1 00:00:00,867 --> 00:00:02,534 - Female narrator: He was a reformed ladies' man 2 00:00:02,570 --> 00:00:06,005 looking to settle down with a new love. 3 00:00:06,040 --> 00:00:07,639 - Sheila: Doug changed over the years, 4 00:00:07,675 --> 00:00:08,907 uh, being on the road. 5 00:00:08,943 --> 00:00:11,276 He got lonely on the road, I believe. 6 00:00:11,312 --> 00:00:13,112 - Lisa: She got along with everybody there. 7 00:00:13,147 --> 00:00:15,614 We all thought, "well, this could be it." 8 00:00:17,818 --> 00:00:19,752 - narrator: But when this loving brother fails 9 00:00:19,787 --> 00:00:24,456 to appear for a holiday celebration, concern mounts. 10 00:00:24,492 --> 00:00:27,393 - She drove back looking for him and he wasn't there. 11 00:00:27,428 --> 00:00:30,029 - It was his facebook page, so you just... 12 00:00:30,064 --> 00:00:31,530 Why would he say that? 13 00:00:31,565 --> 00:00:33,298 - We were concerned with him going out there 14 00:00:33,334 --> 00:00:35,267 and shooting himself or hanging himself. 15 00:00:36,737 --> 00:00:39,671 - Narrator: Detectives soon uncover a myriad of lies 16 00:00:39,707 --> 00:00:43,709 and deception that leaves everyone reeling. 17 00:00:43,744 --> 00:00:46,578 - He was leaving her for another woman. 18 00:00:46,614 --> 00:00:49,782 - Dave: Their text messages very plainly illustrated 19 00:00:49,817 --> 00:00:51,850 the fact that this was planned. 20 00:00:58,826 --> 00:01:01,360 - You don't take a human body and throw it away 21 00:01:01,395 --> 00:01:03,762 like a piece of garbage to never be found. 22 00:01:12,807 --> 00:01:16,742 - We just could not believe something like that happened. 23 00:01:16,777 --> 00:01:18,544 How cruel can a person be? 24 00:01:19,980 --> 00:01:28,887 - ♪ 25 00:01:31,892 --> 00:01:35,627 - narrator: November 26th, 2015. 26 00:01:35,663 --> 00:01:38,063 In pekin, illinois, the bailey family 27 00:01:38,099 --> 00:01:41,733 is gathering for a thanksgiving feast. 28 00:01:41,769 --> 00:01:44,670 But by late afternoon, the holiday celebration 29 00:01:44,705 --> 00:01:48,841 takes a worrisome tone, when 51-year-old doug bailey 30 00:01:48,876 --> 00:01:51,477 fails to arrive. 31 00:01:51,512 --> 00:01:54,113 - We're all texting, going, "hey doug, where you at?" 32 00:01:54,148 --> 00:01:56,281 you know, um--and then he said, 33 00:01:56,317 --> 00:02:01,753 "I'll be there in a little while." 34 00:02:01,789 --> 00:02:04,523 - narrator: But as the hours tick by,k p 35 00:02:04,558 --> 00:02:07,326 to, you know, our house, um, in illinois. 36 00:02:08,562 --> 00:02:13,031 - And then, three o'clock rolls around, still no doug. 37 00:02:13,067 --> 00:02:15,434 Six o'clock rolls around, no doug. 38 00:02:17,805 --> 00:02:20,205 - Narrator: With doug's family unable to reach him, 39 00:02:20,241 --> 00:02:23,742 they attempt to contact rose. 40 00:02:23,777 --> 00:02:29,148 - I called rose and that's when she told me that doug and her 41 00:02:29,183 --> 00:02:34,453 got into an argument and, uh, doug got out of the pickup truck 42 00:02:34,488 --> 00:02:36,722 and started walking. 43 00:02:36,757 --> 00:02:40,392 - She said he got out of the truck, and she drove off, 44 00:02:40,427 --> 00:02:43,529 and then she felt guilty and came back and doug was gone. 45 00:02:44,798 --> 00:02:47,432 - Narrator: When rose says she hasn't heard from doug either, 46 00:02:47,468 --> 00:02:51,637 an unsettling feeling begins to take hold. 47 00:02:51,672 --> 00:02:55,107 - We're waiting for a phone call from doug 48 00:02:55,142 --> 00:02:56,775 and we're getting nothing. 49 00:02:56,810 --> 00:03:01,013 And then I knew by that night, something was wrong. 50 00:03:05,252 --> 00:03:08,387 - Narrator: Born on July 1st, 1964, 51 00:03:08,422 --> 00:03:10,556 douglas bailey was the 11th child 52 00:03:10,591 --> 00:03:13,592 for jim and bonnie bailey. 53 00:03:13,627 --> 00:03:16,228 - He was just loved by everybody. 54 00:03:16,263 --> 00:03:19,064 He was a character even when he was in diapers. 55 00:03:19,099 --> 00:03:21,433 - Sheila: Doug was always the life of the--the house. 56 00:03:21,468 --> 00:03:24,369 He was just a smiley, funny little boy. 57 00:03:27,741 --> 00:03:30,008 - Narrator: At age 15, doug decided to put 58 00:03:30,044 --> 00:03:34,213 his education aside and join the workforce. 59 00:03:34,248 --> 00:03:36,682 - He wasn't crazy about school. 60 00:03:36,717 --> 00:03:41,420 So, he--he wanted to drop out, you know, to work for dad. 61 00:03:41,455 --> 00:03:44,456 - Lisa: My dad had his big sawmill and doug's job 62 00:03:44,491 --> 00:03:47,793 at night was going down and cleaning up the sawmill 63 00:03:47,828 --> 00:03:50,362 after all the employees went home. 64 00:03:54,802 --> 00:03:56,501 - Narrator: Times were good for the baileys, 65 00:03:56,537 --> 00:03:59,204 but in 1981, tragedy struck, 66 00:03:59,240 --> 00:04:03,041 when doug's 19-year-old brother larry was shot and killed 67 00:04:03,077 --> 00:04:04,476 during a fight. 68 00:04:05,779 --> 00:04:08,280 - Linda: His brother went to the house where his girlfriend 69 00:04:08,315 --> 00:04:09,381 supposedly was. 70 00:04:09,416 --> 00:04:11,650 He was met at the door with somebody with a shotgun 71 00:04:11,685 --> 00:04:16,588 who shot him in cold blood right there in the door. 72 00:04:16,624 --> 00:04:21,693 - We went to the hospital and, um, larry was gone. 73 00:04:21,729 --> 00:04:22,961 [inaudible] 74 00:04:26,200 --> 00:04:30,002 and it...It tore our family apart. 75 00:04:30,037 --> 00:04:32,471 - Narrator: Larry's death hit everyone hard, 76 00:04:32,506 --> 00:04:35,874 especially younger brother doug. 77 00:04:35,909 --> 00:04:38,310 - Lisa: They did everything together, 78 00:04:38,345 --> 00:04:42,814 and then, um, when larry got killed... 79 00:04:43,851 --> 00:04:44,916 Doug changed. 80 00:04:44,952 --> 00:04:49,888 He just...Didn't seem to care about life as much. 81 00:04:52,826 --> 00:04:54,326 - Narrator: While doug struggled to cope 82 00:04:54,361 --> 00:04:56,795 with his brother's death, he found strength 83 00:04:56,830 --> 00:05:01,099 in the arms of his first love, tammy potts. 84 00:05:01,135 --> 00:05:04,603 - Lisa: Doug and tammy, they were such a cute couple. 85 00:05:04,638 --> 00:05:06,905 They did everything together. 86 00:05:06,940 --> 00:05:09,608 I thought those two should have married 87 00:05:09,643 --> 00:05:11,043 and left it at that. 88 00:05:14,982 --> 00:05:17,716 - Narrator: In 1982, the bailey family moved 89 00:05:17,751 --> 00:05:21,620 to florida to start a new venture. 90 00:05:21,655 --> 00:05:23,555 - Dad had, like, a logging business where they 91 00:05:23,590 --> 00:05:27,559 went into the swamps and they, um, chipped the cypress 92 00:05:27,594 --> 00:05:29,728 and put them in trucks. 93 00:05:29,763 --> 00:05:32,230 - Narrator: Also making the move to florida with the family 94 00:05:32,266 --> 00:05:35,133 was doug's girlfriend, tammy. 95 00:05:35,169 --> 00:05:38,236 - When she became pregnant, doug was in heaven. 96 00:05:38,272 --> 00:05:40,405 He was walking on cloud nine. 97 00:05:40,441 --> 00:05:42,641 He loved that little guy so much. 98 00:05:44,712 --> 00:05:47,679 - Narrator: In 1991, doug's dad moved the business 99 00:05:47,715 --> 00:05:50,749 to iowa, and doug moved with it. 100 00:05:50,784 --> 00:05:54,086 Shortly after the move, doug's relationship with tammy 101 00:05:54,121 --> 00:05:58,123 ended, but doug never gave up on finding love. 102 00:05:59,426 --> 00:06:01,593 - Sheila: And then, he met shannon. 103 00:06:01,628 --> 00:06:04,529 Her and doug had a really good relationship. 104 00:06:04,565 --> 00:06:05,697 - Lisa: They seemed to get along great, 105 00:06:05,733 --> 00:06:07,399 I thought he'd finally settle down, 106 00:06:07,434 --> 00:06:10,936 he found somebody to live out his life with. 107 00:06:10,971 --> 00:06:15,006 - Narrator: In June of 1993, doug and shannon married, 108 00:06:15,042 --> 00:06:18,543 and within a few years, the couple welcomed two children 109 00:06:18,579 --> 00:06:19,911 of their own. 110 00:06:21,348 --> 00:06:23,281 To support his growing family, 111 00:06:23,317 --> 00:06:27,119 doug took to the road driving a truck for a living. 112 00:06:27,154 --> 00:06:30,288 - Doug decided to get into trucking when my dad decided 113 00:06:30,324 --> 00:06:31,957 to go out of business. 114 00:06:31,992 --> 00:06:34,259 - Doug and trucking, that was a good mix. 115 00:06:34,294 --> 00:06:35,894 And plus, it's something, you know. 116 00:06:35,929 --> 00:06:39,798 Doug was a small-statured guy. He loved his big truck. 117 00:06:42,836 --> 00:06:44,803 - Narrator: But life on the road proved hard 118 00:06:44,838 --> 00:06:47,839 on doug's relationship with shannon. 119 00:06:47,875 --> 00:06:53,445 In 2004, the couple divorced after 11 years of marriage. 120 00:06:53,480 --> 00:06:55,380 - He was cheating on her, he would be gone 121 00:06:55,416 --> 00:06:57,916 two and three days at a time and, uh, 122 00:06:57,951 --> 00:07:00,819 she finally just couldn't take no more. 123 00:07:00,854 --> 00:07:03,121 - Narrator: Doug stayed in fort madison, iowa, 124 00:07:03,157 --> 00:07:04,823 to be close to his kids, 125 00:07:04,858 --> 00:07:08,660 but much of his time was spent on the road. 126 00:07:08,695 --> 00:07:11,463 - Doug changed over the years, uh, being on the road. 127 00:07:11,498 --> 00:07:13,832 He got lonely on the road, I believe. 128 00:07:16,036 --> 00:07:19,571 - Narrator: In 2009, a new face in his own neighborhood 129 00:07:19,606 --> 00:07:25,110 caught doug's eye: 38-year-old rose kuehni. 130 00:07:25,145 --> 00:07:27,279 - She was visiting with her grandparents 131 00:07:27,314 --> 00:07:29,247 and that's how they both met. 132 00:07:29,283 --> 00:07:31,183 - Linda: She was out there for the 4th of July, 133 00:07:31,218 --> 00:07:34,753 and doug lived next door to her grandmother's, 134 00:07:34,788 --> 00:07:37,155 and he would help her grandmother doing different 135 00:07:37,191 --> 00:07:38,423 things around the yard, 136 00:07:38,459 --> 00:07:40,158 or if she needed something heavy moved. 137 00:07:42,062 --> 00:07:44,362 - Narrator: Rose was appreciative of doug's help, 138 00:07:44,398 --> 00:07:47,199 and the two soon grew close. 139 00:07:47,234 --> 00:07:53,205 - Rose started coming to iowa a little more often to see doug. 140 00:07:53,240 --> 00:07:56,775 - She worked part time for a construction company, 141 00:07:56,810 --> 00:07:59,511 and then she also was an adjunct professor 142 00:07:59,546 --> 00:08:01,913 at the university of minnesota. 143 00:08:01,949 --> 00:08:05,884 - Rose taught a...Introduction to construction class, 144 00:08:05,919 --> 00:08:08,920 and she was very well liked among her students. 145 00:08:10,991 --> 00:08:12,824 - Narrator: After dating for a year, 146 00:08:12,860 --> 00:08:15,694 all that remained was for doug to introduce rose 147 00:08:15,729 --> 00:08:18,330 to his sizable family. 148 00:08:18,365 --> 00:08:20,899 On September 18th, 2010, 149 00:08:20,934 --> 00:08:23,134 at a birthday party for doug's father, 150 00:08:23,170 --> 00:08:27,572 the baileys got their first look at doug's new love. 151 00:08:27,608 --> 00:08:29,174 - Sheila: I fell in love with her. 152 00:08:29,209 --> 00:08:33,044 I loved her smile; she was very nice. 153 00:08:33,080 --> 00:08:36,781 - Lisa: Rose got along with everybody there. 154 00:08:36,817 --> 00:08:39,985 We all thought, "well, this could be it." 155 00:08:40,020 --> 00:08:42,420 - narrator: Ten months later, rose and doug decided 156 00:08:42,456 --> 00:08:45,557 that instead of a wedding, they would pledge their love 157 00:08:45,592 --> 00:08:47,926 by holding a special commitment ceremony 158 00:08:47,961 --> 00:08:50,428 attended by family and friends. 159 00:08:50,464 --> 00:08:53,098 - It was so much fun. 160 00:08:53,133 --> 00:08:56,668 Rose had a wedding dress that she'd cut the bottom of it off, 161 00:08:56,703 --> 00:08:59,104 and just wore the top of the dress. 162 00:08:59,139 --> 00:09:03,308 Doug came out in his viking's helmet; it was hilarious. 163 00:09:06,613 --> 00:09:08,547 - Narrator: With another chance at love, 164 00:09:08,582 --> 00:09:12,117 doug decided to give up his life as a long-haul trucker, 165 00:09:12,152 --> 00:09:15,587 and settled into something closer to home. 166 00:09:15,622 --> 00:09:16,922 - Travis: He had expressed that 167 00:09:16,957 --> 00:09:18,390 he didn't wanna work the road anymore. 168 00:09:18,425 --> 00:09:21,726 That's when I mentioned to him that where I was working 169 00:09:21,762 --> 00:09:24,262 was hiring and it was all local work in trucking, 170 00:09:24,298 --> 00:09:26,097 and that's what he did. 171 00:09:26,133 --> 00:09:28,300 - Narrator: For doug, the new job provided 172 00:09:28,335 --> 00:09:31,970 everything he hoped for, a chance to build on what was 173 00:09:32,005 --> 00:09:36,207 already a wonderful relationship with rose. 174 00:09:36,243 --> 00:09:38,443 - Sheila: Doug was really happy with rose. 175 00:09:38,478 --> 00:09:41,546 I thought, you know, "these guys get along so well, 176 00:09:41,582 --> 00:09:43,782 they just, like, complement each other." 177 00:09:43,817 --> 00:09:46,117 doug being so funny, her being so serious, 178 00:09:46,153 --> 00:09:48,320 and they just kind of blended together. 179 00:09:52,326 --> 00:09:55,460 - Narrator: But on thanksgiving day 2015, 180 00:09:55,495 --> 00:09:57,629 their happily ever after romance 181 00:09:57,664 --> 00:09:59,497 appears to be in jeopardy, 182 00:09:59,533 --> 00:10:03,568 when doug goes missing after a purported roadside tiff 183 00:10:03,604 --> 00:10:05,470 with rose. 184 00:10:05,505 --> 00:10:08,873 - Sheila: Rose said she didn't know where he was. 185 00:10:08,909 --> 00:10:11,042 Rose couldn't tell us anything at that point. 186 00:10:11,078 --> 00:10:13,912 None of it sounded right. 187 00:10:13,947 --> 00:10:17,182 - I kept texting doug saying, "where are you?" 188 00:10:17,217 --> 00:10:19,818 and finally, just became desperate, 189 00:10:19,853 --> 00:10:21,953 "doug, contact somebody, anybody. 190 00:10:21,989 --> 00:10:23,955 Just let us know you're okay." 191 00:10:26,693 --> 00:10:29,628 - narrator: Coming up, doug's loved ones activate 192 00:10:29,663 --> 00:10:32,664 an all-out blitz to find him. 193 00:10:32,699 --> 00:10:35,166 - Lisa: We put flyers everywhere: 194 00:10:35,202 --> 00:10:39,571 Rest areas, truck stops, gas stations, you name it. 195 00:10:39,606 --> 00:10:42,574 - Narrator: And a social media post steers the search 196 00:10:42,609 --> 00:10:45,176 in an unexpected direction. 197 00:10:45,212 --> 00:10:48,580 - It was a facebook post that surprised us all. 198 00:10:48,615 --> 00:10:50,348 - Sheila: She had posted on facebook 199 00:10:50,384 --> 00:10:53,018 a picture of her and doug kissing, and I said, 200 00:10:53,053 --> 00:10:54,986 "oh, my god, did you see this?" 201 00:10:57,190 --> 00:11:00,458 - ♪ 202 00:11:07,567 --> 00:11:10,101 - narrator: On thanksgiving of 2015, 203 00:11:10,137 --> 00:11:13,672 the bailey family's beloved 51-year-old brother doug 204 00:11:13,707 --> 00:11:16,007 appears to be missing. 205 00:11:16,043 --> 00:11:19,244 According to his girlfriend, rose, he was last seen 206 00:11:19,279 --> 00:11:21,212 walking away from her truck 207 00:11:21,248 --> 00:11:24,883 after they had a heated argument. 208 00:11:24,918 --> 00:11:27,285 - We believed that he walked away from the car, 209 00:11:27,320 --> 00:11:30,755 and that she drove back looking for him and he wasn't there. 210 00:11:33,960 --> 00:11:36,594 - Narrator: When the bailey family reaches out to police, 211 00:11:36,630 --> 00:11:39,964 they are told they must wait 48 hours before filing 212 00:11:40,000 --> 00:11:42,167 a missing persons report. 213 00:11:42,202 --> 00:11:44,135 But for this close-knit family, 214 00:11:44,171 --> 00:11:48,973 delaying the search for doug is out of the question. 215 00:11:49,009 --> 00:11:51,609 - We weren't gonna let doug stay missing. Nope. 216 00:11:51,645 --> 00:11:54,045 That ain't the way it works. 217 00:11:54,081 --> 00:11:56,147 Especially not us baileys. 218 00:11:56,183 --> 00:12:01,119 We put flyers everywhere: Rest areas, truck stops, 219 00:12:01,154 --> 00:12:03,755 gas stations, you name it. 220 00:12:03,790 --> 00:12:06,524 - We--we just flooded facebook with it. 221 00:12:09,596 --> 00:12:12,163 - Narrator: Doug's older sister, sheila, soon receives 222 00:12:12,199 --> 00:12:13,865 an intriguing tip. 223 00:12:15,202 --> 00:12:17,836 - Chris: Her social media post about doug being missing 224 00:12:17,871 --> 00:12:20,739 spread nationwide really quick, 225 00:12:20,774 --> 00:12:25,110 so a truck driver from missouri had called her and said 226 00:12:25,145 --> 00:12:29,514 that he thought he had saw doug walking down the interstate. 227 00:12:30,817 --> 00:12:34,052 - He explained the jacket that doug might have had, 228 00:12:34,087 --> 00:12:36,988 a black bag that doug might have had. 229 00:12:37,023 --> 00:12:38,156 - Dave: They say everybody's got somebody 230 00:12:38,191 --> 00:12:41,326 that looks like them and, you know, sometimes those tips 231 00:12:41,361 --> 00:12:43,728 and those reports are gonna be people that look similar. 232 00:12:44,631 --> 00:12:46,664 But it turned up to be not true. 233 00:12:50,337 --> 00:12:52,537 - We are at our wits' ends. 234 00:12:52,572 --> 00:12:55,173 We have tried and done everything we can 235 00:12:55,208 --> 00:12:57,742 to try and find doug and we can't find him. 236 00:12:59,913 --> 00:13:02,680 - Narrator: By Monday morning, with four days passed 237 00:13:02,716 --> 00:13:06,551 and nowhere else to turn, sheila contacts police again 238 00:13:06,586 --> 00:13:08,820 and demands a response. 239 00:13:08,855 --> 00:13:11,055 - Sheila: That very morning, I called him again. 240 00:13:11,091 --> 00:13:12,624 "we cannot find my brother, doug," 241 00:13:12,659 --> 00:13:16,194 and therefore... There became a case number, 242 00:13:16,229 --> 00:13:17,996 and doug was reported missing. 243 00:13:21,635 --> 00:13:24,335 - Narrator: That same day, police meet with sheila 244 00:13:24,371 --> 00:13:26,337 and begin collecting information 245 00:13:26,373 --> 00:13:28,573 about her missing brother. 246 00:13:29,876 --> 00:13:31,976 - She immediately said, "this is not like doug 247 00:13:32,012 --> 00:13:33,044 not to show up." 248 00:13:33,079 --> 00:13:36,014 um, so that right there kind of first gave us a-- 249 00:13:36,049 --> 00:13:40,652 a red flag that there might be more to the story. 250 00:13:41,822 --> 00:13:45,089 - Narrator: Sheila also relays a key piece of information. 251 00:13:45,125 --> 00:13:47,425 Though doug was in a committed relationship 252 00:13:47,460 --> 00:13:50,328 with his live-in girlfriend, rose kuehni, 253 00:13:50,363 --> 00:13:52,597 he'd been recently been unfaithful 254 00:13:52,632 --> 00:13:56,835 when he began seeing 45-year-old brenda hughes. 255 00:13:58,171 --> 00:14:01,272 - Brenda hughes was a friend of doug's that he had known 256 00:14:01,308 --> 00:14:04,442 in illinois before and had rekindled the relationship 257 00:14:04,477 --> 00:14:07,612 with her over the past year. 258 00:14:07,647 --> 00:14:09,347 - Narrator: And on November 18th, 259 00:14:09,382 --> 00:14:12,150 just a week before doug was reported missing, 260 00:14:12,185 --> 00:14:14,919 doug's friends and family noticed something 261 00:14:14,955 --> 00:14:17,822 unexpected on social media. 262 00:14:17,858 --> 00:14:20,692 - Brenda had posted on facebook 263 00:14:20,727 --> 00:14:23,361 a picture of her and doug kissing, 264 00:14:23,396 --> 00:14:26,698 and I was at my sister carol's house and I looked, and I said, 265 00:14:26,733 --> 00:14:29,868 "oh, my god, carol, did you see this?" 266 00:14:29,903 --> 00:14:32,570 - william: It was a facebook post that surprised us all. 267 00:14:32,606 --> 00:14:35,907 Any time we saw doug, rose was there, 268 00:14:35,942 --> 00:14:38,743 so the picture of doug with this brenda 269 00:14:38,778 --> 00:14:41,246 was just outta left field. 270 00:14:41,281 --> 00:14:43,815 - There was like three photos brenda put up there. 271 00:14:43,850 --> 00:14:45,450 And doug told her, he said, 272 00:14:45,485 --> 00:14:47,952 "take 'em down, take 'em down now." 273 00:14:47,988 --> 00:14:51,189 - he was concerned that rose would see the picture, 274 00:14:51,224 --> 00:14:54,025 and everything would blow up between doug and rose. 275 00:14:54,060 --> 00:14:55,693 And it did. 276 00:14:55,729 --> 00:14:58,029 - Sheila: I know rose had already seen it by then. 277 00:14:58,064 --> 00:15:01,199 So that, I believe, humiliated her, 278 00:15:01,234 --> 00:15:04,369 to see doug actually with brenda, kissing. 279 00:15:07,440 --> 00:15:10,775 - Narrator: Sheila tells police that doug was so enamored 280 00:15:10,810 --> 00:15:14,178 with brenda, at one point, he texted family members 281 00:15:14,214 --> 00:15:16,514 that he intended to bring brenda with him 282 00:15:16,549 --> 00:15:19,317 for the thanksgiving holiday. 283 00:15:19,352 --> 00:15:21,886 - Sheila then tells us that the next day, she gets 284 00:15:21,922 --> 00:15:24,989 another text from doug's phone saying that he had changed 285 00:15:25,025 --> 00:15:27,158 his mind and he's bringing rose. 286 00:15:27,193 --> 00:15:29,394 - He said, "I can't leave my rose. 287 00:15:29,429 --> 00:15:32,096 She'll be coming with me. Rose will be coming with me." 288 00:15:32,132 --> 00:15:33,932 we're like, "as long as doug was happy, 289 00:15:33,967 --> 00:15:34,966 "you know, it's his life; 290 00:15:35,001 --> 00:15:37,669 he can choose however and whatever he wants." 291 00:15:40,173 --> 00:15:43,207 - narrator: Learning of doug's affair leads police to consider 292 00:15:43,243 --> 00:15:48,112 if doug's love life played a role in his disappearance. 293 00:15:48,148 --> 00:15:51,749 - There's obviously some issues with him and rose, 294 00:15:51,785 --> 00:15:53,851 and now there's also a mistress. 295 00:15:53,887 --> 00:15:56,387 So, that is also raising our suspicions that there might be 296 00:15:56,423 --> 00:15:58,856 motive in why doug disappeared. 297 00:15:58,892 --> 00:16:00,258 We were not sure exactly what was going on, 298 00:16:00,293 --> 00:16:02,060 if--if doug did get out of the vehicle 299 00:16:02,095 --> 00:16:04,262 and run in the woods like rose said, 300 00:16:04,297 --> 00:16:06,230 so we had to reach out to talk to her. 301 00:16:07,934 --> 00:16:10,301 - Narrator: Over the phone, rose tells detectives 302 00:16:10,337 --> 00:16:13,371 the same story she gave to doug's family: 303 00:16:13,406 --> 00:16:15,740 That on their way from their home in wisconsin 304 00:16:15,775 --> 00:16:18,009 to doug's sister's house in illinois, 305 00:16:18,044 --> 00:16:22,380 they got into an argument while driving down a rural road. 306 00:16:22,415 --> 00:16:25,583 - Rose said that during the argument, she stopped, 307 00:16:25,618 --> 00:16:27,785 doug got out and took off. 308 00:16:27,821 --> 00:16:30,254 She said that she just left and--and drove around 309 00:16:30,290 --> 00:16:32,490 for a few minutes and then came back 310 00:16:32,525 --> 00:16:34,592 because she was gonna pick him up, but when she came back, 311 00:16:34,627 --> 00:16:36,594 she couldn't find him. 312 00:16:36,629 --> 00:16:38,329 Rose said that she waited around a little while 313 00:16:38,365 --> 00:16:41,966 and then eventually just left and went home. 314 00:16:42,002 --> 00:16:43,935 - Chris: Rose explained that they got in a fight because 315 00:16:43,970 --> 00:16:48,373 he was leaving her for another woman, which was brenda. 316 00:16:48,408 --> 00:16:51,843 - Dave: Rose told us that doug had cheated on her before 317 00:16:51,878 --> 00:16:54,278 and that they'd worked it out and that, you know, 318 00:16:54,314 --> 00:16:56,781 then she found out that he was doing it again. 319 00:17:00,253 --> 00:17:02,453 - When we talked to rose, we really wanted to try to get 320 00:17:02,489 --> 00:17:04,922 the location where doug got out of the vehicle; 321 00:17:04,958 --> 00:17:06,991 we wanted to start our search from that area 322 00:17:07,027 --> 00:17:09,527 and then work our way out. 323 00:17:09,562 --> 00:17:12,296 - Dave: She explained that it was an old logging road 324 00:17:12,332 --> 00:17:17,035 in an old, uh, spot where him and his dad worked. 325 00:17:17,070 --> 00:17:19,370 - Chris: After speaking to rose, we can contact 326 00:17:19,406 --> 00:17:21,939 the cell phone carrier, give them their phone number, 327 00:17:21,975 --> 00:17:25,410 and they can give us the last, uh, usually several, uh, 328 00:17:25,445 --> 00:17:28,980 location pings that when they use their cell phone, uh, 329 00:17:29,015 --> 00:17:30,515 where that location was. 330 00:17:31,818 --> 00:17:33,418 - Narrator: Police learn that doug's phone 331 00:17:33,453 --> 00:17:37,822 was last used in bettendorf, iowa, at 12:44pm 332 00:17:37,857 --> 00:17:40,324 on thanksgiving day. 333 00:17:40,360 --> 00:17:42,860 - Dave: The first phone ping was in a wooded area 334 00:17:42,896 --> 00:17:46,230 outside of wildlife prairie park off of route 8 335 00:17:46,266 --> 00:17:47,999 in peoria county. 336 00:17:48,034 --> 00:17:51,502 The other phone ping was in bettendorf, iowa, 337 00:17:51,538 --> 00:17:55,073 and then the other one was near the world's biggest truck stop 338 00:17:55,108 --> 00:17:57,675 on the interstate there in iowa. 339 00:17:57,710 --> 00:18:02,280 - Deputies contact bettendorf, iowa police and have them check 340 00:18:02,315 --> 00:18:05,883 the area, with no results; they did not find doug. 341 00:18:07,687 --> 00:18:10,288 - Dave: I took that information along with detective watkins, 342 00:18:10,323 --> 00:18:13,691 and we matched it up to where the phone pinged, 343 00:18:13,726 --> 00:18:16,527 so we theorized that he must have gotten out of the vehicle 344 00:18:16,563 --> 00:18:19,697 somewhere near, like, route 8 and taylor road 345 00:18:19,732 --> 00:18:20,998 in peoria county. 346 00:18:24,070 --> 00:18:26,204 - Narrator: With the cell phone pings and the information 347 00:18:26,239 --> 00:18:29,040 provided by rose, investigators hope 348 00:18:29,075 --> 00:18:32,443 to zero in on doug's whereabouts. 349 00:18:32,479 --> 00:18:34,879 - Did he get out of the car and just walk in the woods? 350 00:18:34,914 --> 00:18:37,715 Did he get out of the car and contact brenda? 351 00:18:37,750 --> 00:18:39,851 Or did something happen to doug? 352 00:18:41,955 --> 00:18:43,321 - Narrator: Coming up, 353 00:18:43,356 --> 00:18:47,125 detectives speak to the other woman. 354 00:18:47,160 --> 00:18:49,961 - At that point I knew that something was up, 355 00:18:49,996 --> 00:18:51,562 and we just had to figure out what it was. 356 00:18:51,598 --> 00:18:54,065 - Narrator: But police soon learn a new detail 357 00:18:54,100 --> 00:18:57,101 that changes the course of the investigation. 358 00:18:57,137 --> 00:19:00,771 - She had mentioned that he was suicidal. 359 00:19:00,807 --> 00:19:02,740 - Why would doug say these things? 360 00:19:02,775 --> 00:19:04,575 That's not how doug talks. 361 00:19:06,679 --> 00:19:09,413 - ♪ 362 00:19:17,123 --> 00:19:20,091 - narrator: December 1st, 2015. 363 00:19:20,126 --> 00:19:23,828 During their investigation into doug bailey's disappearance, 364 00:19:23,863 --> 00:19:27,198 detectives reach out to doug's newest love interest, 365 00:19:27,233 --> 00:19:29,300 brenda hughes. 366 00:19:29,335 --> 00:19:32,236 - With the missing person, and there's infidelity 367 00:19:32,272 --> 00:19:35,773 or a mistress involved, you're, of course, going to check 368 00:19:35,808 --> 00:19:38,109 to make sure that there's no foul play. 369 00:19:41,080 --> 00:19:42,914 - Chris: When I called brenda, she stated that she had talked 370 00:19:42,949 --> 00:19:44,949 to doug a couple days before thanksgiving, 371 00:19:44,984 --> 00:19:47,118 and received a text message from him, saying, 372 00:19:47,153 --> 00:19:51,122 "put the beers on ice," um, "I'm on my way down." 373 00:19:51,157 --> 00:19:53,357 - narrator: But brenda tells detective watkins 374 00:19:53,393 --> 00:19:55,026 that doug never showed up. 375 00:19:55,061 --> 00:19:58,930 And she hasn't heard from him in days. 376 00:19:58,965 --> 00:20:00,031 - When speaking to brenda on the phone, 377 00:20:00,066 --> 00:20:03,501 she did not seem nervous, uh, she seemed worried, 378 00:20:03,536 --> 00:20:05,937 legitimately worried about doug. 379 00:20:08,441 --> 00:20:09,974 - Narrator: To find out whether or not 380 00:20:10,009 --> 00:20:15,413 brenda is telling the truth, police pull her phone records. 381 00:20:15,448 --> 00:20:18,182 - We pinged her phone during that day and it showed that 382 00:20:18,218 --> 00:20:21,285 she was still on the princeton, illinois areas, where she lived. 383 00:20:21,321 --> 00:20:24,622 So, at that time we were very confident that brenda had not 384 00:20:24,657 --> 00:20:26,157 came and picked up doug. 385 00:20:29,028 --> 00:20:32,196 - Narrator: With brenda ruled out and doug still missing, 386 00:20:32,232 --> 00:20:36,234 police examine doug's activity on social media. 387 00:20:36,269 --> 00:20:39,937 On his facebook account, one particular post from doug 388 00:20:39,973 --> 00:20:43,975 immediately raises red flags. 389 00:20:44,010 --> 00:20:46,911 - There was some very strange messages. 390 00:20:46,946 --> 00:20:49,814 One indicating that, "I'm gonna get out of here, 391 00:20:49,849 --> 00:20:52,116 I'm signing off, I'm going home," 392 00:20:52,151 --> 00:20:54,185 um, "don't have to worry about me anymore," 393 00:20:54,220 --> 00:20:56,854 those types of phrases that certainly made you think that 394 00:20:56,889 --> 00:20:59,257 doug was thinking about ending his life. 395 00:21:02,629 --> 00:21:05,329 - Narrator: The suicide theory gains further traction 396 00:21:05,365 --> 00:21:08,132 when one of doug's sisters explains to police 397 00:21:08,167 --> 00:21:13,504 that doug had made an earlier attempt to end his life. 398 00:21:13,539 --> 00:21:17,008 - She had mentioned that he was suicidal about ten years ago, 399 00:21:17,043 --> 00:21:20,444 he--he tried to attempt to commit suicide, 400 00:21:20,480 --> 00:21:22,513 but, um, was stopped. 401 00:21:22,548 --> 00:21:25,349 - Sheila: Doug was going through a problem with shannon, 402 00:21:25,385 --> 00:21:26,384 the ex-wife. 403 00:21:26,419 --> 00:21:29,720 He was distraught because shannon was leaving him, 404 00:21:29,756 --> 00:21:32,356 and she was divorcing him. 405 00:21:32,392 --> 00:21:35,526 I think he turned a car on in the garage and, um, 406 00:21:35,561 --> 00:21:37,695 like, asphyxiation. 407 00:21:37,730 --> 00:21:40,498 Shannon, I believe, stopped him. 408 00:21:40,533 --> 00:21:44,669 And he did end up in the hospital for about a week. 409 00:21:44,704 --> 00:21:45,770 He was in there. 410 00:21:48,508 --> 00:21:51,509 - Narrator: Police now wonder if doug's fight with rose 411 00:21:51,544 --> 00:21:56,047 may have driven him over the edge again. 412 00:21:56,082 --> 00:21:58,215 - I believed that it was just a matter of us going out 413 00:21:58,251 --> 00:22:02,486 into the woods and finding doug had committed suicide. 414 00:22:05,591 --> 00:22:08,759 - Narrator: On December 2nd, using pings from his cell phone 415 00:22:08,795 --> 00:22:11,062 and information provided by rose, 416 00:22:11,097 --> 00:22:13,698 police descend upon the location doug 417 00:22:13,733 --> 00:22:17,101 was supposedly last seen. 418 00:22:17,136 --> 00:22:19,070 - Dave: We were out there in suits and everything 419 00:22:19,105 --> 00:22:21,706 walking around, and it's hillsides, uh, 420 00:22:21,741 --> 00:22:25,776 large hardwood forest with briars and sticker bushes 421 00:22:25,812 --> 00:22:28,746 and multi-floral rows, I mean, it's very, very difficult 422 00:22:28,781 --> 00:22:30,614 to walk through. 423 00:22:30,650 --> 00:22:34,618 - Narrator: The meticulous search spans three days. 424 00:22:34,654 --> 00:22:37,388 - Dave: I think they had probably 30 people out there. 425 00:22:37,423 --> 00:22:39,457 There were a couple of cadaver dogs out there. 426 00:22:41,060 --> 00:22:41,992 - Chris: Unfortunately, during the third day 427 00:22:42,028 --> 00:22:44,662 searching for doug, still no results, uh, 428 00:22:44,697 --> 00:22:45,963 still haven't found doug. 429 00:22:47,834 --> 00:22:51,802 Definitely, frustration was, uh, starting to set in with us. 430 00:22:51,838 --> 00:22:54,271 - Dave: I thought maybe we were just searching the wrong area, 431 00:22:54,307 --> 00:22:57,274 so I thought that we had to speak to rose 432 00:22:57,310 --> 00:23:00,611 and try to pinpoint the exact location on--on where doug 433 00:23:00,646 --> 00:23:02,012 got out of the truck. 434 00:23:03,383 --> 00:23:06,317 - Narrator: But when detectives reach rose on the phone again 435 00:23:06,352 --> 00:23:09,120 and ask her to join them at the search location, 436 00:23:09,155 --> 00:23:12,723 they receive a surprising response. 437 00:23:12,759 --> 00:23:17,194 - She just made excuse; didn't want to come down. 438 00:23:17,230 --> 00:23:19,196 - Dave: I said, "what do you mean you're too busy? 439 00:23:19,232 --> 00:23:20,998 He's missing. Do you wanna help us find him?" 440 00:23:21,033 --> 00:23:22,366 she said, "well, I can't get off of work. 441 00:23:22,402 --> 00:23:26,137 I--I can't afford to come down there." 442 00:23:26,172 --> 00:23:28,172 - chris: Rose gave the excuse that she didn't have 443 00:23:28,207 --> 00:23:32,176 money for gas. That's when the red flags really started 444 00:23:32,211 --> 00:23:35,279 coming out with rose. 445 00:23:35,314 --> 00:23:36,614 I asked her to go on google earth to try 446 00:23:36,649 --> 00:23:39,650 to pinpoint the location where doug gets out of the vehicle, 447 00:23:39,685 --> 00:23:42,486 and then she comes up with a location that's five miles 448 00:23:42,522 --> 00:23:45,156 away from where she originally told us that doug 449 00:23:45,191 --> 00:23:46,424 had got out of the vehicle. 450 00:23:48,428 --> 00:23:51,162 - At that point is when I knew that something was up with rose 451 00:23:51,197 --> 00:23:53,164 and we just had to figure out what it was. 452 00:23:55,168 --> 00:23:57,701 - Narrator: With suspicion around rose growing, 453 00:23:57,737 --> 00:24:00,905 detectives decide to take a more direct approach 454 00:24:00,940 --> 00:24:02,807 on December 7th. 455 00:24:02,842 --> 00:24:05,609 - We got permission from our supervisor to drive 456 00:24:05,645 --> 00:24:08,646 from peoria, illinois to prescott, wisconsin, 457 00:24:08,681 --> 00:24:11,148 which was like a seven or eight-hour drive. 458 00:24:11,184 --> 00:24:14,585 We went the exact same path that they would've taken. 459 00:24:14,620 --> 00:24:16,387 - Chris: One of doug's facebook posts said they were 460 00:24:16,422 --> 00:24:18,189 at the world's largest truckstop, 461 00:24:18,224 --> 00:24:21,192 so we wanted to see what that looked like. 462 00:24:21,227 --> 00:24:23,861 We wanted to see if they were actually there. 463 00:24:23,896 --> 00:24:26,630 - Dave: I asked rose about that, she told me that, yes, 464 00:24:26,666 --> 00:24:29,366 they--they stopped at the truck stop to get gas. 465 00:24:31,537 --> 00:24:33,504 - Narrator: Upon arriving at the truck stop, 466 00:24:33,539 --> 00:24:36,674 detectives begin the tedious task of scrutinizing 467 00:24:36,709 --> 00:24:39,877 surveillance footage from November 26th, 468 00:24:39,912 --> 00:24:42,179 thanksgiving day. 469 00:24:42,215 --> 00:24:44,682 After several hours of reviewing footage, 470 00:24:44,717 --> 00:24:47,518 their tenacity pays off. 471 00:24:47,553 --> 00:24:50,554 - Detective watkins and I see a truck that fits 472 00:24:50,590 --> 00:24:53,757 the description of rose's truck pull into the truck stop, 473 00:24:53,793 --> 00:24:56,427 pull up to a gas pump. 474 00:24:56,462 --> 00:25:00,798 - We see two dogs jumping around, we also see rose, 475 00:25:00,833 --> 00:25:02,533 but we do not see doug anywhere. 476 00:25:05,371 --> 00:25:07,738 When we see that doug is not in the truck, 477 00:25:07,773 --> 00:25:11,775 we immediately know that we can't call rose and confront her 478 00:25:11,811 --> 00:25:13,911 over the phone about this. 479 00:25:13,946 --> 00:25:16,180 - Narrator: Police notice something else in the footage 480 00:25:16,215 --> 00:25:19,416 that gets their attention: In the bed of the truck 481 00:25:19,452 --> 00:25:22,419 are two large, white boxes. 482 00:25:23,623 --> 00:25:26,257 - At that point, detective watkins and I both s-- 483 00:25:26,292 --> 00:25:30,127 both said to each other, "I bet that's doug. 484 00:25:30,162 --> 00:25:31,695 I bet doug's in that box." 485 00:25:35,234 --> 00:25:38,202 - chris: There's foul play. She's lying to us. 486 00:25:38,237 --> 00:25:41,238 So then we contacted the local jurisdiction. 487 00:25:41,274 --> 00:25:43,541 - Dave: We were able to get a, uh, a search warrant 488 00:25:43,576 --> 00:25:46,710 with the assistance of the pierce county sheriff's office. 489 00:25:46,746 --> 00:25:49,113 And we went to rose's house with the search warrant 490 00:25:49,148 --> 00:25:50,648 in hand to search her house. 491 00:25:51,817 --> 00:25:53,951 - Narrator: But when detectives arrive at the home, 492 00:25:53,986 --> 00:25:56,153 rose is not there. 493 00:25:57,823 --> 00:26:00,658 - We didn't really foresee that there was a huge safety threat 494 00:26:00,693 --> 00:26:02,626 for the officers, so we just set up all around 495 00:26:02,662 --> 00:26:05,496 her neighborhood and waited for her to come home. 496 00:26:06,966 --> 00:26:10,434 - When we see rose pull in, that's when we approach her, 497 00:26:10,469 --> 00:26:13,470 let her know where we're from and that we needed to talk 498 00:26:13,506 --> 00:26:16,407 to her about the investigation. 499 00:26:16,442 --> 00:26:18,642 - Dave: I said, "rose, do you want us to find doug?" 500 00:26:18,678 --> 00:26:21,245 and she looked at me and said, "no. 501 00:26:21,280 --> 00:26:22,846 No, I don't want you to find him." 502 00:26:24,917 --> 00:26:28,185 - there's way more to this story than we knew about. 503 00:26:28,220 --> 00:26:30,654 This could be a possible murder. 504 00:26:32,525 --> 00:26:35,326 That's when she went through the history of abuse 505 00:26:35,361 --> 00:26:39,530 and how mean doug was to her. 506 00:26:39,565 --> 00:26:42,633 - She's telling me about doug grabbing her ass 507 00:26:42,668 --> 00:26:45,703 and squeezing it to the point where she's got bruises, 508 00:26:45,738 --> 00:26:48,772 or, you know, where he's forcing her to have sex. 509 00:26:52,011 --> 00:26:55,045 - Narrator: As detectives take rose's emotional statement, 510 00:26:55,081 --> 00:26:58,582 their colleagues perform an exhaustive search of her home 511 00:26:58,618 --> 00:27:00,384 and vehicle. 512 00:27:00,419 --> 00:27:02,586 - One of the officers found a-- it was a cardboard box 513 00:27:02,622 --> 00:27:05,189 that a shotgun comes in when you go buy it, 514 00:27:05,224 --> 00:27:07,925 and a partially empty box of shotgun shells. 515 00:27:09,395 --> 00:27:10,861 - Chris: She was confronted about that. 516 00:27:10,896 --> 00:27:13,063 She said, "well, that was supposed to go in the garbage, 517 00:27:13,099 --> 00:27:15,666 but I instead put it in the vehicle," 518 00:27:15,701 --> 00:27:19,269 which didn't really make sense or explain to us why there was 519 00:27:19,305 --> 00:27:22,373 an empty box of shotgun shells in her back seat. 520 00:27:24,577 --> 00:27:28,078 - Dave: Just in her demeanor and the way of talking to her, 521 00:27:28,114 --> 00:27:31,949 I knew doug was dead and that rose had something to do with it 522 00:27:31,984 --> 00:27:34,284 and I just had to figure out a way to get her to tell me. 523 00:27:34,320 --> 00:27:35,519 I just wanted to, you know, 524 00:27:35,554 --> 00:27:37,454 sympathize and empathize with her 525 00:27:37,490 --> 00:27:41,492 and try to help her justify what happened. 526 00:27:41,527 --> 00:27:42,826 - Chris: Rose was very frustrated 527 00:27:42,862 --> 00:27:44,061 when talking to her. 528 00:27:44,096 --> 00:27:46,597 She then just blurts out that, "he was gonna kill me." 529 00:27:47,800 --> 00:27:49,800 - then she said, "well, I had no choice." 530 00:27:53,439 --> 00:27:55,239 - narrator: Before rose continues, 531 00:27:55,274 --> 00:27:58,442 detectives put her on pause. 532 00:27:58,477 --> 00:28:01,011 - Dave: In illinois, if it's a homicide, uh, 533 00:28:01,047 --> 00:28:04,581 interview, you have to videotape the interview. 534 00:28:04,617 --> 00:28:07,418 I said, "we are gonna go back to pierce county sheriff's office, 535 00:28:07,453 --> 00:28:09,486 and you can tell me the story then." 536 00:28:12,458 --> 00:28:14,591 - narrator: Coming up, police hear from rose 537 00:28:14,627 --> 00:28:17,995 the horrifying truth of what happened to doug. 538 00:28:29,809 --> 00:28:33,277 - I was just amazed that-- that someone could do this. 539 00:28:33,312 --> 00:28:36,146 - Narrator: And an unexpected motive surfaces. 540 00:28:36,182 --> 00:28:39,316 - They had a sexual relationship for the last couple of years. 541 00:28:41,620 --> 00:28:45,055 - ♪ 542 00:28:51,397 --> 00:28:54,565 - narrator: December 7th, 2015. 543 00:28:54,600 --> 00:28:57,701 After speaking to murder suspect rose kuehni 544 00:28:57,737 --> 00:28:59,870 at her prescott, wisconsin home, 545 00:28:59,905 --> 00:29:02,239 detectives from peoria county, illinois 546 00:29:02,274 --> 00:29:05,509 transport rose to a local sheriff's office, 547 00:29:05,544 --> 00:29:09,513 hoping they're on the brink of a murder confession. 548 00:29:09,548 --> 00:29:11,982 - She was pretty relaxed on the car ride there, 549 00:29:12,017 --> 00:29:14,518 from her house to the sheriff's office. 550 00:29:14,553 --> 00:29:18,555 The pierce county investigators get the room all set up. 551 00:29:18,591 --> 00:29:21,158 So, detective watkins and I go in there. 552 00:29:21,193 --> 00:29:23,527 I read her her miranda rights, 553 00:29:23,562 --> 00:29:27,231 she paused and then she explained her version 554 00:29:27,266 --> 00:29:28,398 of what happened. 555 00:29:29,435 --> 00:29:31,401 - Narrator: Rose says her interaction with doug 556 00:29:31,437 --> 00:29:34,872 on the night of November 22nd, 2015 557 00:29:34,907 --> 00:29:39,376 was both non-consensual and violent from the beginning. 558 00:29:53,058 --> 00:29:55,425 - Chris: Rose tells us they get upstairs, 559 00:29:55,461 --> 00:29:58,395 and rose gets in the closet, 560 00:29:58,430 --> 00:30:02,266 and then doug starts threatening to kill everybody in her family. 561 00:30:16,448 --> 00:30:18,916 - Narrator: Rose says, fearing a sexual assault, 562 00:30:18,951 --> 00:30:21,485 she reached for a shotgun in the closet. 563 00:30:40,806 --> 00:30:42,372 - [muted gunshot] 564 00:31:00,492 --> 00:31:02,960 - rose described the first shot in doug's side, 565 00:31:02,995 --> 00:31:05,629 and the second shot in doug's chest. 566 00:31:05,664 --> 00:31:08,799 - Chris: Rose goes on and says that after she shoots him, 567 00:31:08,834 --> 00:31:12,669 she panics, she knows her son's coming home, 568 00:31:12,705 --> 00:31:18,542 so she gets a sheet and drags doug down the stairs, 569 00:31:18,577 --> 00:31:20,644 and she put doug's body in a box. 570 00:31:34,727 --> 00:31:37,694 - She said that in between when it happened and the day that, 571 00:31:37,730 --> 00:31:40,697 you know, that we were there, that she'd painted--repainted 572 00:31:40,733 --> 00:31:42,933 the room and cleaned up all the blood 573 00:31:42,968 --> 00:31:44,401 and got rid of everything. 574 00:31:46,472 --> 00:31:49,406 - Narrator: Rose also explains she placed some of doug's 575 00:31:49,441 --> 00:31:52,609 personal belongings into a second box in the shed 576 00:31:52,645 --> 00:31:55,846 and, over the next four days leading up to thanksgiving, 577 00:31:55,881 --> 00:31:58,448 she assumed doug's identity. 578 00:31:58,484 --> 00:32:02,552 - She started using his phone and communicating with, um, 579 00:32:02,588 --> 00:32:05,822 family, sent texts to brenda, 580 00:32:05,858 --> 00:32:08,158 and then she is the one that actually was on facebook, 581 00:32:08,193 --> 00:32:10,694 using doug's account. 582 00:32:10,729 --> 00:32:12,896 - Dave: Rose said that she made the facebook post 583 00:32:12,932 --> 00:32:14,698 that was suicidal in nature. 584 00:32:14,733 --> 00:32:17,234 Rose made the post that talked about them stopping 585 00:32:17,269 --> 00:32:19,803 at the biggest truckstop in the world. 586 00:32:19,838 --> 00:32:22,039 Rose made, uh, the post telling sheila that they were 587 00:32:22,074 --> 00:32:24,474 on their way down for thanksgiving dinner. 588 00:32:50,336 --> 00:32:52,703 - Narrator: Rose tells detectives that doug's body 589 00:32:52,738 --> 00:32:56,073 stayed boxed up in the shed for four days, 590 00:32:56,108 --> 00:32:58,742 until she finally reached out for help. 591 00:33:07,786 --> 00:33:10,087 - Chris: This friend's name was clarence hicks. 592 00:33:10,122 --> 00:33:14,057 Rose says clarence doesn't know about her killing doug, 593 00:33:14,093 --> 00:33:15,959 just knows to get rid of the boxes. 594 00:33:32,144 --> 00:33:33,577 - Narrator: Following her confession, 595 00:33:33,612 --> 00:33:36,113 on December 8th, rose is arrested 596 00:33:36,148 --> 00:33:38,515 for the murder of doug bailey. 597 00:33:41,820 --> 00:33:44,421 As word of her arrest travels quickly, 598 00:33:44,456 --> 00:33:47,991 those following the case are shaken by the details. 599 00:33:49,361 --> 00:33:52,662 - Lisa: We're just-- how cruel can a person be? 600 00:33:52,698 --> 00:33:57,067 We just could not believe something like that happened. 601 00:33:57,102 --> 00:34:00,003 - Travis: When I heard rose was arrested, I was-- 602 00:34:00,039 --> 00:34:02,572 I don't wanna say relieved, but at least I thought 603 00:34:02,608 --> 00:34:07,577 there was gonna be some justice for his death. 604 00:34:07,613 --> 00:34:11,314 - Linda: When we first met, I think rose was very likeable. 605 00:34:11,350 --> 00:34:13,583 She was fun. 606 00:34:13,619 --> 00:34:17,487 I was just amazed that-- that someone could do this. 607 00:34:17,523 --> 00:34:19,890 You don't take a human body and throw it away 608 00:34:19,925 --> 00:34:22,559 like a piece of garbage to never be found. 609 00:34:23,829 --> 00:34:25,862 - Narrator: With rose behind bars, 610 00:34:25,898 --> 00:34:27,998 investigators are eager to track down 611 00:34:28,033 --> 00:34:31,835 her potential accomplice, clarence hicks. 612 00:34:31,870 --> 00:34:36,306 - Clarence was located, uh, within a couple of days 613 00:34:36,341 --> 00:34:38,442 after rose's arrest. 614 00:34:38,477 --> 00:34:41,645 Clarence was, uh, cooperative with authorities 615 00:34:41,680 --> 00:34:45,315 and informed them that he had dropped the boxes off a bridge 616 00:34:45,350 --> 00:34:46,550 in kentucky. 617 00:34:47,686 --> 00:34:49,486 He also stuck to his statement that he didn't know 618 00:34:49,521 --> 00:34:50,620 what was in the boxes. 619 00:34:52,224 --> 00:34:54,858 - Narrator: Clarence also reveals a piece of information 620 00:34:54,893 --> 00:34:59,196 to law enforcement that rose conveniently omitted. 621 00:34:59,231 --> 00:35:01,932 - Clarence did tell the troopers that interviewed him initially 622 00:35:01,967 --> 00:35:05,635 that, uh, he and rose had a sexual relationship 623 00:35:05,671 --> 00:35:08,205 for the last couple of years. 624 00:35:08,240 --> 00:35:11,041 - Chris: Rose told us nothing about a romantic relationship 625 00:35:11,076 --> 00:35:14,044 with clarence, and one thing that definitely 626 00:35:14,079 --> 00:35:16,746 came to mind was that she didn't call police 627 00:35:16,782 --> 00:35:18,882 right after she killed doug. 628 00:35:18,917 --> 00:35:23,153 Rose instead got rid of doug by giving doug's body 629 00:35:23,188 --> 00:35:27,691 to her lover, clarence, and getting rid of that way, 630 00:35:27,726 --> 00:35:31,228 which shows possible motive that she intended to kill doug 631 00:35:31,263 --> 00:35:32,662 prior to that night. 632 00:35:35,801 --> 00:35:38,935 - Narrator: Coming up, the attempt to recover doug 633 00:35:38,971 --> 00:35:41,571 becomes dangerous. 634 00:35:41,607 --> 00:35:45,142 - It was in very, very hard terrain, rock area, 635 00:35:45,177 --> 00:35:48,678 that was several hundred feet below the bridge. 636 00:35:48,714 --> 00:35:50,714 - Narrator: And in a pierce county courtroom, 637 00:35:50,749 --> 00:35:55,418 a stunning decision adds to the pain of doug's family. 638 00:35:55,454 --> 00:35:57,721 - I did cuss in the courtroom. 639 00:35:57,756 --> 00:36:00,924 I just said, "what the...Just happened here?" 640 00:36:02,261 --> 00:36:05,028 - ♪ 641 00:36:12,871 --> 00:36:15,539 - narrator: With rose kuehni in custody for the murder 642 00:36:15,574 --> 00:36:17,807 of her boyfriend, doug bailey, 643 00:36:17,843 --> 00:36:21,711 police are determined to recover the victim's remains, 644 00:36:21,747 --> 00:36:24,614 and rose's other flame, clarence hicks, 645 00:36:24,650 --> 00:36:27,150 has agreed to help. 646 00:36:27,186 --> 00:36:29,853 - Chris: Clarence showed where the two boxes were in kentucky, 647 00:36:29,888 --> 00:36:34,658 off a bridge in very, very hard terrain, rock area, 648 00:36:34,693 --> 00:36:37,060 that was several hundred feet below the bridge. 649 00:36:38,163 --> 00:36:40,163 - Narrator: After further assessing the location 650 00:36:40,199 --> 00:36:42,699 of the boxes, investigators embark 651 00:36:42,734 --> 00:36:45,202 on the difficult recovery mission. 652 00:36:45,237 --> 00:36:49,906 - It was a very intense effort to get the boxes back up 653 00:36:49,942 --> 00:36:51,575 to where they could recover them. 654 00:36:54,646 --> 00:36:57,013 One box had, unfortunately, doug in it, 655 00:36:57,049 --> 00:36:59,649 and the other box had doug's belongings. 656 00:37:00,919 --> 00:37:02,986 - Dave: When doug's body is recovered, by that point, 657 00:37:03,021 --> 00:37:07,057 there's 12 days of decomposition, um, you know, 658 00:37:07,092 --> 00:37:10,360 and decomposition is going to be sped up by the fact 659 00:37:10,395 --> 00:37:12,729 that he's inside a box. 660 00:37:12,764 --> 00:37:15,899 I have seen decomposed bodies that have been shot, 661 00:37:15,934 --> 00:37:19,569 and determining what's an exit and what's an entry is harder 662 00:37:19,605 --> 00:37:21,705 the further along in decomp you get. 663 00:37:24,676 --> 00:37:26,109 - Narrator: For the bailey family, 664 00:37:26,144 --> 00:37:30,080 the recovery of doug's body proves crushing. 665 00:37:30,115 --> 00:37:32,215 - [crying] that night on the news we seen them 666 00:37:32,251 --> 00:37:36,753 bring my brother's...Body 667 00:37:36,788 --> 00:37:41,424 in a bo--in a box, up the mountainside. 668 00:37:41,460 --> 00:37:43,126 And we were just in shock. 669 00:37:44,630 --> 00:37:47,130 - Narrator: While doug's family begins to mourn, 670 00:37:47,165 --> 00:37:50,767 investigators receive the autopsy on December 9th, 671 00:37:50,802 --> 00:37:53,436 and it provides them with some additional insight 672 00:37:53,472 --> 00:37:56,673 into the shooting that took doug's life. 673 00:37:56,708 --> 00:37:58,908 - Chris: We were notified that the autopsy results 674 00:37:58,944 --> 00:38:01,478 were not consistent with what rose said. 675 00:38:01,513 --> 00:38:03,613 Doug was shot one time in the side, 676 00:38:03,649 --> 00:38:05,715 and the other shot was in the back. 677 00:38:05,751 --> 00:38:09,052 When rose had said that she had shot doug in the chest, 678 00:38:09,087 --> 00:38:09,986 coming at her. 679 00:38:13,659 --> 00:38:15,792 - Narrator: To tighten their case against rose, 680 00:38:15,827 --> 00:38:19,963 investigators also track down the murder weapon. 681 00:38:19,998 --> 00:38:22,666 - Rose told the pierce county investigators that the gun 682 00:38:22,701 --> 00:38:23,933 was at her sister's house. 683 00:38:23,969 --> 00:38:27,003 They went to her sister's house, 684 00:38:27,039 --> 00:38:29,539 conducted the search, and they found 685 00:38:29,574 --> 00:38:32,108 pieces of the gun in her garage. 686 00:38:34,212 --> 00:38:36,279 - Narrator: And when police get their hands on records 687 00:38:36,315 --> 00:38:40,817 of electronic correspondence between rose and clarence hicks, 688 00:38:40,852 --> 00:38:45,021 their findings only further incriminate both parties. 689 00:38:45,057 --> 00:38:47,123 - The, uh, pierce county investigator 690 00:38:47,159 --> 00:38:49,259 did an awful lot of work tracking down 691 00:38:49,294 --> 00:38:54,064 all of their emails, their, um, you know, text messages, 692 00:38:54,099 --> 00:38:57,734 and--and found all kinds of stuff that rose had said, 693 00:38:57,769 --> 00:39:00,637 you know, "I wish he was dead; I need to get away from him," 694 00:39:00,672 --> 00:39:04,074 and things that very plainly illustrated the fact 695 00:39:04,109 --> 00:39:05,909 that this was planned. 696 00:39:09,314 --> 00:39:12,782 - Narrator: But while rose faces a first-degree murder charge, 697 00:39:12,818 --> 00:39:15,819 the evidence against clarence only garners the charge 698 00:39:15,854 --> 00:39:18,121 of hiding a corpse. 699 00:39:18,156 --> 00:39:20,657 - He took the advice of his attorney, 700 00:39:20,692 --> 00:39:22,826 he pled no contest, which is pleading guilty 701 00:39:22,861 --> 00:39:25,195 to hiding the corpse. 702 00:39:27,065 --> 00:39:28,932 - Narrator: While clarence strikes a deal, 703 00:39:28,967 --> 00:39:31,634 rose chooses a different path, 704 00:39:31,670 --> 00:39:35,739 and in August of 2016, her case goes to trial 705 00:39:35,774 --> 00:39:38,975 in a pierce county, wisconsin courtroom. 706 00:39:39,010 --> 00:39:41,678 - The prosecution during this case focused on 707 00:39:41,713 --> 00:39:46,349 the motivation, the motive, prior conversations, 708 00:39:46,385 --> 00:39:50,720 and clarence being involved in a relationship with her. 709 00:39:50,756 --> 00:39:52,589 - Narrator: But rose's defense team argues 710 00:39:52,624 --> 00:39:56,693 she was justified in shooting doug because of her allegations 711 00:39:56,728 --> 00:40:00,029 of physical and mental abuse. 712 00:40:00,065 --> 00:40:03,199 - Andrew: Rose had a very competent, brilliant, 713 00:40:03,235 --> 00:40:05,168 knowledgeable defense team 714 00:40:05,203 --> 00:40:10,306 that was able to tell her story in a way... 715 00:40:10,342 --> 00:40:13,810 That truly represented the situation she was in. 716 00:40:13,845 --> 00:40:16,079 They showed photographs... 717 00:40:16,114 --> 00:40:18,248 - Linda: There were pictures that she took of herself 718 00:40:18,283 --> 00:40:22,552 that showed bruises on her legs and her hips, um, her back. 719 00:40:22,587 --> 00:40:24,587 - Dave: There were no reports that I saw 720 00:40:24,623 --> 00:40:25,889 to the police department 721 00:40:25,924 --> 00:40:28,625 that reported doug being abusive towards rose. 722 00:40:31,430 --> 00:40:34,230 - Narrator: In one of the trial's most dramatic moments, 723 00:40:34,266 --> 00:40:37,767 rose takes the stand and asserts the mistreatment 724 00:40:37,803 --> 00:40:40,970 she suffered at the hands of doug. 725 00:40:41,006 --> 00:40:42,806 - She claimed that he locked her up for three weeks 726 00:40:42,841 --> 00:40:44,007 and abused her. 727 00:40:45,343 --> 00:40:48,878 - Narrator: Rose's claims come as a shock to doug's family. 728 00:40:48,914 --> 00:40:51,781 - All our mouths are dropping; 729 00:40:51,817 --> 00:40:53,283 things that were coming out of her mouth 730 00:40:53,318 --> 00:40:55,118 that she said doug did? 731 00:40:55,153 --> 00:40:56,920 - Sheila: I just didn't believe that, you know. 732 00:40:56,955 --> 00:40:59,255 She loved doug, literally, to death. 733 00:40:59,291 --> 00:41:01,324 I believe she did this because doug was actually 734 00:41:01,359 --> 00:41:04,794 going to leave this time and she was going to lose him. 735 00:41:06,631 --> 00:41:09,599 - Narrator: On August 18th, 2016, 736 00:41:09,634 --> 00:41:12,202 the burden of who to believe is placed 737 00:41:12,237 --> 00:41:14,037 on the jury's shoulders. 738 00:41:15,240 --> 00:41:18,374 After nearly 14 hours of deliberation, 739 00:41:18,410 --> 00:41:22,245 rose is found not guilty of first-degree murder. 740 00:41:23,348 --> 00:41:26,416 But the jury is hung on a second-degree murder charge, 741 00:41:26,451 --> 00:41:28,351 resulting in a mistrial. 742 00:41:30,322 --> 00:41:34,457 - I believe that some jurors were convinced that she was 743 00:41:34,493 --> 00:41:38,027 the victim of domestic violence and a terrible situation, 744 00:41:38,063 --> 00:41:41,831 and this was the only option for her. 745 00:41:41,867 --> 00:41:43,466 - Dave: I was dumbfounded, I was like, 746 00:41:43,502 --> 00:41:45,034 "you gotta be kidding me." 747 00:41:45,070 --> 00:41:48,605 she shot him, she packed him up like a present, 748 00:41:48,640 --> 00:41:52,108 and that's... How is that not murder? 749 00:41:52,143 --> 00:41:54,711 - Sheila: I did cuss in the courtroom. 750 00:41:54,746 --> 00:41:57,881 I just said, "what the... Just happened here?" 751 00:41:59,317 --> 00:42:00,717 I was devastated. 752 00:42:02,487 --> 00:42:06,155 - Narrator: The jury does convict rose of hiding a corpse, 753 00:42:06,191 --> 00:42:08,291 but any chance of retrying her 754 00:42:08,326 --> 00:42:10,193 on the second-degree murder charge 755 00:42:10,228 --> 00:42:13,796 is quickly put to rest when she agrees to a plea deal. 756 00:42:15,433 --> 00:42:17,600 - Linda: The judge said, "there may be people 757 00:42:17,636 --> 00:42:21,004 in court today that may not like what I'm going to say," 758 00:42:21,039 --> 00:42:22,772 and that's when he sentenced her to, 759 00:42:22,807 --> 00:42:26,009 I believe it was seven years of probation, 760 00:42:26,044 --> 00:42:28,811 time served as any prison time... 761 00:42:30,315 --> 00:42:31,881 And that was it. 762 00:42:33,552 --> 00:42:35,051 She was free to go. 763 00:42:36,388 --> 00:42:39,856 - Narrator: As rose walks away from the courtroom a free woman, 764 00:42:39,891 --> 00:42:43,493 doug bailey's family is left with only memories 765 00:42:43,528 --> 00:42:45,828 of their beloved brother. 766 00:42:45,864 --> 00:42:49,532 - What I miss the most about doug is his antics, 767 00:42:49,568 --> 00:42:52,402 his jokes, his personality, 768 00:42:52,437 --> 00:42:55,338 how he could light up a room when he walks in. 769 00:42:55,373 --> 00:42:57,540 I miss so much about him. 770 00:42:57,576 --> 00:42:59,142 - Sheila: You could have a bad day, 771 00:42:59,177 --> 00:43:00,944 and he could make you laugh. 772 00:43:00,979 --> 00:43:03,046 You know, he always had something positive. 773 00:43:03,081 --> 00:43:06,849 I miss him more than... Life itself. 774 00:43:08,219 --> 00:43:16,793 - ♪