1 00:00:01,230 --> 00:00:02,060 WOMAN: Hello? 2 00:00:02,270 --> 00:00:04,520 -(STATIC) -UNKNOWN CALLER: Kill you. 3 00:00:04,770 --> 00:00:06,940 (STATIC CONTINUES) 4 00:00:07,690 --> 00:00:08,890 ♪ (SOMBER MUSIC PLAYS) ♪ 5 00:00:09,100 --> 00:00:12,440 WOMAN 2: By 79', the East Area rapist moved south. 6 00:00:12,640 --> 00:00:15,310 In Goleta, Santa Barbara we see the next attack. 7 00:00:15,390 --> 00:00:17,560 I know that it's the same person. 8 00:00:17,730 --> 00:00:19,690 WOMAN 2: The killer's pleasure was derived 9 00:00:19,770 --> 00:00:21,140 from raising the stakes. 10 00:00:21,850 --> 00:00:24,100 WOMAN 3: Michelle ultimately came up with 11 00:00:24,190 --> 00:00:25,690 the name Golden State Killer. 12 00:00:25,890 --> 00:00:27,940 MAN: It was her first major piece of writing. 13 00:00:28,270 --> 00:00:29,730 WOMAN 3: That story exploded. 14 00:00:30,270 --> 00:00:32,270 I said that I would represent that book, 15 00:00:32,350 --> 00:00:33,730 if she wanted to turn it into one. 16 00:00:33,810 --> 00:00:36,520 MAN 2: The hope is that by having greater public attention, 17 00:00:36,810 --> 00:00:39,100 the right person will give the right tip. 18 00:00:39,190 --> 00:00:40,310 ♪ (MUSIC CONCLUDES) ♪ 19 00:00:55,890 --> 00:01:00,850 ♪ (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ 20 00:01:00,940 --> 00:01:02,940 (SEABIRDS SQUAWKING) 21 00:01:11,770 --> 00:01:14,190 MICHELLE MCNAMARA: What was I thinking last night? 22 00:01:16,310 --> 00:01:19,980 I let myself get drunk and fall into a trap... 23 00:01:20,060 --> 00:01:22,600 but with a married man with children? 24 00:01:23,440 --> 00:01:25,600 I did not want that to happen. 25 00:01:27,270 --> 00:01:29,890 REPORTER: It's far from being an isolated incident. 26 00:01:29,980 --> 00:01:31,560 Several thousand people have died 27 00:01:31,640 --> 00:01:34,140 since the start of the troubles between Protestant Unionists 28 00:01:34,230 --> 00:01:36,350 -and Roman Catholic... -MICHELLE: I live in this house 29 00:01:36,440 --> 00:01:38,060 with five troubled men and women, 30 00:01:38,140 --> 00:01:41,350 providing a sort of counseling role model type of support. 31 00:01:41,440 --> 00:01:44,770 REPORTER 2: ...the latest in a line of bomb attacks on Northern Ireland towns. 32 00:01:44,850 --> 00:01:47,100 MICHELLE: After about a month in Belfast, 33 00:01:47,190 --> 00:01:51,190 my boss's behavior changed from calming any fears I had 34 00:01:51,270 --> 00:01:53,810 about potentially dangerous scenarios... 35 00:01:53,890 --> 00:01:56,730 to something more serious. 36 00:01:58,600 --> 00:02:02,440 He talked wistfully about managing bands in London, 37 00:02:02,520 --> 00:02:04,440 leopard skin pants, 38 00:02:04,520 --> 00:02:07,190 his perpetually aggrieved wife. 39 00:02:08,640 --> 00:02:10,520 I let him press against me. 40 00:02:12,020 --> 00:02:15,350 While I was alarmed and distressed by his behavior, 41 00:02:15,440 --> 00:02:17,310 he was also my supervisor, 42 00:02:17,390 --> 00:02:21,560 and he had created it so I was very dependent on him. 43 00:02:23,890 --> 00:02:26,060 (READS) 44 00:02:32,480 --> 00:02:33,600 I'm going home, 45 00:02:35,060 --> 00:02:37,060 or at least away from here. 46 00:02:47,730 --> 00:02:51,230 ♪ ("AVALANCHE" BY AIMEE MANN PLAYING) ♪ 47 00:02:57,390 --> 00:03:01,060 ♪ Well, I stepped Into an avalanche ♪ 48 00:03:02,730 --> 00:03:05,350 ♪ It covered up my soul ♪ 49 00:03:07,940 --> 00:03:12,100 ♪ When I am not this hunchback That you see ♪ 50 00:03:13,020 --> 00:03:16,310 ♪ I sleep beneath The golden hill ♪ 51 00:03:18,730 --> 00:03:22,560 ♪ You who wish to conquer pain ♪ 52 00:03:22,640 --> 00:03:28,440 ♪ You must learn Learn to serve me well ♪ 53 00:03:31,850 --> 00:03:34,100 ♪ (MUSIC CONCLUDES) ♪ 54 00:03:39,690 --> 00:03:40,770 (INTERCOM DINGS) 55 00:03:43,640 --> 00:03:45,140 PILOT: Again, good morning, ladies and gentlemen. 56 00:03:45,230 --> 00:03:47,310 I'd like to welcome you back on board flight... 57 00:03:47,390 --> 00:03:49,690 -(PHONE PINGS) -TEDDY SYKES: (ON SCREEN) You hate me, right? 58 00:03:49,770 --> 00:03:51,810 -I'm sorry? -No, I'm kidding. We're buds. 59 00:03:51,890 --> 00:03:53,890 But I'm the Vice President's Chief of Staff. 60 00:03:53,980 --> 00:03:56,020 You know, you came to see him directly, 61 00:03:56,100 --> 00:03:57,440 I didn't know you were coming, so... 62 00:03:57,520 --> 00:03:59,640 -(PHONE PINGS) -JONAH RYAN: Oh, I'm sorry... 63 00:04:00,980 --> 00:04:05,980 (PHONE PINGS CONTINUOUSLY) 64 00:04:07,140 --> 00:04:10,310 ♪ (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ 65 00:04:28,940 --> 00:04:31,270 KERA BOLONIK: As a writer, I know that the one thing 66 00:04:31,350 --> 00:04:34,140 you don't say to a friend who's working on a book is, 67 00:04:34,230 --> 00:04:36,020 "How's the book going?" 68 00:04:36,100 --> 00:04:37,600 But I just wanted to just check in 69 00:04:37,690 --> 00:04:40,810 and see how she was doing and was she coming to the city 70 00:04:40,890 --> 00:04:42,060 any time soon, 71 00:04:43,140 --> 00:04:45,940 so I said, "Hey. How's it going? 72 00:04:46,020 --> 00:04:47,480 I really miss you." 73 00:04:49,560 --> 00:04:52,350 -Then I see her note pop up. -(MESSAGE PINGS) 74 00:04:57,230 --> 00:05:00,060 Writing your first book is really hard. 75 00:05:00,140 --> 00:05:01,770 But she was great. 76 00:05:01,850 --> 00:05:05,440 And she was really hard-working. 77 00:05:05,520 --> 00:05:07,640 So I wasn't really that worried. 78 00:05:09,850 --> 00:05:12,560 DANIEL GREENBERG: As the months and months went by, 79 00:05:12,640 --> 00:05:15,230 her deadline coming closer, 80 00:05:15,310 --> 00:05:18,690 she wasn't done or really close to being done. 81 00:05:18,770 --> 00:05:21,600 Let me see if I have anything else in here from her. 82 00:05:21,690 --> 00:05:24,350 I know that there were deadlines that she missed. 83 00:05:24,440 --> 00:05:26,600 And I remember her being very, very worried about that, 84 00:05:26,690 --> 00:05:30,890 and I'm like, "Call your agent right now, 85 00:05:30,980 --> 00:05:34,600 and he will tell you, everyone misses their deadline." 86 00:05:34,690 --> 00:05:37,230 The deadlines were things she put on herself. 87 00:05:37,310 --> 00:05:38,640 You know, "I want to be reliable. 88 00:05:38,730 --> 00:05:40,270 I want to be a professional." 89 00:05:40,350 --> 00:05:42,440 KERA: She was a perfectionist. 90 00:05:42,520 --> 00:05:45,230 And she was doing two things at once. 91 00:05:45,310 --> 00:05:47,140 She was writing a book, 92 00:05:47,230 --> 00:05:49,440 and she was trying to solve a case. 93 00:05:49,520 --> 00:05:52,520 The fact that these two things were combined, 94 00:05:52,600 --> 00:05:54,890 that's not a typical writing experience. 95 00:05:56,270 --> 00:05:57,730 DANIEL: Oh, here's one. 96 00:05:59,100 --> 00:06:00,440 MICHELLE: Hi, Daniel... (READS) 97 00:06:04,390 --> 00:06:06,770 DANIEL: "...Santa Barbara Hotel. 98 00:06:06,850 --> 00:06:08,640 I left my hotel exactly twice." 99 00:06:08,730 --> 00:06:10,770 MICHELLE: The writing is going well. 100 00:06:10,850 --> 00:06:13,060 I can turn in another big batch of pages, 101 00:06:13,140 --> 00:06:16,480 but I personally feel it's too soon to deliver it 102 00:06:16,560 --> 00:06:18,140 as a final manuscript. 103 00:06:18,230 --> 00:06:20,190 DANIEL: "And as I've told you on a personal level, 104 00:06:20,270 --> 00:06:24,020 I can't continue at this pace with this material. 105 00:06:24,100 --> 00:06:26,690 My gut says that I should come to New York City soon..." 106 00:06:26,770 --> 00:06:28,850 MICHELLE: ...soon, to meet with you and Jennifer. 107 00:06:28,940 --> 00:06:31,640 I can share with you guys a few developments 108 00:06:31,730 --> 00:06:33,230 that are exciting. 109 00:06:41,890 --> 00:06:44,480 -(BELLS JINGLING) -(INDISTINCT CHATTER) 110 00:06:49,440 --> 00:06:51,230 JENNIFER BARTH: I do remember that last time 111 00:06:51,310 --> 00:06:55,060 when she was in New York in December of 2015. 112 00:06:55,140 --> 00:06:56,560 MICHELLE: Oh, hi. 113 00:06:56,640 --> 00:06:58,850 Thank you so much for talking to me. 114 00:06:58,940 --> 00:07:00,480 This has been, uh... 115 00:07:00,560 --> 00:07:03,350 JENNIFER: And I think Michelle was a little nervous. 116 00:07:03,440 --> 00:07:05,060 So she came fully prepared. 117 00:07:05,140 --> 00:07:06,520 She had a presentation. 118 00:07:06,600 --> 00:07:10,100 She was, um, had all the reasons lined up. 119 00:07:13,440 --> 00:07:15,730 MICHELLE: Through various twists and turns, 120 00:07:15,810 --> 00:07:17,640 pleas and persuasion, 121 00:07:17,730 --> 00:07:19,190 I'm being allowed to go down 122 00:07:19,270 --> 00:07:21,560 to the Orange County Sheriff's Department 123 00:07:21,640 --> 00:07:23,600 and enter their EAR/ONS room, 124 00:07:23,690 --> 00:07:29,140 a room which apparently hasn't been entered in years. 125 00:07:29,230 --> 00:07:33,810 It's an obvious opportunity to help advance the case. 126 00:07:35,810 --> 00:07:39,390 JENNIFER: She said this huge treasure trove of files 127 00:07:39,480 --> 00:07:41,980 was going to be handed to her. 128 00:07:43,520 --> 00:07:45,850 And there was no way she wasn't gonna go through it. 129 00:07:45,940 --> 00:07:47,600 I think we sort of went back and forth 130 00:07:47,690 --> 00:07:49,060 and debated the pros and cons, 131 00:07:49,140 --> 00:07:51,440 but it pretty quickly was clear that 132 00:07:51,520 --> 00:07:53,310 we all kinda thought, like, yeah, 133 00:07:53,390 --> 00:07:54,940 give-- you know, take the time. 134 00:07:55,020 --> 00:07:56,440 MICHELLE: Okay, well, I will not take up 135 00:07:56,520 --> 00:07:59,140 any more of your time. You-- This has been awesome. 136 00:08:00,350 --> 00:08:01,440 JENNIFER: It was partially the case, 137 00:08:01,520 --> 00:08:02,770 but it was also partially Michelle 138 00:08:02,850 --> 00:08:05,190 and how she just enlisted people 139 00:08:05,270 --> 00:08:08,730 to her cause and to her passion for it. 140 00:08:10,730 --> 00:08:13,020 In retrospect, I-- I wonder if she knew 141 00:08:13,100 --> 00:08:16,440 that she was a little consumed, and that maybe... 142 00:08:16,520 --> 00:08:19,350 maybe part of her wanted an artificial deadline 143 00:08:19,440 --> 00:08:20,810 to-- to be set. 144 00:08:20,890 --> 00:08:24,230 But I was so curious about what she was gonna find out next. 145 00:08:27,230 --> 00:08:28,310 You had this sense 146 00:08:28,390 --> 00:08:31,350 that you were going down this dark corridor, 147 00:08:31,440 --> 00:08:35,020 and there were more and more doors opening faster, 148 00:08:35,100 --> 00:08:37,480 and that she was gonna get through the last one, 149 00:08:37,560 --> 00:08:39,390 like it was a matter of time. 150 00:08:40,640 --> 00:08:43,390 ♪ (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ 151 00:08:46,770 --> 00:08:47,940 (MESSAGE PINGS) 152 00:08:50,770 --> 00:08:52,060 (MESSAGE PINGS) 153 00:08:52,140 --> 00:08:53,310 (MESSAGE PINGS) 154 00:09:01,100 --> 00:09:02,270 (MESSAGE PINGS) 155 00:09:09,640 --> 00:09:12,640 CROWD: Six, five, four, 156 00:09:12,730 --> 00:09:15,770 three, two, one! 157 00:09:15,850 --> 00:09:17,690 Happy New Year! 158 00:09:17,770 --> 00:09:22,310 -(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) -(FIREWORKS BOOM) 159 00:09:25,770 --> 00:09:27,350 RADIO HOST: And good morning to you. 160 00:09:27,440 --> 00:09:28,890 The new year is upon us. 161 00:09:28,980 --> 00:09:31,230 Happy New Year to everyone. Thanks for... 162 00:09:31,310 --> 00:09:33,020 (BIRDS CHIRPING) 163 00:09:34,270 --> 00:09:36,140 (TYPING ON KEYBOARD) 164 00:09:36,230 --> 00:09:40,270 MICHELLE: (READS) 165 00:09:42,890 --> 00:09:44,560 -ALICE RIGNEY OSWALT: Now? -MICHELLE: Yeah. 166 00:09:44,640 --> 00:09:46,980 "When I was little, 167 00:09:47,060 --> 00:09:51,730 even young boys were expected to work. 168 00:09:51,810 --> 00:09:53,980 -All least..." -MICHELLE: Also. 169 00:09:54,060 --> 00:09:57,480 ALICE: "...Also loved animals." 170 00:09:57,560 --> 00:10:00,770 MICHELLE: Feeling Xanaxy without a Xanax. 171 00:10:00,850 --> 00:10:03,310 (KETTLE WHISTLES) 172 00:10:05,310 --> 00:10:07,520 (TELEVISION CHATTER) 173 00:10:07,600 --> 00:10:10,390 -♪ (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ -(MESSAGE PINGS) 174 00:10:14,060 --> 00:10:15,520 (MESSAGE PINGS) 175 00:10:26,640 --> 00:10:30,190 ♪ (UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ 176 00:10:34,480 --> 00:10:37,640 When Michelle suggested that we motorcade into Santa Ana 177 00:10:37,730 --> 00:10:39,060 in two separate SUVs 178 00:10:39,140 --> 00:10:41,100 with the expectation that we would be leaving 179 00:10:41,190 --> 00:10:42,940 with the motherlode, as we dubbed it, 180 00:10:43,020 --> 00:10:45,270 from the Orange County Sheriff's Department, 181 00:10:45,350 --> 00:10:47,190 um, you know, I was skeptical. 182 00:10:47,270 --> 00:10:51,230 Law enforcement agencies don't just let private citizens 183 00:10:51,310 --> 00:10:52,560 take what they want. 184 00:10:56,230 --> 00:10:58,770 MICHELLE: I don't necessarily think we'll be allowed 185 00:10:58,850 --> 00:11:00,480 to pull off my heist-like plan. 186 00:11:00,560 --> 00:11:04,480 But I'd like to be prepared for the possibility. 187 00:11:04,560 --> 00:11:07,480 Honestly, I feel like this is the best chance 188 00:11:07,560 --> 00:11:09,270 of solving the case. 189 00:11:11,890 --> 00:11:13,520 ♪ (MUSIC CONTINUES) ♪ 190 00:11:14,140 --> 00:11:17,690 (MESSAGES PING) 191 00:11:24,640 --> 00:11:25,850 (CAR LOCK BEEPS) 192 00:11:27,730 --> 00:11:29,690 ♪ (MUSIC CONCLUDES) ♪ 193 00:11:31,100 --> 00:11:33,020 PAUL HAYNES: We met the homicide investigator 194 00:11:33,100 --> 00:11:35,940 who had inherited the case from Larry Pool. 195 00:11:36,020 --> 00:11:39,980 And Michelle chatted with him for about 40 minutes. 196 00:11:40,060 --> 00:11:42,730 And I could feel the energy in the room shift 197 00:11:42,810 --> 00:11:47,270 from kinda smug skepticism to awe. 198 00:11:49,690 --> 00:11:51,600 Then he led us to the box room. 199 00:11:52,690 --> 00:11:57,560 ♪ (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ 200 00:12:07,640 --> 00:12:10,020 MICHELLE: The unsolved section of a property room 201 00:12:10,100 --> 00:12:12,640 is tainted with disappointment. 202 00:12:13,730 --> 00:12:15,020 Fringed purse. 203 00:12:15,100 --> 00:12:16,890 Embroidered tunic. 204 00:12:16,980 --> 00:12:21,310 Items from lives defined by violent death. 205 00:12:21,390 --> 00:12:24,600 It's the to-do list that's never done. 206 00:12:26,520 --> 00:12:29,600 Now, it seemed that the weather in the property room, 207 00:12:29,690 --> 00:12:33,020 always an oppressive gray, had lifted, 208 00:12:33,100 --> 00:12:34,560 and light beamed down 209 00:12:34,640 --> 00:12:37,560 on the monotony of cardboard boxes. 210 00:12:37,640 --> 00:12:40,690 Everyone basked in the possibilities. 211 00:12:41,730 --> 00:12:43,640 It was a heady feeling, 212 00:12:43,730 --> 00:12:45,890 the idea that one could reverse 213 00:12:45,980 --> 00:12:48,060 the flow of power. 214 00:12:48,140 --> 00:12:51,730 ♪ (UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ 215 00:12:51,810 --> 00:12:55,020 (PHONE PINGS) 216 00:13:06,690 --> 00:13:08,890 HAYNES: As we're loading the Bankers boxes 217 00:13:08,980 --> 00:13:10,520 into the backs of the SUVs, 218 00:13:10,600 --> 00:13:12,310 the undersheriff appears. 219 00:13:14,190 --> 00:13:16,640 And he had no idea what was unfolding. 220 00:13:16,730 --> 00:13:18,980 And Michelle was like, you know, "Let-- Let's pick up the pace 221 00:13:19,060 --> 00:13:21,980 and get out of here before people change their minds." 222 00:13:25,020 --> 00:13:26,230 MICHELLE: Dammit. 223 00:13:26,310 --> 00:13:27,890 HAYNES: It really felt like a heist. 224 00:13:27,980 --> 00:13:29,560 (TIRES SCREECHING) 225 00:13:30,640 --> 00:13:33,350 ♪ (UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ 226 00:13:36,060 --> 00:13:37,230 (MESSAGE PINGS) 227 00:13:54,890 --> 00:13:58,100 (MESSAGES PING) 228 00:14:01,390 --> 00:14:03,060 (MESSAGE PINGS) 229 00:14:11,230 --> 00:14:13,100 HAYNES: The problem with a case like this is that 230 00:14:13,190 --> 00:14:15,640 there's very little that has been known for sure 231 00:14:15,730 --> 00:14:17,230 about this offender. 232 00:14:17,310 --> 00:14:19,190 We knew that he's a white male 233 00:14:19,270 --> 00:14:22,640 born sometime between 1940 and 1960. 234 00:14:22,730 --> 00:14:24,100 MICHELLE: The height seems pretty consistent. 235 00:14:24,190 --> 00:14:25,940 HAYNES: We knew that he was roughly five-nine, five-ten... 236 00:14:26,020 --> 00:14:27,770 MICHELLE: He's anywhere from five-eight to maybe five-ten. 237 00:14:27,850 --> 00:14:29,020 The shoe size is nine and a half. 238 00:14:29,100 --> 00:14:30,640 HAYNES: ...and was in the Sacramento area 239 00:14:30,730 --> 00:14:33,190 in the mid to late '70s. 240 00:14:33,270 --> 00:14:35,770 Everything else has just been an unknown variable 241 00:14:35,850 --> 00:14:36,940 and a possible 242 00:14:37,020 --> 00:14:40,940 and the most significant of those was Visalia. 243 00:14:43,270 --> 00:14:44,980 Hello. I'm Scott Devenney 244 00:14:45,060 --> 00:14:48,060 and for the next few minutes, I invite you to visit 245 00:14:48,140 --> 00:14:50,730 one of America's hardest working cities, 246 00:14:50,810 --> 00:14:53,480 as you discover Visalia. 247 00:14:57,440 --> 00:14:59,190 MICHELLE: In the town of Visalia, 248 00:14:59,270 --> 00:15:01,060 there was this ransacker 249 00:15:01,140 --> 00:15:04,730 who I mean just down to the strangest details 250 00:15:04,810 --> 00:15:07,940 totally mirrors the-- the East Area Rapist. 251 00:15:14,190 --> 00:15:16,310 MELANIE BARBEAU: If you look at the Visalia cases, 252 00:15:16,390 --> 00:15:18,480 they're very much things that he did 253 00:15:18,560 --> 00:15:20,730 -in all his rape cases. -(EMPTY DIAL TONE) 254 00:15:20,810 --> 00:15:22,230 He took trinkets 255 00:15:22,310 --> 00:15:25,560 that would be more of something personal 256 00:15:25,640 --> 00:15:27,730 and close to a victim. 257 00:15:27,810 --> 00:15:29,100 There were many times 258 00:15:29,190 --> 00:15:31,770 where valuables were left behind. 259 00:15:31,850 --> 00:15:33,640 MICHELLE: And the burglaries are all-- 260 00:15:33,730 --> 00:15:35,690 they have one earring taken sometime-- 261 00:15:35,770 --> 00:15:38,730 just very specific things that are very quirky. 262 00:15:38,810 --> 00:15:41,230 Both offenders used the same specific phrase 263 00:15:41,310 --> 00:15:43,440 in phone calls they made to victims, 264 00:15:43,520 --> 00:15:46,390 which was, um, "I'm going to come over and fuck you." 265 00:15:49,520 --> 00:15:51,440 MICHELLE: The Visalia Ransacker was really into 266 00:15:51,520 --> 00:15:53,940 going through lingerie. 267 00:15:54,020 --> 00:15:58,140 He would take out and leave it just sort of arrayed around. 268 00:16:01,690 --> 00:16:03,690 So, you know, it could be a coincidence, 269 00:16:03,770 --> 00:16:07,440 it's a mighty coincidence though if it's not him, I think. 270 00:16:07,520 --> 00:16:08,890 (PAPER TEARING) 271 00:16:10,640 --> 00:16:12,270 MELANIE: I never was 272 00:16:12,350 --> 00:16:14,980 a hundred percent he wasn't Visalia 273 00:16:15,060 --> 00:16:16,850 or 100 percent he was. 274 00:16:17,600 --> 00:16:19,770 But these numerous burglaries 275 00:16:19,850 --> 00:16:21,270 and peepings 276 00:16:21,350 --> 00:16:23,560 and masturbation 277 00:16:23,640 --> 00:16:26,640 and just that type of behavior, 278 00:16:26,730 --> 00:16:30,560 I do think could have led to his real fantasy, 279 00:16:30,640 --> 00:16:32,230 which was rape. 280 00:16:34,890 --> 00:16:36,020 And I also think 281 00:16:36,100 --> 00:16:38,480 that the only reason he left Visalia 282 00:16:38,560 --> 00:16:41,940 is because, um, Bill McGowen saw him. 283 00:16:45,690 --> 00:16:48,100 MICHELLE: (READS) 284 00:16:51,390 --> 00:16:53,690 ...where tennis shoe impressions had been observed 285 00:16:53,770 --> 00:16:55,480 under the bedroom window. 286 00:16:55,560 --> 00:16:56,850 (POLICE RADIO CHATTER) 287 00:16:56,940 --> 00:16:58,390 McGowen waited. 288 00:16:58,480 --> 00:17:00,690 (CHATTER CONTINUES) 289 00:17:00,770 --> 00:17:03,480 A figure appeared in the garage doorway 290 00:17:03,560 --> 00:17:05,060 and looked around. 291 00:17:05,980 --> 00:17:07,730 A chase ensued. 292 00:17:07,810 --> 00:17:10,190 But the suspect escaped. 293 00:17:10,270 --> 00:17:12,350 (SIRENS WAILING) 294 00:17:12,440 --> 00:17:16,190 A month later, Detective McGowen was hypnotized. 295 00:17:16,270 --> 00:17:17,600 HYPNOTIST: Okay, um... 296 00:17:20,690 --> 00:17:24,520 MICHELLE: The hypnotist quietly encouraged McGowen to relax. 297 00:17:24,600 --> 00:17:26,640 HYPNOTIST: 298 00:17:26,730 --> 00:17:28,350 MICHELLE: Legs were uncrossed, 299 00:17:28,440 --> 00:17:30,230 fists unclenched, 300 00:17:30,310 --> 00:17:32,190 breathing deepened. 301 00:17:32,270 --> 00:17:36,890 HYPNOTIST: 302 00:17:39,440 --> 00:17:42,390 (POLICE RADIO CHATTER) 303 00:17:44,020 --> 00:17:45,060 (GUNSHOT) 304 00:17:45,140 --> 00:17:46,640 MICHELLE: When McGowen fired a warning shot, 305 00:17:46,730 --> 00:17:49,390 the suspect gestured in surrender. 306 00:17:49,480 --> 00:17:51,230 "Oh my God, don't hurt me," he squeaked 307 00:17:51,310 --> 00:17:54,140 in an oddly mannered, high pitched voice. 308 00:17:54,230 --> 00:17:55,810 "See, my hands are up!" 309 00:17:57,730 --> 00:17:59,810 Remembering the moment during hypnosis 310 00:17:59,890 --> 00:18:02,600 pulled McGowen into a deeper trance. 311 00:18:02,690 --> 00:18:05,060 He fixated on the face illuminated 312 00:18:05,140 --> 00:18:07,270 in the beam of his flashlight. 313 00:18:07,350 --> 00:18:09,350 "Baby, round, 314 00:18:09,440 --> 00:18:10,890 soft-looking baby. 315 00:18:10,980 --> 00:18:12,350 Doesn't even shave. 316 00:18:12,440 --> 00:18:14,100 Very light skin." 317 00:18:15,100 --> 00:18:18,190 McGowen started over the fence to arrest him, 318 00:18:18,270 --> 00:18:19,850 but the Ransacker had raised 319 00:18:19,940 --> 00:18:22,890 only his right hand in surrender. 320 00:18:22,980 --> 00:18:24,230 With his left hand, 321 00:18:24,310 --> 00:18:26,690 he withdrew a blue steel revolver 322 00:18:26,770 --> 00:18:29,020 -from his coat pocket. -(GUNSHOT) 323 00:18:31,480 --> 00:18:34,520 I fell down, uh, the-- the impact knocked me back 324 00:18:34,600 --> 00:18:35,890 and, uh... 325 00:18:35,980 --> 00:18:39,480 the, uh, projectile went into the end of my flashlight, 326 00:18:39,560 --> 00:18:42,230 which is a Kel-Lite, the big metal one, 327 00:18:42,310 --> 00:18:44,770 and, uh, it went through several batteries 328 00:18:44,850 --> 00:18:47,520 and lodged in the back portion of the flashlight. 329 00:18:51,100 --> 00:18:54,440 MICHELLE: The Ransacker struck as many as 130 times 330 00:18:54,520 --> 00:18:57,640 over a period of less than two years. 331 00:18:57,730 --> 00:19:01,270 But once the composite sketch based on Bill McGowen's run-in 332 00:19:01,350 --> 00:19:04,600 with the Ransacker was released to local press, 333 00:19:04,690 --> 00:19:07,850 he never struck Visalia again. 334 00:19:09,020 --> 00:19:11,810 The EAR series began in Sacramento 335 00:19:11,890 --> 00:19:14,230 just six months later. 336 00:19:16,770 --> 00:19:21,020 ♪ (SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ 337 00:19:21,100 --> 00:19:22,690 REPORTER: The article suggests a link 338 00:19:22,770 --> 00:19:26,600 between the East Area Rapist and Visalia. 339 00:19:26,690 --> 00:19:28,980 But at the Sacramento Sheriff's Department, 340 00:19:29,060 --> 00:19:31,350 the information is branded as false 341 00:19:31,440 --> 00:19:33,140 and the Visalia Police Department 342 00:19:33,230 --> 00:19:34,890 is being labeled as irresponsible 343 00:19:34,980 --> 00:19:37,100 for suggesting that connection. 344 00:19:43,230 --> 00:19:46,310 MICHELLE: I just don't put a lot of stock in that composite. 345 00:19:46,390 --> 00:19:49,940 He was wearing a mask and the guy was taking it off 346 00:19:50,020 --> 00:19:51,140 when he kind of shot at him. 347 00:19:51,230 --> 00:19:54,560 HOLES: Well, there's other burglary victims 348 00:19:54,640 --> 00:19:56,600 -that saw the Ransacker. -MICHELLE: Okay. 349 00:19:56,690 --> 00:19:57,980 HOLES: And so they took that composite 350 00:19:58,060 --> 00:19:59,310 to those other victims and they said, 351 00:19:59,390 --> 00:20:00,600 "Yeah, that's the guy I saw." 352 00:20:00,690 --> 00:20:02,100 So, it kind of gives further credence 353 00:20:02,190 --> 00:20:04,390 -this was the Ransacker. -MICHELLE: I see. I see. 354 00:20:04,480 --> 00:20:06,640 HOLES: Now, the very first EAR 355 00:20:06,730 --> 00:20:09,350 sees the EAR standing in her doorway 356 00:20:09,440 --> 00:20:10,850 and he's nude from the waist down 357 00:20:10,940 --> 00:20:13,020 and she goes, "He's slim built." 358 00:20:13,100 --> 00:20:15,230 Broad-shouldered, well-proportioned, 359 00:20:15,310 --> 00:20:16,440 but slim. 360 00:20:16,520 --> 00:20:20,190 So, six months after Visalia Ransacker, 361 00:20:20,270 --> 00:20:23,730 -and now he's a skinny guy? -MICHELLE: Mm-hmm. (LAUGHS) 362 00:20:27,560 --> 00:20:31,440 ♪ (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ 363 00:20:37,100 --> 00:20:39,100 MICHELLE: There can only be so many white males 364 00:20:39,190 --> 00:20:40,560 born between these years 365 00:20:40,640 --> 00:20:42,600 who have connections to these towns, 366 00:20:42,690 --> 00:20:44,890 so really it is kind of just get-- 367 00:20:44,980 --> 00:20:47,020 winnowing it down, you know. 368 00:20:49,520 --> 00:20:51,850 Have your feelings changed over the years about sort of 369 00:20:51,940 --> 00:20:54,980 what brought him to all these different places, work wise? 370 00:20:55,060 --> 00:20:56,230 What about real estate? 371 00:20:56,310 --> 00:20:57,940 Will you be surprised if he doesn't have a record? 372 00:20:58,020 --> 00:20:59,230 MAN: I will. 373 00:20:59,310 --> 00:21:01,100 MICHELLE: Do you feel like he was thinking like a cop? 374 00:21:01,190 --> 00:21:02,890 I'm not sure if I'm reading too much into that. 375 00:21:02,980 --> 00:21:05,020 I've heard that the whole dishes thing was something 376 00:21:05,100 --> 00:21:07,020 that may have happened in Vietnam, 377 00:21:07,100 --> 00:21:08,890 so I, you know, I'm not sure he wasn't a vet 378 00:21:08,980 --> 00:21:11,060 -or something like that. -MAN: Right. Wow. 379 00:21:11,140 --> 00:21:12,560 MICHELLE: Yeah. 380 00:21:12,640 --> 00:21:14,060 One of the, um, things 381 00:21:14,140 --> 00:21:17,060 that the rape victims tell me that he did a couple times 382 00:21:17,140 --> 00:21:18,770 which just is so weird to me, 383 00:21:18,850 --> 00:21:21,390 is after the rape he would go into the corner 384 00:21:21,480 --> 00:21:23,440 -and start sobbing and, um... -LARRY CROMPTON: Yes. 385 00:21:23,520 --> 00:21:26,230 He would say, "Bonnie is gonna hate me," 386 00:21:26,310 --> 00:21:28,310 -or that type of thing. -MICHELLE: Yeah. 387 00:21:28,390 --> 00:21:31,060 That must have just been some kind of thing with him. 388 00:21:31,140 --> 00:21:32,440 CROMPTON: Yeah. 389 00:21:32,520 --> 00:21:34,560 MICHELLE: And I don't even know what that could be, but yeah. 390 00:21:40,850 --> 00:21:43,060 I read about a case every day that's solved by DNA 391 00:21:43,140 --> 00:21:45,480 and it's just some guy who just is living quietly 392 00:21:45,560 --> 00:21:47,230 for the last 25 years of his life, 393 00:21:47,310 --> 00:21:49,730 he met some woman that liked him and had ki-- 394 00:21:49,810 --> 00:21:51,810 you know, I would-- I just won't be surprised 395 00:21:51,890 --> 00:21:55,100 if it turns out, um, that he's compartmentalized 396 00:21:55,190 --> 00:21:56,810 this part of his life or something. 397 00:22:02,020 --> 00:22:04,100 MARY RITA SKRINE: Oh, hey, Mish. It's Mary Rita. 398 00:22:04,190 --> 00:22:05,980 We're flying into LA so, um, 399 00:22:06,060 --> 00:22:07,940 wanted to see if you guys were around. 400 00:22:08,020 --> 00:22:09,850 So just call me whenever. 401 00:22:09,940 --> 00:22:11,350 Thanks. Bye. 402 00:22:13,730 --> 00:22:15,480 In March, I took my two kids 403 00:22:15,560 --> 00:22:16,940 to LA for spring break. 404 00:22:17,020 --> 00:22:21,270 And she was so excited that we were there. 405 00:22:21,350 --> 00:22:23,230 First, she got the 23andMe. 406 00:22:23,310 --> 00:22:25,390 She's talking about our DNA. (LAUGHS) 407 00:22:25,480 --> 00:22:27,730 And she was so excited. And she's going through her-- 408 00:22:27,810 --> 00:22:32,480 all the results and telling my kids about everything. 409 00:22:32,560 --> 00:22:34,310 MICHELLE: You guys know what 23andMe is? 410 00:22:34,390 --> 00:22:35,770 -MAN: Mm-hmm. -MICHELLE: Okay. 411 00:22:35,850 --> 00:22:37,310 I did it like four years ago. 412 00:22:37,390 --> 00:22:39,520 I get an email about every week that says, 413 00:22:39,600 --> 00:22:42,140 "Hey, we found your second cousin. 414 00:22:42,230 --> 00:22:43,390 We found..." whatever. 415 00:22:43,480 --> 00:22:46,520 The chances that someone in his greater family are-- 416 00:22:46,600 --> 00:22:48,940 is in 23andMe is pretty high. 417 00:22:50,270 --> 00:22:51,940 So, she started to talk about the case, 418 00:22:52,020 --> 00:22:54,480 and she said, "You guys want to see the boxes?" 419 00:22:54,560 --> 00:22:57,940 ♪ (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ 420 00:22:59,100 --> 00:23:01,850 She just poured out all these... 421 00:23:01,940 --> 00:23:03,310 details about the case 422 00:23:03,390 --> 00:23:06,270 and how excited she was, 423 00:23:06,350 --> 00:23:09,890 and all you did was hope that she could solve it. 424 00:23:16,480 --> 00:23:20,640 I remember her slowing down the writing, 425 00:23:20,730 --> 00:23:22,560 because she couldn't write 426 00:23:22,640 --> 00:23:25,440 until she went through all of this stuff. 427 00:23:28,520 --> 00:23:31,350 And I'm not sure if I heard from her again 428 00:23:32,270 --> 00:23:33,350 after that. 429 00:23:35,480 --> 00:23:40,480 Every available hour from late January of 2016 430 00:23:40,560 --> 00:23:43,560 until April 21, 2016, was spent 431 00:23:43,640 --> 00:23:47,640 reviewing or interacting with our new acquisition. 432 00:23:47,730 --> 00:23:50,100 The motherlode. 433 00:23:50,190 --> 00:23:53,440 MICHELLE: It's beyond a treasure trove of info. 434 00:23:53,520 --> 00:23:56,600 I have to think there's at least an 80 percent chance 435 00:23:56,690 --> 00:23:59,390 his name is buried in here somewhere. 436 00:23:59,480 --> 00:24:01,060 HAYNES: We were following ideas 437 00:24:01,140 --> 00:24:04,230 and suspects and theories and leads 438 00:24:04,310 --> 00:24:06,310 or, uh, she would spot something 439 00:24:06,390 --> 00:24:08,390 that wasn't thoroughly investigated 440 00:24:08,480 --> 00:24:09,850 or not followed up on. 441 00:24:12,310 --> 00:24:13,730 There was material in there 442 00:24:13,810 --> 00:24:16,690 that us other investigators had never seen. 443 00:24:17,980 --> 00:24:21,600 And so, as she came across material 444 00:24:21,690 --> 00:24:24,350 that she thought was relevant, she did share that. 445 00:24:36,890 --> 00:24:40,020 So now, I'm looking at who this guy is. 446 00:24:42,690 --> 00:24:45,100 ♪ (SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ 447 00:24:49,270 --> 00:24:51,770 And I told Michelle, "Yeah, you know, right now, 448 00:24:51,850 --> 00:24:55,100 I can't eliminate him, at all." 449 00:24:55,190 --> 00:24:57,560 So, Michelle was saying, "We gotta get his DNA." 450 00:24:57,640 --> 00:24:59,060 I was like, "Absolutely." 451 00:25:08,560 --> 00:25:09,770 MELANIE: I can't even tell you, 452 00:25:09,850 --> 00:25:12,850 when you see something that you're looking for, 453 00:25:12,940 --> 00:25:16,140 how far down the rabbit hole you go. 454 00:25:16,230 --> 00:25:18,690 I mean, I can't believe some of the things I've done, 455 00:25:18,770 --> 00:25:20,890 to tell you the truth. (CHUCKLES) 456 00:25:26,600 --> 00:25:28,140 MICHELLE: Have you ever interacted with anyone 457 00:25:28,230 --> 00:25:29,600 that you thought might be a suspect, like...? 458 00:25:29,690 --> 00:25:32,690 MELANIE: Yes, I actually got DNA on the suspect. 459 00:25:32,770 --> 00:25:34,440 MICHELLE: You-- You yourself did? 460 00:25:34,520 --> 00:25:36,520 MELANIE: Yes, and I know the suspect. 461 00:25:36,600 --> 00:25:37,690 MICHELLE: Oh my gosh. 462 00:25:37,770 --> 00:25:38,940 'Cause he was someone who, like, 463 00:25:39,020 --> 00:25:40,480 you went to high school with or something? 464 00:25:40,560 --> 00:25:42,600 -MELANIE: I dated him. -MICHELLE: Wow. 465 00:25:44,730 --> 00:25:46,140 MELANIE: I happened to know a guy 466 00:25:46,230 --> 00:25:48,140 who was on the suspect list 467 00:25:48,230 --> 00:25:51,100 and I talked him into coming into Sacramento. 468 00:25:52,730 --> 00:25:54,190 And so we have lunch. 469 00:25:54,270 --> 00:25:56,350 I'm thinking I'm gonna bag the silverware, 470 00:25:56,440 --> 00:25:58,350 but I'm like, I can't get the silverware 471 00:25:58,440 --> 00:26:00,600 without him seeing me. 472 00:26:00,690 --> 00:26:03,770 So, I say, "Well, why don't you let me drive you home?" 473 00:26:05,940 --> 00:26:08,890 And so, I put him in the car, and he had a bottle of water. 474 00:26:08,980 --> 00:26:11,600 And I go, "Can I have the last sip of that water?" 475 00:26:11,690 --> 00:26:13,060 And I took it and kept it 476 00:26:13,140 --> 00:26:15,850 and turned it in to be DNA tested. 477 00:26:15,940 --> 00:26:19,640 MICHELLE: Wow. Did he live in any of the areas? 478 00:26:19,980 --> 00:26:21,600 MELANIE: 479 00:26:21,690 --> 00:26:23,310 MICHELLE: Oh, my gosh! 480 00:26:25,640 --> 00:26:26,940 MELANIE: Um... 481 00:26:29,690 --> 00:26:31,730 Yeah, I spend three to four hours a day 482 00:26:31,810 --> 00:26:33,440 on this case. 483 00:26:33,520 --> 00:26:35,230 -I have five kids. -MICHELLE: Right. 484 00:26:35,310 --> 00:26:37,520 MELANIE: My sixth grandchild is due any second, 485 00:26:37,600 --> 00:26:40,390 and, um, I mean, I just have a really full life, 486 00:26:40,480 --> 00:26:42,640 but I'm consumed with this case. 487 00:26:45,940 --> 00:26:47,810 MICHELLE: I've had an uneasy realization 488 00:26:47,890 --> 00:26:50,140 about how our frenetic searching 489 00:26:50,230 --> 00:26:54,480 mirrors the compulsive behavior of the one we seek. 490 00:26:55,390 --> 00:26:57,440 The trampled flower beds. 491 00:26:57,520 --> 00:27:00,100 Scratch marks on window screens. 492 00:27:00,190 --> 00:27:02,440 -Crank calls. -(STATIC CRACKLES) 493 00:27:02,520 --> 00:27:05,520 We glimpse the rough outline of what we seek, 494 00:27:05,600 --> 00:27:07,480 and we get snagged on it, 495 00:27:07,560 --> 00:27:09,560 sometimes remaining stuck 496 00:27:09,640 --> 00:27:12,020 when we could get free and move on. 497 00:27:16,480 --> 00:27:17,810 -My song-- -MICHELLE: Wait, wait, wait. 498 00:27:17,890 --> 00:27:18,770 One, two, three. 499 00:27:18,850 --> 00:27:21,350 This is my song that I want to show you. 500 00:27:22,480 --> 00:27:25,060 That I learned from, uh... 501 00:27:25,140 --> 00:27:27,350 ♪ (PIANO MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ 502 00:27:27,440 --> 00:27:28,640 (MESSAGE PINGS) 503 00:27:42,560 --> 00:27:44,480 MICHELLE: Wow. 504 00:27:44,560 --> 00:27:48,190 ♪ (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ 505 00:27:48,270 --> 00:27:49,770 (MESSAGE PINGS) 506 00:28:03,390 --> 00:28:04,730 (MESSAGE PINGS) 507 00:28:44,440 --> 00:28:46,190 WOMAN: Hey, Michelle. How are you? 508 00:28:46,270 --> 00:28:48,980 I wanted to just go over the placement of the tree 509 00:28:49,060 --> 00:28:51,140 in the rear portion of the yard. 510 00:28:51,230 --> 00:28:53,230 MAN: Hey, Michelle. I wanted to talk to you 511 00:28:53,310 --> 00:28:55,060 about the pool basically. 512 00:28:55,140 --> 00:28:58,270 It's discharging water over to the property behind you. 513 00:28:58,350 --> 00:28:59,560 PATTON OSWALT: Hey, it's Patton. 514 00:28:59,640 --> 00:29:01,190 Alice got off to school okay. 515 00:29:01,270 --> 00:29:02,640 Thank you for, uh, helping. 516 00:29:02,730 --> 00:29:04,440 MELANIE: Good morning, Michelle. It's Mel. 517 00:29:04,520 --> 00:29:05,730 I believe it was number 21. 518 00:29:05,810 --> 00:29:07,480 LARRY POOL: Hi, Michelle. Investigator Larry Pool. 519 00:29:07,560 --> 00:29:08,890 MAN 2: There's nothing there to hide. 520 00:29:08,980 --> 00:29:10,890 I understand you want to speak with me about Janelle Cruz. 521 00:29:10,980 --> 00:29:12,890 Uh, more than happy to speak with you. 522 00:29:12,980 --> 00:29:14,850 I'll, uh, I'll try again later. 523 00:29:14,940 --> 00:29:17,980 Probably about ten o'clock your time. Thank you. Goodbye. 524 00:29:20,890 --> 00:29:24,810 ♪ (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ 525 00:29:25,310 --> 00:29:26,350 (RECORDER BEEPS) 526 00:29:27,560 --> 00:29:29,350 MICHELLE: The killer's last known victim 527 00:29:29,440 --> 00:29:32,270 was an 18-year-old young woman in Irvine 528 00:29:32,350 --> 00:29:34,440 named Janelle Cruz. 529 00:29:35,640 --> 00:29:37,810 That was in 1986. 530 00:29:49,850 --> 00:29:53,020 MICHELLE: Yeah. It's hard to figure out. 531 00:29:56,060 --> 00:30:00,850 MELANIE: The Janelle Cruz case was very interesting to us. 532 00:30:01,600 --> 00:30:03,270 You know, being 18 years old 533 00:30:03,350 --> 00:30:06,560 and just so innocent and so young. 534 00:30:07,890 --> 00:30:09,940 WOMAN: Janelle! 535 00:30:10,020 --> 00:30:11,890 MICHELLE: She-- You know, I was a teenager 536 00:30:11,980 --> 00:30:14,100 -around the same time. -WOMAN: Say something! 537 00:30:14,190 --> 00:30:17,270 And I-- I'd just-- even looking at her hairstyles and stuff, 538 00:30:17,350 --> 00:30:18,940 it's very familiar to me. 539 00:30:19,690 --> 00:30:22,140 MAN: Walk to me, Janelle. 540 00:30:22,230 --> 00:30:24,190 MICHELLE: The brief life of Janelle Cruz 541 00:30:24,270 --> 00:30:26,600 was no less tragic than her death. 542 00:30:28,060 --> 00:30:31,440 Her biological father was long out of the picture. 543 00:30:31,520 --> 00:30:35,350 When she was 15, she was drugged and raped. 544 00:30:35,440 --> 00:30:37,890 The crime went unreported. 545 00:30:41,520 --> 00:30:45,810 On May 3rd, 1986, her mother and stepfather 546 00:30:45,890 --> 00:30:48,390 left for a vacation to Cancun. 547 00:30:49,480 --> 00:30:52,100 The following evening, a teenage coworker 548 00:30:52,190 --> 00:30:54,350 hung out with Janelle after she told him 549 00:30:54,440 --> 00:30:57,230 she was lonely with her parents out of town. 550 00:30:59,940 --> 00:31:02,310 A noise outside startled them. 551 00:31:03,940 --> 00:31:07,100 Janelle looked out her window and closed the shutters. 552 00:31:08,480 --> 00:31:10,140 "I think it's just the cats." 553 00:31:12,690 --> 00:31:15,770 The workmate left a short time later. 554 00:31:19,770 --> 00:31:21,440 HOLES: In the Janelle Cruz case, 555 00:31:21,520 --> 00:31:24,940 relative to the previous cases, there's a lot of similarities. 556 00:31:29,730 --> 00:31:31,350 And it appears that he, of course, 557 00:31:31,440 --> 00:31:33,020 is going through the backyard. 558 00:31:33,100 --> 00:31:35,850 He picked up the weapon, likely a monkey wrench 559 00:31:35,940 --> 00:31:38,640 that was present in the backyard. 560 00:31:38,730 --> 00:31:40,770 He's able to get inside... 561 00:31:43,560 --> 00:31:47,310 and then he binds her up and she's raped 562 00:31:47,390 --> 00:31:49,100 and then she's bludgeoned. 563 00:31:50,310 --> 00:31:53,980 ♪ (SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ 564 00:31:59,440 --> 00:32:01,230 It's important to point out 565 00:32:01,310 --> 00:32:03,520 that when he attacks Janelle Cruz, 566 00:32:03,600 --> 00:32:06,350 the Golden State Killer's previous attack 567 00:32:06,440 --> 00:32:08,600 was five years earlier 568 00:32:08,690 --> 00:32:10,770 in July of 1981. 569 00:32:11,810 --> 00:32:17,100 ♪ (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ 570 00:32:17,190 --> 00:32:19,230 CAROL DALY: Knowing what I know about this man, 571 00:32:19,310 --> 00:32:21,850 if I had a gun, I definitely would shoot him. 572 00:32:21,940 --> 00:32:23,560 And I would not shoot to injure, 573 00:32:23,640 --> 00:32:26,230 I would shoot to take care of him. 574 00:32:26,310 --> 00:32:28,440 CROMPTON: I believe that he wants to kill, 575 00:32:28,520 --> 00:32:30,190 and he will kill. 576 00:32:32,270 --> 00:32:34,390 MICHELLE: The interesting thing about Janelle's case 577 00:32:34,480 --> 00:32:37,020 is the gap between '81 and '86. 578 00:32:39,690 --> 00:32:43,100 He obviously was stopping for whatever reason. 579 00:32:43,190 --> 00:32:44,690 (ENGINE REVVING) 580 00:32:44,770 --> 00:32:46,100 It wasn't just that he saw Janelle 581 00:32:46,190 --> 00:32:47,270 and was like, "I'm gonna kill her." 582 00:32:47,350 --> 00:32:48,890 I think there was a combination of, like, 583 00:32:48,980 --> 00:32:50,480 she was gonna be his next victim, 584 00:32:50,560 --> 00:32:53,770 and I think it must've been some sort of precipitating stressor, 585 00:32:53,850 --> 00:32:55,810 and who knows what that was. 586 00:32:55,890 --> 00:32:58,520 Maybe he just got kicked out of his house or something, 587 00:32:58,600 --> 00:33:00,230 you know, lost his job. 588 00:33:00,310 --> 00:33:04,350 He was just obviously very, very angry. 589 00:33:06,810 --> 00:33:11,390 And, yeah, it's just-- it's-- it's-- it's just a very, 590 00:33:12,140 --> 00:33:14,390 very sad story, and, um... 591 00:33:14,480 --> 00:33:19,060 and you can just only hope that somehow, in her life-- 592 00:33:19,140 --> 00:33:22,310 like in that time period around when she died, 593 00:33:22,390 --> 00:33:24,100 maybe there is a clue of, you know, 594 00:33:24,190 --> 00:33:26,270 maybe she-- something she said or... 595 00:33:26,350 --> 00:33:28,850 So, you know, looking into her life in that way 596 00:33:28,940 --> 00:33:30,560 is interesting to me, yeah. 597 00:33:30,640 --> 00:33:33,810 (BIRDS CHIRPING) 598 00:33:33,890 --> 00:33:36,230 Have you seen the, um, the interview 599 00:33:36,310 --> 00:33:38,230 that-- with Janelle's mom? 600 00:33:38,310 --> 00:33:40,890 I mean, she kind of talks, stream of consciousness 601 00:33:40,980 --> 00:33:42,230 in a way that I thought, 602 00:33:42,310 --> 00:33:44,890 "Someone who is an investigator should listen to this." 603 00:33:47,270 --> 00:33:49,350 -Janelle... -MICHELLE: 604 00:33:49,440 --> 00:33:51,690 ...was kind of a shy girl. 605 00:33:51,770 --> 00:33:54,350 She was very pretty, very popular. 606 00:33:54,440 --> 00:33:55,310 MICHELLE: 607 00:33:55,390 --> 00:33:56,690 But at the same... 608 00:33:56,770 --> 00:33:57,850 MICHELLE: 609 00:33:57,940 --> 00:34:00,890 Anyway, uh, this one night I let her stay overnight 610 00:34:00,980 --> 00:34:03,230 at her girlfriend's house. 611 00:34:03,310 --> 00:34:07,440 She came home the next day, cr-- uh, crying and-- 612 00:34:07,520 --> 00:34:09,980 and she wouldn't tell me why right away, 613 00:34:10,060 --> 00:34:15,100 but the man, the father of the young girl, 614 00:34:15,810 --> 00:34:18,230 uh, raped her. 615 00:34:19,060 --> 00:34:20,440 (CONTINUES INDISTINCTLY) 616 00:34:22,940 --> 00:34:24,270 MELANIE: 617 00:34:33,350 --> 00:34:34,690 MICHELLE: Right. Right. Yeah. 618 00:34:34,770 --> 00:34:37,100 MELANIE: 619 00:34:37,730 --> 00:34:38,730 MICHELLE: 620 00:34:38,810 --> 00:34:40,140 -They-- They-- -MELANIE: No, but I mean... 621 00:34:41,060 --> 00:34:42,940 MICHELLE: Yeah. Oh, they-- 622 00:34:43,020 --> 00:34:44,640 -MELANIE: Yeah, I mean-- -MICHELLE: No, I-- 623 00:34:45,480 --> 00:34:46,640 I had a similar-- 624 00:34:49,480 --> 00:34:50,640 MELANIE: Mm-hmm. 625 00:34:50,730 --> 00:34:53,770 MICHELLE: 626 00:34:56,810 --> 00:34:59,850 ♪ (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ 627 00:35:06,440 --> 00:35:10,100 MICHELLE: I catch myself in urban mirrors, 628 00:35:10,190 --> 00:35:14,140 store windows, the smudged glass on the train. 629 00:35:15,100 --> 00:35:17,940 Each time, I look dazed, 630 00:35:18,020 --> 00:35:19,730 slightly wide-eyed, 631 00:35:19,810 --> 00:35:23,810 as if I'm seeing something unbelievable for the first time. 632 00:35:34,600 --> 00:35:36,850 The neediness of his stubby fingers 633 00:35:36,940 --> 00:35:39,020 digging inside me. 634 00:35:39,100 --> 00:35:41,190 The scene in Linen Hall Library, 635 00:35:41,270 --> 00:35:43,810 burning eyes staring at me. 636 00:35:45,190 --> 00:35:48,560 (WAVES CRASHING) 637 00:35:49,640 --> 00:35:52,100 (READS) 638 00:36:01,190 --> 00:36:02,730 ♪ (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ 639 00:36:03,100 --> 00:36:05,060 (READS) 640 00:36:13,520 --> 00:36:17,980 The conversation with Mom and Dad really tore me apart. 641 00:36:18,060 --> 00:36:21,940 I know they care immensely and want what's best for me. 642 00:36:22,020 --> 00:36:23,390 I just think sometimes, 643 00:36:23,480 --> 00:36:26,230 they don't know what's going on inside me. 644 00:36:30,020 --> 00:36:31,980 I'm so angry, and then I'm not. 645 00:36:32,060 --> 00:36:35,350 I'm so sad and full of self-doubt, 646 00:36:35,440 --> 00:36:37,350 and then I'm not. 647 00:36:37,440 --> 00:36:41,640 Where... Where can this all lead? 648 00:36:57,810 --> 00:36:59,600 GAY HARDWICK: A year and a few months past, 649 00:36:59,690 --> 00:37:03,390 uh, the attack, we had sold the house. 650 00:37:03,480 --> 00:37:06,980 And we decided to get married in the backyard of-- 651 00:37:07,060 --> 00:37:10,770 of the new house when the landscaping was put in. 652 00:37:12,350 --> 00:37:14,230 So, we just had a small wedding, 653 00:37:14,310 --> 00:37:19,060 with just a few close family and friends. (CHUCKLES) 654 00:37:19,140 --> 00:37:23,230 ♪ (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ 655 00:37:23,310 --> 00:37:27,230 Bob is huge on moving forward and moving on. 656 00:37:27,310 --> 00:37:30,890 And that was good for me to have somebody to grab my hand 657 00:37:30,980 --> 00:37:32,980 and say we were gonna move forward, 658 00:37:33,060 --> 00:37:34,940 and we were gonna move past this 659 00:37:35,020 --> 00:37:39,140 and we were not gonna let it destroy our life. 660 00:37:43,640 --> 00:37:47,640 On the other hand, I actually had been suffering 661 00:37:47,730 --> 00:37:50,270 a lot of post-traumatic stress symptoms. 662 00:37:51,480 --> 00:37:54,980 I just was afraid and exhausted all the time, 663 00:37:56,520 --> 00:38:00,560 but I wasn't formally diagnosed for about six years. 664 00:38:02,270 --> 00:38:04,060 And the psychiatrist said, 665 00:38:04,140 --> 00:38:07,140 you know, my central nervous system has-- 666 00:38:07,230 --> 00:38:10,230 has been rewired because of the trauma 667 00:38:10,310 --> 00:38:12,890 that I experienced during those hours. 668 00:38:12,980 --> 00:38:17,060 ♪ (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ 669 00:38:17,850 --> 00:38:20,980 (CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS) 670 00:38:39,480 --> 00:38:42,730 You don't live your life the same way again, ever. 671 00:38:45,440 --> 00:38:47,440 Um... 672 00:38:47,520 --> 00:38:50,100 you know, I'm sure you've had your times of depression, 673 00:38:50,190 --> 00:38:53,640 but you handle it much better than me. 674 00:38:53,730 --> 00:38:56,310 I wouldn't say that. I just handle it differently. 675 00:38:56,390 --> 00:38:58,560 I remember in a mediation, 676 00:38:59,810 --> 00:39:02,060 a-- a attorney called my client a liar, 677 00:39:02,140 --> 00:39:05,560 and it was in a court mediation and I just flipped out. 678 00:39:05,640 --> 00:39:07,770 I just stood up and pinned the guy against the wall. 679 00:39:07,850 --> 00:39:09,060 (CHUCKLES) 680 00:39:09,140 --> 00:39:13,310 I guess, then I was in-- I felt maybe I was in control. 681 00:39:13,390 --> 00:39:15,600 But when you think about what she went through, 682 00:39:15,690 --> 00:39:17,890 she went through a lot more than I went through 683 00:39:17,980 --> 00:39:19,390 and then it's-- uh, but the bad part 684 00:39:19,480 --> 00:39:21,350 is I could do nothing about it, you know. 685 00:39:21,440 --> 00:39:23,190 That's the-- That's the only thing. 686 00:39:23,270 --> 00:39:24,310 That's... 687 00:39:26,230 --> 00:39:27,850 But I still think about it, you know. 688 00:39:27,940 --> 00:39:29,890 You know, you want to protect your wife, 689 00:39:29,980 --> 00:39:32,770 you want to protect your kids, but sometimes you can't. 690 00:39:34,140 --> 00:39:36,980 Well, for, you know-- you may have those feelings, 691 00:39:37,060 --> 00:39:40,520 but in the past 40 years, you've more than made up... 692 00:39:40,600 --> 00:39:45,600 (LAUGHS) ...for-- for taking, you know, extra care of me 693 00:39:45,690 --> 00:39:50,940 at times when I'm sure other men probably would've walked away. 694 00:39:54,270 --> 00:39:55,440 So... 695 00:39:55,520 --> 00:39:59,270 ♪ (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ 696 00:40:01,520 --> 00:40:04,190 You learn to live with these things 697 00:40:04,270 --> 00:40:08,350 just like you learn to live with the loss of a loved one, 698 00:40:08,440 --> 00:40:12,690 and you pass through stages and hopefully you recover. 699 00:40:12,770 --> 00:40:15,190 And you become a fully functioning human being 700 00:40:15,270 --> 00:40:16,640 with a happy life. 701 00:40:18,230 --> 00:40:20,690 BOB HARDWICK: I mean, I wanted to be super wealthy one day 702 00:40:20,770 --> 00:40:23,310 and she wanted to be the top of a construction company 703 00:40:23,390 --> 00:40:26,230 and we just decided that we could start a family 704 00:40:26,310 --> 00:40:27,850 and, you know, take a different approach. 705 00:40:29,060 --> 00:40:33,690 GAY: So we dialed back and I stayed home ten years. 706 00:40:36,690 --> 00:40:40,310 So, we started out with one, and it grew to three. 707 00:40:40,390 --> 00:40:43,350 And finally, to four. Family of six. 708 00:40:46,190 --> 00:40:47,980 And, uh, all the kids 709 00:40:48,060 --> 00:40:50,850 have brought great gifts to our lives. 710 00:40:59,690 --> 00:41:02,060 MARY RITA: Happy birthday, sweet sister. 711 00:41:02,140 --> 00:41:03,940 I hope you're having a good day. 712 00:41:04,020 --> 00:41:05,850 MARGO CHADWICK: Hey, Mish. It's Margo. 713 00:41:05,940 --> 00:41:08,230 Calling to wish you a very happy birthday. 714 00:41:08,310 --> 00:41:10,190 I love ya. Hope everything's going well. 715 00:41:10,270 --> 00:41:11,940 PATRICK SKRINE: Hey, Aunt Michelle. It's Patrick. 716 00:41:12,020 --> 00:41:14,140 I just wanted to say happy birthday to you. 717 00:41:14,230 --> 00:41:16,440 ADAM DRUCKER: Happy birthday, beautiful. 718 00:41:16,520 --> 00:41:18,100 And I hope you're having a great night 719 00:41:18,190 --> 00:41:20,350 doing something fun with your family. 720 00:41:20,440 --> 00:41:22,440 I love you very, very, very much. 721 00:41:22,520 --> 00:41:24,270 Bye, baby. 722 00:41:24,350 --> 00:41:26,890 -♪ (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ -(MESSAGE PINGS) 723 00:41:43,060 --> 00:41:44,230 (MESSAGE PINGS) 724 00:41:53,640 --> 00:41:54,770 (MESSAGE PINGS) 725 00:42:09,100 --> 00:42:10,140 (MESSAGE PINGS) 726 00:42:12,560 --> 00:42:13,640 (GIGGLING) 727 00:42:13,730 --> 00:42:15,810 Look, see, she knows what she's talking about. 728 00:42:15,890 --> 00:42:17,520 She-- wait. She don't know. 729 00:42:17,600 --> 00:42:20,020 No, no, no. He looks nervous and scared. 730 00:42:20,100 --> 00:42:21,440 Yeah. And he's like... 731 00:42:21,520 --> 00:42:24,690 PATTON: She was still very much a mom and a wife 732 00:42:24,770 --> 00:42:25,940 and a friend. 733 00:42:27,850 --> 00:42:31,600 (CHEERING) 734 00:42:32,640 --> 00:42:35,440 PATTON: But the further she got into this, 735 00:42:35,520 --> 00:42:39,440 it was clear that she had a real shot at solving this. 736 00:42:41,190 --> 00:42:44,560 ALICE: Hi, Mom. Call you later. 737 00:42:44,640 --> 00:42:47,690 MICHELLE: Little Dom's and old police files. 738 00:42:47,770 --> 00:42:49,890 Miss you guys so much. 739 00:42:49,980 --> 00:42:52,310 Remember to tell Alice Mommy loves her 740 00:42:52,390 --> 00:42:54,560 and can't wait to be finished with her book, 741 00:42:54,640 --> 00:42:57,980 so that I can be with her more than she'll ever want me to be. 742 00:43:01,190 --> 00:43:02,850 PATTON: That can really pull you 743 00:43:02,940 --> 00:43:05,640 into some depths that you can't get yourself back out of. 744 00:43:15,440 --> 00:43:17,440 MICHELLE: Holy mother of God. 745 00:43:18,690 --> 00:43:22,310 I came across a shitload of photos in my boxes. 746 00:43:23,310 --> 00:43:25,440 A whole shoebox full. 747 00:43:26,890 --> 00:43:28,640 Fucking monster. 748 00:43:30,190 --> 00:43:33,020 I'd never seen the Smith scene in Ventura. 749 00:43:33,850 --> 00:43:35,020 Bludgeoned with a log 750 00:43:35,100 --> 00:43:37,690 from firewood pile outside house. 751 00:43:38,520 --> 00:43:40,060 Bark everywhere. 752 00:43:42,520 --> 00:43:44,520 But I will say, crime scene wise, 753 00:43:44,600 --> 00:43:49,520 there is something very striking about how eerily similar 754 00:43:49,600 --> 00:43:51,690 the individual crime scenes are. 755 00:43:59,730 --> 00:44:01,980 There's something so, um... 756 00:44:03,600 --> 00:44:05,940 uh, I can't-- I wish I could articulate it, 757 00:44:06,020 --> 00:44:09,690 the way he-- he walks around people's houses 758 00:44:11,520 --> 00:44:14,020 and the way he destroys them. 759 00:44:15,060 --> 00:44:17,690 And sort of hangs out and eats. 760 00:44:19,940 --> 00:44:22,440 That's why I just don't think this is like pure sexual sadism. 761 00:44:22,520 --> 00:44:24,140 I think there was something else, 762 00:44:24,230 --> 00:44:26,730 you know, going on there psychologically. 763 00:44:37,560 --> 00:44:43,480 It's so, um, king-- "I am king" and how, you know, this is-- 764 00:44:43,560 --> 00:44:46,390 He just-- it's so-- it's so unusual to have someone 765 00:44:46,480 --> 00:44:49,060 who just actually wants to ruin your home, 766 00:44:49,140 --> 00:44:51,480 where it's like so-- it's like he got 767 00:44:51,560 --> 00:44:53,890 to the emotional center of people's lives 768 00:44:54,020 --> 00:44:56,440 and just wanted to destroy that. 769 00:45:00,100 --> 00:45:03,060 PATTON: (YAWNS) Hey, it's, uh, it's Patton. 770 00:45:03,140 --> 00:45:05,600 Try to call me in, like, uh, ten minutes 771 00:45:05,690 --> 00:45:07,770 'cause I'm kinda falling asleep here. 772 00:45:07,850 --> 00:45:09,440 I'd love to talk to you. 773 00:45:11,480 --> 00:45:14,440 MICHELLE: (READS) 774 00:45:24,940 --> 00:45:27,980 PATTON: It was a lot of sleeplessness and insomnia. 775 00:45:28,060 --> 00:45:30,190 There must have been days where she was, like, 776 00:45:30,270 --> 00:45:31,560 "I'll take Adderall in the morning. 777 00:45:31,640 --> 00:45:33,810 I'll take, you know, Xanax and Vicodin to get to sleep 778 00:45:33,890 --> 00:45:35,690 because I'm-- this is for a better-- 779 00:45:35,770 --> 00:45:37,810 this is for a bigger purpose than me." 780 00:45:38,480 --> 00:45:41,060 (TAPE RECORDER REWINDS) 781 00:45:41,140 --> 00:45:43,390 DREW WITTHUHN: But if you wanna just run through, I... 782 00:45:43,480 --> 00:45:46,060 -I don't mind. -MICHELLE: Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. No, totally. Yeah. 783 00:45:46,140 --> 00:45:48,600 DREW: So, uh, the night before 784 00:45:48,690 --> 00:45:50,230 CSI released the house... 785 00:45:50,310 --> 00:45:51,560 MICHELLE: Mm-hmm. 786 00:45:51,640 --> 00:45:54,600 DREW: ...I really wasn't allowed to get anywhere near it. 787 00:45:54,690 --> 00:45:55,810 MICHELLE: Right. 788 00:45:56,600 --> 00:45:58,020 DREW: 789 00:45:59,100 --> 00:46:00,480 Um, they called and said, "Okay, 790 00:46:00,560 --> 00:46:01,850 you know, we're releasing the home, 791 00:46:01,940 --> 00:46:06,100 so now you guys can go in and-- and basically clean up. 792 00:46:06,190 --> 00:46:08,810 Because at the time, they didn't have companies 793 00:46:08,890 --> 00:46:10,730 that specialized in crime scenes 794 00:46:10,810 --> 00:46:13,600 and-- and biohazard things and things like that. 795 00:46:13,690 --> 00:46:16,270 And I felt a responsibility to my brother 796 00:46:16,350 --> 00:46:19,270 to make this crime scene no longer a crime scene. 797 00:46:19,350 --> 00:46:21,140 Let's turn it back into a home. 798 00:46:23,480 --> 00:46:25,480 -DREW: And, uh... -MICHELLE: 799 00:46:25,560 --> 00:46:27,730 DREW: 800 00:46:27,810 --> 00:46:29,020 MICHELLE: Oh, wow. 801 00:46:29,520 --> 00:46:31,190 (DOOR CREAKING) 802 00:46:35,980 --> 00:46:38,270 DREW: We went into the bedroom and took a look around, 803 00:46:38,350 --> 00:46:40,940 and it wasn't a pretty sight. 804 00:46:41,020 --> 00:46:42,640 You know, it's not the kinda thing 805 00:46:42,730 --> 00:46:44,810 you want to remember if you don't have to. 806 00:46:48,520 --> 00:46:50,520 He had a very intricate brass bed, 807 00:46:50,600 --> 00:46:54,100 which took a long time to clean because there was, 808 00:46:54,190 --> 00:46:56,560 you know, blood spatter everywhere. 809 00:46:56,640 --> 00:46:59,890 And on the carpet and the wall behind it. 810 00:47:11,730 --> 00:47:12,850 MICHELLE: Mm-hmm. 811 00:47:12,940 --> 00:47:15,480 DREW: And we cleaned it up as well as we could. 812 00:47:15,560 --> 00:47:17,480 MICHELLE: And this is before David has seen it. 813 00:47:17,560 --> 00:47:20,560 So, yeah, you're protecting him from it, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. 814 00:47:24,730 --> 00:47:26,480 DREW: When we finally left the house 815 00:47:26,560 --> 00:47:28,730 and everything was done, 816 00:47:28,810 --> 00:47:32,140 the autopilot was almost turned off, if that makes sense. 817 00:47:32,230 --> 00:47:36,190 And the rush of emotion, it just overwhelmed me. 818 00:47:38,730 --> 00:47:42,140 My thoughts were of my brother and of my sister-in-law. 819 00:47:43,730 --> 00:47:46,140 And I have no idea why, to this day I don't, 820 00:47:46,230 --> 00:47:48,890 but at that very moment, I mourned for my dad. 821 00:47:58,940 --> 00:48:01,140 MICHELLE: Wow. Oh, my gosh. 822 00:48:01,520 --> 00:48:03,440 DREW: 823 00:48:03,520 --> 00:48:05,600 -And he... -MICHELLE: 824 00:48:05,690 --> 00:48:07,270 DREW: You know, it's one of those things, and I-- 825 00:48:07,350 --> 00:48:08,980 It's hard to say. We really don't know. 826 00:48:09,060 --> 00:48:10,440 -MICHELLE: Yeah, yeah. -DREW: But, um, 827 00:48:10,520 --> 00:48:13,770 it kinda all hit us like a ton of bricks, obviously. 828 00:48:26,480 --> 00:48:28,190 -MICHELLE: Yeah. -DREW: He says, come here... 829 00:48:28,890 --> 00:48:30,690 -MICHELLE: Right. -DREW: 830 00:48:33,100 --> 00:48:35,810 -MICHELLE: Oh. Oh, Drew. Gosh. -DREW: And so... 831 00:48:35,890 --> 00:48:37,060 DREW: 832 00:48:37,140 --> 00:48:38,600 MICHELLE: Oh, my God. 833 00:48:38,690 --> 00:48:40,940 -DREW: I-- I never-- -MICHELLE: 834 00:48:41,020 --> 00:48:42,230 DREW: 835 00:48:42,310 --> 00:48:43,690 MICHELLE: Oh, God. 836 00:48:43,770 --> 00:48:46,520 DREW: 837 00:48:46,600 --> 00:48:49,640 -MICHELLE: Yeah. -DREW: So... It's not easy. 838 00:48:51,310 --> 00:48:52,810 It's not easy for anybody. 839 00:48:53,810 --> 00:48:56,690 ♪ (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ 840 00:49:31,140 --> 00:49:33,520 EAST AREA RAPIST: Gonna kill you. 841 00:49:35,350 --> 00:49:37,690 Gonna kill you. 842 00:49:39,890 --> 00:49:42,560 Gonna kill you. 843 00:49:52,100 --> 00:49:53,230 (MESSAGE PINGS) 844 00:50:02,060 --> 00:50:06,890 ♪ (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ 845 00:50:20,230 --> 00:50:21,350 (MESSAGE PINGS) 846 00:50:32,600 --> 00:50:33,770 (MESSAGE PINGS) 847 00:50:55,440 --> 00:50:56,480 (MESSAGE PINGS) 848 00:51:06,980 --> 00:51:10,100 MICHELLE: If you commit a murder and then vanish, 849 00:51:10,190 --> 00:51:13,560 what you leave behind isn't just pain, 850 00:51:13,640 --> 00:51:15,730 but absence. 851 00:51:15,810 --> 00:51:18,350 A supreme blankness that triumphs 852 00:51:18,440 --> 00:51:20,810 over everything else. 853 00:51:20,890 --> 00:51:24,730 The unidentified murderer is always twisting a doorknob 854 00:51:24,810 --> 00:51:28,350 behind a door that never opens. 855 00:51:28,440 --> 00:51:33,270 But his power evaporates the moment you know him. 856 00:51:36,390 --> 00:51:37,440 (EXHALES) 857 00:51:37,730 --> 00:51:38,770 Okay. 858 00:51:39,770 --> 00:51:41,850 Letter to an Old Man. 859 00:51:44,270 --> 00:51:46,480 You were your approach. 860 00:51:46,560 --> 00:51:49,020 The thump against the fence. 861 00:51:49,100 --> 00:51:53,440 A temperature dip from a jimmied-open patio door. 862 00:51:53,520 --> 00:51:55,440 A blade at the base of the neck. 863 00:51:55,520 --> 00:51:56,690 (CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS) 864 00:51:58,060 --> 00:52:00,350 Your fantasies ran deep, 865 00:52:01,140 --> 00:52:03,350 but they never tripped you up. 866 00:52:07,690 --> 00:52:09,810 (READS) 867 00:52:15,440 --> 00:52:17,140 Not me. 868 00:52:17,230 --> 00:52:21,230 I think you bailed when the world began to change. 869 00:52:21,310 --> 00:52:24,270 It's true, age must have slowed you. 870 00:52:24,350 --> 00:52:28,100 But your heyday prowess has no value anymore. 871 00:52:28,190 --> 00:52:31,980 Virtual windows are opening all around you. 872 00:52:32,060 --> 00:52:35,310 You, the master watcher, are an aging, 873 00:52:35,390 --> 00:52:38,310 lumbering target in their crosshairs. 874 00:52:38,390 --> 00:52:41,140 A ski mask won't help you now. 875 00:52:41,230 --> 00:52:44,560 One day soon, you'll hear a car pull up to your curb, 876 00:52:44,640 --> 00:52:46,350 an engine cut out. 877 00:52:47,440 --> 00:52:51,480 You'll hear footsteps coming up your front walk. 878 00:52:51,560 --> 00:52:52,980 The doorbell rings. 879 00:52:53,060 --> 00:52:54,060 (DOORBELL RINGS) 880 00:52:54,140 --> 00:52:56,060 -(DOG BARKING) -No side gates are left open. 881 00:52:56,140 --> 00:52:59,100 You're long past leaping over a fence. 882 00:52:59,190 --> 00:53:02,480 Take one of your hyper, gulping breaths, 883 00:53:02,560 --> 00:53:07,020 clench your teeth, inch timidly toward the insistent bell. 884 00:53:07,100 --> 00:53:09,560 (READS) 885 00:53:17,600 --> 00:53:21,480 Open the door, show us your face. 886 00:53:22,140 --> 00:53:24,270 Walk into the light. 887 00:53:29,100 --> 00:53:32,310 (BIRDS CHIRPING) 888 00:53:46,810 --> 00:53:48,600 (MESSAGE PINGS) 889 00:53:53,310 --> 00:53:55,270 (MESSAGE PINGS) 890 00:54:10,480 --> 00:54:12,140 (MESSAGE PINGS) 891 00:54:20,940 --> 00:54:24,310 (FOOTSTEPS) 892 00:54:24,390 --> 00:54:26,850 (DOOR CREAKS OPEN) 893 00:54:28,890 --> 00:54:30,770 (BLANKETS RUSTLING) 894 00:54:32,310 --> 00:54:34,140 (PHONE DIALING 911) 895 00:54:34,230 --> 00:54:36,060 (PHONE RINGING) 896 00:54:36,140 --> 00:54:38,100 PATTON: I-- I need an ambulance here right now. 897 00:54:38,190 --> 00:54:39,640 An EMT team right now. 898 00:54:39,730 --> 00:54:40,980 DISPATCHER: Okay, sir, listen to me. 899 00:54:41,060 --> 00:54:42,770 We're gonna send you help. Okay? 900 00:54:42,850 --> 00:54:43,980 How old is your wife? 901 00:54:44,060 --> 00:54:45,770 PATTON: I'm calling from this address right now. 902 00:54:45,850 --> 00:54:48,140 Please, please send the ambulance right now. 903 00:54:48,230 --> 00:54:50,440 DISPATCHER: Sir, I'm sending you help there now. Okay? 904 00:54:50,520 --> 00:54:52,100 Help is on the way. Stay on... 905 00:54:52,190 --> 00:54:57,190 (SIRENS WAILING) 906 00:55:08,020 --> 00:55:10,640 (BIRDS CHIRPING) 907 00:55:23,730 --> 00:55:27,350 ♪ (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING) ♪