1 00:00:02,393 --> 00:00:04,503 - FEMALE NARRATOR: A well-liked, dependable sailor 2 00:00:04,580 --> 00:00:07,414 overcame a tragic upbringing. 3 00:00:07,491 --> 00:00:08,990 - REBECCA MORRIS: He was born in prison 4 00:00:09,068 --> 00:00:13,012 because his mother had been convicted of killing his father, 5 00:00:13,088 --> 00:00:16,631 and in his adult years, he joined the Navy. 6 00:00:16,708 --> 00:00:18,675 - NARRATOR: As his naval career took off, 7 00:00:18,686 --> 00:00:21,595 love also came calling. 8 00:00:21,671 --> 00:00:23,522 - SUSAN NILES: He was yearning for a family; 9 00:00:23,599 --> 00:00:27,434 having someone care for him and loving him. 10 00:00:27,511 --> 00:00:28,685 - ANGELA HARRIS: She had a child, 11 00:00:28,696 --> 00:00:30,070 and was a ready-made family. 12 00:00:33,034 --> 00:00:35,525 - NARRATOR: But their relationship is ripped apart 13 00:00:35,536 --> 00:00:37,778 by a brutal crime. 14 00:00:37,854 --> 00:00:39,204 - RAY MAGERSTAEDT: I'll never forget 15 00:00:39,281 --> 00:00:43,116 what the face looked like when the body was turned over. 16 00:00:43,193 --> 00:00:45,035 - DAVID FIJOLEK: He just looked like someone, 17 00:00:45,046 --> 00:00:48,047 to put it bluntly, just beat the hell out of him. 18 00:00:48,123 --> 00:00:49,214 My first thought was, 19 00:00:49,291 --> 00:00:51,875 "What the hell's he doing out here?" 20 00:00:51,886 --> 00:00:54,002 - NARRATOR: With a vicious killer on the loose, 21 00:00:54,079 --> 00:00:56,722 investigators navigate a winding trail 22 00:00:56,799 --> 00:00:59,049 of manipulation and greed 23 00:00:59,060 --> 00:01:01,635 in search of the truth. 24 00:01:01,711 --> 00:01:03,562 - REBECCA: He closed his bank account 25 00:01:03,639 --> 00:01:07,557 because she was intent on emptying it. 26 00:01:07,568 --> 00:01:10,560 - RAY: She said she caught 'em in bed together. 27 00:01:10,571 --> 00:01:12,354 - REBECCA: When she left him, 28 00:01:12,430 --> 00:01:15,065 he was talking to a long-haired guy 29 00:01:15,076 --> 00:01:16,358 with a shaggy beard, 30 00:01:16,434 --> 00:01:19,194 and was trying to buy some acid. 31 00:01:19,271 --> 00:01:22,823 - DOUGLAS HUDSON: He was warned that you better watch out. 32 00:01:22,899 --> 00:01:25,575 - NARRATOR: In the end, the words of a dead man 33 00:01:25,586 --> 00:01:28,036 lead detectives to his killer. 34 00:01:28,113 --> 00:01:29,421 - MICHAEL COGSWELL: He just said, 35 00:01:29,498 --> 00:01:31,665 "If anything ever happens to me, grab my diary, 36 00:01:31,741 --> 00:01:34,835 and it'll explain everything that--that happened." 37 00:01:34,911 --> 00:01:36,261 - DOUGLAS: There was no possibility 38 00:01:36,338 --> 00:01:37,671 that this was anything other 39 00:01:37,747 --> 00:01:39,723 than an out and out assassination. 40 00:01:44,179 --> 00:01:52,903 - ♪ 41 00:01:56,117 --> 00:01:59,952 - NARRATOR: On the morning of December 29th, 1981, 42 00:02:00,028 --> 00:02:02,454 dispatchers in Kitsap County, Washington, 43 00:02:02,531 --> 00:02:08,577 receive a disturbing 911 call from 25-year-old John Tibbits. 44 00:02:08,653 --> 00:02:11,288 John says he's found something horrific 45 00:02:11,298 --> 00:02:15,792 on his morning stroll through a remote evergreen farm. 46 00:02:15,803 --> 00:02:19,087 - RAY: The, uh, area was very remote. 47 00:02:19,164 --> 00:02:20,697 There's small trails, 48 00:02:20,699 --> 00:02:24,643 there's, uh, roads just big enough for a car to get onto. 49 00:02:24,720 --> 00:02:27,229 He had been out for a walk, and he saw a body. 50 00:02:29,483 --> 00:02:33,894 - REBECCA: It was sprawled face down in the dirt, in the mud. 51 00:02:33,970 --> 00:02:35,061 - ♪ 52 00:02:35,138 --> 00:02:37,397 - DOUGLAS: He went back to his residence, 53 00:02:37,474 --> 00:02:39,324 and a 911 call was placed. 54 00:02:39,401 --> 00:02:43,495 And that's how we became involved in the investigation. 55 00:02:43,572 --> 00:02:44,705 - [sirens blaring] 56 00:02:45,666 --> 00:02:47,824 - We went out to the Lake Flora area, 57 00:02:47,835 --> 00:02:50,502 and met the complainant out there. 58 00:02:50,579 --> 00:02:52,078 He walked us back to the scene, 59 00:02:52,155 --> 00:02:55,916 and I noticed a lump of what I thought was clothing. 60 00:02:55,992 --> 00:03:01,680 As we got closer, we realized it--it was, in fact, a body. 61 00:03:01,757 --> 00:03:03,182 He was laying in a puddle; 62 00:03:03,258 --> 00:03:06,518 puddle was about two to three inches deep. 63 00:03:06,595 --> 00:03:08,303 - RAY: The pants was jeans, 64 00:03:08,380 --> 00:03:12,307 they were pulled down, uh, just below his buttocks, 65 00:03:12,384 --> 00:03:17,362 and I noticed that in his back pocket was a wallet. 66 00:03:17,439 --> 00:03:21,191 - He found, uh, an ID card from Bangor Naval Base, 67 00:03:21,202 --> 00:03:24,661 and, uh, it identified the guy as Bill Edmondson. 68 00:03:31,545 --> 00:03:34,713 - NARRATOR: Born on September 14th, 1958 69 00:03:34,790 --> 00:03:36,998 in Scranton, Pennsylvania, 70 00:03:37,075 --> 00:03:41,795 Bill Edmondson's early years were marked by tragedy. 71 00:03:41,871 --> 00:03:44,881 - REBECCA: He was born in prison in Pennsylvania 72 00:03:44,892 --> 00:03:49,228 because his mother had been convicted of killing his father. 73 00:03:49,304 --> 00:03:51,054 He was put in foster care. 74 00:03:51,065 --> 00:03:55,558 It was certainly a tough beginning to his life. 75 00:03:55,569 --> 00:03:57,236 - NARRATOR: Bill's mother was convicted 76 00:03:57,312 --> 00:03:59,020 of second-degree murder, 77 00:03:59,097 --> 00:04:03,692 and sentenced to 10 years in an industrial school for women. 78 00:04:03,768 --> 00:04:06,152 She was paroled five years later, 79 00:04:06,229 --> 00:04:07,637 and upon her release, 80 00:04:07,639 --> 00:04:11,250 Bill spent the rest of his childhood living with her. 81 00:04:11,326 --> 00:04:14,753 After graduating high school, Bill signed up with the Navy 82 00:04:14,830 --> 00:04:17,998 to try and escape his troubled upbringing. 83 00:04:18,074 --> 00:04:20,000 - REBECCA: He joined the Navy, 84 00:04:20,076 --> 00:04:22,669 and then re-upped after four years, 85 00:04:22,746 --> 00:04:25,171 and found himself working as a Yeoman; 86 00:04:25,248 --> 00:04:29,843 a clerical administrative person. 87 00:04:29,919 --> 00:04:31,436 - NARRATOR: Bill was eventually stationed 88 00:04:31,513 --> 00:04:35,849 at Bangor Submarine Base in Kitsap County, Washington. 89 00:04:35,925 --> 00:04:39,945 Though he enjoyed his job, by the time he was 23, 90 00:04:40,022 --> 00:04:43,949 Bill knew he wanted more than just a career. 91 00:04:44,026 --> 00:04:45,275 - SUSAN: I always had the impression 92 00:04:45,286 --> 00:04:47,861 that he was yearning for--for a family, 93 00:04:47,937 --> 00:04:50,238 or a connection, you know, 94 00:04:50,315 --> 00:04:54,284 having someone care for him and loving him. 95 00:04:54,295 --> 00:04:56,369 - Bill would have made a very good father 96 00:04:56,446 --> 00:04:57,912 because he was kind, 97 00:04:57,989 --> 00:05:00,173 and you could tell that he had a love for children. 98 00:05:02,118 --> 00:05:03,802 - ♪ 99 00:05:03,879 --> 00:05:06,305 - NARRATOR: One night at a bar near the base, 100 00:05:06,381 --> 00:05:07,639 Bill crossed paths 101 00:05:07,716 --> 00:05:10,976 with 26-year-old Rosalina Manthie. 102 00:05:11,053 --> 00:05:16,148 Like Bill, Rosalina was no stranger to tragedy. 103 00:05:16,224 --> 00:05:18,558 - REBECCA: When she was just one year old, 104 00:05:18,635 --> 00:05:23,063 both her parents were killed in an accident in the Philippines, 105 00:05:23,139 --> 00:05:27,108 and she grew up in orphanages and foster homes, 106 00:05:27,185 --> 00:05:30,278 and sometimes living with relatives. 107 00:05:30,355 --> 00:05:32,739 Rosalina's childhood was very lonely. 108 00:05:32,816 --> 00:05:35,167 I think from an early age, 109 00:05:35,243 --> 00:05:38,378 she felt a huge void in her life. 110 00:05:41,249 --> 00:05:44,843 - NARRATOR: As a teenager, Rosalina immigrated to America, 111 00:05:44,920 --> 00:05:47,754 and by 1981 when she met Bill, 112 00:05:47,831 --> 00:05:50,090 she'd just escaped an abusive marriage 113 00:05:50,166 --> 00:05:52,509 with a man name Richard Manthie, 114 00:05:52,519 --> 00:05:56,012 and was raising their three-year-old daughter alone. 115 00:05:56,023 --> 00:05:57,931 On the rare night out, 116 00:05:58,007 --> 00:06:02,769 Rosalina liked to blow off some steam near the Navy base. 117 00:06:02,846 --> 00:06:04,104 - DOUGLAS: She went to taverns, 118 00:06:04,180 --> 00:06:07,532 and--and let the young men wine and dine her. 119 00:06:07,609 --> 00:06:09,284 She was an attractive young lady. 120 00:06:11,521 --> 00:06:14,206 - NARRATOR: Rosalina could tell Bill was different 121 00:06:14,282 --> 00:06:17,617 from the other men she casually flirted with. 122 00:06:17,694 --> 00:06:19,619 - SUSAN: He was a nice guy. 123 00:06:19,696 --> 00:06:21,213 He was an honest guy. 124 00:06:21,289 --> 00:06:23,039 Never heard a cuss word out of his mouth; 125 00:06:23,050 --> 00:06:26,376 never heard him talk coarsely. 126 00:06:26,387 --> 00:06:30,296 - REBECCA: He was probably the most normal, 127 00:06:30,373 --> 00:06:33,007 hardworking young man 128 00:06:33,084 --> 00:06:37,178 that Rosalina had really ever come in contact with. 129 00:06:37,255 --> 00:06:43,143 The--the one who probably she could have had a real life with. 130 00:06:43,219 --> 00:06:46,238 - NARRATOR: Bill was just as taken with Rosalina, 131 00:06:46,314 --> 00:06:48,648 especially after she introduced him 132 00:06:48,725 --> 00:06:51,401 to her three-year-old daughter. 133 00:06:51,412 --> 00:06:53,403 - ANGELA: I just think that he wanted somebody to love. 134 00:06:53,414 --> 00:06:54,579 He wanted children. 135 00:06:54,656 --> 00:06:57,416 She had a child, and was a ready-made family. 136 00:06:57,492 --> 00:07:01,202 - REBECCA: Within a few months, they were married. 137 00:07:01,279 --> 00:07:03,588 - ♪ 138 00:07:03,665 --> 00:07:07,426 - NARRATOR: After their marriage on August 21st, 1981, 139 00:07:07,502 --> 00:07:09,377 they honeymooned in Montana 140 00:07:09,454 --> 00:07:12,172 before returning to Lake Symington, Washington 141 00:07:12,248 --> 00:07:15,341 to start their life together. 142 00:07:15,418 --> 00:07:16,759 - RAY: They wanted to have a house 143 00:07:16,770 --> 00:07:19,012 out there on Lake Symington, 144 00:07:19,088 --> 00:07:22,599 and buying a house certainly is one of the things you do 145 00:07:22,609 --> 00:07:25,110 when you're just getting married. 146 00:07:25,187 --> 00:07:26,670 - SUSAN: She wanted the best of everything. 147 00:07:26,672 --> 00:07:30,773 She wanted the brand-new house and brand-new appliances. 148 00:07:30,784 --> 00:07:34,694 - NARRATOR: Bill was happy to indulge his beautiful new bride, 149 00:07:34,771 --> 00:07:36,446 and as Christmas approached, 150 00:07:36,457 --> 00:07:40,292 Bill lavished Rosalina's daughter with gifts as well. 151 00:07:40,368 --> 00:07:44,370 - SUSAN: He had Christmas presents underneath the bed 152 00:07:44,447 --> 00:07:46,080 that they slept in; 153 00:07:46,157 --> 00:07:49,801 hidden the presents from the little girl until Christmas. 154 00:07:49,878 --> 00:07:51,419 I'm sure he was looking forward 155 00:07:51,496 --> 00:07:54,881 to seeing her on Christmas morning opening them up, 156 00:07:54,958 --> 00:07:57,184 but he never got that chance. 157 00:07:59,146 --> 00:08:02,647 - NARRATOR: Just three days before Christmas, 1981, 158 00:08:02,724 --> 00:08:04,307 Bill failed to report 159 00:08:04,318 --> 00:08:07,894 to his assigned submarine unit for duty. 160 00:08:07,971 --> 00:08:11,397 - DOUGLAS: He didn't show up to work on the 22nd. 161 00:08:11,474 --> 00:08:14,817 And that was not typical of him at all. 162 00:08:14,828 --> 00:08:19,572 He was, uh, very punctual, a good employee. 163 00:08:19,649 --> 00:08:21,741 Very conscientious in his work, 164 00:08:21,818 --> 00:08:26,171 And it was very strange for him to not show up at work. 165 00:08:26,248 --> 00:08:28,748 - NARRATOR: Bill's supervisor immediately reached out 166 00:08:28,825 --> 00:08:31,510 to Bill's wife, Rosalina. 167 00:08:31,586 --> 00:08:35,514 - REBECCA: They called Rosalina to ask if--if she'd seen him. 168 00:08:35,590 --> 00:08:38,016 She said she hadn't. 169 00:08:38,093 --> 00:08:42,512 Rosalina doesn't seem concerned about where Bill is. 170 00:08:42,523 --> 00:08:44,189 - ANGELA: You might think, 171 00:08:44,266 --> 00:08:46,024 oh, well, maybe he went somewhere, you know, 172 00:08:46,101 --> 00:08:47,267 stayed the night somewhere else. 173 00:08:47,343 --> 00:08:49,903 Or maybe he overslept somewhere. 174 00:08:52,032 --> 00:08:54,983 - NARRATOR: But as days passed with no sign of Bill, 175 00:08:55,059 --> 00:08:59,112 it was clear something wasn't right. 176 00:08:59,188 --> 00:09:01,706 - SUSAN: I got a phone call, and it was Rosalina. 177 00:09:01,783 --> 00:09:04,534 And she asked me if Bill was there. 178 00:09:04,545 --> 00:09:07,212 I told her, "No, Rosalina, Bill's not here," 179 00:09:07,289 --> 00:09:09,205 and she was really worried and upset 180 00:09:09,216 --> 00:09:12,041 about him not coming home. 181 00:09:12,052 --> 00:09:13,367 - NARRATOR: By that time, 182 00:09:13,445 --> 00:09:16,546 NCIS were investigating Bill's disappearance, 183 00:09:16,557 --> 00:09:20,633 and reached out to local law enforcement for help. 184 00:09:20,710 --> 00:09:22,176 - RAY: They were very adamant 185 00:09:22,253 --> 00:09:24,729 that Bill Edmondson was a stellar sailor. 186 00:09:24,806 --> 00:09:28,441 That it was very unlikely that he would've just taken off. 187 00:09:31,238 --> 00:09:34,147 - NARRATOR: Now, a week after he was reported missing 188 00:09:34,223 --> 00:09:35,907 by his supervisors, 189 00:09:35,984 --> 00:09:38,743 the discovery of Bill Edmondson's body 190 00:09:38,820 --> 00:09:40,403 on December 29th 191 00:09:40,414 --> 00:09:44,324 puts a grim end to a wide search effort. 192 00:09:44,400 --> 00:09:46,585 - RAY: When we were out at the scene of the crime 193 00:09:46,661 --> 00:09:48,086 where Bill was located, 194 00:09:48,163 --> 00:09:49,921 we did notice that in his tennis shoes, 195 00:09:49,998 --> 00:09:51,998 there were some shards of glass. 196 00:09:52,075 --> 00:09:53,258 It was cold; 197 00:09:53,335 --> 00:09:57,003 there was ice in the puddles near him. 198 00:09:57,080 --> 00:09:58,838 - DOUGLAS: Anybody who would be out in that area 199 00:09:58,915 --> 00:10:01,266 would be dressed for winter weather, 200 00:10:01,343 --> 00:10:03,935 but that wasn't the case with the victim. 201 00:10:04,012 --> 00:10:05,252 - DAVID: My first thought was, 202 00:10:05,330 --> 00:10:07,847 "What the hell's he doing out here, and why?" 203 00:10:07,924 --> 00:10:09,390 Why was he out there? 204 00:10:09,467 --> 00:10:12,611 You would have no reason to be out there. 205 00:10:12,687 --> 00:10:15,521 - NARRATOR: When detectives roll Bill's body over, 206 00:10:15,598 --> 00:10:20,026 it's clear his death was no accident. 207 00:10:20,103 --> 00:10:22,120 - RAY: I'll never forget what the face looked like 208 00:10:22,197 --> 00:10:24,072 when the body was turned over. 209 00:10:24,148 --> 00:10:27,459 His nose had been broken and looked smashed. 210 00:10:27,535 --> 00:10:29,127 - DOUGLAS: It was clearly evident 211 00:10:29,204 --> 00:10:31,963 that--that he'd been severely beaten. 212 00:10:32,040 --> 00:10:33,581 His eyes were swollen shut, 213 00:10:33,658 --> 00:10:37,126 his nose was literally splattered all over his face. 214 00:10:37,137 --> 00:10:39,712 A cut lip, broken teeth. 215 00:10:39,789 --> 00:10:42,474 - DAVID: You really had to look at his picture, 216 00:10:42,550 --> 00:10:43,867 and look at him, 217 00:10:43,869 --> 00:10:46,469 and you--you couldn't tell it was the same guy. 218 00:10:46,480 --> 00:10:49,147 He just looked like someone, to put it bluntly, 219 00:10:49,224 --> 00:10:51,432 just beat the hell out of him. 220 00:10:51,509 --> 00:10:53,559 - REBECCA: It was obviously very personal. 221 00:10:53,636 --> 00:10:55,895 Somebody didn't just want Bill dead, 222 00:10:55,972 --> 00:10:58,281 they wanted him erased. 223 00:11:00,568 --> 00:11:03,495 - NARRATOR: Coming up, detectives mine for details 224 00:11:03,571 --> 00:11:06,823 about the last time Bill was seen. 225 00:11:06,833 --> 00:11:08,241 - MICHAEL: His face just lit up, 226 00:11:08,317 --> 00:11:09,742 and he's going, "Oh, we're gonna go out." 227 00:11:09,819 --> 00:11:12,504 And that was the last time I ever saw him. 228 00:11:12,580 --> 00:11:16,341 - NARRATOR: And had Bill been keeping a dangerous secret? 229 00:11:16,418 --> 00:11:18,918 - RAY: She did indicate that her husband and his friend 230 00:11:18,995 --> 00:11:20,679 were in a homosexual relationship. 231 00:11:23,425 --> 00:11:27,227 - ♪ 232 00:11:36,863 --> 00:11:39,698 - NARRATOR: On December 29th, 1981, 233 00:11:39,774 --> 00:11:42,108 Kitsap County sheriff's investigators 234 00:11:42,185 --> 00:11:43,702 are gathered over the body 235 00:11:43,778 --> 00:11:46,988 of 23-year-old sailor, Bill Edmondson, 236 00:11:47,064 --> 00:11:50,867 on a remote logging road near Seattle, Washington. 237 00:11:50,877 --> 00:11:52,544 - DOUGLAS: Whoever did this deed 238 00:11:52,620 --> 00:11:56,497 wanted to be sure that the victim was dead. 239 00:11:56,574 --> 00:11:59,217 He was severely beaten. 240 00:11:59,294 --> 00:12:01,553 There was no--no possibility 241 00:12:01,629 --> 00:12:03,171 that this was anything other than 242 00:12:03,247 --> 00:12:05,014 an out and out assassination. 243 00:12:07,877 --> 00:12:10,219 - NARRATOR: As detectives take a closer look, 244 00:12:10,230 --> 00:12:15,400 they find an outline of a cowboy boot on Bill's bare chest. 245 00:12:15,477 --> 00:12:16,735 - I have never, 246 00:12:16,811 --> 00:12:18,895 in all the years I worked as a detective, 247 00:12:18,905 --> 00:12:22,356 seen anybody that had received a blow like that 248 00:12:22,433 --> 00:12:24,358 where it left an actual impression 249 00:12:24,435 --> 00:12:27,153 on a person's chest or body. 250 00:12:27,230 --> 00:12:28,913 - DAVID: This wasn't a bar fight. 251 00:12:28,990 --> 00:12:32,751 This was something more than that. 252 00:12:32,827 --> 00:12:37,747 It really etched in my mind how brutal everything was. 253 00:12:37,758 --> 00:12:42,093 I've seen some bad crimes, but nothing this horrific. 254 00:12:42,170 --> 00:12:43,669 - ♪ 255 00:12:43,746 --> 00:12:45,764 - NARRATOR: As detectives search the area, 256 00:12:45,840 --> 00:12:49,926 they find more boot impressions in the mud. 257 00:12:49,936 --> 00:12:53,513 - DAVID: We found boot prints right there at the scene 258 00:12:53,589 --> 00:12:55,982 that matched the one in his chest. 259 00:12:58,594 --> 00:13:00,728 - NARRATOR: In an autopsy later that day, 260 00:13:00,805 --> 00:13:04,073 the medical examiner makes a positive identification. 261 00:13:06,194 --> 00:13:08,402 - DAVID: The coroner, he said that it looked like-- 262 00:13:08,479 --> 00:13:11,239 like he was hit by a high-speed truck. 263 00:13:11,315 --> 00:13:12,698 - ♪ 264 00:13:12,775 --> 00:13:16,786 - DAVID: But confirmed that it was Bill Edmondson. 265 00:13:16,797 --> 00:13:18,538 - NARRATOR: The medical examiner says 266 00:13:18,614 --> 00:13:20,799 Bill's horrific internal injuries 267 00:13:20,875 --> 00:13:23,751 aren't even what killed him. 268 00:13:23,828 --> 00:13:25,303 - DOUGLAS: During the autopsy, 269 00:13:25,380 --> 00:13:27,713 four .22 caliber bullets were found 270 00:13:27,790 --> 00:13:29,849 in the victim's head. 271 00:13:31,669 --> 00:13:33,219 - NARRATOR: Now that autopsy results 272 00:13:33,296 --> 00:13:34,979 have confirmed Bill's identity, 273 00:13:35,056 --> 00:13:39,100 detectives go to the home of Bill's wife, Rosalina Edmondson, 274 00:13:39,176 --> 00:13:42,812 to break the news of her husband's tragic death. 275 00:13:42,823 --> 00:13:45,398 - REBECCA: When the detectives did tell her 276 00:13:45,474 --> 00:13:48,651 that they'd found Bill's body, and how he was murdered, 277 00:13:48,662 --> 00:13:50,995 she cried a lot. 278 00:13:51,072 --> 00:13:52,497 - To this day, 279 00:13:52,574 --> 00:13:54,782 I have never seen anybody that wailed more than Rosalina. 280 00:13:54,859 --> 00:13:57,252 She was very hysterical. 281 00:13:59,172 --> 00:14:01,005 - NARRATOR: Detectives ask Rosalina 282 00:14:01,082 --> 00:14:04,843 to walk them through the last time she saw her husband. 283 00:14:04,919 --> 00:14:07,295 She says it was eight days earlier, 284 00:14:07,371 --> 00:14:10,006 on the evening of the 21st. 285 00:14:10,016 --> 00:14:11,674 - RAY: When I talked to Rosalina, 286 00:14:11,685 --> 00:14:14,093 she had indicated that she and Bill had gone out 287 00:14:14,170 --> 00:14:16,596 to a place, uh, where there was drinking. 288 00:14:16,672 --> 00:14:19,682 That he was drinking quite heavily. 289 00:14:19,693 --> 00:14:21,684 - REBECCA: When she left him, 290 00:14:21,695 --> 00:14:24,529 he was talking to a long-haired guy 291 00:14:24,606 --> 00:14:26,364 with--with a shaggy beard, 292 00:14:26,441 --> 00:14:28,357 and was trying to buy some acid. 293 00:14:28,368 --> 00:14:31,703 - ♪ 294 00:14:31,779 --> 00:14:33,262 - NARRATOR: Rosalina says 295 00:14:33,264 --> 00:14:36,324 that Bill had struggled with drug and alcohol addiction 296 00:14:36,400 --> 00:14:38,117 their entire marriage. 297 00:14:38,194 --> 00:14:39,619 And she says 298 00:14:39,695 --> 00:14:44,382 she'd wanted nothing to do with her husband's bad habit. 299 00:14:44,459 --> 00:14:46,384 - REBECCA: After Rosalina left Bill, 300 00:14:46,461 --> 00:14:48,544 she went to another bar, 301 00:14:48,555 --> 00:14:50,463 and she danced with some sailors. 302 00:14:50,539 --> 00:14:51,890 And she told detectives 303 00:14:51,966 --> 00:14:54,050 that she actually slept on the couch 304 00:14:54,060 --> 00:14:56,311 at the neighbor's house that night. 305 00:14:59,382 --> 00:15:01,974 - NARRATOR: In addition to the mysterious bearded man 306 00:15:02,051 --> 00:15:04,226 she'd seen her husband with, 307 00:15:04,237 --> 00:15:06,738 Rosalina says she knows someone else 308 00:15:06,814 --> 00:15:10,316 who might have a motive in Bill's death. 309 00:15:10,393 --> 00:15:11,692 - RAY: She did indicate 310 00:15:11,769 --> 00:15:13,578 that Michael Cogswell and her husband 311 00:15:13,655 --> 00:15:15,571 were in a homosexual relationship. 312 00:15:15,582 --> 00:15:18,741 - ♪ 313 00:15:18,752 --> 00:15:21,085 - NARRATOR: Rosalina says that when she met Bill, 314 00:15:21,162 --> 00:15:24,914 Michael Cogswell was his best friend and roommate. 315 00:15:24,925 --> 00:15:27,926 A few weeks after Bill and Rosalina married, 316 00:15:28,002 --> 00:15:31,763 Bill insisted that Michael move in with them 317 00:15:31,839 --> 00:15:34,507 - REBECCA: Michael Cogswell was in the Navy with Bill, 318 00:15:34,583 --> 00:15:37,936 had been Bill's roommate before Bill married Rosalina. 319 00:15:38,012 --> 00:15:40,939 And then when Bill bought the house, 320 00:15:41,015 --> 00:15:43,224 ah, Michael also moved into the house, 321 00:15:43,300 --> 00:15:47,061 and rented from Bill and Rosalina. 322 00:15:47,138 --> 00:15:50,731 - NARRATOR: Rosalina tells detectives that as a newlywed, 323 00:15:50,808 --> 00:15:53,275 she wasn't thrilled to have a roommate, 324 00:15:53,286 --> 00:15:57,455 but she'd never suspected what was really going on. 325 00:15:57,532 --> 00:15:59,624 - REBECCA: She said that she had walked in on them once 326 00:15:59,701 --> 00:16:01,409 when they were naked. 327 00:16:01,485 --> 00:16:03,962 - RAY: She said she caught 'em in bed together. 328 00:16:04,038 --> 00:16:06,038 - ♪ 329 00:16:06,115 --> 00:16:08,299 - RAY: We certainly wanted to talk to Michael Cogswell 330 00:16:08,376 --> 00:16:09,968 about that. 331 00:16:10,044 --> 00:16:11,794 - NARRATOR: Detectives ask Rosalina 332 00:16:11,805 --> 00:16:15,306 if Michael has any cowboy boots at the house. 333 00:16:15,383 --> 00:16:16,882 She leaves the room, 334 00:16:16,959 --> 00:16:20,979 and soon returns with two large boots. 335 00:16:21,055 --> 00:16:23,264 - RAY: Michael Cogswell was one of the last people 336 00:16:23,340 --> 00:16:24,390 to see him alive, 337 00:16:24,467 --> 00:16:26,693 so we certainly couldn't rule him out. 338 00:16:29,155 --> 00:16:31,480 - NARRATOR: Before detectives seek out Michael, 339 00:16:31,491 --> 00:16:32,991 Rosalina grants permission 340 00:16:33,067 --> 00:16:36,402 to search any properties and vehicles in her name, 341 00:16:36,479 --> 00:16:39,822 except a red AMC Gremlin. 342 00:16:39,833 --> 00:16:41,240 - REBECCA: She says, 343 00:16:41,317 --> 00:16:43,167 "Well, my ex-husband, Richard Manthie, drives that, 344 00:16:43,244 --> 00:16:46,004 "I don't know if I can-- if I can sign off on that, 345 00:16:46,080 --> 00:16:49,331 so that you can search that car." 346 00:16:49,342 --> 00:16:51,459 - NARRATOR: Rosalina provides detectives 347 00:16:51,535 --> 00:16:53,845 with her ex's nearby address, 348 00:16:53,921 --> 00:16:58,182 and detectives add him to their list of house calls. 349 00:16:58,259 --> 00:17:01,185 But first, they want to speak with Bill's friend 350 00:17:01,262 --> 00:17:04,355 and alleged lover, Michael Cogswell, 351 00:17:04,432 --> 00:17:07,850 who agrees to come to the station for questioning. 352 00:17:07,861 --> 00:17:09,351 - RAY: When we talked to Michael Cogswell, 353 00:17:09,362 --> 00:17:13,364 he denied any relationship with Bill Edmonson. 354 00:17:13,441 --> 00:17:16,200 - MICHAEL: When you're assigned to the same command, 355 00:17:16,277 --> 00:17:18,369 and you work close with each other, 356 00:17:18,446 --> 00:17:19,871 you become friends. 357 00:17:19,947 --> 00:17:21,322 So, I mean, it was natural 358 00:17:21,398 --> 00:17:22,782 that we were gonna become friends, 359 00:17:22,858 --> 00:17:25,543 and hang around with each other. 360 00:17:25,620 --> 00:17:29,714 If you had a relationship with the same sex back then, 361 00:17:29,791 --> 00:17:31,716 you automatically were discharged. 362 00:17:31,793 --> 00:17:33,075 And Bill and I-- 363 00:17:33,077 --> 00:17:34,668 it never even crossed either one of our mind 364 00:17:34,745 --> 00:17:36,629 to ever do anything like that. 365 00:17:36,705 --> 00:17:39,098 I just don't have no interest in that. 366 00:17:43,045 --> 00:17:46,680 - NARRATOR: Michael says that on December 21st, 1981, 367 00:17:46,757 --> 00:17:48,974 the night before Bill disappeared, 368 00:17:49,051 --> 00:17:53,571 the two friends had gone out to a bar near the base. 369 00:17:53,648 --> 00:17:55,055 - RAY: They had been out drinking, 370 00:17:55,133 --> 00:17:58,651 and they came back to the house out in Lake Symington, 371 00:17:58,727 --> 00:18:01,695 uh, where Rosalina was. 372 00:18:01,772 --> 00:18:03,081 - MICHAEL: His face just lit up, 373 00:18:03,157 --> 00:18:05,199 and he's going, "Oh, she's here!" 374 00:18:05,276 --> 00:18:07,251 She said, "We're gonna go out." 375 00:18:07,328 --> 00:18:08,744 And they went out, 376 00:18:08,755 --> 00:18:10,579 and that was the last time I ever saw him. 377 00:18:10,590 --> 00:18:14,092 - ♪ 378 00:18:14,168 --> 00:18:15,651 - NARRATOR: To this point, 379 00:18:15,653 --> 00:18:18,754 Michael's story matches what Rosalina told detectives 380 00:18:18,765 --> 00:18:22,550 about the last night Bill was seen alive. 381 00:18:22,626 --> 00:18:25,427 But when asked about the mysterious bearded man 382 00:18:25,438 --> 00:18:28,097 that Bill allegedly bought drugs from, 383 00:18:28,108 --> 00:18:31,725 Michael is taken aback. 384 00:18:31,802 --> 00:18:36,105 - MICHAEL: As far as I knew, Bill never used drugs at all. 385 00:18:36,116 --> 00:18:38,449 In the military, you're tested too often, 386 00:18:38,526 --> 00:18:41,360 so it wasn't even worth it. 387 00:18:41,437 --> 00:18:43,571 - RAY: After we got into our investigation, 388 00:18:43,647 --> 00:18:46,031 we never believed that Bill was involved in drugs, 389 00:18:46,108 --> 00:18:48,292 and he was involved with somebody 390 00:18:48,369 --> 00:18:51,587 that may have, uh, killed him for that kind of thing. 391 00:18:53,633 --> 00:18:56,300 - NARRATOR: To cross Michael off the suspect list, 392 00:18:56,377 --> 00:18:59,211 detectives turn to their only solid clue 393 00:18:59,288 --> 00:19:01,297 about the killer's identity: 394 00:19:01,307 --> 00:19:05,810 the casting of a boot print found near Bill's body. 395 00:19:05,887 --> 00:19:07,145 - MICHAEL: The police told me, said, 396 00:19:07,221 --> 00:19:10,148 well, the prints that they took at the tree farm 397 00:19:10,224 --> 00:19:12,558 were too small to be mine. 398 00:19:12,635 --> 00:19:13,934 The police said, 399 00:19:14,011 --> 00:19:16,195 "Don't worry about it, we know you didn't do it." 400 00:19:18,182 --> 00:19:20,107 - NARRATOR: Detectives immediately shift their focus 401 00:19:20,184 --> 00:19:21,609 to the red Gremlin 402 00:19:21,685 --> 00:19:25,830 driven by Rosalina's ex-husband, Richard Manthie. 403 00:19:25,907 --> 00:19:27,156 - RAY: You certainly have to look 404 00:19:27,167 --> 00:19:29,000 at all the aspects in the case, 405 00:19:29,076 --> 00:19:32,912 and we certainly wanted to contact Richard Manthie. 406 00:19:32,988 --> 00:19:35,256 And we wanted to know what was inside the car. 407 00:19:37,701 --> 00:19:39,010 - NARRATOR: Coming up. 408 00:19:39,086 --> 00:19:42,129 Detectives uncover a suspicious scene. 409 00:19:42,206 --> 00:19:44,006 - DAVID: It looked like someone kicked out a window, 410 00:19:44,017 --> 00:19:45,507 or something. 411 00:19:45,518 --> 00:19:47,685 - DOUGLAS: There'd been some significant violence 412 00:19:47,762 --> 00:19:49,020 in that area. 413 00:19:49,096 --> 00:19:50,354 - NARRATOR: And veiled clues 414 00:19:50,431 --> 00:19:53,524 expose Bill's brutal last moments. 415 00:19:53,601 --> 00:19:56,101 - DOUGLAS: I was able to find evidence of blood 416 00:19:56,178 --> 00:19:59,197 in the, uh, head rest of the passenger's seat. 417 00:19:59,273 --> 00:20:00,865 - DAVID: It just-- it just made sense 418 00:20:00,942 --> 00:20:03,159 that that's where all this happened. 419 00:20:05,613 --> 00:20:09,415 - ♪ 420 00:20:18,742 --> 00:20:21,335 - NARRATOR: Detectives investigating the brutal murder 421 00:20:21,412 --> 00:20:22,878 of Bill Edmondson 422 00:20:22,889 --> 00:20:25,673 have cleared his roommate, Michael Cogswell, 423 00:20:25,749 --> 00:20:28,676 and are moving on to their next lead. 424 00:20:28,752 --> 00:20:31,896 - RAY: We wanted to go over to the house on Long Lake, 425 00:20:31,973 --> 00:20:34,848 and contact Richard Manthie. 426 00:20:34,925 --> 00:20:37,685 - NARRATOR: On December 30th, 1981, 427 00:20:37,761 --> 00:20:40,020 detectives make the 20 minute drive out 428 00:20:40,097 --> 00:20:44,149 to the address provided by Bill's wife, Rosalina. 429 00:20:44,226 --> 00:20:48,579 Her ex-husband, Richard Manthie greets them at the door. 430 00:20:48,656 --> 00:20:50,906 - He certainly gave us permission to be able to search. 431 00:20:50,917 --> 00:20:53,242 I think he was trying to cooperate. 432 00:20:53,253 --> 00:20:54,743 - ♪ 433 00:20:54,754 --> 00:20:56,921 - NARRATOR: Richard lets detectives into the home, 434 00:20:56,998 --> 00:21:01,166 and immediately, they can tell something is off. 435 00:21:01,243 --> 00:21:03,877 - DOUGLAS: The back door itself was gone, 436 00:21:03,954 --> 00:21:07,881 and the door casing was splintered, 437 00:21:07,958 --> 00:21:10,843 indicating that there'd been some significant violence 438 00:21:10,919 --> 00:21:13,053 in that area. 439 00:21:13,130 --> 00:21:16,098 - DAVID: There was glass shards on the floor. 440 00:21:16,109 --> 00:21:19,443 It looked like someone kicked out a window or something. 441 00:21:19,520 --> 00:21:21,279 - RAY: It was very noteworthy to us 442 00:21:21,355 --> 00:21:23,447 that there appeared to be a fight 443 00:21:23,524 --> 00:21:25,074 where the door was missing. 444 00:21:27,361 --> 00:21:28,786 - NARRATOR: Detectives notice 445 00:21:28,863 --> 00:21:32,364 that the appliances and walls have been freshly cleaned, 446 00:21:32,441 --> 00:21:35,793 so they spray the kitchen with Luminol. 447 00:21:35,870 --> 00:21:37,962 - DOUGLAS: We found a significant amount of blood 448 00:21:38,039 --> 00:21:39,463 on the floor, 449 00:21:39,540 --> 00:21:41,966 also on several of the walls. 450 00:21:44,119 --> 00:21:46,420 - NARRATOR: Sitting by the missing back door 451 00:21:46,497 --> 00:21:50,299 is the most crucial piece of evidence yet. 452 00:21:50,310 --> 00:21:51,759 - DOUGLAS: When we searched the house, 453 00:21:51,835 --> 00:21:54,145 we found a pair of Western boots. 454 00:21:54,221 --> 00:21:56,722 - ♪ 455 00:21:56,799 --> 00:21:58,983 - NARRATOR: As the search of the home continues, 456 00:21:59,060 --> 00:22:02,862 detectives ask Richard to come to the station for an interview. 457 00:22:05,066 --> 00:22:06,565 Detectives question Richard 458 00:22:06,642 --> 00:22:08,984 about his relationship to the Edmondsons, 459 00:22:08,995 --> 00:22:13,331 and he explains his past with Rosalina. 460 00:22:13,407 --> 00:22:15,666 - REBECCA: Richard Manthie was a U.S. Marine 461 00:22:15,743 --> 00:22:18,336 assigned to Subic Bay in the Philippines 462 00:22:18,412 --> 00:22:20,338 where he met Rosalina. 463 00:22:20,414 --> 00:22:22,247 And they'd been pretty hot and heavy, 464 00:22:22,324 --> 00:22:24,083 and she was very interested in him. 465 00:22:24,159 --> 00:22:27,461 But before she could get him to marry her, 466 00:22:27,538 --> 00:22:30,589 his ship had left port. 467 00:22:30,666 --> 00:22:32,925 - NARRATOR: The couple eventually reconnected 468 00:22:33,001 --> 00:22:37,188 when Rosalina immigrated to the U.S. in 1977, 469 00:22:37,264 --> 00:22:39,690 and they married that same year. 470 00:22:39,767 --> 00:22:44,528 - REBECCA: Rosalina and Richard Manthie had a baby girl. 471 00:22:44,605 --> 00:22:47,865 There was, uh, domestic violence. 472 00:22:47,942 --> 00:22:51,702 She stuck with him for quite a while 473 00:22:51,779 --> 00:22:55,114 until she decided she could do better. 474 00:22:55,190 --> 00:22:57,699 He went back to Montana where he was from, 475 00:22:57,710 --> 00:22:59,535 and not long after that, 476 00:22:59,545 --> 00:23:03,038 he was convicted of theft charges, 477 00:23:03,049 --> 00:23:04,423 and sent to prison. 478 00:23:06,961 --> 00:23:09,220 - NARRATOR: Richard says after he was released 479 00:23:09,296 --> 00:23:11,547 in December of 1981, 480 00:23:11,557 --> 00:23:13,549 he was hoping to patch things up 481 00:23:13,559 --> 00:23:16,301 with the mother of his only child. 482 00:23:16,378 --> 00:23:17,970 - RAY: Rosalina paid for a ticket 483 00:23:18,046 --> 00:23:20,898 for him to come out to the residence 484 00:23:20,975 --> 00:23:25,069 in, uh, Washington, on Long Lake, that she owned, 485 00:23:25,146 --> 00:23:29,073 and Bill had really nothing to do with that residence. 486 00:23:29,150 --> 00:23:31,859 - NARRATOR: Richard says that on December 21st, 487 00:23:31,935 --> 00:23:35,028 Rosalina dropped a bombshell on him. 488 00:23:35,105 --> 00:23:37,823 She'd divorced him while he was behind bars, 489 00:23:37,900 --> 00:23:41,410 and was already remarried. 490 00:23:41,421 --> 00:23:43,412 - REBECCA: He wasn't aware, apparently, 491 00:23:43,423 --> 00:23:45,756 that she had divorced him. 492 00:23:45,833 --> 00:23:47,258 - RAY: He told us that they had argued, 493 00:23:47,334 --> 00:23:49,718 he and Rosalina, that evening. 494 00:23:53,174 --> 00:23:54,748 - NARRATOR: Richard claims 495 00:23:54,825 --> 00:23:58,102 that he spent the rest of the night drinking alone at home, 496 00:23:58,179 --> 00:24:01,763 but given the significant amount of blood found in the home, 497 00:24:01,774 --> 00:24:05,609 detectives are skeptical. 498 00:24:05,686 --> 00:24:08,520 - DOUGLAS: Manthie said that he'd injured his hand 499 00:24:08,597 --> 00:24:10,522 working on the engine of a car, 500 00:24:10,599 --> 00:24:13,117 but the injuries on his hand were minor. 501 00:24:13,194 --> 00:24:18,289 There was no way his hand had produced any of that blood 502 00:24:18,365 --> 00:24:20,616 that was in the kitchen. 503 00:24:20,626 --> 00:24:21,867 - RAY: When we did talk to Richard 504 00:24:21,944 --> 00:24:23,368 about the door being missing, 505 00:24:23,445 --> 00:24:26,121 he had indicated that he had used that door for firewood, 506 00:24:26,132 --> 00:24:28,799 which we considered, uh, quite unusual, 507 00:24:28,876 --> 00:24:32,461 and probably, uh, not at all truthful. 508 00:24:32,472 --> 00:24:35,806 - ♪ 509 00:24:35,883 --> 00:24:37,716 - NARRATOR: When detectives do a background check 510 00:24:37,793 --> 00:24:39,384 of Richard Manthie, 511 00:24:39,461 --> 00:24:42,971 they discover a history of violence. 512 00:24:42,982 --> 00:24:44,648 - DOUGLAS: He would get drunk, 513 00:24:44,725 --> 00:24:46,650 and he was very vicious and violent 514 00:24:46,727 --> 00:24:48,977 when he was intoxicated. 515 00:24:48,988 --> 00:24:51,605 - RAY: He would be a very intimidating person, 516 00:24:51,682 --> 00:24:53,657 especially to somebody like Bill Edmonson, 517 00:24:53,734 --> 00:24:55,234 who was slight. 518 00:24:55,310 --> 00:24:57,819 We felt that Richard Manthie was one of the prime suspects 519 00:24:57,830 --> 00:25:00,072 in the murder of Bill Edmondson. 520 00:25:00,148 --> 00:25:03,450 - ♪ 521 00:25:03,527 --> 00:25:04,576 - NARRATOR: Back at the property 522 00:25:04,653 --> 00:25:06,578 where Richard Manthie had been living, 523 00:25:06,655 --> 00:25:09,081 investigators search the red Gremlin 524 00:25:09,157 --> 00:25:12,459 that's registered in Rosalina's name. 525 00:25:12,536 --> 00:25:14,169 - RAY: When we did look inside the car, 526 00:25:14,180 --> 00:25:16,680 a portion of the car on the passenger side 527 00:25:16,757 --> 00:25:18,240 had been spray painted, 528 00:25:18,242 --> 00:25:21,843 but nothing else had been spray painted on the other side. 529 00:25:21,854 --> 00:25:23,095 - NARRATOR: In the floorboards, 530 00:25:23,171 --> 00:25:27,808 detectives find a .22 caliber shell casing. 531 00:25:27,884 --> 00:25:30,194 - RAY: The .22 casing certainly fit 532 00:25:30,271 --> 00:25:33,021 with the type of wounds that Bill Edmondson sustained. 533 00:25:33,032 --> 00:25:35,866 There was glass shards found inside the Gremlin, 534 00:25:35,943 --> 00:25:40,037 and there is glass shards inside the house. 535 00:25:40,114 --> 00:25:42,948 - NARRATOR: Investigators had also found glass shards 536 00:25:43,025 --> 00:25:46,544 in Bill's shoes when his body was recovered. 537 00:25:46,620 --> 00:25:48,328 - DAVID: We kind of put, uh, glass 538 00:25:48,405 --> 00:25:50,455 and the tennis shoes together, 539 00:25:50,532 --> 00:25:52,708 and it just--it just made sense 540 00:25:52,718 --> 00:25:55,302 that that's where all this happened. 541 00:25:57,723 --> 00:26:00,674 - NARRATOR: Next, detectives carefully scrape away 542 00:26:00,751 --> 00:26:04,562 the spray paint, and uncover startling evidence. 543 00:26:04,638 --> 00:26:06,513 - DOUGLAS: I found hair samples, 544 00:26:06,590 --> 00:26:08,890 and they had black spray paint on them. 545 00:26:08,901 --> 00:26:11,810 And I was able to find evidence of blood 546 00:26:11,887 --> 00:26:15,072 in the, uh, head rest of the passenger's seat 547 00:26:15,149 --> 00:26:18,358 and on the dashboard directly in front 548 00:26:18,435 --> 00:26:20,485 of the passenger's seat. 549 00:26:20,562 --> 00:26:22,580 - DAVID: When we got the blood sample, 550 00:26:22,656 --> 00:26:25,416 we sent it to the state lab 551 00:26:25,492 --> 00:26:29,161 with a vial of Edmondson's blood, 552 00:26:29,237 --> 00:26:35,092 and it matched up to be in the same blood type as Edmondson's. 553 00:26:35,169 --> 00:26:37,544 - DOUGLAS: The hairs were compared against known hairs 554 00:26:37,621 --> 00:26:40,172 that I collected during the autopsy. 555 00:26:40,248 --> 00:26:45,144 The hair found in the car was a perfect match to the victim. 556 00:26:48,015 --> 00:26:50,515 - NARRATOR: With irrefutable evidence in hand, 557 00:26:50,592 --> 00:26:52,100 detectives are certain 558 00:26:52,111 --> 00:26:56,280 that Bill was killed inside the red Gremlin. 559 00:26:56,357 --> 00:26:59,232 To further strengthen their case against Richard, 560 00:26:59,309 --> 00:27:02,110 investigators compare his cowboy boots 561 00:27:02,121 --> 00:27:05,405 to the prints found around Bill's body. 562 00:27:05,482 --> 00:27:10,202 - DOUGLAS: All the dimensions of the impression on the body 563 00:27:10,278 --> 00:27:12,129 were a perfect match 564 00:27:12,206 --> 00:27:17,301 for the size and shape of the boot that Mr. Manthie owned. 565 00:27:17,378 --> 00:27:18,877 - ♪ 566 00:27:18,954 --> 00:27:20,754 - RAY: We believed that we were on the right track 567 00:27:20,831 --> 00:27:23,090 as far as Richard Manthie being involved, 568 00:27:23,166 --> 00:27:25,643 but we certainly wanted to know his motive. 569 00:27:25,719 --> 00:27:28,312 - ♪ 570 00:27:28,389 --> 00:27:29,813 - NARRATOR: Coming up. 571 00:27:29,890 --> 00:27:34,151 Critical evidence is uncovered in the victim's own words. 572 00:27:34,228 --> 00:27:37,270 - REBECCA: They found that Bill Edmondson had kept a diary. 573 00:27:37,347 --> 00:27:40,440 It was all there in his own handwriting. 574 00:27:40,517 --> 00:27:44,411 - SUSAN: I think he realized that he had made a mistake. 575 00:27:46,073 --> 00:27:49,833 - ♪ 576 00:27:58,752 --> 00:28:01,178 - NARRATOR: In January 1982, 577 00:28:01,255 --> 00:28:03,672 detectives with the Kitsap County Sheriff's Office 578 00:28:03,683 --> 00:28:07,300 have sufficient evidence pointing to Richard Manthie 579 00:28:07,377 --> 00:28:11,304 as the murderer of Bill Edmondson. 580 00:28:11,381 --> 00:28:14,641 As they begin the process to secure an arrest warrant, 581 00:28:14,718 --> 00:28:19,438 they receive belongings from Bill's locker at the Naval base. 582 00:28:19,514 --> 00:28:23,367 - They found that Bill Edmondson had kept a diary. 583 00:28:23,444 --> 00:28:28,196 It was all there in his own handwriting. 584 00:28:28,207 --> 00:28:29,865 - NARRATOR: According to the diary, 585 00:28:29,875 --> 00:28:32,701 which began in the fall of 1981, 586 00:28:32,712 --> 00:28:37,381 Bill realized he was in danger weeks before his murder. 587 00:28:37,458 --> 00:28:40,667 But it wasn't Richard Manthie he was worried about, 588 00:28:40,744 --> 00:28:43,211 it was his wife. 589 00:28:43,222 --> 00:28:45,723 - REBECCA: He was suspicious of Rosalina, 590 00:28:45,799 --> 00:28:49,634 and he was afraid for his life. 591 00:28:49,711 --> 00:28:52,471 - ♪ 592 00:28:52,547 --> 00:28:54,222 - NARRATOR: The diary entries reveal 593 00:28:54,233 --> 00:28:58,059 that Bill had initially fallen hard for Rosalina, 594 00:28:58,070 --> 00:29:00,687 but soon after, he had the good sense 595 00:29:00,764 --> 00:29:03,073 to look into her background. 596 00:29:03,150 --> 00:29:05,242 - REBECCA: At some point, when she was a teenager, 597 00:29:05,319 --> 00:29:09,571 she was working as what's called a "bar girl" in the Philippines. 598 00:29:09,582 --> 00:29:11,064 - DOUGLAS: She learned 599 00:29:11,141 --> 00:29:13,825 that she could use her feminine charms to entice sailors 600 00:29:13,902 --> 00:29:16,161 that were from the United States Navy, 601 00:29:16,238 --> 00:29:18,589 over in the Philippines. 602 00:29:18,665 --> 00:29:22,042 - REBECCA: Rosalina's goal was to find a way 603 00:29:22,118 --> 00:29:24,252 to get to the United States, 604 00:29:24,263 --> 00:29:28,215 and she could do that if she got a soldier to agree to marry her. 605 00:29:28,291 --> 00:29:30,934 She could get what is called a Fiancé Visa. 606 00:29:33,255 --> 00:29:35,263 - NARRATOR: In 1977, 607 00:29:35,274 --> 00:29:38,942 she finally found a sailor willing to pop the question, 608 00:29:39,019 --> 00:29:41,603 and she boarded a plane for Seattle. 609 00:29:41,614 --> 00:29:44,189 But by the time she arrived in the States, 610 00:29:44,266 --> 00:29:48,401 her fiancé had realized he was being manipulated. 611 00:29:48,478 --> 00:29:50,278 - REBECCA: He didn't want anything to do with her. 612 00:29:50,289 --> 00:29:52,280 He said he wasn't going to marry her, 613 00:29:52,291 --> 00:29:54,074 and she wasn't gonna stay with him. 614 00:29:54,150 --> 00:29:56,126 And he sent her away. 615 00:29:56,203 --> 00:29:59,037 And there she was alone in Seattle. 616 00:29:59,114 --> 00:30:00,121 - DOUGLAS: At that point and time, 617 00:30:00,132 --> 00:30:01,614 she was kind of up against it 618 00:30:01,692 --> 00:30:05,135 because she had to fulfill that Visa by being married. 619 00:30:07,714 --> 00:30:09,047 - NARRATOR: Rosalina turned to 620 00:30:09,124 --> 00:30:12,467 Seattle's large Filipino population for help. 621 00:30:12,478 --> 00:30:15,813 That's where she met a fellow ex-pat from the Philippines, 622 00:30:15,889 --> 00:30:18,974 seventy-six-year-old Pete Dugeno. 623 00:30:18,984 --> 00:30:21,142 - REBECCA: He was in his seventies, 624 00:30:21,153 --> 00:30:25,146 retired Naval sailor who was a widower, 625 00:30:25,157 --> 00:30:27,983 and was very lonely for companionship. 626 00:30:27,993 --> 00:30:30,318 He owned his own little house. 627 00:30:30,329 --> 00:30:33,572 She cooked for him, she kept the house tidy, 628 00:30:33,648 --> 00:30:39,077 and within just a few weeks, they were married. 629 00:30:39,154 --> 00:30:41,121 - NARRATOR: According to what Bill discovered, 630 00:30:41,197 --> 00:30:44,666 the honeymoon was very brief. 631 00:30:44,677 --> 00:30:48,003 - DOUGLAS: This fellow had a history of heart problems, 632 00:30:48,013 --> 00:30:50,088 and three weeks after they were married, 633 00:30:50,165 --> 00:30:52,340 he up and died. 634 00:30:52,351 --> 00:30:56,469 Apparently had a heart attack in bed one night. 635 00:30:56,546 --> 00:30:57,855 - RAY: There certainly wasn't anything 636 00:30:57,931 --> 00:31:01,683 that would indicate foul play at that particular time. 637 00:31:01,694 --> 00:31:06,313 She wasn't on our radar, uh, he had a heart condition. 638 00:31:06,389 --> 00:31:08,607 - REBECCA: She inherited his little house 639 00:31:08,683 --> 00:31:10,859 and several thousand dollars in cash. 640 00:31:10,870 --> 00:31:12,277 That's a pretty good return 641 00:31:12,354 --> 00:31:14,496 on just a few weeks' investment in a marriage. 642 00:31:17,042 --> 00:31:18,366 - NARRATOR: Bill discovered 643 00:31:18,377 --> 00:31:20,702 that after the death of her first husband, 644 00:31:20,713 --> 00:31:26,049 Rosalina quickly moved on to Richard Manthie in 1977. 645 00:31:26,126 --> 00:31:28,376 Immediately after their divorce, 646 00:31:28,387 --> 00:31:32,547 Rosalina had taken up with yet another man in 1980. 647 00:31:32,558 --> 00:31:36,051 - REBECCA: She went to work at Harrison Hospital, 648 00:31:36,061 --> 00:31:37,677 and she met a coworker 649 00:31:37,754 --> 00:31:41,723 who was, um, getting ready to, uh, retire early 650 00:31:41,734 --> 00:31:43,183 because he was ill. 651 00:31:43,259 --> 00:31:44,902 His name was Robert Erickson, 652 00:31:44,978 --> 00:31:47,062 and she went to work for him 653 00:31:47,072 --> 00:31:52,242 in his home as a housecleaner and a cook. 654 00:31:52,319 --> 00:31:54,986 - DOUGLAS: He subsequently changed his will, 655 00:31:55,063 --> 00:32:00,992 and named Rosalina to be the sole beneficiary of his estate. 656 00:32:01,069 --> 00:32:05,255 And lo and behold, he too, died in the middle of the night. 657 00:32:07,426 --> 00:32:09,417 There wasn't sufficient reason 658 00:32:09,428 --> 00:32:13,421 for the coroner to believe there was foul play going on. 659 00:32:13,432 --> 00:32:16,424 So, these deaths were not reported to law enforcement, 660 00:32:16,435 --> 00:32:19,269 and consequently, they were not investigated. 661 00:32:21,348 --> 00:32:24,057 - NARRATOR: By the time Rosalina and Bill met, 662 00:32:24,134 --> 00:32:26,226 rumors were circulating around the base 663 00:32:26,302 --> 00:32:30,105 about Rosalina's reputation. 664 00:32:30,115 --> 00:32:31,281 - DOUGLAS: During the time 665 00:32:31,358 --> 00:32:33,108 that Rosalina was going out with Bill, 666 00:32:33,118 --> 00:32:34,442 he was warned, 667 00:32:34,453 --> 00:32:36,620 that you better watch out for Rosalina, 668 00:32:36,697 --> 00:32:38,246 she's a black widow. 669 00:32:40,108 --> 00:32:41,700 - NARRATOR: According to Bill's diary, 670 00:32:41,776 --> 00:32:45,620 that only made him want to marry her more. 671 00:32:45,631 --> 00:32:48,206 - SUSAN: I think when he first started going with her, 672 00:32:48,283 --> 00:32:50,634 he thought maybe they had a future. 673 00:32:50,711 --> 00:32:52,711 But then he found out about her background, 674 00:32:52,787 --> 00:32:54,462 and that's when he started thinking, 675 00:32:54,473 --> 00:32:57,424 "I want to be the one to bring her down." 676 00:32:57,500 --> 00:32:59,476 - ANGELA: He wanted to catch her in these life insurance scams. 677 00:32:59,553 --> 00:33:00,978 He wanted her to go to jail 678 00:33:01,054 --> 00:33:05,598 for what she did with these other two men. 679 00:33:05,675 --> 00:33:09,477 - NARRATOR: Bill married Rosalina in August of 1981, 680 00:33:09,488 --> 00:33:12,147 and promptly took out a life insurance policy 681 00:33:12,157 --> 00:33:16,785 that would pay Rosalina $150,000 if he died. 682 00:33:18,405 --> 00:33:19,997 According to his diary, 683 00:33:20,073 --> 00:33:25,002 less than a week later, Bill woke up in a hospital bed. 684 00:33:25,078 --> 00:33:27,170 - DOUGLAS: Apparently, he had allergies 685 00:33:27,247 --> 00:33:29,664 to certain over-the-counter medicines, 686 00:33:29,675 --> 00:33:34,252 and, um, he ended up with a severe anaphylactic reaction, 687 00:33:34,329 --> 00:33:37,172 and just about died. 688 00:33:37,182 --> 00:33:38,631 - NARRATOR: Doctors asked Bill 689 00:33:38,708 --> 00:33:40,842 how he had ingested the medicine, 690 00:33:40,853 --> 00:33:43,353 and although Bill's memories were fuzzy, 691 00:33:43,430 --> 00:33:46,347 he did remember something. 692 00:33:46,358 --> 00:33:47,766 - DOUGLAS: In the middle of the night, 693 00:33:47,842 --> 00:33:48,917 he remembered waking up, 694 00:33:48,919 --> 00:33:51,186 and Rosalina was sitting on his chest, 695 00:33:51,196 --> 00:33:53,855 pushing Tylenol pills down his throat. 696 00:33:53,866 --> 00:33:55,523 - ♪ 697 00:33:55,534 --> 00:33:57,225 - MICHAEL: I think maybe that's where 698 00:33:57,227 --> 00:34:01,446 he came up with the thing about keeping everything documented. 699 00:34:01,523 --> 00:34:03,364 And he just said, "If anything ever happens to me, 700 00:34:03,375 --> 00:34:06,451 "just go down to my locker and grab my diary, 701 00:34:06,528 --> 00:34:10,371 and it'll explain everything that--that happened." 702 00:34:10,382 --> 00:34:12,540 - NARRATOR: In addition to keeping a journal, 703 00:34:12,551 --> 00:34:15,886 Bill moved his friend, Michael Cogswell, into his house 704 00:34:15,962 --> 00:34:20,048 to make sure he was never alone with Rosalina, 705 00:34:20,059 --> 00:34:23,885 but the marriage kept deteriorating. 706 00:34:23,896 --> 00:34:25,887 - ANGELA: They had a lot of disagreements about money. 707 00:34:25,898 --> 00:34:27,898 She wanted new appliances, 708 00:34:27,974 --> 00:34:29,682 and she wanted the insurance on the house, 709 00:34:29,759 --> 00:34:31,059 so if something happened to them, 710 00:34:31,070 --> 00:34:32,894 the house would be paid off. 711 00:34:32,905 --> 00:34:35,355 - REBECCA: She was spending his money so much 712 00:34:35,431 --> 00:34:37,074 that he was overdrawn, 713 00:34:37,150 --> 00:34:42,245 and he, later in the late fall, closed his bank account 714 00:34:42,322 --> 00:34:46,574 because she was intent on emptying it. 715 00:34:46,585 --> 00:34:49,577 - NARRATOR: By December, Bill was confessing to the diary 716 00:34:49,588 --> 00:34:52,872 that he had gotten in over his head. 717 00:34:52,949 --> 00:34:56,251 - REBECCA: Bill wrote about the life insurance policies, 718 00:34:56,261 --> 00:34:59,096 he wrote about Rosalina's spending his money. 719 00:34:59,172 --> 00:35:00,588 He talked about the times 720 00:35:00,599 --> 00:35:02,715 he felt that she had tried to poison him 721 00:35:02,792 --> 00:35:05,510 with a over-the-counter pain killer. 722 00:35:05,587 --> 00:35:07,771 - SUSAN: I think he knew that she was a dangerous person. 723 00:35:07,848 --> 00:35:10,348 I think he was very sorry that he married her. 724 00:35:10,425 --> 00:35:14,519 I think he realized that he had made a mistake. 725 00:35:14,596 --> 00:35:16,521 - MICHAEL: She did it twice before, 726 00:35:16,598 --> 00:35:18,115 and she got away with it. 727 00:35:18,191 --> 00:35:20,992 What makes you think that she couldn't get away with it again? 728 00:35:22,955 --> 00:35:25,029 - NARRATOR: Although Bill's diary proves 729 00:35:25,106 --> 00:35:28,908 that Rosalina had a motive and a prior record, 730 00:35:28,985 --> 00:35:32,871 physical evidence points to Richard Manthie as the killer. 731 00:35:32,947 --> 00:35:34,455 - RAY: There was quite a bit of evidence 732 00:35:34,466 --> 00:35:37,300 that added up to form a probable cause 733 00:35:37,377 --> 00:35:39,803 to make an arrest on Richard Manthie. 734 00:35:39,880 --> 00:35:42,589 We wanted to hold off on Rosalina 735 00:35:42,665 --> 00:35:43,882 until we put it all together, 736 00:35:43,958 --> 00:35:47,051 so when we went to arrest Rosalina, 737 00:35:47,128 --> 00:35:50,981 we had everything ready as far as a case against her. 738 00:35:53,343 --> 00:35:56,227 - NARRATOR: On January 14th, 1982, 739 00:35:56,304 --> 00:35:57,937 the Kitsap County Sheriff's Office 740 00:35:58,014 --> 00:36:03,160 arrests Richard Manthie on the charge of first-degree murder. 741 00:36:03,236 --> 00:36:04,402 - MICHAEL: I was pretty glad 742 00:36:04,479 --> 00:36:05,987 that they finally arrested somebody, 743 00:36:05,998 --> 00:36:07,488 but we were just wondering, 744 00:36:07,499 --> 00:36:09,824 well, when in the hell are you gonna arrest Rose? 745 00:36:09,835 --> 00:36:12,285 - SUSAN: One of the detectives quoted in the paper 746 00:36:12,362 --> 00:36:15,747 that Rosalina would have her day in court. 747 00:36:15,823 --> 00:36:18,592 So, I knew that they were on her trail then. 748 00:36:21,162 --> 00:36:22,570 - NARRATOR: Coming up. 749 00:36:22,572 --> 00:36:25,965 Can a new witness solidify the case against Rosalina, 750 00:36:26,042 --> 00:36:29,853 and put a presumed black widow away for good? 751 00:36:29,930 --> 00:36:31,179 - DAVID: She said, 752 00:36:31,190 --> 00:36:34,140 "Kill the son of a bitch or I will." 753 00:36:34,217 --> 00:36:37,652 - ♪ 754 00:36:47,730 --> 00:36:49,364 - NARRATOR: In 1982, 755 00:36:49,374 --> 00:36:52,617 Richard Manthie awaits trial behind bars 756 00:36:52,694 --> 00:36:55,536 for the murder of Bill Edmondson. 757 00:36:55,547 --> 00:36:58,831 Though the state suspects Bill's wife, Rosalina, 758 00:36:58,908 --> 00:37:00,383 as the mastermind, 759 00:37:00,460 --> 00:37:04,671 they lack the hard evidence to prove it. 760 00:37:04,747 --> 00:37:06,631 In March of 1982, 761 00:37:06,708 --> 00:37:11,386 authorities get word that Richard has been talking. 762 00:37:11,396 --> 00:37:13,721 - DAVID: They had a couple inmates in the jail 763 00:37:13,732 --> 00:37:15,974 that said Manthie shot off his mouth 764 00:37:16,050 --> 00:37:18,685 about killing Edmondson, 765 00:37:18,761 --> 00:37:22,230 and, uh, kind of implicating Rose. 766 00:37:22,241 --> 00:37:25,400 - ♪ 767 00:37:25,410 --> 00:37:27,360 - NARRATOR: According to his cellmate, 768 00:37:27,437 --> 00:37:28,653 Richard had claimed 769 00:37:28,730 --> 00:37:31,572 that even after Bill and Rosalina got married, 770 00:37:31,583 --> 00:37:36,911 Rosalina still secretly visited Richard in prison. 771 00:37:36,922 --> 00:37:38,329 - When she went to visit him in prison, 772 00:37:38,406 --> 00:37:41,332 she kept saying that she was still his wife. 773 00:37:41,409 --> 00:37:44,335 - DAVID: I don't think she really cared about Edmondson. 774 00:37:44,412 --> 00:37:48,006 I think she, uh, felt that she was still married to Manthie. 775 00:37:48,082 --> 00:37:49,766 Nobody could take his place. 776 00:37:49,843 --> 00:37:53,052 - ♪ 777 00:37:53,129 --> 00:37:54,846 - NARRATOR: According to the cellmate, 778 00:37:54,922 --> 00:37:57,598 on December 17th, 1981, 779 00:37:57,609 --> 00:38:01,111 Rosalina moved Richard into the house on Long Lake Road 780 00:38:01,187 --> 00:38:04,856 that she inherited from Robert Erickson. 781 00:38:04,932 --> 00:38:07,900 A few days later on December 21st, 782 00:38:07,977 --> 00:38:12,030 Rosalina allegedly arrived with a case of beer. 783 00:38:12,106 --> 00:38:13,281 - DOUGLAS: She provided Manthie 784 00:38:13,292 --> 00:38:15,783 with a significant amount of alcohol, 785 00:38:15,794 --> 00:38:19,370 knowing full well that he would get drunk. 786 00:38:19,447 --> 00:38:23,458 - REBECCA: She knew that Richard couldn't control his temper 787 00:38:23,468 --> 00:38:25,418 when he was drunk. 788 00:38:25,495 --> 00:38:28,463 - NARRATOR: Richard apparently said that hours later, 789 00:38:28,473 --> 00:38:30,381 Rosalina showed up again, 790 00:38:30,458 --> 00:38:33,593 but this time, she had another drunken man with her, 791 00:38:33,669 --> 00:38:34,927 who she introduced 792 00:38:35,004 --> 00:38:38,473 as her current husband, Bill Edmondson. 793 00:38:38,483 --> 00:38:40,391 - ANGELA: I don't think it was until that moment 794 00:38:40,468 --> 00:38:43,561 that he found out that he was no longer married to Rose. 795 00:38:43,638 --> 00:38:47,774 - DOUGLAS: He confronted Bill about being married to Rosalina, 796 00:38:47,850 --> 00:38:49,484 and tried to goad him into a fight. 797 00:38:49,494 --> 00:38:52,278 When he didn't fight, well, Manthie hauled off, 798 00:38:52,355 --> 00:38:54,998 and hit him as hard as he could right in the nose. 799 00:38:57,527 --> 00:38:59,836 - NARRATOR: According to what the cellmate knows, 800 00:38:59,913 --> 00:39:02,080 Richard kept punching Bill 801 00:39:02,156 --> 00:39:05,083 until he finally snapped out of his drunken stupor 802 00:39:05,159 --> 00:39:08,336 long enough to realize what he'd done. 803 00:39:08,347 --> 00:39:11,005 - DOUGLAS: After beating him so severely, 804 00:39:11,016 --> 00:39:14,258 Manthie suddenly had, uh, feelings of remorse, 805 00:39:14,335 --> 00:39:16,260 and apologized to Bill. 806 00:39:16,337 --> 00:39:19,680 And said, "Hey, I gotta take you over to the hospital." 807 00:39:19,691 --> 00:39:23,476 - DAVID: When they were leaving, Edmondson turned to Rose, 808 00:39:23,553 --> 00:39:26,363 and said he was going to change the insurance policy, 809 00:39:26,439 --> 00:39:29,774 and take her off as a beneficiary. 810 00:39:29,851 --> 00:39:31,484 And this really set her off. 811 00:39:31,561 --> 00:39:32,777 And she said, 812 00:39:32,854 --> 00:39:34,779 "Kill the son of a bitch or I will." 813 00:39:34,856 --> 00:39:36,322 - ♪ 814 00:39:36,399 --> 00:39:38,825 - REBECCA: Bill got into the Gremlin with Richard, 815 00:39:38,901 --> 00:39:41,494 and before they left the house, 816 00:39:41,571 --> 00:39:44,038 he asked Bill to roll down the window and turn on the radio. 817 00:39:44,049 --> 00:39:48,167 And said, "You know, a--a dying man 818 00:39:48,244 --> 00:39:50,720 should have his favorite radio station on." 819 00:39:50,797 --> 00:39:53,973 Then he turned, and shot Bill twice in the head. 820 00:39:58,713 --> 00:40:01,305 - DOUGLAS: Manthie thought he better go back to the house, 821 00:40:01,382 --> 00:40:04,642 and pick up Rose and--which he did. 822 00:40:04,719 --> 00:40:06,144 She climbed in the backseat, 823 00:40:06,220 --> 00:40:08,563 and they drove out into an area 824 00:40:08,573 --> 00:40:12,483 that had been logged off over the years. 825 00:40:12,560 --> 00:40:15,153 - NARRATOR: Allegedly, Richard told his cellmate 826 00:40:15,229 --> 00:40:19,240 that he and Rosalina intended to just dump Bill's body, 827 00:40:19,251 --> 00:40:22,160 but when he placed Bill facedown in a puddle, 828 00:40:22,236 --> 00:40:25,922 he realized that Bill was still alive. 829 00:40:25,999 --> 00:40:27,331 - DOUGLAS: He said to Rose 830 00:40:27,408 --> 00:40:29,834 that, "The S.O.B. is still alive, 831 00:40:29,911 --> 00:40:32,170 and I better go finish him off." 832 00:40:32,246 --> 00:40:35,339 So, he shot him two more times in the head. 833 00:40:35,416 --> 00:40:38,101 Manthie grabbed one arm, turned him over, 834 00:40:38,178 --> 00:40:41,679 and then stomped on his chest. 835 00:40:41,756 --> 00:40:44,891 - ANGELA: He said it sounded like potato chips cracking. 836 00:40:44,967 --> 00:40:46,184 That is just over-kill. 837 00:40:46,260 --> 00:40:48,853 That's somebody that has a lot of anger or hatred, 838 00:40:48,930 --> 00:40:50,730 who just did not care. 839 00:40:50,806 --> 00:40:52,365 He took enjoyment killing Bill. 840 00:40:55,102 --> 00:40:56,953 - NARRATOR: According to Richard's claims, 841 00:40:57,030 --> 00:41:00,698 Rosalina was going to give him a cut of Bill's life insurance 842 00:41:00,775 --> 00:41:02,200 for his help. 843 00:41:02,276 --> 00:41:04,035 - To me, there was no reason to believe 844 00:41:04,111 --> 00:41:07,205 that--that she was going to share the proceeds 845 00:41:07,281 --> 00:41:09,299 of Edmondson's death. 846 00:41:10,993 --> 00:41:15,963 - NARRATOR: On May 17th, 1982, Richard's case goes to trial. 847 00:41:15,974 --> 00:41:18,975 - REBECCA: The star witness at Richard Manthie's trial 848 00:41:19,052 --> 00:41:21,093 was his cell mate, 849 00:41:21,170 --> 00:41:24,647 who Richard had boasted to about the murder, 850 00:41:24,724 --> 00:41:27,433 basically confessed to it. 851 00:41:27,510 --> 00:41:31,654 The defense attorneys didn't want so much credibility 852 00:41:31,731 --> 00:41:34,774 and credence to be given to the cell mate. 853 00:41:34,850 --> 00:41:39,445 - NARRATOR: On June 9th, the jury returns its verdict. 854 00:41:39,522 --> 00:41:43,666 - REBECCA: Richard Manthie was convicted of aggravated murder, 855 00:41:43,743 --> 00:41:48,329 and sentenced to life without parole. 856 00:41:48,340 --> 00:41:51,916 - NARRATOR: Days later, Rosalina is finally arrested, 857 00:41:51,993 --> 00:41:55,294 and charged with first degree murder. 858 00:41:55,371 --> 00:41:58,923 Her trial begins in the spring of 1983, 859 00:41:59,000 --> 00:42:00,633 and in opening statements, 860 00:42:00,710 --> 00:42:05,638 prosecutors tell how Rosalina orchestrated Bill's death. 861 00:42:05,715 --> 00:42:07,473 - DOUGLAS: When Bill came home from work, 862 00:42:07,550 --> 00:42:10,810 she got him so drunk that he was literally falling down, 863 00:42:10,886 --> 00:42:12,436 and then she told him, 864 00:42:12,513 --> 00:42:14,697 "Hey, I'll take you over to the Long Lake place." 865 00:42:14,774 --> 00:42:16,741 So, he just literally walked into a trap. 866 00:42:18,894 --> 00:42:20,319 - NARRATOR: The defense claims 867 00:42:20,396 --> 00:42:23,698 that Rosalina's violent ex-husband acted alone, 868 00:42:23,708 --> 00:42:26,200 but the jury disagrees. 869 00:42:26,211 --> 00:42:28,878 On March 5th, 1983, 870 00:42:28,955 --> 00:42:33,666 Rosalina is found guilty of first-degree murder. 871 00:42:33,743 --> 00:42:35,218 - DOUGLAS: The outcome of all of this 872 00:42:35,295 --> 00:42:37,628 resulted in life without parole. 873 00:42:37,705 --> 00:42:41,632 - ♪ 874 00:42:41,709 --> 00:42:43,217 - REBECCA: It was never enough for Rosalina; 875 00:42:43,228 --> 00:42:44,677 nothing was ever enough. 876 00:42:44,754 --> 00:42:46,971 The love of her husbands wasn't enough. 877 00:42:47,048 --> 00:42:50,141 The money they brought to the table wasn't enough. 878 00:42:50,217 --> 00:42:54,812 The life insurance she got them to sign up for wasn't enough. 879 00:42:54,889 --> 00:42:57,148 - MICHAEL: She probably would've tried, maybe 880 00:42:57,224 --> 00:42:59,358 look for another victim after this, 881 00:42:59,435 --> 00:43:01,652 if she would've got away with it again. 882 00:43:01,729 --> 00:43:04,080 Bill was a friendly, caring person. 883 00:43:04,157 --> 00:43:08,826 He didn't really deserve to lose his life at such a young age. 884 00:43:08,903 --> 00:43:11,203 - SUSAN: I definitely think that Bill would've been happy 885 00:43:11,280 --> 00:43:14,498 that she had finally been caught and put away, 886 00:43:14,575 --> 00:43:17,093 even at the expense of his life. 887 00:43:17,170 --> 00:43:19,512 I think that it was justice. 888 00:43:23,793 --> 00:43:35,570 - ♪