1 00:00:07,324 --> 00:00:11,275 NARRATOR: On the 7th of September 2006, three 2 00:00:11,350 --> 00:00:14,395 people were gunned down on a street in the city 3 00:00:14,470 --> 00:00:16,475 of Bridgeport in Connecticut. 4 00:00:16,484 --> 00:00:20,195 The youngest victim, nine-year-old Kylie Flannery, 5 00:00:20,270 --> 00:00:22,835 had been chased down by the lone gunman 6 00:00:22,910 --> 00:00:26,475 and executed at close range. 7 00:00:26,550 --> 00:00:29,395 All of this unfolded in a matter of minutes, 8 00:00:29,470 --> 00:00:31,355 so for anybody witnessing this, it 9 00:00:31,364 --> 00:00:34,835 must have been like watching a scene from a movie play out 10 00:00:34,910 --> 00:00:38,355 but knowing that it's all too real at the same time. 11 00:00:38,430 --> 00:00:41,395 The killer was 41-year-old Richard Roszkowski 12 00:00:41,470 --> 00:00:45,755 whose infatuation with Kylie's mother, Holly Flannery 13 00:00:45,830 --> 00:00:51,235 had come to a head in the most tragic of circumstances. 14 00:00:51,310 --> 00:00:55,635 Even though Holly Flannery was clearly in some fear of Richard 15 00:00:55,710 --> 00:00:58,315 Roszkowski, I don't think, for one moment, 16 00:00:58,390 --> 00:01:01,435 she could have imagined that would effectively mean the end 17 00:01:01,510 --> 00:01:03,522 of her life and her daughter's. 18 00:01:03,597 --> 00:01:06,595 NARRATOR: Roszkowski was eventually sentenced to death 19 00:01:06,670 --> 00:01:10,435 for killing Kylie and given life sentences for the murders 20 00:01:10,444 --> 00:01:13,235 of her mother Holly and tree surgeon 21 00:01:13,310 --> 00:01:18,802 Tommy Gaudet, a man with no connection to the Flannerys. 22 00:01:18,877 --> 00:01:21,915 EILEEN POTKAY: Roszkowski, he's absolutely evil. 23 00:01:21,990 --> 00:01:25,195 I hate him, and I'm glad that I never 24 00:01:25,270 --> 00:01:27,635 have to be in the same room ever again with him. 25 00:01:27,710 --> 00:01:31,442 NARRATOR: Richard Roszkowski had emerged as one of the world's 26 00:01:31,517 --> 00:01:32,835 most evil killers. 27 00:01:32,910 --> 00:01:34,642 [music playing] 28 00:01:54,284 --> 00:01:59,235 In May 2009, 44-year-old Richard Roszkowski 29 00:01:59,310 --> 00:02:01,315 was sentenced to death for the murder 30 00:02:01,390 --> 00:02:05,235 of three people in a short yet bloody killing spree 31 00:02:05,310 --> 00:02:07,995 2 and 1/2 years previously. 32 00:02:08,070 --> 00:02:10,715 His youngest victim, Kylie Flannery, 33 00:02:10,790 --> 00:02:13,915 was just nine years old. 34 00:02:13,990 --> 00:02:16,715 The twisted killer had become fixated 35 00:02:16,790 --> 00:02:18,962 with Kylie's mother, Holly. 36 00:02:19,037 --> 00:02:21,915 It was an obsession that led to tragedy, which 37 00:02:21,990 --> 00:02:26,155 played out just after 9:00 AM on a quiet sunny morning 38 00:02:26,230 --> 00:02:27,835 in Connecticut. 39 00:02:27,910 --> 00:02:30,595 Local news reporter Daniel Tepfer 40 00:02:30,670 --> 00:02:33,322 was one of the first journalists at the scene. 41 00:02:36,190 --> 00:02:37,868 DANIEL TEPFER: It's a case I'll never forget. 42 00:02:37,944 --> 00:02:40,675 I, actually, was on my way to work that morning 43 00:02:40,750 --> 00:02:45,915 when I got a call to get over to Seaview Avenue, 44 00:02:45,990 --> 00:02:47,355 and I got there. 45 00:02:47,430 --> 00:02:48,955 The police were still there. 46 00:02:48,964 --> 00:02:51,075 They were still interviewing witnesses. 47 00:02:51,150 --> 00:02:53,922 And I started talking to some of the witnesses there, 48 00:02:53,997 --> 00:02:57,835 and I was just appalled at what they 49 00:02:57,910 --> 00:02:59,682 were telling me had occurred. 50 00:02:59,757 --> 00:03:04,755 And these are things that will stay with me forever. 51 00:03:04,830 --> 00:03:06,955 NARRATOR: At his trial, Roszkowski 52 00:03:06,964 --> 00:03:11,115 claimed to be insane and in a drug-induced haze 53 00:03:11,190 --> 00:03:13,235 during the killing spree. 54 00:03:13,244 --> 00:03:15,475 The prosecution team of C. Robert 55 00:03:15,550 --> 00:03:21,315 Satti Jr. and Margaret E. Kelley helped put him behind bars. 56 00:03:21,390 --> 00:03:23,555 I've been doing this for a long period of time, 57 00:03:23,630 --> 00:03:24,962 actually 40 years. 58 00:03:25,037 --> 00:03:28,275 What was especially difficult in this case 59 00:03:28,350 --> 00:03:32,035 was the fact that he executed Kylie in the manner in which he 60 00:03:32,110 --> 00:03:34,555 executed her, shooting her once until she fell 61 00:03:34,630 --> 00:03:38,082 and then walking up to her and giving her the coup de grace, 62 00:03:38,157 --> 00:03:39,628 killing her. 63 00:03:39,704 --> 00:03:41,235 MARGARET KELLEY: It opens your eyes to the fact 64 00:03:41,310 --> 00:03:43,955 that in the blink of an eye, things can change. 65 00:03:43,964 --> 00:03:46,235 And I remember it being a beautiful day, 66 00:03:46,310 --> 00:03:50,035 and here's a young girl going to school with her mother. 67 00:03:50,110 --> 00:03:52,282 Next thing you know, there are three people dead, 68 00:03:52,357 --> 00:03:54,315 and I'm sure that for the people that 69 00:03:54,390 --> 00:03:57,475 were in the area at the time and what they may have seen 70 00:03:57,550 --> 00:04:01,275 or heard or witnessed, it's just how things can tragically 71 00:04:01,284 --> 00:04:05,155 change in just a split second. 72 00:04:05,230 --> 00:04:08,555 NARRATOR: During a second trial in 2014, 73 00:04:08,630 --> 00:04:11,915 Roszkowski would show a remorseful side, 74 00:04:11,990 --> 00:04:15,635 but behind the facade lay a deadly killer. 75 00:04:15,710 --> 00:04:19,482 He had been sent to the state's maximum security 76 00:04:19,557 --> 00:04:22,475 mental hospital sometime after his arrest, 77 00:04:22,484 --> 00:04:25,155 and the head of the hospital who's 78 00:04:25,230 --> 00:04:28,155 dealt with the worst of the worst called the judge 79 00:04:28,230 --> 00:04:31,235 and said, could you please take him out here? 80 00:04:31,310 --> 00:04:33,035 We can't handle him. 81 00:04:33,110 --> 00:04:35,555 He's too dangerous for us. 82 00:04:35,564 --> 00:04:38,555 That might give you an idea of the kind of person 83 00:04:38,564 --> 00:04:43,395 that Richard Roszkowski is, cold-blooded, no moral compass, 84 00:04:43,470 --> 00:04:44,835 no conscience. 85 00:04:44,910 --> 00:04:51,115 NARRATOR: This killer story begins in January 1965. 86 00:04:51,190 --> 00:04:54,755 All we know about Richard Roszkowski's background 87 00:04:54,830 --> 00:04:58,635 is what he told the authorities after his arrest. 88 00:04:58,710 --> 00:05:02,235 Roszkowski was born in the US, and the information about 89 00:05:02,310 --> 00:05:04,195 his background is quite patchy. 90 00:05:04,270 --> 00:05:05,635 And we're quite reliant on the things 91 00:05:05,710 --> 00:05:08,915 that he said about it, so we did have to take it 92 00:05:08,990 --> 00:05:10,955 with a bit of a pinch of salt. But one 93 00:05:10,964 --> 00:05:13,282 of the things that he says is that his father 94 00:05:13,357 --> 00:05:15,235 didn't really bother with him. 95 00:05:15,310 --> 00:05:17,795 He felt that his father was quite distant. 96 00:05:17,870 --> 00:05:20,802 From what I remember, not a good student in school, got 97 00:05:20,877 --> 00:05:24,962 involved in drugs early on, was rarely in school later on, 98 00:05:25,037 --> 00:05:27,475 and he used to get in trouble-- 99 00:05:27,550 --> 00:05:31,275 little things, thefts and vandalism 100 00:05:31,284 --> 00:05:32,955 and that kind of thing. 101 00:05:32,964 --> 00:05:36,475 NARRATOR: At a very young age, Roszkowski and his family 102 00:05:36,550 --> 00:05:39,515 visited his mother's homeland, Poland, 103 00:05:39,590 --> 00:05:43,475 which he says is where his troubles with substance abuse 104 00:05:43,550 --> 00:05:44,468 began. 105 00:05:44,544 --> 00:05:46,515 Roszkowski claims that he first 106 00:05:46,590 --> 00:05:49,835 tasted alcohol when he was around five or six years old. 107 00:05:49,910 --> 00:05:53,795 And then, when he was 10, he started misusing substances, 108 00:05:53,870 --> 00:05:56,075 like marijuana and glue sniffing, 109 00:05:56,150 --> 00:05:58,835 and that then progressed on to other things. 110 00:05:58,910 --> 00:06:00,795 GEOFFREY WANSELL: Glue sniffing leads to cannabis. 111 00:06:00,870 --> 00:06:02,515 Cannabis leads to cocaine. 112 00:06:02,590 --> 00:06:04,235 Cocaine leads to heroin. 113 00:06:04,310 --> 00:06:06,275 That all leads to a drug problem, 114 00:06:06,350 --> 00:06:09,282 and we're now still only a teenager. 115 00:06:09,357 --> 00:06:12,235 NARRATOR: Roszkowski was small in stature, 116 00:06:12,310 --> 00:06:14,355 something that led to him being picked 117 00:06:14,364 --> 00:06:17,835 on during his formative years. 118 00:06:17,910 --> 00:06:21,715 Roszkowski claims that his family moved to a new area 119 00:06:21,790 --> 00:06:25,762 during his childhood, and this area was quite deprived. 120 00:06:25,837 --> 00:06:27,995 It was quite poverty-stricken, and it 121 00:06:28,004 --> 00:06:29,395 was an area where there was quite a lot 122 00:06:29,470 --> 00:06:31,635 of criminal activity going on. 123 00:06:31,710 --> 00:06:35,795 And he claims that he was bullied by the local children 124 00:06:35,870 --> 00:06:39,115 in the area, and then later on, the people who had 125 00:06:39,190 --> 00:06:42,315 bullied him forced him to join some kind of gang. 126 00:06:42,324 --> 00:06:45,235 So again, we've got all of these external factors 127 00:06:45,310 --> 00:06:48,235 that are compelling me to behave in a particular way. 128 00:06:48,310 --> 00:06:51,915 NARRATOR: Life didn't get any easier for Roszkowski. 129 00:06:51,990 --> 00:06:54,115 He struggled with his drug addiction 130 00:06:54,190 --> 00:06:56,795 and couldn't hold down a regular job. 131 00:06:56,870 --> 00:07:00,955 Roszkowski lived quite a transient life as an adult. 132 00:07:01,030 --> 00:07:03,155 He flitted from job to job. 133 00:07:03,230 --> 00:07:04,842 If you think of the impacts on that, 134 00:07:04,917 --> 00:07:08,315 Roszkowski doesn't have this consistent group of people 135 00:07:08,390 --> 00:07:10,835 around him, either colleagues or neighbors, 136 00:07:10,910 --> 00:07:15,035 who act as a bit of an informal check on our behavior. 137 00:07:15,110 --> 00:07:19,955 So he is off the radar, in many senses of the term. 138 00:07:20,030 --> 00:07:23,435 NARRATOR: Roszkowski's mother had a house on Trojan Drive 139 00:07:23,510 --> 00:07:26,635 in Bridgeport, Connecticut, and her son would 140 00:07:26,710 --> 00:07:29,035 sporadically live with her. 141 00:07:29,044 --> 00:07:32,235 During this time, he got to know another resident 142 00:07:32,310 --> 00:07:34,442 on the street, Holly Flannery. 143 00:07:36,870 --> 00:07:39,355 ELIZABETH YARDLEY: She got to know Roszkowski's mother quite 144 00:07:39,430 --> 00:07:42,395 well and spent quite a lot of time at her house, 145 00:07:42,470 --> 00:07:45,675 and she gets to know Roszkowski through his mother. 146 00:07:45,750 --> 00:07:47,435 And I think because of the kind of person 147 00:07:47,510 --> 00:07:49,315 Holly was, I think she probably showed 148 00:07:49,390 --> 00:07:53,515 him some kindness and some empathy and some compassion. 149 00:07:53,590 --> 00:07:55,755 NARRATOR: Holly Flannery lived on Trojan 150 00:07:55,830 --> 00:07:59,595 Drive with her husband and her daughter Kylie. 151 00:07:59,670 --> 00:08:02,995 But according to witness testimony from the case, 152 00:08:03,070 --> 00:08:08,315 Holly and Roszkowski became close in the early 2000s. 153 00:08:08,390 --> 00:08:11,715 On the surface, Holly seemed to be 154 00:08:11,790 --> 00:08:15,835 a really wonderful person, a good mother, a great wife. 155 00:08:15,910 --> 00:08:19,435 She did everything that you would think is a normal mother 156 00:08:19,510 --> 00:08:22,715 and a housewife would do, but below the surface, 157 00:08:22,724 --> 00:08:24,635 there was something dark there. 158 00:08:24,644 --> 00:08:27,835 It was something that would cause her to be attracted 159 00:08:27,910 --> 00:08:30,035 to Richard Roszkowski. 160 00:08:30,110 --> 00:08:33,955 NARRATOR: By 2004, Roszkowski was serving three 161 00:08:34,030 --> 00:08:36,395 years in prison for burglary. 162 00:08:36,470 --> 00:08:39,682 Court documents show that Holly would visit and speak 163 00:08:39,757 --> 00:08:42,035 with him on the phone. 164 00:08:42,110 --> 00:08:45,155 Holly did correspond with Roszkowski in prison, 165 00:08:45,230 --> 00:08:47,802 and I think this came from a place of kindness 166 00:08:47,877 --> 00:08:49,595 and a place of concern. 167 00:08:49,670 --> 00:08:51,395 I think she believed he was somebody who'd 168 00:08:51,470 --> 00:08:53,435 had several disadvantages in life, 169 00:08:53,444 --> 00:08:56,802 and she was acting out of friendship to him. 170 00:08:56,877 --> 00:09:00,915 But in terms of the way he interpreted her kindness, 171 00:09:00,990 --> 00:09:02,835 he became fixated with her. 172 00:09:02,844 --> 00:09:04,915 He became obsessed with her, and it 173 00:09:04,990 --> 00:09:07,995 didn't take long before Holly started to become actually 174 00:09:08,070 --> 00:09:10,475 quite fearful of this man. 175 00:09:10,550 --> 00:09:12,955 NARRATOR: In a letter Holly wrote to a friend 176 00:09:13,030 --> 00:09:16,835 in January 2004, she stated that she'd 177 00:09:16,844 --> 00:09:19,275 spoken to Roszkowski over the phone 178 00:09:19,350 --> 00:09:21,435 while he was still in prison. 179 00:09:21,510 --> 00:09:24,155 She said that she'd been threatened by him 180 00:09:24,164 --> 00:09:27,635 and was told she was going to go off a cliff. 181 00:09:27,710 --> 00:09:31,555 Chillingly, she added, if I should turn up dead, 182 00:09:31,630 --> 00:09:35,035 tell Kylie I loved her. 183 00:09:35,044 --> 00:09:36,435 [music playing] 184 00:09:36,510 --> 00:09:39,235 When Roszkowski is released from prison in 2005, 185 00:09:39,310 --> 00:09:41,795 he moves in with his elderly mother, 186 00:09:41,870 --> 00:09:44,595 so he is in Holly's daily life. 187 00:09:44,670 --> 00:09:48,435 She sees him day in, day out, going about her business. 188 00:09:48,444 --> 00:09:51,515 And I think this is the point at which his fixation 189 00:09:51,590 --> 00:09:54,155 and obsession with her intensifies, 190 00:09:54,230 --> 00:09:56,395 and some of his behavior towards her 191 00:09:56,470 --> 00:09:58,882 starts to be quite concerning. 192 00:09:58,957 --> 00:10:01,875 It was obvious, at some point, that she realized that he was 193 00:10:01,950 --> 00:10:05,562 completely out of control, that she had no longer could control 194 00:10:05,637 --> 00:10:09,235 him, and he had become a threat not 195 00:10:09,310 --> 00:10:10,795 only to her, but her daughter who 196 00:10:10,870 --> 00:10:12,922 she worried much more about. 197 00:10:12,997 --> 00:10:15,235 NARRATOR: In case files, Holly's friends 198 00:10:15,310 --> 00:10:17,715 stated that she appeared more anxious 199 00:10:17,724 --> 00:10:21,042 and was afraid of her obsessive neighbor. 200 00:10:21,117 --> 00:10:24,675 At one point, Roszkowski broke into Holly's house 201 00:10:24,750 --> 00:10:27,235 and threatened her with a gun. 202 00:10:27,310 --> 00:10:29,675 GEOFFREY WANSELL: I doubt very much whether she encouraged it, 203 00:10:29,750 --> 00:10:34,035 but like all stalkers, they don't pay attention to reason. 204 00:10:34,110 --> 00:10:38,275 They act irrationally, and no one could demonstrate that more 205 00:10:38,350 --> 00:10:41,442 accurately than Roszkowski. 206 00:10:41,517 --> 00:10:45,235 There was one particular incident in July 2006 207 00:10:45,310 --> 00:10:48,555 where Holly said that Roszkowski had pinned down and shaved 208 00:10:48,630 --> 00:10:49,849 some of her hair off. 209 00:10:49,924 --> 00:10:51,842 And he said to her that he wanted 210 00:10:51,917 --> 00:10:56,355 to basically mess up her hair, so no other man would want her. 211 00:10:56,430 --> 00:10:59,235 So at this point in time, his behavior has crossed 212 00:10:59,310 --> 00:11:02,275 the line to physical violence. 213 00:11:02,350 --> 00:11:04,235 He may have been following her before. 214 00:11:04,310 --> 00:11:06,995 He may have been spying on her, but now, he's actually 215 00:11:07,070 --> 00:11:08,635 physically harming her. 216 00:11:08,710 --> 00:11:13,355 So he thinks that Holly is his possession. 217 00:11:13,364 --> 00:11:15,755 He thinks that he owns her, and this is 218 00:11:15,830 --> 00:11:17,675 a really dangerous place to be. 219 00:11:17,750 --> 00:11:20,069 [music playing] 220 00:11:23,350 --> 00:11:25,235 NARRATOR: Richard Roszkowski had grown 221 00:11:25,310 --> 00:11:28,235 completely obsessed with his former neighbor, 222 00:11:28,310 --> 00:11:31,115 39-year-old Holly Flannery. 223 00:11:31,190 --> 00:11:34,115 The ex prisoner and ne'er-do-well was known 224 00:11:34,190 --> 00:11:36,035 to the authorities, but there appeared 225 00:11:36,110 --> 00:11:40,315 to be no reason for concern. 226 00:11:40,390 --> 00:11:45,115 DANIEL TEPFER: He had a number of arrests for drugs or thefts. 227 00:11:45,190 --> 00:11:48,035 He was flying below the radar. 228 00:11:48,110 --> 00:11:49,915 He was the kind of person that you wouldn't 229 00:11:49,990 --> 00:11:51,675 even generally give notice to. 230 00:11:51,750 --> 00:11:56,035 He's just someone-- someone in the crowd, I guess. 231 00:11:56,110 --> 00:11:58,442 NARRATOR: Roszkowski's mother had moved away 232 00:11:58,517 --> 00:12:01,675 from Trojan Drive, and the 41-year-old 233 00:12:01,684 --> 00:12:06,435 was now living a transient life around Bridgeport, Connecticut. 234 00:12:06,510 --> 00:12:08,995 He'd previously been staying in lodgings 235 00:12:09,070 --> 00:12:11,555 on nearby Seaview Avenue. 236 00:12:11,630 --> 00:12:13,915 MARGARET KELLEY: He was living in this rooming house 237 00:12:13,990 --> 00:12:15,355 with some other individuals. 238 00:12:15,430 --> 00:12:17,755 There was some testimony during the trials 239 00:12:17,830 --> 00:12:22,035 from one of the individuals that there was a drug use going on. 240 00:12:22,110 --> 00:12:25,835 NARRATOR: Not all of the tenants at the house on Seaview Avenue 241 00:12:25,910 --> 00:12:27,602 were criminals. 242 00:12:27,677 --> 00:12:31,035 Just before Roszkowski had been asked to leave by the landlord, 243 00:12:31,044 --> 00:12:33,795 he'd crossed paths with a 38-year-old tree 244 00:12:33,870 --> 00:12:36,635 surgeon named Tommy Gaudet. 245 00:12:36,710 --> 00:12:39,595 He'd been living in this rooming house on Seaview Avenue 246 00:12:39,670 --> 00:12:41,355 with other people who had been working 247 00:12:41,430 --> 00:12:43,115 at the landscaping company. 248 00:12:43,190 --> 00:12:44,682 He had been separated from his family 249 00:12:44,757 --> 00:12:48,435 and was hoping to turn his life around and get back to them. 250 00:12:48,510 --> 00:12:50,315 ELIZABETH YARDLEY: So their paths had crossed, 251 00:12:50,324 --> 00:12:52,275 and they knew of each other. 252 00:12:52,350 --> 00:12:55,475 But I think in the brief time that they have instructed, 253 00:12:55,550 --> 00:12:57,595 Tommy had clocked that Roszkowski 254 00:12:57,670 --> 00:12:59,595 was not a nice individual. 255 00:12:59,670 --> 00:13:02,315 He had noticed that he was unpredictable, 256 00:13:02,390 --> 00:13:07,002 and he was the kind of person to give a wide berth to. 257 00:13:07,077 --> 00:13:09,435 NARRATOR: Tommy Gaudet had two children 258 00:13:09,510 --> 00:13:12,395 who meant the world to him, which his sister 259 00:13:12,470 --> 00:13:16,275 Eileen Potkay testifies to. 260 00:13:16,350 --> 00:13:17,435 EILEEN POTKAY: Oh, my God. 261 00:13:17,510 --> 00:13:19,042 You know what? 262 00:13:19,117 --> 00:13:20,635 I'm actually getting goose bumps just thinking about it. 263 00:13:20,644 --> 00:13:22,515 When my niece was born, it was probably 264 00:13:22,590 --> 00:13:25,595 one of the most wonderful days of his life to have a baby 265 00:13:25,604 --> 00:13:27,882 girl, and he was hands on. 266 00:13:27,957 --> 00:13:29,075 He changed her diaper. 267 00:13:29,150 --> 00:13:30,002 He fed her. 268 00:13:30,077 --> 00:13:31,755 He burped her. 269 00:13:31,830 --> 00:13:34,195 He went shopping for her clothes. 270 00:13:34,270 --> 00:13:38,515 When he became a father, he was an amazing dad to Natasha. 271 00:13:38,590 --> 00:13:40,235 And it was many years later that he 272 00:13:40,310 --> 00:13:42,995 had a son, so Natasha was alone for many years 273 00:13:43,070 --> 00:13:44,742 with Mommy and Daddy. 274 00:13:44,817 --> 00:13:48,195 But my brother was a very hands on dad, and he adored her. 275 00:13:48,270 --> 00:13:53,115 NARRATOR: In September 2006, Thomas Jr. was 10, 276 00:13:53,190 --> 00:13:56,195 and Natasha was 14. 277 00:13:56,270 --> 00:13:58,635 NATASHA GAUDET: I remember going in his cherry picker. 278 00:13:58,644 --> 00:14:00,235 He was a tree man. 279 00:14:00,310 --> 00:14:02,155 And he worked for a tree company, 280 00:14:02,230 --> 00:14:04,795 and he used to have this big truck with-- 281 00:14:04,870 --> 00:14:07,515 like the firemen have, like the big bucket on top. 282 00:14:07,590 --> 00:14:10,835 And I remember going in there, and, you know, feeling 283 00:14:10,910 --> 00:14:12,635 like I was on top of the world. 284 00:14:12,644 --> 00:14:14,155 THJOMAS GAUDET JR.: My dad was a great dad. 285 00:14:14,230 --> 00:14:17,635 He made sure that we were always having 286 00:14:17,710 --> 00:14:19,175 the best time as possible. 287 00:14:19,250 --> 00:14:22,122 I think, him growing up, he didn't have the best father 288 00:14:22,197 --> 00:14:24,155 figure, so he definitely wanted to make sure 289 00:14:24,164 --> 00:14:26,715 that his children had, you know, so 290 00:14:26,790 --> 00:14:29,835 much better than what he had. 291 00:14:29,910 --> 00:14:31,955 The last time I spoke to my dad, 292 00:14:32,030 --> 00:14:33,235 I was in the driveway hanging out, 293 00:14:33,310 --> 00:14:34,595 and he stopped by and said, hello. 294 00:14:34,670 --> 00:14:38,035 And that was the last time I saw him. 295 00:14:38,110 --> 00:14:40,275 NARRATOR: Tommy Gaudet got up for work 296 00:14:40,284 --> 00:14:46,322 on the 7th of September 2006, but he never made it that far. 297 00:14:46,397 --> 00:14:48,435 At some point during the morning, 298 00:14:48,510 --> 00:14:52,402 Tommy and Richard Roszkowski had a heated exchange 299 00:14:52,477 --> 00:14:53,875 over the phone. 300 00:14:53,950 --> 00:14:56,755 Roszkowski phones Tommy and basically, 301 00:14:56,830 --> 00:15:00,475 accuses him of having a relationship with Holly. 302 00:15:00,484 --> 00:15:04,002 And Tommy just thinks this guy has lost it. 303 00:15:04,077 --> 00:15:05,915 He remembers Roszkowski his behavior 304 00:15:05,924 --> 00:15:09,595 and just thought, oh, this is just him kicking off again. 305 00:15:09,670 --> 00:15:13,122 NARRATOR: Three miles across town on Trojan Drive, 306 00:15:13,197 --> 00:15:16,035 Holly Flannery was getting her nine-year-old daughter 307 00:15:16,044 --> 00:15:20,635 Kylie ready for the first day at her new school. 308 00:15:20,710 --> 00:15:22,955 DANIEL TEPFER: According to testimony at trial, 309 00:15:23,030 --> 00:15:25,235 it had started out as a very normal morning. 310 00:15:25,310 --> 00:15:28,155 Holly had gotten Kylie up to get ready to go 311 00:15:28,230 --> 00:15:30,755 to Thomas Hooker School. 312 00:15:30,830 --> 00:15:34,235 NARRATOR: But the nine-year-old would never make it to school. 313 00:15:34,244 --> 00:15:37,835 Holly and Kylie's 41-year-old former neighbor 314 00:15:37,910 --> 00:15:39,635 had finally snapped. 315 00:15:39,710 --> 00:15:43,435 After months of intimidation, Richard Roszkowski 316 00:15:43,510 --> 00:15:47,915 was about to put his deadly threats into practice. 317 00:15:47,990 --> 00:15:51,795 Roszkowski went into a rage, a rage 318 00:15:51,870 --> 00:15:55,162 that most people certainly wouldn't be able to understand, 319 00:15:55,237 --> 00:15:56,602 and I don't understand. 320 00:15:56,677 --> 00:16:01,395 But he somehow imagined that Holly was cheating on him. 321 00:16:01,470 --> 00:16:03,235 She had broken off their relationship, 322 00:16:03,310 --> 00:16:07,355 and he was determined to confront the man he 323 00:16:07,364 --> 00:16:10,635 believes she was cheating with. 324 00:16:10,710 --> 00:16:14,075 NARRATOR: Somewhere in Roszkowski addled mind, 325 00:16:14,150 --> 00:16:16,915 he believed that Holly and Tommy Gaudet, 326 00:16:16,990 --> 00:16:18,955 who were strangers to one another, 327 00:16:19,030 --> 00:16:21,195 were in a relationship. 328 00:16:21,270 --> 00:16:24,842 It has never been established under what circumstances 329 00:16:24,917 --> 00:16:27,515 the trio traveled to Seaview Avenue, 330 00:16:27,590 --> 00:16:29,795 although Holly's car was eventually 331 00:16:29,870 --> 00:16:31,915 recovered from the scene. 332 00:16:31,990 --> 00:16:34,915 But just after 9:00 AM, Roszkowski, 333 00:16:34,990 --> 00:16:37,715 Holly Flannery, and her daughter Kylie 334 00:16:37,724 --> 00:16:41,235 arrived at the boarding house. 335 00:16:41,310 --> 00:16:43,475 Now, in terms of Roszkowski thinking, 336 00:16:43,550 --> 00:16:45,955 he was like a missile at this point. 337 00:16:46,030 --> 00:16:49,635 Here is a man who is very fixed and very rigid in his thinking. 338 00:16:49,710 --> 00:16:53,515 He's decided that he's going to kill Tommy on this day, 339 00:16:53,590 --> 00:16:56,635 and that is exactly what he follows through. 340 00:16:56,644 --> 00:16:58,642 DANIEL TEPFER: He was just standing outside the house. 341 00:16:58,717 --> 00:17:02,282 He was just simply just standing there, outside this rooming 342 00:17:02,357 --> 00:17:07,235 house when Roszkowski decided, for whatever reason was going 343 00:17:07,310 --> 00:17:09,555 through his head, that Gaudet must 344 00:17:09,630 --> 00:17:11,955 be the man that she was cheating with even 345 00:17:12,030 --> 00:17:13,955 though they had never even met. 346 00:17:13,964 --> 00:17:17,315 NARRATOR: One thing we can be sure of is, at some point, 347 00:17:17,390 --> 00:17:20,755 Richard Roszkowski pulled out a gun. 348 00:17:20,830 --> 00:17:21,915 Gaudet yelled at him. 349 00:17:21,990 --> 00:17:23,635 Like, what is going on here? 350 00:17:23,710 --> 00:17:24,715 Hey, what's going on? 351 00:17:24,790 --> 00:17:27,755 And was immediately shot in the head. 352 00:17:27,830 --> 00:17:32,475 But once Gaudet is dead, it's as if the lock is taken off 353 00:17:32,484 --> 00:17:36,875 Roszkowski's self-control, and he grabs Holly Flannery 354 00:17:36,884 --> 00:17:40,642 in a headlock on the street, in front of her daughter Kylie, 355 00:17:40,717 --> 00:17:46,795 puts his arm around his head, and Holly's shouting, 356 00:17:46,804 --> 00:17:48,395 screaming. 357 00:17:48,404 --> 00:17:51,035 She started screaming, not in front of my daughter, 358 00:17:51,044 --> 00:17:52,835 not in front of my daughter. 359 00:17:52,910 --> 00:17:55,075 He then shot her once in the head. 360 00:17:55,150 --> 00:17:57,955 She falls to the ground. 361 00:17:58,030 --> 00:18:00,995 And then, poor Kylie just doesn't know what on Earth is 362 00:18:01,070 --> 00:18:03,642 going on, and trying to make sense of it, 363 00:18:03,717 --> 00:18:05,642 she runs for her life. 364 00:18:05,717 --> 00:18:08,715 He then runs after her, catches up with her, 365 00:18:08,790 --> 00:18:11,682 shoots her in the back, causing her to fall down 366 00:18:11,757 --> 00:18:14,035 on the sidewalk on her back. 367 00:18:14,110 --> 00:18:17,435 She's face up, screaming, crying. 368 00:18:17,510 --> 00:18:20,555 He then walks and stands right over her and fires 369 00:18:20,630 --> 00:18:21,482 into her face. 370 00:18:24,390 --> 00:18:26,355 NARRATOR: In less than three minutes, 371 00:18:26,430 --> 00:18:30,475 Tommy Gaudet and Holly Flannery had been shot dead, 372 00:18:30,550 --> 00:18:33,882 and Kylie Flannery was fighting for her life. 373 00:18:33,957 --> 00:18:37,275 The nine-year-old who'd meant to be starting a new school 374 00:18:37,350 --> 00:18:40,835 that morning had been chased along a suburban street 375 00:18:40,910 --> 00:18:46,755 and shot three times at close range by Richard Roszkowski. 376 00:18:46,830 --> 00:18:49,235 So Kylie is a 9-year-old girl. 377 00:18:49,310 --> 00:18:52,835 She's just seen her mother shot dead in front of her. 378 00:18:52,910 --> 00:18:56,795 She's seen her mother's killer kill somebody else. 379 00:18:56,870 --> 00:18:59,995 So I think it's sheer terror in terms of what's 380 00:19:00,070 --> 00:19:01,568 going through her mind. 381 00:19:01,644 --> 00:19:04,435 It's very difficult to process that amount of trauma 382 00:19:04,510 --> 00:19:06,515 and work out what on Earth is going on. 383 00:19:06,590 --> 00:19:09,882 So her immediate reaction is to just get away, 384 00:19:09,957 --> 00:19:12,115 get out of there. 385 00:19:12,124 --> 00:19:15,235 The thought of that little girl, Kylie, 386 00:19:15,310 --> 00:19:19,715 running down the street, her flip-flops flying off as she 387 00:19:19,790 --> 00:19:23,835 ran, scared to death, and then to be shot and laying 388 00:19:23,844 --> 00:19:28,602 on the sidewalk face up when Roszkowski stood over her 389 00:19:28,677 --> 00:19:32,755 and fired the final shots, I can't even 390 00:19:32,830 --> 00:19:35,435 imagine it had happened. 391 00:19:35,510 --> 00:19:38,435 NARRATOR: Paramedics rushed Kylie to a hospital, 392 00:19:38,510 --> 00:19:41,035 but her injuries were too severe. 393 00:19:41,110 --> 00:19:43,715 Despite efforts by doctors to resuscitate 394 00:19:43,790 --> 00:19:48,235 the nine-year-old schoolgirl, they couldn't save her life. 395 00:19:48,310 --> 00:19:50,102 GEOFFREY WANSELL: There could be no excuse for this. 396 00:19:50,177 --> 00:19:53,362 To take the life of a 9-year-old child lying at your feet whom 397 00:19:53,437 --> 00:19:55,795 you've shot in the back and you decide to execute her 398 00:19:55,870 --> 00:19:59,595 effectively by shooting it twice in the head, that 399 00:19:59,670 --> 00:20:05,635 is profoundly, profoundly wicked act, which I think does justify 400 00:20:05,710 --> 00:20:09,155 the use of the word "evil." 401 00:20:09,230 --> 00:20:11,755 NARRATOR: Three people were now dead at the hands 402 00:20:11,830 --> 00:20:15,635 of Richard Roszkowski, and the drug-addicted killer 403 00:20:15,710 --> 00:20:17,202 was on the run. 404 00:20:17,277 --> 00:20:21,035 His obsession with his 39-year-old former neighbor 405 00:20:21,110 --> 00:20:22,835 had led to tragedy. 406 00:20:22,910 --> 00:20:28,555 Let there be no doubt that Roszkowski was erratic. 407 00:20:28,630 --> 00:20:31,435 Let there be no doubt that he'd always 408 00:20:31,510 --> 00:20:35,995 lived on the edge of society and that he consoled 409 00:20:36,070 --> 00:20:38,595 himself with drugs and crime. 410 00:20:38,670 --> 00:20:42,595 The tragedy of this entire case is his fixation 411 00:20:42,670 --> 00:20:45,835 on Holly Flannery, because without that, these killings 412 00:20:45,910 --> 00:20:47,302 would not have happened. 413 00:20:47,377 --> 00:20:48,995 He decides on a course of action, 414 00:20:49,070 --> 00:20:51,915 and he literally just goes and carries it out. 415 00:20:51,990 --> 00:20:55,795 So any time that morning on the way over to the boarding house, 416 00:20:55,870 --> 00:20:58,395 in between killing Tommy and Holly, 417 00:20:58,470 --> 00:21:00,315 in between killing Holly and Kylie, 418 00:21:00,324 --> 00:21:01,755 he could have decided to stop. 419 00:21:01,830 --> 00:21:05,195 He could have decided not to kill anybody else, 420 00:21:05,270 --> 00:21:07,475 but that was never going to happen, because he had a plan 421 00:21:07,550 --> 00:21:09,082 and he was going to follow it through. 422 00:21:11,630 --> 00:21:14,835 NARRATOR: Detectives arrived at a scene of carnage. 423 00:21:14,910 --> 00:21:19,035 A beautiful sunny morning had been darkened by a killer 424 00:21:19,110 --> 00:21:21,475 who remained unaccounted for. 425 00:21:21,550 --> 00:21:25,715 Police had no idea who it was and no idea if he 426 00:21:25,790 --> 00:21:28,675 was going to strike again. 427 00:21:28,750 --> 00:21:32,115 After chasing nine-year-old Kylie down the street 428 00:21:32,190 --> 00:21:34,715 and shooting her at point-blank range, 429 00:21:34,790 --> 00:21:38,035 Roszkowski had taken flight. 430 00:21:38,110 --> 00:21:39,595 GEOFFREY WANSELL: He doesn't run down the street. 431 00:21:39,670 --> 00:21:43,115 He runs through gardens, jumping over fences in an effort 432 00:21:43,190 --> 00:21:44,802 to escape. 433 00:21:44,644 --> 00:21:49,195 Because it is 9 o'clock in the morning, in broad daylight, 434 00:21:49,270 --> 00:21:51,435 plenty of people out, and he's committed 435 00:21:51,510 --> 00:21:54,355 three ruthless killings in a matter 436 00:21:54,430 --> 00:21:56,955 of moments in plain sight. 437 00:21:57,030 --> 00:21:59,635 This is not a man killing in private. 438 00:21:59,710 --> 00:22:03,995 This is a man killing in full public view. 439 00:22:04,070 --> 00:22:06,955 Roszkowski flees on foot, taking clothing 440 00:22:07,030 --> 00:22:09,035 from clothing lines on the way so that he 441 00:22:09,110 --> 00:22:11,115 can change his clothes and make it 442 00:22:11,190 --> 00:22:13,122 look like he's somebody else. 443 00:22:13,197 --> 00:22:15,882 So he's got the presence of mind to do that. 444 00:22:15,957 --> 00:22:19,235 He also pulls over a motorist and offers 445 00:22:19,310 --> 00:22:23,635 them some gas money to give him a lift to his mother's house. 446 00:22:23,710 --> 00:22:26,155 NARRATOR: While Roszkowski made his escape 447 00:22:26,230 --> 00:22:28,435 in an unknowing stranger's vehicle, 448 00:22:28,510 --> 00:22:31,235 detectives were already onto him. 449 00:22:31,310 --> 00:22:33,682 The roommate of Tom Gaudet, who came out shortly 450 00:22:33,757 --> 00:22:37,155 after the shooting, gave the name of a Richard Roszkowski, 451 00:22:37,230 --> 00:22:39,955 and he gave the police the location of his mother's 452 00:22:40,030 --> 00:22:42,035 residence in Trum. 453 00:22:42,110 --> 00:22:44,035 NARRATOR: Roszkowski would not remain 454 00:22:44,110 --> 00:22:46,522 a fugitive for very long. 455 00:22:46,597 --> 00:22:48,795 C. ROBERT SATTI: He was arrested in the town of Trumbull 456 00:22:48,870 --> 00:22:52,235 with the assistance of Trumbull police officials 457 00:22:52,310 --> 00:22:56,635 who had set up at his mother's residence, what-- 458 00:22:56,710 --> 00:22:59,035 just happened to be at the dead end of the street, 459 00:22:59,110 --> 00:23:00,795 so they were able to set up a perimeter. 460 00:23:00,870 --> 00:23:04,955 And Mr. Roszkowski just appeared to have no affect and emotion 461 00:23:05,030 --> 00:23:07,155 at that particular time. 462 00:23:07,230 --> 00:23:10,002 NARRATOR: Across town, stunned journalists 463 00:23:10,077 --> 00:23:13,515 had started arriving at the bloodied sidewalks 464 00:23:13,590 --> 00:23:15,995 of Seaview Avenue. 465 00:23:16,070 --> 00:23:17,322 DANIEL TEPFER: When I arrived at the scene, 466 00:23:17,397 --> 00:23:19,355 it appeared there was pandemonium. 467 00:23:19,364 --> 00:23:21,082 People were all over the place. 468 00:23:21,157 --> 00:23:23,275 The police had blocked off most of the streets 469 00:23:23,350 --> 00:23:24,835 in the neighborhood. 470 00:23:24,910 --> 00:23:26,555 They were out questioning people. 471 00:23:26,564 --> 00:23:29,995 I came upon a man sitting in a pickup truck. 472 00:23:30,070 --> 00:23:31,868 He was a landscaper, and he was just 473 00:23:31,844 --> 00:23:37,915 sitting there, slumped over the steering wheel of his truck, 474 00:23:37,990 --> 00:23:40,115 obviously in distress. 475 00:23:40,190 --> 00:23:43,035 So I went over to ask him, you know, what's going on? 476 00:23:43,110 --> 00:23:45,115 Well, as it turned out, he had been driving down 477 00:23:45,190 --> 00:23:47,835 the street on Seaview and had seen, 478 00:23:47,910 --> 00:23:49,435 had seen the little girl getting shot, 479 00:23:49,510 --> 00:23:53,075 and it was just so upsetting to him that he had to pull over. 480 00:23:53,150 --> 00:23:54,428 He couldn't drive anymore. 481 00:23:54,404 --> 00:23:57,915 I, then, went and talked to some other witnesses, 482 00:23:57,990 --> 00:24:03,275 all had similar accounts and all who were visibly distressed. 483 00:24:03,350 --> 00:24:07,195 It's just something that it's very hard to comprehend. 484 00:24:07,270 --> 00:24:10,282 NARRATOR: The junction of Seaview Avenue and Boston 485 00:24:10,357 --> 00:24:14,315 Avenue is a busy intersection during rush hour, 486 00:24:14,390 --> 00:24:17,035 and many passing motorists had witnessed 487 00:24:17,110 --> 00:24:20,075 the very public murders. 488 00:24:20,150 --> 00:24:21,802 DANIEL TEPFER: One woman recalled 489 00:24:21,877 --> 00:24:24,875 hearing Holly Flannery scream, not in front of my daughter, 490 00:24:24,950 --> 00:24:26,435 you know? 491 00:24:26,510 --> 00:24:28,675 She remembers hearing that but didn't really see that much. 492 00:24:28,750 --> 00:24:31,395 I mean, it was just-- everybody had little bits and pieces 493 00:24:31,404 --> 00:24:34,635 of things that they had seen or they had heard, 494 00:24:34,710 --> 00:24:38,355 and you just had to kind of try to put together like a puzzle. 495 00:24:38,430 --> 00:24:40,715 NARRATOR: Many of the witnesses described 496 00:24:40,790 --> 00:24:45,275 how calm Roszkowski appeared to be during the shooting. 497 00:24:45,284 --> 00:24:49,115 This wasn't somebody who was losing it, who was going mad, 498 00:24:49,124 --> 00:24:51,115 who was on a rampage. 499 00:24:51,190 --> 00:24:53,715 And it's very tempting to interpret his behavior 500 00:24:53,790 --> 00:24:56,035 in this way because of how close together 501 00:24:56,110 --> 00:24:57,995 these murders were, but I think he 502 00:24:58,070 --> 00:25:00,035 knew exactly what he was doing. 503 00:25:00,110 --> 00:25:03,035 And if you listen to the witnesses describe it, 504 00:25:03,044 --> 00:25:06,802 they talk about him walking and seemingly being unaffected 505 00:25:06,877 --> 00:25:09,315 by what he'd just done. 506 00:25:09,390 --> 00:25:13,195 NARRATOR: The murder of three people, one of them a child, 507 00:25:13,270 --> 00:25:16,035 had completely shaken the community, 508 00:25:16,044 --> 00:25:19,835 especially the people who turned up to help. 509 00:25:19,910 --> 00:25:21,315 C. ROBERT SATTI: It was testified too 510 00:25:21,390 --> 00:25:23,595 that the ambulance driver and the medic 511 00:25:23,670 --> 00:25:27,235 was impacted very deeply because he had a child, 512 00:25:27,310 --> 00:25:28,675 and it may well have been a daughter 513 00:25:28,750 --> 00:25:31,275 about the same age of Kylie. 514 00:25:31,350 --> 00:25:33,675 I do know, in talking to the law enforcement 515 00:25:33,750 --> 00:25:37,795 officials that were there, it impacted all of them deeply. 516 00:25:37,870 --> 00:25:40,602 ELIZABETH YARDLEY: I think the impact on the local community 517 00:25:40,677 --> 00:25:42,235 would have been immense. 518 00:25:42,310 --> 00:25:45,515 This is not the kind of place where multiple murder happens. 519 00:25:45,590 --> 00:25:47,075 People would have just been going 520 00:25:47,150 --> 00:25:49,755 about their daily business, going to buy a paper, 521 00:25:49,830 --> 00:25:52,795 taking the kids to school, getting their morning coffee, 522 00:25:52,870 --> 00:25:56,555 and in front of them, the scene of carnage emerges. 523 00:25:56,630 --> 00:26:01,355 So I think it has left a scar on the community in terms 524 00:26:01,364 --> 00:26:04,795 of the feeling of safety and security in your own street, 525 00:26:04,870 --> 00:26:07,835 in your own neighborhood, and the fact that people 526 00:26:07,910 --> 00:26:09,762 like this, they walk among us. 527 00:26:09,837 --> 00:26:12,195 They often don't look like monsters, 528 00:26:12,270 --> 00:26:15,402 so it does make us question everybody around us. 529 00:26:15,477 --> 00:26:17,715 NARRATOR: As investigators at the scene 530 00:26:17,724 --> 00:26:21,362 began to identify the victims, they reached out 531 00:26:21,437 --> 00:26:24,002 to the family of Tommy Gaudet. 532 00:26:24,077 --> 00:26:25,755 EILEEN POTKAY: I got the phone call. 533 00:26:25,364 --> 00:26:27,315 And I was driving in the car, and I pulled over. 534 00:26:27,390 --> 00:26:30,835 And they're telling me that my brother has been killed 535 00:26:30,910 --> 00:26:33,315 and that there was a woman and a child with it also, 536 00:26:33,390 --> 00:26:36,235 and I just couldn't wrap my head around the fact that, 537 00:26:36,310 --> 00:26:37,635 how is this all connected? 538 00:26:37,710 --> 00:26:39,515 And she just kept repeating it to me, 539 00:26:39,590 --> 00:26:42,035 that, you know, we're trying to put the pieces of this together 540 00:26:42,044 --> 00:26:44,035 and that my brother had been leaving for work 541 00:26:44,110 --> 00:26:46,635 and was gunned down when he exited his door. 542 00:26:46,710 --> 00:26:48,635 That's how I found out. 543 00:26:48,710 --> 00:26:51,635 I remember waking up to my mom on the phone, 544 00:26:51,710 --> 00:26:53,835 talking really loud saying, you know, 545 00:26:53,910 --> 00:26:55,075 what are you talking about? 546 00:26:55,150 --> 00:26:56,955 This can't be happening. 547 00:26:57,030 --> 00:26:58,435 Let me walk outside. 548 00:26:58,510 --> 00:27:00,915 Thomas is sleeping, talking about me, and I was like, 549 00:27:00,990 --> 00:27:02,788 what's going on? 550 00:27:02,564 --> 00:27:05,195 So me, as a curious 10-year-old, I decided to turn on the news, 551 00:27:05,270 --> 00:27:09,875 and I saw, you know, the helicopter scene of the scene, 552 00:27:09,950 --> 00:27:11,435 you know? 553 00:27:11,510 --> 00:27:15,635 All they said was a, you know, three people have been killed, 554 00:27:15,710 --> 00:27:19,562 and the aerial view of the house was where my dad lived. 555 00:27:19,637 --> 00:27:21,282 And I had recognized it because I had been there, 556 00:27:21,357 --> 00:27:23,115 you know, just a few weeks prior, 557 00:27:23,190 --> 00:27:26,635 so I stumbled out of bed, went outside, 558 00:27:26,710 --> 00:27:29,235 found my mom and my sister in the driveway crying. 559 00:27:29,310 --> 00:27:31,475 And I was like, what's going on? 560 00:27:31,550 --> 00:27:34,475 I know that my dad walked out of his house 561 00:27:34,550 --> 00:27:42,515 and got ambushed and shot in the head, and I don't know why. 562 00:27:42,590 --> 00:27:43,435 That's all I know. 563 00:27:43,510 --> 00:27:45,162 [music playing] 564 00:27:49,630 --> 00:27:52,122 NARRATOR: It appeared that Richard Roszkowski 565 00:27:52,197 --> 00:27:56,675 had killed Tommy Gaudet because of misplaced jealousy 566 00:27:56,750 --> 00:27:58,795 and paranoia. 567 00:27:58,870 --> 00:28:01,115 There's a lot of different stories and theories 568 00:28:01,190 --> 00:28:02,635 about what happened. 569 00:28:02,710 --> 00:28:04,115 I remember hearing, like, a lot of different lines. 570 00:28:04,190 --> 00:28:06,795 Like, it was a love triangle, a crime 571 00:28:06,870 --> 00:28:09,995 of passion, just a bunch of crap, 572 00:28:10,070 --> 00:28:13,035 a bunch of mishmosh stories with no facts 573 00:28:13,110 --> 00:28:16,475 or evidence behind them but, I guess for the views-- 574 00:28:16,550 --> 00:28:18,195 ELIZABETH YARDLEY: Before the day of the murders, 575 00:28:18,270 --> 00:28:20,635 Holly and Tommy had never met one another. 576 00:28:20,710 --> 00:28:22,915 They were not known to each other in any capacity 577 00:28:22,990 --> 00:28:26,715 whatsoever, and the only place that they had come together 578 00:28:26,790 --> 00:28:28,755 was in Roszkowski's imagination. 579 00:28:28,830 --> 00:28:33,475 He had become so fixated on Holly, so obsessed with her 580 00:28:33,550 --> 00:28:37,835 that he would sit and ruminate and think and make up 581 00:28:37,910 --> 00:28:39,915 scenarios in his head that he would 582 00:28:39,990 --> 00:28:41,595 convince himself were real. 583 00:28:41,670 --> 00:28:43,562 [music playing] 584 00:29:18,310 --> 00:29:21,635 NARRATOR: When Roszkowski's name was released to the public, 585 00:29:21,710 --> 00:29:25,115 Thomas Jr., who was just 10 at the time, 586 00:29:25,190 --> 00:29:27,835 recognized his father's killer. 587 00:29:27,910 --> 00:29:31,475 When they put his mugshot on the news, 588 00:29:31,550 --> 00:29:34,235 I immediately had a flashback to, you know, 589 00:29:34,244 --> 00:29:36,602 just a couple of months prior for my birthday 590 00:29:36,677 --> 00:29:40,195 when my dad was visiting and came to give me a birthday 591 00:29:40,270 --> 00:29:42,002 card, and Richard actually drove him, 592 00:29:42,077 --> 00:29:43,362 because they were roommates. 593 00:29:43,437 --> 00:29:46,355 So I immediately was like, oh, my gosh, mom. 594 00:29:46,430 --> 00:29:49,555 That's the guy who is dad's roommate, 595 00:29:49,630 --> 00:29:52,955 and he gave me 20 bucks for my birthday. 596 00:29:53,030 --> 00:29:54,795 NARRATOR: Days after the shootings, 597 00:29:54,870 --> 00:29:59,635 the Gaudet family visited the crime scene on Seaview Avenue. 598 00:29:59,710 --> 00:30:02,202 There were a lot of police officers, of course, 599 00:30:02,277 --> 00:30:06,515 a lot of bystanders, a lot of balloons, a lot of Teddy bears. 600 00:30:06,590 --> 00:30:09,322 I didn't know if those were for Holly and my dad 601 00:30:09,397 --> 00:30:12,355 or if they were for Holly's daughter. 602 00:30:12,430 --> 00:30:14,075 NATASHA GAUDET: He killed a 9-year-old little girl. 603 00:30:14,150 --> 00:30:15,155 She was a baby. 604 00:30:15,230 --> 00:30:16,755 My son is 10. 605 00:30:16,830 --> 00:30:18,382 She was nine years old. 606 00:30:18,457 --> 00:30:22,035 I mean, not that it justifies my father or that-- 607 00:30:22,110 --> 00:30:23,835 Holly's death or anything like that or it 608 00:30:23,910 --> 00:30:28,795 minimizes it, but to kill, to empty the clip in a little girl 609 00:30:28,870 --> 00:30:32,322 while she's running from you, that's, like, beyond evil. 610 00:30:32,397 --> 00:30:36,475 I know this for 100% certain that if my brother had had 611 00:30:36,550 --> 00:30:39,275 the opportunity that day to protect that little girl 612 00:30:39,350 --> 00:30:40,675 and save her life, he would have. 613 00:30:40,750 --> 00:30:41,635 He loved children. 614 00:30:41,710 --> 00:30:43,402 [music playing] 615 00:30:44,910 --> 00:30:46,915 NARRATOR: Roszkowski told detectives 616 00:30:46,990 --> 00:30:50,915 that he'd been gorging himself on drugs in the days and hours 617 00:30:50,990 --> 00:30:55,315 leading up to the murders, and he continued to claim to have 618 00:30:55,390 --> 00:30:58,835 no memory of the incident. 619 00:30:58,910 --> 00:31:01,835 To my understanding, from what I hear and from what I know, 620 00:31:01,910 --> 00:31:04,642 he was doing crack and heroin, and he 621 00:31:04,717 --> 00:31:07,995 was on a long drug binge that had been going 622 00:31:08,070 --> 00:31:10,675 on for days, a lot of drugs. 623 00:31:10,750 --> 00:31:14,395 We're talking Xanax, marijuana, alcohol, heroin, crack. 624 00:31:14,470 --> 00:31:16,795 We're talking a lot of drugs in his system. 625 00:31:16,870 --> 00:31:20,155 NARRATOR: As well as his out of control drug addiction, 626 00:31:20,230 --> 00:31:23,075 detectives discovered Roszkowski's motive 627 00:31:23,150 --> 00:31:24,995 behind the murders. 628 00:31:25,070 --> 00:31:26,635 During the police investigation, 629 00:31:26,710 --> 00:31:30,675 they learned of Roszkowski's rather transient, 630 00:31:30,750 --> 00:31:35,075 chaotic lifestyle, and they learned of his previous stints 631 00:31:35,084 --> 00:31:37,315 in prison and his drug use. 632 00:31:37,390 --> 00:31:40,595 They also come to learn about Holly's experience, 633 00:31:40,670 --> 00:31:44,235 being victimized by Roszkowski, so the picture 634 00:31:44,310 --> 00:31:48,235 starts to emerge of a man who feels entitled to behave 635 00:31:48,310 --> 00:31:50,035 in whatever way he wants. 636 00:31:50,110 --> 00:31:51,668 He's very fixated. 637 00:31:51,744 --> 00:31:55,035 He's very rigid in his thinking, and he is self-obsessed. 638 00:31:55,110 --> 00:31:57,762 He is me, myself, and I. He has very little 639 00:31:57,837 --> 00:31:59,035 concern for other people. 640 00:31:59,044 --> 00:32:01,122 [music playing] 641 00:32:03,790 --> 00:32:08,035 NARRATOR: Just under three years later in May 2009, 642 00:32:08,110 --> 00:32:10,555 44-year-old Richard Roszkowski went 643 00:32:10,630 --> 00:32:15,155 on trial at the superior court in Bridgeport, Connecticut. 644 00:32:15,230 --> 00:32:18,075 He was charged with murdering Holly Flannery, 645 00:32:18,150 --> 00:32:20,235 her nine-year-old daughter Kylie, 646 00:32:20,310 --> 00:32:23,115 and tree surgeon Tommy Gaudet. 647 00:32:23,190 --> 00:32:25,195 Tommy's family were in attendance 648 00:32:25,270 --> 00:32:26,535 throughout the hearing. 649 00:32:29,750 --> 00:32:31,555 I just remember seeing him and, you know, 650 00:32:31,630 --> 00:32:34,995 asking my mom like, can he come out from behind there? 651 00:32:35,070 --> 00:32:37,435 Can, you know, he get us? 652 00:32:37,510 --> 00:32:39,475 And, you know, of course, that's a fear. 653 00:32:39,550 --> 00:32:40,835 This person just killed your dad. 654 00:32:40,910 --> 00:32:42,675 Can they come and kill you next? 655 00:32:42,750 --> 00:32:46,955 There were times where he was literally feet away from me, 656 00:32:47,030 --> 00:32:49,795 and that, you know-- 657 00:32:49,870 --> 00:32:51,002 that thought comes over you. 658 00:32:51,077 --> 00:32:52,308 Like, wow. 659 00:32:52,384 --> 00:32:53,875 I can-- maybe I can get him, and it's almost 660 00:32:53,950 --> 00:32:55,555 like you want to attack him. 661 00:32:55,630 --> 00:32:57,475 And it brings up something inside of you 662 00:32:57,550 --> 00:33:00,275 because you're-- you're just thinking he's so close to you, 663 00:33:00,350 --> 00:33:02,795 but it's uncomfortable to be that close to a killer, 664 00:33:02,870 --> 00:33:05,315 a killer that could take two adults and a child's life 665 00:33:05,390 --> 00:33:06,602 within three minutes. 666 00:33:06,677 --> 00:33:08,642 Three minutes, they're all dead. 667 00:33:08,717 --> 00:33:11,835 NARRATOR: Roszkowski claimed to have no recollection 668 00:33:11,910 --> 00:33:14,115 of the murders and therefore, was 669 00:33:14,190 --> 00:33:16,835 not in control of his actions. 670 00:33:16,910 --> 00:33:21,235 The defense tries to claim that Roszkowski is insane, 671 00:33:21,310 --> 00:33:25,915 and by implication, he's not responsible for his actions. 672 00:33:25,990 --> 00:33:29,315 And Roszkowski does play up to this. 673 00:33:29,390 --> 00:33:33,995 So he exhibits some signs of shaking and stuttering 674 00:33:34,004 --> 00:33:36,555 in his speech and trying to appear 675 00:33:36,630 --> 00:33:41,115 in a very stereotypical way to be somebody who is insane. 676 00:33:41,190 --> 00:33:43,515 NARRATOR: As well as a claim of insanity, 677 00:33:43,590 --> 00:33:46,435 Roszkowski stated that he'd been on a drug 678 00:33:46,510 --> 00:33:50,715 binge that lasted for days in the lead up to the killings. 679 00:33:50,790 --> 00:33:54,162 Supervisory assistant state's attorney C. Robert 680 00:33:54,237 --> 00:33:57,595 Satti Jr. led the prosecution. 681 00:33:57,670 --> 00:33:59,435 C. ROBERT SATTI: There was a substantial defense 682 00:33:59,510 --> 00:34:00,835 that was put on. 683 00:34:00,910 --> 00:34:02,435 It took two different forms. 684 00:34:02,510 --> 00:34:05,635 One was a claim of intoxication, and the intoxication 685 00:34:05,710 --> 00:34:08,035 went to the fact that Mr. Roszkowski, if the jury 686 00:34:08,110 --> 00:34:10,755 determined that he was intoxicated, 687 00:34:10,830 --> 00:34:14,755 we had to disprove that and show that his intent was not going 688 00:34:14,830 --> 00:34:17,595 to be mitigated or actually, if he was intoxicated, 689 00:34:17,670 --> 00:34:19,448 was an absolute defense of the crime. 690 00:34:19,524 --> 00:34:23,435 So I do recall that there was an intoxication claim being made, 691 00:34:23,510 --> 00:34:26,515 and they put a lot of witnesses on concerning that. 692 00:34:26,590 --> 00:34:29,715 There was also a challenge as to the mental status 693 00:34:29,790 --> 00:34:31,515 of Mr. Roszkowski. 694 00:34:31,590 --> 00:34:33,202 ELIZABETH YARDLEY: He was basically trying to say, 695 00:34:33,277 --> 00:34:34,835 this is not my fault, you know? 696 00:34:34,844 --> 00:34:36,075 Poor me, look at me. 697 00:34:36,150 --> 00:34:38,395 I'm suffering from a terrible condition. 698 00:34:38,470 --> 00:34:41,555 But it was very clear in terms of his behavior 699 00:34:41,564 --> 00:34:44,835 around the offenses that he did know what he was doing. 700 00:34:44,910 --> 00:34:46,475 He had a presence of mind. 701 00:34:46,550 --> 00:34:49,842 He was constantly making decisions and making choices. 702 00:34:49,917 --> 00:34:54,475 Had he been legally insane, had he been suffering psychosis 703 00:34:54,550 --> 00:34:57,155 or something like that, driving him to behave 704 00:34:57,230 --> 00:34:59,635 in a particular way, he would not have been anywhere 705 00:34:59,710 --> 00:35:02,802 near as organized as he was. 706 00:35:02,877 --> 00:35:06,235 NARRATOR: Many of the witness statements from the day painted 707 00:35:06,310 --> 00:35:09,995 a very different picture, that Roszkowski was calm 708 00:35:10,070 --> 00:35:12,835 and in control of his actions. 709 00:35:12,910 --> 00:35:15,642 NATASHA GAUDET: Where he killed them, there was a light, 710 00:35:15,717 --> 00:35:17,082 and there was a row of cars. 711 00:35:17,157 --> 00:35:20,115 So there were people who literally looked in the mirror 712 00:35:20,190 --> 00:35:22,235 and saw these people get shot and killed 713 00:35:22,244 --> 00:35:23,835 and murdered through their rear view, 714 00:35:23,910 --> 00:35:26,435 that were testifying that day. 715 00:35:26,510 --> 00:35:27,875 DANIEL TEPFER: It was a tough testimony. 716 00:35:27,884 --> 00:35:29,415 No question about it. 717 00:35:29,490 --> 00:35:32,395 It was tough for everyone in the courtroom to hear. 718 00:35:32,470 --> 00:35:34,475 I'm sure was tough for many of the witnesses 719 00:35:34,550 --> 00:35:36,235 to testify about it. 720 00:35:36,310 --> 00:35:39,035 Some of them cried. 721 00:35:39,044 --> 00:35:41,555 Looked over at the jury, some of them were crying. 722 00:35:41,630 --> 00:35:43,835 It was obviously something that they had never 723 00:35:43,844 --> 00:35:47,595 heard before, maybe never even imagined before, but now, 724 00:35:47,670 --> 00:35:50,195 on top of it, they would have to hear to decide 725 00:35:50,270 --> 00:35:52,402 someone's guilt or innocence. 726 00:35:52,477 --> 00:35:56,075 NARRATOR: Ultimately, Roszkowski's plea of insanity 727 00:35:56,150 --> 00:35:57,955 fell on deaf ears. 728 00:35:58,030 --> 00:36:02,275 I think the jury needed to understand that Mr. Roszkowski 729 00:36:02,350 --> 00:36:04,835 was responsible for his actions and knew 730 00:36:04,910 --> 00:36:08,795 what he was doing when those three people were executed. 731 00:36:08,804 --> 00:36:14,395 We had argued that it was an extreme, cruel activity that 732 00:36:14,470 --> 00:36:17,715 occurred in the killing of her that I suggest led 733 00:36:17,724 --> 00:36:19,835 to the finding of the jury that Mr. Roszkowski 734 00:36:19,844 --> 00:36:21,475 deserved the death penalty. 735 00:36:21,484 --> 00:36:24,315 The verdict was guilty on the capital felony, 736 00:36:24,390 --> 00:36:29,475 and he was subsequently sentenced to death. 737 00:36:29,550 --> 00:36:32,595 NARRATOR: But, in an agonizing twist for the victims' 738 00:36:32,604 --> 00:36:35,395 families, a legal technicality meant 739 00:36:35,470 --> 00:36:39,435 the judge was forced to overturn the jury's decision. 740 00:36:39,510 --> 00:36:42,195 Roszkowski's conviction was upheld, 741 00:36:42,270 --> 00:36:44,875 but a second sentencing trial would have 742 00:36:44,950 --> 00:36:48,155 to take place in the future. 743 00:36:48,164 --> 00:36:53,635 In December 2011, Roszkowski was interviewed in prison by 744 00:36:53,710 --> 00:36:56,475 psychiatrist Dr. Howard Zonana. 745 00:36:56,550 --> 00:36:59,682 He still claimed to have no memory of the events. 746 00:37:14,790 --> 00:37:18,035 NARRATOR: Roszkowski did, however, allude to a reason 747 00:37:18,110 --> 00:37:20,002 behind the killing spree. 748 00:37:20,077 --> 00:37:23,755 He claimed to have discovered a letter in his mother's home 749 00:37:23,830 --> 00:37:27,442 on the morning of the 7th of September 2006. 750 00:38:23,757 --> 00:38:24,642 INTERVIEWER: Right. 751 00:38:34,110 --> 00:38:36,915 NARRATOR: No letter has ever been found by police 752 00:38:36,924 --> 00:38:39,635 investigating the murders, and no link 753 00:38:39,710 --> 00:38:42,602 between Tommy Gaudet and Holly Flannery 754 00:38:42,677 --> 00:38:44,835 has ever been established. 755 00:38:44,910 --> 00:38:48,475 Richard Roszkowski's resentencing trial took place 756 00:38:48,550 --> 00:38:54,035 in 2014, and this time, he was given the opportunity to speak 757 00:38:54,110 --> 00:38:57,235 to the families of his victims. 758 00:38:57,244 --> 00:39:02,195 Like I said, is I'm truly, deeply remorseful 759 00:39:02,270 --> 00:39:05,275 for what happened, and I'm truly sorry for the pain 760 00:39:05,284 --> 00:39:10,875 that I have caused to you and to all the family members. 761 00:39:10,884 --> 00:39:14,155 I am truly, truly sorry for your pain. 762 00:39:14,230 --> 00:39:16,075 He says, I feel sorry. 763 00:39:16,150 --> 00:39:17,602 I feel remorse. 764 00:39:17,677 --> 00:39:20,195 And for me, that's a bit of a red flag, 765 00:39:20,270 --> 00:39:24,235 because just parroting the words sorry and remorse 766 00:39:24,310 --> 00:39:27,515 don't actually mean that you are sorry or remorseful. 767 00:39:27,524 --> 00:39:30,395 It's more convincing for me when offenders are talking 768 00:39:30,470 --> 00:39:33,595 about how they feel, what kind of physical emotions 769 00:39:33,670 --> 00:39:35,395 they're feeling. 770 00:39:35,470 --> 00:39:37,915 I would like to believe that he was sincere, 771 00:39:37,990 --> 00:39:39,362 but I don't think he was. 772 00:39:39,437 --> 00:39:42,035 I think he was going through the motions of saying it. 773 00:39:42,110 --> 00:39:43,275 I don't think it was accurate. 774 00:39:43,350 --> 00:39:45,515 I don't think it was believable. 775 00:39:45,590 --> 00:39:49,795 NARRATOR: In May 2014, the results of the second trial 776 00:39:49,870 --> 00:39:51,435 was the same as the first. 777 00:39:51,510 --> 00:39:54,402 Richard Roszkowski was sentenced to death, 778 00:39:54,477 --> 00:39:57,555 but because Connecticut had abolished the death penalty 779 00:39:57,630 --> 00:40:00,835 in 2012, his sentence was eventually 780 00:40:00,910 --> 00:40:04,395 changed to life without the possibility of release 781 00:40:04,470 --> 00:40:07,635 at a third trial in 2018. 782 00:40:07,710 --> 00:40:10,435 I was just relieved and I'm glad that he'll never 783 00:40:10,510 --> 00:40:11,955 ever see the light of day, and he 784 00:40:12,030 --> 00:40:14,395 can't harm anybody else ever. 785 00:40:14,470 --> 00:40:17,955 He's damaged and changed a lot of lives with what he did. 786 00:40:18,030 --> 00:40:19,635 And that other family has to live 787 00:40:19,710 --> 00:40:22,275 without their granddaughter, and they lost their daughter. 788 00:40:22,350 --> 00:40:24,155 We have to live without my brother. 789 00:40:24,230 --> 00:40:26,555 My niece and nephew lost their dad, 790 00:40:26,630 --> 00:40:28,315 but for that other family, that mother 791 00:40:28,390 --> 00:40:30,875 lost her daughter and her granddaughter, you know? 792 00:40:30,950 --> 00:40:35,195 It's horrible, absolutely horrible. 793 00:40:35,270 --> 00:40:38,355 NARRATOR: We may never know the real reason why Richard 794 00:40:38,430 --> 00:40:44,195 Roszkowski decided to kill three people in September 2006, 795 00:40:44,270 --> 00:40:46,515 but there seems to be no doubt that it 796 00:40:46,590 --> 00:40:51,755 was driven by his obsession with Holly Flannery. 797 00:40:51,830 --> 00:40:54,115 DANIEL TEPFER: There's always been questions about what 798 00:40:54,190 --> 00:40:55,835 the relationship was. 799 00:40:55,910 --> 00:40:57,075 There'll always be questions. 800 00:40:57,150 --> 00:41:00,595 I mean, people will never really understand 801 00:41:00,670 --> 00:41:04,915 what it was that attracted her to Richard Roszkowski. 802 00:41:04,990 --> 00:41:06,395 I mean, that's one of those things 803 00:41:06,470 --> 00:41:08,595 that will never be answered. 804 00:41:08,604 --> 00:41:11,355 I don't think we will ever know the true nature 805 00:41:11,430 --> 00:41:14,235 of the relationship between Holly and Roszkowski, 806 00:41:14,244 --> 00:41:16,475 because Holly has been silenced. 807 00:41:16,484 --> 00:41:19,362 She's never going to be able to tell her side of the story, 808 00:41:19,437 --> 00:41:21,195 and anything that Roszkowski says, 809 00:41:21,270 --> 00:41:23,555 we really have to take with a pinch of salt. 810 00:41:23,630 --> 00:41:25,235 And very often in these cases, we 811 00:41:25,310 --> 00:41:26,715 look at the victim's behavior. 812 00:41:26,790 --> 00:41:30,035 What did they do to provoke their offender? 813 00:41:30,110 --> 00:41:32,035 Did they do anything to encourage him? 814 00:41:32,110 --> 00:41:33,895 And I'd say, no. 815 00:41:33,971 --> 00:41:37,475 The only person responsible for these murders is Roszkowski, 816 00:41:37,550 --> 00:41:39,835 and that's what we need to remember. 817 00:41:39,910 --> 00:41:41,715 NARRATOR: Roszkowski's infatuation 818 00:41:41,790 --> 00:41:45,515 with Holly led not only to her death and the death 819 00:41:45,590 --> 00:41:49,402 of her daughter, but also a man who'd never clapped eyes 820 00:41:49,477 --> 00:41:52,155 on either of them until just seconds 821 00:41:52,230 --> 00:41:55,875 before he was executed right outside his home 822 00:41:55,884 --> 00:41:59,075 on Seaview Avenue. 823 00:41:59,150 --> 00:42:00,635 [music playing] 824 00:42:00,710 --> 00:42:03,035 EILEEN POTKAY: Tommy should be remembered for, number one, 825 00:42:03,110 --> 00:42:07,035 being a hard worker, number two, being the best dad ever. 826 00:42:07,110 --> 00:42:08,635 He adored his children. 827 00:42:08,710 --> 00:42:11,235 And number three, he was the best uncle to all 828 00:42:11,310 --> 00:42:12,795 the nieces and nephews he had. 829 00:42:12,804 --> 00:42:14,035 They all adored him. 830 00:42:14,110 --> 00:42:17,315 And he's loved, and he's missed. 831 00:42:17,390 --> 00:42:18,675 WOMAN (ON VIDEO): Who's that Ray Ray? 832 00:42:18,684 --> 00:42:19,635 What's his name? 833 00:42:19,710 --> 00:42:23,155 Uncle Tommy. 834 00:42:23,230 --> 00:42:27,075 His grandkids, my kids ask about him all the time, 835 00:42:27,150 --> 00:42:30,675 and they always say they would have loved to meet him 836 00:42:30,750 --> 00:42:33,595 and sad that they will never get to meet up. 837 00:42:33,670 --> 00:42:36,395 At least, I had him for a little bit. 838 00:42:36,470 --> 00:42:39,835 I had him for a little while. 839 00:42:39,910 --> 00:42:42,075 [music playing] 840 00:42:42,150 --> 00:42:44,195 NARRATOR: Richard Roszkowski will never be 841 00:42:44,270 --> 00:42:46,515 able to ruin any other lives. 842 00:42:46,590 --> 00:42:49,595 The dangerous killer will remain behind bars 843 00:42:49,604 --> 00:42:52,155 for the rest of his days. 844 00:42:52,230 --> 00:42:55,275 My experience, listening and seeing Roszkowski, 845 00:42:55,350 --> 00:42:57,835 he's one person that can never be rehabilitated. 846 00:42:57,910 --> 00:43:03,155 He is just one of those rare individuals that's just so bad 847 00:43:03,164 --> 00:43:05,635 that he should never be able to walk where 848 00:43:05,710 --> 00:43:07,362 the community is ever again. 849 00:43:10,244 --> 00:43:12,235 NARRATOR: Roszkowski was completely 850 00:43:12,310 --> 00:43:16,355 fixated on Holly Flannery, and whatever their relationship, 851 00:43:16,364 --> 00:43:19,315 nothing could justify his actions. 852 00:43:19,390 --> 00:43:21,635 To kill the woman he obsessed over, 853 00:43:21,710 --> 00:43:26,035 her 9-year-old daughter, and an uninvolved father of two 854 00:43:26,110 --> 00:43:29,635 in a bloody public execution undoubtedly 855 00:43:29,710 --> 00:43:34,155 makes Richard Roszkowski one of the world's most evil killers. 856 00:43:34,230 --> 00:43:36,682 [music playing]