAN ALLEGEDLY 486 00:29:17,034 --> 00:29:18,586 MADE IS STILL AT LARGE, TOO. 487 00:29:18,619 --> 00:29:20,448 BUT LISA SAYS FINDING YURA MAY PARTLY DEPEND ON EXPOSING AND 488 00:29:20,481 --> 00:29:22,205 FLIPPING THE PEOPLE WHO WORK WITH HIM. 489 00:29:22,240 --> 00:29:25,034 >> EVERYONE HAS A NETWORK, RIGHT? 490 00:29:25,067 --> 00:29:27,862 >> Reporter: WE UNCOVERED INFORMATION ABOUT AN IMPORTANT 491 00:29:27,895 --> 00:29:37,000 THREAD IN YURA'S WEB, A THREAD STRETCHING ALL THE WAY TO THE 492 00:29:37,034 --> 00:29:41,000 SPRAWLING CITY OF KOLKATA, INDIA, AND A COMPUTER CONTRACTOR 493 00:29:41,034 --> 00:29:43,654 NAMED SANTOSH SHARMA. 494 00:29:43,689 --> 00:29:47,792 >> YURA CONTRACTED SANTOSH SHARMA TO ASSIST HIM WITH 495 00:29:47,826 --> 00:29:48,964 DIGITAL MARKETING AND PROMOTION. 496 00:29:49,000 --> 00:29:52,964 >> Reporter: YURA HAD BECOME SO BRAZEN, HE ACTUALLY WAS 497 00:29:53,000 --> 00:29:56,067 PROMOTING HIS DARK WEB SITES ON THE REGULAR INTERNET BY HIRING A 498 00:29:56,103 --> 00:30:00,586 MARKETING SPECIALIST. 499 00:30:00,619 --> 00:30:04,481 OUR PRODUCER IN INDIA, ARSHAD ZARGAR, SPENT WEEKS LOOKING FOR 500 00:30:04,517 --> 00:30:05,481 SHARMA. 501 00:30:05,517 --> 00:30:16,862 >> WE MANAGED TO TRACK DOWN BOTH HIS ADDRESSES. 502 00:30:16,895 --> 00:30:19,000 >> Reporter: WE TIPPED AUTHORITIES, WHO SUMMONED SHARMA 503 00:30:19,034 --> 00:30:20,172 TO THE POLICE STATION. 504 00:30:20,205 --> 00:30:22,000 AFTER THEY QUESTIONED HIM, SHARMA AGREED TO AN INTERVIEW 505 00:30:22,034 --> 00:30:24,826 WE ASKED HIM ABOUT THE SITES HE CREATED ON THE REGULAR INTERNET 506 00:30:24,862 --> 00:30:31,000 TO ADVERTISE YURA'S SITES ON THE DARK WEB. 507 00:30:31,034 --> 00:30:33,000 >> WHAT ARE THE WEB SITES THAT YOU CREATED FOR HIM? 508 00:30:33,034 --> 00:30:37,895 >> I HAVE CREATED murderforhire.com, 509 00:30:37,931 --> 00:30:39,103 besamafia.com, hireahitman.com. 510 00:30:39,136 --> 00:30:41,067 >> Reporter: HE INSISTED HE WAS JUST AN EVERYDAY INTERNET 511 00:30:41,103 --> 00:30:43,103 MARKETER, HIRED ON A FREELANCE JOB. 512 00:30:52,275 --> 00:30:58,000 >> Reporter: HE SAID THEY'RE NOT IN TOUCH AT ALL ANY MORE AND 513 00:30:58,034 --> 00:31:02,309 THAT HE DOESN'T KNOW YURA'S REAL NAME OR LOCATION BUT WISHES HE 514 00:31:02,344 --> 00:31:04,344 DID BECAUSE YURA SCAMMED HIM, TOO. 515 00:31:16,586 --> 00:31:21,067 >> Reporter: SHARMA WAS RELEASED WITHOUT CHARGES, BUT HACKER 516 00:31:21,103 --> 00:31:25,103 CHRIS MONTEIRO SAYS YURA'S OPERATIONS TOOK A BODY BLOW. 517 00:31:34,067 --> 00:31:38,103 >> Reporter: LISA WANTS TO SEE YURA SHUT DOWN COMPLETELY, AND 518 00:31:38,136 --> 00:31:42,034 SHE BELIEVES SHE'S GETTING CLOSE TO FINDING HIM. 519 00:31:42,067 --> 00:31:44,792 >> IT WILL BE RIGHT UP HERE, RIGHT ON THE RIGHT. 520 00:31:44,826 --> 00:31:49,136 I'M GOING TO DROP MY HEAD DOWN. 521 00:31:49,172 --> 00:31:50,000 MY HEART IS RACING. 522 00:31:54,067 --> 00:31:56,654 >> Reporter: AND WE'RE CLOSING IN ON ADRIAN FRY, TOO. 523 00:31:56,689 --> 00:32:00,481 HE LIVES IN THIS HOUSE, WEST OF LONDON. 524 00:32:00,517 --> 00:32:02,172 LET'S KNOCK, SEE WHAT HAPPENS. 525 00:32:02,205 --> 00:32:05,205 [ KNOCKING] HEY, GOOD EVENING. 526 00:32:21,034 --> 00:32:25,000 >> Reporter: WE STAKED OUT ADRIAN FRY'S HOUSE IN ENGLAND, 527 00:32:25,034 --> 00:32:28,689 THE YOUNG MAN ALEXIS BELIEVES ORDERED HER MURDER AND ASKED 528 00:32:28,723 --> 00:32:29,931 YURA ABOUT OBTAINING A GUN. 529 00:32:29,964 --> 00:32:33,448 FOR DAYS, IT SEEMED LIKE NOBODY WAS HOME. 530 00:32:33,481 --> 00:32:36,586 THEN, ONE NIGHT IN EARLY FEBRUARY 2020? 531 00:32:36,619 --> 00:32:37,758 TAKE A LOOK AT THIS. 532 00:32:37,792 --> 00:32:39,034 A CAR HAS JUST PULLED UP IN FRONT OF THE HOUSE, SO WE'RE 533 00:32:39,067 --> 00:32:45,895 GOING TO HEAD OVER NOW AND GO KNOCK ON THE DOOR. 534 00:32:45,931 --> 00:32:48,586 LET'S KNOCK, SEE WHAT HAPPENS. 535 00:32:48,619 --> 00:32:59,586 AND SEE IF WE CAN SPEAK FACE-TO- FACE WITH ADRIAN FRY. 536 00:32:59,619 --> 00:33:00,792 HEY, GOOD EVENING. 537 00:33:00,826 --> 00:33:01,586 MY NAME IS PETER VAN SANT. 538 00:33:01,619 --> 00:33:02,862 I WAS WONDERING IF ADRIAN'S HERE? 539 00:33:02,895 --> 00:33:05,964 ADRIAN'S BROTHER ANSWERED THE DOOR, SAYING ADRIAN WAS VISITING 540 00:33:06,000 --> 00:33:07,240 FRIENDS. 541 00:33:07,275 --> 00:33:09,964 HE GAVE US THE NAME OF A NEARBY TOWN, AND WE WENT TO CHECK IT 542 00:33:10,000 --> 00:33:12,895 OUT, BUT COULDN'T FIND HIM. 543 00:33:12,931 --> 00:33:17,964 WOULD YOU EVER MEET WITH ADRIAN FRY AGAIN? 544 00:33:18,000 --> 00:33:21,413 >> NOT UNLESS HE'S BEHIND BARS. 545 00:33:21,448 --> 00:33:24,240 >> Reporter: BUT THAT NOW SEEMS UNLIKELY. 546 00:33:24,275 --> 00:33:27,931 IN NOVEMBER 2019, ALEXIS STERN RECEIVED A LETTER FROM THE 547 00:33:27,964 --> 00:33:33,517 F.B.I., SAYING THE CASE WAS BEING CLOSED BECAUSE "THE UNITED 548 00:33:33,550 --> 00:33:37,000 STATES ATTORNEY'S OFFICE HAS DECLINED TO PROSECUTE." 549 00:33:37,034 --> 00:33:39,689 BUT AUTHORITIES NEVER EXPLAINED WHYTHE CASE WAS DROPPED AND 550 00:33:39,723 --> 00:33:45,931 REFUSED TO TELL "48 HOURS" WHAT, IF ANYTHING, THEY HAD EVER DONE 551 00:33:45,964 --> 00:33:49,931 TO INVESTIGATE ADRIAN FRY OR YURA. 552 00:33:49,964 --> 00:33:53,931 >> TO ALL LAW ENFORCEMENT: JUST TRY AND CLOSE OUR SITE IF YOU 553 00:33:53,964 --> 00:33:57,895 CAN. 554 00:33:57,931 --> 00:34:00,895 >> Reporter: IN OUR OWN TWO-YEAR GLOBAL SEARCH FOR YURA, WE'D 555 00:34:00,931 --> 00:34:01,448 BEEN STOOD UP IN THE U.K... 556 00:34:01,481 --> 00:34:02,136 WHAT'D HE SAY? 557 00:34:02,172 --> 00:34:05,964 >> I DON'T THINK HE'S COMING. 558 00:34:06,000 --> 00:34:08,000 >> Reporter: ...FOUND YURA'S MARKETING GURU IN INDIA... 559 00:34:17,378 --> 00:34:20,793 >> Reporter: ...BUT NOT YURA HIMSELF; AND HIT A DEAD END WITH 560 00:34:20,827 --> 00:34:25,000 THAT CAR AD IN MOLDOVA, WHERE WE HAD HIRED A LOCAL RESEARCHER TO 561 00:34:25,034 --> 00:34:26,172 TRACK DOWN THE OWNER. 562 00:34:26,206 --> 00:34:30,034 LISA NOW BELIEVES IT'S JUST A COINCIDENCE THAT FRUNZA22 563 00:34:30,068 --> 00:34:32,275 APPEARED IN THE CAR AD. 564 00:34:32,309 --> 00:34:36,793 >> THERE'S NO DIRECT CORRELATION. 565 00:34:36,827 --> 00:34:41,931 >> Reporter: IN JANUARY 2020, WE FOLLOWED LISA'S LEAD TO A WOMAN 566 00:34:41,965 --> 00:34:45,931 IN NEW YORK CITY WHO LISA NOW BELIEVES IS YURA'S MOTHER-IN- 567 00:34:45,965 --> 00:34:46,550 LAW. 568 00:34:46,585 --> 00:34:48,965 WE'VE JUST LEFT MANHATTAN. 569 00:34:49,000 --> 00:34:49,413 WHERE ARE WE HEADING? 570 00:34:49,447 --> 00:34:50,068 >> QUEENS. 571 00:34:50,103 --> 00:34:52,862 MAYBE WE'LL FIND YURA. 572 00:34:52,896 --> 00:34:54,137 >> Reporter: I HOPE SO. 573 00:34:54,172 --> 00:34:57,896 IT TOOK THREE MONTHS OF DIGGING THROUGH DIGITAL CLUES FOR LISA 574 00:34:57,931 --> 00:35:01,965 TO UNCOVER WHAT SHE CALLS "STRONG EVIDENCE" AGAINST THE 575 00:35:02,000 --> 00:35:05,481 MAN SHE NOW BELIEVES ISYURA. 576 00:35:05,516 --> 00:35:09,965 IT INCLUDES A LINK TO THAT UNUSUAL PASSWORD, FRUNZA22. 577 00:35:10,000 --> 00:35:13,965 AND "48 HOURS" DISCOVERED AN EMAIL ADDRESS THAT INCLUDED 578 00:35:14,000 --> 00:35:17,965 "GUN" AND "KILLA" CONNECTED TO THE MAN LISA FOUND IN NEW YORK 579 00:35:18,000 --> 00:35:19,137 CITY. 580 00:35:19,172 --> 00:35:21,965 >> IT WAS ENOUGH TO MAKE ME PAUSE WHEN I SAW THAT EMAIL 581 00:35:22,000 --> 00:35:24,172 ADDRESS. 582 00:35:24,206 --> 00:35:26,757 >> Reporter: LISA BELIEVES THE MAN HAD MOVED TO THE U.S. FROM 583 00:35:26,793 --> 00:35:32,931 OVERSEAS IN THE 1990s AND NOW OWNS A LARGE REPAIR BUSINESS, 584 00:35:32,965 --> 00:35:35,688 REGISTERED SOME KIND OF TECH COMPANY, AND, MOST RECENTLY, 585 00:35:35,724 --> 00:35:36,931 BOUGHT A RESTAURANT. 586 00:35:36,965 --> 00:35:44,619 >> I HAVE HIGH CONFIDENCE THAT THIS MAN IS VERY LIKELY YURA. 587 00:35:44,655 --> 00:35:46,275 >> Reporter: WHAT'S THAT CONFIDENCE LEVEL, IF YOU PUT IT 588 00:35:46,309 --> 00:35:48,447 IN A PERCENTAGE? 589 00:35:48,481 --> 00:35:52,447 >> 75% TO 80%, WHICH IS, IN INTELLIGENCE TERMS, QUITE HIGH. 590 00:35:52,481 --> 00:35:55,000 >> Reporter: LISA SAYS THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS 100% CERTAINTY 591 00:35:55,034 --> 00:35:57,931 ON THE SECRETIVE DARK WEB. 592 00:35:57,965 --> 00:36:04,103 THAT'S WHY WE DECIDED NOT TO NAME THE MAN OR SHOW HIS FACE. 593 00:36:04,137 --> 00:36:07,034 AND WE'RE IN A POSITION WHERE WE CAN TAKE A LOOK DOWN THE 594 00:36:07,068 --> 00:36:10,000 SIDEWALK AND SEE IF HE APPROACHES. 595 00:36:10,034 --> 00:36:13,965 WE SPOTTED HIM ON A PUBLIC SIDEWALK. 596 00:36:14,000 --> 00:36:17,965 THAT'S HIM. 597 00:36:18,000 --> 00:36:18,757 UP THE BLOCK, GO! 598 00:36:18,793 --> 00:36:20,000 HEY, HOW YOU DOING? 599 00:36:20,034 --> 00:36:22,757 I'M PETER VAN SANT WITH CBS NEWS, AND WE HAVE SOME QUESTIONS 600 00:36:22,793 --> 00:36:28,447 WE'D LIKE TO GET ANSWERED, IF WE-- IF WE MAY. 601 00:36:28,481 --> 00:36:34,550 OUR INVESTIGATION OF MURDER-FOR- HIRE ON THE DARK WEB HAS LED US 602 00:36:34,585 --> 00:36:37,793 HERE, AND I WANT TO ASK YOU, ARE YOU YURA? 603 00:36:37,827 --> 00:36:38,724 >> WHO? 604 00:36:38,757 --> 00:36:40,103 >> Reporter: YURA. 605 00:36:40,137 --> 00:36:42,034 >> I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. 606 00:36:42,068 --> 00:36:43,206 MY NAME IS [ BLEEP]. 607 00:36:43,240 --> 00:36:46,724 >> Reporter: YURA IS A PERSON WHO RUNS-- HAS RUN VARIOUS 608 00:36:46,757 --> 00:36:50,724 MURDER-FOR-HIRE SITES ON THE DARK WEB. 609 00:36:50,757 --> 00:36:54,724 >> WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? 610 00:36:54,757 --> 00:36:58,172 CAN YOU EXPLAIN IT TO ME? 611 00:36:58,206 --> 00:37:00,206 >> Reporter: I THEN ASKED HIM ABOUT FRUNZA22, THAT POTENTIALLY 612 00:37:00,240 --> 00:37:01,550 INCRIMINATING PASSWORD. 613 00:37:01,585 --> 00:37:06,137 HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN THAT ON THE BESA MAFIA WEB SITE, THE 614 00:37:06,172 --> 00:37:07,827 ADMINISTRATOR USES A PASSWORD, FRUNZA 22? 615 00:37:07,862 --> 00:37:09,793 F-R-U-N-Z-A 22. 616 00:37:09,827 --> 00:37:11,757 LISA SAYS TO PAY SPECIAL ATTENTION TO THE MAN'S REACTION 617 00:37:11,793 --> 00:37:14,757 AFTER I MENTIONED THE PASSWORD. 618 00:37:14,793 --> 00:37:17,793 >> THE MINUTE YOU HIT HIM WITH THE EVIDENCE, THAT IS THE KEY 619 00:37:17,827 --> 00:37:18,757 PIECE OF EVIDENCE IN THIS CASE... 620 00:37:18,793 --> 00:37:19,827 >> Reporter: THE PASSWORD. 621 00:37:19,862 --> 00:37:21,068 >> THE PASSWORD. 622 00:37:21,103 --> 00:37:23,034 HE IMMEDIATELY THEN SHUTS DOWN AND STARTS GOING, "NO, NO, NO, 623 00:37:23,068 --> 00:37:24,516 NO, I DON'T WANT TO BE HERE." 624 00:37:24,550 --> 00:37:25,896 >> Reporter: HE THEN DID SOMETHING I'VE NEVER SEEN 625 00:37:25,931 --> 00:37:27,103 BEFORE. 626 00:37:27,137 --> 00:37:30,757 >> BEFORE WE START ANYTHING, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THE WHOLE 627 00:37:30,793 --> 00:37:33,516 WORLD KNOWS WHAT'S GOING ON. 628 00:37:33,550 --> 00:37:36,896 >> Reporter: HE STARTED STREAMING OUR CONVERSATION LIVE 629 00:37:36,931 --> 00:37:38,757 ON FACEBOOK, WHERE HE BEGAN SPEAKING MORE TO HIS FOLLOWERS 630 00:37:38,793 --> 00:37:40,516 THAN TO ME. 631 00:37:45,724 --> 00:37:46,965 >> THIS, IN AND OF ITSELF, IS TAKING CONTROL OF THE 632 00:37:47,000 --> 00:37:50,034 COMMUNICATION. 633 00:37:50,068 --> 00:37:52,965 HE WANTS HISWORDS AND HIS VOICE TO BE HEARD, AND NOT YOURS. 634 00:37:53,000 --> 00:37:54,724 >> Reporter: YOU CAN ANSWER MY QUESTION. 635 00:37:54,757 --> 00:37:57,000 >> THERE'S NO YURA'S HERE. 636 00:37:57,034 --> 00:37:59,240 >> Reporter: WE ALSO TRIED TO ASK THE MAN ABOUT ANOTHER 637 00:37:59,275 --> 00:38:02,793 STRIKING SIMILARITY BETWEEN HIM AND YURA IN THE REAL WORLD. 638 00:38:02,827 --> 00:38:06,793 WELL, YURA WROTE US AND SAID THAT HE'D RECENTLY TAKEN HIS 639 00:38:06,827 --> 00:38:10,793 MONEY AND OPENED A NEW RESTAURANT, WHICH, YOU'VE DONE 640 00:38:10,827 --> 00:38:11,827 THAT. 641 00:38:11,862 --> 00:38:15,206 >> AND WHAT RESTAURANT YOU TALKING ABOUT AGAIN? 642 00:38:15,240 --> 00:38:21,724 >> Reporter: THIS RESTAURANT, NOT FAR FROM WHERE WE MET HIM. 643 00:38:21,757 --> 00:38:23,068 HE OPENED THE PLACE IN 2018. 644 00:38:23,103 --> 00:38:25,827 JUST SIX MONTHS LATER, YURA WROTE "48 HOURS" THAT HEHAD 645 00:38:25,862 --> 00:38:26,757 DONE THE SAME. 646 00:38:26,793 --> 00:38:33,344 DO YOU RUN THESE MURDER-FOR-HIRE WEB SITES? 647 00:38:33,378 --> 00:38:37,827 >> Reporter: AS HIS ANGER GREW... 648 00:38:37,862 --> 00:38:40,309 >> Reporter: ...THE MAN SUDDENLY MADE US AN OFFER: NO CAMERAS 649 00:38:40,344 --> 00:38:41,000 ALLOWED. 650 00:38:41,034 --> 00:38:42,757 YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHO IS YURA? 651 00:38:51,378 --> 00:38:54,206 >> Reporter: I TURNED HIM DOWN BECAUSE THE SITUATION WAS 652 00:38:54,240 --> 00:38:54,793 STARTING TO FEEL DANGEROUS. 653 00:38:54,827 --> 00:38:55,827 OH, HEY, GUYS. 654 00:38:55,862 --> 00:38:58,034 AND OUR CONVERSATION... 655 00:38:58,068 --> 00:38:58,827 >> WHO YOU THINK YOU ARE? 656 00:38:58,862 --> 00:39:00,137 >> Reporter: I-- I'M JUST ASKING. 657 00:39:00,172 --> 00:39:01,413 >> WHO YOU THINK YOU ARE? 658 00:39:01,447 --> 00:39:02,619 >> Reporter: ...WAS ABOUT TO TAKE A MAJOR HIT. 659 00:39:02,655 --> 00:39:05,275 >> Reporter: I'M A REPORTER, INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER THAT'S 660 00:39:05,309 --> 00:39:06,793 BEEN FOLLOWING THIS FOR OVER A YEAR. 661 00:39:06,827 --> 00:39:07,862 HEY, COME ON NOW! 662 00:39:07,896 --> 00:39:10,172 DON'T DO THAT. 663 00:39:10,206 --> 00:39:11,757 >> [ BLEEP] >> Reporter: THAT WAS JUST ON 664 00:39:11,793 --> 00:39:13,000 VIDEO. 665 00:39:13,034 --> 00:39:13,965 THAT COULD BE-- THAT COULD BE AN ASSAULT. 666 00:39:14,000 --> 00:39:14,827 >> ASSAULT? 667 00:39:14,862 --> 00:39:15,896 YOU'RE ASSAULTING MERIGHT NOW! 668 00:39:15,931 --> 00:39:17,757 >> Reporter: NO, I'M ASKING YOU A QUESTION! 669 00:39:17,793 --> 00:39:18,827 [ POLICE RADIO] >> YES, WE NEED THE POLICE TO BE 670 00:39:18,862 --> 00:39:19,862 HERE. 671 00:39:19,896 --> 00:39:20,550 >> SIR, YOU HIT ME. 672 00:39:20,585 --> 00:39:21,862 I JUST NEED MY EQUIPMENT BACK. 673 00:39:21,896 --> 00:39:22,931 >> I DIDN'T HIT YOU. 674 00:39:22,965 --> 00:39:25,206 I HIT YOUR CAMERA, AND YOU DID WITH YOUR OWN HANDS. 675 00:39:25,240 --> 00:39:26,757 >> I JUST NEED MY EQUIPMENT BACK. 676 00:39:26,793 --> 00:39:28,827 >> Reporter: WE QUICKLY LEFT THE SCENE... 677 00:39:28,862 --> 00:39:30,896 >> THEY CHICKENED OUT, RUNNING AWAY. 678 00:39:30,931 --> 00:39:34,447 >> Reporter: ...AND THE MAN, STILL ANGRY, CONTINUED TO STREAM 679 00:39:34,481 --> 00:39:34,965 LIVE. 680 00:39:35,000 --> 00:39:37,206 >> STUPID WEB SITE. 681 00:39:37,240 --> 00:39:38,757 SOME FREAK CREATED SOMETHING, USED MY IDENTITY? 682 00:39:38,793 --> 00:39:42,757 >> "SOMEONE'S USING MY IDENTITY." 683 00:39:42,793 --> 00:39:45,655 HE'S CONFIRMING THAT THE INFORMATION THAT WE'VE PRESENTED 684 00:39:45,688 --> 00:39:46,757 TO HIM IS LEGIT. 685 00:39:46,793 --> 00:39:48,655 >> YES, I'M ASKING YOU... 686 00:39:48,688 --> 00:39:49,931 >> WHO YOU THINK YOU ARE? 687 00:39:49,965 --> 00:39:53,275 >> BASED ON ALL OF THE EVIDENCE THAT HAS BEEN ACCUMULATED, MY 688 00:39:53,309 --> 00:39:54,585 CONFIDENCE IS STILL QUITE HIGH. 689 00:39:54,619 --> 00:39:57,481 >> Reporter: IN FACT, SHE SAYS, HAVING SEEN THE VIDEO, IT'S EVEN 690 00:39:57,516 --> 00:39:58,757 HIGHER. 691 00:39:58,793 --> 00:40:01,827 >> AROUND 80% TO 90%. 692 00:40:01,862 --> 00:40:05,309 >> Reporter: OVER THE NEXT TWO WEEKS, WE REACHED OUT TO THE MAN 693 00:40:05,344 --> 00:40:10,724 FOUR TIMES, REQUESTING AN ON- CAMERA INTERVIEW AT CBS NEWS. 694 00:40:10,757 --> 00:40:13,793 DO GIVE A CALL BACK AND LET US KNOW YOUR DECISION. 695 00:40:13,827 --> 00:40:18,724 WE WERE EAGER TO HEAR ANY EXPLANATION FOR THE APPARENT 696 00:40:18,757 --> 00:40:19,965 LINKS BETWEEN HIM AND YURA. 697 00:40:20,000 --> 00:40:24,034 HE APOLOGIZED FOR HIS ACTIONS BUT NEVER SAT DOWN ON CAMERA. 698 00:40:24,068 --> 00:40:27,447 ADRIAN, THIS IS PETER VAN SANT. 699 00:40:27,481 --> 00:40:34,688 NEITHER DID ADRIAN FRY, THOUGH HE DID TEXT US. 700 00:40:34,724 --> 00:40:37,447 "HI, PETER, I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT I DID NOT GO TO THE ONLINE 701 00:40:37,481 --> 00:40:46,688 WEB TO HIRE A HIT MAN OR ANYONE TO KILL ALEXIS." 702 00:40:46,724 --> 00:40:50,034 BUT IT WAS HIS LAST TEXT, DECLINING OUR INTERVIEW REQUEST, 703 00:40:50,068 --> 00:40:51,447 THAT STARTLED US. 704 00:40:51,481 --> 00:40:54,688 "THANKYOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY," HE WROTE. 705 00:40:54,724 --> 00:41:01,724 WE REALIZED THAT, JUST LIKE MASTERMIND365, ADRIAN HAD ONCE 706 00:41:01,757 --> 00:41:10,724 AGAIN WRITTEN "THANK YOU" AS ONE WORD. 707 00:41:10,757 --> 00:41:13,827 Captioning sponsored by CBS Captioned by 708 00:41:14,931 --> 00:41:20,896 Media Access Group at WGBH access.wgbh.org 709 00:41:20,931 --> 00:41:24,827 >> SHE LOOKED A LITTLE BIT LIKE MARILYN MONROE. 710 00:41:24,862 --> 00:41:25,793 >> A MARRIED MOM. 711 00:41:25,827 --> 00:41:26,516 AN ONLINE LIFE. 712 00:41:26,550 --> 00:41:28,793 >> KAT WAS PROUD OF WHO SHE WAS. 713 00:41:28,827 --> 00:41:30,793 >> SHE HAD SEVERAL HUNDRED FOLLOWERS. 714 00:41:30,827 --> 00:41:33,000 >> A SUSPICIOUS DEATH. 715 00:41:33,034 --> 00:41:36,206 >> EVERYBODY WAS A SUSPECT. 716 00:41:36,240 --> 00:41:39,000 >> WHO KILLED KAT WEST?