1 00:00:03,570 --> 00:00:05,437 [inhales, exhales deeply] 2 00:00:05,538 --> 00:00:08,007 The detective called me to tell me 3 00:00:08,108 --> 00:00:11,243 that they went ahead and arrested Christian. 4 00:00:13,013 --> 00:00:15,314 Later that night, I had all 5 00:00:15,415 --> 00:00:18,784 the local media wanting to come in and interview me. 6 00:00:23,423 --> 00:00:24,690 I just didn't believe it. 7 00:00:24,791 --> 00:00:26,959 WOMAN: Ammie Turos is Fuhr's girlfriend. 8 00:00:27,060 --> 00:00:28,961 She believes this isn't the Christian 9 00:00:29,062 --> 00:00:32,064 she knows -- her Christian wouldn't hurt anyone. 10 00:00:32,165 --> 00:00:34,299 AIMEE: He came over a couple of times during the day 11 00:00:34,401 --> 00:00:36,635 today to check on me and get me something to drink, 12 00:00:36,736 --> 00:00:38,570 turning the channel on the TV. 13 00:00:38,671 --> 00:00:41,306 Just a perfect gentlemen. 14 00:00:41,408 --> 00:00:43,842 [scoffs] 15 00:00:43,943 --> 00:00:46,545 I don't even remember that interview. 16 00:00:52,285 --> 00:00:54,253 [sniffles] 17 00:00:54,354 --> 00:00:58,524 I honestly don't know what is making me emotional about it. 18 00:00:58,625 --> 00:01:05,431 ♪♪ 19 00:01:05,532 --> 00:01:06,832 [sniffles] 20 00:01:06,933 --> 00:01:08,500 Maybe because I've never seen it, 21 00:01:12,639 --> 00:01:13,605 and... 22 00:01:16,576 --> 00:01:19,178 I'm sitting there defending a guilty person. 23 00:01:21,581 --> 00:01:24,416 I was very convinced that he was innocent. 24 00:01:25,785 --> 00:01:28,287 I wouldn't have gone on TV 25 00:01:29,589 --> 00:01:33,258 and tried to just hope he was innocent. 26 00:01:33,359 --> 00:01:36,695 I really believed he was innocent. 27 00:01:39,365 --> 00:01:42,835 [ominous music playing] 28 00:01:42,936 --> 00:01:45,471 From the beginning to 29 00:01:45,572 --> 00:01:49,241 a few years ago, I loved Christian. 30 00:01:49,342 --> 00:01:51,743 It wasn't like he was the perfect boyfriend 31 00:01:51,845 --> 00:01:53,378 and then became a monster 32 00:01:53,480 --> 00:01:55,881 or was a monster and then became 33 00:01:55,982 --> 00:01:56,882 a perfect boyfriend. 34 00:01:56,983 --> 00:02:00,752 He was both at the same time. 35 00:02:00,854 --> 00:02:05,023 But I never saw the dark side, and to this day, 36 00:02:05,125 --> 00:02:07,326 sitting here in this chair, 37 00:02:07,427 --> 00:02:10,129 he's never treated me badly. 38 00:02:10,230 --> 00:02:14,900 I held my story, and because people instantly 39 00:02:15,001 --> 00:02:16,668 say, "He was bad. 40 00:02:16,769 --> 00:02:19,671 Why are you hurting over somebody that's so bad?" 41 00:02:19,772 --> 00:02:24,076 It's different when you're the one that loves a murderer. 42 00:02:24,177 --> 00:02:28,914 It's so hard to know what I know, knowing... 43 00:02:30,717 --> 00:02:35,554 the things that I've never told anybody that I lived with. 44 00:02:35,688 --> 00:02:42,861 I don't know if I can ever forgive myself or free myself 45 00:02:42,962 --> 00:02:47,366 from the guilt of trusting and believing him. 46 00:02:51,237 --> 00:02:53,472 [The Paper Chase's "What's So Amazing About Grace?" plays] 47 00:02:53,573 --> 00:02:56,508 [strings continue playing sinister tune] 48 00:02:56,609 --> 00:03:01,680 [static crackling] 49 00:03:01,781 --> 00:03:03,448 [knock at door] [creaking] 50 00:03:03,550 --> 00:03:08,620 [banging on door] 51 00:03:08,721 --> 00:03:13,892 [creaking] 52 00:03:13,993 --> 00:03:16,528 [water dripping] 53 00:03:16,629 --> 00:03:19,198 [banging on door] [creaking] 54 00:03:19,299 --> 00:03:20,632 [sinister chord strikes] 55 00:03:29,742 --> 00:03:31,276 My friend worked at the tavern at 56 00:03:31,377 --> 00:03:34,413 the corner of my house -- And I was in there, 57 00:03:34,514 --> 00:03:36,949 he was sitting beside me, and she introduced me, 58 00:03:37,083 --> 00:03:41,453 and we instantly clicked and just started a conversation. 59 00:03:41,554 --> 00:03:44,122 - Christian. - Ammie. 60 00:03:44,224 --> 00:03:45,390 Nice to meet you. 61 00:03:45,491 --> 00:03:47,993 AMMIE: What attracted me to Christian right off the bat 62 00:03:48,094 --> 00:03:53,232 was his smile, his laughter, and his rugged look. 63 00:03:53,333 --> 00:03:55,000 So what do you do? 64 00:03:55,101 --> 00:03:58,937 AMMIE: Christian cut down trees for a living. 65 00:03:59,038 --> 00:04:02,608 He loved the adrenaline, because it was dangerous. 66 00:04:03,876 --> 00:04:05,344 We talked for hours. 67 00:04:05,445 --> 00:04:08,847 Christian was recently divorced, he had a son that was 68 00:04:08,948 --> 00:04:12,484 almost two that he really loved. 69 00:04:13,853 --> 00:04:15,520 When I looked into his eyes, 70 00:04:15,622 --> 00:04:19,491 Christian made me feel like I was the only one in the room. 71 00:04:19,592 --> 00:04:24,396 It was like an instant bond where the next day we were 72 00:04:24,497 --> 00:04:28,934 together, and the next day, and then it just went on 73 00:04:29,035 --> 00:04:30,535 from there -- at the time, 74 00:04:30,637 --> 00:04:33,038 I didn't recognize any signs. 75 00:04:33,139 --> 00:04:36,341 He promised he would always treat me right. 76 00:04:36,442 --> 00:04:38,076 He would always tell me the truth. 77 00:04:39,445 --> 00:04:42,781 Promises that obviously were broken. 78 00:04:47,754 --> 00:04:50,255 Looking back now, 79 00:04:50,356 --> 00:04:53,058 there's a few things that 80 00:04:54,594 --> 00:04:57,462 I should have questioned but didn't know to question. 81 00:05:13,279 --> 00:05:15,614 Christian lived right down the street, 82 00:05:15,715 --> 00:05:18,417 about a five-minute walk. 83 00:05:18,518 --> 00:05:20,485 I would go home after work, 84 00:05:20,586 --> 00:05:23,855 and he would come over and cook dinner. 85 00:05:23,956 --> 00:05:28,126 But it wasn't like any other relationship I've ever been in. 86 00:05:28,227 --> 00:05:31,430 He didn't rush me or pressure me -- the first few 87 00:05:31,531 --> 00:05:35,200 times we spent the night together, we didn't 88 00:05:35,301 --> 00:05:36,768 sleep together. 89 00:05:37,937 --> 00:05:40,172 But when I was ready, there were certain 90 00:05:40,273 --> 00:05:41,940 things he did not want me to do. 91 00:05:42,041 --> 00:05:45,344 We were in the heat of the moment, and he stopped me 92 00:05:45,445 --> 00:05:47,412 and said, "No." 93 00:05:47,513 --> 00:05:50,615 Wait -- you don't have to do that. 94 00:05:50,717 --> 00:05:53,485 AIMEE: Certain sexual positions were dirty. 95 00:05:53,586 --> 00:05:55,253 I was too good for that. 96 00:05:55,355 --> 00:05:58,123 And then I thought, "Well, that's odd." 97 00:05:58,224 --> 00:06:02,361 It really surprised me when, uh, there were 98 00:06:02,462 --> 00:06:05,130 certain things he did not want me to do. 99 00:06:05,231 --> 00:06:07,265 Only a whore would do that. 100 00:06:07,367 --> 00:06:10,969 - Oh. - No. 101 00:06:11,070 --> 00:06:15,574 AIMEE: The way he worded it was, "No you're better than that." 102 00:06:15,675 --> 00:06:16,875 I just wanna be close to you. 103 00:06:16,976 --> 00:06:20,379 But it really made me feel that he 104 00:06:20,480 --> 00:06:24,883 appreciated me, and it was more intimate than sexual. 105 00:06:26,486 --> 00:06:29,121 It was a compliment, in a way, that he was 106 00:06:29,222 --> 00:06:33,692 thinking about me and not just a sexual act. 107 00:06:33,793 --> 00:06:35,894 He felt I was better than that. 108 00:06:39,465 --> 00:06:43,068 But looking back, I think he... 109 00:06:43,169 --> 00:06:46,371 thought, you know, those sexual positions 110 00:06:46,472 --> 00:06:49,374 and types were for more of people he felt were 111 00:06:49,475 --> 00:06:51,410 beneath him, 112 00:06:51,511 --> 00:06:54,379 maybe that he had a bitterness towards. 113 00:06:54,480 --> 00:06:59,851 [ominous music playing] 114 00:07:04,123 --> 00:07:06,658 There were times after work, Christian would be dropped off 115 00:07:06,759 --> 00:07:09,895 at the bars on the South Side of Columbus and call 116 00:07:09,996 --> 00:07:13,165 and say that his co-workers dropped him off and for me to 117 00:07:13,266 --> 00:07:15,667 come there and pick him up after work. 118 00:07:15,768 --> 00:07:19,805 Each side of town has its own feel. 119 00:07:19,906 --> 00:07:24,776 The South Side was a bit rougher. 120 00:07:24,877 --> 00:07:28,313 That side of town is not a place I would just go to. 121 00:07:29,582 --> 00:07:30,615 When I would walk in, 122 00:07:30,716 --> 00:07:32,818 part of me would look around and think, 123 00:07:32,919 --> 00:07:35,487 what is he doing here? 124 00:07:35,588 --> 00:07:39,124 It was definitely a different crowd of people. 125 00:07:39,225 --> 00:07:41,259 Hey, babe. 126 00:07:41,360 --> 00:07:43,628 Hey! 127 00:07:43,729 --> 00:07:47,799 I wanted to order something to drink and socialize, 128 00:07:47,900 --> 00:07:49,835 meet his friends. 129 00:07:49,936 --> 00:07:50,969 Let's get out of here. 130 00:07:51,070 --> 00:07:55,140 Wait, um, no, let's have a drink. 131 00:07:55,241 --> 00:07:57,309 AIMEE: But instantly, he'd like, "Let's go. 132 00:07:57,410 --> 00:07:58,944 I'm ready to go home." 133 00:07:59,045 --> 00:08:01,213 I would ask him, like, "Why can't we just stay and have 134 00:08:01,314 --> 00:08:02,714 "a beer and, you know, say hi? 135 00:08:02,815 --> 00:08:06,284 "I just got off work," but I would never get to stay 136 00:08:06,385 --> 00:08:08,787 and talk to anybody or meet anybody. 137 00:08:08,888 --> 00:08:10,489 I'm just really, really tired. 138 00:08:10,590 --> 00:08:12,090 Do you mind if we just go home? 139 00:08:12,191 --> 00:08:14,426 AIMEE: And I would be rushed out. 140 00:08:15,928 --> 00:08:19,197 I didn't know it at the time, but later, I found out that 141 00:08:19,298 --> 00:08:21,766 those were places that prostitutes, 142 00:08:21,868 --> 00:08:27,372 um, but hang out, and his victims were prostitutes. 143 00:08:27,473 --> 00:08:30,675 [distant sirens wailing] 144 00:08:41,287 --> 00:08:43,989 Most of the time I can account for his whereabouts -- 145 00:08:44,090 --> 00:08:46,124 Most of the time, but there were a few times 146 00:08:46,225 --> 00:08:47,559 when I couldn't. 147 00:08:47,660 --> 00:08:48,927 Christian? 148 00:08:49,028 --> 00:08:51,730 The nights that he didn't stay at my house, I would get up 149 00:08:51,831 --> 00:08:53,231 a little bit earlier -- he only 150 00:08:53,332 --> 00:08:55,000 lived like a block away from me. 151 00:08:55,101 --> 00:08:57,969 I would go to his house, and I never knocked. 152 00:08:58,070 --> 00:08:59,104 I just walked right in. 153 00:08:59,205 --> 00:09:01,673 - [alarm blaring] - Christian! 154 00:09:01,774 --> 00:09:03,341 AIMEE: Most of the time, 155 00:09:03,442 --> 00:09:07,345 he would be home, but there were some mornings, not many, 156 00:09:07,446 --> 00:09:10,815 but some that I would hear his -[alarm blaring] 157 00:09:10,917 --> 00:09:14,920 alarm blaring, and he wouldn't be there. 158 00:09:15,021 --> 00:09:17,756 [alarm blaring] 159 00:09:17,857 --> 00:09:19,024 First, I think, 160 00:09:19,125 --> 00:09:22,494 oh, he's in the shower and doesn't hear the alarm, and then 161 00:09:22,595 --> 00:09:25,497 I'd go in and realized he wasn't 162 00:09:25,598 --> 00:09:27,532 in the shower, he wasn't home. 163 00:09:27,633 --> 00:09:32,170 I first turned off the alarm, and I felt 164 00:09:32,271 --> 00:09:37,442 the bed to see if it was warm and it was cold. 165 00:09:37,543 --> 00:09:39,744 So I thought, oh, he hasn't been here. 166 00:09:39,845 --> 00:09:45,050 ♪♪ 167 00:09:45,151 --> 00:09:47,152 The first time or two, 168 00:09:47,253 --> 00:09:49,754 I think I was like, where is he? 169 00:09:51,057 --> 00:09:55,427 I left, and I went to work and I -- 170 00:09:55,528 --> 00:09:57,796 I thought about it all day long, like where could he be? 171 00:09:57,897 --> 00:10:02,200 But when I'd see him that evening, he always had 172 00:10:02,301 --> 00:10:04,069 a good answer. 173 00:10:04,170 --> 00:10:07,405 One of his co-workers picked him up early, because they had 174 00:10:07,506 --> 00:10:08,607 to get stuff together 175 00:10:08,708 --> 00:10:11,776 before a job, and he forgot to turn the alarm off 176 00:10:11,877 --> 00:10:13,345 before he left. 177 00:10:13,446 --> 00:10:16,014 So there was always 178 00:10:16,115 --> 00:10:18,817 something that was believable. 179 00:10:18,918 --> 00:10:23,321 I never felt there was a reason to question or worry. 180 00:10:23,422 --> 00:10:26,324 It never crossed my mind that he could 181 00:10:26,425 --> 00:10:30,829 have been out committing crimes or hurting anybody. 182 00:10:30,930 --> 00:10:35,166 I never had that gut feeling like something isn't right. 183 00:10:43,275 --> 00:10:45,510 AIMEE: When I learned about Christian, 184 00:10:45,611 --> 00:10:47,078 it all raced through my head. 185 00:10:47,179 --> 00:10:50,281 Did I miss signs? Did I miss flags? 186 00:10:50,383 --> 00:10:54,486 But Christian was so good at having 187 00:10:54,587 --> 00:10:57,889 me believe he was honest and genuine. 188 00:10:58,991 --> 00:11:02,927 One night, we were going to go get something to eat. 189 00:11:03,029 --> 00:11:05,397 Christian greeted me at the door, and I went in 190 00:11:05,498 --> 00:11:08,600 and sat down while he jumped in the shower real quick. 191 00:11:08,701 --> 00:11:11,436 When I was sitting on the couch and on 192 00:11:11,537 --> 00:11:17,142 the coffee table was a paper plate with a bunch of matches. 193 00:11:19,912 --> 00:11:23,715 It was more than just a handful. 194 00:11:23,816 --> 00:11:27,118 There were tons of them. 195 00:11:27,219 --> 00:11:30,255 I asked, "What is this?" 196 00:11:30,356 --> 00:11:35,060 And he said the night before, he was just bored and just 197 00:11:35,161 --> 00:11:38,496 lighting matches, watching them burn, and tossin' them. 198 00:11:38,597 --> 00:11:40,932 He didn't have TV, didn't have cable. 199 00:11:41,033 --> 00:11:45,070 So I figured besides reading a book, he was bored to death. 200 00:11:45,171 --> 00:11:47,172 - You ready? - What's all this? 201 00:11:48,974 --> 00:11:51,876 I couldn't sleep last night. Just killing time. 202 00:11:51,977 --> 00:11:54,112 I never doubted anything 203 00:11:54,213 --> 00:11:56,181 he said -- I didn't have a reason to. 204 00:11:56,282 --> 00:11:59,184 I'll clean it up later. Come on, let's go. 205 00:11:59,285 --> 00:12:00,919 AIMEE: Looking back now, 206 00:12:01,020 --> 00:12:03,288 I believe he was sitting there on 207 00:12:03,389 --> 00:12:06,458 the couch, smoking crack with his victims. 208 00:12:08,828 --> 00:12:11,930 And the girls were easy to lure in. 209 00:12:12,031 --> 00:12:14,933 A lot of the girls were called strawberries. 210 00:12:15,034 --> 00:12:17,669 I later learned that a strawberry is 211 00:12:17,770 --> 00:12:22,507 a woman that will trade sexual acts for drugs. 212 00:12:24,410 --> 00:12:28,213 Christian would pick up strawberries, 213 00:12:28,314 --> 00:12:30,915 and then he hurt them. 214 00:12:35,521 --> 00:12:38,757 [ominous music playing] 215 00:12:42,394 --> 00:12:46,397 When Christian came over one night, I was in the kitchen. 216 00:12:46,499 --> 00:12:48,133 AS CHRISTIAN: Hey. 217 00:12:48,234 --> 00:12:49,968 AIMEE: He walked in just like any other night, 218 00:12:50,069 --> 00:12:52,437 smiled and said he got me a gift. 219 00:12:52,538 --> 00:12:55,673 I got you a surprise. 220 00:12:55,775 --> 00:12:58,510 Christian never bought me a present, 221 00:12:58,611 --> 00:13:02,213 maybe a rose or two from the gas station counter, 222 00:13:02,314 --> 00:13:04,716 but an actual gift -- no. 223 00:13:04,817 --> 00:13:07,519 It was a jacket, 224 00:13:07,620 --> 00:13:09,387 and it wasn't gift-wrapped. 225 00:13:09,488 --> 00:13:11,956 I knew it wasn't brand-new. 226 00:13:12,057 --> 00:13:14,159 Try it on. 227 00:13:14,260 --> 00:13:18,630 He was really happy to give me this jacket. 228 00:13:18,731 --> 00:13:20,665 I tried the jacket on... 229 00:13:20,766 --> 00:13:21,833 Wow. 230 00:13:21,934 --> 00:13:24,402 ...and he smiled. 231 00:13:24,503 --> 00:13:30,308 I could tell it made him feel good to see me put it on. 232 00:13:30,409 --> 00:13:31,643 What do you think? 233 00:13:31,744 --> 00:13:36,147 It was black leather fringed -- The jacket wasn't my style, 234 00:13:36,215 --> 00:13:40,518 but it was very sweet, and it made me feel good 235 00:13:40,619 --> 00:13:44,122 that he thought of me and gave me the gift. 236 00:13:44,223 --> 00:13:47,492 I didn't want to disappoint him and act like I didn't 237 00:13:47,593 --> 00:13:48,660 like it. 238 00:13:48,761 --> 00:13:50,628 I love it. Thank you. 239 00:13:51,997 --> 00:13:55,266 AIMEE: I gave him a hug and a kiss and thanked him. 240 00:13:55,367 --> 00:13:57,302 And then I went and hung it up. 241 00:13:58,771 --> 00:14:01,239 After I put the jacket up in the closet, 242 00:14:01,340 --> 00:14:05,643 I didn't think about it again until the detectives were 243 00:14:05,744 --> 00:14:07,612 there and asked me if Christian had ever gotten 244 00:14:07,713 --> 00:14:09,347 me any gifts. 245 00:14:11,951 --> 00:14:14,752 That jacket was one of the girl's he had murdered. 246 00:14:17,056 --> 00:14:19,390 After learning about the jacket, 247 00:14:19,491 --> 00:14:23,228 so many thoughts and questions went through my head. 248 00:14:23,329 --> 00:14:27,932 Did he just commit that crime before and came straight to my 249 00:14:28,033 --> 00:14:30,902 house and handed me the jacket? 250 00:14:31,003 --> 00:14:32,904 Was the jacket 251 00:14:33,005 --> 00:14:34,873 hidden for a couple days? 252 00:14:34,974 --> 00:14:36,808 Like I don't know, and... 253 00:14:39,011 --> 00:14:40,278 I don't have any answers. 254 00:14:40,379 --> 00:14:44,916 And when you don't have answers, it makes it even worse. 255 00:14:48,487 --> 00:14:51,356 [ominous music playing] 256 00:14:54,627 --> 00:14:58,796 Christian and I met up at the bar after work, and I had 257 00:14:58,898 --> 00:15:02,066 a little bit too much to drink and was ready to go. 258 00:15:02,167 --> 00:15:06,170 So we got in my car, and he drove me home. 259 00:15:08,040 --> 00:15:09,240 I remember we were sitting in the living room 260 00:15:09,341 --> 00:15:12,744 for a while, and then he wanted to go get his truck 261 00:15:12,845 --> 00:15:14,245 from the bar. 262 00:15:14,346 --> 00:15:16,247 Wait, where are you going? 263 00:15:16,348 --> 00:15:17,548 I left my tools in the truck, 264 00:15:17,650 --> 00:15:19,450 and I have to work in the morning. 265 00:15:19,551 --> 00:15:22,020 AIMEE: He said he would be back and to 266 00:15:22,121 --> 00:15:24,422 lock the door and don't let anybody in, 267 00:15:24,523 --> 00:15:27,058 which struck me odd. 268 00:15:27,159 --> 00:15:28,826 And he walked up to the bar. 269 00:15:31,130 --> 00:15:35,633 I was on the couch, and I was dozing in and out. 270 00:15:35,734 --> 00:15:38,703 I don't know exactly how long he was gone. 271 00:15:38,804 --> 00:15:43,308 It didn't seem like it was hours, 272 00:15:43,409 --> 00:15:46,844 but it was a lot longer than going up and getting 273 00:15:46,946 --> 00:15:48,446 his vehicle and coming back. 274 00:15:52,785 --> 00:15:55,620 I know it was still dark when he came back. 275 00:15:58,023 --> 00:16:02,160 There was no signs of nervousness or anything. 276 00:16:02,261 --> 00:16:06,264 When he came back, he put a cold wash rag on my forehead, 277 00:16:06,365 --> 00:16:11,936 and he stroked my hair until I felt well enough to go to bed. 278 00:16:12,037 --> 00:16:13,972 This should feel better. 279 00:16:15,541 --> 00:16:19,577 And right before that, he killed somebody 280 00:16:19,678 --> 00:16:21,646 with those same hands. 281 00:16:24,550 --> 00:16:29,854 The detective said that he did it with his hands. 282 00:16:29,955 --> 00:16:32,256 Thinking back to all the times, 283 00:16:32,358 --> 00:16:35,360 you know, Christian held my hand or 284 00:16:35,461 --> 00:16:38,496 rubbed my forehead or played with my hair 285 00:16:38,597 --> 00:16:41,432 or had his hand on my leg... 286 00:16:42,501 --> 00:16:46,337 I always felt secure and safe. 287 00:16:49,375 --> 00:16:53,544 Looking back, where were his hands before? 288 00:16:57,750 --> 00:17:00,018 [suspenseful chord strike] 289 00:17:03,756 --> 00:17:06,324 It was the first part of November when I saw the first 290 00:17:06,425 --> 00:17:10,795 news clipping of bodies being found on the South Side 291 00:17:10,896 --> 00:17:12,063 of Columbus. 292 00:17:12,164 --> 00:17:14,632 WOMAN: Last Sunday, 30-year-old Shawna Sowers was found 293 00:17:14,733 --> 00:17:17,402 at this construction site off Grove Port Road. 294 00:17:17,503 --> 00:17:18,569 Two weeks ago, 295 00:17:18,670 --> 00:17:20,972 29-year-old Kimberly Rodgers was discovered in 296 00:17:21,073 --> 00:17:24,709 this corn field near the same construction site. 297 00:17:24,810 --> 00:17:30,415 At that time, I believe it was only just the first two women. 298 00:17:30,516 --> 00:17:34,585 We were at the corner bar, and the TV was on. 299 00:17:34,686 --> 00:17:39,190 Oh, my God -- Are you seeing this? 300 00:17:39,291 --> 00:17:42,627 When it came on the news, Christian never seemed 301 00:17:42,728 --> 00:17:45,663 nervous, never. 302 00:17:45,764 --> 00:17:48,366 He just seemed normal. 303 00:17:48,467 --> 00:17:52,170 So it wasn't something that I really paid attention to. 304 00:17:52,271 --> 00:17:55,840 Had I have known, I probably would have 305 00:17:55,941 --> 00:17:57,875 definitely paid more attention. 306 00:18:02,448 --> 00:18:06,451 [ominous music playing] 307 00:18:06,552 --> 00:18:10,955 Christian and I had planned 308 00:18:11,056 --> 00:18:15,159 to spend Thanksgiving night and day with my father. 309 00:18:15,260 --> 00:18:17,695 The night before Thanksgiving, he borrowed 310 00:18:17,796 --> 00:18:21,165 his boss's truck, and he was supposed to go 311 00:18:21,266 --> 00:18:25,937 do an errand or two and then come to my dad's house, but I 312 00:18:26,038 --> 00:18:30,942 was prepping some stuff to cook, and he didn't show up. 313 00:18:33,412 --> 00:18:36,080 And then I started calling him, 314 00:18:36,181 --> 00:18:37,515 and he didn't answer. 315 00:18:37,616 --> 00:18:39,217 Hey, it's me. 316 00:18:40,619 --> 00:18:43,921 Is everything okay? I'm worried. 317 00:18:44,022 --> 00:18:46,457 I called and called, 318 00:18:46,558 --> 00:18:48,759 - I left messages. - [phone ringing] 319 00:18:48,861 --> 00:18:50,495 He didn't answer. 320 00:18:50,596 --> 00:18:52,296 Call me, please. 321 00:18:52,397 --> 00:18:54,765 So my mind started racing, and I 322 00:18:54,867 --> 00:18:57,201 just started thinking he was with another girl. 323 00:19:02,441 --> 00:19:05,943 About 10 till 6:00 in the morning, he calls... 324 00:19:06,044 --> 00:19:07,945 [phone ringing] 325 00:19:08,046 --> 00:19:11,549 And asked me to come get him, 326 00:19:11,650 --> 00:19:14,152 and I was very mad. 327 00:19:14,253 --> 00:19:15,853 Christian. 328 00:19:15,954 --> 00:19:17,388 AMMIE: He said, "I just got a flat tire." 329 00:19:17,489 --> 00:19:19,624 "Will you come get me?" 330 00:19:19,725 --> 00:19:21,492 A flat tire. 331 00:19:21,593 --> 00:19:24,162 And I said, "No, stay with the girl you're with." 332 00:19:26,031 --> 00:19:27,165 And I hung up. 333 00:19:29,501 --> 00:19:33,838 Later, I found out, when he called me to come get him, 334 00:19:33,939 --> 00:19:39,610 it was only because he needed somebody to pick him up 335 00:19:42,915 --> 00:19:45,116 from a murder scene. 336 00:19:45,184 --> 00:19:48,252 WOMAN: For the third time in two weeks, 337 00:19:48,353 --> 00:19:50,154 another woman is found dead. 338 00:19:50,255 --> 00:19:52,723 She was lying next to this dumpster when the owner of this 339 00:19:52,824 --> 00:19:55,826 Ohio wire building stumbled across her body. 340 00:19:55,928 --> 00:19:58,029 AMMIE: When he showed up, 341 00:19:58,130 --> 00:20:01,999 he said, "I was with my ex-wife and spent Thanksgiving with 342 00:20:02,100 --> 00:20:06,337 my son," and I said, "Okay." 343 00:20:06,438 --> 00:20:08,306 I believed him. 344 00:20:08,407 --> 00:20:09,507 WOMAN: Detectives are still trying to 345 00:20:09,608 --> 00:20:11,742 get to the bottom of the murder mysteries 346 00:20:11,843 --> 00:20:14,378 and whether or not all three are linked. 347 00:20:21,486 --> 00:20:23,487 The first time they questioned me 348 00:20:23,589 --> 00:20:25,356 was the day after Thanksgiving. 349 00:20:25,457 --> 00:20:27,758 It was a Friday -- While Christian was gone, 350 00:20:27,859 --> 00:20:29,527 there was a knock at the door. 351 00:20:29,628 --> 00:20:31,295 There were two men that said 352 00:20:31,396 --> 00:20:33,664 they were with the police department. 353 00:20:33,765 --> 00:20:36,033 I don't know if you heard what happened the other night. 354 00:20:36,134 --> 00:20:36,934 No. 355 00:20:37,035 --> 00:20:39,070 The detective stated that my boyfriend 356 00:20:39,171 --> 00:20:42,406 was a suspect in murder. 357 00:20:44,343 --> 00:20:45,343 [scoffs] 358 00:20:45,444 --> 00:20:48,145 That's insane. There's no way. 359 00:20:48,247 --> 00:20:52,550 In my mind, there was absolutely no way 360 00:20:52,651 --> 00:20:55,386 Christian was a murderer. 361 00:20:55,487 --> 00:20:59,824 I really believed they had the wrong person. 362 00:20:59,925 --> 00:21:02,927 I thought that they would realize 363 00:21:03,028 --> 00:21:04,929 they were investigating the wrong person. 364 00:21:06,398 --> 00:21:08,232 But the detectives wanted to know 365 00:21:08,333 --> 00:21:11,168 if Christian had given me any gifts. 366 00:21:11,270 --> 00:21:13,938 He gave me a jacket once. 367 00:21:14,039 --> 00:21:17,375 - Could we see it, please? - Sure. 368 00:21:17,476 --> 00:21:19,176 I went to go get the jacket 369 00:21:19,278 --> 00:21:21,379 out of the closet for the detectives. 370 00:21:29,087 --> 00:21:32,290 I went back and looked at my bedroom closet where I put it 371 00:21:32,391 --> 00:21:36,427 with all the other coats, and it wasn't there, and I told them, 372 00:21:36,528 --> 00:21:38,296 I don't know where it went -- It was gone. 373 00:21:38,397 --> 00:21:39,964 It was there. I hung it up, 374 00:21:40,065 --> 00:21:43,134 it was there, and then it was gone. 375 00:21:43,235 --> 00:21:46,137 I'm sorry. I can't find it. 376 00:21:46,238 --> 00:21:48,139 They were concerned. 377 00:21:48,206 --> 00:21:53,444 The one detective gave me his card and said, "Give me a call." 378 00:21:53,545 --> 00:21:56,547 If you remember anything, let us know. 379 00:21:56,648 --> 00:21:57,682 Of course. 380 00:21:57,783 --> 00:22:00,251 And then they left -- At the time that 381 00:22:00,352 --> 00:22:02,520 the detective asked about the jacket, 382 00:22:02,621 --> 00:22:05,589 and I didn't have it any longer, 383 00:22:05,691 --> 00:22:09,060 I didn't realize it was a crucial piece of evidence, 384 00:22:11,596 --> 00:22:14,965 but it directly connected him 385 00:22:15,067 --> 00:22:17,468 to that crime, 386 00:22:17,569 --> 00:22:20,938 to that poor girl. 387 00:22:21,006 --> 00:22:22,506 [suspenseful chord strike] 388 00:22:28,313 --> 00:22:31,215 [somber music playing] 389 00:22:33,485 --> 00:22:36,721 When I confronted Christian about what I had learned from 390 00:22:36,822 --> 00:22:39,023 the detectives, about him being a suspect, 391 00:22:39,124 --> 00:22:41,659 he was not worried. 392 00:22:41,760 --> 00:22:45,062 I don't understand -- why are they investigating you? 393 00:22:45,163 --> 00:22:47,365 They're probably looking at a bunch of people right now. 394 00:22:47,466 --> 00:22:49,133 And reassured me, 395 00:22:49,234 --> 00:22:51,936 you know, what I was already thinking and feeling, that they 396 00:22:52,037 --> 00:22:55,139 have the wrong person, and this will go away. 397 00:22:55,240 --> 00:22:57,942 They don't just question random people for murder. 398 00:22:58,043 --> 00:23:00,878 Look, they're going to find the right guy soon enough. 399 00:23:00,979 --> 00:23:02,747 Okay, I wouldn't worry about this. 400 00:23:02,848 --> 00:23:07,785 He was very convincing and calm and didn't seem 401 00:23:07,886 --> 00:23:10,454 nervous, but when I confronted 402 00:23:10,555 --> 00:23:12,456 Christian on where the jacket was, 403 00:23:12,557 --> 00:23:14,225 I think it caught him off guard, because at first he was 404 00:23:14,326 --> 00:23:15,493 like, "What jacket?" 405 00:23:15,594 --> 00:23:17,495 Christian, they asked me about the jacket, 406 00:23:17,596 --> 00:23:19,397 and I couldn't find it. 407 00:23:19,498 --> 00:23:21,532 What jacket? What are you talking about? 408 00:23:21,633 --> 00:23:24,034 I was like, "What do you mean, what jacket?" 409 00:23:24,136 --> 00:23:26,203 It's not in the closet where I put it. 410 00:23:27,205 --> 00:23:28,773 AIMEE: The answer was he didn't know. 411 00:23:28,874 --> 00:23:30,007 Well I don't know, you -- 412 00:23:30,108 --> 00:23:31,308 It's obviously where you put it last. 413 00:23:31,410 --> 00:23:33,477 I don't even see you wear it. 414 00:23:33,578 --> 00:23:36,347 AIMEE: There was nobody else that could have taken that jacket. 415 00:23:36,448 --> 00:23:41,786 He knew I knew that he did something with that jacket. 416 00:23:41,887 --> 00:23:43,154 You want to investigate me? 417 00:23:43,255 --> 00:23:45,489 You wanna waste your time with that? Knock yourself out. 418 00:23:46,758 --> 00:23:50,861 But I never once doubted Christian's innocence. 419 00:23:50,962 --> 00:23:55,433 I honestly wanted to protect him, fix it, make it right, 420 00:23:55,534 --> 00:23:58,536 do everything possible for them to see they were 421 00:23:58,637 --> 00:24:00,504 investigating the wrong person. 422 00:24:06,545 --> 00:24:10,214 From the beginning, we were under surveillance. 423 00:24:13,652 --> 00:24:16,921 My cul-de-sac is really small -- Leaving my house, 424 00:24:17,022 --> 00:24:18,756 I could see somebody sitting there. 425 00:24:21,226 --> 00:24:23,861 It was an unmarked car parked in my cul-de-sac, 426 00:24:23,962 --> 00:24:27,832 watching my house for Christian, 427 00:24:27,933 --> 00:24:30,034 but he would laugh about it 428 00:24:30,135 --> 00:24:34,705 and just act like it was no big deal. 429 00:24:36,341 --> 00:24:38,309 There was one evening, I went out with my girlfriends, 430 00:24:38,410 --> 00:24:40,277 and Christian came to my house 431 00:24:40,378 --> 00:24:43,547 and waited for me to come home. 432 00:24:43,648 --> 00:24:46,717 The next day, he told me what he had done. 433 00:24:47,786 --> 00:24:49,286 After he got tired of waiting, 434 00:24:49,387 --> 00:24:53,524 he walked by the detective and knocked on the window. 435 00:24:53,625 --> 00:24:55,493 [knocking noises] 436 00:24:55,594 --> 00:24:57,761 Hi. Comfy? 437 00:24:57,863 --> 00:25:00,197 And he, like, laughed about it. 438 00:25:00,298 --> 00:25:02,600 Like it was funny to him, like, 439 00:25:02,701 --> 00:25:05,769 ha ha ha, I'm just sitting here doing nothing, 440 00:25:05,871 --> 00:25:09,740 so you just wasted your time watching me sit on her porch. 441 00:25:09,841 --> 00:25:12,743 Can I get you anything? Beer? Cigarette? 442 00:25:12,844 --> 00:25:15,746 Looking back, he was very arrogant 443 00:25:15,847 --> 00:25:18,315 and... conceited 444 00:25:18,450 --> 00:25:22,419 and really thought he was gonna get away with. 445 00:25:22,554 --> 00:25:24,321 You can follow me around all you want. 446 00:25:24,422 --> 00:25:27,124 You're never gonna see anything interesting. 447 00:25:27,225 --> 00:25:29,627 And I thought Christian had nothing to hide, either. 448 00:25:29,728 --> 00:25:31,729 I really thought 449 00:25:31,830 --> 00:25:33,464 it was a mistake. 450 00:25:37,936 --> 00:25:41,705 [somber piano music] 451 00:25:41,806 --> 00:25:46,911 After the homicide detectives came the first time 452 00:25:47,012 --> 00:25:48,612 and gave me their card, 453 00:25:48,713 --> 00:25:52,416 I, um, went back and started thinking of things, 454 00:25:52,517 --> 00:25:56,820 any little odd bits and pieces can I think of. 455 00:26:02,260 --> 00:26:04,161 Christian, the line of work he did, 456 00:26:04,262 --> 00:26:08,232 he always had dirty hands and cuticles, and under his 457 00:26:08,333 --> 00:26:10,301 fingernails were always dirty, 458 00:26:10,402 --> 00:26:15,539 and one day, his hands were, like, sparkling clean. 459 00:26:15,640 --> 00:26:19,310 The only reason why it stood out is because it was something 460 00:26:19,411 --> 00:26:22,546 that I'd never seen before -- From the time I met him, 461 00:26:22,647 --> 00:26:26,584 his hands were always dirty -- jokingly, 462 00:26:26,685 --> 00:26:30,821 I said, "Wow, you know, did you scrub your hands with bleach?" 463 00:26:30,922 --> 00:26:32,890 They were super clean. 464 00:26:32,991 --> 00:26:37,428 And it's really weird, because when I garden, like, it takes 465 00:26:37,529 --> 00:26:40,431 a lot to scrub just a little bit of dirt from the garden 466 00:26:40,532 --> 00:26:42,299 off my hands. 467 00:26:42,400 --> 00:26:45,502 I've never seen your hands this clean before. 468 00:26:45,604 --> 00:26:47,571 Oh, ha ha. Very funny. 469 00:26:47,672 --> 00:26:49,206 His comment was he just 470 00:26:49,307 --> 00:26:51,275 wanted to look clean and look nice. 471 00:26:51,376 --> 00:26:53,477 - Really? - You know, I actually 472 00:26:53,578 --> 00:26:55,980 do wash up on occasion. 473 00:26:56,081 --> 00:26:58,882 AMMIE: It didn't dawn on me that it could be 474 00:26:58,984 --> 00:27:00,618 something very serious. 475 00:27:00,719 --> 00:27:02,653 A normal person doesn't look at 476 00:27:02,754 --> 00:27:05,089 clean hands and think of murder. 477 00:27:05,190 --> 00:27:07,424 Come on, let's go. I'm starving. 478 00:27:07,525 --> 00:27:12,596 But I was really trying to be honest 479 00:27:12,697 --> 00:27:14,598 and come up with anything, 480 00:27:14,666 --> 00:27:19,103 and it stood out, and I did call the detectives, 481 00:27:19,204 --> 00:27:21,939 and I told them. 482 00:27:24,242 --> 00:27:28,779 Coming home with clean hands doesn't say he's a murderer 483 00:27:28,880 --> 00:27:32,549 or out on a killing spree. 484 00:27:34,352 --> 00:27:36,420 But it was true. 485 00:27:36,521 --> 00:27:38,689 He had scrubbed his hands, 486 00:27:38,790 --> 00:27:41,558 and I'm guessing bleach, because he... 487 00:27:43,128 --> 00:27:44,962 violently beat 488 00:27:46,331 --> 00:27:47,865 a girl to death. 489 00:27:49,300 --> 00:27:50,901 I think it was the one where he took 490 00:27:51,002 --> 00:27:54,238 the rock and crushed her head in. 491 00:27:54,339 --> 00:27:57,908 I think that's the one when he scrubbed his hands. 492 00:28:02,414 --> 00:28:06,016 [ominous music playing] 493 00:28:10,355 --> 00:28:17,461 It was probably around two in the afternoon 494 00:28:17,562 --> 00:28:21,565 when the detective called me on my house phone 495 00:28:21,666 --> 00:28:26,737 to tell me that they went ahead and arrested Christian. 496 00:28:26,871 --> 00:28:29,206 He wanted to let me know before I saw it 497 00:28:29,307 --> 00:28:30,407 on breaking news. 498 00:28:30,508 --> 00:28:33,644 WOMAN: Three women were found murdered in two weeks, 499 00:28:33,745 --> 00:28:35,212 and police think this man 500 00:28:35,313 --> 00:28:37,347 is responsible for at least two of them. 501 00:28:38,650 --> 00:28:41,351 And my heart stopped. 502 00:28:41,453 --> 00:28:45,055 I remember, like, hanging up the phone and just 503 00:28:45,156 --> 00:28:47,591 screaming and crying, like, this can't be real. 504 00:28:47,692 --> 00:28:50,160 WOMAN: 36-year-old Lisa Crow was found next 505 00:28:50,261 --> 00:28:53,230 to this dumpster off High Street on Thanksgiving Day, 506 00:28:53,331 --> 00:28:55,232 just four days before 30-year-old 507 00:28:55,333 --> 00:28:56,700 Shawna Sowers was discovered 508 00:28:56,801 --> 00:28:59,636 at this construction site near Grove Port Road. 509 00:28:59,704 --> 00:29:01,405 And I didn't know what to do, 510 00:29:01,506 --> 00:29:03,140 and I remember, I paced the floors, 511 00:29:03,241 --> 00:29:06,577 and I just sat there, and I was glued to the TV. 512 00:29:06,678 --> 00:29:07,745 MAN: Police got the break 513 00:29:07,879 --> 00:29:10,314 they needed where they found the last victim's body -- 514 00:29:10,415 --> 00:29:14,451 A white line, a trail, leading to this abandoned pickup truck, 515 00:29:14,552 --> 00:29:17,187 a truck with a flat tire that Fuhr had borrowed 516 00:29:17,288 --> 00:29:18,522 from his boss. 517 00:29:20,258 --> 00:29:21,892 When I saw the news... 518 00:29:25,864 --> 00:29:29,333 he had the same clothes on that he had 519 00:29:29,434 --> 00:29:33,837 on that afternoon when he left my house for lunch, 520 00:29:33,938 --> 00:29:36,306 and they had him in handcuffs 521 00:29:36,407 --> 00:29:38,842 and was walking him down the hallway, 522 00:29:42,046 --> 00:29:45,349 and I thought, "I got to fix this. 523 00:29:45,450 --> 00:29:46,950 "I gotta make it right. 524 00:29:47,051 --> 00:29:49,052 They got the wrong person." 525 00:29:55,894 --> 00:29:57,661 MAN: His killing spree began last November with the murder of 526 00:29:57,729 --> 00:29:59,229 Kimberly Rodgers -- By Thanksgiving Day, 527 00:29:59,330 --> 00:30:00,764 two more prostitutes, 528 00:30:00,865 --> 00:30:03,634 Shawna Sowers and Lisa Crow, were also murdered, 529 00:30:03,735 --> 00:30:06,336 their bodies dumped in the same area. 530 00:30:06,437 --> 00:30:08,739 They went ahead and arrested Christian. 531 00:30:08,840 --> 00:30:11,141 I couldn't... accept it. 532 00:30:15,246 --> 00:30:16,847 [phone ringing] 533 00:30:16,948 --> 00:30:19,750 Later that night, Christian called me. 534 00:30:19,851 --> 00:30:21,952 [phone ringing] 535 00:30:22,053 --> 00:30:24,054 Hello. 536 00:30:24,155 --> 00:30:25,856 AMMIE: He told me he was innocent, 537 00:30:25,957 --> 00:30:29,326 this was a big mistake, and not to worry. 538 00:30:29,427 --> 00:30:31,028 Well, are you okay? 539 00:30:31,129 --> 00:30:35,499 When I heard his voice, I was just a mess. 540 00:30:35,600 --> 00:30:36,700 Yeah. 541 00:30:36,801 --> 00:30:38,602 AMMIE: He's like, "They got the wrong guy. 542 00:30:38,703 --> 00:30:39,870 "This is a mistake. 543 00:30:39,971 --> 00:30:42,339 "They just got to do more investigating. 544 00:30:42,440 --> 00:30:44,308 "I'm innocent. I'm gonna get out of here. 545 00:30:44,409 --> 00:30:45,809 Don't worry." 546 00:30:45,910 --> 00:30:47,511 Okay, bye. 547 00:30:51,382 --> 00:30:54,885 That night, I had all the local media 548 00:30:55,019 --> 00:30:57,221 wanting to come in and interview me. 549 00:30:57,322 --> 00:30:58,789 I just didn't believe it. 550 00:30:58,890 --> 00:31:01,124 WOMAN: Ammie Turos is Fuhr's girlfriend. 551 00:31:01,226 --> 00:31:03,093 She believes this isn't the Christian 552 00:31:03,228 --> 00:31:06,196 she knows -- her Christian wouldn't hurt anyone. 553 00:31:06,297 --> 00:31:08,866 He came over a couple of times during the day today to 554 00:31:08,967 --> 00:31:10,801 check on me, get me something to drink, 555 00:31:10,902 --> 00:31:14,238 turn the channel on the TV. Just perfect gentlemen. 556 00:31:14,339 --> 00:31:18,642 At that moment, I believed with everything inside 557 00:31:18,743 --> 00:31:21,445 of me, they still had the wrong guy. 558 00:31:27,752 --> 00:31:31,154 [ominous music] 559 00:31:33,124 --> 00:31:37,561 He was planning on going to trial, but we never made it, 560 00:31:37,662 --> 00:31:39,296 and, um, 561 00:31:39,397 --> 00:31:43,500 they went to him with a plea offer, 562 00:31:43,601 --> 00:31:45,202 and he accepted. 563 00:31:45,303 --> 00:31:47,871 WOMAN: Fuhr showed no emotion, no remorse, 564 00:31:47,972 --> 00:31:50,173 as he accepted a plea bargain in the murders of 565 00:31:50,275 --> 00:31:52,109 Kimberly Rodgers, Shawna Sowers, 566 00:31:52,210 --> 00:31:53,577 and Lisa Crow. 567 00:31:53,678 --> 00:31:56,847 I wondered why he admitted to something that he didn't do. 568 00:31:56,948 --> 00:31:58,649 I wanted to prove him innocent. 569 00:31:58,750 --> 00:32:01,852 MAN: Christian Fuhr avoided the death penalty by 570 00:32:01,953 --> 00:32:04,688 agreeing to a plea bargain, but the serial killer could not 571 00:32:04,789 --> 00:32:06,256 escape justice. 572 00:32:06,357 --> 00:32:08,091 The judge sentenced Fuhr to three 573 00:32:08,192 --> 00:32:11,395 consecutive life terms without the chance of parole. 574 00:32:16,501 --> 00:32:19,036 I went to visit him. 575 00:32:22,240 --> 00:32:23,874 I was really excited that I would be 576 00:32:23,975 --> 00:32:26,643 able to sit beside him and hold his hand. 577 00:32:26,744 --> 00:32:28,445 Why would you take the deal? 578 00:32:28,546 --> 00:32:31,114 Because we have time to fight it now. 579 00:32:31,215 --> 00:32:34,117 AMMIE: The story he told me, he pleaded guilty 580 00:32:34,218 --> 00:32:36,186 so he didn't have to put me through the trial. 581 00:32:36,287 --> 00:32:40,257 - We can fight it together. - Okay. 582 00:32:40,358 --> 00:32:45,495 That and because if he took a lesser charge 583 00:32:45,596 --> 00:32:47,965 and did life, he could 584 00:32:48,066 --> 00:32:51,435 appeal it and then it would start the appeal process, 585 00:32:51,536 --> 00:32:52,903 so he would get out. 586 00:32:53,004 --> 00:32:55,105 I thought, okay, that makes sense. 587 00:32:55,206 --> 00:32:57,341 Now we're just gonna fight and appeal the life 588 00:32:57,442 --> 00:32:59,643 in prison instead of the death penalty. 589 00:32:59,744 --> 00:33:00,877 I can't do this alone. 590 00:33:04,148 --> 00:33:05,882 I love you. 591 00:33:10,154 --> 00:33:11,288 [laughs shortly] 592 00:33:16,260 --> 00:33:17,661 [sniffles] 593 00:33:17,762 --> 00:33:22,332 I wish I was educated in the way it worked, 594 00:33:22,433 --> 00:33:26,136 because I would have known that was a lie. 595 00:33:29,841 --> 00:33:31,174 Hang on. 596 00:33:37,048 --> 00:33:39,216 Hang on, I need to get some -- 597 00:33:39,317 --> 00:33:41,551 Can I go get some air real quick? 598 00:33:49,527 --> 00:33:52,562 [footsteps receding] 599 00:33:54,298 --> 00:33:59,202 [somber music playing] 600 00:33:59,303 --> 00:34:01,471 WOMAN: Serving three life sentences 601 00:34:01,572 --> 00:34:02,739 with no chance of parole, 602 00:34:02,840 --> 00:34:05,409 Christian Fuhr will never walk the streets again. 603 00:34:05,510 --> 00:34:07,577 But the danger still lurks out there. 604 00:34:07,678 --> 00:34:11,648 Someone may have already picked up where he left off. 605 00:34:11,749 --> 00:34:14,418 While Christian was already arrested, 606 00:34:14,519 --> 00:34:16,753 um, he was in jail, 607 00:34:16,854 --> 00:34:19,956 a fourth victim 608 00:34:20,058 --> 00:34:22,659 had been murdered. 609 00:34:22,760 --> 00:34:25,529 So it made it look like it wasn't him. 610 00:34:25,630 --> 00:34:27,631 WOMAN: Since December, three more prostitutes 611 00:34:27,732 --> 00:34:30,000 have been murdered with striking similarities. 612 00:34:30,101 --> 00:34:33,570 With one serial killer off the streets for good, police can 613 00:34:33,671 --> 00:34:36,640 only hope they don't have another one on their hands. 614 00:34:38,042 --> 00:34:40,477 That also made me believe Christian was 615 00:34:40,578 --> 00:34:43,380 innocent, because he was in the county jail. 616 00:34:43,481 --> 00:34:45,315 There was no possible way, 617 00:34:45,416 --> 00:34:47,451 so for him to say, see, you know, 618 00:34:47,552 --> 00:34:50,921 it's not me, it's still continuing. 619 00:34:51,022 --> 00:34:52,122 I believed it. 620 00:34:52,223 --> 00:34:53,723 They do have the wrong person, because 621 00:34:53,825 --> 00:34:55,859 it's still continuing with him being arrested. 622 00:35:03,267 --> 00:35:05,168 I was very faithful. 623 00:35:05,269 --> 00:35:07,771 I didn't date, I didn't even go anywhere. 624 00:35:07,872 --> 00:35:10,574 I would sit at home and wait for 625 00:35:10,675 --> 00:35:14,077 his phone calls and write him almost daily. 626 00:35:14,178 --> 00:35:17,848 I actually ended up losing my job. 627 00:35:17,949 --> 00:35:20,484 Like, I couldn't put it together. 628 00:35:21,652 --> 00:35:26,756 Those are just a handful of letters from Christian. 629 00:35:26,858 --> 00:35:28,825 For the last 18 years, 630 00:35:28,926 --> 00:35:33,930 I've had well over a thousand plus letters. 631 00:35:34,031 --> 00:35:36,733 I only have a few left -- I go 632 00:35:36,834 --> 00:35:40,437 through stages where I need to get rid of them. 633 00:35:42,707 --> 00:35:44,674 I had a good visit with you the other day. 634 00:35:44,775 --> 00:35:49,212 Do me a favor, and when the time comes to say goodbye, 635 00:35:49,313 --> 00:35:50,680 just don't leave. 636 00:35:50,781 --> 00:35:54,484 I know it'll come one day, one month or even one year. 637 00:35:54,585 --> 00:35:56,386 When the time comes, 638 00:35:56,487 --> 00:35:58,855 say goodbye -- I will miss you, 639 00:35:58,956 --> 00:36:00,991 but I will be happy for you, 640 00:36:01,092 --> 00:36:05,195 because you'll be happy and hopefully content. 641 00:36:05,296 --> 00:36:08,498 I think he knew eventually I would 642 00:36:08,566 --> 00:36:10,967 cut things off and say goodbye, 643 00:36:12,270 --> 00:36:14,237 but I would 644 00:36:14,338 --> 00:36:17,274 wait for letters to come in the mail. 645 00:36:17,375 --> 00:36:19,543 I would be so excited. 646 00:36:19,644 --> 00:36:21,578 I wouldn't plan to go anywhere, because 647 00:36:21,679 --> 00:36:23,446 I didn't want to miss the mailman coming. 648 00:36:23,548 --> 00:36:26,249 Nobody but my dad knew about it. 649 00:36:26,350 --> 00:36:30,253 I had to keep it all secret, because so many people judge. 650 00:36:30,354 --> 00:36:32,589 In so many ways, they're right. 651 00:36:32,690 --> 00:36:36,860 Why would I stay in contact with a convicted serial murder? 652 00:36:36,961 --> 00:36:39,129 For many years, 653 00:36:39,230 --> 00:36:41,865 my life revolved around him. 654 00:36:41,966 --> 00:36:44,401 It wasn't something easy. 655 00:36:44,502 --> 00:36:47,337 People that judge couldn't understand unless 656 00:36:47,438 --> 00:36:48,939 they had walked in my shoes. 657 00:36:54,078 --> 00:36:58,615 [ominous music playing] 658 00:36:58,716 --> 00:37:01,451 Christian told me he was going to send 659 00:37:01,552 --> 00:37:04,487 me a box of his belongings for safekeepings. 660 00:37:06,591 --> 00:37:08,625 When the package arrived, I was really 661 00:37:08,726 --> 00:37:11,161 excited to see what was in the box. 662 00:37:11,262 --> 00:37:15,031 And I went in my room and got on my bed and opened it up, 663 00:37:15,132 --> 00:37:18,335 and thinking it was going to be some of his clothes 664 00:37:18,436 --> 00:37:19,970 or things like that, 665 00:37:20,037 --> 00:37:25,108 and it was, uh, paperwork and photos 666 00:37:25,209 --> 00:37:28,178 of his case. 667 00:37:30,147 --> 00:37:33,550 When I started to sift through the papers, 668 00:37:35,052 --> 00:37:38,021 it didn't take me long to realize this 669 00:37:38,122 --> 00:37:41,691 was the whole case file for three murders. 670 00:37:45,930 --> 00:37:49,766 Every police report, 671 00:37:49,867 --> 00:37:52,269 the actual photos 672 00:37:52,370 --> 00:37:56,006 of the bodies as they are found. 673 00:37:58,109 --> 00:38:00,243 I didn't know 674 00:38:00,344 --> 00:38:02,679 they had that much evidence. 675 00:38:05,082 --> 00:38:07,384 Looking through the case file, 676 00:38:07,485 --> 00:38:09,986 it hit me hard. 677 00:38:10,087 --> 00:38:11,288 He is guilty. 678 00:38:11,389 --> 00:38:16,593 Like, there is just a flood of emotions. 679 00:38:16,694 --> 00:38:18,895 I had it in my hands. 680 00:38:20,464 --> 00:38:23,767 When I accepted he was guilty, 681 00:38:23,868 --> 00:38:27,904 every little thing 682 00:38:28,005 --> 00:38:30,840 actually became clear. 683 00:38:30,941 --> 00:38:32,375 The jacket. 684 00:38:34,679 --> 00:38:37,947 The night he went to pick his truck up. 685 00:38:38,049 --> 00:38:43,486 Those clean hands, because he brutally beat a woman to death. 686 00:38:46,757 --> 00:38:48,758 I had to accept that this person that would 687 00:38:48,859 --> 00:38:50,026 look me in the eyes, 688 00:38:52,530 --> 00:38:54,364 and I believed was telling the truth, 689 00:38:55,733 --> 00:38:57,233 was a monster. 690 00:38:59,003 --> 00:39:02,172 I didn't want to turn to the next page. 691 00:39:02,273 --> 00:39:04,407 You can blink your eyes a million times. 692 00:39:04,508 --> 00:39:06,176 You can flip through a million pages, 693 00:39:06,277 --> 00:39:10,747 but those photos never go away. 694 00:39:10,848 --> 00:39:13,416 What I saw, most people don't see. 695 00:39:20,658 --> 00:39:25,161 [somber piano music] 696 00:39:25,262 --> 00:39:28,865 These are the women Christian murdered. 697 00:39:28,966 --> 00:39:32,635 I saw the photographs of them alive. 698 00:39:32,737 --> 00:39:36,539 Then I saw the... 699 00:39:36,640 --> 00:39:38,441 raw, 700 00:39:38,542 --> 00:39:41,644 real pictures of their death. 701 00:39:43,647 --> 00:39:47,717 Each one of these women were somebody's daughter, 702 00:39:47,818 --> 00:39:52,722 maybe somebody's sister, maybe somebody's mother. 703 00:39:52,823 --> 00:39:56,893 They did not deserve to lose their life. 704 00:39:56,994 --> 00:40:01,765 ♪♪ 705 00:40:01,866 --> 00:40:03,867 I carry a lot of guilt, 706 00:40:03,968 --> 00:40:05,468 and the guilt is because 707 00:40:05,569 --> 00:40:10,607 I believed somebody that was 708 00:40:14,044 --> 00:40:15,545 so cruel. 709 00:40:15,646 --> 00:40:22,085 ♪♪ 710 00:40:22,186 --> 00:40:27,290 If I could say something to each one of them, 711 00:40:27,391 --> 00:40:30,360 I would tell them I am truly sorry that 712 00:40:30,461 --> 00:40:33,496 I defended a guilty man 713 00:40:33,597 --> 00:40:37,333 and didn't fight then to get justice. 714 00:40:39,570 --> 00:40:44,974 I have fought for Christian and not for these women. 715 00:40:48,679 --> 00:40:52,482 And that's something very hard to live with. 716 00:41:05,196 --> 00:41:09,265 What would give me closure, I believe, is for him 717 00:41:09,366 --> 00:41:14,704 to actually admit to me he did it. 718 00:41:14,805 --> 00:41:17,273 But I have never gotten 719 00:41:17,374 --> 00:41:21,177 the truth from Christian, to this day. 720 00:41:21,278 --> 00:41:24,147 He's never admitted it directly to me. 721 00:41:24,248 --> 00:41:26,382 He has lied to me for two decades, 722 00:41:26,484 --> 00:41:30,420 and I always wonder, did he really love me, 723 00:41:30,521 --> 00:41:35,258 or was I just somebody to be there that he could count on 724 00:41:35,359 --> 00:41:37,293 and depend on? 725 00:41:37,394 --> 00:41:39,229 I have moved on with my life. 726 00:41:39,330 --> 00:41:40,930 I do not still love him, 727 00:41:41,031 --> 00:41:45,268 but it changed me as a person. 728 00:41:45,369 --> 00:41:48,238 He got into my soul. 729 00:41:48,339 --> 00:41:53,176 I question everything, not just my relationships, 730 00:41:53,277 --> 00:41:54,410 it's my friendships, 731 00:41:54,478 --> 00:41:57,714 it's any -- anybody -- I can be talking to somebody in 732 00:41:57,815 --> 00:42:01,484 a grocery store, and it's, what are you hiding? 733 00:42:01,585 --> 00:42:04,787 What's the other side to you? 734 00:42:04,889 --> 00:42:07,924 I didn't know the other side of Christian. 735 00:42:08,025 --> 00:42:12,829 He is evil. He took lives. 736 00:42:12,930 --> 00:42:18,301 And I thought over the years, like, what if there were other 737 00:42:18,402 --> 00:42:22,906 victims, because he wasn't from Ohio, he was from New York. 738 00:42:23,007 --> 00:42:25,475 I want to believe there's not, 739 00:42:25,576 --> 00:42:27,277 but anything is possible.