1 00:00:07,674 --> 00:00:09,841 Single father disappears 2 00:00:09,843 --> 00:00:11,910 While on a business trip. 3 00:00:11,912 --> 00:00:13,545 David: He was trying to make a better 4 00:00:13,614 --> 00:00:15,647 Life for his little girl. 5 00:00:15,716 --> 00:00:17,583 - And he just vanished. 6 00:00:20,287 --> 00:00:22,154 - We thought somebody potentially 7 00:00:22,222 --> 00:00:23,655 Lured him to el paso. 8 00:00:23,657 --> 00:00:24,523 It's not good. 9 00:00:24,591 --> 00:00:26,124 This is not good. 10 00:00:26,193 --> 00:00:28,093 Steve: People are lying about their names. 11 00:00:28,161 --> 00:00:30,295 They're paying cash. 12 00:00:30,297 --> 00:00:32,097 The drug cartels are there. 13 00:00:32,166 --> 00:00:34,366 - There's violence there. 14 00:00:34,434 --> 00:00:37,903 Somebody could have robbed him, somebody could have shot him. 15 00:00:37,971 --> 00:00:39,404 Narrator: They track a suspect 16 00:00:39,473 --> 00:00:42,307 To a dark and dangerous land. 17 00:00:42,309 --> 00:00:45,577 Matt: We drive past an automobile salvage yard. 18 00:00:45,646 --> 00:00:49,714 And I could see a gray-headed white man. 19 00:00:49,783 --> 00:00:52,717 He said that I wasn't a part of what happened out there. 20 00:00:52,719 --> 00:00:54,186 Narrator: And discover the truth 21 00:00:54,254 --> 00:00:57,389 Is more horrifying than ever imagined. 22 00:00:57,458 --> 00:01:00,192 Matt: They kicked over what they believed was a rock. 23 00:01:00,260 --> 00:01:02,827 - It turned out to be a human skull. 24 00:01:02,829 --> 00:01:05,097 If we ever believe that evil does not exist, 25 00:01:05,165 --> 00:01:06,899 Take a look at what happened to this person. 26 00:01:21,682 --> 00:01:25,350 Della: The chihuahuan desert goes on forever. 27 00:01:25,419 --> 00:01:27,886 It is miles and miles of sand. 28 00:01:27,954 --> 00:01:31,389 - As far as the eye can see. 29 00:01:31,458 --> 00:01:33,492 Narrator: Stretching across southwest texas 30 00:01:33,560 --> 00:01:36,028 To the mexican border, the chihuahuan 31 00:01:36,096 --> 00:01:40,833 Desert is a rugged expanse of rocks, sagebrush, and sand. 32 00:01:43,570 --> 00:01:48,840 - That's such a vast, deserted land out there. 33 00:01:48,909 --> 00:01:51,310 [rattling] 34 00:01:54,848 --> 00:01:56,981 Narrator: On this scorching summer day, 35 00:01:56,983 --> 00:02:00,151 The remote landscape is crawling with multiple branches 36 00:02:00,221 --> 00:02:04,456 Of law enforcement, including the famed texas rangers. 37 00:02:04,525 --> 00:02:06,625 - We got a tip that there could 38 00:02:06,693 --> 00:02:10,963 Be a body buried in a large tract of land 39 00:02:11,031 --> 00:02:13,732 On the east side of el paso. 40 00:02:13,800 --> 00:02:15,934 It is surrounded by mountains. 41 00:02:15,936 --> 00:02:20,739 And it's just a very rough terrain to search. 42 00:02:20,807 --> 00:02:25,410 - We focused in on a 25-acre square. 43 00:02:25,478 --> 00:02:27,846 A us customs guy was standing on the back of a truck 44 00:02:27,914 --> 00:02:30,282 And saw one of the dogs concentrate 45 00:02:30,350 --> 00:02:33,118 On a particular area. 46 00:02:33,186 --> 00:02:35,654 And he went and grabbed a shovel. 47 00:02:35,722 --> 00:02:37,589 And he started digging in the sand. 48 00:02:40,661 --> 00:02:42,961 After several shovels, he found what 49 00:02:43,029 --> 00:02:46,298 He believed to be a sleeve. 50 00:02:46,366 --> 00:02:47,566 Steve: And some bones. 51 00:02:51,238 --> 00:02:54,339 - It was the skeletal remains of a human being. 52 00:02:54,408 --> 00:02:56,575 And his legs were tied together. 53 00:02:56,577 --> 00:02:58,509 Narrator: The body has been in the ground 54 00:02:58,579 --> 00:03:03,782 For a very long time, and decomposition is advanced. 55 00:03:03,850 --> 00:03:07,218 Investigators know they'll have to wait for the autopsy 56 00:03:07,220 --> 00:03:10,389 To know if they've found their missing person. 57 00:03:10,391 --> 00:03:12,023 Matt: Finding the body, you knew 58 00:03:12,025 --> 00:03:13,524 Your business was unfinished. 59 00:03:13,594 --> 00:03:14,927 - It was just beginning. 60 00:03:26,340 --> 00:03:28,773 [music playing] 61 00:03:28,842 --> 00:03:31,143 Narrator: Halfway between dallas and austin 62 00:03:31,211 --> 00:03:34,579 Is the central texas town of waco. 63 00:03:34,648 --> 00:03:36,748 A friendly stop on a dusty cattle 64 00:03:36,817 --> 00:03:39,918 Crossing, it is the proud home of the texas 65 00:03:39,986 --> 00:03:41,920 Ranger hall of fame. 66 00:03:41,988 --> 00:03:43,755 David: It's god fearing country. 67 00:03:43,824 --> 00:03:46,625 - A good place to raise a family, go to church. 68 00:03:52,198 --> 00:03:54,366 Della: It has a safe feel about the community. 69 00:03:54,434 --> 00:03:56,468 - It's actually a great place to live. 70 00:04:03,176 --> 00:04:05,610 Narrator: In the spring of 1997, 71 00:04:05,679 --> 00:04:08,847 The quiet community of waco sees a builder's 72 00:04:08,915 --> 00:04:10,448 Boom on the horizon. 73 00:04:10,517 --> 00:04:12,550 Michelle: It was a good time in the economy. 74 00:04:12,619 --> 00:04:14,452 - New construction was happening, 75 00:04:14,521 --> 00:04:16,721 And it was kind of a boom town. 76 00:04:16,723 --> 00:04:18,256 Narrator: The engineering firm 77 00:04:18,324 --> 00:04:21,993 Brazos environmental is a necessary stop on the road 78 00:04:22,062 --> 00:04:23,661 To planning and development. 79 00:04:23,730 --> 00:04:25,496 - It was a very busy time for brazos 80 00:04:25,566 --> 00:04:27,632 Environmental and engineering. 81 00:04:27,634 --> 00:04:30,068 Narrator: Among the company's rising stars 82 00:04:30,136 --> 00:04:32,804 Is draftsman gary patterson. 83 00:04:32,873 --> 00:04:34,839 Della: Gary and I had been working together. 84 00:04:34,908 --> 00:04:36,941 He was a super nice guy. 85 00:04:36,943 --> 00:04:39,010 Very friendly, very polite. 86 00:04:39,079 --> 00:04:40,745 He was never late for work. 87 00:04:40,814 --> 00:04:44,115 Very structured and very punctual. 88 00:04:44,184 --> 00:04:45,884 Narrator: After a difficult divorce, 89 00:04:45,952 --> 00:04:48,119 The newly single father is working 90 00:04:48,188 --> 00:04:52,824 On making a better life for him and his six-year-old daughter. 91 00:04:52,893 --> 00:04:54,625 David: Gary is my younger brother. 92 00:04:54,695 --> 00:04:56,427 And he loved crystal. 93 00:04:56,429 --> 00:04:58,096 - That was basically what 94 00:04:58,164 --> 00:04:59,831 Made him get up in the morning. 95 00:04:59,900 --> 00:05:01,166 That little girl. 96 00:05:01,234 --> 00:05:04,169 He was trying to make a better life for crystal. 97 00:05:04,237 --> 00:05:05,636 Narrator: Gary's personal life 98 00:05:05,706 --> 00:05:07,539 Is starting to look up, too. 99 00:05:12,178 --> 00:05:14,979 Michelle: I met gary at our church. 100 00:05:15,048 --> 00:05:16,981 They had a large singles group. 101 00:05:17,050 --> 00:05:20,618 - And I kept hearing about this guy. 102 00:05:20,687 --> 00:05:22,520 Michelle: He had an engineering background 103 00:05:22,589 --> 00:05:24,389 And I have an architectural background. 104 00:05:24,458 --> 00:05:26,491 - And I liked to study the bible, 105 00:05:26,560 --> 00:05:28,860 And he liked to study the bible. 106 00:05:28,929 --> 00:05:30,228 Michelle: He loved the lord 107 00:05:30,297 --> 00:05:33,398 And loved his little girl with all his heart. 108 00:05:33,467 --> 00:05:35,633 And his family were very important to him. 109 00:05:35,702 --> 00:05:38,904 So how can you not like somebody that's like that? 110 00:05:43,710 --> 00:05:46,345 Narrator: It's an exciting time for the young father, who 111 00:05:46,413 --> 00:05:50,014 Has a new job on the horizon. 112 00:05:50,083 --> 00:05:52,951 - It was a job opportunity in el paso 113 00:05:53,019 --> 00:05:55,587 To oversee this new development. 114 00:05:55,655 --> 00:05:58,323 Della: They were going to give him a new suburban. 115 00:05:58,391 --> 00:06:00,458 A huge raise, salary. 116 00:06:00,460 --> 00:06:01,726 - A lot of perks. 117 00:06:01,794 --> 00:06:04,429 And it was just going to be this amazing opportunity. 118 00:06:04,497 --> 00:06:06,030 Narrator: The new job would 119 00:06:06,099 --> 00:06:08,900 Be a chance for gary to build a more secure future 120 00:06:08,969 --> 00:06:10,335 For him and his daughter. 121 00:06:15,575 --> 00:06:17,241 Michelle: He was excited and he 122 00:06:17,243 --> 00:06:19,778 Was also nervous because he really wanted this job. 123 00:06:19,846 --> 00:06:21,846 - So I go over to gary's house 124 00:06:21,848 --> 00:06:23,648 And I help him pick out something to wear. 125 00:06:23,717 --> 00:06:26,751 And he's got these black pants, plain 126 00:06:26,753 --> 00:06:28,086 White cowboy looking shirt. 127 00:06:28,154 --> 00:06:30,254 And his cowboy boots. 128 00:06:30,324 --> 00:06:33,892 So he looked nice. 129 00:06:33,960 --> 00:06:35,860 He had asked me to marry him two weeks 130 00:06:35,862 --> 00:06:38,663 Before he left for el paso. 131 00:06:38,732 --> 00:06:39,631 We were excited. 132 00:06:43,403 --> 00:06:46,004 Narrator: Gary heads to the waco airport 133 00:06:46,072 --> 00:06:49,173 To board the flight to paso and leaves 134 00:06:49,243 --> 00:06:52,043 Little crystal at his folks' house for the weekend. 135 00:06:52,045 --> 00:06:54,846 [plane whirring] 136 00:06:56,216 --> 00:06:58,483 - I expected him to call me the next day. 137 00:07:01,321 --> 00:07:02,220 And he never did. 138 00:07:06,459 --> 00:07:08,526 Narrator: When gary left for el paso, 139 00:07:08,528 --> 00:07:10,962 He'd also promised to check in on crystal 140 00:07:11,031 --> 00:07:15,534 And let his parents know he'd arrived safely. 141 00:07:15,602 --> 00:07:19,638 But another day passes and still no word from gary. 142 00:07:19,706 --> 00:07:23,508 The family knows something is very wrong. 143 00:07:23,576 --> 00:07:25,309 David: My mama called me on the phone. 144 00:07:25,379 --> 00:07:27,211 - I could hear she'd been crying. 145 00:07:27,213 --> 00:07:29,113 And she said, gary's missing. 146 00:07:29,115 --> 00:07:32,283 And I said, what are you talking about, gary's missing? 147 00:07:32,285 --> 00:07:37,221 - Dc, his father, called the police. 148 00:07:37,291 --> 00:07:38,790 Narrator: Waco investigators 149 00:07:38,859 --> 00:07:42,861 Meet with the family to file a missing persons report. 150 00:07:42,929 --> 00:07:45,964 - Mr. Patterson told me that his son gary had gone 151 00:07:46,032 --> 00:07:49,067 To el paso on a job opportunity, and he 152 00:07:49,135 --> 00:07:50,935 Did not hear from him since. 153 00:07:50,937 --> 00:07:53,271 He just disappeared. 154 00:07:53,339 --> 00:07:57,542 Dc didn't know who gary was meeting. 155 00:07:57,610 --> 00:08:00,078 Dc patterson appeared to be a man 156 00:08:00,146 --> 00:08:02,280 That was extremely sick at his stomach 157 00:08:02,348 --> 00:08:05,750 That he can't find his son. 158 00:08:05,819 --> 00:08:08,887 Narrator: The patterson family's concern is justified. 159 00:08:08,955 --> 00:08:11,022 Gary had mentioned a planned visit 160 00:08:11,024 --> 00:08:17,195 To a job site east of el paso, deep in the chihuahuan desert. 161 00:08:17,263 --> 00:08:21,232 - The concern there is that the area east of el paso 162 00:08:21,301 --> 00:08:25,770 Is right across the border from juarez, where they have 7,500 163 00:08:25,839 --> 00:08:27,739 Murders in a year, every year. 164 00:08:31,511 --> 00:08:36,114 - Juarez is infamous for its corruption, 165 00:08:36,182 --> 00:08:38,917 For its violence, and for its crime rate. 166 00:08:38,985 --> 00:08:40,919 From time to time, it spills over 167 00:08:40,987 --> 00:08:45,924 Into el paso and the surrounding communities. 168 00:08:45,992 --> 00:08:47,659 Steve: The drug cartels are there. 169 00:08:47,727 --> 00:08:49,360 There's violence there. 170 00:08:49,429 --> 00:08:51,996 Somebody could have robbed him, somebody could have shot him. 171 00:08:51,998 --> 00:08:55,066 - Somebody could have abducted him for ransom. 172 00:08:55,135 --> 00:08:57,669 Steve: Just about anything could have happened. 173 00:08:57,737 --> 00:09:00,071 Michelle: I knew in my heart, he's in trouble, 174 00:09:00,140 --> 00:09:01,306 And we need to find him quick. 175 00:09:08,014 --> 00:09:09,914 Steve: He was keeping a phonebook 176 00:09:09,983 --> 00:09:14,185 Of all of his contacts around the world. 177 00:09:14,254 --> 00:09:16,087 Matt: We know that they know each other. 178 00:09:16,156 --> 00:09:18,523 - And it's not circumstantial. 179 00:09:18,591 --> 00:09:20,258 Steve: We have a federal fugitive. 180 00:09:20,326 --> 00:09:23,061 And the case is getting bigger by the day. 181 00:09:35,441 --> 00:09:39,844 Are searching for 33-year-old gary patterson, who failed 182 00:09:39,912 --> 00:09:42,246 To return from a business trip in el paso 183 00:09:42,315 --> 00:09:44,282 More than two days ago. 184 00:09:44,350 --> 00:09:46,017 - All the conditions of gary 185 00:09:46,086 --> 00:09:49,654 Patterson's disappearance met the criteria he was missing. 186 00:09:49,656 --> 00:09:51,856 Steve: We gathered all of gary's information. 187 00:09:51,925 --> 00:09:54,459 5'11", 155 pounds. 188 00:09:54,527 --> 00:09:56,327 Dark jeans, black shirt. 189 00:09:56,396 --> 00:09:58,096 - Hair color. 190 00:09:58,164 --> 00:10:01,566 And we put it out through the state national computer system. 191 00:10:05,605 --> 00:10:07,538 After checking the manifest of the flight 192 00:10:07,540 --> 00:10:09,841 And speaking to a few of the passengers, 193 00:10:09,909 --> 00:10:12,310 We know he's made it to el paso. 194 00:10:12,378 --> 00:10:15,046 But shortly after that, that lead went cold. 195 00:10:20,253 --> 00:10:22,754 David: El paso pd did point us 196 00:10:22,822 --> 00:10:25,256 Towards the american consulate so that we 197 00:10:25,325 --> 00:10:27,625 Could make sure he wasn't in a mexican jail 198 00:10:27,694 --> 00:10:31,129 Or in a mexican hospital. 199 00:10:31,197 --> 00:10:32,630 But nothing panned out. 200 00:10:32,699 --> 00:10:34,065 He was just-- 201 00:10:34,134 --> 00:10:35,233 - Just vanished. 202 00:10:40,407 --> 00:10:43,074 Matt: We also checked if any unidentified bodies 203 00:10:43,143 --> 00:10:44,709 That showed up in el paso. 204 00:10:44,711 --> 00:10:48,446 - Mortuary services, hospitals, stuff like that. 205 00:10:48,514 --> 00:10:55,186 With no luck on someone who would match gary's description. 206 00:10:55,255 --> 00:10:57,321 Narrator: Dc patterson told police 207 00:10:57,390 --> 00:10:59,557 That his son gary had recently gone 208 00:10:59,625 --> 00:11:03,495 Through a turbulent divorce. 209 00:11:03,563 --> 00:11:05,463 Steve: I looked into gehry's relationship 210 00:11:05,531 --> 00:11:09,601 With his ex-wife lisa urick patterson. 211 00:11:09,669 --> 00:11:13,537 - It was a very bitter, ugly, long, drawn 212 00:11:13,607 --> 00:11:17,541 Out divorce and custody issues. 213 00:11:17,543 --> 00:11:19,210 David: It was one of these divorces 214 00:11:19,279 --> 00:11:20,745 That you see in the movies. 215 00:11:20,814 --> 00:11:23,481 - Multiple motions filed 216 00:11:23,549 --> 00:11:28,786 On both sides and nasty allegations thrown around. 217 00:11:28,855 --> 00:11:31,122 David: It really got pretty ugly. 218 00:11:31,191 --> 00:11:35,827 Then lisa started moving around to a whole nother state. 219 00:11:35,895 --> 00:11:38,763 Gary spent a whole lot of money on a private investigator 220 00:11:38,832 --> 00:11:40,431 Trying to find crystal. 221 00:11:40,500 --> 00:11:42,366 It was probably a couple of years 222 00:11:42,435 --> 00:11:46,104 That lisa was in the wind with crystal. 223 00:11:46,172 --> 00:11:48,439 They finally found her in oregon. 224 00:11:48,508 --> 00:11:51,375 And crystal was taken back to gary. 225 00:11:51,377 --> 00:11:57,115 And he had already filed for full custody at that point. 226 00:11:57,183 --> 00:11:59,851 Narrator: The family history is a bitter tale, 227 00:11:59,919 --> 00:12:02,654 And dc patterson urges investigators 228 00:12:02,722 --> 00:12:05,256 To check in with lisa. 229 00:12:05,325 --> 00:12:07,458 She's been back in waco on parole 230 00:12:07,527 --> 00:12:11,295 And working out a visitation schedule for crystal with gary. 231 00:12:11,297 --> 00:12:14,866 Steve: We went to speak to lisa urick patterson. 232 00:12:14,934 --> 00:12:21,005 - She indicated that she hadn't seen him in weeks. 233 00:12:21,074 --> 00:12:23,474 Steve: Lisa didn't seem very concerned about gary's 234 00:12:23,543 --> 00:12:24,676 Disappearance at all. 235 00:12:24,744 --> 00:12:25,810 - She had an alibi. 236 00:12:25,879 --> 00:12:28,078 She wasn't in el paso. 237 00:12:28,080 --> 00:12:31,415 Steve: She was in waco at that time. 238 00:12:31,417 --> 00:12:33,150 Her story checked out. 239 00:12:33,219 --> 00:12:35,486 She wasn't a person of interest. 240 00:12:35,555 --> 00:12:36,954 Narrator: Investigators now 241 00:12:37,023 --> 00:12:40,291 Want to talk to the last person who saw gary alive-- 242 00:12:40,360 --> 00:12:42,226 His fiancee. 243 00:12:42,228 --> 00:12:46,264 - Then we went to talk to michelle. 244 00:12:46,332 --> 00:12:47,799 Michelle: Detective jan had 245 00:12:47,867 --> 00:12:50,268 Asked me about the last time that I had seen gary. 246 00:12:50,336 --> 00:12:53,171 - And I told them that actually the night 247 00:12:53,239 --> 00:12:55,907 Before that he went missing. 248 00:12:55,975 --> 00:12:57,609 Michelle: We talked about some 249 00:12:57,677 --> 00:13:00,912 Of the logistics of the trip, of what they were expecting 250 00:13:00,980 --> 00:13:03,147 From him and how he was getting there 251 00:13:03,149 --> 00:13:06,050 And how he was coming back. 252 00:13:06,119 --> 00:13:08,286 He was really trying to find out about me to make 253 00:13:08,354 --> 00:13:10,355 Sure I wasn't tied in to it. 254 00:13:13,793 --> 00:13:15,059 I was so distraught. 255 00:13:19,332 --> 00:13:21,799 I wanted gary back. 256 00:13:21,868 --> 00:13:23,334 Steve: In talking with michelle, 257 00:13:23,403 --> 00:13:26,838 She seemed to be very concerned, very upset. 258 00:13:26,906 --> 00:13:29,607 She seemed to know that the person he was going to meet 259 00:13:29,675 --> 00:13:31,475 Was a guy named ed. 260 00:13:31,544 --> 00:13:34,612 But michelle did not know his last name. 261 00:13:34,680 --> 00:13:36,948 After leaving the conversation with michelle, 262 00:13:37,016 --> 00:13:40,518 There was no doubt that she was marked off the list. 263 00:13:40,586 --> 00:13:41,819 She had an alibi. 264 00:13:41,888 --> 00:13:42,954 - She loved gary. 265 00:13:50,963 --> 00:13:52,696 Narrator: Investigators want 266 00:13:52,766 --> 00:13:57,335 To find out more about gary's job opportunity in el paso. 267 00:13:57,403 --> 00:13:59,637 Steve: We went to gary's workplace. 268 00:13:59,705 --> 00:14:02,039 They were surprised about his trip to go to el 269 00:14:02,108 --> 00:14:05,142 Paso and his disappearance. 270 00:14:05,211 --> 00:14:08,512 Narrator: But one employee remembers a surprise visitor 271 00:14:08,581 --> 00:14:10,181 At the engineering firm. 272 00:14:10,249 --> 00:14:11,749 - I sat at the front desk. 273 00:14:11,818 --> 00:14:14,919 So I would see everyone that came and went. 274 00:14:14,987 --> 00:14:17,521 Some weeks before gary went missing, 275 00:14:17,590 --> 00:14:19,323 Well, a man walks through the front door. 276 00:14:19,325 --> 00:14:21,825 Introduces himself as ned wright. 277 00:14:21,827 --> 00:14:26,397 And he asked to speak with gary patterson. 278 00:14:26,466 --> 00:14:29,000 Steve: He talked about developing some modular homes. 279 00:14:29,068 --> 00:14:32,303 And he insisted on trying to meet gary patterson. 280 00:14:32,372 --> 00:14:33,871 Narrator: Even as he prepared 281 00:14:33,939 --> 00:14:36,007 For his final interview in el paso, 282 00:14:36,075 --> 00:14:39,276 Gary had kept the job opportunity and the trip 283 00:14:39,278 --> 00:14:44,148 To el paso a secret to most. 284 00:14:44,150 --> 00:14:46,884 - Shortly after gary met with ned, 285 00:14:46,952 --> 00:14:50,421 He shared with me this great opportunity. 286 00:14:50,489 --> 00:14:52,322 Della: But it was a secret. 287 00:14:52,324 --> 00:14:54,759 I was the only one that knew in the office. 288 00:14:54,827 --> 00:14:57,561 Because if gary's employer knew that he 289 00:14:57,630 --> 00:15:01,866 Was interviewing for another job, that doesn't look well. 290 00:15:01,934 --> 00:15:03,200 Narrator: No one else seemed 291 00:15:03,269 --> 00:15:05,303 To interact closely with ned wright, 292 00:15:05,371 --> 00:15:10,274 So investigators have little else to go on. 293 00:15:10,343 --> 00:15:12,844 But as they are leaving, one employee 294 00:15:12,912 --> 00:15:15,446 Remembers a key detail. 295 00:15:15,515 --> 00:15:17,849 - I thought it was worth sharing that ned had 296 00:15:17,917 --> 00:15:20,684 Arrived and left in a taxi cab. 297 00:15:20,686 --> 00:15:21,586 That stood out to me. 298 00:15:26,159 --> 00:15:28,258 Steve: I went to the taxi cab company. 299 00:15:28,328 --> 00:15:31,729 - They provided me with the detailed log. 300 00:15:31,797 --> 00:15:34,132 And it showed that that particular driver 301 00:15:34,200 --> 00:15:38,269 Took ned wright back to the fairfield inn. 302 00:15:38,337 --> 00:15:41,839 So that was a great lead. 303 00:15:41,841 --> 00:15:43,241 Steve: Followed the trail. 304 00:15:43,309 --> 00:15:45,743 - I go to the front counter of the fairfield inn, 305 00:15:45,811 --> 00:15:46,944 Talked to the clerks. 306 00:15:47,013 --> 00:15:49,046 I had to take a list of everybody that 307 00:15:49,048 --> 00:15:51,682 Was in the hotel on that day. 308 00:15:51,751 --> 00:15:55,820 And there were no ned wrights on it. 309 00:15:55,888 --> 00:15:58,256 Steve: After obtained the phone records and the phone 310 00:15:58,324 --> 00:16:01,659 Logs for the hotel, I finally found out 311 00:16:01,728 --> 00:16:04,862 That there was phone calls made from room 105 312 00:16:04,930 --> 00:16:08,266 To brazos environmental. 313 00:16:08,334 --> 00:16:11,802 I went back to the hotel manager and asked them-- 314 00:16:11,804 --> 00:16:15,807 - Did the person in 105, how did they pay? 315 00:16:15,875 --> 00:16:17,575 They said they paid with cash. 316 00:16:17,643 --> 00:16:20,144 But they do require a driver's license. 317 00:16:20,212 --> 00:16:25,449 And so hotel manager went back into the file 318 00:16:25,451 --> 00:16:30,621 And pulled the driver's license for a theodore donald young. 319 00:16:30,690 --> 00:16:33,524 Steve: Driver's license out of florida. 320 00:16:33,593 --> 00:16:35,259 Narrator: It doesn't add up. 321 00:16:35,261 --> 00:16:37,361 Who is theodore young? 322 00:16:37,430 --> 00:16:40,864 And where is the mysterious developer ned wright? 323 00:16:40,934 --> 00:16:42,866 Steve: I made a photo lineup. 324 00:16:42,936 --> 00:16:46,003 And I placed that photograph of theodore young 325 00:16:46,071 --> 00:16:48,272 Into that lineup to show the employees 326 00:16:48,341 --> 00:16:51,742 In brazos environmental. 327 00:16:51,811 --> 00:16:53,945 Several of them identified ted young 328 00:16:53,947 --> 00:16:55,679 Immediately as being the ned wright that 329 00:16:55,748 --> 00:16:56,948 Had come through their office. 330 00:16:59,151 --> 00:17:01,852 So I ran a check on theodore donald young. 331 00:17:01,921 --> 00:17:03,687 - It showed that he was 332 00:17:03,689 --> 00:17:08,025 Convicted of a massive fraud in south carolina for $26 million. 333 00:17:08,094 --> 00:17:11,029 He failed to surrender and is currently 334 00:17:11,097 --> 00:17:14,432 Wanted by federal authorities. 335 00:17:14,500 --> 00:17:16,400 Steve: This is not looking good. 336 00:17:16,469 --> 00:17:18,202 People are lying about their names. 337 00:17:18,271 --> 00:17:21,038 - They're pretending to be other people. 338 00:17:21,107 --> 00:17:22,840 They're paying in cash. 339 00:17:22,908 --> 00:17:25,743 All those are indicators of criminal activity immediately. 340 00:17:25,812 --> 00:17:28,579 Steve: It just didn't make sense to me at all. 341 00:17:28,648 --> 00:17:30,815 What did he want with gary patterson? 342 00:17:43,329 --> 00:17:45,529 Nvestigation, 343 00:17:45,531 --> 00:17:48,732 Waco detectives have learned that missing father gary 344 00:17:48,801 --> 00:17:52,336 Patterson traveled to el paso to unknowingly meet 345 00:17:52,338 --> 00:17:56,607 With ted young, a con man on the run from a $26 million 346 00:17:56,676 --> 00:17:59,143 Fraud conviction in south carolina. 347 00:18:02,548 --> 00:18:04,615 - At this point in the investigation, 348 00:18:04,684 --> 00:18:07,451 We know we have a federal fugitive. 349 00:18:07,520 --> 00:18:09,720 Case is getting bigger by the day. 350 00:18:13,159 --> 00:18:16,226 The texas rangers have statewide jurisdiction, plus they 351 00:18:16,228 --> 00:18:23,233 Have contacts reaching all over the place, including el paso. 352 00:18:23,303 --> 00:18:26,904 - I knew that just logistically an investigation 353 00:18:26,973 --> 00:18:30,040 Between waco and el paso is going to be very difficult. 354 00:18:30,042 --> 00:18:32,076 The rangers have a lot of experience. 355 00:18:32,144 --> 00:18:33,978 They have a lot of resources. 356 00:18:34,046 --> 00:18:36,614 They can bring to bear on any given case 357 00:18:36,682 --> 00:18:38,916 All the resources of the state and federal government, 358 00:18:38,985 --> 00:18:40,350 If need be. 359 00:18:40,352 --> 00:18:43,654 And we can cross jurisdictional lines. 360 00:18:43,723 --> 00:18:46,556 Gary had gone to el paso to be interviewed 361 00:18:46,558 --> 00:18:48,258 With a promise of a job. 362 00:18:48,328 --> 00:18:51,329 By a man that was wanted by the federal government 363 00:18:51,331 --> 00:18:55,366 Out of south carolina for a multimillion dollar fraud. 364 00:18:55,434 --> 00:18:58,568 Narrator: It's still unclear what a fugitive con man 365 00:18:58,570 --> 00:19:00,538 Would want with gary patterson. 366 00:19:04,576 --> 00:19:07,411 Investigators searched for a connection between ted 367 00:19:07,413 --> 00:19:09,847 Young and gary patterson. 368 00:19:09,849 --> 00:19:13,617 They circle back to gary's personal life for new leads. 369 00:19:13,686 --> 00:19:15,085 Steve: Mr. Patterson believed 370 00:19:15,087 --> 00:19:17,287 Gary's ex-wife, lisa's father. 371 00:19:17,289 --> 00:19:20,658 - That sam urick was a very shady character. 372 00:19:20,726 --> 00:19:23,027 Steve: They said sam urick ought to be a person 373 00:19:23,095 --> 00:19:24,194 That should be looked at. 374 00:19:24,264 --> 00:19:26,096 - Because he was angry about what 375 00:19:26,098 --> 00:19:29,233 Had gone on during the divorce and child custody issues. 376 00:19:35,107 --> 00:19:36,807 - Gary patterson and his wife 377 00:19:36,876 --> 00:19:42,479 Lisa at one point worked for sam urick, lisa's father. 378 00:19:42,548 --> 00:19:46,284 Matt: It was just one get rich scheme after another. 379 00:19:46,352 --> 00:19:50,087 Whenever something went wrong, people lost money. 380 00:19:50,156 --> 00:19:52,122 - They would come looking for sam, 381 00:19:52,124 --> 00:19:54,091 And sam would be gone. 382 00:19:54,160 --> 00:19:59,163 Matt: Gary mainly was left holding the bag. 383 00:19:59,231 --> 00:20:03,701 Within just a couple years, lisa and gary were divorced. 384 00:20:03,769 --> 00:20:06,304 - Lisa took crystal, and they 385 00:20:06,372 --> 00:20:09,006 Went on the run, which is a criminal violation in texas. 386 00:20:09,075 --> 00:20:10,708 It's interfering with child custody. 387 00:20:10,776 --> 00:20:12,376 Parental kidnapping. 388 00:20:12,444 --> 00:20:14,878 David: Gary filed for full custody 389 00:20:14,947 --> 00:20:16,847 And filed the kidnapping charges on lisa. 390 00:20:23,155 --> 00:20:27,825 - That became very contentious with sam urick. 391 00:20:27,827 --> 00:20:29,526 Steve: I attempted to call and make 392 00:20:29,595 --> 00:20:31,095 An appointment with sam urick. 393 00:20:31,163 --> 00:20:34,798 And he did not want to set up an interview with me. 394 00:20:34,800 --> 00:20:36,666 Our hands were really tied, because we could 395 00:20:36,668 --> 00:20:40,204 Not compel him to talk to us. 396 00:20:40,272 --> 00:20:42,906 Narrator: Investigators circle back to early interviews 397 00:20:42,975 --> 00:20:47,778 And discover that there is one lead they had not yet pursued. 398 00:20:47,847 --> 00:20:49,579 - We find out that years ago, 399 00:20:49,649 --> 00:20:52,316 A private investigator named scott sotimo was hired out 400 00:20:52,385 --> 00:20:56,453 Of california by gary patterson to search 401 00:20:56,522 --> 00:20:58,756 For and try to locate gary's daughter 402 00:20:58,824 --> 00:21:00,991 Crystal and lisa patterson. 403 00:21:01,060 --> 00:21:04,928 And he had focused his attention on sam urick. 404 00:21:04,997 --> 00:21:08,032 Steve: Because he felt sam was financing 405 00:21:08,100 --> 00:21:12,135 Their travels or their hiding. 406 00:21:12,205 --> 00:21:14,071 I want to just talk to scott sotimo 407 00:21:14,139 --> 00:21:17,741 To see what kind of information he has on sam urick. 408 00:21:17,743 --> 00:21:20,210 - Scott sotimo, he let us 409 00:21:20,212 --> 00:21:23,313 Know that he had obtained some documents 410 00:21:23,383 --> 00:21:25,182 During his investigation. 411 00:21:25,250 --> 00:21:27,518 But he did it in such a manner that he didn't 412 00:21:27,586 --> 00:21:29,753 Want to get in trouble for it. 413 00:21:29,755 --> 00:21:34,925 He had removed a day planner/journal 414 00:21:34,927 --> 00:21:38,763 From the front seat of sam urick's car. 415 00:21:38,831 --> 00:21:41,932 At that point, we were taking any evidence that we 416 00:21:41,934 --> 00:21:45,403 Could help find gary patterson. 417 00:21:45,405 --> 00:21:48,138 Narrator: Scott sotimo offers to send investigators 418 00:21:48,140 --> 00:21:50,941 Sam's journal on the off chance it can help 419 00:21:51,009 --> 00:21:53,044 Them locate gary patterson. 420 00:21:53,112 --> 00:21:57,648 Steve: So this day planner comes through the mail. 421 00:21:57,716 --> 00:22:00,651 - And I open it up and I start looking through it. 422 00:22:00,720 --> 00:22:05,088 It had thousands of names, thousands of phone numbers 423 00:22:05,157 --> 00:22:07,124 Of contacts around the world. 424 00:22:10,062 --> 00:22:12,996 At one point as I'm scanning down the page, 425 00:22:13,065 --> 00:22:16,633 I see theodore donald young. 426 00:22:16,702 --> 00:22:18,568 His number and name there. 427 00:22:18,638 --> 00:22:20,303 I mean, that's not a coincidence. 428 00:22:20,305 --> 00:22:23,640 That is a lead. 429 00:22:23,709 --> 00:22:25,809 Steve: This is sam urick's day planner. 430 00:22:25,811 --> 00:22:27,278 Theodore donald young is one that 431 00:22:27,346 --> 00:22:29,346 Went to brazos environmental. 432 00:22:29,415 --> 00:22:31,482 A federal wanted fugitive convicted 433 00:22:31,550 --> 00:22:34,985 Of $26 million the massive fraud in south carolina. 434 00:22:35,053 --> 00:22:36,319 - And it's not good. 435 00:22:36,389 --> 00:22:39,523 This is not good. 436 00:22:39,592 --> 00:22:43,093 - Inside the book were the playlist 437 00:22:43,162 --> 00:22:45,996 Of all the characters in this investigation, 438 00:22:46,065 --> 00:22:48,131 Including ted young. 439 00:22:48,200 --> 00:22:51,735 Matt: Who comes to waco masquerading as someone else, 440 00:22:51,804 --> 00:22:54,804 Trying to get gary patterson to come to el paso. 441 00:22:54,806 --> 00:22:56,506 - The focus of our investigation 442 00:22:56,508 --> 00:22:59,576 Now is going to be the connection between sam 443 00:22:59,645 --> 00:23:01,979 Urick and ted young. 444 00:23:02,047 --> 00:23:05,482 We know that they know each other. 445 00:23:05,484 --> 00:23:08,452 - There were flags going off in my head. 446 00:23:08,520 --> 00:23:12,323 - At this point, we know what we need to do now. 447 00:23:12,391 --> 00:23:15,793 We need to talk to ted young, we need to talk to sam urick. 448 00:23:15,861 --> 00:23:17,261 But we didn't know where they were. 449 00:23:21,434 --> 00:23:24,902 Matt: It could be the bone of a male human. 450 00:23:24,970 --> 00:23:28,071 - But we needed the rest of the skeleton. 451 00:23:28,140 --> 00:23:30,274 Matt: A light bulb went off in our head. 452 00:23:30,342 --> 00:23:32,776 - That's a logical location if somebody 453 00:23:32,845 --> 00:23:33,944 Was going to bury a body. 454 00:23:45,191 --> 00:23:47,024 He hunt 455 00:23:47,092 --> 00:23:50,694 For 33-year-old gary patterson, investigators 456 00:23:50,762 --> 00:23:54,265 Find an unexpected connection between $26 million 457 00:23:54,333 --> 00:23:57,067 Fraudster ted young and the missing man's 458 00:23:57,136 --> 00:24:00,938 Ex father-in-law, sam urick. 459 00:24:01,006 --> 00:24:04,842 - We definitely needed to talk to sam urick. 460 00:24:04,910 --> 00:24:06,744 He had a trucking company down in conroe. 461 00:24:12,585 --> 00:24:16,853 Steve: So I got a federal subpoena for the phone 462 00:24:16,855 --> 00:24:19,790 Records down in conroe. 463 00:24:19,858 --> 00:24:21,658 - And it revealed that he 464 00:24:21,727 --> 00:24:24,061 Had calls all over the united states, 465 00:24:24,063 --> 00:24:25,996 And somehow the country. 466 00:24:26,065 --> 00:24:27,564 Matt: At that point, we're trying 467 00:24:27,633 --> 00:24:29,933 To make more of a connection. 468 00:24:29,935 --> 00:24:31,835 - It was sam urick conversing with. 469 00:24:31,904 --> 00:24:37,307 It's like a puzzle, and we were getting more pieces every day. 470 00:24:37,376 --> 00:24:40,243 Narrator: Sam urick's extensive business contacts 471 00:24:40,312 --> 00:24:43,247 Reach beyond texas state jurisdiction. 472 00:24:43,315 --> 00:24:46,517 Believing he is an expert at living below the radar of law 473 00:24:46,585 --> 00:24:49,920 Enforcement, investigators enlist the help of the us 474 00:24:49,989 --> 00:24:52,389 Marshals to find their suspect. 475 00:24:52,458 --> 00:24:55,425 - We ended up talking to a federal supervisor 476 00:24:55,427 --> 00:24:59,896 Who, when he heard the name sam urick, 477 00:24:59,965 --> 00:25:01,465 He stopped the conversation. 478 00:25:01,533 --> 00:25:03,167 He says, I'm not sure I can even talk to you about this. 479 00:25:07,273 --> 00:25:10,574 - We find out that sam urick is flagged in the state 480 00:25:10,643 --> 00:25:13,910 National computer by the cia. 481 00:25:13,979 --> 00:25:15,546 Matt: He was allegedly involved 482 00:25:15,614 --> 00:25:19,983 In some shady dealings with rogue government agents 483 00:25:19,985 --> 00:25:22,019 Back in the '80s. 484 00:25:22,087 --> 00:25:25,055 Steve: He was possibly a participant 485 00:25:25,124 --> 00:25:27,858 In getting some c-4 explosive out of the houston port 486 00:25:27,926 --> 00:25:30,293 That went to muammar gaddafi. 487 00:25:30,295 --> 00:25:34,264 And that same c-4 took down the lockerbie 488 00:25:34,266 --> 00:25:37,101 Scotland flight and also the berlin discotheque bombing. 489 00:25:41,140 --> 00:25:43,306 - For the first time in the investigation, 490 00:25:43,308 --> 00:25:50,047 We understand how extremely dangerous sam urick is. 491 00:25:50,115 --> 00:25:52,316 Narrator: Investigators explain their alarming 492 00:25:52,384 --> 00:25:54,851 Discovery to gary's family. 493 00:25:54,920 --> 00:25:59,256 - Knowing the whole sam urick story 494 00:25:59,324 --> 00:26:02,325 And knowing the kind of shenanigans 495 00:26:02,394 --> 00:26:06,463 That he was involved in, we knew. 496 00:26:06,532 --> 00:26:09,399 We knew. 497 00:26:09,468 --> 00:26:12,836 David: Gary was gone. 498 00:26:12,904 --> 00:26:16,806 - My mama had not come to grips 499 00:26:16,808 --> 00:26:18,608 With it, to grips with that. 500 00:26:18,610 --> 00:26:23,447 She wanted to believe that in the end, 501 00:26:23,515 --> 00:26:26,349 He was going to come back to us. 502 00:26:26,418 --> 00:26:32,556 But as a police officer, I knew how small of a chance that was. 503 00:26:38,197 --> 00:26:40,063 Michelle: As time went on, I just can't 504 00:26:40,132 --> 00:26:42,800 Imagine the worst is happening. 505 00:26:42,868 --> 00:26:44,934 I don't let myself go there. 506 00:26:45,004 --> 00:26:46,136 - I'm not ready. 507 00:26:46,205 --> 00:26:47,705 I'm still not ready to give up. 508 00:26:58,517 --> 00:27:01,284 Narrator: Investigators believe sam urick is involved 509 00:27:01,353 --> 00:27:03,520 In the disappearance of gary patterson, 510 00:27:03,589 --> 00:27:07,390 But they'll have to find sam to prove it. 511 00:27:07,392 --> 00:27:10,227 - We knew from the long distance telephone records 512 00:27:10,229 --> 00:27:12,996 From sam urick's trucking company building 513 00:27:13,064 --> 00:27:15,566 That there was someone in el paso 514 00:27:15,634 --> 00:27:19,837 That sam urick was conversing with often. 515 00:27:19,839 --> 00:27:22,272 Once again, this investigation went back 516 00:27:22,341 --> 00:27:24,541 To sam urick's address book. 517 00:27:24,610 --> 00:27:27,244 Matt: In this address book were other names 518 00:27:27,312 --> 00:27:29,413 Of other people in paso. 519 00:27:29,481 --> 00:27:33,316 - Very likely, they had some information. 520 00:27:33,385 --> 00:27:35,619 Narrator: Convinced that gary's trip is connected 521 00:27:35,687 --> 00:27:40,623 To sam urick's phone calls, waco investigators make a surprise 522 00:27:40,693 --> 00:27:43,860 Visit to el paso, hoping to squeeze information 523 00:27:43,929 --> 00:27:47,130 From sam urick's known accomplices. 524 00:27:47,199 --> 00:27:51,869 - They told us about a sam urick gold mine scheme 525 00:27:51,871 --> 00:27:56,206 In the desert outside of el paso. 526 00:27:56,275 --> 00:27:59,009 Matt: A light bulb went off in our head. 527 00:27:59,077 --> 00:28:02,379 - That's a logical location if somebody 528 00:28:02,447 --> 00:28:03,414 Was going to bury a body. 529 00:28:06,618 --> 00:28:09,452 - We drove out in the middle of nowhere, tall 530 00:28:09,521 --> 00:28:10,487 Fence, gated. 531 00:28:13,159 --> 00:28:16,860 Matt: And we're looking at this massive piece of property. 532 00:28:16,929 --> 00:28:21,731 And all of a sudden, I see a cloud of dust. 533 00:28:21,801 --> 00:28:24,668 - And the dust cloud gets bigger and it gets bigger, 534 00:28:24,736 --> 00:28:26,970 And it's coming our way. 535 00:28:27,039 --> 00:28:31,074 Matt: The vehicle came on us at a very high speed. 536 00:28:31,076 --> 00:28:34,044 And a security guard gets out. 537 00:28:34,113 --> 00:28:36,714 And he says, can I help you? 538 00:28:36,782 --> 00:28:38,716 - Are we going to show our hand? 539 00:28:38,784 --> 00:28:40,750 Or are we going to leave? 540 00:28:40,820 --> 00:28:41,885 What's our play? 541 00:28:45,124 --> 00:28:46,824 Narrator: Uncertain what the man will 542 00:28:46,892 --> 00:28:51,628 Do, they take an unusual tack. 543 00:28:51,697 --> 00:28:53,830 - We befriend him. 544 00:28:53,899 --> 00:28:57,234 Steve: This guy would be what I'd call a groupie. 545 00:28:57,302 --> 00:28:59,536 - He loves law enforcement. 546 00:28:59,605 --> 00:29:02,972 - He said, there is a lot of shady things 547 00:29:02,974 --> 00:29:04,307 Happening out here. 548 00:29:04,376 --> 00:29:06,543 Steve: We asked him if he ever found any bones 549 00:29:06,611 --> 00:29:07,911 Out there or anything. 550 00:29:07,980 --> 00:29:11,214 And he said, yeah, I've found a couple. 551 00:29:11,216 --> 00:29:12,850 Narrator: Cautious of his employer, 552 00:29:12,918 --> 00:29:15,885 The security guard agrees to meet the investigators 553 00:29:15,887 --> 00:29:19,256 After work at his home. 554 00:29:19,324 --> 00:29:21,190 Matt: We go to his house. 555 00:29:21,192 --> 00:29:24,327 And he goes and gets the bones off of his workbench. 556 00:29:24,329 --> 00:29:25,795 - And he gives us to them. 557 00:29:25,797 --> 00:29:28,298 And some, they were small animals or something. 558 00:29:28,367 --> 00:29:30,768 And he had one in particular that I 559 00:29:30,836 --> 00:29:33,870 Was a little concerned about. 560 00:29:33,939 --> 00:29:36,106 - Brought the phone back to waco. 561 00:29:36,174 --> 00:29:40,577 We allowed a forensic anthropologist to look at it. 562 00:29:40,645 --> 00:29:43,981 Steve: They said that they thought it was a human bone. 563 00:29:43,983 --> 00:29:45,915 Matt: Her further analysis of that bone 564 00:29:45,985 --> 00:29:51,121 Said it could be the bone of a male, human. 565 00:29:51,190 --> 00:29:53,122 Maybe in his 30s. 566 00:29:53,192 --> 00:29:55,525 Steve: This was pivotal in this investigation. 567 00:29:55,594 --> 00:29:57,861 - We felt like it could be gary patterson's. 568 00:30:10,709 --> 00:30:13,576 Narrator: Investigators 569 00:30:13,645 --> 00:30:16,146 Is involved in a mining scheme on a sprawling 570 00:30:16,215 --> 00:30:19,249 Ranch east of el paso. 571 00:30:19,318 --> 00:30:21,584 The operations security guard has found 572 00:30:21,654 --> 00:30:24,154 A human bone on the property. 573 00:30:24,223 --> 00:30:27,156 - We all believe that this was gary patterson. 574 00:30:27,226 --> 00:30:28,491 But we needed more. 575 00:30:28,493 --> 00:30:31,128 We needed the rest of the skeleton. 576 00:30:31,196 --> 00:30:33,664 - So we decided we're going to search that ranch. 577 00:30:40,271 --> 00:30:43,306 - There was a search team that was walking 578 00:30:43,375 --> 00:30:47,010 Along a culvert near a ravine. 579 00:30:47,079 --> 00:30:50,680 Matt: And they kicked over what they believed was a rock. 580 00:30:50,749 --> 00:30:52,583 - It turned out to be a human skull. 581 00:30:55,320 --> 00:30:57,120 - And some of the other remains 582 00:30:57,122 --> 00:30:58,855 Were scattered on the side of the mountain 583 00:30:58,924 --> 00:31:00,457 Around the property. 584 00:31:00,525 --> 00:31:02,926 Steve: But we were able to recover quite a few parts 585 00:31:02,995 --> 00:31:04,927 Of the skeletal remains. 586 00:31:04,929 --> 00:31:06,863 - We could not make an identification 587 00:31:06,931 --> 00:31:10,267 On it, because it was so badly decomposed. 588 00:31:10,335 --> 00:31:15,205 Matt: We found the body in a 600 acre tract of land 589 00:31:15,274 --> 00:31:19,509 That has a direct connection to sam urick. 590 00:31:19,578 --> 00:31:23,346 So we thought it was gary patterson. 591 00:31:23,348 --> 00:31:25,015 Narrator: The discovery could firmly 592 00:31:25,083 --> 00:31:28,018 Tie sam urick to gary patterson's disappearance, 593 00:31:28,086 --> 00:31:30,854 And now, his murder. 594 00:31:30,922 --> 00:31:33,423 Investigators decide to lean on lisa 595 00:31:33,425 --> 00:31:35,825 Urick for more information. 596 00:31:35,827 --> 00:31:38,861 In the years since investigators first questioned lisa 597 00:31:38,863 --> 00:31:41,431 About gary's disappearance, she's 598 00:31:41,500 --> 00:31:44,234 Been ordered back to prison for a parole violation 599 00:31:44,303 --> 00:31:47,337 Related to her previous custody and kidnapping charges. 600 00:31:50,009 --> 00:31:53,610 - We go to the jail and talk to lisa patterson 601 00:31:53,678 --> 00:31:55,878 And confront her with the fact that we'd 602 00:31:55,880 --> 00:31:57,614 Made the connection with ted young, 603 00:31:57,683 --> 00:31:59,349 Her father, and that property. 604 00:31:59,418 --> 00:32:02,785 And we showed her some pictures of the bones. 605 00:32:02,855 --> 00:32:04,387 Steve: And we told her we thought 606 00:32:04,456 --> 00:32:05,689 That bone belonged to gary. 607 00:32:08,793 --> 00:32:11,094 - She was visibly shaken by what 608 00:32:11,163 --> 00:32:13,496 We were telling her. 609 00:32:13,565 --> 00:32:17,034 Steve: She then started breaking down. 610 00:32:17,102 --> 00:32:19,869 - She let us know that she knew her father had 611 00:32:19,871 --> 00:32:22,939 Intentionally lured gary to el paso 612 00:32:23,008 --> 00:32:28,278 And didn't mean to kill him but had been beating on him. 613 00:32:30,515 --> 00:32:31,982 Steve: She claimed that it was 614 00:32:32,050 --> 00:32:33,750 Only to get her daughter back. 615 00:32:33,818 --> 00:32:35,285 - To us, this was a confession 616 00:32:35,354 --> 00:32:36,954 And it broke the case wide open. 617 00:32:47,566 --> 00:32:49,298 Narrator: Soon, the forensic report 618 00:32:49,368 --> 00:32:54,237 Arrives with an analysis of the bones found on the property. 619 00:32:54,239 --> 00:32:56,539 Steve: The testing was done by the medical examiner. 620 00:32:56,608 --> 00:32:58,641 And there was something extremely 621 00:32:58,643 --> 00:33:01,678 Strange on the person we found. 622 00:33:01,746 --> 00:33:06,583 - Well, come to find out el paso police were looking 623 00:33:06,651 --> 00:33:08,251 For a missing person also. 624 00:33:08,253 --> 00:33:10,487 He was known to have these knots on his head 625 00:33:10,555 --> 00:33:13,023 That looks like horns. 626 00:33:13,091 --> 00:33:15,658 Narrator: The cranial anomaly found on the victim 627 00:33:15,727 --> 00:33:19,862 Matches the missing el paso man. 628 00:33:19,864 --> 00:33:22,466 - It was determined it was not gary patterson. 629 00:33:25,070 --> 00:33:26,403 Narrator: Though el paso pd 630 00:33:26,471 --> 00:33:28,938 Have solved their missing persons case, 631 00:33:28,940 --> 00:33:31,141 It means gary is still out there. 632 00:33:33,812 --> 00:33:36,012 Investigators share the difficult news 633 00:33:36,081 --> 00:33:37,880 With the patterson family. 634 00:33:37,882 --> 00:33:40,817 They will not be bringing gary home tonight. 635 00:33:40,885 --> 00:33:43,086 - I understand someone might say you would 636 00:33:43,154 --> 00:33:44,554 Be relieved that it wasn't him. 637 00:33:44,623 --> 00:33:47,057 But we weren't. 638 00:33:47,125 --> 00:33:49,025 You certainly don't want somebody 639 00:33:49,094 --> 00:33:52,562 To walk in and say, hey, we found your brother's body. 640 00:33:52,631 --> 00:33:56,899 But at the same time, that's what's got to happen before we 641 00:33:56,901 --> 00:33:59,435 Move forward to anything else. 642 00:33:59,504 --> 00:34:02,506 So it's a mixed bag of emotions that you go through. 643 00:34:08,447 --> 00:34:09,779 Narrator: Investigators are 644 00:34:09,848 --> 00:34:11,848 Confident the body found in the desert 645 00:34:11,916 --> 00:34:16,019 Isn't related to gary patterson or sam urick. 646 00:34:16,087 --> 00:34:18,055 But lisa's confession makes clear 647 00:34:18,123 --> 00:34:22,059 That her father and ted young had plotted an attack on gary. 648 00:34:25,163 --> 00:34:29,366 - So we sit down with us prosecutors in waco 649 00:34:29,434 --> 00:34:34,471 And show them every single piece of evidence that we have. 650 00:34:34,539 --> 00:34:37,774 All the connections, all the players. 651 00:34:37,842 --> 00:34:40,877 - We had enough to get an arrest warrant for sam urick 652 00:34:40,945 --> 00:34:44,380 And for ted young. 653 00:34:44,449 --> 00:34:47,049 Steve: Us marshals had been tracking sam 654 00:34:47,051 --> 00:34:50,887 And found him in las vegas. 655 00:34:50,955 --> 00:34:54,657 - They go snatch him up and they've got him in custody. 656 00:34:54,726 --> 00:34:57,627 Steve: And at that point, he was not talking. 657 00:34:57,629 --> 00:34:59,396 - So we're in a real awkward place, 658 00:34:59,464 --> 00:35:02,165 Because we have sam urick in custody. 659 00:35:02,233 --> 00:35:06,102 We have lisa urick with a confession. 660 00:35:06,170 --> 00:35:09,039 We don't have gary patterson's body. 661 00:35:09,107 --> 00:35:13,476 We don't have theodore young in custody, either. 662 00:35:13,545 --> 00:35:15,612 Narrator: Without a body, prosecutors 663 00:35:15,680 --> 00:35:18,648 Will be hard pressed to make the murder conviction stick, 664 00:35:18,717 --> 00:35:21,051 Even with the confession. 665 00:35:21,119 --> 00:35:24,520 They must attempt to locate the other man in the scheme-- 666 00:35:24,589 --> 00:35:26,857 International fraudster ted young. 667 00:35:32,230 --> 00:35:33,796 - We had interviewed a witness 668 00:35:33,865 --> 00:35:38,534 In el paso who told us very earnestly 669 00:35:38,603 --> 00:35:42,572 That ted yong was in honduras. 670 00:35:42,641 --> 00:35:45,275 And a telephone record from sam urick's building 671 00:35:45,343 --> 00:35:50,413 Indicated that there were numerous calls to honduras. 672 00:35:50,482 --> 00:35:54,550 When you start hearing honduras from multiple sources, 673 00:35:54,619 --> 00:35:55,652 That's what we call a clue. 674 00:35:58,289 --> 00:36:00,289 Narrator: Working with federal authorities 675 00:36:00,291 --> 00:36:02,959 And the international police organization, 676 00:36:03,027 --> 00:36:06,028 Investigators head to honduras to hunt down sam 677 00:36:06,098 --> 00:36:09,299 Urick's accomplice, ted young. 678 00:36:09,367 --> 00:36:14,103 - We had a phone number of where ted and his wife 679 00:36:14,172 --> 00:36:15,605 Were living. 680 00:36:15,674 --> 00:36:18,508 Matt: In honduras, when you have a home telephone, 681 00:36:18,577 --> 00:36:20,310 It stays with the home. 682 00:36:20,378 --> 00:36:24,714 - We were able to use the honduran officials to tell 683 00:36:24,783 --> 00:36:27,117 Us where the address was. 684 00:36:27,185 --> 00:36:29,886 We finally make it down to san pedro sula 685 00:36:29,954 --> 00:36:33,389 And we drive past an automobile salvage yard. 686 00:36:33,458 --> 00:36:35,758 As we made a slow run past the gate, 687 00:36:35,827 --> 00:36:40,997 I could see down this corridor of cars 688 00:36:41,065 --> 00:36:44,234 Was a gray-headed white man. 689 00:36:44,302 --> 00:36:48,205 And I'm thinking, that's ted young. 690 00:36:48,273 --> 00:36:50,006 Narrator: But the arrest operation 691 00:36:50,074 --> 00:36:51,708 Will be handled by interpol. 692 00:36:51,776 --> 00:36:54,477 The american team is sent back to their hotel 693 00:36:54,546 --> 00:36:56,279 For an anxious night. 694 00:36:56,348 --> 00:36:59,015 Matt: I get a phone call that evening. 695 00:36:59,083 --> 00:37:01,851 - Interpol police have captured ted young. 696 00:37:13,164 --> 00:37:14,597 Ed young 697 00:37:14,666 --> 00:37:17,900 Has been captured by interpol. 698 00:37:17,902 --> 00:37:21,104 American authorities stand ready to question him about the still 699 00:37:21,172 --> 00:37:25,508 Missing father gary patterson. 700 00:37:25,577 --> 00:37:28,644 - I said, I don't care what you did in south carolina. 701 00:37:28,713 --> 00:37:31,314 I'm here to talk to you about gary patterson 702 00:37:31,383 --> 00:37:35,051 And who murdered him. 703 00:37:35,119 --> 00:37:40,222 At that point, ted just dropped his head. 704 00:37:40,224 --> 00:37:44,927 He said, I am not going to go to prison for the rest of my life 705 00:37:44,996 --> 00:37:47,229 For something sam urick did. 706 00:37:47,231 --> 00:37:48,898 Matt: He admits to every part of it. 707 00:37:51,570 --> 00:37:53,035 Narrator: Ted young lays out 708 00:37:53,105 --> 00:37:55,938 In chilling detail exactly what happened to gary 709 00:37:55,940 --> 00:37:58,841 Patterson 15 months before. 710 00:37:58,910 --> 00:38:01,244 - Ted young went to waco. 711 00:38:01,312 --> 00:38:04,547 He lured gary patterson to el paso. 712 00:38:04,616 --> 00:38:07,750 He picked him up there, took him out into the desert 713 00:38:07,752 --> 00:38:09,786 Where sam was waiting. 714 00:38:12,423 --> 00:38:14,791 Ted had a gun and he held it to gary's head 715 00:38:14,859 --> 00:38:17,761 While sam duct-taped him. 716 00:38:17,829 --> 00:38:20,830 And he said that, I left at that point. 717 00:38:20,899 --> 00:38:24,066 I wasn't a part of what happened right there. 718 00:38:24,136 --> 00:38:26,736 Matt: I was told to come back out in the morning. 719 00:38:26,805 --> 00:38:29,839 The next day, and I went out there, I said, where's gary? 720 00:38:29,908 --> 00:38:31,774 - And he said, we don't have 721 00:38:31,843 --> 00:38:33,376 To worry about gary anymore. 722 00:38:33,445 --> 00:38:35,845 Matt: I sanitized the area. 723 00:38:35,914 --> 00:38:37,913 He killed gary patterson. 724 00:38:37,983 --> 00:38:39,482 Narrator: The gruesome details 725 00:38:39,550 --> 00:38:41,884 Of ted young's confession confirm 726 00:38:41,886 --> 00:38:43,753 Investigators' worst fears. 727 00:38:54,699 --> 00:38:56,265 Matt: But we still need to know 728 00:38:56,334 --> 00:38:57,767 Where the body was located. 729 00:38:57,836 --> 00:38:59,903 - And I said, well, why don't you draw me a map? 730 00:39:02,807 --> 00:39:05,408 Steve: They fax it to my hotel room in el paso. 731 00:39:11,315 --> 00:39:14,350 We follow the trail on this map. 732 00:39:14,419 --> 00:39:17,420 And we focused in on 25-acre square. 733 00:39:28,266 --> 00:39:30,766 Us customs guy was standing on the back of a truck 734 00:39:30,835 --> 00:39:34,804 And saw one of the dogs concentrate on the area. 735 00:39:34,873 --> 00:39:36,706 And he says, this has got to be it. 736 00:39:41,112 --> 00:39:43,279 And he take some shovel. 737 00:39:43,281 --> 00:39:45,881 He's going to go out there and dig that spot. 738 00:39:45,951 --> 00:39:47,417 - And he finds that sleeve. 739 00:39:57,462 --> 00:40:03,332 Matt: Everything was just as ted had described. 740 00:40:03,401 --> 00:40:06,302 - He was still wearing the black pants, the 741 00:40:06,370 --> 00:40:09,071 White shirt, and cowboy boots. 742 00:40:09,073 --> 00:40:12,876 But his legs were tied together. 743 00:40:12,944 --> 00:40:15,311 Narrator: Investigators call in the forensic team 744 00:40:15,380 --> 00:40:18,014 To carefully remove the body and transport 745 00:40:18,082 --> 00:40:20,884 The remains to the office of the medical examiner. 746 00:40:25,857 --> 00:40:27,723 - The medical examiner determined 747 00:40:27,725 --> 00:40:32,328 That he was hit with some kind of blunt force object. 748 00:40:32,397 --> 00:40:34,797 You can see the bruising. 749 00:40:34,866 --> 00:40:38,435 And we think sam urick beat him to death on that. 750 00:40:38,503 --> 00:40:39,936 Narrator: The medical examiner 751 00:40:40,004 --> 00:40:43,439 Found sand in the nasal cavity and lung area. 752 00:40:43,508 --> 00:40:45,341 - Gary patterson got buried alive. 753 00:40:48,012 --> 00:40:49,512 Narrator: Dental records confirm 754 00:40:49,581 --> 00:40:52,281 That the victim found buried in the sand 755 00:40:52,350 --> 00:40:55,185 Is, in fact, gary patterson. 756 00:40:59,958 --> 00:41:03,726 - If you ever believe that evil does not exist, 757 00:41:03,795 --> 00:41:06,296 Take a look at what sam urick did to gary patterson. 758 00:41:06,364 --> 00:41:07,297 That's pure evil. 759 00:41:15,473 --> 00:41:17,473 - My dad called me and told me that they 760 00:41:17,542 --> 00:41:21,377 Had confirmed that it was gary. 761 00:41:21,445 --> 00:41:24,380 David: My brother's gone. 762 00:41:24,448 --> 00:41:26,849 - And that's just something you 763 00:41:26,918 --> 00:41:28,084 Shouldn't have to go through. 764 00:41:33,491 --> 00:41:35,091 - When they found him, 765 00:41:35,159 --> 00:41:38,628 It just hit me like a ton of bricks. 766 00:41:38,696 --> 00:41:42,565 I was like, so it's true. 767 00:41:42,634 --> 00:41:43,899 He's not coming back. 768 00:41:43,968 --> 00:41:46,569 And then-- I'm sorry, it just hit me. 769 00:41:46,571 --> 00:41:47,504 [sniffles] 770 00:41:53,144 --> 00:41:55,377 - I knew we had to get through this 771 00:41:55,379 --> 00:41:56,579 To get to the next step. 772 00:42:03,021 --> 00:42:05,188 Narrator: Prosecutors seek the death penalty. 773 00:42:05,256 --> 00:42:09,925 But in September of 1999, sam urick and ted young make a plea 774 00:42:09,994 --> 00:42:11,528 Agreement and avoid trial. 775 00:42:16,100 --> 00:42:19,168 It's bitter justice for the family. 776 00:42:19,237 --> 00:42:21,370 David: Sam urick was evil incarnate. 777 00:42:21,372 --> 00:42:22,672 - Just mean as a snake. 778 00:42:27,812 --> 00:42:29,746 Narrator: When sentencing is handed down, 779 00:42:29,814 --> 00:42:34,784 Ted young receives 20 years for his role in the crime. 780 00:42:34,852 --> 00:42:39,522 Lisa urick receives five years as a knowing accomplice. 781 00:42:39,590 --> 00:42:42,525 And mastermind sam urick receives life 782 00:42:42,527 --> 00:42:47,429 In prison for the murder of gary patterson. 783 00:42:47,431 --> 00:42:49,699 David: Nothing's going to bring your brother back. 784 00:42:49,767 --> 00:42:51,700 Is it 100% total justice? 785 00:42:51,702 --> 00:42:52,702 No. 786 00:42:52,770 --> 00:42:56,606 - But then, what is? 787 00:42:56,674 --> 00:42:59,175 David: Gary was a good, god-fearing man 788 00:42:59,243 --> 00:43:00,843 Who loved his family. 789 00:43:00,845 --> 00:43:05,381 - And he didn't deserve what happened to him. 790 00:43:05,450 --> 00:43:07,449 Michelle: If he can look down from heaven, 791 00:43:07,519 --> 00:43:11,020 He's proud of crystal. 792 00:43:11,089 --> 00:43:14,857 He was such an awesome man. 793 00:43:14,859 --> 00:43:15,892 - And gentleman. 794 00:43:15,960 --> 00:43:18,728 A true southern gentleman.