1 00:00:06,066 --> 00:00:09,266 She was actually alive when she was set on fire. 2 00:00:09,266 --> 00:00:11,634 GUTH: You've got a gruesome homicide, 3 00:00:11,634 --> 00:00:15,166 one of the worst killings ever seen. 4 00:00:16,100 --> 00:00:17,967 SCHAEFFER: Even though she was 23 years old, 5 00:00:17,967 --> 00:00:21,367 she has more of a mentality of a teenager. 6 00:00:21,367 --> 00:00:24,500 GUTH: She's very friendly. She's very trusting. 7 00:00:24,500 --> 00:00:27,066 STEDMAN: She may have been taken advantage of. 8 00:00:27,066 --> 00:00:30,000 He was controlling, jealous, manipulative. 9 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:31,734 He was controlling, jealous, manipulative. 10 00:00:31,800 --> 00:00:34,066 He's also a very violent person. 11 00:00:34,100 --> 00:00:35,967 He even says that he would have 12 00:00:35,967 --> 00:00:38,867 to be killed to keep them apart. 13 00:00:38,867 --> 00:00:42,066 GUTH: We have a very, very strong suspicion 14 00:00:42,100 --> 00:00:44,800 who it is that has committed this homicide, 15 00:00:44,900 --> 00:00:46,634 and now it's time to go after them. 16 00:00:51,367 --> 00:00:53,467 NARRATOR: Every day in North America, 17 00:00:53,467 --> 00:00:55,800 dozens of people are murdered. 18 00:00:55,900 --> 00:00:58,367 The key to solving the toughest of these homicides 19 00:00:58,433 --> 00:01:00,000 lies in the final 24 hours of the victim's life. 20 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:01,967 lies in the final 24 hours of the victim's life. 21 00:01:01,967 --> 00:01:04,100 To crack the case, 22 00:01:04,100 --> 00:01:07,867 detectives must reconstruct that critical timeline, 23 00:01:07,867 --> 00:01:10,867 the minutes and hours containing evidence that can 24 00:01:10,867 --> 00:01:14,066 help unlock the mystery and catch the killer. 25 00:01:24,367 --> 00:01:27,533 Just 75 miles north of Philadelphia, 26 00:01:27,634 --> 00:01:30,000 Robesonia, Pennsylvania, is a peaceful, 27 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:30,500 Robesonia, Pennsylvania, is a peaceful, 28 00:01:30,500 --> 00:01:32,266 family-friendly borough. 29 00:01:32,266 --> 00:01:37,233 Robesonia is a small, tight-knit community of about 2,000 people. 30 00:01:38,066 --> 00:01:40,000 It's rural, it's working class. 31 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:42,700 It's got a lot of farmland in the area. 32 00:01:42,700 --> 00:01:44,166 GUTH: It is very quiet. 33 00:01:44,166 --> 00:01:47,700 You don't have the crime or some of the other problems 34 00:01:47,700 --> 00:01:51,867 that you see in some of the more populated areas. 35 00:01:51,867 --> 00:01:55,166 SCHAEFFER: The people who live in the borough are very 36 00:01:55,233 --> 00:01:56,367 community-oriented, 37 00:01:56,367 --> 00:01:59,800 I would say -- it is an ideal place to raise a family. 38 00:02:00,734 --> 00:02:03,467 GUTH: Because the population is so small, 39 00:02:03,533 --> 00:02:07,266 the people that live there do know each other well. 40 00:02:15,000 --> 00:02:17,367 NARRATOR: As dawn stirs the sleepy hamlet 41 00:02:17,433 --> 00:02:19,700 on the first day of 2014, 42 00:02:19,700 --> 00:02:22,066 one worried father calls police for help. 43 00:02:22,100 --> 00:02:23,467 [phone ringing] 44 00:02:23,467 --> 00:02:25,367 STEDMAN: Michael Kline called us to say 45 00:02:25,367 --> 00:02:27,266 that his daughter Ashley was missing. 46 00:02:27,266 --> 00:02:29,900 She hadn't been seen since about 10 o'clock 47 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:32,467 in the evening on December 30th. 48 00:02:32,533 --> 00:02:34,900 He was very concerned and reported her missing. 49 00:02:35,867 --> 00:02:38,900 SCHAEFFER: We respond to the Kline household immediately. 50 00:02:40,166 --> 00:02:42,367 We interview Michael there. 51 00:02:43,700 --> 00:02:46,734 GUTH: Mike explains that his daughter did not 52 00:02:46,734 --> 00:02:49,734 show up at a New Year's Eve party 53 00:02:49,734 --> 00:02:53,266 that was hosted by her best friend. 54 00:02:53,266 --> 00:02:55,634 STEDMAN: He was calling Ashley's cellphone, 55 00:02:55,634 --> 00:02:57,433 and he wasn't getting any response. 56 00:02:58,634 --> 00:03:00,000 GUTH: He's very distressed that his daughter 57 00:03:00,000 --> 00:03:01,266 GUTH: He's very distressed that his daughter 58 00:03:01,333 --> 00:03:03,166 hasn't shown back up, 59 00:03:03,166 --> 00:03:07,100 because normally, she would let him know where she was, 60 00:03:07,100 --> 00:03:08,533 what she was doing. 61 00:03:08,634 --> 00:03:11,233 She was not very secretive in that respect. 62 00:03:12,500 --> 00:03:14,700 NARRATOR: Detectives open an investigation into 63 00:03:14,700 --> 00:03:17,900 the disappearance of 23-year-old Ashley Kline. 64 00:03:18,867 --> 00:03:21,533 Leading the case are detectives Eric Schaeffer 65 00:03:21,634 --> 00:03:24,900 and Raymund Guth of the Pennsylvania State Police. 66 00:03:27,600 --> 00:03:30,000 SCHAEFFER: It was unusual to receive a call of this type 67 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:30,467 SCHAEFFER: It was unusual to receive a call of this type 68 00:03:30,467 --> 00:03:33,000 for a 23-year-old. 69 00:03:33,000 --> 00:03:36,500 Ashley experienced lead poisoning as a small child, 70 00:03:36,500 --> 00:03:41,266 so due to that, she had some diminished cognitive functions, 71 00:03:41,266 --> 00:03:44,266 which, even though she was 23 years old, 72 00:03:44,266 --> 00:03:47,533 she has more of a mentality of a teenager. 73 00:03:48,467 --> 00:03:50,367 STEDMAN: So Michael is definitely concerned 74 00:03:50,367 --> 00:03:51,800 given his daughter's loving 75 00:03:51,900 --> 00:03:54,900 and trusting nature that she may have been taken advantage of. 76 00:03:57,000 --> 00:03:58,867 NARRATOR: Detectives asked the worried father about 77 00:03:58,867 --> 00:04:00,000 his daughter's whereabouts before she disappeared. 78 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:01,467 his daughter's whereabouts before she disappeared. 79 00:04:02,967 --> 00:04:05,266 O'DONOVAN: Michael tells the detective that his daughter 80 00:04:05,266 --> 00:04:08,867 left the residence at around 10 p.m. on 81 00:04:08,867 --> 00:04:11,967 the 30th of December, two days earlier. 82 00:04:11,967 --> 00:04:14,100 She walked past him in the living room. 83 00:04:14,100 --> 00:04:17,166 They had a brief interaction. 84 00:04:18,000 --> 00:04:21,367 He noticed she was wearing her favorite boots, 85 00:04:21,433 --> 00:04:25,634 her pajama pants, and a sweatshirt with a jacket. 86 00:04:27,066 --> 00:04:30,000 Michael tells us that Ashley was supposed to show up 87 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:30,100 Michael tells us that Ashley was supposed to show up 88 00:04:30,100 --> 00:04:32,533 at her friend Laney's house on the 30th, 89 00:04:32,634 --> 00:04:36,367 spend most of the day with her on the 31st, 90 00:04:36,433 --> 00:04:39,100 and set up for a New Year's Eve party. 91 00:04:40,734 --> 00:04:42,333 Ashley never showed up. 92 00:04:44,533 --> 00:04:47,066 We want to do everything we can to try to 93 00:04:47,066 --> 00:04:50,066 find Ashley and bring her back home to her family. 94 00:04:51,266 --> 00:04:54,467 NARRATOR: While patrols look for Ashley throughout Robesonia, 95 00:04:54,533 --> 00:04:58,634 investigators ask her network for clues to her whereabouts. 96 00:04:58,634 --> 00:05:00,000 STEDMAN: We start contacting anybody that would know where 97 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:01,467 STEDMAN: We start contacting anybody that would know where 98 00:05:01,467 --> 00:05:03,900 she is or where she might have gone on December 30th. 99 00:05:04,867 --> 00:05:08,800 NARRATOR: Investigators call on Ashley's boyfriend, 28-year-old 100 00:05:08,900 --> 00:05:12,700 Wade Donahue, to come in and answer some questions. 101 00:05:12,700 --> 00:05:15,867 They've been dating for a number of months at this 102 00:05:15,867 --> 00:05:20,467 time, and he's concerned that he hasn't heard from her. 103 00:05:20,467 --> 00:05:22,367 O'DONOVAN: Wade tells them that they have 104 00:05:22,433 --> 00:05:24,367 a very good relationship. 105 00:05:24,367 --> 00:05:26,066 They're very happy together. 106 00:05:26,867 --> 00:05:28,634 SCHAEFFER: He communicates with Ashley 107 00:05:28,634 --> 00:05:30,000 routinely through the week. 108 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:30,266 routinely through the week. 109 00:05:30,333 --> 00:05:32,967 However, he only sees her mainly on 110 00:05:32,967 --> 00:05:36,233 the weekends, because he works long hours in a pizzeria. 111 00:05:37,266 --> 00:05:39,634 NARRATOR: Investigators ask Wade about his last 112 00:05:39,634 --> 00:05:43,000 interactions with Ashley before she went missing. 113 00:05:43,000 --> 00:05:45,634 SCHAEFFER: Wade gave Ashley an early Christmas present, 114 00:05:45,734 --> 00:05:47,066 a necklace. 115 00:05:47,066 --> 00:05:49,367 It had their names engraved on it. 116 00:05:49,367 --> 00:05:51,367 It was in the shape of a heart. 117 00:05:51,433 --> 00:05:52,800 Ashley was so excited about this, 118 00:05:52,900 --> 00:05:55,166 she posted a picture of the pendant on 119 00:05:55,166 --> 00:05:57,266 her social media the day she received it. 120 00:05:59,500 --> 00:06:00,000 Wade tells us that the last time he 121 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:01,533 Wade tells us that the last time he 122 00:06:01,634 --> 00:06:06,700 actually saw Ashley in person was December 28th, 123 00:06:06,700 --> 00:06:10,467 and he last spoke with Ashley on December 30th. 124 00:06:10,467 --> 00:06:13,533 They were communicating via text message. 125 00:06:13,634 --> 00:06:15,900 STEDMAN: And he's been trying to reach her for the last two days. 126 00:06:18,100 --> 00:06:19,467 So at this point, we don't 127 00:06:19,467 --> 00:06:22,734 have anything that raises suspicion about Wade. 128 00:06:22,734 --> 00:06:23,634 You're always gonna look 129 00:06:23,734 --> 00:06:26,266 at boyfriends and significant others. 130 00:06:26,333 --> 00:06:27,467 So he's not out of the picture, 131 00:06:27,467 --> 00:06:29,634 but we need to start looking in a new direction. 132 00:06:30,700 --> 00:06:33,600 NARRATOR: So investigators turn to another young man 133 00:06:33,600 --> 00:06:35,634 who knew Ashley well. 134 00:06:35,634 --> 00:06:39,100 We contact one of Ashley's oldest friends, 135 00:06:39,100 --> 00:06:42,367 19-year-old Ryan Schannauer. 136 00:06:42,367 --> 00:06:45,367 STEDMAN: Ryan and Ashley's mothers were best friends, 137 00:06:45,367 --> 00:06:47,367 and the two kids had actually grown up together. 138 00:06:48,500 --> 00:06:52,066 Ryan tells us that their parents even joked that one day 139 00:06:52,066 --> 00:06:53,500 they might even get married, 140 00:06:53,500 --> 00:06:55,634 because of the amount of time they spent together growing up. 141 00:06:57,367 --> 00:06:58,467 STEDMAN: So we asked Ryan, 142 00:06:58,467 --> 00:06:59,867 when's the last time you saw Ashley? 143 00:06:59,867 --> 00:07:00,000 SCHAEFFER: Ryan tells us that 144 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:01,734 SCHAEFFER: Ryan tells us that 145 00:07:01,800 --> 00:07:06,367 he picks up Ashley in front of her house on December 30th 146 00:07:06,433 --> 00:07:07,734 around 10 p.m. 147 00:07:10,700 --> 00:07:12,600 He says they go back to his house, 148 00:07:12,600 --> 00:07:14,634 they watch a movie together. 149 00:07:16,166 --> 00:07:18,533 O'DONOVAN: Ashley was distracted. 150 00:07:18,533 --> 00:07:21,266 She wasn't really paying attention to the movie. 151 00:07:21,266 --> 00:07:23,634 She was more interested in her phone, 152 00:07:25,266 --> 00:07:28,734 and she was texting somebody on the phone continuously. 153 00:07:30,166 --> 00:07:34,367 Approximately an hour after they start the movie, 154 00:07:34,367 --> 00:07:38,266 Ashley asks him to drive her home, 155 00:07:38,266 --> 00:07:40,533 that she needs to go home, 156 00:07:41,467 --> 00:07:45,066 and he's curious as to why, 157 00:07:45,066 --> 00:07:48,533 but he says that he consents to do this. 158 00:07:50,100 --> 00:07:52,867 O'DONOVAN: About a block away from her home, 159 00:07:52,867 --> 00:07:54,800 she asked to be let out of the car. 160 00:07:56,000 --> 00:07:57,867 STEDMAN: So we ask him, "What do you know about this? 161 00:07:57,867 --> 00:07:59,066 "Who is she meeting? 162 00:07:59,100 --> 00:08:00,000 Why is she getting dropped off before she goes home?" 163 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:01,166 Why is she getting dropped off before she goes home?" 164 00:08:01,166 --> 00:08:03,800 And he said he didn't know, this is what Ashley wanted to do. 165 00:08:07,500 --> 00:08:10,100 O'DONOVAN: Ryan said the last time he saw Ashley was she 166 00:08:10,100 --> 00:08:13,166 got out of his car, and she walked into the neighborhood. 167 00:08:13,166 --> 00:08:18,000 So investigators are extremely interested in Ryan's story, 168 00:08:18,000 --> 00:08:19,700 because he is now 169 00:08:19,700 --> 00:08:23,900 the last person to see Ashley since she actually disappeared. 170 00:08:27,100 --> 00:08:29,266 Being the last person to see the victim would 171 00:08:29,266 --> 00:08:30,000 elevate Ryan to the top of the list of suspects. 172 00:08:30,000 --> 00:08:32,066 elevate Ryan to the top of the list of suspects. 173 00:08:32,967 --> 00:08:37,266 GUTH: Ashley is a young lady in her twenties 174 00:08:37,266 --> 00:08:41,734 with the mental capability of someone much younger, 175 00:08:41,734 --> 00:08:43,967 and it's late in the evening. 176 00:08:43,967 --> 00:08:46,533 What is he thinking doing this? 177 00:08:46,533 --> 00:08:50,166 Ryan Schannauer becomes suspicious at this point. 178 00:08:53,166 --> 00:08:54,634 NARRATOR: In the mysterious disappearance of 179 00:08:54,634 --> 00:08:56,967 23-year-old Ashley Kline, 180 00:08:57,000 --> 00:09:00,467 Pennsylvania investigators learn that her childhood friend, 181 00:09:00,467 --> 00:09:01,900 Ryan Schannauer, 182 00:09:01,900 --> 00:09:06,634 was the last person to see her on December 30th, 2013. 183 00:09:06,634 --> 00:09:10,233 Ryan tells the investigators that Ashley asked him 184 00:09:10,266 --> 00:09:13,233 to drive her home before the movie was finished. 185 00:09:15,166 --> 00:09:16,700 So they got into his car, 186 00:09:16,700 --> 00:09:18,900 and he headed back towards her house. 187 00:09:20,066 --> 00:09:21,948 When they got into the neighborhood, 188 00:09:21,948 --> 00:09:22,367 When they got into the neighborhood, 189 00:09:22,367 --> 00:09:25,533 she asked that he stop the car, and she got out. 190 00:09:28,467 --> 00:09:30,533 STEDMAN: He adds that, after he dropped her off, 191 00:09:30,533 --> 00:09:32,266 he actually continued to be in a text message 192 00:09:32,266 --> 00:09:35,266 conversation with her and showed us that he was in 193 00:09:35,266 --> 00:09:37,433 conversation with her up until 1 a.m. that night. 194 00:09:42,600 --> 00:09:44,734 O'DONOVAN: Ryan tells the investigators that he spent 195 00:09:44,734 --> 00:09:46,800 the rest of the evening at his friend's house, 196 00:09:46,800 --> 00:09:49,100 and then he drove home. 197 00:09:49,100 --> 00:09:51,948 But on his way home, Ryan's car broke down. 198 00:09:51,948 --> 00:09:52,266 But on his way home, Ryan's car broke down. 199 00:09:52,266 --> 00:09:54,367 He calls his mother for assistance. 200 00:09:54,367 --> 00:09:56,634 She was working nearby at the time. 201 00:09:56,734 --> 00:09:58,467 So she leaves her job. 202 00:09:58,533 --> 00:10:01,166 She meets with Ryan, and they arrange for 203 00:10:01,166 --> 00:10:05,533 a tow truck to tow the vehicle back to their house. 204 00:10:05,533 --> 00:10:10,066 And that occurs around 1 a.m. on December 31st. 205 00:10:11,266 --> 00:10:13,467 Ryan was very cooperative, 206 00:10:13,467 --> 00:10:16,266 answered everything we asked of him, said if he 207 00:10:16,266 --> 00:10:19,467 learns anything else, that he would give us a call. 208 00:10:22,600 --> 00:10:24,734 [phone ringing] 209 00:10:24,800 --> 00:10:27,066 NARRATOR: Three days after Ashley went missing, 210 00:10:27,100 --> 00:10:30,367 detectives receive a call from a neighboring town. 211 00:10:30,367 --> 00:10:32,900 A jogger calls police to tell them that 212 00:10:32,900 --> 00:10:35,734 she's found some items of concern 213 00:10:35,800 --> 00:10:37,800 in Adamstown, Pennsylvania. 214 00:10:38,800 --> 00:10:41,100 NARRATOR: Adamstown is just 10 miles south 215 00:10:41,100 --> 00:10:43,166 of Ashley's home in Robesonia. 216 00:10:44,533 --> 00:10:46,266 SCHAEFFER: We arrive at the scene, 217 00:10:46,266 --> 00:10:48,533 and we observe a pink boot, 218 00:10:49,634 --> 00:10:51,467 an empty cellphone case, 219 00:10:52,867 --> 00:10:56,867 a black and gray Philadelphia Phillies baseball cap. 220 00:10:59,166 --> 00:11:03,100 We go back to Michael Kline and his family and see 221 00:11:03,100 --> 00:11:06,533 if they can make sense or recognize any of these items. 222 00:11:08,367 --> 00:11:13,800 Michael Kline believes that the pink boot is consistent to 223 00:11:13,800 --> 00:11:18,000 a pair that Ashley owned and most likely consistent to 224 00:11:18,000 --> 00:11:20,066 the pair he remembers her walking out of 225 00:11:20,066 --> 00:11:21,948 the house with on December 30th. 226 00:11:21,948 --> 00:11:21,967 the house with on December 30th. 227 00:11:23,266 --> 00:11:25,533 He has also shown the cellphone case. 228 00:11:25,533 --> 00:11:28,900 He believes that that is also consistent with 229 00:11:28,900 --> 00:11:31,166 what he remembers of his daughter's cellphone. 230 00:11:32,000 --> 00:11:34,467 The one article that they do not attribute 231 00:11:34,533 --> 00:11:37,634 to Ashley is the Philadelphia Phillies ball cap. 232 00:11:37,634 --> 00:11:41,233 Michael has no idea whose hat that might be. 233 00:11:42,533 --> 00:11:45,634 And, of course, now, finding these items, 234 00:11:45,734 --> 00:11:49,634 it becomes even more of a concern that something bad 235 00:11:49,634 --> 00:11:50,967 may have happened to her. 236 00:11:52,533 --> 00:11:56,233 And now we're trying to put the pieces together. 237 00:11:57,700 --> 00:12:00,100 NARRATOR: Just 10 days after Christmas, 238 00:12:00,100 --> 00:12:02,367 Ashley's family is forced to consider 239 00:12:02,367 --> 00:12:04,233 whether they'll ever see her alive again. 240 00:12:05,367 --> 00:12:07,166 To answer that question, 241 00:12:07,166 --> 00:12:09,900 investigators return to Adamstown, 242 00:12:09,900 --> 00:12:12,166 where Ashley's belongings were recovered. 243 00:12:13,734 --> 00:12:16,634 GUTH: We begin to search the area, 244 00:12:16,634 --> 00:12:19,867 and there's a wastewater treatment plant right there, 245 00:12:22,467 --> 00:12:24,967 and it's got a high fence 246 00:12:25,000 --> 00:12:29,533 and inside the fence, you have a water treatment pond, 247 00:12:30,600 --> 00:12:33,166 and there's a grassy area. 248 00:12:33,233 --> 00:12:35,367 SCHAEFFER: There's a sock in the water, 249 00:12:35,367 --> 00:12:39,066 and there's a sock outside the retention pond. 250 00:12:39,066 --> 00:12:43,467 So whoever discarded these items most likely threw them in 251 00:12:43,467 --> 00:12:46,867 an attempt to throw them in the water to conceal them. 252 00:12:47,900 --> 00:12:51,948 GUTH: The sock matched up with items that Ashley Kline would 253 00:12:51,948 --> 00:12:53,333 GUTH: The sock matched up with items that Ashley Kline would 254 00:12:53,367 --> 00:12:56,967 have had on when she disappeared 255 00:12:57,000 --> 00:12:59,066 on the night of December 30th. 256 00:12:59,066 --> 00:13:02,333 These items are collected, and they're taken into evidence. 257 00:13:04,266 --> 00:13:05,734 SCHAEFFER: The issue with the tanks for us 258 00:13:05,734 --> 00:13:08,800 is that the water is gray water. 259 00:13:08,800 --> 00:13:10,700 You can't see through it. 260 00:13:10,700 --> 00:13:13,333 It's wintertime, it's cold. 261 00:13:13,367 --> 00:13:15,800 It's a possibility that other items are concealed 262 00:13:15,800 --> 00:13:18,734 in the water, and it's possible that even 263 00:13:18,734 --> 00:13:20,867 a body could be concealed in the water. 264 00:13:22,700 --> 00:13:26,166 We make a request that the retention pond tanks are all 265 00:13:26,166 --> 00:13:30,166 drained, and we have our forensics team analyze 266 00:13:30,166 --> 00:13:31,867 everything that's left behind. 267 00:13:33,367 --> 00:13:35,066 NARRATOR: When the tanks are drained, 268 00:13:35,066 --> 00:13:38,800 thankfully, Ashley's body is not found at the bottom, 269 00:13:38,800 --> 00:13:41,967 but detectives do find something else. 270 00:13:42,000 --> 00:13:44,166 O'DONOVAN: In one of the tanks that they've drained, 271 00:13:44,233 --> 00:13:47,734 they find a keychain with a charm attached to it. 272 00:13:49,000 --> 00:13:51,867 They show this charm to Ashley's family, 273 00:13:51,867 --> 00:13:51,948 and they confirm that this was Ashley's. 274 00:13:51,948 --> 00:13:54,333 and they confirm that this was Ashley's. 275 00:13:57,166 --> 00:14:00,433 All they have to hang on to is their hope at this point. 276 00:14:04,634 --> 00:14:07,634 NARRATOR: But 10 days later, detectives get 277 00:14:07,734 --> 00:14:11,266 a grim tip that threatens what little hope remains. 278 00:14:11,266 --> 00:14:14,734 It's two weeks since Ashley's been reported missing. 279 00:14:15,900 --> 00:14:19,000 I get a call saying that two hikers were hiking 280 00:14:19,000 --> 00:14:21,233 in Middle Creek Wildlife Preserve 281 00:14:21,266 --> 00:14:21,948 and came up to an area where there was some 282 00:14:21,948 --> 00:14:24,634 and came up to an area where there was some 283 00:14:24,734 --> 00:14:27,266 burnt brush and things. 284 00:14:27,266 --> 00:14:31,266 They walk the trail towards what they thought was 285 00:14:31,266 --> 00:14:34,867 a campfire, and as they get within 12 feet, 286 00:14:34,900 --> 00:14:37,867 they realize there's a severely burned body. 287 00:14:37,900 --> 00:14:39,367 [siren wailing] 288 00:14:39,367 --> 00:14:41,867 STEDMAN: So they called 911, naturally, 289 00:14:41,867 --> 00:14:44,634 and we immediately dispatched a forensic team. 290 00:14:49,266 --> 00:14:51,634 SCHAEFFER: I'm thinking the worst. 291 00:14:51,734 --> 00:14:51,948 It's unusual for a body to be found, 292 00:14:51,948 --> 00:14:54,967 It's unusual for a body to be found, 293 00:14:55,000 --> 00:15:00,100 much less two weeks after a girl that's been reported missing. 294 00:15:01,367 --> 00:15:04,533 The brush around the body has been burnt. 295 00:15:04,533 --> 00:15:08,266 The clothing around the body has mostly been burned off, 296 00:15:08,266 --> 00:15:11,333 and there's serious trauma to the body itself. 297 00:15:13,166 --> 00:15:15,166 Based on the condition of the body, 298 00:15:15,166 --> 00:15:19,066 we are not able to identify if this is Ashley Kline or not. 299 00:15:20,367 --> 00:15:21,948 GUTH: One of the things that we find 300 00:15:21,948 --> 00:15:22,634 GUTH: One of the things that we find 301 00:15:22,734 --> 00:15:27,166 on the body is a badly burnt boot 302 00:15:27,166 --> 00:15:30,367 that is very similar to 303 00:15:30,367 --> 00:15:32,634 the boot that we found at 304 00:15:32,634 --> 00:15:35,233 the waste treatment center close by there. 305 00:15:36,634 --> 00:15:39,700 NARRATOR: To confirm whether the remains are Ashley's, 306 00:15:39,700 --> 00:15:41,634 investigators must now ask 307 00:15:41,634 --> 00:15:43,734 Ashley's father for her dental records. 308 00:15:45,367 --> 00:15:47,634 In my career, that's probably the most crucial 309 00:15:47,634 --> 00:15:49,734 conversation I've ever had with somebody. 310 00:15:51,166 --> 00:15:51,948 To knock on their door, look him in the eye, and not be 311 00:15:51,948 --> 00:15:55,867 To knock on their door, look him in the eye, and not be 312 00:15:55,867 --> 00:15:57,533 able to tell him we found his daughter, 313 00:15:57,634 --> 00:16:00,233 but then turn around and ask for 314 00:16:00,266 --> 00:16:02,100 who's his daughter's dentist. 315 00:16:05,266 --> 00:16:07,900 At that point, I think, for the family, 316 00:16:07,900 --> 00:16:10,734 all hope is pretty much lost. 317 00:16:15,467 --> 00:16:17,266 NARRATOR: Dental records confirm 318 00:16:17,266 --> 00:16:19,433 the burned remains are Ashley Kline's. 319 00:16:20,533 --> 00:16:21,948 It's not every day that you 320 00:16:21,948 --> 00:16:22,533 It's not every day that you 321 00:16:22,533 --> 00:16:25,166 see something this heinous take place. 322 00:16:26,367 --> 00:16:29,734 People want answers, and we're the ones 323 00:16:29,800 --> 00:16:31,700 responsible for providing those answers, 324 00:16:31,700 --> 00:16:33,166 so there is a lot of pressure. 325 00:16:42,700 --> 00:16:46,166 Once it's been confirmed that this is Ashley's body, 326 00:16:46,233 --> 00:16:49,533 the investigation takes on a new meaning. 327 00:16:49,634 --> 00:16:51,948 Now you've got a homicide. 328 00:16:51,948 --> 00:16:52,367 Now you've got a homicide. 329 00:16:52,367 --> 00:16:57,467 The pace of the investigation actually picks up. 330 00:16:57,467 --> 00:17:00,634 NARRATOR: Based on evidence investigators have so far, 331 00:17:00,734 --> 00:17:02,467 they formulate an initial theory 332 00:17:02,467 --> 00:17:05,066 of what likely occurred to Ashley. 333 00:17:05,100 --> 00:17:07,867 SCHAEFFER: We received the results of the autopsy. 334 00:17:07,900 --> 00:17:11,000 She was physically assaulted, beaten. 335 00:17:11,000 --> 00:17:12,967 Ashley was stabbed five times 336 00:17:15,467 --> 00:17:17,166 And then she was doused with 337 00:17:17,166 --> 00:17:19,734 a petroleum accelerant and set on fire. 338 00:17:22,700 --> 00:17:25,166 There was burning on the body, mostly around 339 00:17:25,166 --> 00:17:28,266 the pelvic region, which made us suspicious of 340 00:17:28,266 --> 00:17:29,634 sexual assault. 341 00:17:29,734 --> 00:17:33,166 However, forensically, there was no way for us to prove 342 00:17:33,166 --> 00:17:35,533 that that happened, as the intensity 343 00:17:35,634 --> 00:17:40,166 of the fire destroyed any type of physical evidence that could 344 00:17:40,166 --> 00:17:41,900 have been discovered in the area. 345 00:17:42,800 --> 00:17:46,066 There was the presence of soot in Ashley's lungs, 346 00:17:46,066 --> 00:17:48,166 which indicated that she was 347 00:17:48,166 --> 00:17:51,066 actually alive when she was set on fire. 348 00:17:51,100 --> 00:17:51,948 GUTH: You've got a gruesome homicide, 349 00:17:51,948 --> 00:17:53,166 GUTH: You've got a gruesome homicide, 350 00:17:53,166 --> 00:17:56,734 one of the worst killings that many of 351 00:17:56,734 --> 00:18:01,967 the investigators have ever seen or had to investigate. 352 00:18:02,000 --> 00:18:04,734 It's really a horror story in its own right. 353 00:18:07,367 --> 00:18:10,266 NARRATOR: Two weeks after 23-year-old Ashley Klein 354 00:18:10,333 --> 00:18:13,367 went missing from her Robesonia, Pennsylvania, home, 355 00:18:13,367 --> 00:18:16,266 investigators recover her charred remains just 356 00:18:16,266 --> 00:18:18,266 10 miles from where she grew up. 357 00:18:20,066 --> 00:18:22,266 Detectives suspect the homicide of the mentally 358 00:18:22,266 --> 00:18:25,533 challenged but loving young woman was sexually motivated. 359 00:18:27,066 --> 00:18:31,100 It's a tragic case and also a sad commentary on society. 360 00:18:31,100 --> 00:18:33,066 Here you have a young girl, 361 00:18:33,066 --> 00:18:36,335 possibly looking for love and to feel a sense of belonging, 362 00:18:36,335 --> 00:18:36,367 possibly looking for love and to feel a sense of belonging, 363 00:18:38,367 --> 00:18:42,000 only to have that used against her and wind up murdered. 364 00:18:45,467 --> 00:18:48,166 NARRATOR: To solve the mystery of Ashley Kline's murder, 365 00:18:48,166 --> 00:18:50,266 detectives will need to reconstruct 366 00:18:50,333 --> 00:18:52,367 the last 24 hours of her life. 367 00:18:53,734 --> 00:18:56,166 They circle back to Ryan Schannauer, 368 00:18:56,166 --> 00:18:58,800 the last known person to see Ashley alive. 369 00:19:00,066 --> 00:19:02,066 STEDMAN: We look at the timeline that Ryan Schannauer 370 00:19:02,100 --> 00:19:04,533 told us where he says he dropped her off, 371 00:19:06,967 --> 00:19:09,967 and, of course, he showed us text messages from Ashley 372 00:19:09,967 --> 00:19:13,367 on his phone up until one o'clock after he left her. 373 00:19:19,467 --> 00:19:23,266 NARRATOR: Based on Ryan's story, detectives estimate Ashley was 374 00:19:23,266 --> 00:19:24,634 murdered sometime between 375 00:19:24,700 --> 00:19:28,634 11 p.m. on December 30th when she was last seen alive 376 00:19:28,700 --> 00:19:31,266 in the early hours of the morning of December 31st. 377 00:19:33,900 --> 00:19:36,166 Now, investigators take a closer look 378 00:19:36,233 --> 00:19:36,335 at 19-year-old Ryan. 379 00:19:36,335 --> 00:19:38,367 at 19-year-old Ryan. 380 00:19:38,433 --> 00:19:40,734 STOCKDALE: Most of those who are killed, unfortunately, 381 00:19:40,800 --> 00:19:42,634 are killed by those who know them. 382 00:19:42,700 --> 00:19:45,533 Ryan is one of Ashley's oldest and closest friends, 383 00:19:45,533 --> 00:19:48,467 so it raises red flags for sure. 384 00:19:48,467 --> 00:19:50,734 NARRATOR: Detectives now consider if Ashley Kline 385 00:19:50,734 --> 00:19:54,734 was murdered by her lifelong friend, Ryan Schannauer. 386 00:19:54,734 --> 00:19:58,367 When they interviewed Ryan in his home two weeks earlier, 387 00:19:58,433 --> 00:19:59,734 was he telling the truth? 388 00:20:01,000 --> 00:20:04,367 Our goal is to corroborate Ryan's story to make sure that 389 00:20:04,367 --> 00:20:05,533 all the details that 390 00:20:05,600 --> 00:20:06,335 he gave us in the first interview check out, 391 00:20:06,335 --> 00:20:08,266 he gave us in the first interview check out, 392 00:20:08,333 --> 00:20:09,734 that he was with the friends 393 00:20:09,734 --> 00:20:13,634 he said he was with, that his vehicle did get towed to 394 00:20:13,634 --> 00:20:17,367 the place they said it was towed to. 395 00:20:17,433 --> 00:20:19,634 GUTH: When we speak with Ryan's mom, 396 00:20:19,634 --> 00:20:20,967 she does corroborate 397 00:20:20,967 --> 00:20:24,100 the fact that his car broke down 398 00:20:24,100 --> 00:20:27,867 and that she arranged for the tow truck, 399 00:20:27,867 --> 00:20:32,266 and she also tells us who it was that towed the vehicle 400 00:20:32,266 --> 00:20:35,734 and where the vehicle was towed to and where it is now. 401 00:20:35,734 --> 00:20:36,335 And at this point, everything checks out 402 00:20:36,335 --> 00:20:38,266 And at this point, everything checks out 403 00:20:38,266 --> 00:20:39,467 with Ryan's story. 404 00:20:40,634 --> 00:20:43,533 NARRATOR: Ryan Schannauer's alibi is airtight. 405 00:20:43,533 --> 00:20:46,000 Detectives eliminate him as a suspect. 406 00:20:47,166 --> 00:20:49,734 The investigators have to look for something else. 407 00:20:49,800 --> 00:20:51,734 They have to look for another lead. 408 00:20:55,634 --> 00:20:58,100 We turn our attention to Wade Donahue, 409 00:20:58,100 --> 00:20:59,900 Ashley's boyfriend again. 410 00:21:01,166 --> 00:21:04,367 We wanted to go to Wade's workplace to 411 00:21:04,367 --> 00:21:06,335 see when he was working, what his schedule was, 412 00:21:06,335 --> 00:21:08,533 see when he was working, what his schedule was, 413 00:21:08,533 --> 00:21:13,967 and discover that Wade was not at work on December 30th. 414 00:21:13,967 --> 00:21:16,266 O'DONOVAN: Wade didn't call to say he wasn't coming in. 415 00:21:16,266 --> 00:21:18,867 He just never showed up, and he didn't come 416 00:21:18,867 --> 00:21:23,166 back to work until December 31st at 12 p.m. 417 00:21:23,233 --> 00:21:26,333 NARRATOR: Suddenly, Wade is the detectives' prime suspect. 418 00:21:27,467 --> 00:21:29,533 SCHAEFFER: We're concerned enough to go back to 419 00:21:29,533 --> 00:21:30,867 the Kline family and ask 420 00:21:30,867 --> 00:21:33,367 for some clarity of the relationship 421 00:21:33,433 --> 00:21:35,467 and how they felt about Wade. 422 00:21:36,533 --> 00:21:40,367 We learned some things that were, again, problematic. 423 00:21:41,533 --> 00:21:44,734 We learned more about who Wade Donahue really 424 00:21:44,734 --> 00:21:47,967 is and became even more concerned with his background. 425 00:21:48,867 --> 00:21:53,166 Wade was controlling, a bit jealous, 426 00:21:53,166 --> 00:21:56,100 maybe even manipulative of Ashley. 427 00:21:58,634 --> 00:22:01,734 Ashley's brother tells us that the day 428 00:22:01,800 --> 00:22:06,066 after Ashley is last seen, which is December 31st, 429 00:22:06,066 --> 00:22:06,335 Wade shows up at the Kline residence 430 00:22:06,335 --> 00:22:08,533 Wade shows up at the Kline residence 431 00:22:08,533 --> 00:22:12,433 and insists that he has to use Ashley's computer. 432 00:22:13,467 --> 00:22:17,367 Wade logs on to the computer and changes 433 00:22:17,367 --> 00:22:19,634 Ashley's password, gets 434 00:22:19,700 --> 00:22:23,734 on her social media account, and proceeds to go through it. 435 00:22:25,367 --> 00:22:27,066 Is he this jealous, that he 436 00:22:27,066 --> 00:22:30,266 needs to control Ashley's every move? 437 00:22:31,734 --> 00:22:35,967 Learning this information made it obvious to us that there 438 00:22:35,967 --> 00:22:36,335 were some issues in the relationship between Wade 439 00:22:36,335 --> 00:22:38,367 were some issues in the relationship between Wade 440 00:22:38,367 --> 00:22:42,166 and Ashley, that there were some control issues, 441 00:22:42,166 --> 00:22:46,867 some trust issues, and that maybe not everything was 442 00:22:46,900 --> 00:22:48,634 the way he wanted it to seem. 443 00:22:50,100 --> 00:22:53,367 GUTH: So now he's got more to explain. 444 00:22:53,367 --> 00:22:56,533 Is he telling us the truth about what he knows? 445 00:22:57,367 --> 00:23:01,333 And did Wade Donahue murder Ashley Kline? 446 00:23:07,166 --> 00:23:09,867 NARRATOR: 28-year-old Wade Donahue was possessive 447 00:23:09,867 --> 00:23:12,533 of Ashley and lied about showing up 448 00:23:12,600 --> 00:23:15,266 for work at the pizzeria on December 31st, 449 00:23:15,266 --> 00:23:16,967 the day after she went missing. 450 00:23:18,467 --> 00:23:21,266 GUTH: His boss speaks very highly of him. 451 00:23:21,266 --> 00:23:23,367 He's very reliable, 452 00:23:23,367 --> 00:23:25,066 except for this one time. 453 00:23:26,166 --> 00:23:29,634 NARRATOR: Detectives bring Wade in again for more questioning, 454 00:23:29,634 --> 00:23:32,867 this time on suspicion of murder. 455 00:23:32,867 --> 00:23:35,166 SCHAEFFER: He was very cooperative. 456 00:23:35,233 --> 00:23:36,335 GUTH: He admits that he did not show up for work 457 00:23:36,335 --> 00:23:37,967 GUTH: He admits that he did not show up for work 458 00:23:37,967 --> 00:23:42,533 at the pizzeria on December 31st as he was supposed to. 459 00:23:43,634 --> 00:23:46,734 He just decides he doesn't want to go to work. 460 00:23:46,734 --> 00:23:48,266 Doesn't call in. 461 00:23:48,266 --> 00:23:51,266 He just didn't feel like it and didn't 462 00:23:51,266 --> 00:23:53,367 feel that he had to let anyone know. 463 00:23:55,734 --> 00:23:58,967 He needs to come up with an alibi, 464 00:23:58,967 --> 00:24:01,100 and he actually does. 465 00:24:03,467 --> 00:24:05,867 Wade tells us his brother came over, 466 00:24:05,867 --> 00:24:06,335 and they were playing video games, 467 00:24:06,335 --> 00:24:07,967 and they were playing video games, 468 00:24:07,967 --> 00:24:11,066 and sometime around 10 p.m., 469 00:24:11,066 --> 00:24:13,367 his brother leaves. 470 00:24:13,433 --> 00:24:16,734 He tells us that he went to bed then. 471 00:24:18,367 --> 00:24:22,734 One of the problems with his story is that he has no alibi 472 00:24:22,734 --> 00:24:24,867 whatsoever from the time 473 00:24:24,900 --> 00:24:27,867 his brother leaves around 10 p.m. on the 30th 474 00:24:27,867 --> 00:24:30,166 until he arrives at the shift at 12 p.m. 475 00:24:30,166 --> 00:24:32,266 the next day at the pizzeria. 476 00:24:34,367 --> 00:24:36,335 NARRATOR: Detectives ask Wade why he logged into Ashley's 477 00:24:36,335 --> 00:24:37,266 NARRATOR: Detectives ask Wade why he logged into Ashley's 478 00:24:37,333 --> 00:24:39,800 social media the day after she went missing. 479 00:24:41,734 --> 00:24:45,634 GUTH: When we press him as to why he was on her computer, 480 00:24:45,634 --> 00:24:48,634 what he says is that he's frustrated, he's scared, 481 00:24:48,634 --> 00:24:50,533 he wants to know what happened to her, 482 00:24:50,533 --> 00:24:52,867 and the only way he can think of is to 483 00:24:52,900 --> 00:24:56,066 get on her computer and see who she's had contact with. 484 00:24:57,533 --> 00:25:00,367 Wade claims that he found numerous 485 00:25:00,367 --> 00:25:04,533 conversations with men that he didn't recognize. 486 00:25:04,533 --> 00:25:06,335 And when he sees this, he feels that he needs 487 00:25:06,335 --> 00:25:07,533 And when he sees this, he feels that he needs 488 00:25:07,533 --> 00:25:11,066 to block these people from speaking with her. 489 00:25:12,967 --> 00:25:14,967 Wade's perspective in all this, 490 00:25:15,000 --> 00:25:17,533 he knows that Ashley is naive, 491 00:25:17,600 --> 00:25:20,467 and he feels that he's protecting her. 492 00:25:22,533 --> 00:25:26,166 When we asked him why he wasn't up front about this, 493 00:25:26,233 --> 00:25:30,100 basically, he's embarrassed, and he didn't want to 494 00:25:30,100 --> 00:25:33,634 cause suspicions as to what he was doing. 495 00:25:33,634 --> 00:25:36,266 He didn't want to make himself a suspect, 496 00:25:36,266 --> 00:25:36,335 and he just did not 497 00:25:36,335 --> 00:25:39,100 and he just did not 498 00:25:39,100 --> 00:25:41,900 envision that this would even come out. 499 00:25:43,166 --> 00:25:45,967 SCHAEFFER: Wade was still very suspicious to us. 500 00:25:46,000 --> 00:25:49,467 However, he provided some interesting information 501 00:25:49,533 --> 00:25:52,000 of things that we should investigate. 502 00:25:54,734 --> 00:25:56,066 When he looked in the computer, 503 00:25:56,100 --> 00:26:00,634 he found a conversation that Ashley was having with another 504 00:26:00,634 --> 00:26:04,467 individual, which could be a person of interest. 505 00:26:05,634 --> 00:26:06,335 Wade made us aware that she was 506 00:26:06,335 --> 00:26:07,867 Wade made us aware that she was 507 00:26:07,867 --> 00:26:10,734 having a conversation with an individual 508 00:26:10,734 --> 00:26:13,233 named Blake Caucafuoca. 509 00:26:14,867 --> 00:26:19,266 Blake Caucafuoca is in his mid-20s, from out of town. 510 00:26:19,266 --> 00:26:22,734 Ashley's family doesn't recognize his name, and there's 511 00:26:22,734 --> 00:26:26,467 a lot of question marks around how he knew Ashley. 512 00:26:26,533 --> 00:26:29,967 We looked into his background and discovered he had arrests 513 00:26:30,000 --> 00:26:32,367 for burglary, theft, 514 00:26:32,433 --> 00:26:36,333 and of most concern to us was an arrest for sexual assault. 515 00:26:40,166 --> 00:26:43,266 O'DONOVAN: Ashley's father searches Ashley's room, 516 00:26:43,266 --> 00:26:45,967 and he finds hidden away in a corner 517 00:26:45,967 --> 00:26:49,634 love letters to Ashley that are written by Blake. 518 00:26:50,967 --> 00:26:56,266 In these letters Blake shows great love for Ashley. 519 00:26:56,333 --> 00:26:58,166 He even says that he would have 520 00:26:58,166 --> 00:27:00,800 to be killed to keep them apart. 521 00:27:02,867 --> 00:27:06,166 It was shocking to discover that the love letters were sent 522 00:27:06,166 --> 00:27:06,335 from Columbia County Prison, 523 00:27:06,335 --> 00:27:07,634 from Columbia County Prison, 524 00:27:07,634 --> 00:27:11,867 which is about 65 miles from Ashley's home. 525 00:27:13,066 --> 00:27:15,533 Michael Kline tells the investigators that 526 00:27:15,533 --> 00:27:18,734 he believes that this relationship started 527 00:27:18,734 --> 00:27:21,266 through a prison pen pal program 528 00:27:21,266 --> 00:27:23,266 that was organized by their church. 529 00:27:25,867 --> 00:27:28,166 GUTH: We discovered that he was actually released 530 00:27:28,233 --> 00:27:32,266 from prison several days before Ashley's disappearance. 531 00:27:33,100 --> 00:27:36,335 And we find that Ashley and Blake actually 532 00:27:36,335 --> 00:27:37,166 And we find that Ashley and Blake actually 533 00:27:37,166 --> 00:27:40,367 communicated on December 30th, 534 00:27:40,367 --> 00:27:43,533 the day that she disappears. 535 00:27:43,533 --> 00:27:47,533 This heightens the imperative to find out 536 00:27:47,533 --> 00:27:49,467 just where he was. 537 00:27:49,533 --> 00:27:51,967 ARNTFIELD: Experienced sexual predators 538 00:27:51,967 --> 00:27:54,166 have an intuitive radar for 539 00:27:54,233 --> 00:27:55,533 potential victims. 540 00:27:55,533 --> 00:27:56,634 They know that these people 541 00:27:56,700 --> 00:27:58,900 can be easily manipulated and dominated. 542 00:27:59,867 --> 00:28:01,467 O'DONOVAN: On examining the letters, 543 00:28:01,467 --> 00:28:05,800 it looks like Blake was absolutely obsessed with Ashley. 544 00:28:08,467 --> 00:28:10,800 Obsession can be unhealthy. 545 00:28:16,967 --> 00:28:18,867 NARRATOR: Two weeks after the brutal murder 546 00:28:18,867 --> 00:28:20,867 of 23-year-old Ashley Kline, 547 00:28:20,867 --> 00:28:22,800 her killer remains at large. 548 00:28:23,867 --> 00:28:26,166 Detectives learn that she was corresponding 549 00:28:26,233 --> 00:28:29,166 with 26-year-old Blake Caucafuoca, 550 00:28:29,166 --> 00:28:31,467 a violent sex offender who was released from 551 00:28:31,533 --> 00:28:34,867 prison just days before she was murdered. 552 00:28:34,867 --> 00:28:36,800 Detectives set out to find him. 553 00:28:38,166 --> 00:28:42,367 We track down Blake to Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, 554 00:28:42,367 --> 00:28:45,985 which is about a two-hour drive from Ashley's hometown, 555 00:28:45,985 --> 00:28:46,233 which is about a two-hour drive from Ashley's hometown, 556 00:28:47,367 --> 00:28:50,367 and we bring him in for questioning. 557 00:28:50,367 --> 00:28:52,600 NARRATOR: Detectives begin by zeroing in 558 00:28:52,600 --> 00:28:54,600 on Blake's letters to Ashley. 559 00:28:54,600 --> 00:28:58,266 SCHAEFFER: Just the amount of love that he expressed for 560 00:28:58,266 --> 00:29:02,000 Ashley was super alarming for someone 561 00:29:02,000 --> 00:29:04,634 who was just a prison pen pal. 562 00:29:04,634 --> 00:29:05,967 So we wanted to get to 563 00:29:05,967 --> 00:29:09,600 the bottom of who Blake Caucafuoca actually was. 564 00:29:09,600 --> 00:29:12,367 GUTH: Blake tells us that he wrote these letters 565 00:29:12,367 --> 00:29:14,634 to pass his time in prison 566 00:29:14,734 --> 00:29:15,985 and he never actually met Ashley in person, 567 00:29:15,985 --> 00:29:18,266 and he never actually met Ashley in person, 568 00:29:18,266 --> 00:29:20,634 nor had he ever been down to her residence. 569 00:29:22,867 --> 00:29:27,166 Blake's behavior is concerning, maybe a little bizarre, that 570 00:29:27,233 --> 00:29:30,166 he said some of the things that he's said. 571 00:29:31,166 --> 00:29:34,066 And so now, of course, what we need to find out 572 00:29:34,066 --> 00:29:37,066 is if he had the ability 573 00:29:37,066 --> 00:29:40,066 to be involved in her disappearance. 574 00:29:40,066 --> 00:29:42,367 NARRATOR: Detectives ask Blake for his whereabouts 575 00:29:42,367 --> 00:29:44,066 the night of December 30th, 576 00:29:44,100 --> 00:29:45,985 when he last communicated with Ashley on social media 577 00:29:45,985 --> 00:29:47,367 when he last communicated with Ashley on social media 578 00:29:47,433 --> 00:29:48,734 before she disappeared. 579 00:29:50,266 --> 00:29:52,734 SCHAEFFER: Blake tells us that the night Ashley disappeared, 580 00:29:52,734 --> 00:29:55,467 He was in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania with a friend, 581 00:29:55,533 --> 00:29:57,800 and he bizarrely tells us 582 00:29:57,900 --> 00:30:01,900 that he has no way to contact his friend to prove his alibi. 583 00:30:02,734 --> 00:30:06,367 GUTH: He's telling us he wasn't in the Robesonia area. 584 00:30:06,367 --> 00:30:08,800 We have nothing to put him there. 585 00:30:08,900 --> 00:30:11,634 We can't even find a means for him to get down 586 00:30:11,734 --> 00:30:15,533 there as to a vehicle that he would even have access to. 587 00:30:17,634 --> 00:30:19,734 SCHAEFFER: Despite Blake's criminal history, 588 00:30:19,734 --> 00:30:23,066 we have no way to link him to Ashley's hometown. 589 00:30:23,066 --> 00:30:26,600 We have no way to link him to Ashley's disappearance. 590 00:30:26,600 --> 00:30:29,467 We have no way to link him to Ashley's murder. 591 00:30:29,533 --> 00:30:31,634 O'DONOVAN: Just like everybody else they've spoken to, 592 00:30:31,734 --> 00:30:33,734 there's no evidence to hold Blake. 593 00:30:37,166 --> 00:30:39,900 The investigators are getting frustrated at this point, 594 00:30:40,000 --> 00:30:42,900 so they have to go back and start from scratch. 595 00:30:44,500 --> 00:30:45,985 NARRATOR: Hoping to find something 596 00:30:45,985 --> 00:30:46,066 NARRATOR: Hoping to find something 597 00:30:46,100 --> 00:30:47,467 they may have overlooked, 598 00:30:47,533 --> 00:30:50,467 investigators re-examine the evidence retrieved from 599 00:30:50,467 --> 00:30:51,600 the water treatment plant 600 00:30:51,600 --> 00:30:54,634 in Adamstown and from the crime scene in the woods. 601 00:30:57,266 --> 00:31:00,266 SCHAEFFER: We had to look at the physical evidence, 602 00:31:00,266 --> 00:31:03,100 things that were dumped around Adamstown, 603 00:31:04,367 --> 00:31:05,867 and what that could mean 604 00:31:05,867 --> 00:31:08,100 for Ashley's disappearance and murder. 605 00:31:09,600 --> 00:31:11,367 STEDMAN: One thing that we know is that 606 00:31:11,367 --> 00:31:13,634 an accelerant was used on her body. 607 00:31:15,734 --> 00:31:15,985 That accelerant is coming from somewhere. 608 00:31:15,985 --> 00:31:18,533 That accelerant is coming from somewhere. 609 00:31:18,634 --> 00:31:21,166 We start to take a look at all the gas stations in 610 00:31:21,166 --> 00:31:22,734 the vicinity to see if anybody 611 00:31:22,800 --> 00:31:26,634 had purchased some gas or some type of petroleum substance in 612 00:31:26,734 --> 00:31:29,433 a container around the time of Ashley's murder. 613 00:31:30,367 --> 00:31:33,266 The results of our request was extensive. 614 00:31:33,333 --> 00:31:38,000 We've obtained hundreds of transactions of fuel, 615 00:31:38,000 --> 00:31:39,867 hours and hours of surveillance, 616 00:31:39,867 --> 00:31:43,266 and we had to sift through all this new information. 617 00:31:44,467 --> 00:31:45,734 NARRATOR: One piece of footage 618 00:31:45,734 --> 00:31:45,985 gets the investigators' attention. 619 00:31:45,985 --> 00:31:48,066 gets the investigators' attention. 620 00:31:48,100 --> 00:31:52,000 There's surveillance film of one man visiting a gas station 621 00:31:52,000 --> 00:31:54,166 about 10 miles away from the crime scene. 622 00:31:55,266 --> 00:31:58,367 What caught our eye was gasoline that was not put 623 00:31:58,433 --> 00:32:03,066 into a vehicle, it was put into a small gasoline carrier. 624 00:32:03,066 --> 00:32:05,600 And while this individual was fueling, 625 00:32:05,600 --> 00:32:07,367 he took off his jacket, 626 00:32:07,433 --> 00:32:10,800 turned it inside out, and put his jacket back on. 627 00:32:11,867 --> 00:32:13,734 STEDMAN: There's a few reasons that someone 628 00:32:13,734 --> 00:32:15,600 would turn your jacket inside and out. 629 00:32:15,600 --> 00:32:15,985 One of them would be to not be identified. 630 00:32:15,985 --> 00:32:18,100 One of them would be to not be identified. 631 00:32:19,266 --> 00:32:22,467 SCHAEFFER: The timing of where this purchase was located 632 00:32:22,533 --> 00:32:25,634 and the bizarre actions of this individual made us 633 00:32:25,634 --> 00:32:29,266 determine that this is someone we want to identify. 634 00:32:30,367 --> 00:32:32,967 GUTH: When it's zoomed in on, 635 00:32:32,967 --> 00:32:35,367 what really stands out is that 636 00:32:35,367 --> 00:32:38,066 the individual is wearing a black Phillies hat 637 00:32:39,066 --> 00:32:44,266 very similar to the one that is found in Adamstown. 638 00:32:44,333 --> 00:32:45,985 NARRATOR: Detectives don't just identify 639 00:32:45,985 --> 00:32:46,367 NARRATOR: Detectives don't just identify 640 00:32:46,433 --> 00:32:47,967 the Phillies baseball cap. 641 00:32:47,967 --> 00:32:50,367 They identify the man wearing it. 642 00:32:50,367 --> 00:32:52,166 STEDMAN: We're actually able to identify 643 00:32:52,166 --> 00:32:55,066 the man as 21-year-old Adam Lynch. 644 00:32:55,066 --> 00:32:57,433 This is the single biggest break for the case. 645 00:32:58,600 --> 00:33:01,734 SCHAEFFER: We look at Adam Lynch's criminal history 646 00:33:01,800 --> 00:33:04,066 and discover that he had multiple arrests 647 00:33:04,100 --> 00:33:05,634 all the way through his juvenile 648 00:33:05,734 --> 00:33:09,066 and adult years that included assault, theft, 649 00:33:09,100 --> 00:33:11,734 drug possession charges, as well as a charge of 650 00:33:11,734 --> 00:33:13,634 criminal battery. 651 00:33:13,634 --> 00:33:15,985 GUTH: He's a person who has not only 652 00:33:15,985 --> 00:33:16,634 GUTH: He's a person who has not only 653 00:33:16,734 --> 00:33:18,367 spent a lot of time in jail, 654 00:33:18,367 --> 00:33:22,166 it becomes apparent he's also a very violent person. 655 00:33:22,166 --> 00:33:25,367 SCHAEFFER: We interview Adam Lynch, and we ask him what 656 00:33:25,367 --> 00:33:27,800 he was doing on the evening of December 30th. 657 00:33:29,266 --> 00:33:32,600 GUTH: What he tells us is that he had nothing to do with 658 00:33:32,600 --> 00:33:36,500 Ashley Kline, and it must just be a coincidence that 659 00:33:36,500 --> 00:33:40,367 he was getting gas at this gas station, and he doesn't 660 00:33:40,367 --> 00:33:43,734 understand why it is that we're even talking to him about this. 661 00:33:45,066 --> 00:33:45,985 We don't believe him, and we're not going away. 662 00:33:45,985 --> 00:33:49,266 We don't believe him, and we're not going away. 663 00:33:49,266 --> 00:33:51,634 He needs to be a bit more up front with us. 664 00:33:52,634 --> 00:33:56,533 Adam was nervous during the interview, tapping his foot, 665 00:33:56,533 --> 00:33:58,166 tapping his hand on the chair, 666 00:33:58,166 --> 00:34:00,600 spinning back and forth in the chair, 667 00:34:00,600 --> 00:34:02,734 clearly withholding information. 668 00:34:04,166 --> 00:34:06,533 STEDMAN: We don't give up and keep questioning him, 669 00:34:07,467 --> 00:34:09,600 confronting him with the Phillies baseball cap 670 00:34:09,600 --> 00:34:12,166 in particular, as well as the gas can. 671 00:34:13,867 --> 00:34:15,985 And eventually Adam changes his story and says, "Okay, 672 00:34:15,985 --> 00:34:17,967 And eventually Adam changes his story and says, "Okay, 673 00:34:17,967 --> 00:34:19,367 "I still didn't have anything to do with it, 674 00:34:19,367 --> 00:34:21,000 but I know who did." 675 00:34:25,533 --> 00:34:28,600 NARRATOR: In the murder of 23-year-old Ashley Kline, 676 00:34:28,600 --> 00:34:30,467 20-year-old Adam Lynch tells 677 00:34:30,467 --> 00:34:33,467 detectives he has something to confess. 678 00:34:33,533 --> 00:34:37,634 GUTH: What we have is Adam Lynch claiming that he had nothing to 679 00:34:37,734 --> 00:34:40,100 do with Ashley's murder, 680 00:34:40,100 --> 00:34:43,533 but he can tell us who did, 681 00:34:43,533 --> 00:34:45,734 and he comes right out and tells us, 682 00:34:45,734 --> 00:34:48,233 "Well, it was Ryan Schannauer." 683 00:34:51,467 --> 00:34:54,734 NARRATOR: Ryan Schannauer is Ashley's lifelong friend 684 00:34:54,734 --> 00:34:54,937 and the last person to see Ashley the night 685 00:34:54,937 --> 00:34:56,867 and the last person to see Ashley the night 686 00:34:56,867 --> 00:34:58,333 she disappeared. 687 00:34:59,367 --> 00:35:03,266 Adam tells us that Ryan went to Ashley's house, 688 00:35:03,266 --> 00:35:06,000 kidnapped her, and killed her. 689 00:35:09,967 --> 00:35:14,266 GUTH: Adam claims that he only found out about her being killed 690 00:35:14,266 --> 00:35:17,800 when Ryan comes to his house after it's done 691 00:35:17,800 --> 00:35:20,367 and tells him about it. 692 00:35:20,433 --> 00:35:24,100 It really doesn't make a lot of sense, because we already 693 00:35:24,100 --> 00:35:24,937 know what Adam's activities were earlier in the evening. 694 00:35:24,937 --> 00:35:28,467 know what Adam's activities were earlier in the evening. 695 00:35:28,533 --> 00:35:33,734 Adam Lynch is seen on CCTV buying the gasoline. 696 00:35:33,734 --> 00:35:35,533 He is seen wearing the same type of 697 00:35:35,634 --> 00:35:39,233 hat that was found where Ashley's boot was found. 698 00:35:39,266 --> 00:35:41,967 Adam is more involved in Ashley's murder 699 00:35:41,967 --> 00:35:43,467 than he's telling us. 700 00:35:43,467 --> 00:35:46,533 NARRATOR: Detectives keep Adam in custody and re-examine Ryan's 701 00:35:46,533 --> 00:35:48,367 claim that after he dropped 702 00:35:48,367 --> 00:35:50,166 Ashley off on her street on the night 703 00:35:50,166 --> 00:35:52,533 she disappeared, his car broke down 704 00:35:52,533 --> 00:35:54,233 and was towed in for service. 705 00:35:55,734 --> 00:35:59,166 The investigators talk to the tow truck driver, and now 706 00:35:59,166 --> 00:36:02,634 they realize that Ryan's car is still in the workshop, 707 00:36:03,867 --> 00:36:07,333 and they get a search warrant to go and search Ryan's car. 708 00:36:08,634 --> 00:36:12,233 NARRATOR: Detectives find disturbing evidence inside. 709 00:36:12,266 --> 00:36:15,266 STEDMAN: We find boot prints on the inside of 710 00:36:15,266 --> 00:36:17,900 the window, in the back seat of the vehicle, 711 00:36:20,166 --> 00:36:23,467 but we also noticed two empty knife sheaths, 712 00:36:23,467 --> 00:36:24,937 and we find the heart pendant with 713 00:36:24,937 --> 00:36:25,233 and we find the heart pendant with 714 00:36:25,266 --> 00:36:27,166 Ashley and Wade's name engraved on it. 715 00:36:32,266 --> 00:36:35,166 We now have physical evidence linking him to 716 00:36:35,233 --> 00:36:37,634 her death from what we got from the car. 717 00:36:40,266 --> 00:36:42,467 At this point, things are stacking up 718 00:36:42,467 --> 00:36:44,233 against Ryan Schannauer. 719 00:36:46,500 --> 00:36:48,900 We sit him down, and it's, "Hey, pal, 720 00:36:49,000 --> 00:36:52,066 "you gave us all these really nice statements 721 00:36:52,066 --> 00:36:54,937 "about your relationship with Ashley Kline. 722 00:36:54,937 --> 00:36:55,266 "about your relationship with Ashley Kline. 723 00:36:55,266 --> 00:36:57,900 "Well, here we have your buddy Adam Lynch, 724 00:36:58,000 --> 00:37:01,433 and he's telling us that you murdered her." 725 00:37:02,367 --> 00:37:05,900 Ryan's response to that? "I had nothing to do with that. 726 00:37:06,000 --> 00:37:08,634 It was Adam that did all those things." 727 00:37:10,734 --> 00:37:14,367 You would never realize that these two were good friends, 728 00:37:14,367 --> 00:37:19,100 because they have now continued to elaborate more 729 00:37:19,100 --> 00:37:23,333 and more on how the other person murdered her. 730 00:37:24,533 --> 00:37:24,937 So in trying to condemn each other, 731 00:37:24,937 --> 00:37:27,800 So in trying to condemn each other, 732 00:37:27,800 --> 00:37:29,634 they're condemning themselves. 733 00:37:31,867 --> 00:37:33,734 NARRATOR: But detectives still aren't sure 734 00:37:33,800 --> 00:37:36,066 which one is the real killer, 735 00:37:36,066 --> 00:37:38,433 Ryan Schannauer or Adam Lynch. 736 00:37:39,467 --> 00:37:40,900 That's when a woman named Ellery 737 00:37:41,000 --> 00:37:43,066 steps forward claiming to know the truth. 738 00:37:43,066 --> 00:37:45,533 Ellery says she knows, 739 00:37:45,533 --> 00:37:48,000 because she's the girlfriend of Adam Lynch. 740 00:37:51,000 --> 00:37:53,266 She needs to get this off her chest 741 00:37:53,266 --> 00:37:54,937 and let us know what she knows. 742 00:37:54,937 --> 00:37:56,367 and let us know what she knows. 743 00:37:56,367 --> 00:38:00,734 She comes right out and tells us that it wasn't just Ryan. 744 00:38:00,734 --> 00:38:03,800 It wasn't just Adam. It was both of them. 745 00:38:04,800 --> 00:38:07,533 That they planned to do this together. 746 00:38:08,800 --> 00:38:11,634 Ellery denied any type of involvement. 747 00:38:11,734 --> 00:38:14,467 Ellery informed us that the plan that Ryan 748 00:38:14,467 --> 00:38:16,467 discussed with Adam 749 00:38:16,467 --> 00:38:19,800 was to kidnap Ashley, take her out in the middle 750 00:38:19,800 --> 00:38:24,333 of nowhere, assault her, rape her, and kill her. 751 00:38:26,500 --> 00:38:29,166 She says that she was present when she heard Ryan 752 00:38:29,166 --> 00:38:31,533 talking about how he loved Ashley 753 00:38:31,533 --> 00:38:35,533 and was upset that she wasn't reciprocating his feelings. 754 00:38:36,467 --> 00:38:39,467 Ryan had a love interest with her because of 755 00:38:39,467 --> 00:38:41,634 the amount of time they spent together growing up. 756 00:38:42,500 --> 00:38:45,533 Ashley Kline was moving forward with other 757 00:38:45,634 --> 00:38:47,367 relationships in her life, 758 00:38:47,367 --> 00:38:51,367 was talking about moving in with her boyfriend, Wade, 759 00:38:51,433 --> 00:38:54,937 and on a different path in life and leaving him behind. 760 00:38:54,937 --> 00:38:55,734 and on a different path in life and leaving him behind. 761 00:38:56,734 --> 00:38:59,266 Ryan was jealous of that, 762 00:38:59,266 --> 00:39:02,800 and he wanted to do something about it. 763 00:39:04,166 --> 00:39:07,100 NARRATOR: According to Ellery, all Ryan needed was 764 00:39:07,100 --> 00:39:11,100 an accomplice to turn his violent fantasy into a reality. 765 00:39:11,967 --> 00:39:14,467 Adam Lynch was the criminal catalyst, 766 00:39:14,533 --> 00:39:18,066 the criminal element, criminal motivation that Ryan 767 00:39:18,066 --> 00:39:21,433 needed to get the nerve to do this. 768 00:39:24,100 --> 00:39:24,937 NARRATOR: Ellery's account, together with evidence 769 00:39:24,937 --> 00:39:26,967 NARRATOR: Ellery's account, together with evidence 770 00:39:26,967 --> 00:39:28,367 recovered in Ryan's car, 771 00:39:28,367 --> 00:39:29,734 as well as from the crime scene, 772 00:39:30,600 --> 00:39:33,266 enabled detectives to finally confirm the events 773 00:39:33,266 --> 00:39:35,634 that led to the murder of Ashley Kline. 774 00:39:43,533 --> 00:39:46,467 SCHAEFFER: On December 30th around 2 p.m., 775 00:39:46,533 --> 00:39:50,000 Ryan Schannauer texts Ashley Kline relentlessly 776 00:39:50,000 --> 00:39:51,066 through the afternoon, 777 00:39:51,066 --> 00:39:54,100 basically begging her to come watch a movie. 778 00:39:54,100 --> 00:39:54,937 She eventually agrees to meet him in the evening. 779 00:39:54,937 --> 00:39:58,000 She eventually agrees to meet him in the evening. 780 00:39:59,867 --> 00:40:01,900 GUTH: At 10 p.m., 781 00:40:02,000 --> 00:40:05,000 Ryan Schannauer picks her up outside her home. 782 00:40:05,000 --> 00:40:07,166 Ashley gets in the car and sees 783 00:40:07,166 --> 00:40:09,900 Adam Lynch, who she was not expecting. 784 00:40:11,166 --> 00:40:14,367 O'DONOVAN: Between 10 p.m. and 11 p.m., 785 00:40:14,367 --> 00:40:18,467 Ashley Kline, Ryan Schannauer, Adam Lynch drive around in 786 00:40:18,467 --> 00:40:20,166 Ryan's car. 787 00:40:20,166 --> 00:40:21,266 STEDMAN: Around 11 p.m., 788 00:40:21,266 --> 00:40:23,800 they arrive at the Middle Creek Wildlife Preserve. 789 00:40:25,166 --> 00:40:27,367 Between 11 and 11:25 p.m., 790 00:40:27,367 --> 00:40:30,367 Ryan Schannauer beats and sexually assaults Ashley 791 00:40:30,367 --> 00:40:32,233 before they both pull her from the car. 792 00:40:33,800 --> 00:40:38,533 O'DONOVAN: They begin stabbing her with two separate knives. 793 00:40:38,634 --> 00:40:40,533 GUTH: While she's still alive, 794 00:40:40,634 --> 00:40:42,800 they pour gasoline over her body 795 00:40:44,000 --> 00:40:45,467 and set her on fire. 796 00:40:49,000 --> 00:40:51,800 At 11:30 p.m., Ryan Schannauer 797 00:40:51,800 --> 00:40:54,900 and Adam Lynch drive away from the scene. 798 00:40:56,266 --> 00:40:59,533 They then dump Ashley's items near 799 00:40:59,634 --> 00:41:02,734 the Adamstown waste water station. 800 00:41:02,734 --> 00:41:03,800 While doing so, 801 00:41:03,800 --> 00:41:07,533 Adam Lynch's hat falls off, and he doesn't 802 00:41:07,634 --> 00:41:10,734 realize it or forgets to pick it up. 803 00:41:10,734 --> 00:41:12,533 O'DONOVAN: In order to cover his tracks, 804 00:41:12,533 --> 00:41:16,166 Ryan uses Ashley's phone to text himself 805 00:41:17,066 --> 00:41:19,533 to throw police off and to show that 806 00:41:19,533 --> 00:41:22,233 he was texting with her up to 1 a.m. 807 00:41:25,467 --> 00:41:31,266 It was a very horrific, violent set of circumstances. 808 00:41:31,266 --> 00:41:36,367 NARRATOR: On December 8th, 2014, Adam Lynch and Ryan Schannauer 809 00:41:36,367 --> 00:41:38,266 are sentenced to life in prison without 810 00:41:38,266 --> 00:41:41,734 the possibility of parole for the murder of Ashley Kline. 811 00:41:41,734 --> 00:41:44,367 O'DONOVAN: This is an extremely sad case 812 00:41:44,367 --> 00:41:47,066 where you have a vulnerable young girl 813 00:41:47,100 --> 00:41:50,467 who everybody liked and who went about 814 00:41:50,467 --> 00:41:53,600 her daily life thinking that the world is a good place 815 00:41:53,600 --> 00:41:54,937 and without any fear of something bad happening to her. 816 00:41:54,937 --> 00:41:57,533 and without any fear of something bad happening to her. 817 00:41:57,533 --> 00:42:00,100 STEDMAN: It's hard to wrap your head around it. 818 00:42:00,100 --> 00:42:05,166 You have one life taken, Ashley's family's lives forever 819 00:42:05,233 --> 00:42:06,900 altered, and you have two 820 00:42:07,000 --> 00:42:08,467 culpable individuals who are gonna spend the rest of