1 00:00:07,344 --> 00:00:12,195 NARRATOR: In February 1993, detectives in Hillsboro, Oregon 2 00:00:12,270 --> 00:00:14,435 were unaware that a serial killer had 3 00:00:14,510 --> 00:00:16,795 been active across the city. 4 00:00:16,870 --> 00:00:20,995 The murders of four women were being treated as separate cases 5 00:00:21,070 --> 00:00:23,355 until a prisoner in a local jail house 6 00:00:23,430 --> 00:00:27,802 began bragging to his fellow inmates. 7 00:00:27,877 --> 00:00:32,235 He would take combs and little miniature bars of soap 8 00:00:32,310 --> 00:00:34,435 and he would place them on the floor 9 00:00:34,510 --> 00:00:38,562 to show the respective location of Martha Ryan's Volkswagen 10 00:00:38,637 --> 00:00:39,915 with his Chevrolet. 11 00:00:39,990 --> 00:00:42,195 And he would imitate the sound of Martha 12 00:00:42,270 --> 00:00:45,402 Bryant's effort to draw breath. 13 00:00:45,477 --> 00:00:48,955 NARRATOR: The loose lipped convict was 32-year-old Cesar 14 00:00:49,030 --> 00:00:51,515 Barone, who'd been sexually assaulting 15 00:00:51,524 --> 00:00:54,235 and murdering women across Hillsboro 16 00:00:54,310 --> 00:00:57,035 for the previous two years. 17 00:00:57,110 --> 00:00:58,635 ELIZABETH YARDLEY: Margaret was found naked 18 00:00:58,710 --> 00:01:00,515 and spread eagled on her bed. 19 00:01:00,590 --> 00:01:02,875 He didn't just want to kill her, he 20 00:01:02,950 --> 00:01:06,875 wanted to degrade her, and demean her, and humiliate her. 21 00:01:06,884 --> 00:01:10,155 NARRATOR: As detectives began to learn the awful truth 22 00:01:10,230 --> 00:01:12,635 behind Cesar Barone's crimes, they 23 00:01:12,710 --> 00:01:15,875 discovered he'd begun attacking women in Florida 24 00:01:15,950 --> 00:01:18,635 when he was just 15 years old. 25 00:01:18,710 --> 00:01:20,635 ERIC APALATEGUI: He is that type of person 26 00:01:20,710 --> 00:01:24,282 who has on the outside almost multiple personalities. 27 00:01:24,357 --> 00:01:27,235 I think on the inside he was just all evil. 28 00:01:27,310 --> 00:01:30,002 NARRATOR: Cesar Barone had revealed himself 29 00:01:30,077 --> 00:01:34,035 as one of the world's most evil killers. 30 00:01:34,110 --> 00:01:40,162 [music playing] 31 00:01:53,324 --> 00:01:58,635 In January 1995, 35-year-old Cesar Barone 32 00:01:58,710 --> 00:02:01,635 was sentenced to death for taking the life of four 33 00:02:01,710 --> 00:02:04,915 women in and around Hillsboro, Oregon 34 00:02:04,990 --> 00:02:08,715 ranging in age from 23 to 61. 35 00:02:08,790 --> 00:02:13,235 Barone's M.O. would often change from rapist to robber, 36 00:02:13,310 --> 00:02:15,835 and strangler to shooter, making him 37 00:02:15,910 --> 00:02:19,722 highly elusive to detectives who couldn't link the crimes. 38 00:02:24,110 --> 00:02:27,955 Journalist Eric Apalategui met with Barone while he 39 00:02:28,030 --> 00:02:32,235 was on death row in 1997. 40 00:02:32,310 --> 00:02:33,995 ERIC APALATEGUI: We were standing up to go, 41 00:02:34,070 --> 00:02:38,995 and he stuck his hand through that hole to shake my hand. 42 00:02:39,070 --> 00:02:40,482 It totally caught me by surprise. 43 00:02:40,557 --> 00:02:42,515 And I remember thinking, do I shake it 44 00:02:42,590 --> 00:02:44,875 because I know that he has strangled 45 00:02:44,950 --> 00:02:46,722 people with those hands, right? 46 00:02:49,390 --> 00:02:51,955 NARRATOR: It took the skills of dedicated lawyers 47 00:02:52,030 --> 00:02:56,395 and detectives to build a compelling case against Barone 48 00:02:56,470 --> 00:03:00,635 in the lead up to his 1994 trials. 49 00:03:00,644 --> 00:03:04,875 This case was really the most memorable case that I ever 50 00:03:04,950 --> 00:03:09,795 dealt with, and it was because of its complexity, the number 51 00:03:09,870 --> 00:03:12,635 of victims, the lives it impacted, 52 00:03:12,644 --> 00:03:17,235 the trauma that it created for so many people. 53 00:03:17,310 --> 00:03:19,635 MICHAEL O'CONNELL: Part of what made him so dangerous 54 00:03:19,710 --> 00:03:22,962 was the fact that he broke all the rules 55 00:03:23,037 --> 00:03:27,202 that a profiler would use in analyzing 56 00:03:27,277 --> 00:03:29,715 a certain violent crime. 57 00:03:29,724 --> 00:03:34,475 He killed people he knew, he killed strangers. 58 00:03:34,550 --> 00:03:36,555 And that's one of the reasons he got away 59 00:03:36,630 --> 00:03:40,835 with his despicable behavior for so long. 60 00:03:40,910 --> 00:03:45,555 NARRATOR: This killer's story begins in December 1960. 61 00:03:45,630 --> 00:03:49,435 Cesar Barone was born Adolph James Rode 62 00:03:49,510 --> 00:03:52,315 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. 63 00:03:52,390 --> 00:03:55,122 Known as Jimmy to friends and family, 64 00:03:55,197 --> 00:04:00,162 his young life got off to a far from perfect start. 65 00:04:00,237 --> 00:04:01,602 ELIZABETH YARDLEY: At the age of four, 66 00:04:01,677 --> 00:04:06,402 his mother leaves and sets up a new life somewhere else. 67 00:04:06,477 --> 00:04:11,275 And I think this is at the root of a lot of Rode's issues. 68 00:04:11,350 --> 00:04:14,242 I think there is an unresolved conflict that happens 69 00:04:14,317 --> 00:04:18,235 at that point, and it continues for him for many years 70 00:04:18,310 --> 00:04:20,275 because I think as a four-year-old, 71 00:04:20,350 --> 00:04:23,635 you can't really make sense of why your mother's left. 72 00:04:23,710 --> 00:04:26,635 You probably have a tendency to blame yourself for it, 73 00:04:26,710 --> 00:04:28,915 was it something that I did? 74 00:04:28,990 --> 00:04:32,275 NARRATOR: In March 1967, Rode's father 75 00:04:32,350 --> 00:04:34,635 got married for a second time. 76 00:04:34,710 --> 00:04:39,755 It was a happier, more affluent household to grow up in. 77 00:04:39,830 --> 00:04:42,035 MICHAEL O'CONNELL: He led a pretty normal childhood. 78 00:04:42,110 --> 00:04:47,035 His grandparents had a nice home with land 79 00:04:47,110 --> 00:04:49,635 outside of Fort Lauderdale. 80 00:04:49,710 --> 00:04:54,035 They had a pony that they bought mostly for Cesar 81 00:04:54,044 --> 00:04:56,242 and his brother and sister. 82 00:04:56,317 --> 00:04:58,595 He started approaching his teens, 83 00:04:58,670 --> 00:05:02,722 he really started going downhill in terms of his behavior. 84 00:05:06,310 --> 00:05:08,315 ELIZABETH YARDLEY: As an adolescent, 85 00:05:08,390 --> 00:05:10,315 Rode really was a hell raiser. 86 00:05:10,390 --> 00:05:12,555 He broke rules left, right, and center. 87 00:05:12,630 --> 00:05:15,035 He didn't think the rules applied to him. 88 00:05:15,044 --> 00:05:17,235 He was mean to other children. 89 00:05:17,310 --> 00:05:20,915 He didn't really have decent relationships with his peers. 90 00:05:20,990 --> 00:05:24,835 And he caused such havoc that his stepmother actually ended 91 00:05:24,844 --> 00:05:26,915 up leaving the family home. 92 00:05:26,990 --> 00:05:29,755 So that is the level of disruption 93 00:05:29,830 --> 00:05:31,162 that this young man was causing. 94 00:05:31,237 --> 00:05:34,235 This is very serious behavior indeed. 95 00:05:34,310 --> 00:05:37,755 NARRATOR: Rode's conduct spiraled out of control. 96 00:05:37,830 --> 00:05:42,555 And he had a bad reputation with the local authorities. 97 00:05:42,630 --> 00:05:45,475 ERIC APALATEGUI: He was known to police around there 98 00:05:45,550 --> 00:05:50,035 as this kid who was just a bad kid, 99 00:05:50,110 --> 00:05:52,995 who would just steal anything. 100 00:05:53,070 --> 00:05:56,235 He was an opportunist who graduated 101 00:05:56,310 --> 00:05:58,555 into assaulting people. 102 00:05:58,630 --> 00:06:03,595 And I think he found out that he liked that, honestly. 103 00:06:03,670 --> 00:06:07,635 NARRATOR: By 1976, 15-year-old Jimmy Rode 104 00:06:07,644 --> 00:06:10,795 had developed an unhealthy sexual appetite 105 00:06:10,870 --> 00:06:13,035 for much older women. 106 00:06:13,110 --> 00:06:15,835 And he focused his newfound perversity 107 00:06:15,910 --> 00:06:18,275 on his neighbor, Alice Stock. 108 00:06:18,350 --> 00:06:21,275 Alice was a 70-year-old ex teacher. 109 00:06:21,350 --> 00:06:23,835 She was a very patient, very calm, 110 00:06:23,910 --> 00:06:25,395 very understanding person. 111 00:06:25,470 --> 00:06:27,835 She'd worked with children with special needs, 112 00:06:27,910 --> 00:06:30,242 and she was somebody that Rode knew. 113 00:06:30,317 --> 00:06:32,675 And he breaks into her house. 114 00:06:32,684 --> 00:06:35,875 He threatens her with a knife, and he asks her 115 00:06:35,950 --> 00:06:39,435 to remove some of her clothing. 116 00:06:39,510 --> 00:06:43,315 And she says, I know who you are, you're Jimmy Rode, 117 00:06:43,390 --> 00:06:45,035 you live right down the street. 118 00:06:45,110 --> 00:06:47,995 Now get the hell out of my house. 119 00:06:48,070 --> 00:06:49,235 And he did. 120 00:06:49,310 --> 00:06:51,995 Of course she instantly called the police. 121 00:06:52,070 --> 00:06:54,155 NARRATOR: Jimmy Rode, spends 10 weeks 122 00:06:54,230 --> 00:06:56,995 in a youth detention center as punishment 123 00:06:57,070 --> 00:06:58,835 for the attempted attack. 124 00:06:58,844 --> 00:07:02,355 The prolific criminal remained in and out of prison 125 00:07:02,430 --> 00:07:04,122 over the next three years. 126 00:07:04,197 --> 00:07:06,995 All the while, his assault on Alice Stock 127 00:07:07,004 --> 00:07:10,995 remained fresh in his memory. 128 00:07:11,070 --> 00:07:13,122 BOB HERMANN: In 1979, he was released. 129 00:07:13,197 --> 00:07:16,355 15 days later, someone entered her home 130 00:07:16,430 --> 00:07:19,162 by cutting the screen to her window, 131 00:07:19,237 --> 00:07:22,875 entering through the window, strangled Alice Stock, 132 00:07:22,950 --> 00:07:26,355 left her displayed on the bed. 133 00:07:26,430 --> 00:07:28,435 ELIZABETH YARDLEY: Clearly he is the prime suspect 134 00:07:28,510 --> 00:07:31,355 because this lady and what she experienced 135 00:07:31,430 --> 00:07:33,635 and what she reported to the police 136 00:07:33,710 --> 00:07:36,235 were what led to him first going to prison. 137 00:07:36,310 --> 00:07:39,435 So he harbored a grudge, he harbored resentment. 138 00:07:39,444 --> 00:07:41,442 And the fact that he sat on this resentment 139 00:07:41,517 --> 00:07:43,842 for a good couple of years, shows 140 00:07:43,917 --> 00:07:44,948 me the kind of person he is. 141 00:07:45,024 --> 00:07:46,995 He is a grievance collector. 142 00:07:47,070 --> 00:07:48,995 And if somebody wrongs him, he's going 143 00:07:49,070 --> 00:07:54,195 to get his own back, whether that's next week or next year. 144 00:07:54,270 --> 00:07:57,635 NARRATOR: All the evidence in the case was circumstantial, 145 00:07:57,710 --> 00:08:03,155 and it wasn't enough to charge Rode with Alice's murder. 146 00:08:03,230 --> 00:08:06,075 It's alleged that in January 1980, 147 00:08:06,150 --> 00:08:09,042 18-year-old Rode raped his stepmother. 148 00:08:09,117 --> 00:08:11,555 And just months later in April, he 149 00:08:11,630 --> 00:08:15,242 was arrested and charged with attacking his own grandmother. 150 00:08:17,590 --> 00:08:20,115 BOB HERMANN: She was beaten severely so Jimmy Rode was 151 00:08:20,190 --> 00:08:22,235 charged with attempted murder. 152 00:08:22,310 --> 00:08:24,955 It went to trial and he was acquitted. 153 00:08:25,030 --> 00:08:26,555 And those involved in the case said 154 00:08:26,564 --> 00:08:29,035 that the grandmother had trouble testifying, 155 00:08:29,110 --> 00:08:30,795 she didn't want to testify. 156 00:08:30,870 --> 00:08:34,242 And the defense basically was she's mistaken, 157 00:08:34,317 --> 00:08:36,755 Jimmy had been there but it was somebody-- 158 00:08:36,830 --> 00:08:37,875 and it was somebody else. 159 00:08:37,950 --> 00:08:40,435 He was acquitted. 160 00:08:40,510 --> 00:08:43,435 NARRATOR: It seemed that murder just wouldn't stick. 161 00:08:43,510 --> 00:08:48,395 Nevertheless, Jimmy Rode was back in prison by August 1980 162 00:08:48,470 --> 00:08:51,595 sentenced to five years for the comparatively 163 00:08:51,670 --> 00:08:53,795 minor offense of burglary. 164 00:08:53,870 --> 00:08:57,315 And after assaulting a 59-year-old female prison 165 00:08:57,390 --> 00:08:59,635 officer, three more years were added 166 00:08:59,710 --> 00:09:03,755 to his sentence in which time he began to completely 167 00:09:03,830 --> 00:09:07,395 change his identity. 168 00:09:07,470 --> 00:09:10,035 He moves to a new prison and he basically 169 00:09:10,110 --> 00:09:12,435 starts to rewrite the story of his life 170 00:09:12,510 --> 00:09:15,995 in the information he gives to the officers in that prison. 171 00:09:16,004 --> 00:09:19,842 He claims that he has a degree from an Italian University. 172 00:09:19,917 --> 00:09:21,515 He claims that he's a widower. 173 00:09:21,590 --> 00:09:25,195 That he's going to go back to Italy after his sentence. 174 00:09:25,270 --> 00:09:27,995 So he's embellishing, he's exaggerating, 175 00:09:28,004 --> 00:09:30,395 he's making himself more interesting. 176 00:09:30,470 --> 00:09:33,435 And when people do this, when they engage 177 00:09:33,510 --> 00:09:35,675 in this kind of narcissistic behavior, 178 00:09:35,684 --> 00:09:38,155 it's essentially because they are fundamentally 179 00:09:38,230 --> 00:09:40,235 ashamed of who they really are. 180 00:09:40,310 --> 00:09:42,395 They don't want to be themselves so they 181 00:09:42,404 --> 00:09:45,075 invent somebody else to be. 182 00:09:45,150 --> 00:09:47,395 Somebody who can lord it over other people 183 00:09:47,470 --> 00:09:50,435 because they're special and they're interesting. 184 00:09:50,444 --> 00:09:52,835 NARRATOR: Rode was still the prime suspect 185 00:09:52,910 --> 00:09:54,835 for the murder of Alice Stock. 186 00:09:54,910 --> 00:09:57,435 And when he was released in 1987, 187 00:09:57,510 --> 00:10:00,635 he was determined to put distance between himself 188 00:10:00,644 --> 00:10:02,635 and the allegations. 189 00:10:02,710 --> 00:10:06,322 He'd met a woman via newspaper lonelyhearts service, 190 00:10:06,397 --> 00:10:09,835 and headed 2 and 1/2 1,000 miles across the US 191 00:10:09,910 --> 00:10:12,475 to Seattle to be with her. 192 00:10:12,550 --> 00:10:18,155 And he adopted a new name, Cesar Barone. 193 00:10:18,230 --> 00:10:22,195 The couple married and settled in Hillsboro, Oregon, 194 00:10:22,204 --> 00:10:25,115 but Barone didn't hang around for long. 195 00:10:25,190 --> 00:10:29,042 In January 1989, the 28-year-old career 196 00:10:29,117 --> 00:10:33,635 criminal enlisted in the Army. 197 00:10:33,710 --> 00:10:36,235 ELIZABETH YARDLEY: He signs up but because he's somebody who's 198 00:10:36,310 --> 00:10:37,762 not very good at following rules, 199 00:10:37,837 --> 00:10:41,395 he doesn't have a particularly smooth time in the army. 200 00:10:41,470 --> 00:10:44,595 And he is eventually dismissed from the army 201 00:10:44,670 --> 00:10:49,035 when he goes and harasses an elderly woman in her home, 202 00:10:49,044 --> 00:10:51,555 and also when the army discover that he's 203 00:10:51,630 --> 00:10:55,475 in possession of a firearm, and that he's a convicted felon. 204 00:10:55,550 --> 00:10:59,475 So all of this unravels, and his dream 205 00:10:59,550 --> 00:11:01,955 of what the army could potentially have been for him 206 00:11:02,030 --> 00:11:05,035 comes to an end. 207 00:11:05,110 --> 00:11:08,435 NARRATOR: By early 1991, Cesar Barone 208 00:11:08,444 --> 00:11:12,875 was back living in Hillsboro with his wife and baby son. 209 00:11:12,950 --> 00:11:17,995 On April the 19th, not too far from the Barone family home, 210 00:11:18,070 --> 00:11:21,995 a crime stunned the community. 211 00:11:22,070 --> 00:11:25,195 BOB HERMANN: Margaret Schmidt was a woman in her early 60s. 212 00:11:25,270 --> 00:11:29,435 She lived in downtown area of Hillsboro in a small house. 213 00:11:29,510 --> 00:11:31,235 Margaret had broken her leg. 214 00:11:31,310 --> 00:11:34,675 And because of the leg injury and some of her health issues, 215 00:11:34,750 --> 00:11:36,402 she used a Walker to get around. 216 00:11:38,837 --> 00:11:42,882 ERIC APALATEGUI: Somebody broke into her house. 217 00:11:42,957 --> 00:11:47,835 She was sexually assaulted and strangled. 218 00:11:47,910 --> 00:11:52,235 And it was one of those cases as a reporter that-- 219 00:11:52,310 --> 00:11:55,115 I remember she was one of those types of people 220 00:11:55,190 --> 00:11:57,275 that everybody would say, well, why would 221 00:11:57,350 --> 00:12:00,435 you kill Margaret Schmidt? 222 00:12:00,510 --> 00:12:03,035 NARRATOR: The case landed on the desk of homicide 223 00:12:03,044 --> 00:12:06,595 detective, Michael O'Connell. 224 00:12:06,670 --> 00:12:09,475 She would sit out on her porch and talk 225 00:12:09,550 --> 00:12:14,355 to the kids from the grade school right next to her house. 226 00:12:14,430 --> 00:12:17,435 And that's probably how he spotted her, driving by 227 00:12:17,444 --> 00:12:21,395 and probably saw her out on her porch. 228 00:12:21,470 --> 00:12:24,162 NARRATOR: Margaret's carer had arrived to check in 229 00:12:24,237 --> 00:12:27,835 on the 61-year-old but instead stumbled 230 00:12:27,910 --> 00:12:30,835 upon a horrific crime scene. 231 00:12:30,910 --> 00:12:35,915 Margaret was found naked and spread eagled on her bed. 232 00:12:35,990 --> 00:12:37,635 MICHAEL O'CONNELL: She'd been strangled, 233 00:12:37,710 --> 00:12:40,602 and also it appeared she'd been smothered with a pillow. 234 00:12:40,677 --> 00:12:46,435 The pillow was still laying on her face when we got there. 235 00:12:46,510 --> 00:12:49,442 There was either a sexual assault or an attempt 236 00:12:49,517 --> 00:12:53,075 at a sexual assault. The suspect had 237 00:12:53,150 --> 00:12:57,355 knocked over a bottle of talcum powder in the bathroom 238 00:12:57,430 --> 00:12:59,675 and left some of the best shoe prints 239 00:12:59,684 --> 00:13:01,995 that I've ever seen at any crime scene. 240 00:13:02,070 --> 00:13:05,195 You could actually read the word Reebok. 241 00:13:05,270 --> 00:13:06,715 BOB HERMANN: Maybe you see that a lot on TV 242 00:13:06,790 --> 00:13:09,235 but in a lot of murder scenes that I've seen, 243 00:13:09,310 --> 00:13:12,235 you don't typically see foot prints in a residence. 244 00:13:12,310 --> 00:13:14,715 And that led to a significant lead. 245 00:13:14,790 --> 00:13:17,315 And really quite frankly, was the only lead 246 00:13:17,390 --> 00:13:20,442 after the initial investigation that the police 247 00:13:20,517 --> 00:13:22,075 had that they thought they may somehow 248 00:13:22,150 --> 00:13:25,315 be able to follow up on. 249 00:13:25,390 --> 00:13:29,195 NARRATOR: There seemed to be an obvious way to solve the case, 250 00:13:29,270 --> 00:13:32,955 find the distinctive shoes, catch the killer. 251 00:13:33,030 --> 00:13:36,115 MICHAEL O'CONNELL: I became somewhat obsessed with them, 252 00:13:36,190 --> 00:13:39,402 and for the next couple of years, 253 00:13:39,477 --> 00:13:41,835 I was always looking for them to see if I 254 00:13:41,910 --> 00:13:43,435 could see someone wearing them. 255 00:13:43,510 --> 00:13:46,435 I only saw two people wearing them. 256 00:13:46,444 --> 00:13:49,555 One was a kindergarten teacher who I knew. 257 00:13:49,630 --> 00:13:53,195 I knew she wasn't a suspect, and the other one was a fellow 258 00:13:53,270 --> 00:13:56,155 at the Spokane airport. 259 00:13:56,230 --> 00:13:57,762 NARRATOR: But in fact the owner of 260 00:13:57,837 --> 00:14:00,355 the shoes lived just two miles away 261 00:14:00,430 --> 00:14:02,515 from Margaret Schmidt's house. 262 00:14:02,590 --> 00:14:08,035 Cesar Barone's lust for older women had driven him to murder. 263 00:14:08,110 --> 00:14:10,442 In the following months, the 30-year-old 264 00:14:10,517 --> 00:14:14,555 separated from his wife and moved out of the family home 265 00:14:14,564 --> 00:14:18,035 before beginning an ominous new career, 266 00:14:18,110 --> 00:14:21,395 working in an elderly care home. 267 00:14:21,470 --> 00:14:24,235 GEOFFERY WANSELL: What could be more frightening than having 268 00:14:24,310 --> 00:14:27,682 someone who's already killed a 61-year-old to get 269 00:14:27,757 --> 00:14:30,475 a job as a care home assistant? 270 00:14:30,550 --> 00:14:35,755 Well, criminal records checks were not what they are today. 271 00:14:35,830 --> 00:14:37,435 He was plausible enough. 272 00:14:37,510 --> 00:14:42,835 And on the surface, he presents as unfrightening. 273 00:14:42,910 --> 00:14:44,475 He's quite amenable. 274 00:14:44,550 --> 00:14:48,435 And I can only imagine that he must have been literally 275 00:14:48,510 --> 00:14:51,835 like the fox in the hen house. 276 00:14:51,910 --> 00:14:55,035 NARRATOR: On the 9th of October 1992, 277 00:14:55,044 --> 00:14:58,515 Oregon awoke to the news of another murder. 278 00:14:58,590 --> 00:15:01,442 41-year-old midwife, Martha Bryant 279 00:15:01,517 --> 00:15:05,475 had been targeted by a gunman in the early hours of the morning 280 00:15:05,550 --> 00:15:10,315 while driving along Cornell Road in Hillsboro. 281 00:15:10,390 --> 00:15:11,875 BOB HERMANN: I learned about it early when I 282 00:15:11,884 --> 00:15:13,155 got up on, "The Morning News." 283 00:15:13,230 --> 00:15:14,682 It was front and center. 284 00:15:14,757 --> 00:15:17,435 They actually had footage of the Volkswagen 285 00:15:17,510 --> 00:15:19,435 that Martha had been driving because it 286 00:15:19,510 --> 00:15:23,955 remained alongside where she had been forced off the road. 287 00:15:24,030 --> 00:15:27,202 That's told the story that this is an enormous happening 288 00:15:27,277 --> 00:15:28,782 that someone would be shot, and you 289 00:15:28,857 --> 00:15:30,755 could see the bullet holes, the many bullet 290 00:15:30,830 --> 00:15:33,155 holes in the vehicle. 291 00:15:33,230 --> 00:15:36,235 I believe she was probably working her way to turn up 292 00:15:36,310 --> 00:15:39,355 to Highway 26, we call it Sunset Highway, 293 00:15:39,430 --> 00:15:42,402 and then on into Portland where she lived. 294 00:15:42,477 --> 00:15:45,235 But at some point on Cornell Road, 295 00:15:45,310 --> 00:15:49,475 somebody started shooting at her car where one of those bullets 296 00:15:49,550 --> 00:15:53,595 passed through the door and struck her inside. 297 00:15:53,670 --> 00:15:57,835 And that caused her to stop the car 298 00:15:57,910 --> 00:16:03,115 and suddenly not really in full control. 299 00:16:03,190 --> 00:16:05,395 NARRATOR: One of the high caliber bullets 300 00:16:05,470 --> 00:16:11,035 had ripped right through the car and pierced Martha's left lung. 301 00:16:11,044 --> 00:16:13,235 MICHAEL O'CONNELL: Several people heard the gunfire 302 00:16:13,310 --> 00:16:17,722 and called 911 because you shouldn't have gunfire 303 00:16:17,797 --> 00:16:20,395 along Cornell Road at 3:00 AM. 304 00:16:20,470 --> 00:16:21,762 In that neighborhood, you shouldn't 305 00:16:21,837 --> 00:16:24,995 have gunfire any time. 306 00:16:25,070 --> 00:16:28,235 One of the callers actually looked out her bathroom window 307 00:16:28,310 --> 00:16:31,315 and saw Martha Bryant's Volkswagen, 308 00:16:31,390 --> 00:16:33,155 and she heard yelling. 309 00:16:33,230 --> 00:16:36,635 And she thought it was two males but you have to remember, 310 00:16:36,710 --> 00:16:41,442 Martha Bryant had suffered a sucking chest wound. 311 00:16:41,517 --> 00:16:43,915 NARRATOR: The assailant abducted the gravely 312 00:16:43,990 --> 00:16:46,875 injured Martha from her abandoned vehicle 313 00:16:46,950 --> 00:16:50,442 and drove her to a quieter location. 314 00:16:50,517 --> 00:16:52,675 MICHAEL O'CONNELL: When she couldn't do what he wanted, 315 00:16:52,750 --> 00:16:57,235 he dragged her out of the car, put a 22 caliber revolver 316 00:16:57,310 --> 00:17:00,435 to her temple and executed her. 317 00:17:00,510 --> 00:17:02,795 Left her in the middle of the road with her pants 318 00:17:02,870 --> 00:17:04,042 down at her ankles. 319 00:17:06,750 --> 00:17:13,435 Martha Bryant was found a short time later about 3/4 320 00:17:13,510 --> 00:17:18,835 of a mile away laying in the middle of a side street, 321 00:17:18,910 --> 00:17:22,082 and she'd been sexually assaulted. 322 00:17:24,517 --> 00:17:26,475 GEOFFERY WANSELL: It is premeditated. 323 00:17:26,550 --> 00:17:30,162 It is excessive cruelty once again, 324 00:17:30,237 --> 00:17:32,435 and a complete disregard for human life, 325 00:17:32,510 --> 00:17:33,835 of how anyone else might feel. 326 00:17:33,910 --> 00:17:38,802 It is psychopathic behavior of the most clear cut. 327 00:17:38,877 --> 00:17:42,915 NARRATOR: The seemingly random killing of a local midwife 328 00:17:42,990 --> 00:17:46,315 left the city in shock. 329 00:17:46,390 --> 00:17:49,755 MICHAEL O'CONNELL: It captured the attention of the community 330 00:17:49,830 --> 00:17:51,435 in a very powerful way. 331 00:17:51,510 --> 00:17:54,802 You just don't have that kind of crime out here in Hillsboro. 332 00:17:54,877 --> 00:17:59,242 You really don't have that kind of crime very often anywhere. 333 00:18:01,597 --> 00:18:04,355 ERIC APALATEGUI: We knew very quickly that Martha Bryant was 334 00:18:04,430 --> 00:18:08,802 a nurse midwife, that she had just helped deliver a baby 335 00:18:08,877 --> 00:18:11,635 at Tuality Community Hospital. 336 00:18:11,710 --> 00:18:16,595 That fact alone that she had just helped bring a new life 337 00:18:16,670 --> 00:18:21,435 into the world, and then her life was so suddenly 338 00:18:21,510 --> 00:18:24,802 and violently taken, the way those two things came together, 339 00:18:24,877 --> 00:18:27,522 I think just grabbed everybody. 340 00:18:27,597 --> 00:18:30,115 It was just one of those things where 341 00:18:30,190 --> 00:18:34,075 you just see the best and the worst of life, 342 00:18:34,150 --> 00:18:37,955 and just minutes apart. 343 00:18:38,030 --> 00:18:42,075 NARRATOR: Cornell Road residents had seen Martha's killer abduct 344 00:18:42,150 --> 00:18:45,635 her but because it was so dark, detectives 345 00:18:45,710 --> 00:18:48,435 were left with little to go on. 346 00:18:48,510 --> 00:18:50,155 ELIZABETH YARDLEY: Police started to put together 347 00:18:50,230 --> 00:18:52,395 a picture of what happened from the evidence 348 00:18:52,470 --> 00:18:54,142 that the witnesses gave them. 349 00:18:54,217 --> 00:18:59,035 So they'd seen a white muscle car, a souped up vehicle. 350 00:18:59,110 --> 00:19:01,435 They'd seen a man, he was around about 6 foot 351 00:19:01,510 --> 00:19:05,435 tall with dark brown hair going away from the scene. 352 00:19:05,444 --> 00:19:10,035 So they have little pieces of the puzzle to put together. 353 00:19:10,110 --> 00:19:11,922 NARRATOR: What the police didn't know 354 00:19:11,997 --> 00:19:15,075 was that Martha's killer was Cesar Barone. 355 00:19:15,150 --> 00:19:18,195 In a complete change of his regular M.O., 356 00:19:18,270 --> 00:19:20,995 the 30-year-old had struck for a second time. 357 00:19:21,070 --> 00:19:26,515 And just two months later, he would claim a third victim. 358 00:19:26,590 --> 00:19:31,635 On the 30th of December 1992, Detective Scott Ryon 359 00:19:31,710 --> 00:19:37,035 was alerted to the discovery of a body along US Highway 26 360 00:19:37,110 --> 00:19:40,355 near Vernonia, Oregon. 361 00:19:40,430 --> 00:19:42,195 SCOTT RYON: We got up there and the body 362 00:19:42,204 --> 00:19:44,355 had been there for some time. 363 00:19:44,430 --> 00:19:46,515 We weren't sure if this was somebody 364 00:19:46,524 --> 00:19:50,562 that was struck by a vehicle or dumped body 365 00:19:50,637 --> 00:19:53,115 or what immediately. 366 00:19:53,124 --> 00:19:56,202 But after a period of time, I located a gunshot 367 00:19:56,277 --> 00:19:58,355 to the underside of her chin. 368 00:19:58,430 --> 00:20:02,035 And at that point, it was beyond suspect 369 00:20:02,110 --> 00:20:04,315 that this was a homicide. 370 00:20:04,390 --> 00:20:06,635 NARRATOR: It would take some expert detective 371 00:20:06,710 --> 00:20:12,635 work just to identify the victim let alone solve the crime. 372 00:20:12,644 --> 00:20:15,635 SCOTT RYON: When we first went through the victim's pockets, 373 00:20:15,710 --> 00:20:20,795 we had very little information as far as who she was. 374 00:20:20,804 --> 00:20:23,635 After doing some legwork on her phone number and address, 375 00:20:23,710 --> 00:20:28,435 we were able to track down a house in Southeast Portland, 376 00:20:28,510 --> 00:20:33,355 I believe it was, and found out she was a roommate 377 00:20:33,430 --> 00:20:36,115 and had taken a room in a house there. 378 00:20:36,190 --> 00:20:39,755 And we were able to locate information in that room 379 00:20:39,830 --> 00:20:43,395 as to her actual identity. 380 00:20:43,470 --> 00:20:46,915 NARRATOR: 23-year-old Chantee Woodman had last 381 00:20:46,990 --> 00:20:49,395 been seen the previous night looking 382 00:20:49,470 --> 00:20:53,435 for a ride home outside a nightclub in Portland. 383 00:20:53,444 --> 00:20:59,202 Chantee was probably what one would refer to as a traveler. 384 00:20:59,277 --> 00:21:03,115 She had followed the music scene throughout California 385 00:21:03,190 --> 00:21:04,482 in the Northwest. 386 00:21:04,557 --> 00:21:06,995 And I believe this was probably one of her visit-- 387 00:21:07,070 --> 00:21:11,355 first visits into the Portland area. 388 00:21:11,430 --> 00:21:15,195 NARRATOR: Once again, detectives had few leads to follow. 389 00:21:15,270 --> 00:21:18,082 They had no idea that Chantee Woodman 390 00:21:18,157 --> 00:21:21,435 had become the third victim of Cesar Barone. 391 00:21:21,510 --> 00:21:24,435 But this time, he had an accomplice. 392 00:21:24,510 --> 00:21:28,155 Leonard Darcell known by his nickname Germ, 393 00:21:28,230 --> 00:21:30,635 worked with Barone in a nursing home, 394 00:21:30,644 --> 00:21:34,395 and was seven years younger than the 31-year-old killer. 395 00:21:34,470 --> 00:21:36,115 ELIZABETH YARDLEY: I think he was somebody who was 396 00:21:36,190 --> 00:21:37,715 seen as a bit of an outcast. 397 00:21:37,790 --> 00:21:41,115 So I think Barone thought that here's somebody that I can 398 00:21:41,124 --> 00:21:42,995 manipulate, here's somebody who's going 399 00:21:43,070 --> 00:21:45,595 to be really impressed by me. 400 00:21:45,670 --> 00:21:48,115 ERIC APALATEGUI: He was the type of guy who would look up 401 00:21:48,190 --> 00:21:50,802 to someone like Cesar Barone, who would admire 402 00:21:50,877 --> 00:21:52,355 someone like Cesar Barone. 403 00:21:52,430 --> 00:21:57,555 And I think Cesar Barone liked to have someone like that 404 00:21:57,630 --> 00:21:58,682 around. 405 00:21:58,757 --> 00:22:00,355 I think he got a kick out of that. 406 00:22:00,430 --> 00:22:02,715 I don't think that Leonard Darcell necessarily 407 00:22:02,790 --> 00:22:06,555 signed up to be a wing man in a murder, 408 00:22:06,630 --> 00:22:09,115 but he was no boy scout. 409 00:22:09,190 --> 00:22:11,235 NARRATOR: Barone and Darcell had picked up 410 00:22:11,310 --> 00:22:14,755 Chantee Woodman outside a nightclub in Portland. 411 00:22:14,830 --> 00:22:19,835 And just hours later, Barone executed her in front 412 00:22:19,844 --> 00:22:22,002 of his younger colleague. 413 00:22:22,077 --> 00:22:23,708 ELIZABETH YARDLEY: She begs for her life. 414 00:22:23,684 --> 00:22:27,195 She's absolutely terrified at this point in time. 415 00:22:27,270 --> 00:22:30,075 But Barone, this is not a barrier for him. 416 00:22:30,084 --> 00:22:32,915 This is now a performance because Leonard Darcell is 417 00:22:32,990 --> 00:22:36,155 there watching this unfold, and he 418 00:22:36,164 --> 00:22:38,315 wants this to be as performative, 419 00:22:38,390 --> 00:22:41,435 as dramatic as possible. 420 00:22:41,444 --> 00:22:43,435 GEOFFERY WANSELL: And then finally in an act 421 00:22:43,510 --> 00:22:46,795 of such barbarism, it almost takes your breath away, 422 00:22:46,870 --> 00:22:52,355 Barone puts the gun not to a temple but underneath the chin 423 00:22:52,430 --> 00:22:54,635 and blows her head off, effectively 424 00:22:54,710 --> 00:22:55,562 killing her in an instant. 425 00:23:00,150 --> 00:23:03,235 NARRATOR: Cesar Barone was out of control. 426 00:23:03,310 --> 00:23:05,835 He'd now killed three women in completely 427 00:23:05,910 --> 00:23:08,315 unrelated circumstances. 428 00:23:08,390 --> 00:23:11,275 The police had a serial killer in their midst 429 00:23:11,350 --> 00:23:14,195 but they had no idea. 430 00:23:14,270 --> 00:23:18,035 The differing M.O's and varying ages of the victims 431 00:23:18,110 --> 00:23:21,755 appeared too random to be linked by detectives. 432 00:23:21,764 --> 00:23:23,308 MICHAEL O'CONNELL: We didn't think 433 00:23:23,384 --> 00:23:25,795 that the Woodman murder, the Bryant murder, or the Schmidt 434 00:23:25,870 --> 00:23:27,355 murder were connected. 435 00:23:27,430 --> 00:23:28,708 They were all very different. 436 00:23:28,784 --> 00:23:31,242 You have an elderly woman killed in her home, 437 00:23:31,317 --> 00:23:35,515 you have a 23-year-old left along the side of the highway 438 00:23:35,590 --> 00:23:37,315 in a rural part of the County, and then 439 00:23:37,390 --> 00:23:40,315 you have the nurse midwife shot in her car, 440 00:23:40,390 --> 00:23:44,195 and then kidnapped and ultimately executed. 441 00:23:44,270 --> 00:23:46,555 We didn't think they were connected. 442 00:23:46,630 --> 00:23:50,795 NARRATOR: The killer of all three women was Cesar Barone. 443 00:23:50,804 --> 00:23:54,835 Despite his violent and sometimes public attacks, 444 00:23:54,910 --> 00:23:57,755 the 32-year-old care home worker had 445 00:23:57,830 --> 00:24:00,315 managed to fly under the radar. 446 00:24:00,390 --> 00:24:01,602 ELIZABETH YARDLEY: This is a really 447 00:24:01,677 --> 00:24:04,235 mixed kind of victimology. 448 00:24:04,310 --> 00:24:07,755 But we've got to remember all of these victims are women. 449 00:24:07,830 --> 00:24:11,635 It's all being driven by a misogynistic ideology 450 00:24:11,710 --> 00:24:13,395 and a value set. 451 00:24:13,470 --> 00:24:15,875 So I think the police would have struggled in the early days 452 00:24:15,950 --> 00:24:18,235 because of that disparity of the victims 453 00:24:18,310 --> 00:24:22,355 but the nature of the murders was quite similar. 454 00:24:22,430 --> 00:24:24,235 So there were pieces of the puzzle that 455 00:24:24,310 --> 00:24:26,395 would eventually come together. 456 00:24:26,470 --> 00:24:29,595 NARRATOR: In January 1993, Barone 457 00:24:29,670 --> 00:24:34,635 attended a small party hosted by 51-year-old waitress, Betty 458 00:24:34,710 --> 00:24:38,715 Williams who lived in the same apartment block as Barone's 459 00:24:38,790 --> 00:24:41,315 girlfriend in Cornelius. 460 00:24:41,390 --> 00:24:45,795 The following morning, Betty was found dead. 461 00:24:45,870 --> 00:24:48,395 BOB HERMANN: She was discovered by one of her sons 462 00:24:48,470 --> 00:24:52,155 who came over to her house, found the front door unlocked, 463 00:24:52,230 --> 00:24:53,955 which again was unusual. 464 00:24:54,030 --> 00:24:56,235 Came in looking for his mom, and found 465 00:24:56,310 --> 00:25:00,915 her in the bathtub with a couple of inches of water in it. 466 00:25:00,990 --> 00:25:04,435 And she was laying half in and half out of the bathtub. 467 00:25:04,510 --> 00:25:06,635 Her clothing was down to her ankles, 468 00:25:06,644 --> 00:25:09,435 and she was clearly dead. 469 00:25:09,510 --> 00:25:12,035 NARRATOR: There was nothing at the crime scene 470 00:25:12,110 --> 00:25:15,435 that would immediately suggest foul play. 471 00:25:15,510 --> 00:25:17,195 BOB HERMANN: They thought that she had been sitting 472 00:25:17,270 --> 00:25:19,275 on the toilet and had a heart attack, 473 00:25:19,350 --> 00:25:24,995 and then in her movement had fallen into the bathtub. 474 00:25:25,070 --> 00:25:27,955 NARRATOR: Two items found in Betty's apartment 475 00:25:28,030 --> 00:25:32,595 meant detectives would keep an open mind about her death. 476 00:25:32,670 --> 00:25:36,715 MICHAEL O'CONNELL: There was a broken jar of change found, 477 00:25:36,790 --> 00:25:38,035 there was a gun there. 478 00:25:38,110 --> 00:25:39,915 We thought it was her gun. 479 00:25:39,990 --> 00:25:43,475 And when we asked her sons, they said, yeah, it might be. 480 00:25:43,550 --> 00:25:47,195 But then her autopsy determined it was a heart attack. 481 00:25:47,270 --> 00:25:51,035 And then as things progressed, it turned out that she 482 00:25:51,110 --> 00:25:52,242 did die of a heart attack. 483 00:25:52,317 --> 00:25:54,562 But she died of a heart attack because he 484 00:25:54,637 --> 00:26:00,995 was threatening her with a knife and that gun, that 22 magnum. 485 00:26:01,070 --> 00:26:03,835 So in effect this is an oversimplification 486 00:26:03,910 --> 00:26:08,755 but it's basically what happened was he scared her to death. 487 00:26:08,830 --> 00:26:12,795 NARRATOR: It was impossible for the police to link the cases 488 00:26:12,804 --> 00:26:16,802 but Betty Williams had in fact become the fourth victim 489 00:26:16,877 --> 00:26:19,202 of Cesar Barone. 490 00:26:19,277 --> 00:26:22,515 The following month in February 1993, 491 00:26:22,524 --> 00:26:27,075 Barone's ex mother-in-law was found dead in her home. 492 00:26:27,150 --> 00:26:29,795 It was a death that would inadvertently 493 00:26:29,870 --> 00:26:32,595 lead to the killer's downfall. 494 00:26:32,670 --> 00:26:36,715 At the time, the death was considered natural causes. 495 00:26:36,790 --> 00:26:41,235 I believe they thought it likely was a heart attack. 496 00:26:41,310 --> 00:26:44,275 It would come to light that Cesar Barone was using 497 00:26:44,350 --> 00:26:48,515 her ATM card after the death. 498 00:26:48,524 --> 00:26:51,595 NARRATOR: The family filed a complaint that Barone was 499 00:26:51,670 --> 00:26:55,035 responsible for the theft of $3,000, 500 00:26:55,110 --> 00:26:58,195 and a police investigation began. 501 00:26:58,270 --> 00:27:00,435 While looking into Barone's past, 502 00:27:00,444 --> 00:27:04,155 detectives discovered a colorful criminal history, 503 00:27:04,230 --> 00:27:06,995 including attacks on 70-year-old Alice 504 00:27:07,070 --> 00:27:10,235 Stock and his own grandmother. 505 00:27:10,244 --> 00:27:11,682 SCOTT RYON: There were some issues coming 506 00:27:11,757 --> 00:27:14,075 up that just didn't make sense. 507 00:27:14,084 --> 00:27:17,235 Cesar Barone appeared to come out of nowhere. 508 00:27:17,310 --> 00:27:19,435 And in further checking, we found 509 00:27:19,510 --> 00:27:21,635 there had been a name change. 510 00:27:21,644 --> 00:27:25,675 Cesar Barone was actually a fictitious name, 511 00:27:25,750 --> 00:27:27,922 an assumed name later on. 512 00:27:27,997 --> 00:27:31,155 That Barone's real name was Jimmy Rode. 513 00:27:31,230 --> 00:27:34,075 NARRATOR: As the investigation into the stolen money 514 00:27:34,150 --> 00:27:37,555 continued, Barone remained a free man. 515 00:27:37,630 --> 00:27:41,675 He'd killed four women without any repercussions. 516 00:27:41,750 --> 00:27:46,195 And the rate of his assaults began to escalate. 517 00:27:46,204 --> 00:27:49,035 ELIZABETH YARDLEY: There are a couple of sexual attacks 518 00:27:49,110 --> 00:27:51,875 that he carries out on to older women. 519 00:27:51,950 --> 00:27:54,155 He goes to their houses, he asks them 520 00:27:54,230 --> 00:27:56,275 if he can use their phone because he's 521 00:27:56,350 --> 00:27:58,242 having some car problems. 522 00:27:58,317 --> 00:28:00,475 In one of these incidences, he goes in 523 00:28:00,550 --> 00:28:04,635 and demands that the woman gives him oral sex and she refuses 524 00:28:04,710 --> 00:28:06,035 and he fleece. 525 00:28:06,044 --> 00:28:08,435 In another one of these incidences, 526 00:28:08,510 --> 00:28:11,835 the victim sets off her personal alarm which really 527 00:28:11,910 --> 00:28:14,195 spooks him so he flees again. 528 00:28:14,270 --> 00:28:15,835 And I think at this point in time 529 00:28:15,910 --> 00:28:18,355 he's feeling really frustrated because he has a right 530 00:28:18,364 --> 00:28:20,802 to demand these things that he's asking for, 531 00:28:20,877 --> 00:28:23,315 and he's not getting them. 532 00:28:23,390 --> 00:28:25,995 NARRATOR: One of the victims, a neighbor of Barone 533 00:28:26,070 --> 00:28:30,802 identified the 32-year-old and reported him to the police. 534 00:28:30,877 --> 00:28:34,635 Investigators didn't know it but they were about to capture 535 00:28:34,710 --> 00:28:36,435 a serial killer. 536 00:28:36,510 --> 00:28:39,435 Barone was promptly put behind bars. 537 00:28:39,510 --> 00:28:43,755 It was only then that the truth about his career of murder 538 00:28:43,830 --> 00:28:46,002 came to the fore. 539 00:28:46,077 --> 00:28:47,435 ELIZABETH YARDLEY: In prison, Barone 540 00:28:47,444 --> 00:28:49,715 is still very much the narcissist 541 00:28:49,790 --> 00:28:51,275 that he was on the outside. 542 00:28:51,350 --> 00:28:53,555 He wants attention, he wants recognition, 543 00:28:53,630 --> 00:28:54,955 he wants validation. 544 00:28:55,030 --> 00:28:56,435 So he starts showing off. 545 00:28:56,510 --> 00:28:59,635 He starts bragging to his fellow prisoners about the crimes 546 00:28:59,710 --> 00:29:03,755 that he's committed, about the murders of elderly women, 547 00:29:03,830 --> 00:29:05,722 about the assaults on women. 548 00:29:05,797 --> 00:29:09,435 And they are horrified at what they've heard. 549 00:29:09,510 --> 00:29:14,082 And they basically want to share that information. 550 00:29:14,157 --> 00:29:16,235 NARRATOR: Barone bragged about the killing 551 00:29:16,244 --> 00:29:19,722 of 41-year-old midwife, Martha Bryant. 552 00:29:19,797 --> 00:29:21,555 MICHAEL O'CONNELL: When he would describe what he did 553 00:29:21,630 --> 00:29:25,835 to these other inmates, he would take combs and little 554 00:29:25,910 --> 00:29:29,035 miniature bars of soap that they were issued in the jail, 555 00:29:29,110 --> 00:29:31,282 and he would place them on the floor 556 00:29:31,357 --> 00:29:35,675 to show the respective location of Martha Ryan's Volkswagen 557 00:29:35,750 --> 00:29:37,075 with his Chevrolet. 558 00:29:37,150 --> 00:29:40,115 And he would imitate the sound of Martha 559 00:29:40,190 --> 00:29:44,115 Bryant's effort to draw breath. 560 00:29:44,124 --> 00:29:47,875 NARRATOR: Barone had sold his two-door Chevrolet soon 561 00:29:47,950 --> 00:29:50,755 after Martha's murder but detectives 562 00:29:50,830 --> 00:29:53,315 managed to track it down. 563 00:29:53,390 --> 00:29:55,195 MICHAEL O'CONNELL: I remember Susan [inaudible] 564 00:29:55,270 --> 00:29:58,035 one of the criminalists from the State Police Crime Lab 565 00:29:58,110 --> 00:30:02,235 coming out to our evidence facility. 566 00:30:02,310 --> 00:30:04,355 And she looks at the car, she points 567 00:30:04,364 --> 00:30:06,795 to a spot in the back seat. 568 00:30:06,870 --> 00:30:09,835 She says someone has scrubbed that spot harder 569 00:30:09,910 --> 00:30:11,955 than the rest of the car. 570 00:30:12,030 --> 00:30:15,115 And we're going, OK, if you say so. 571 00:30:15,190 --> 00:30:18,555 She slices open the seat, the cushion 572 00:30:18,630 --> 00:30:24,475 is soaked with dried blood which was Martha Bryant's. 573 00:30:24,550 --> 00:30:27,675 That blood evidence was from when he had placed 574 00:30:27,750 --> 00:30:30,035 her in the back of his car. 575 00:30:30,110 --> 00:30:31,835 NARRATOR: Another murder that Barone 576 00:30:31,910 --> 00:30:36,635 talked about while in jail was that of a 23-year-old Chantee 577 00:30:36,710 --> 00:30:38,035 Woodman. 578 00:30:38,110 --> 00:30:40,155 We had information from the inmates 579 00:30:40,230 --> 00:30:43,715 in the jail that Barone had described 580 00:30:43,790 --> 00:30:46,555 Woodman's attack and murder. 581 00:30:46,630 --> 00:30:49,315 And he stated that during that incident, 582 00:30:49,390 --> 00:30:53,035 he had a subject by the name of Germ accompanying him. 583 00:30:53,110 --> 00:30:54,868 We had no further information to go on, 584 00:30:54,944 --> 00:30:58,595 and we started calling in on different police resources. 585 00:30:58,670 --> 00:31:00,395 And located an a.k.a. 586 00:31:00,470 --> 00:31:04,555 of Germ as being Leonard Darcell who surprisingly 587 00:31:04,630 --> 00:31:07,235 was a Cornelius resident, and lived not far 588 00:31:07,310 --> 00:31:10,435 from where Cesar Barone had lived. 589 00:31:10,510 --> 00:31:13,715 NARRATOR: Detectives paid a visit to Leonard Darcell 590 00:31:13,790 --> 00:31:16,675 to hear his side of the story. 591 00:31:16,750 --> 00:31:20,515 SCOTT RYON: We told Leonard that we had some information that we 592 00:31:20,590 --> 00:31:23,082 needed to share with him, and that information 593 00:31:23,157 --> 00:31:26,435 regarded Cesar Barone. 594 00:31:26,510 --> 00:31:31,235 At the point of hearing Cesar Barone's name, 595 00:31:31,310 --> 00:31:35,202 there was a huge transformation, Leonard Darcell's 596 00:31:35,277 --> 00:31:37,675 face turned white as a sheet. 597 00:31:37,750 --> 00:31:41,235 He tried about three times to speak, he couldn't. 598 00:31:41,310 --> 00:31:44,915 As he had finally started to speak, he looked at us 599 00:31:44,990 --> 00:31:48,642 and said, what I'm about to tell you is probably going 600 00:31:48,717 --> 00:31:51,715 to change the rest of my life. 601 00:31:51,790 --> 00:31:55,075 NARRATOR: Darcell began to confess about what had happened 602 00:31:55,150 --> 00:31:58,595 on the 30th of December 1992. 603 00:31:58,670 --> 00:32:02,682 He told detectives that he and Barone had picked up Chantee 604 00:32:02,757 --> 00:32:06,115 and took her to an apartment in Cornelius. 605 00:32:06,190 --> 00:32:10,122 He said he had consensual sex with the 23-year-old 606 00:32:10,197 --> 00:32:13,035 but when she rejected Barone's advances, 607 00:32:13,110 --> 00:32:17,875 he forced her to get into his car and pointed a gun at her. 608 00:32:17,950 --> 00:32:20,602 Darcell went along for the ride. 609 00:32:20,677 --> 00:32:23,715 SCOTT RYON: Ultimately, she ended up out on Highway 26. 610 00:32:23,790 --> 00:32:29,235 And he told us it was Barone that had got her out of the car 611 00:32:29,244 --> 00:32:32,395 and taunted her and tormented her 612 00:32:32,470 --> 00:32:35,202 while she was standing there on the shoulder of the road. 613 00:32:35,277 --> 00:32:38,595 He said she was crying, she was sobbing. 614 00:32:38,604 --> 00:32:41,995 And he stroked her hair and told her everything 615 00:32:42,070 --> 00:32:43,275 was going to be OK. 616 00:32:43,350 --> 00:32:46,035 Everything was going to be fine, don't worry. 617 00:32:46,110 --> 00:32:48,315 And at that point, he moved the gun 618 00:32:48,390 --> 00:32:54,195 from where he had been popping it into the bottom of her chin. 619 00:32:54,270 --> 00:32:56,955 Then turned it and came underneath, and said 620 00:32:57,030 --> 00:32:59,995 everything's going to be OK, and the gun fired. 621 00:33:00,070 --> 00:33:03,475 And she collapsed 622 00:33:03,550 --> 00:33:08,155 NARRATOR: Darcell could not believe what he had witnessed. 623 00:33:08,230 --> 00:33:09,475 SCOTT RYON: He said that was at the point 624 00:33:09,550 --> 00:33:11,515 that Cesar Barone grabbed her by the legs 625 00:33:11,590 --> 00:33:14,675 and spun her around, and threw her off into the shoulder. 626 00:33:14,750 --> 00:33:19,035 And they then got into the car and left the scene. 627 00:33:19,110 --> 00:33:22,475 And it was at that point that Cesar Barone wanted to hi five 628 00:33:22,550 --> 00:33:23,802 him. 629 00:33:23,644 --> 00:33:26,195 He was pounding the wheel, he was euphoric. 630 00:33:26,270 --> 00:33:29,835 He was just totally excited about how good 631 00:33:29,910 --> 00:33:33,155 that felt. Leonard stated it nearly 632 00:33:33,230 --> 00:33:35,035 made him sick at that point. 633 00:33:35,110 --> 00:33:37,635 And he knew that he didn't want anything more 634 00:33:37,710 --> 00:33:40,715 to do with this individual. 635 00:33:40,790 --> 00:33:44,642 NARRATOR: In March 1994, for his role in Chantee 636 00:33:44,717 --> 00:33:47,995 Woodman's murder, Leonard Darcell was sentenced 637 00:33:48,070 --> 00:33:52,195 to 20 years in prison. 638 00:33:52,270 --> 00:33:54,835 During his jailhouse confessions, 639 00:33:54,910 --> 00:33:57,035 Barone had spoken to fellow inmates 640 00:33:57,044 --> 00:34:01,035 about how in January 1993 he'd scared 641 00:34:01,110 --> 00:34:04,755 Betty Williams so much she suffered a heart attack. 642 00:34:04,830 --> 00:34:07,555 The gun that had been found at her apartment 643 00:34:07,630 --> 00:34:10,355 was the same one that had fired the shot 644 00:34:10,430 --> 00:34:13,675 that killed Chantee Woodman, a direct link 645 00:34:13,684 --> 00:34:15,435 between both deaths. 646 00:34:15,510 --> 00:34:18,235 Searches of Barone's home uncovered 647 00:34:18,310 --> 00:34:21,275 even more evidence against him. 648 00:34:21,350 --> 00:34:23,715 SCOTT RYON: There was another gun found in the search warrant 649 00:34:23,790 --> 00:34:25,075 at Cesar Barone's house. 650 00:34:25,150 --> 00:34:28,635 It was a Browning Hi-Power. 651 00:34:28,710 --> 00:34:31,635 When that gun was matched with forensics, 652 00:34:31,710 --> 00:34:35,955 that tied back into the Martha Bryant case. 653 00:34:36,030 --> 00:34:38,275 The shell casings found on Cornell Road 654 00:34:38,350 --> 00:34:40,795 were consistent with the striker marks 655 00:34:40,870 --> 00:34:43,515 that this Browning Hi-Power made. 656 00:34:43,590 --> 00:34:47,435 NARRATOR: And the search of one of Barone's former residences 657 00:34:47,510 --> 00:34:50,315 led Detective Michael O'Connell to discover 658 00:34:50,390 --> 00:34:54,755 something he'd been searching for for almost two years. 659 00:34:54,830 --> 00:34:57,282 MICHAEL O'CONNELL: During the service of that search warrant, 660 00:34:57,357 --> 00:35:00,755 what do we find in Cesar's property? 661 00:35:00,830 --> 00:35:06,682 A pair of size 8 and 1/2 or 9 Reebok IRS tennis shoes. 662 00:35:06,757 --> 00:35:10,315 Ultimately, the shoes were matched to the shoe prints 663 00:35:10,390 --> 00:35:15,075 in Margaret Schmidt's bathroom including the little nicks, 664 00:35:15,150 --> 00:35:16,755 the little artifacts. 665 00:35:16,830 --> 00:35:18,555 You could look at the bottom of the shoe and see it, 666 00:35:18,630 --> 00:35:21,035 and you could look at the picture of the shoe print 667 00:35:21,110 --> 00:35:22,122 and see it. 668 00:35:24,757 --> 00:35:28,595 NARRATOR: As well as evidence linking Barone to four deaths, 669 00:35:28,670 --> 00:35:31,675 detectives had uncovered a series of other crimes 670 00:35:31,750 --> 00:35:36,595 he'd committed including rape, sexual abuse, and theft. 671 00:35:36,670 --> 00:35:40,555 In February 1994, he faced trial for crimes 672 00:35:40,630 --> 00:35:43,795 against the surviving victims and was sentenced 673 00:35:43,870 --> 00:35:47,035 to 44 years in prison. 674 00:35:47,110 --> 00:35:49,635 The career criminal was behind bars 675 00:35:49,710 --> 00:35:52,962 but detectives weren't going to rest on their laurels. 676 00:35:53,037 --> 00:35:57,275 Cesar Barone was about to get his comeuppance for the lives 677 00:35:57,350 --> 00:36:00,475 he'd cruelly taken. 678 00:36:00,550 --> 00:36:04,915 In November, the 34-year-old was back in court, this time 679 00:36:04,990 --> 00:36:08,842 charged with the high profile murder of an innocent midwife. 680 00:36:13,070 --> 00:36:14,515 ERIC APALATEGUI: The Martha Bryant murder 681 00:36:14,590 --> 00:36:17,155 was such a big deal because people really 682 00:36:17,230 --> 00:36:19,635 cared about that case, and they really wanted 683 00:36:19,710 --> 00:36:21,635 to see Cesar Barone put away. 684 00:36:21,710 --> 00:36:26,795 And it was a capital murder case so he was facing 685 00:36:26,870 --> 00:36:29,275 a potential death penalty. 686 00:36:29,350 --> 00:36:31,802 NARRATOR: Barone was prosecuted by Chief 687 00:36:31,877 --> 00:36:35,235 deputy DA, Bob Hermann. 688 00:36:35,310 --> 00:36:37,475 BOB HERMANN: I told the jury that this was clearly 689 00:36:37,550 --> 00:36:40,595 an execution both by the nature of the gunshot 690 00:36:40,604 --> 00:36:43,595 wound to the temple, and he clearly displayed the body 691 00:36:43,670 --> 00:36:46,355 by dumping her in the middle of the road in the manner 692 00:36:46,430 --> 00:36:47,655 that he did. 693 00:36:47,730 --> 00:36:50,915 It was obvious that his conduct was deliberate, 694 00:36:50,990 --> 00:36:55,162 which under our law in Oregon is significant when it comes 695 00:36:55,237 --> 00:36:56,515 to a death penalty imposition. 696 00:36:56,590 --> 00:36:59,115 The homicide need not be just intentional, 697 00:36:59,190 --> 00:37:01,035 it has to be deliberate as well. 698 00:37:01,110 --> 00:37:03,042 And that was about as deliberative 699 00:37:03,117 --> 00:37:06,562 as you could possibly imagine. 700 00:37:06,637 --> 00:37:09,115 NARRATOR: Barone denied all the charges 701 00:37:09,190 --> 00:37:14,082 against him pleading not guilty and refusing to testify. 702 00:37:14,157 --> 00:37:17,635 But the evidence against him was undeniable. 703 00:37:17,644 --> 00:37:20,202 ELIZABETH YARDLEY: In terms of Martha Bryant's murder trial, 704 00:37:20,277 --> 00:37:23,915 there really wasn't any doubts that Barone had killed her. 705 00:37:23,990 --> 00:37:25,362 He'd bragged about it. 706 00:37:25,437 --> 00:37:29,635 He'd actually shared details of the crime with others. 707 00:37:29,710 --> 00:37:32,875 There was a blood stain in the back of the muscle car 708 00:37:32,950 --> 00:37:34,955 that matched up to her DNA. 709 00:37:34,964 --> 00:37:38,875 And also the 9 millimeter pistol that he'd used in this case 710 00:37:38,950 --> 00:37:40,835 was found in his own residence. 711 00:37:40,910 --> 00:37:45,435 So all paths led to Barone, there was very little doubt 712 00:37:45,510 --> 00:37:48,475 he was responsible for this. 713 00:37:48,550 --> 00:37:50,835 ERIC APALATEGUI: I think the evidence that maybe is more 714 00:37:50,910 --> 00:37:54,002 emotional is the stuff that kind of gets me now is just 715 00:37:54,077 --> 00:37:56,235 the descriptions of how he basically 716 00:37:56,310 --> 00:37:59,555 hunted her down and killed her. 717 00:37:59,630 --> 00:38:03,915 Those were the things that anybody could understand, 718 00:38:03,990 --> 00:38:06,322 we've all seen movies and everything 719 00:38:06,397 --> 00:38:11,595 but here it was real life and close to home and all of that. 720 00:38:11,670 --> 00:38:14,842 So that's the kind of stuff that probably sticks with me more. 721 00:38:18,950 --> 00:38:22,515 NARRATOR: In December 1994, Cesar Barone 722 00:38:22,590 --> 00:38:25,675 was found guilty of the murder of Martha Bryant 723 00:38:25,750 --> 00:38:27,435 and sentenced to death. 724 00:38:27,510 --> 00:38:29,755 He received two more death sentences 725 00:38:29,830 --> 00:38:34,275 for the murders of Margaret Schmidt and Chantee Woodman. 726 00:38:34,350 --> 00:38:36,515 Barone was also convicted of causing 727 00:38:36,590 --> 00:38:41,435 Betty Williams death known in Oregon as felony murder. 728 00:38:41,510 --> 00:38:45,755 For this he received an 89 year sentence. 729 00:38:45,764 --> 00:38:49,235 The state of Florida were also keen to speak to the man 730 00:38:49,310 --> 00:38:52,275 they knew as Jimmy Rode. 731 00:38:52,284 --> 00:38:53,915 MICHAEL O'CONNELL: They eventually indicted him 732 00:38:53,924 --> 00:38:55,908 for the murder of Alice Stock. 733 00:38:55,984 --> 00:38:59,395 After his appeals were all denied on the Martha Bryant 734 00:38:59,470 --> 00:39:04,195 case, they ended up dismissing their case under the belief 735 00:39:04,270 --> 00:39:07,555 that, OK, the very least he's going 736 00:39:07,630 --> 00:39:10,435 to spend the rest of his life in prison in Oregon 737 00:39:10,510 --> 00:39:13,675 and possibly even be executed. 738 00:39:13,750 --> 00:39:16,835 They decided to drop their case. 739 00:39:16,910 --> 00:39:19,635 ELIZABETH YARDLEY: There is no such thing as coincidence when 740 00:39:19,710 --> 00:39:21,302 it comes to serial killers. 741 00:39:21,377 --> 00:39:26,075 And I think it's safe to say that is anybody else 742 00:39:26,150 --> 00:39:28,115 responsible for Alice's murder? 743 00:39:28,190 --> 00:39:29,442 I'd say probably not. 744 00:39:31,830 --> 00:39:36,315 NARRATOR: In 1997, journalist Eric Apalategui 745 00:39:36,324 --> 00:39:40,195 was given the opportunity to sit down with Cesar Barone 746 00:39:40,270 --> 00:39:43,755 to try and find out his side of the story. 747 00:39:43,830 --> 00:39:47,475 I had never interviewed someone on death row. 748 00:39:47,550 --> 00:39:50,715 So that day when I went down to Salem, 749 00:39:50,790 --> 00:39:54,995 Oregon State Penitentiary, I was admittedly anxious. 750 00:39:55,070 --> 00:39:57,395 I didn't know what it would be like. 751 00:39:57,470 --> 00:40:01,875 And then they brought me into a little interview room, 752 00:40:01,950 --> 00:40:08,675 and there was a chair and a little desk in front of me. 753 00:40:08,750 --> 00:40:13,635 And then there was this big thick plate glass with a hole 754 00:40:13,710 --> 00:40:15,715 right here that we were going to talk through. 755 00:40:15,790 --> 00:40:20,315 The guard brought Cesar Barone in to the other side of this, 756 00:40:20,324 --> 00:40:26,082 sat him down, and they gave us space to talk. 757 00:40:26,157 --> 00:40:32,915 And he was very amiable like happy to see me, 758 00:40:32,924 --> 00:40:36,282 how are you doing kind of thing. 759 00:40:36,357 --> 00:40:39,435 NARRATOR: But Barone's mood would soon change when 760 00:40:39,510 --> 00:40:41,442 Eric brought up the murders. 761 00:41:04,630 --> 00:41:06,882 ERIC APALATEGUI: Whenever I asked a question that didn't 762 00:41:06,957 --> 00:41:09,915 fit with his explanation of things, what 763 00:41:09,990 --> 00:41:11,922 about the DNA evidence? 764 00:41:11,997 --> 00:41:14,635 What about this, what about that? 765 00:41:14,710 --> 00:41:16,955 If he couldn't come up with a good answer, 766 00:41:16,964 --> 00:41:19,435 then his answer was that it was planted 767 00:41:19,510 --> 00:41:22,435 so that he could be convicted of all of these crimes. 768 00:41:22,510 --> 00:41:24,635 They could clear the books of these crimes, 769 00:41:24,644 --> 00:41:27,435 they could get all the glory. 770 00:41:27,510 --> 00:41:30,602 That was his-- that was his argument. 771 00:41:32,990 --> 00:41:38,195 NARRATOR: Cesar Barone died of cancer on Christmas Eve 2009. 772 00:41:38,270 --> 00:41:40,995 He was 49 years old. 773 00:41:41,070 --> 00:41:44,075 On discovering the killer was terminally ill, 774 00:41:44,150 --> 00:41:46,635 Detective Michael O'Connell visited him 775 00:41:46,710 --> 00:41:49,835 in prison for one last attempt at finding out 776 00:41:49,910 --> 00:41:52,482 the truth behind his crimes. 777 00:41:52,557 --> 00:41:54,035 MICHAEL O'CONNELL: I said, I'm not 778 00:41:54,110 --> 00:41:55,835 going to read you your rights. 779 00:41:55,844 --> 00:41:58,475 Basically I was trying to assure him 780 00:41:58,550 --> 00:42:03,275 that I couldn't use anything he going to tell me against him. 781 00:42:03,350 --> 00:42:06,835 Still didn't matter, he just, no, no. 782 00:42:06,910 --> 00:42:09,835 I said, is it possible to tell us that maybe one 783 00:42:09,910 --> 00:42:12,642 of your victims didn't suffer? 784 00:42:12,717 --> 00:42:18,275 I said, something that maybe could put a mother or a husband 785 00:42:18,284 --> 00:42:20,035 at ease? 786 00:42:20,110 --> 00:42:23,035 Give them some peace of mind? 787 00:42:23,110 --> 00:42:27,155 Wouldn't touch it, wouldn't even come close. 788 00:42:27,230 --> 00:42:29,795 SCOTT RYON: As far as Cesar Barone having any remorse 789 00:42:29,870 --> 00:42:33,635 for his crimes, absolutely not. 790 00:42:33,710 --> 00:42:39,275 It was my impression that he loved revisiting those mentally 791 00:42:39,350 --> 00:42:42,275 and recommitting the crime again. 792 00:42:42,350 --> 00:42:45,995 Truly a sick evil individual. 793 00:42:46,070 --> 00:42:48,315 NARRATOR: In total, Cesar Barone was 794 00:42:48,390 --> 00:42:51,755 responsible for the deaths of at least four women 795 00:42:51,764 --> 00:42:54,235 and the assault of many others. 796 00:42:54,310 --> 00:42:59,115 He has taken the reasons why to the grave. 797 00:42:59,124 --> 00:43:03,155 When we look back on the victims of Barone's crimes, 798 00:43:03,230 --> 00:43:06,235 these were women just going about their daily life, 799 00:43:06,310 --> 00:43:09,115 and this predator comes along and decides that he 800 00:43:09,190 --> 00:43:10,475 has a right to kill them. 801 00:43:10,550 --> 00:43:13,275 He has the right to violate and abuse them. 802 00:43:13,284 --> 00:43:17,155 And I think what we need to take from this case is their memory 803 00:43:17,230 --> 00:43:19,915 because very often the victims in cases 804 00:43:19,990 --> 00:43:21,835 of serial murder symbolize everything 805 00:43:21,910 --> 00:43:23,755 that the perpetrators are not. 806 00:43:23,830 --> 00:43:27,275 They are independent, they are loved, they are hopeful, 807 00:43:27,284 --> 00:43:30,115 they're people who have bright futures ahead of them. 808 00:43:30,190 --> 00:43:32,035 So I think we need to honor the victims 809 00:43:32,110 --> 00:43:35,395 and just forget about Barone because he was a nobody, 810 00:43:35,470 --> 00:43:38,315 and he always will be a nobody. 811 00:43:38,390 --> 00:43:41,635 NARRATOR: Barone was a twisted individual who seemed 812 00:43:41,710 --> 00:43:44,195 to enjoy causing pain to women. 813 00:43:44,270 --> 00:43:47,635 He was driven by an unhealthy sexual appetite 814 00:43:47,710 --> 00:43:49,602 that would stop at nothing. 815 00:43:49,677 --> 00:43:53,235 By attacking women in their homes, their cars, 816 00:43:53,310 --> 00:43:56,275 or even on the street, he always preyed 817 00:43:56,350 --> 00:43:58,715 upon their vulnerabilities, which 818 00:43:58,724 --> 00:44:04,435 makes Cesar Barone one of the world's most evil killers. 819 00:44:04,510 --> 00:44:06,602 [music playing]