1 00:00:06,670 --> 00:00:11,235 NARRATOR: On the 31st of August, 1987, in an area known 2 00:00:11,244 --> 00:00:14,595 as the Molalla Forest near Portland, Oregon, 3 00:00:14,670 --> 00:00:17,715 a hunter scouting out a good vantage point 4 00:00:17,790 --> 00:00:19,955 made a horrific discovery. 5 00:00:20,030 --> 00:00:23,035 ANDREJS EGLITIS: The ferns are brown and obviously dead. 6 00:00:23,110 --> 00:00:27,635 He takes a foot and sweeps the dead ferns apart, 7 00:00:27,710 --> 00:00:30,115 and there's a dead body. 8 00:00:30,190 --> 00:00:33,515 NARRATOR: But this was the first of many. 9 00:00:33,590 --> 00:00:35,675 JIM STROVINK: One, then two, and three, four, 10 00:00:35,684 --> 00:00:37,102 five, six, and seven. 11 00:00:37,177 --> 00:00:39,635 What really was significant with the discovery 12 00:00:39,710 --> 00:00:42,035 of the severed feet. 13 00:00:42,044 --> 00:00:46,235 Many of the deceased had their feet totally cut off. 14 00:00:46,310 --> 00:00:49,675 NARRATOR: All seven victims had been hogtied 15 00:00:49,750 --> 00:00:51,635 and most were mutilated. 16 00:00:51,710 --> 00:00:54,835 Their killer was a 33-year-old mechanic 17 00:00:54,910 --> 00:00:57,835 named Dayton Leroy Rogers. 18 00:00:57,910 --> 00:00:59,715 ELIZABETH YARDLEY: After he raped and murdered women, 19 00:00:59,790 --> 00:01:04,002 he was able to just switch back into that normal respectable 20 00:01:04,077 --> 00:01:06,475 average Joe family life. 21 00:01:06,550 --> 00:01:08,275 And the reason that he's able to do this 22 00:01:08,350 --> 00:01:10,435 is because he feels no remorse. 23 00:01:10,510 --> 00:01:12,875 NARRATOR: Rogers was already in custody. 24 00:01:12,884 --> 00:01:15,035 Witnesses had seen him brutally stab 25 00:01:15,110 --> 00:01:19,315 a woman to death in a parking lot just three weeks earlier. 26 00:01:19,390 --> 00:01:20,795 SCOTT HEALY: He did this to these women 27 00:01:20,804 --> 00:01:21,955 while they were still alive. 28 00:01:22,030 --> 00:01:23,955 And they were screaming, and pleading, 29 00:01:24,030 --> 00:01:28,835 and responding to the pain that he was inflicting upon them. 30 00:01:28,910 --> 00:01:32,595 NARRATOR: Dayton Leroy Rogers dubbed the Molalla Forest 31 00:01:32,670 --> 00:01:36,435 Killer had carved his name out as one of the world's 32 00:01:36,510 --> 00:01:38,035 most evil killers. 33 00:01:38,110 --> 00:01:41,562 [music playing] 34 00:01:58,677 --> 00:02:03,675 On the 7th of August 1987 when Dayton Leroy Rogers was 35 00:02:03,684 --> 00:02:06,075 arrested for the brutal murder of Jennifer 36 00:02:06,150 --> 00:02:08,875 Smith in the parking lot of a family restaurant, 37 00:02:08,950 --> 00:02:13,435 it seemed police were dealing with an open and shut case. 38 00:02:13,510 --> 00:02:15,315 Little did they know that Jennifer 39 00:02:15,390 --> 00:02:18,795 was the last of many women whom this depraved killer had 40 00:02:18,870 --> 00:02:20,322 slaughtered. 41 00:02:20,397 --> 00:02:23,715 The discovery just weeks later of a further 7 victims 42 00:02:23,790 --> 00:02:26,795 in the Molalla Forest meant that the true horror 43 00:02:26,870 --> 00:02:29,275 of what this man was capable of would 44 00:02:29,350 --> 00:02:32,235 be revealed once and for all. 45 00:02:32,244 --> 00:02:35,115 Scott Healy is one of the prosecutors 46 00:02:35,190 --> 00:02:37,675 who's worked on the case. 47 00:02:37,750 --> 00:02:39,795 SCOTT HEALY: Dayton Leroy Rogers, over the course 48 00:02:39,870 --> 00:02:43,915 of about 2 and 1/2 months, killed at least eight women 49 00:02:43,990 --> 00:02:45,635 that we're aware of. 50 00:02:45,710 --> 00:02:48,275 NARRATOR: Having examined all of the evidence, 51 00:02:48,350 --> 00:02:51,955 Scott was able to build up a clear picture of the man 52 00:02:52,030 --> 00:02:53,682 they were dealing with. 53 00:02:53,757 --> 00:02:55,842 SCOTT HEALY: Dayton Leroy Rogers is a perfect example 54 00:02:55,917 --> 00:02:58,002 of a classic sociopath. 55 00:02:58,077 --> 00:02:59,648 They basically are only concerned 56 00:02:59,724 --> 00:03:03,635 about themselves, their own needs, their own desires. 57 00:03:03,710 --> 00:03:05,442 They want what they want when they want it 58 00:03:05,517 --> 00:03:08,875 and they don't care what it takes to get what they want. 59 00:03:08,950 --> 00:03:11,195 And he ultimately escalates to killing 60 00:03:11,204 --> 00:03:13,395 multiple, multiple women after brutally 61 00:03:13,470 --> 00:03:16,442 and horrifically torturing them, you know, sometimes for hours. 62 00:03:21,204 --> 00:03:24,155 NARRATOR: This killer's story begins in Moscow, 63 00:03:24,230 --> 00:03:27,795 Idaho Dayton Leroy Rogers was born 64 00:03:27,870 --> 00:03:32,995 on the 30th of September 1953, one of seven children 65 00:03:33,070 --> 00:03:37,315 to parents Ortis and Jasperelle. 66 00:03:37,390 --> 00:03:38,995 ELIZABETH YARDLEY: Rogers' father had some very 67 00:03:39,070 --> 00:03:41,315 fixed views on women and sex. 68 00:03:41,390 --> 00:03:43,995 He thought that women who had sex before they were married 69 00:03:44,070 --> 00:03:46,235 were whores, essentially. 70 00:03:46,310 --> 00:03:49,315 And you get this kind of dichotomy emerging 71 00:03:49,390 --> 00:03:51,755 between the Madonna figure here with your mother, 72 00:03:51,830 --> 00:03:54,915 who is virtuous, who cares for you and nurtures you. 73 00:03:54,990 --> 00:03:56,502 And then on the other hand, you have 74 00:03:56,444 --> 00:04:00,635 this whore figure, which all other women are placed into. 75 00:04:00,710 --> 00:04:03,035 So it's very black and white. 76 00:04:03,044 --> 00:04:04,462 There's no gray area. 77 00:04:04,537 --> 00:04:09,035 You are either an acceptable woman or you're not. 78 00:04:09,110 --> 00:04:13,275 GEOFFREY WANSELL: Dayton's father was abusive. 79 00:04:13,350 --> 00:04:16,235 He was randomly violent to his children. 80 00:04:16,310 --> 00:04:19,515 It was all I was doing this for your own good. 81 00:04:19,590 --> 00:04:21,195 The trouble was it bred in Dayton 82 00:04:21,270 --> 00:04:24,035 Rogers, a rebellious attitude. 83 00:04:24,110 --> 00:04:26,395 NARRATOR: Rogers' first encounter with the law 84 00:04:26,470 --> 00:04:29,035 was for shooting at cars with a BB gun 85 00:04:29,110 --> 00:04:31,355 whilst he was in junior high school. 86 00:04:31,364 --> 00:04:33,555 He was beginning to push the boundaries. 87 00:04:33,630 --> 00:04:36,355 But as he reached adolescence, his thoughts 88 00:04:36,430 --> 00:04:38,795 turned to the opposite sex. 89 00:04:38,804 --> 00:04:41,195 ELIZABETH YARDLEY: He's grown up in a very conservative, very 90 00:04:41,270 --> 00:04:44,315 religious family, where the women in the family, 91 00:04:44,324 --> 00:04:46,755 his sisters, they probably would have covered 92 00:04:46,830 --> 00:04:48,235 up in terms of their dress. 93 00:04:48,310 --> 00:04:51,995 So their feet would have been one the parts of the body, 94 00:04:52,070 --> 00:04:53,635 which he would have seen. 95 00:04:53,710 --> 00:04:57,235 He becomes fixated on this. 96 00:04:57,310 --> 00:04:59,115 GEOFFREY WANSELL: He would watch his sisters undress. 97 00:04:59,190 --> 00:05:02,635 He would obsess over their feet, and naturally enough, 98 00:05:02,710 --> 00:05:04,715 probably masturbate over them. 99 00:05:04,790 --> 00:05:09,835 NARRATOR: By 1972, 18-year-old Rogers was working as a painter 100 00:05:09,910 --> 00:05:14,195 and had recently married a girl two years his junior. 101 00:05:14,270 --> 00:05:16,435 But it wasn't long before he was looking 102 00:05:16,444 --> 00:05:21,395 outside of his relationship to satisfy his sexual urges. 103 00:05:21,470 --> 00:05:24,515 SCOTT HEALY: He's just driving around Eugene, Oregon area. 104 00:05:24,590 --> 00:05:28,155 And he comes upon the young 15-year-old girl 105 00:05:28,230 --> 00:05:29,275 and picks her up. 106 00:05:29,350 --> 00:05:31,275 She's hitchhiking at the time. 107 00:05:31,350 --> 00:05:34,875 They ultimately end up having sex in a field. 108 00:05:34,950 --> 00:05:36,995 NARRATOR: Rogers drop the girl home, 109 00:05:37,070 --> 00:05:39,035 but not before asking if he could see 110 00:05:39,110 --> 00:05:42,155 her again the following day. 111 00:05:42,230 --> 00:05:44,195 SCOTT HEALY: They're back in that same field 112 00:05:44,270 --> 00:05:45,435 in that same area. 113 00:05:45,510 --> 00:05:47,835 They've just gotten done having sex again. 114 00:05:47,910 --> 00:05:49,595 Outside, the weather's nice. 115 00:05:49,670 --> 00:05:54,035 And they're kind of just looking up the sky kind of talking. 116 00:05:54,110 --> 00:05:56,955 And that's when he, for no apparent reason, 117 00:05:57,030 --> 00:06:00,155 just plunges a knife into her belly. 118 00:06:00,164 --> 00:06:02,755 And she literally just comes up with the knife 119 00:06:02,830 --> 00:06:04,875 and she's grabs hold of it. 120 00:06:04,950 --> 00:06:06,555 And she looks at him. 121 00:06:06,630 --> 00:06:08,875 And she says that she kind of sees 122 00:06:08,950 --> 00:06:13,435 these cold black eyes and this kind of 1,000 yard stare. 123 00:06:13,510 --> 00:06:16,315 And she realizes that at that moment in time, 124 00:06:16,390 --> 00:06:18,882 even as a 15-year-old, that the next words 125 00:06:18,957 --> 00:06:22,835 that she speaks or utters could decide whether or not 126 00:06:22,910 --> 00:06:24,635 she lives or dies. 127 00:06:24,710 --> 00:06:27,675 NARRATOR: Rogers told the girl he'd stabbed her 128 00:06:27,750 --> 00:06:30,035 because she didn't love him. 129 00:06:30,110 --> 00:06:31,435 SCOTT HEALY: Just looking right into his eyes 130 00:06:31,510 --> 00:06:35,035 because she's trying to save her own life. 131 00:06:35,110 --> 00:06:36,875 And she says, no, I do love you. 132 00:06:36,950 --> 00:06:39,595 Why do you think I don't love you, Dayton? 133 00:06:39,670 --> 00:06:41,835 And he says, well, because you have a boyfriend. 134 00:06:41,910 --> 00:06:46,035 And I mean, she literally had just met him the day before. 135 00:06:46,110 --> 00:06:49,675 She's able to convince him to carry her to the car 136 00:06:49,750 --> 00:06:53,715 and ultimately convinces him to take her to a hospital. 137 00:06:53,790 --> 00:06:56,955 NARRATOR: Rogers was convicted of the violent assault. 138 00:06:57,030 --> 00:06:58,995 But instead of being sent to prison, 139 00:06:59,004 --> 00:07:01,835 he was placed on probation for four years. 140 00:07:01,844 --> 00:07:06,915 It left him free to further explore his sexual fantasies. 141 00:07:06,990 --> 00:07:09,235 GEOFFREY WANSELL: It's as if he's emerging 142 00:07:09,310 --> 00:07:10,595 from some kind of chrysalis. 143 00:07:10,670 --> 00:07:13,875 He's becoming something. 144 00:07:13,950 --> 00:07:15,675 Only the trouble is that that something 145 00:07:15,750 --> 00:07:17,915 is utterly terrifying. 146 00:07:17,924 --> 00:07:19,268 ELIZABETH YARDLEY: Roger starts developing 147 00:07:19,344 --> 00:07:23,035 fantasies about hurting women, about raping women. 148 00:07:23,110 --> 00:07:26,355 This is the stuff that gets him sexually aroused. 149 00:07:26,430 --> 00:07:29,555 And this is very much built on that value system 150 00:07:29,630 --> 00:07:31,635 that he's learned from his father. 151 00:07:31,644 --> 00:07:32,755 Men is superior. 152 00:07:32,830 --> 00:07:34,122 Women inferior. 153 00:07:34,197 --> 00:07:37,555 Men have a right to do whatever they want to women. 154 00:07:37,630 --> 00:07:42,315 NARRATOR: In 1976 while still on probation for the knife attack, 155 00:07:42,390 --> 00:07:45,762 22-year-old Dayton Leroy Rogers decided 156 00:07:45,837 --> 00:07:48,235 to act out his dark fantasies. 157 00:07:48,310 --> 00:07:50,755 He spotted two school girls. 158 00:07:50,830 --> 00:07:53,995 SCOTT HEALY: 15 and 16-year-old, they're walking in the rain. 159 00:07:54,070 --> 00:07:55,515 They're skipping school. 160 00:07:55,590 --> 00:07:59,682 He pulls up in his vehicle and entices them to get in. 161 00:07:59,757 --> 00:08:01,955 ELIZABETH YARDLEY: He encourages them to drink alcohol. 162 00:08:02,030 --> 00:08:04,482 He encourages them to smoke marijuana. 163 00:08:04,557 --> 00:08:06,075 And this is really interesting for me 164 00:08:06,084 --> 00:08:09,235 because he wants them to be blamed for the violence 165 00:08:09,310 --> 00:08:10,795 that he reflects on them. 166 00:08:10,870 --> 00:08:14,395 He wants people looking at this in the aftermath to go, wow, 167 00:08:14,470 --> 00:08:17,075 they kind of were asking for it. 168 00:08:17,084 --> 00:08:18,275 SCOTT HEALY: He parks the vehicle. 169 00:08:18,350 --> 00:08:20,435 It's raining pretty good outside. 170 00:08:20,510 --> 00:08:22,795 And ultimately, the vehicle gets stuck in the mud there 171 00:08:22,870 --> 00:08:24,875 and that becomes important later on. 172 00:08:24,950 --> 00:08:27,995 But they're kind of talking, drinking. 173 00:08:28,004 --> 00:08:30,635 He seemed really nice and really friendly. 174 00:08:30,710 --> 00:08:33,675 And then they talked about how all of a sudden 175 00:08:33,750 --> 00:08:35,082 his demeanor changed. 176 00:08:35,157 --> 00:08:36,835 He kind of snapped. 177 00:08:36,910 --> 00:08:40,435 He reaches into the glove box and grabs a knife. 178 00:08:40,510 --> 00:08:42,275 NARRATOR: Holding them at knife-point, 179 00:08:42,350 --> 00:08:45,195 Rogers hogtied the girls. 180 00:08:45,270 --> 00:08:47,155 SCOTT HEALY: Rogers is a sadomasochist. 181 00:08:47,230 --> 00:08:50,562 And so what sexually arouses him actually 182 00:08:50,637 --> 00:08:54,315 is the violence, not necessarily the sexual touching. 183 00:08:54,390 --> 00:08:57,155 He has sex with one of them in front of the other. 184 00:08:57,230 --> 00:08:59,915 And he's threatening them with a knife. 185 00:08:59,990 --> 00:09:02,555 Of course, they're extremely scared. 186 00:09:02,564 --> 00:09:06,275 But ultimately, he realizes he's stuck in the mud 187 00:09:06,350 --> 00:09:11,595 and he cuts them loose to help push the vehicle, 188 00:09:11,670 --> 00:09:13,395 actually, out of the mud. 189 00:09:13,470 --> 00:09:16,515 And of course, they once are free and outside that vehicle, 190 00:09:16,524 --> 00:09:17,902 they take off running. 191 00:09:17,977 --> 00:09:21,082 NARRATOR: Dayton Leroy Rogers was cleared of rape, 192 00:09:21,157 --> 00:09:23,082 but convicted of coercion. 193 00:09:23,157 --> 00:09:25,315 He'd also broken his parole. 194 00:09:25,390 --> 00:09:28,355 This time, he was not going to escape jail. 195 00:09:28,430 --> 00:09:32,635 But just five years later, he was back out and re-offending. 196 00:09:32,710 --> 00:09:35,682 After a string of violent rapes, he was sent 197 00:09:35,757 --> 00:09:38,555 back to prison several times. 198 00:09:38,564 --> 00:09:43,235 However, on his release in 1982, he appeared determined 199 00:09:43,310 --> 00:09:45,355 to turn his life around. 200 00:09:45,430 --> 00:09:46,795 SCOTT HEALY: Dayton Leroy Rogers seemed 201 00:09:46,870 --> 00:09:48,555 to be doing everything right. 202 00:09:48,630 --> 00:09:52,355 He had gotten remarried, had a child, 203 00:09:52,430 --> 00:09:56,155 was involved in the local Baptist church. 204 00:09:56,164 --> 00:09:57,795 NARRATOR: Rogers started a business 205 00:09:57,870 --> 00:10:01,435 with his father-in-law, repairing garden machinery. 206 00:10:01,510 --> 00:10:04,555 It was a trade he'd learned during one of his stretches 207 00:10:04,630 --> 00:10:05,588 in prison. 208 00:10:05,664 --> 00:10:09,035 The new workshop was very successful. 209 00:10:09,110 --> 00:10:10,955 SCOTT HEALY: He seemingly was doing the things 210 00:10:10,964 --> 00:10:12,435 that were supposed to be doing. 211 00:10:12,444 --> 00:10:14,835 But you always have an exit interview 212 00:10:14,910 --> 00:10:16,595 at the end of your parole. 213 00:10:16,670 --> 00:10:18,882 And as soon as you're done with that interview, 214 00:10:18,957 --> 00:10:20,035 you walk out the door. 215 00:10:20,110 --> 00:10:21,755 When you're off parole, you're done. 216 00:10:21,764 --> 00:10:27,155 And so the parole officer says, so, Dayton, knowing everything 217 00:10:27,230 --> 00:10:30,635 that you know now, is there anything 218 00:10:30,710 --> 00:10:33,875 that you've done in your past that you would do differently? 219 00:10:33,950 --> 00:10:38,275 And he sort of just sits there and just basically stares 220 00:10:38,350 --> 00:10:42,795 straight into her eyes and says, yeah, there's something I'd 221 00:10:42,870 --> 00:10:44,635 do differently in the future. 222 00:10:44,710 --> 00:10:48,395 Because next time, I'm not going to leave a witness. 223 00:10:48,470 --> 00:10:50,595 And she said, oh, my gosh. 224 00:10:50,670 --> 00:10:52,435 And there's nothing I can do at this point 225 00:10:52,510 --> 00:10:55,242 because he's been released from parole. 226 00:10:57,790 --> 00:11:00,795 NARRATOR: In the past, Dayton Leroy Rogers 227 00:11:00,804 --> 00:11:03,042 had let his victims get away. 228 00:11:03,117 --> 00:11:06,082 It was a mistake he wasn't going to make again. 229 00:11:09,197 --> 00:11:13,075 At 3:00 AM on the 7th of August 1987, 230 00:11:13,084 --> 00:11:16,475 customers at Denny's restaurants in Portland, Oregon 231 00:11:16,550 --> 00:11:20,202 were alerted to a commotion going on outside. 232 00:11:20,277 --> 00:11:22,875 Desperate screams and cries of rape 233 00:11:22,950 --> 00:11:24,835 had been heard coming from the parking 234 00:11:24,910 --> 00:11:27,082 lot of the all-night diner. 235 00:11:27,157 --> 00:11:29,475 local Portlander Charles Gates had 236 00:11:29,550 --> 00:11:35,235 stopped for a hot chocolate on his way home after a night out. 237 00:11:35,310 --> 00:11:36,435 CHARLES GATES: Two guys came in. 238 00:11:36,510 --> 00:11:38,515 Hey, there's something going on outside. 239 00:11:38,590 --> 00:11:42,835 And everybody's rushing out, you know, this is-- 240 00:11:42,910 --> 00:11:43,795 well, yeah. 241 00:11:43,870 --> 00:11:45,115 I'm curious. 242 00:11:45,190 --> 00:11:47,235 I didn't even take time to find the ramp. 243 00:11:47,310 --> 00:11:50,235 Pulled a wheelie in the chair and jumped the curb. 244 00:11:50,310 --> 00:11:54,035 And first I saw were the backs of people, 245 00:11:54,110 --> 00:11:55,915 the backs of their heads. 246 00:11:55,990 --> 00:12:01,235 And then I look down and I saw her-- 247 00:12:01,310 --> 00:12:03,995 she wasn't wearing any clothes. 248 00:12:04,070 --> 00:12:05,755 She didn't respond. 249 00:12:05,830 --> 00:12:07,582 She didn't move. 250 00:12:07,657 --> 00:12:13,035 What was going through my mind was I have to do something. 251 00:12:13,110 --> 00:12:15,635 NARRATOR: The victim was 25-year-old mother 252 00:12:15,710 --> 00:12:17,802 of two, Jennifer Smith. 253 00:12:17,877 --> 00:12:20,275 It was immediately obvious that she'd 254 00:12:20,350 --> 00:12:22,235 been attacked with a knife. 255 00:12:22,310 --> 00:12:27,435 Having recently trained in first aid, Charles wanted to help. 256 00:12:27,510 --> 00:12:30,835 CHARLES GATES: Her heart wasn't functioning. 257 00:12:30,910 --> 00:12:35,435 And she had a deep gash on her throat. 258 00:12:35,444 --> 00:12:39,955 Me and another person began performing two-person CPR. 259 00:12:40,030 --> 00:12:41,235 I was giving breaths. 260 00:12:41,310 --> 00:12:43,235 The other person was giving a heart massage. 261 00:12:43,310 --> 00:12:45,835 And we're trying to stop as much of the bleeding as possible 262 00:12:45,910 --> 00:12:47,708 because there was blood everywhere. 263 00:12:47,684 --> 00:12:51,042 NARRATOR: Amongst the commotion, hardly anybody noticed 264 00:12:51,117 --> 00:12:53,602 a man getting into his truck. 265 00:12:53,677 --> 00:12:56,322 CHARLES GATES: I was absolutely focused on saving her 266 00:12:56,397 --> 00:13:00,235 until I saw a truck speed out of the parking lot 267 00:13:00,310 --> 00:13:03,275 just missed us by feet. 268 00:13:03,350 --> 00:13:07,435 I made that assumption that that was probably him. 269 00:13:07,510 --> 00:13:10,635 And then I saw a second car speeding after him. 270 00:13:10,644 --> 00:13:13,635 NARRATOR: One sharp eyed witness had spotted the man 271 00:13:13,710 --> 00:13:17,522 and had the foresight to follow the speeding truck. 272 00:13:17,597 --> 00:13:20,955 Just a few minutes later, the paramedics arrived 273 00:13:21,030 --> 00:13:23,562 and took over Jennifer's care. 274 00:13:23,637 --> 00:13:26,235 CHARLES GATES: My only thought going through my mind at that 275 00:13:26,310 --> 00:13:29,115 time was did she make it? 276 00:13:29,124 --> 00:13:30,555 Did she make it? 277 00:13:30,630 --> 00:13:34,395 That was the only thing I really cared about. 278 00:13:34,470 --> 00:13:37,915 NARRATOR: As Jennifer was being taken to hospital by ambulance, 279 00:13:37,990 --> 00:13:42,755 Detective Jim Strovink was woken by the phone ringing. 280 00:13:42,830 --> 00:13:44,635 JIM STROVINK: At that time, we had a female that 281 00:13:44,710 --> 00:13:47,835 was a rape victim, stabbing. 282 00:13:47,844 --> 00:13:50,235 Upon arrival at the crime scene, it was rather hectic 283 00:13:50,310 --> 00:13:51,708 as you could imagine. 284 00:13:51,484 --> 00:13:55,002 We had a lot of medical personnel, materials 285 00:13:55,077 --> 00:13:56,595 that were on the pavement. 286 00:13:56,670 --> 00:13:57,795 We had blood. 287 00:13:57,870 --> 00:14:01,155 We had the items of evidence. 288 00:14:01,230 --> 00:14:03,835 NARRATOR: The attacker had left in such a hurry, 289 00:14:03,844 --> 00:14:09,835 there were items of evidence strewn across the parking lot. 290 00:14:09,910 --> 00:14:11,955 JIM STROVINK: A forensic investigator, 291 00:14:12,030 --> 00:14:14,955 he ended up locating the knife. 292 00:14:15,030 --> 00:14:16,675 He looked under bush and he was able to find 293 00:14:16,750 --> 00:14:20,475 that knife that had been discarded at the crime scene. 294 00:14:20,484 --> 00:14:22,635 Some of the more prominent pieces of evidence that 295 00:14:22,710 --> 00:14:26,922 were discovered were the shoelaces, one tennis 296 00:14:26,997 --> 00:14:31,395 shoe that was there, only one. 297 00:14:31,470 --> 00:14:34,035 NARRATOR: The meticulous search of the crime scene 298 00:14:34,110 --> 00:14:36,675 also revealed discarded miniature bottles 299 00:14:36,750 --> 00:14:41,635 of vodka and orange juice, which would later prove significant. 300 00:14:41,710 --> 00:14:43,635 JIM STROVINK: We had a number of witnesses that needed 301 00:14:43,710 --> 00:14:46,035 to be interviewed immediately, and that 302 00:14:46,110 --> 00:14:48,315 was one of my responsibilities. 303 00:14:48,390 --> 00:14:51,275 NARRATOR: The witnesses had vital information. 304 00:14:51,284 --> 00:14:54,155 But perhaps, the most crucial witness of all 305 00:14:54,230 --> 00:14:56,915 was the gentleman who'd followed in hot pursuit 306 00:14:56,990 --> 00:14:58,475 of the speeding truck. 307 00:14:58,550 --> 00:15:00,555 JIM STROVINK: He just about ran out of gasoline 308 00:15:00,630 --> 00:15:02,835 in the pursuit of that suspect vehicle, 309 00:15:02,844 --> 00:15:04,835 but he was able to get to Oregon City. 310 00:15:04,910 --> 00:15:08,802 We're so fortunate because the light on the license plate 311 00:15:08,877 --> 00:15:10,535 wasn't operating. 312 00:15:10,244 --> 00:15:13,835 So he had to get up real close and he was able to read 313 00:15:13,844 --> 00:15:16,275 the rear license plate. 314 00:15:16,350 --> 00:15:18,595 NARRATOR: This single piece of information 315 00:15:18,670 --> 00:15:21,635 was a huge lead for Jim and the team. 316 00:15:21,644 --> 00:15:25,315 There was a possibility it could take them straight to the door 317 00:15:25,390 --> 00:15:27,315 of Jennifer's attacker. 318 00:15:27,390 --> 00:15:29,955 JIM STROVINK: We obtained the name of the registered owner, 319 00:15:30,030 --> 00:15:31,995 which was Dayton Leroy Rogers, who 320 00:15:32,070 --> 00:15:34,602 resided in South Clackamas County, 321 00:15:34,677 --> 00:15:36,875 North Marion County area. 322 00:15:36,950 --> 00:15:41,955 We sent two uniforms to that residence. 323 00:15:42,030 --> 00:15:44,795 NARRATOR: The truck was nowhere to be seen. 324 00:15:44,804 --> 00:15:46,915 When officers knocked on the door, 325 00:15:46,924 --> 00:15:50,395 it was answered by Rogers' wife, Sherrie. 326 00:15:50,470 --> 00:15:53,475 JIM STROVINK: Sherrie revealed that Dayton Rogers was 327 00:15:53,550 --> 00:15:58,435 still working or reported to be working in his shop in Hubbard. 328 00:15:58,510 --> 00:16:01,282 NARRATOR: Investigators immediately made their way 329 00:16:01,357 --> 00:16:03,595 over to Rogers' workshop. 330 00:16:03,670 --> 00:16:08,875 Deputy District Attorney Andrejs Eglitis received a call. 331 00:16:08,950 --> 00:16:11,242 ANDREJS EGLITIS: I got into a car with my investigator 332 00:16:11,317 --> 00:16:14,595 and we went to the shop in Hubbard. 333 00:16:14,670 --> 00:16:17,675 Before we got there, Detective Turner had been there. 334 00:16:17,750 --> 00:16:21,355 And knowing that this may be the guy that we're looking for, 335 00:16:21,430 --> 00:16:25,275 he held his hand over the hood of this little pickup truck. 336 00:16:25,284 --> 00:16:27,275 And it was very, very warm. 337 00:16:27,284 --> 00:16:30,955 This truck had been recently run pretty hard. 338 00:16:31,030 --> 00:16:32,675 And then as he approaches the shop, 339 00:16:32,750 --> 00:16:37,075 he notices on the doorstep a couple of drops of blood. 340 00:16:37,150 --> 00:16:39,955 He looks in the window and there's Dayton Leroy 341 00:16:40,030 --> 00:16:43,002 Rogers with a hacksaw, apparently 342 00:16:43,077 --> 00:16:46,115 trying to slice a bolt in half. 343 00:16:46,190 --> 00:16:48,755 And his hand was bandaged. 344 00:16:48,830 --> 00:16:52,555 NARRATOR: The detectives asked Rogers about his movements 345 00:16:52,630 --> 00:16:54,195 that night. 346 00:16:54,270 --> 00:16:56,155 ANDREJS EGLITIS: Well, I've been here all night. 347 00:16:56,230 --> 00:16:58,355 Well, your truck is warm. 348 00:16:58,430 --> 00:17:01,235 Oh, and I went out to get a cup of coffee. 349 00:17:01,310 --> 00:17:03,355 Well, there's your coffee machine 350 00:17:03,430 --> 00:17:06,595 and it's percolating right now. 351 00:17:06,670 --> 00:17:07,795 How about your hand? 352 00:17:07,870 --> 00:17:11,955 Oh, I cut myself while I was cutting this bolt. 353 00:17:12,030 --> 00:17:13,435 And that was about it. 354 00:17:13,510 --> 00:17:14,688 That was about it. 355 00:17:14,764 --> 00:17:17,435 Now, we're pretty sure this is the guy. 356 00:17:17,444 --> 00:17:21,715 And Detective John Turner says you're under arrest. 357 00:17:21,790 --> 00:17:22,722 And I saw that happen. 358 00:17:22,797 --> 00:17:25,035 I saw the handcuffs go on him. 359 00:17:25,044 --> 00:17:29,035 And for some reason, at that point in time, 360 00:17:29,110 --> 00:17:30,035 it occurred to me. 361 00:17:30,110 --> 00:17:33,115 This is not your ordinary case. 362 00:17:33,190 --> 00:17:34,948 This is something different. 363 00:17:38,310 --> 00:17:41,235 NARRATOR: Despite the extensive efforts from the witnesses 364 00:17:41,310 --> 00:17:44,155 and medical team, shortly after arriving 365 00:17:44,164 --> 00:17:46,675 at the Emmanuel hospital in North Portland, 366 00:17:46,750 --> 00:17:50,915 25-year-old Jennifer Smith was pronounced dead. 367 00:17:50,990 --> 00:17:54,955 If the detectives initial investigations proved correct, 368 00:17:55,030 --> 00:17:59,835 she'd been murdered by Dayton Leroy Rogers. 369 00:17:59,844 --> 00:18:01,395 GEOFFREY WANSELL: On the surface, 370 00:18:01,470 --> 00:18:07,315 Rogers is ordinary, living an ordinary life, wife, son. 371 00:18:07,390 --> 00:18:11,835 And yet, under the surface, something far darker 372 00:18:11,844 --> 00:18:13,402 is going on. 373 00:18:13,477 --> 00:18:19,235 He would go home, have supper with Sherrie and their son, 374 00:18:19,310 --> 00:18:21,715 and then he would go out again. 375 00:18:21,790 --> 00:18:23,202 ANDREJS EGLITIS: His wife thought 376 00:18:23,277 --> 00:18:27,115 that he had so much business that he would spend all night 377 00:18:27,190 --> 00:18:30,595 working in the shop, and then arrive home exhausted, 378 00:18:30,670 --> 00:18:34,435 fall asleep, and then go back to the shop at night to work. 379 00:18:34,510 --> 00:18:36,035 What she didn't know, of course, was 380 00:18:36,110 --> 00:18:38,435 what he was doing those nights. 381 00:18:38,510 --> 00:18:41,395 GEOFFREY WANSELL: He would go out in his truck 382 00:18:41,470 --> 00:18:47,195 and he would troll the red-light district of Portland. 383 00:18:47,204 --> 00:18:48,582 ANDREJS EGLITIS: He was fairly well 384 00:18:48,657 --> 00:18:51,915 known among the prostitutes in the area 385 00:18:51,990 --> 00:18:54,242 who called him Gambler Steve. 386 00:18:54,317 --> 00:18:58,882 He presented this persona of being a well-to-do gambler, 387 00:18:58,957 --> 00:19:01,595 driving a crappy little pickup truck. 388 00:19:01,604 --> 00:19:04,475 And they would get in the car with him. 389 00:19:04,550 --> 00:19:07,635 NARRATOR: In a desperate attempt to support her family, 390 00:19:07,710 --> 00:19:10,955 Jennifer Smith had turned to prostitution. 391 00:19:10,964 --> 00:19:14,195 She was unfortunate to encounter Dayton Leroy 392 00:19:14,270 --> 00:19:16,715 Rogers on the 7th of August. 393 00:19:16,790 --> 00:19:18,275 ANDREJS EGLITIS: There was another prostitute 394 00:19:18,350 --> 00:19:22,115 that actually saw her getting into his truck. 395 00:19:22,190 --> 00:19:24,595 He took this little pickup truck and drove it 396 00:19:24,670 --> 00:19:29,035 to the West of the Denny's into a very poorly lit parking 397 00:19:29,110 --> 00:19:32,322 lot of a small office building. 398 00:19:32,397 --> 00:19:36,115 And then he proceeded to cut on her, 399 00:19:36,190 --> 00:19:40,435 having tied her up with a pair of shoelaces. 400 00:19:40,510 --> 00:19:43,475 And he would be cutting her and cutting her. 401 00:19:43,550 --> 00:19:46,075 Ultimately, she managed to get out of the truck, 402 00:19:46,150 --> 00:19:49,395 out of the bondage, barefoot and naked, 403 00:19:49,470 --> 00:19:53,635 and run through the parking lot away from his truck. 404 00:19:53,710 --> 00:19:56,475 NARRATOR: Desperately trying to get away from Rogers, 405 00:19:56,550 --> 00:19:59,202 Jennifer screamed as loud as she could. 406 00:19:59,277 --> 00:20:02,955 Her cries of rape were heard and a number of people 407 00:20:03,030 --> 00:20:05,675 responded to see if they could help. 408 00:20:05,750 --> 00:20:09,915 Tragically, Rogers got to her before they could. 409 00:20:09,990 --> 00:20:11,802 JIM STROVINK: One of the subjects actually 410 00:20:11,877 --> 00:20:14,795 witnessed the event unfolding as she 411 00:20:14,870 --> 00:20:16,428 had escaped from the vehicle. 412 00:20:16,504 --> 00:20:20,515 She was trying to elude Dayton Rogers in the parking lot, 413 00:20:20,590 --> 00:20:23,795 and ultimately, landed on top of her, 414 00:20:23,870 --> 00:20:29,715 where two other witnesses then responded to her screams. 415 00:20:29,790 --> 00:20:32,202 ANDREJS EGLITIS: He ran around the back of the office 416 00:20:32,277 --> 00:20:35,915 building, got into his pickup truck, 417 00:20:35,990 --> 00:20:38,355 and zoomed out of that parking lot, 418 00:20:38,430 --> 00:20:40,475 in fact, running over the sidewalk to get out 419 00:20:40,484 --> 00:20:42,395 of the parking lot. 420 00:20:42,404 --> 00:20:45,475 NARRATOR: 33-year-old Dayton Leroy Rogers 421 00:20:45,550 --> 00:20:48,035 was indicted for aggravated murder 422 00:20:48,110 --> 00:20:51,315 during the course of rape, kidnapping, and torture. 423 00:20:51,390 --> 00:20:53,555 Now, investigators needed to gather 424 00:20:53,564 --> 00:20:58,355 all of the evidence that would prove Roger's guilt at trial. 425 00:20:58,430 --> 00:21:00,835 ANDREJS EGLITIS: Shortly after he was in custody, 426 00:21:00,910 --> 00:21:08,195 his father-in-law got a call from the Clackamas County Jail. 427 00:21:08,270 --> 00:21:10,435 And Dayton asked his father-in-law, who happened 428 00:21:10,510 --> 00:21:14,035 to be in the shop at that time, and he says, Dad, 429 00:21:14,110 --> 00:21:17,922 did they look in the wood stove? 430 00:21:17,997 --> 00:21:20,802 And Dad says, I don't know. 431 00:21:20,877 --> 00:21:22,155 Why do you ask? 432 00:21:22,230 --> 00:21:23,755 Well, he didn't answer that question. 433 00:21:23,830 --> 00:21:26,922 NARRATOR: The detectives had noted the stove was lit 434 00:21:26,997 --> 00:21:29,435 the night they arrested Rogers. 435 00:21:29,510 --> 00:21:32,235 ANDREJS EGLITIS: So what Dayton's father-in-law did, 436 00:21:32,310 --> 00:21:35,955 he took what we call a cow magnet that's a pill shaped 437 00:21:36,030 --> 00:21:38,875 magnet, about four inches long. 438 00:21:38,950 --> 00:21:40,635 The wood stove is still warm. 439 00:21:40,710 --> 00:21:42,635 He opens up the door to the wood stove 440 00:21:42,710 --> 00:21:46,955 and with this cow magnet, starts moving it around in the ashes. 441 00:21:47,030 --> 00:21:50,635 And lo and behold, what does he find in metal 442 00:21:50,710 --> 00:21:52,635 sticking to this magnet? 443 00:21:52,710 --> 00:22:00,162 He finds bra clasps, enough for about 15 bras. 444 00:22:00,237 --> 00:22:03,595 He finds metallic parts that ultimately prove 445 00:22:03,670 --> 00:22:09,235 to be parts of that shoe, the partner of the shoe that 446 00:22:09,310 --> 00:22:11,355 was found at the parking lot. 447 00:22:11,430 --> 00:22:14,555 And he very nicely bags all of this stuff 448 00:22:14,564 --> 00:22:17,915 up in a brown paper bag and provides 449 00:22:17,990 --> 00:22:20,795 it to the police as evidence. 450 00:22:20,804 --> 00:22:24,035 And we take it from there. 451 00:22:24,110 --> 00:22:26,555 NARRATOR: With Rogers safely behind bars, 452 00:22:26,630 --> 00:22:29,555 investigators could rest easy in the knowledge 453 00:22:29,630 --> 00:22:33,795 that Jennifer's callous killer was already in custody. 454 00:22:33,870 --> 00:22:35,675 Now, they had the time they needed 455 00:22:35,750 --> 00:22:40,675 to meticulously prepare their case against him for trial. 456 00:22:40,684 --> 00:22:44,795 Little did they know that just three weeks later, 30 miles 457 00:22:44,870 --> 00:22:49,275 outside of the city in an area known as the Molalla Forest, 458 00:22:49,350 --> 00:22:54,395 a gruesome discovery was about to be made. 459 00:22:54,470 --> 00:22:56,235 ANDREJS EGLITIS: There's a hunter, 460 00:22:56,310 --> 00:22:59,035 who at the opening of deer season, 461 00:22:59,110 --> 00:23:01,195 wants a scout in area where he wants 462 00:23:01,270 --> 00:23:06,202 to be on opening morning for the best chance to get a deer. 463 00:23:06,277 --> 00:23:08,835 And he starts to look around it and notices 464 00:23:08,910 --> 00:23:11,915 there's this patch of ferns. 465 00:23:11,924 --> 00:23:13,995 All the other ferns surrounding this patch 466 00:23:14,070 --> 00:23:16,795 are bright green fern colored. 467 00:23:16,870 --> 00:23:21,835 This patch, the ferns are brown, and obviously dead. 468 00:23:21,910 --> 00:23:25,635 So he's enough of an outdoors man, where he takes a foot 469 00:23:25,710 --> 00:23:28,955 and sweeps the dead ferns apart. 470 00:23:28,964 --> 00:23:31,035 And there's a dead body. 471 00:23:31,110 --> 00:23:33,315 NARRATOR: The hunter immediately reported 472 00:23:33,390 --> 00:23:35,435 his discovery to the police. 473 00:23:35,510 --> 00:23:38,282 Detective Jim Strovink was sent to the crime 474 00:23:38,357 --> 00:23:40,835 scene early the next morning. 475 00:23:40,910 --> 00:23:44,275 JIM STROVINK: We started our investigation, and as a result, 476 00:23:44,284 --> 00:23:47,715 moving the debris that was there covering the body, 477 00:23:47,790 --> 00:23:50,435 a second body was discovered. 478 00:23:50,510 --> 00:23:52,635 As I recall, we broke from lunch. 479 00:23:52,710 --> 00:23:58,195 And I was walking around and just in general vicinity 480 00:23:58,270 --> 00:23:59,755 walked around some shrubs. 481 00:23:59,830 --> 00:24:04,202 And I found a third deceased victim, body number three. 482 00:24:06,750 --> 00:24:10,795 And as a result, that's where we really became concerned, 483 00:24:10,870 --> 00:24:15,235 recognized that we had a serial murderer on our hands. 484 00:24:15,310 --> 00:24:17,635 NARRATOR: The first victim was missing a foot 485 00:24:17,710 --> 00:24:20,475 and the second had both feet removed. 486 00:24:20,550 --> 00:24:24,155 It appeared they'd been sawn off just above the ankle. 487 00:24:24,230 --> 00:24:27,435 All three were naked. 488 00:24:27,510 --> 00:24:29,635 JIM STROVINK: As the investigation intensified, 489 00:24:29,710 --> 00:24:32,075 we realized that we had to make it more 490 00:24:32,150 --> 00:24:33,675 or less an archaeological site. 491 00:24:33,750 --> 00:24:38,275 We graded off the area in 25-by-25-foot squares. 492 00:24:38,350 --> 00:24:40,322 Each was identified by a letter. 493 00:24:40,397 --> 00:24:44,955 And then we conducted a shoulder to shoulder search of that area 494 00:24:45,030 --> 00:24:47,635 and collected every piece of evidence. 495 00:24:47,710 --> 00:24:52,195 If it didn't grow, you pick it up and we log in as evidence. 496 00:24:52,270 --> 00:24:55,755 And we did find miniature bottles 497 00:24:55,830 --> 00:24:59,475 of vodka and other items that were 498 00:24:59,550 --> 00:25:02,635 key to the investigation restraints 499 00:25:02,710 --> 00:25:04,035 and things of that nature. 500 00:25:04,110 --> 00:25:07,402 And body number four was discovered 501 00:25:07,477 --> 00:25:10,835 just Northwest of that initial location 502 00:25:10,910 --> 00:25:12,395 that we were investigating. 503 00:25:12,470 --> 00:25:17,355 And then an additional body was soon discovered. 504 00:25:17,430 --> 00:25:20,635 NARRATOR: The day had started with a single body. 505 00:25:20,710 --> 00:25:24,115 But by sunset, it was apparent this was the work 506 00:25:24,190 --> 00:25:26,635 of a sadistic serial killer. 507 00:25:26,710 --> 00:25:31,235 Five victims had been found in various states of decay. 508 00:25:31,310 --> 00:25:32,602 JIM STROVINK: What really was significant 509 00:25:32,677 --> 00:25:36,515 was the discovery of the severed feet that were found. 510 00:25:36,590 --> 00:25:42,395 Many of the deceased had their feet totally cut off. 511 00:25:42,470 --> 00:25:46,635 NARRATOR: Once again, Deputy DA Andrejs Eglitis paid 512 00:25:46,710 --> 00:25:49,235 a visit to the crime scene. 513 00:25:49,310 --> 00:25:52,035 ANDREJS EGLITIS: The smell was horrible because these bodies 514 00:25:52,110 --> 00:25:54,275 in a state of putrefaction. 515 00:25:54,284 --> 00:25:58,955 And when the body was removed, that odor just rose up 516 00:25:58,964 --> 00:26:01,995 and filled the air. 517 00:26:02,070 --> 00:26:04,435 A couple of days into the investigation, 518 00:26:04,510 --> 00:26:07,915 two of the detectives, Turner and Machado, 519 00:26:07,990 --> 00:26:10,555 they are now sick of the smell. 520 00:26:10,630 --> 00:26:13,315 So they say Mike, let's go have a cigarette. 521 00:26:13,390 --> 00:26:17,235 They walk almost a quarter mile up a dirt road. 522 00:26:17,310 --> 00:26:19,235 And Turner is about to light a cigarette. 523 00:26:19,310 --> 00:26:22,235 [sniffs] You smell that, Mike? 524 00:26:22,244 --> 00:26:26,355 And they were 20 feet from yet another body. 525 00:26:26,430 --> 00:26:28,555 JIM STROVINK: The whole forest was a potential crime scene. 526 00:26:28,630 --> 00:26:31,355 So we had a great deal of area to cover 527 00:26:31,364 --> 00:26:34,035 acres and acres and acres. 528 00:26:34,110 --> 00:26:37,035 Everybody that was available had to respond. 529 00:26:37,110 --> 00:26:40,075 We had Explorer Scouts, reserve deputies, 530 00:26:40,150 --> 00:26:43,155 anybody that was breathing. 531 00:26:43,230 --> 00:26:45,315 We've got them out there to help us search. 532 00:26:45,390 --> 00:26:47,315 NARRATOR: With the body count mounting, 533 00:26:47,390 --> 00:26:51,122 investigators needed to know who these poor women were. 534 00:26:51,197 --> 00:26:54,235 And that wasn't going to be easy. 535 00:26:54,310 --> 00:26:55,762 ANDREJS EGLITIS: We have to identify, 536 00:26:55,837 --> 00:26:59,075 beyond a reasonable doubt, who these people are. 537 00:26:59,150 --> 00:27:05,795 And the faces are essentially nonexistent. 538 00:27:05,870 --> 00:27:07,475 Body parts are missing. 539 00:27:07,484 --> 00:27:08,795 Feet are missing. 540 00:27:08,870 --> 00:27:10,502 NARRATOR: Was the forest was razed 541 00:27:10,577 --> 00:27:13,595 to the ground in the search for victims and evidence 542 00:27:13,670 --> 00:27:17,235 on the 7th of September, a week after the hunter's 543 00:27:17,244 --> 00:27:20,435 gruesome discovery the first of the bodies 544 00:27:20,510 --> 00:27:25,635 was positively identified as that of a local sex worker. 545 00:27:25,710 --> 00:27:28,195 ELIZABETH YARDLEY: Lisa Marie Mock was a married woman, 546 00:27:28,270 --> 00:27:30,435 both her and her husband had experienced 547 00:27:30,510 --> 00:27:32,675 some substance misuse issues. 548 00:27:32,750 --> 00:27:35,715 So their lifestyle was quite a transient one. 549 00:27:35,790 --> 00:27:38,315 But there were periods where she really wanted 550 00:27:38,390 --> 00:27:39,868 to get her life back on track. 551 00:27:39,944 --> 00:27:42,755 Her father has spoken about a particular time when 552 00:27:42,764 --> 00:27:44,315 she had a job as a secretary. 553 00:27:44,390 --> 00:27:45,555 She had her own apartment. 554 00:27:45,630 --> 00:27:46,602 She had her own car. 555 00:27:46,677 --> 00:27:49,155 She was nearly there. 556 00:27:49,230 --> 00:27:52,195 NARRATOR: 23-year-old Lisa was about to inherit 557 00:27:52,270 --> 00:27:56,802 a large sum of money, which could have been life changing. 558 00:27:56,877 --> 00:27:58,715 The second body to be discovered, 559 00:27:58,790 --> 00:28:03,075 she was initially identified by her distinctive tattoos, 560 00:28:03,150 --> 00:28:06,635 later confirmed by dental records. 561 00:28:06,710 --> 00:28:09,155 ELIZABETH YARDLEY: He'd removed both of her feet. 562 00:28:09,230 --> 00:28:13,675 So she, for him, is simply an object to dismember, 563 00:28:13,750 --> 00:28:16,002 to humiliate, to dehumanize. 564 00:28:16,077 --> 00:28:18,395 This is the part of her body that I think 565 00:28:18,470 --> 00:28:22,155 has the highest value for him. 566 00:28:22,230 --> 00:28:24,955 Whilst there seemed to be a clear MO in the way 567 00:28:25,030 --> 00:28:27,755 the victims had been restrained, killed, 568 00:28:27,830 --> 00:28:31,795 and their feet amputated, one had been subjected 569 00:28:31,870 --> 00:28:34,075 to something quite different. 570 00:28:34,150 --> 00:28:35,868 ANDREJS EGLITIS: The freshest of the bodies 571 00:28:35,944 --> 00:28:39,635 with the least putrefaction was a woman named Noni Cervantes. 572 00:28:39,710 --> 00:28:43,035 And she was unique in that her feet weren't cut off, 573 00:28:43,110 --> 00:28:47,235 but she had been opened up from the pubis bone 574 00:28:47,310 --> 00:28:48,875 to her breast bone. 575 00:28:48,950 --> 00:28:52,755 And her internals had been thrown about. 576 00:28:52,830 --> 00:28:57,715 NARRATOR: Nondace Cervantes, or Noni, was 26 years old. 577 00:28:57,790 --> 00:29:00,635 Her body had been eviscerated. 578 00:29:00,644 --> 00:29:02,435 ELIZABETH YARDLEY: This was really brutal. 579 00:29:02,510 --> 00:29:04,235 This was quite distinct from what 580 00:29:04,310 --> 00:29:05,922 he'd done to the other victims. 581 00:29:05,997 --> 00:29:07,915 So this suggests to me that he held 582 00:29:07,990 --> 00:29:11,915 this particular victim with quite a degree of contempt. 583 00:29:11,990 --> 00:29:16,115 There was something about this murder that distinguishes it 584 00:29:16,190 --> 00:29:17,868 from the others. 585 00:29:17,644 --> 00:29:20,875 And I think it is perhaps the fact that this young woman, 586 00:29:20,950 --> 00:29:24,835 perhaps put up a fight, perhaps stepped outside of that role 587 00:29:24,910 --> 00:29:26,835 of subservient femininity. 588 00:29:26,910 --> 00:29:30,155 And that made him incredibly angry. 589 00:29:30,230 --> 00:29:33,715 NARRATOR: The Molalla Forest investigation was on a scale 590 00:29:33,790 --> 00:29:35,875 never before seen in Oregon. 591 00:29:35,950 --> 00:29:40,235 The meticulous search of the vast crime scene took nine days 592 00:29:40,244 --> 00:29:42,955 and involved 200 individuals. 593 00:29:43,030 --> 00:29:47,275 By the end, seven female victims had been recovered and almost 594 00:29:47,350 --> 00:29:49,835 500 items of evidence. 595 00:29:49,910 --> 00:29:53,242 Some of these seem familiar. 596 00:29:53,317 --> 00:29:55,875 JIM STROVINK: It was readily apparent that, hey, we 597 00:29:55,884 --> 00:29:59,515 got items of evidence here, a lot of similarity between what 598 00:29:59,590 --> 00:30:01,602 was at Jennifer Lisa Smith's crime scene 599 00:30:01,677 --> 00:30:06,475 and what we had at the Molalla Forest crime scene too. 600 00:30:06,550 --> 00:30:08,635 ANDREJS EGLITIS: The bodies in the forest 601 00:30:08,644 --> 00:30:12,515 were littered with miniature Smirnoff vodka bottles. 602 00:30:12,590 --> 00:30:17,755 We also found a miniature orange juice bottle and Regent 603 00:30:17,830 --> 00:30:22,115 Sheffield knife, identical in make and model 604 00:30:22,190 --> 00:30:26,555 to the one found behind the small office building. 605 00:30:26,564 --> 00:30:29,035 The knife that killed Jenny Smith. 606 00:30:29,110 --> 00:30:30,815 JIM STROVINK: You can't eliminate anybody. 607 00:30:30,891 --> 00:30:33,555 We went forward with thousands of leads and information 608 00:30:33,630 --> 00:30:35,088 that came forward. 609 00:30:35,164 --> 00:30:39,275 But it poured in and it all pointed to Dayton Rogers. 610 00:30:39,350 --> 00:30:41,915 NARRATOR: Yet, again, 33-year-old Rogers 611 00:30:41,924 --> 00:30:43,675 was the prime suspect. 612 00:30:43,750 --> 00:30:47,202 Jennifer Smith and the seven victims found in the Molalla 613 00:30:47,277 --> 00:30:50,675 Forest meant that he was responsible for snuffing 614 00:30:50,684 --> 00:30:52,795 out at least eight lives. 615 00:30:52,870 --> 00:30:56,075 Of the seven bodies discovered in the forest, 616 00:30:56,150 --> 00:30:58,235 six were identified. 617 00:30:58,310 --> 00:31:02,515 Just like Jennifer, they were all young sex workers. 618 00:31:02,590 --> 00:31:06,795 Deputy DA Andrejs Eglitis was tasked with working 619 00:31:06,870 --> 00:31:10,435 across both investigations. 620 00:31:10,510 --> 00:31:14,235 ANDREJS EGLITIS: When the bodies were discovered in Molalla, 621 00:31:14,244 --> 00:31:19,635 the Sheriff's office phone would ring off the hook with women 622 00:31:19,710 --> 00:31:21,835 who said, I'm a prostitute. 623 00:31:21,910 --> 00:31:23,075 I was with a guy. 624 00:31:23,150 --> 00:31:25,195 And he took me to Molalla. 625 00:31:25,270 --> 00:31:27,155 NARRATOR: Sex workers who had previously 626 00:31:27,230 --> 00:31:31,435 been too scared to speak up suddenly felt able to. 627 00:31:31,510 --> 00:31:36,155 These women identified that man as Dayton Leroy Rogers. 628 00:31:36,230 --> 00:31:38,955 But their stories didn't stop there. 629 00:31:39,030 --> 00:31:41,635 ANDREJS EGLITIS: Detectives went out and talked to these women. 630 00:31:41,710 --> 00:31:44,802 And there were about 30 who had been with Rogers. 631 00:31:44,877 --> 00:31:49,955 It was remarkably consistent among all of the women 632 00:31:50,030 --> 00:31:54,882 that the object of his erotic fantasies are women's feet. 633 00:31:54,957 --> 00:31:59,835 And in particular, he would comment on their high arches. 634 00:31:59,910 --> 00:32:02,082 He really loved that. 635 00:32:02,157 --> 00:32:06,875 He would rub their feet and masturbate, 636 00:32:06,884 --> 00:32:08,435 and that would be it. 637 00:32:08,510 --> 00:32:12,315 And obviously, that's an easy 50 bucks for a girl on the street. 638 00:32:12,390 --> 00:32:16,155 JIM STROVINK: He would always purchase miniature bottles, 639 00:32:16,230 --> 00:32:17,868 buy them by the case. 640 00:32:17,644 --> 00:32:20,002 The ones that you find on an airline, the tenth bottles, 641 00:32:20,077 --> 00:32:21,722 Smirnoff vodka. 642 00:32:21,797 --> 00:32:26,715 And then he buy the one-serving plastic jug of orange juice. 643 00:32:26,790 --> 00:32:28,002 And he'd drink some of that. 644 00:32:28,077 --> 00:32:29,442 And then he pour the vodka in. 645 00:32:29,517 --> 00:32:30,955 And he drink that while he's driving, 646 00:32:31,030 --> 00:32:33,762 and offer that to his date. 647 00:32:33,837 --> 00:32:36,235 NARRATOR: Rogers who would pick up the same girls 648 00:32:36,310 --> 00:32:38,315 on multiple occasions. 649 00:32:38,324 --> 00:32:40,635 After gaining that confidence, he 650 00:32:40,710 --> 00:32:43,155 began to push the boundaries. 651 00:32:43,230 --> 00:32:44,755 ANDREJS EGLITIS: Later on, he started asking 652 00:32:44,830 --> 00:32:46,242 them to remove their clothing. 653 00:32:46,317 --> 00:32:48,995 And so it got a little more intense. 654 00:32:49,070 --> 00:32:51,875 And after a while, he got to where how about 655 00:32:51,884 --> 00:32:54,402 I tie you up while I do this? 656 00:32:54,477 --> 00:32:56,068 OK. 657 00:32:55,844 --> 00:32:59,635 And that ultimately led to the stabbing, and the poking 658 00:32:59,710 --> 00:33:01,595 with the knife, and the cutting. 659 00:33:01,670 --> 00:33:05,035 NARRATOR: By reaching out to the community the victims had come 660 00:33:05,110 --> 00:33:08,435 from, investigators were starting to piece together 661 00:33:08,510 --> 00:33:10,515 the true picture of what these women had 662 00:33:10,590 --> 00:33:15,355 experienced at the hands of Dayton Leroy Rogers. 663 00:33:15,430 --> 00:33:19,235 But it seemed that he'd let some women live after speaking 664 00:33:19,310 --> 00:33:23,235 with Andrejs, one of the surviving victims, Carol, asked 665 00:33:23,244 --> 00:33:26,635 him a very specific question. 666 00:33:26,710 --> 00:33:31,235 ANDREJS EGLITIS: As we're about to leave, she suddenly asks us, 667 00:33:31,244 --> 00:33:35,355 did any of the victims have their feet cut off? 668 00:33:35,430 --> 00:33:39,035 Now at that point, that little fact was 669 00:33:39,044 --> 00:33:40,515 rather closely guarded secret. 670 00:33:40,590 --> 00:33:42,515 There was no publicity about that. 671 00:33:42,590 --> 00:33:45,042 My investigator says, Carol, why you ask? 672 00:33:45,117 --> 00:33:48,835 She says, well, he started cutting on my leg. 673 00:33:48,910 --> 00:33:50,435 With what? 674 00:33:50,510 --> 00:33:51,395 Hacksaw. 675 00:33:51,470 --> 00:33:52,315 Really? 676 00:33:52,390 --> 00:33:53,662 Where? 677 00:33:53,737 --> 00:33:57,915 And she shows on her leg, just above the ankle, 678 00:33:57,990 --> 00:34:01,115 a healed wound with somewhat ragged edge 679 00:34:01,190 --> 00:34:03,475 that eventually medical examiner says 680 00:34:03,550 --> 00:34:07,155 that's consistent with a hacksaw cut. 681 00:34:07,230 --> 00:34:11,195 So that left us to wonder to this day 682 00:34:11,204 --> 00:34:15,675 were those victims alive when he sawed off their legs? 683 00:34:15,750 --> 00:34:17,755 There's evidence from Carol [inaudible] 684 00:34:17,830 --> 00:34:19,475 that maybe they were. 685 00:34:19,484 --> 00:34:22,002 NARRATOR: This firsthand account shed 686 00:34:22,077 --> 00:34:24,955 a whole new light on the depraved acts 687 00:34:25,030 --> 00:34:26,635 of this sadistic killer. 688 00:34:26,710 --> 00:34:29,795 ANDREJS EGLITIS: Not only were these women murdered, 689 00:34:29,870 --> 00:34:31,835 they were tortured. 690 00:34:31,844 --> 00:34:33,435 And why? 691 00:34:33,244 --> 00:34:38,035 Because this guy thought that was a sexual thrill. 692 00:34:38,110 --> 00:34:40,675 NARRATOR: But one question remained, why 693 00:34:40,750 --> 00:34:43,315 did Rogers let some women live? 694 00:34:43,390 --> 00:34:46,915 Another survivor, Susan, had a story that perhaps 695 00:34:46,990 --> 00:34:48,555 can tell you the answer. 696 00:34:48,630 --> 00:34:51,635 ANDREJS EGLITIS: Susan, she had been with him somewhere 697 00:34:51,710 --> 00:34:54,195 between 20 and 30 times. 698 00:34:54,270 --> 00:34:57,835 And she was his favorite. 699 00:34:57,910 --> 00:35:02,395 Until one time, she's out in Molalla 700 00:35:02,470 --> 00:35:05,515 and he starts cutting on her feet with a knife. 701 00:35:05,590 --> 00:35:08,802 She's tied up, cutting out her feet. 702 00:35:08,877 --> 00:35:10,875 And like, why didn't you scream? 703 00:35:10,950 --> 00:35:13,155 Why didn't you fight? 704 00:35:13,230 --> 00:35:15,475 Because I'm in this wilderness. 705 00:35:15,484 --> 00:35:17,595 No one's going to hear me scream. 706 00:35:17,670 --> 00:35:18,635 Let's get it over with. 707 00:35:18,710 --> 00:35:20,195 Just kill me. 708 00:35:20,270 --> 00:35:21,482 And that's what Susan told him. 709 00:35:21,557 --> 00:35:24,955 And he's-- he like the others, oh, I'm sorry. 710 00:35:25,030 --> 00:35:26,515 I didn't mean to do that. 711 00:35:26,590 --> 00:35:28,355 And he took her back to Portland. 712 00:35:28,430 --> 00:35:30,275 She got out of the car walking with blood 713 00:35:30,350 --> 00:35:33,635 sloshing in her shoes. 714 00:35:33,710 --> 00:35:35,475 ELIZABETH YARDLEY: He was able to experience 715 00:35:35,550 --> 00:35:39,035 those feelings of control with the women who got away. 716 00:35:39,044 --> 00:35:40,602 With the women who were murdered, 717 00:35:40,677 --> 00:35:44,915 he felt the need to kill them to actually maintain that control. 718 00:35:44,990 --> 00:35:46,435 And that wouldn't have been because 719 00:35:46,510 --> 00:35:49,955 of anything that they did, but this is due to his choice. 720 00:35:49,964 --> 00:35:51,915 This is his decision. 721 00:35:51,990 --> 00:35:54,875 And it's really a roll of the dice. 722 00:35:54,884 --> 00:35:57,635 NARRATOR: In February 1988, Dayton 723 00:35:57,710 --> 00:36:02,402 Leroy Rogers went on trial for the murder of Jennifer Smith. 724 00:36:02,477 --> 00:36:06,402 Andrejs Eglitis was the lead prosecutor. 725 00:36:06,477 --> 00:36:08,395 ANDREJS EGLITIS: Dayton took the stand. 726 00:36:08,470 --> 00:36:15,275 He describes how, yes, he was a bad husband and a bad dad. 727 00:36:15,350 --> 00:36:18,875 And yes, he would go downtown Portland 728 00:36:18,884 --> 00:36:21,075 and he'd try to find prostitutes. 729 00:36:21,084 --> 00:36:24,155 And the bottom line is saying, hey, I am an awful guy. 730 00:36:24,164 --> 00:36:25,835 I'm an awful guy, but I don't deserve 731 00:36:25,910 --> 00:36:28,075 the death penalty just for fooling around on my wife 732 00:36:28,150 --> 00:36:29,475 with prostitutes. 733 00:36:29,550 --> 00:36:32,435 NARRATOR: 34-year-old Rogers admitted picking up 734 00:36:32,510 --> 00:36:35,835 Jennifer Smith and taking her to the parking lot 735 00:36:35,844 --> 00:36:37,555 where he tied her up. 736 00:36:37,630 --> 00:36:41,115 However, he had a very different version of events 737 00:36:41,124 --> 00:36:43,835 for what happened after that. 738 00:36:43,910 --> 00:36:45,195 ANDREJS EGLITIS: Here's the story. 739 00:36:45,270 --> 00:36:48,635 All of a sudden, she reaches into the glove box 740 00:36:48,710 --> 00:36:52,955 and pulls out a little kitchen knife that his wife had put 741 00:36:52,964 --> 00:36:55,635 in there so he could more readily cut 742 00:36:55,710 --> 00:36:57,875 his sandwich that he was going to have for lunch 743 00:36:57,950 --> 00:36:59,682 that she had prepared. 744 00:36:59,757 --> 00:37:00,982 So she takes his knife. 745 00:37:01,057 --> 00:37:03,235 Now mind you, this woman is buck naked 746 00:37:03,310 --> 00:37:05,875 and she holds that knife to his throat 747 00:37:05,950 --> 00:37:09,035 and demands all of his money. 748 00:37:09,110 --> 00:37:12,315 She's got the knife and he manages 749 00:37:12,390 --> 00:37:15,522 to get a little bit of the handle that is protruding 750 00:37:15,597 --> 00:37:19,035 from the bottom of her hand and managed to pull that knife 751 00:37:19,110 --> 00:37:20,435 right out of her hand. 752 00:37:20,510 --> 00:37:24,075 Thereby, causing the cuts on her hand. 753 00:37:24,150 --> 00:37:26,755 So that's his defense. 754 00:37:26,830 --> 00:37:28,482 ELIZABETH YARDLEY: What this is actually doing 755 00:37:28,557 --> 00:37:31,875 is trying to tarnish the image of this victim. 756 00:37:31,950 --> 00:37:33,648 He knows that she's a sex worker. 757 00:37:33,724 --> 00:37:36,315 He knows that's not going to go down well with the jury 758 00:37:36,324 --> 00:37:38,082 at this particular time. 759 00:37:38,157 --> 00:37:40,395 But he feels that he's got to do something else, 760 00:37:40,470 --> 00:37:42,875 I think, to victim blame essentially. 761 00:37:42,884 --> 00:37:47,235 So if he can present her as a thief as well as a sex worker, 762 00:37:47,310 --> 00:37:49,035 then he's hoping that that's going to garner 763 00:37:49,110 --> 00:37:50,915 some sympathy for him. 764 00:37:50,990 --> 00:37:52,435 NARRATOR: It didn't work. 765 00:37:52,510 --> 00:37:54,955 The evidence against him was so strong. 766 00:37:55,030 --> 00:37:58,955 And together with the injuries he subjected Jennifer to, 767 00:37:59,030 --> 00:38:01,995 prove what a callous killer he really was. 768 00:38:02,070 --> 00:38:06,755 Dayton Leroy Rogers was found guilty of aggravated murder 769 00:38:06,830 --> 00:38:09,715 and sentenced to life in prison. 770 00:38:09,790 --> 00:38:13,795 Charles Gates who tried in vain to save Jennifer's life 771 00:38:13,870 --> 00:38:16,002 on that fateful August night will 772 00:38:16,077 --> 00:38:18,035 never forget the woman whose life 773 00:38:18,110 --> 00:38:21,475 Rogers cruelly snuffed out. 774 00:38:21,550 --> 00:38:23,315 CHARLES GATES: I haven't forgotten. 775 00:38:23,324 --> 00:38:25,475 And I will never forget. 776 00:38:25,550 --> 00:38:30,395 I had to do something, even if she didn't survive. 777 00:38:30,470 --> 00:38:34,835 To this day, I still hear sounds of-- 778 00:38:34,910 --> 00:38:39,835 of her exhaling when I'm trying to breathe into her. 779 00:38:39,910 --> 00:38:41,275 I could still hear that. 780 00:38:41,350 --> 00:38:43,235 And it's been over 30 years. 781 00:38:43,310 --> 00:38:44,442 I'll never forget it. 782 00:38:47,110 --> 00:38:50,035 NARRATOR: On the 30th of March 1989, 783 00:38:50,110 --> 00:38:53,802 the trial for the Molalla Forest victims began. 784 00:38:53,877 --> 00:38:56,435 ANDREJS EGLITIS: There are six murders I have to prove. 785 00:38:56,510 --> 00:38:58,715 We didn't go on the seventh one because we 786 00:38:58,724 --> 00:39:00,395 don't know who she is. 787 00:39:00,470 --> 00:39:03,355 So I have six murders to prove. 788 00:39:03,430 --> 00:39:06,795 I understand the jury took six hours to determine 789 00:39:06,870 --> 00:39:09,555 that he was the killer. 790 00:39:09,630 --> 00:39:13,035 NARRATOR: Dayton Leroy Rogers was sentenced to death. 791 00:39:13,110 --> 00:39:15,915 But since then, Rogers and his legal team 792 00:39:15,990 --> 00:39:17,435 have fought for his sentence to be 793 00:39:17,510 --> 00:39:21,435 reduced to life without the possibility of parole. 794 00:39:21,510 --> 00:39:26,035 They've managed to overturn his death sentence three times. 795 00:39:26,110 --> 00:39:29,795 Sr. Deputy DA Scott Healey prosecuted 796 00:39:29,804 --> 00:39:32,955 Rogers at two of the retrials. 797 00:39:33,030 --> 00:39:34,902 SCOTT HEALY: Those convictions by that 798 00:39:34,444 --> 00:39:38,835 original jury in May of 1989 have never been overturned. 799 00:39:38,910 --> 00:39:41,595 What has been overturned is the death sentence portion. 800 00:39:41,670 --> 00:39:45,235 So each time it's overturned, then of course, it 801 00:39:45,310 --> 00:39:47,875 comes back for re-sentencing. 802 00:39:47,950 --> 00:39:49,595 NARRATOR: At the retrials, Rogers 803 00:39:49,604 --> 00:39:53,235 took the opportunity to make a statement to the jury 804 00:39:53,310 --> 00:39:56,275 who would decide his fate. 805 00:39:56,350 --> 00:40:04,435 I am sorry so very sorry. 806 00:40:04,510 --> 00:40:05,795 ELIZABETH YARDLEY: I don't think this 807 00:40:05,804 --> 00:40:09,035 is a genuine expression of remorse, 808 00:40:09,110 --> 00:40:11,755 or guilt, or anything of that nature. 809 00:40:11,830 --> 00:40:14,315 I think this is an attempt to maintain control 810 00:40:14,390 --> 00:40:16,602 of the narrative, and to try, and ensure 811 00:40:16,677 --> 00:40:19,835 the best outcome for himself. 812 00:40:19,844 --> 00:40:28,475 There was never a day that I don't 813 00:40:28,484 --> 00:40:38,235 struggle within the very core of my heart and soul. 814 00:40:38,310 --> 00:40:40,235 SCOTT HEALY: He's, once again, only concerned 815 00:40:40,310 --> 00:40:42,755 about one person and his needs. 816 00:40:42,830 --> 00:40:44,675 And he doesn't care what it takes 817 00:40:44,750 --> 00:40:48,555 for him to satisfy those needs. 818 00:40:48,630 --> 00:40:50,022 And so, no. 819 00:40:49,964 --> 00:40:53,595 Nothing that he said to that jury was sincere. 820 00:40:53,604 --> 00:40:56,315 NARRATOR: At all three retrials, the new jury 821 00:40:56,390 --> 00:40:59,915 has come to the same decision that the original one did, 822 00:40:59,990 --> 00:41:05,155 that Dayton Leroy Rogers should be put to death for his crimes. 823 00:41:05,230 --> 00:41:08,835 SCOTT HEALY: Think about this, 48 jurors, 824 00:41:08,910 --> 00:41:12,555 48 people from the community have heard the evidence 825 00:41:12,630 --> 00:41:14,995 in this case now and all 48 of them 826 00:41:15,070 --> 00:41:18,515 said no, this person deserves to be 827 00:41:18,590 --> 00:41:23,075 sentenced to death for the conduct they engaged in. 828 00:41:23,084 --> 00:41:27,235 NARRATOR: In 2013, modern forensic science 829 00:41:27,310 --> 00:41:32,555 techniques prevailed where their 1980s predecessors had failed. 830 00:41:32,630 --> 00:41:36,235 26 years after Rogers brutally murdered her, 831 00:41:36,310 --> 00:41:40,235 the final Molalla Forest victim was finally identified 832 00:41:40,244 --> 00:41:43,515 as 18-year-old Tawnia Johnston. 833 00:41:43,590 --> 00:41:45,635 But many of the investigating team 834 00:41:45,710 --> 00:41:49,355 believe there are more victims out there. 835 00:41:49,430 --> 00:41:51,435 ANDREJS EGLITIS: Why do I think there are other victims? 836 00:41:51,510 --> 00:41:54,035 I do for a very good reason. 837 00:41:54,110 --> 00:41:57,842 After the conviction in the Jenny Smith case, 838 00:41:57,917 --> 00:42:01,155 his lawyer came to the district attorney 839 00:42:01,230 --> 00:42:03,395 and the offer was made. 840 00:42:03,470 --> 00:42:04,482 OK. 841 00:42:04,557 --> 00:42:07,355 We know the Molalla cases are coming up. 842 00:42:07,364 --> 00:42:14,275 If you choose not to proceed on the death penalty, 843 00:42:14,350 --> 00:42:17,195 he'll tell you where the rest of the bodies are. 844 00:42:17,270 --> 00:42:20,235 NARRATOR: There was even evidence found that suggested 845 00:42:20,310 --> 00:42:23,795 there could be more victims in the ashes of the wood 846 00:42:23,804 --> 00:42:26,235 stove at Rogers' workshop. 847 00:42:26,310 --> 00:42:28,915 SCOTT HEALY: If you start to do the math on all 848 00:42:28,990 --> 00:42:32,802 of the metal that's there and the clothing 849 00:42:32,877 --> 00:42:34,915 that it was attached to, it adds up 850 00:42:34,990 --> 00:42:39,635 to a whole lot more than just eight people that were killed. 851 00:42:39,710 --> 00:42:43,995 So that's why we know that there are more victims. 852 00:42:44,070 --> 00:42:48,035 CHARLES GATES: He was more evil than any of us 853 00:42:48,110 --> 00:42:49,835 could possibly imagine. 854 00:42:49,910 --> 00:42:54,475 Once it came to light and all the cards were on the table, 855 00:42:54,550 --> 00:42:58,362 we could see something that was just monstrous. 856 00:42:58,437 --> 00:43:01,195 ANDREJS EGLITIS: I don't know what all the serial killers 857 00:43:01,270 --> 00:43:05,355 in this world have done. 858 00:43:05,430 --> 00:43:10,555 But I'll tell you, based on the cruelty that he's shown, 859 00:43:10,630 --> 00:43:14,835 he's right up there in the most evil killers. 860 00:43:14,910 --> 00:43:18,355 NARRATOR: Only Rogers knows how many women he has killed 861 00:43:18,430 --> 00:43:21,802 and it seems he may take that secret to his grave. 862 00:43:21,877 --> 00:43:23,835 His death sentence still stands. 863 00:43:23,910 --> 00:43:27,715 And although whether he'll ever be executed remains to be seen, 864 00:43:27,790 --> 00:43:31,635 he will certainly spend the rest of his life behind bars. 865 00:43:31,710 --> 00:43:35,235 He systematically groomed at least eight women until they 866 00:43:35,310 --> 00:43:37,155 were at their most vulnerable. 867 00:43:37,230 --> 00:43:39,515 Once tied up and completely helpless, 868 00:43:39,590 --> 00:43:43,235 he tortured and mutilated them for no other reason 869 00:43:43,310 --> 00:43:47,082 than to satisfy his sadistic sexual fantasies, 870 00:43:47,157 --> 00:43:50,635 making Dayton Leroy Rogers one of the world's 871 00:43:50,710 --> 00:43:52,835 most evil killers. 872 00:43:52,910 --> 00:43:56,282 [music playing]