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[Marilyn] This was a brutal
attack on Katrina Smith,
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[narrator] A senseless murder
of a bright young woman.
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[Marilyn] The individual
who attacked her.
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I was going to make sure
that she did not survive.
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[narrator] As the investigation
expands, the mystery deepens.
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[Vince] She felt that she
was being followed
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or stalked by somebody.
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[Marilyn] Katrina knew
that her life was in danger.
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[narrator] The truth
will be revealed.
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[Vince] How did you know
about blood in the trump?
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This is bigger than
just one piece.
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This is a whole, huge corner
of that puzzle.
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[narrator] Every day in North America,
dozens of people are murdered.
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The key to solving the toughest
of these homicides lies in the final
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24 hours of the victim's life.
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To crack the case, detectives
must reconstruct that critical timeline,
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the minutes and hours
containing evidence
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that can help unlock the
mystery and catch the killer.
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[narrator] Machesney Park, Illinois, a
quiet enclave 90 miles west of Chicago.
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Machesney Park is kind
of like a bedroom community.
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It's a smaller community.
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It's... it's more quiet.
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It's very close, Nick.
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You can leave your doors open
and there's not a lot of crime.
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[Vince] You have your
vehicle burglaries.
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You have, you know,
your home burglaries
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that happen, you know,
crimes of opportunity.
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Crimes of violence
in the Chelsea Park.
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That doesn't happen every day.
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That's not Chicago.
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It's more relaxed.
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It's a safer city.
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[narrator] But on the
afternoon of October 23rd,
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that peaceful tranquility,
is brutally shattered.
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[phone ringing]
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We had a frantic, distraught,
worried husband, Todd Smith.
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He reports that his
wife has disappeared.
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He had seen
her the night before.
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Now all of a sudden, he's
he's very concerned because,
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she hasn't contacted him.
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She hasn't answered the phone,
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and he doesn't know
what's happened to her.
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[narrator] The Missing woman,
is 30 year old, Katrina Smith.
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From the information
we gathered about Katrina,
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she's a super friendly woman
who would do anything for anybody.
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[narrator] Katrina works in Human
Resource, is at a local automotive plant.
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She was at work every day at
eight o'clock at Cameron Industries.
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Excellent employee, always had
a smile on her face, always cheery.
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She attended church,
in Rockford quite regularly.
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She was very devoted
to her family.
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[narrator] Tasked with
investigating the
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disappearance of Katrina Smith,
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our veteran Detective
Vince Lindbergh,
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and Criminal Bureau
chief prosecutor,
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Marilyn Hite Ross,
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[Marilyn] The state's
Terri's office,
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is involved very early on
on any crime investigation
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that appears to be suspicious.
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So once Katrina Smith was reported
missing, we were involved immediately.
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[narrator] Investigators meet
with Katrina's husband, Todd Smith,
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to gather more information
about her disappearance.
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The night before,
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which would have been
October 22.
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Katrina had confirmed
a job interview,
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for the morning of October
23rd at 07:30,
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and then she was to
report to work after that.
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[Vince] Before 7 AM Todd text,
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Katrina wishing her well
in her job interview,
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You know you'll do well,
knock it out of the park.
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But she never appeared
for the job interview,
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and she did not report
for work, on October 23.
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[Vince] He had attempted to
call her, attempted to contact her.
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She had vanished.
She had disappeared.
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[narrator] Investigators get
their first big break,
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when Katrina is car is spotted
only a few miles from her house.
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The car was recovered
right about 07:50 that night,
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roughly two hours after Todd
had made the report.
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It was on Ventura, which is about three
to four miles away from the family house.
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It was parked like,
near the edge of the river,
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and it was just abandoned.
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This is not a habitual place
for anyone to leave their car.
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So this in itself is strange.
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[Marilyn] If it's someone
who might have attacked her
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and wanted her vehicle week suspect
that the vehicle would have been moved
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from the Winnebago County
area, and it had not been moved.
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So, we were suspicious
than that.
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She was probably not alive.
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I mean, this is a girl
who is by every definition,
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just a fantastic, solid family
woman who has a solid job,
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a career that
she's looking to improve.
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So, what we're thinking now
is something suspicious.
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Something foul had
happened to Katrina.
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[narrator] To solve the mystery,
investigators will need to piece together
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the last 24 hours of her life.
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It's a puzzle, and each piece
you have to see where it fits,
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to make a story, to make a case.
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So timeline is everything.
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[narrator] But with
no sign of Katrina,
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detectives have their
work cut out for them.
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[Vince] There's forensic evidence
that you can obtain from your victim,
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which will narrow your timeline.
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Without a crime scene,
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we just don't know.
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We're still kind of shooting
in the dark here.
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[narrator] The community of
Machesney Park bands together,
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to help find Katrina Smith.
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Hundreds of people literally, come out
from the community searching everywhere.
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They were instructed
anything they,
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thought was unusual
or suspicious to right away,
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call us and we would have
our crime scene officers
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come out and
gather up that evidence.
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[narrator] After hours of
searching, authorities find
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some unsettling items
on the side of the road.
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[Marilyn] We located her cellular
phone, which was found in a bush
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that was not far from
the marital home,
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and the area of the Rock River.
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We also located her purse,
which was found,
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in that same area a
short distance away.
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This is not consistent
with someone,
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who just took the day off work
and is playing hokey,
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or someone who has decided to go
missing or make themselves disappeared.
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[narrator] The abandoned vehicle,
along with the personal items,
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are an ominous sign.
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[Marilyn] What I'm thinking is that
someone has probably killed Katrina,
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and I don't think at this point it's
someone who was a total stranger
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because they left
all of her valuables.
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They didn't take her car.
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They didn't take her purse.
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[narrator] The first person
investigators want to interview,
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Is Katrina's husband, Todd.
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[Vince] Todd, was strong.
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He was so concerned about her,
he loved her.
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They had just taken
an anniversary trip
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and celebrated their
seven year marriage.
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The partners the first person that
the investigators look at because,
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that's the person
that has the most
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emotional investment
into the victim.
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Whether it's a boyfriend,
girlfriend,
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um, husband or wife,
that's always the person
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that seems to be
the most connected.
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[narrator] Todd is cooperative
and willing to answer
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any questions that come his way.
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I'm asked him, does she
have a gambling problem?
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Todd tells me.
No, she wouldn't do that.
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Does she have a drug problem?
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Nope. That's out
of the question.
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Does she have a problem
with having a relationship
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outside the family
outside of him?
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Absolutely not.
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They both supposedly had been cheated
on the past, so that would never come up.
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That would never be a focus
of any problems.
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Todd explain that to us, that
their marriage was excellent,
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[narrator] But Katrina has been
staying at a friend's condominium,
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which raises
questions for detectives.
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[Vince] Why is she staying
somewhere else,
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and you're staying
at the family home?
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[Marilyn] He indicated that there
were no issues in the marriage.
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Katrina was house
sitting for her friend,
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at the condominium
and that everything was fine.
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[narrator] Detectives questioned
Todd, about the last time he saw Katrina.
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He tells us that Katrina had
arrived home at about 6 PM,
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he said that she arrived
at the home to do laundry,
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because he had a job interview
in the next morning.
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Todd had told us
that she was very concerned
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about her parents
for the interview,
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so she wanted to go out
and grab a new outfit.
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So she left the home at
nine o'clock PM,
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to do some shopping
for her job interview.
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[narrator] That night, Katrina was
planning to sleep with the condo
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and was hoping to catch the
end of the Chicago football game.
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She was a Bears fan.
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She didn't want to
miss the game,
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and so she wanted to get back
to her friend's condo.
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He had sent her a message
at about 11 PM,
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that night, saying sweet dreams
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and expected to hear
back from her, he didn't.
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He didn't so he
figured she was probably
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in bed with sleep
because she was very focused
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on this job interview
for the next morning,
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[narrator] Detectives searched
the condo looking for clues,
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about what may have
happened to Katrina.
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[Marilyn] There was no sign
that Katrina,
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had slept there, the night
before or had been there at all.
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We now know that she never
made it back to the condominium.
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And so the question is, what has
happened in between that time period.
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[narrator] Detectives have now
determined Katrina was likely killed,
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between, 07:30 AM and 09:00 PM,
the night before, on October 22nd.
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Armed with this information,
they questioned Todd
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about his whereabouts
during this time period.
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After Katrina left the family
home that night, Todd told us
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that he did do some
e-mailing on his computer,
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and then went to bed.
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Now we know from
Todd Cell Phone that,
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he did text Katrina
at about 11 PM
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that night or shortly
after 11 PM,
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and said, you sweet dreams.
Good night.
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The next day, Todd had
appointments to go out on,
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but during the morning he worked
from home and he did some emails.
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Basically, the computer that he
would have been working from home on
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confirmed that he was at home.
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[narrator] With Todd's alibi
checking out,
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detectives now shift their
focus to other potential suspects.
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We're looking for any speck of
information that could give us a lead
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that I may be able to help us
determine what has happened to her,
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Todd tells us,
couple years prior,
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they had a peeping
Tom at their house.
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Someone was peeping at their
home, it was determined that it was
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a young man from
the neighborhood area.
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Peeping Toms for
years were dismissed
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a sort of a nuisance crime,
we now know better.
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Peeping Toms are actually a
very high risk category of voyeur.
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These behaviors often
escalate to actual attacks.
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This could have been a person
lurking around the home
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to potentially attack her
when she had left the home.
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[Vince] In the investigation,
we find out the young man's
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actually connected
to Katrina and Todd
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through a church
youth organization.
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He lives in the neighborhood.
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He has been to the house before,
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We want to look into that.
That's a potential lead.
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I mean, if he's peeping
two years ago,
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has his behavior
progressed to murder?
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[narrator] Working, a theory that a
peeping Tom who targeted Katrina Smith,
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two years prior might
have turned violent.
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Detectives hunt him down.
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[Vince] We go back through
all the reports
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of anything that has happened
in that neighborhood.
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That's suspicious.
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And there was a second report of a
peeper in that same neighborhood.
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It was reported by a
different woman,
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who had a very similar
resemblance to Katrina.
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[narrator] Detectives canvas
the neighborhood for information
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about a potential stalker,
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when they notice a video surveillance
camera at a neighbor's home.
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We asked the owner
for the video,
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and that video was
not a great video.
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It's dark outside,
it's raining heavily,
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but in that video,
it discloses a figure
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crossing his yard on the 22.
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Late at night while
it's raining.
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[Marilyn] The person appeared
to be walking,
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in the direction of Katrina and Tez
home at approximately 11:30 PM.
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You could not tell,
who the individual was,
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but what you could tell is
that it appeared to be a male.
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It appeared to be someone
of small stature.
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[Vince] Then this figure goes
across his yard and into a field.
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Now who's going to be out
in a rainstorm like that,
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Cutting through a field,
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It's... It's just something
that really raises red flags.
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[narrator] Identifying this person
could be the break detectives need,
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to unravel the mystery
of Katrina's disappearance.
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Is this the young man that
was peeping two years ago?
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We need to look at him
and find out.
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Is there any potential
of him being a valid suspect,
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in the disappearance of Katrina.
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Is that my new possibility?
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Maybe the key to
open up the whole case.
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[narrator] Detectives
tracked down the peeping Tom,
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who's now living
several hours away.
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This individual was in fact, in
college, and was on the college campus
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at the time that
Katrina went missing.
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[narrator] He tells detectives
he never left campus that night.
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They checked the school
security logs and video,
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which confirmed the
young man story.
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Law enforcement was
able to substantiate
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that he was nowhere,
near Katrina,
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the night she went missing
or the marital home.
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[narrator] With the peeping Tom
theory proving to be a dead end,
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detectives returned
to the timeline,
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hoping it will reveal
something new
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about Katrina Smith's final
steps on the day she disappeared.
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Katrina Smith worked
is an HR representative.
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She had worked in that field for
approximately four to five years.
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She was very well liked by her
coworkers and her supervisors.
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Christina, her supervisor, had
last seen her on October 22nd,
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that Monday,
at approximately 05:00 PM.
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When Katrina had left work.
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[narrator] Talking with
Katrina's supervisor,
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detectives learn about an
alarming incident,
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that recently took place
at Katrina's office.
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Christina tells us, it was
during a lunch hour,
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at Cameron Industries were a vehicle
had pulled through the parking lot
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and disseminated about
three hundred or so flyers.
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The Flyer was very derogatory,
and it was disparaging
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the character of Katrina Smith.
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Why would anybody disseminate
flyer school parking lot,
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of a business ridiculing
and demeaning Katrina,
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so this is very disturbing.
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[Michael] This is someone
whose anger justifies
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and rationalizes
what they do next.
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It could be distributing
flyers one day,
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posting things on
social media one day.
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It could be something
much worse another day,
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[Marilyn] Initially was not
reported to the police,
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because everyone thought it
was just an isolated incident.
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But after she went missing, we
were able to recover the video.
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[Vince] The driver of that
vehicle, he or she was disguised
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with a wig, glasses and,
unfortunately, the vehicle.
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Although it was black,
we had no license plate,
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because the license plates
we're not on the vehicle.
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[narrator] From the video it's impossible
to identify the car or the driver,
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but detectives have
gained a shocking new detail,
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about Katrina is personal life.
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The Flyer also indicated
that she was having
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an affair with someone and
was cheating on her husband.
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[Vince] So now we have a flyer
that's being disseminated
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by an unknown suspect
that's referring to Katrina
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having a relationship with
somebody at work named, Guy.
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[narrator] Guy Gabriel, is a
recently divorced co-worker,
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who has been seen
spending time with Katrina.
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[Vince] We're getting this
information from Kristina, at work,
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that there is rumors,
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that Guy Gabriel and Katrina
are having a relationship.
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[Marilyn] Katrina had eventually
started to confide, in Kristina,
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that there were marital issues and
that the marriage was not going well.
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[Vince] This was something
that was never mentioned,
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by Todd Smith,
in the initial interview.
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We don't know that Todd Smith,
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has any knowledge
of their relationship,
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and as a matter of fact,
in his statement,
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he swore that they had gone through
some relationship problems in the past
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and that they would never
seek comfort outside the home.
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[narrator] Detectives learn more about
Katrina's relationship with Guy Gabriel.
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[Vince] When our crime scene officers
ended up diving into Katrina's phone,
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we confirm that
Guy Gabriel and Katrina,
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were having a
romantic relationship.
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They went out a couple times for
launch a few times and talked and,
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and she shared
problems with a guy.
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But then, eventually that
relationship became closer,
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and he had come to the point
where their conversations had been
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about Katrina
divorcing Todd Smith.
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[narrator] Investigators bring Guy
Gabriel into the station for questioning.
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He was irritated a bit that that
we wanted a formal interview.
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[narrator] They asked him to
recount the last time
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he saw Katrina Sunday.
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Sunday night, which was 21st,
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Guy Gabriel and Katrina, had
stayed together, at Kelly's condo.
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On Monday morning,
Guy Gabriel gets up.
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This is the morning of the 22nd,
uh, and he sees her off to work.
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[narrator] The next time,
Guy communicates with Katrina,
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is when she returns to her
home that night after work.
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[Marilyn] The last communication that
we believe Katrina made to guide Gabriel,
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was at approximately 07:30 PM,
when she indicated she wanted
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to be with the condominium
for Monday Night Football.
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[narrator] Katrina may have
only texted guy once that night,
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but he was texting her nonstop.
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[Vince] The night of
October 22nd.
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He's on edge,
waiting to hear from Katrina,
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on whether or not she was
going to disclose to Todd,
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that she wanted to divorce.
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That night, there,
text messages indicate,
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that guy was
very concerned about.
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Have you told him yet?
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How's things going?
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He wants her to tell Todd,
that the relationships over with.
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Now that does send up red flags.
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Because now you have,
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somebody who is having
a relationship with Katrina,
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that appears to be very obsessed
with her, leaving her husband.
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This could very quickly
escalate to become
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very dangerous,
volatile situation.
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You introduced jealousy.
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You introduce resentment.
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And those could be powerful
motivators for someone who lacks
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basic impulse control,
on who needs to be in control.
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[Vince] We don't know that she's
ready at that point for sure to tell Todd,
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that she wants things done with.
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Maybe she's changing her mind.
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Maybe something
else has happened.
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Did Guy Gabriel then get upset?
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And something happened between
the hours of nine o'clock,
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and the following morning.
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At this point, we don't know
exactly where he's texting her from.
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Is he texting or
from around the corner?
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Is he watching the house?
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Is it possible that
after she leaves her home,
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as Todd says,
to go back and shop,
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that her and Guy Gabriel
meet up?
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He is our primary focus.
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He is our primary suspect.
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Could this be the guy?
We have to investigate.
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[narrator] Detectives are zeroing
in on a new person of interest
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in the disappearance
of Katrina Smith,
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her secret boyfriend,
Guy Gabriel.
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So, did Guy Gabriel
have any contact with her
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that night,
either near the home,
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or did they meet up
later that night,
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and then, things went awry
from there? That is a possibility.
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[narrator] They look into Guy's
movements in the critical window
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during which Katrina
went missing.
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Guy Gabriel indicated
that Sunday night,
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he had stayed at the
condominium with Katrina Smith.
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Katrina went to work
that morning,
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and then, that evening
he left to go to work
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because he worked
the graveyard shift.
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[narrator] Guy's shift began
at 8 pm on October 22nd,
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and he said he was at work
until 8 am the next morning.
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There's always an opportunity
to leave work, right?
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So we went
to Cameron Industries.
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[narrator] Detectives check video
surveillance and the security logs
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at Guy Gabriel's workplace.
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They show that he was in
the building the whole night.
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We were able to pull all the video
footage of him being in and out
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supervising other individuals
who had interacted with him.
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[Vince] If Guy Gabriel would
have left Cameron Industries
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that evening during work,
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we would have seen it
on that video.
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So, we were able
to eliminate Guy Gabriel.
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[narrator] With Guy Gabriel
now in the clear,
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the investigation
hits a roadblock.
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[Vince] It's frustrating.
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I try to take a personal approach
to every case I work. I really do.
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This case for me
was about Katrina.
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And once you learn about Katrina
and what a wonderful person she was,
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and what a wonderful family she has, you
want to do the best job you can for them.
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You want to solve this case
and you want to do it right.
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[narrator] Investigators
turned to her family
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for more information regarding
Katrina's final movements.
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[Marilyn] Bruce
was Katrina stepfather.
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He basically raised Katrina
with her mom, Vikki.
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[Vince] He was with us. He
was so concerned about her.
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[narrator] Detectives ask
Bruce if he knows of anyone
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who would want to harm Katrina.
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[Vince] He tells us that Katrina
feels that she's being followed
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and stocked by somebody.
She just didn't know by whom.
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Katrina was so concerned
that she has a conversation
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with a Verizon employee
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talking about is there any way
somebody could bug or clone her phone
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because she feels like somebody's
keeping track of her and following her.
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And then all of a sudden,
on the 19th,
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he gets this text from her asking
about getting a gun for protection.
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So, you know, the alarm bells
were going off with him.
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[narrator] Talk of getting a gun
just days before she goes missing,
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suggests Katrina was looking
to defend herself.
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[Vince] It is apparent that
Katrina was in fear of something
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and that she felt that she was being
followed or stalked by somebody.
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[Marilyn] Katrina knew,
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that her life was in danger
and in jeopardy.
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[narrator] As detectives
worked to uncover the identity
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of who could be
stocking Katrina,
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they take note
of something unusual.
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[Marilyn] Every day people
are searching for Katrina.
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They're searching for evidence.
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Todd is at the search party scenes
but does not appear to be engaged.
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Todd is conducting interviews
with the local media.
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There's crying with no tears.
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00:24:31,536 --> 00:24:34,405
It's been horrible. [crying]
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I just want her to come home.
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It's just like
his emotions weren't genuine.
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His crocodile tears,
his sadness and everything.
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[Marilyn] You know, there
is emotion without emotion,
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and we're seeing this
play out before the cameras.
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[Michael] For good investigators,
gut instincts are honed.
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This is where investigators need to
pay particular attention to the nuances,
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the micro-expressions, as we call
them, of potential persons of interest.
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[Vince] I'm a detective
that watches behavior.
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Todd's behavior
was very inconsistent
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with somebody that was
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suffering from a missing wife,
a missing loved one.
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[narrator] Based on
his suspicious behavior,
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detectives take
another look at Todd.
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Now as a potential suspect.
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[Vince] Todd had told us
the marriage was excellent.
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He maintained the whole time that
they weren't going to get divorced.
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[narrator] But when detectives talked to
Katrina's friends, they get a different story.
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October 13th, she went out for
a girls' night with her girlfriends.
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During that night, she told
one of her girlfriends, Jill,
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that she was not happy
in the marriage,
469
00:25:49,915 --> 00:25:54,885
and she had brought up the word "divorce"
several times in the conversation.
470
00:25:54,986 --> 00:25:59,290
The night of the 22nd, Jill's
husband made a phone call that Todd.
471
00:25:59,391 --> 00:26:03,193
Todd told him that Katrina
was coming over to do laundry
472
00:26:03,295 --> 00:26:06,196
and that she wanted
to talk to him,
473
00:26:06,298 --> 00:26:11,001
and Jill's husband said, "Well, that
sounds good. Maybe that's good."
474
00:26:11,102 --> 00:26:14,071
Todd says,
"No, I think it's done.
475
00:26:14,172 --> 00:26:15,606
I think she's done with me."
476
00:26:16,608 --> 00:26:18,509
[narrator] This new
information reveals that
477
00:26:18,610 --> 00:26:22,513
Todd hasn't been truthful with
police from the very beginning.
478
00:26:22,614 --> 00:26:25,583
[Vince] The whole time Todd is
telling us the marriage is great.
479
00:26:25,684 --> 00:26:28,552
No problems in the marriage
and everything is going well.
480
00:26:28,653 --> 00:26:31,288
But Katrina
is relaying to her friends,
481
00:26:31,389 --> 00:26:34,692
her coworkers,
that her marriage isn't good.
482
00:26:34,793 --> 00:26:37,428
So, the statements
that Todd gave us,
483
00:26:37,529 --> 00:26:42,232
we are able to pick apart some
of those statements as untruth.
484
00:26:42,334 --> 00:26:45,102
[narrator] As detectives
become more suspicious of Todd,
485
00:26:45,203 --> 00:26:48,739
the forensic results from
Katrina's car finally come in.
486
00:26:48,840 --> 00:26:52,543
What the tests reveal
shakes them to their core.
487
00:26:52,644 --> 00:26:55,212
[Marilyn] It was
pretty much neon lights
488
00:26:55,313 --> 00:26:59,416
when luminol was sprayed
into the trunk of the vehicle.
489
00:26:59,517 --> 00:27:03,854
We were able to see
the outline of a body
490
00:27:03,955 --> 00:27:07,024
that had been placed
in the trunk of her vehicle.
491
00:27:08,193 --> 00:27:10,628
[Vince] How do you explain
blood in a trunk?
492
00:27:10,762 --> 00:27:16,767
It was apparent that someone
had been placed in that trunk.
493
00:27:16,868 --> 00:27:20,104
We believed that blood
was Katrina's.
494
00:27:26,978 --> 00:27:31,382
[narrator] Detectives have found Katrina
Smith's blood all over the trunk of her car,
495
00:27:31,483 --> 00:27:35,352
revealing that this may be more
than just a missing person's case.
496
00:27:35,453 --> 00:27:38,288
[Marilyn] Katrina had
bled out significantly.
497
00:27:38,390 --> 00:27:40,891
There was even blood
on the bumper of vehicle,
498
00:27:40,992 --> 00:27:44,061
so we know that when
she was placed in the vehicle,
499
00:27:44,162 --> 00:27:49,033
she was most likely
substantially incapacitated.
500
00:27:49,134 --> 00:27:54,405
[Michael] Sometimes you have some,
even without a body, evidence of a crime.
501
00:27:54,506 --> 00:27:56,340
You have some blood spatter.
502
00:27:56,441 --> 00:27:58,042
You have what's
called exsanguination.
503
00:27:58,109 --> 00:28:02,946
Which is blood volume, which,
in terms of no body homicides,
504
00:28:03,048 --> 00:28:06,150
is as close to a smoking gun
as you can get.
505
00:28:06,251 --> 00:28:08,018
[Vince] Now we know we have
a crime scene at the car,
506
00:28:08,119 --> 00:28:10,788
whether it happened there
or somewhere else.
507
00:28:10,889 --> 00:28:13,457
And the car was just used
as transportation
508
00:28:13,558 --> 00:28:16,860
to hide/eliminate the body.
509
00:28:16,961 --> 00:28:20,864
[narrator] With suspicion now building
around Katrina's husband, Todd,
510
00:28:20,965 --> 00:28:24,001
investigators dig
into his background.
511
00:28:24,102 --> 00:28:27,071
We know that Todd Smith
had a business
512
00:28:27,172 --> 00:28:30,674
where he was
a financial advisor.
513
00:28:30,775 --> 00:28:32,810
And this was his own business.
514
00:28:32,911 --> 00:28:38,415
It was not as productive and
successful as he had portrayed it to be.
515
00:28:38,516 --> 00:28:42,953
He was facing a fraud lawsuit
in federal court.
516
00:28:43,054 --> 00:28:46,757
Katrina was actually
the breadwinner in the family.
517
00:28:46,858 --> 00:28:51,495
She was the one that paid for the mortgage
on the home, that paid all of the bills.
518
00:28:51,596 --> 00:28:54,264
[narrator] Todd's potential
motive for murdering his wife
519
00:28:54,365 --> 00:28:56,300
starts to become crystal clear.
520
00:28:56,401 --> 00:29:01,305
We also learned that Todd was
very possessive and jealous of Katrina.
521
00:29:01,406 --> 00:29:04,074
And the fact that
she might now want to move on
522
00:29:04,175 --> 00:29:08,011
and get a divorce
was very disturbing to Todd.
523
00:29:08,113 --> 00:29:10,681
[narrator] As detectives
look deeper into Todd's past,
524
00:29:10,782 --> 00:29:13,851
they learn something
even more alarming.
525
00:29:13,952 --> 00:29:17,888
[Vince] In the investigation, I ended
up speaking with a family member
526
00:29:17,989 --> 00:29:20,324
of Todd Smith's,
527
00:29:20,425 --> 00:29:22,092
and his name was Justin.
528
00:29:22,193 --> 00:29:25,262
Justin was a half brother
to Todd.
529
00:29:25,363 --> 00:29:28,432
The story was that
at 17 years old, Todd ended up
530
00:29:28,533 --> 00:29:31,735
disconnecting a gas line
from the stove
531
00:29:31,836 --> 00:29:33,837
and ended up blowing up the home
532
00:29:33,938 --> 00:29:38,809
in an attempt to kill Justin,
his sister, the mom and the dad.
533
00:29:38,910 --> 00:29:42,679
[narrator] At the time, Todd was
sentenced to thirty months' probation
534
00:29:42,781 --> 00:29:47,417
and he became permanently
estranged from his family.
535
00:29:47,519 --> 00:29:52,823
[Marilyn] It paints a picture of someone who
appears to be a meek and mild individual.
536
00:29:52,924 --> 00:29:58,529
But underneath there's a
seething pot of anger and jealousy
537
00:29:58,630 --> 00:30:01,098
that erupts in a violent manner
538
00:30:01,199 --> 00:30:03,567
that could end
in someone's death.
539
00:30:04,936 --> 00:30:07,204
When we learned
more about Todd's past,
540
00:30:07,305 --> 00:30:11,975
that he's this troubled,
violent, fire-starting teenager,
541
00:30:12,076 --> 00:30:13,744
this Jekyll and Hyde
character emerged
542
00:30:13,845 --> 00:30:18,849
that then cast, I think, further
doubt on, uh, all of his stories.
543
00:30:18,950 --> 00:30:21,985
[narrator] As detectives
uncovered Todd's criminal past,
544
00:30:22,086 --> 00:30:25,422
they get a phone call that
turns the case on its head.
545
00:30:25,523 --> 00:30:28,559
[Vince] Todd is upset.
Todd is very upset.
546
00:30:28,660 --> 00:30:32,362
And he discusses how upset
he is about Katrina's blood
547
00:30:32,463 --> 00:30:34,698
being found in the trunk
of the vehicle.
548
00:30:34,799 --> 00:30:37,534
[narrator] For detectives,
this is a red flag.
549
00:30:37,635 --> 00:30:40,737
No one in the sheriff's department
has released the information
550
00:30:40,839 --> 00:30:44,374
about Katrina's blood
being found in the car.
551
00:30:44,475 --> 00:30:48,212
He tells us one of Katrina's
family members told him about it.
552
00:30:48,313 --> 00:30:51,515
So, we're talking
to the family members.
553
00:30:51,616 --> 00:30:53,650
None of them
knew anything about it.
554
00:30:53,751 --> 00:30:56,420
So how did Todd know
about blood in the trunk?
555
00:30:57,856 --> 00:30:59,489
[Marilyn] Only the killer
would know that
556
00:30:59,591 --> 00:31:03,594
there would be blood in the trunk
that had not been released to the public.
557
00:31:03,695 --> 00:31:07,297
It had not been disclosed
to the family members.
558
00:31:07,398 --> 00:31:10,367
[narrator] Now, believing
Todd likely murdered Katrina,
559
00:31:10,468 --> 00:31:14,805
investigators search for physical
evidence to tie him to the crime.
560
00:31:14,873 --> 00:31:18,609
We searched the computers
and we were able to find
561
00:31:18,710 --> 00:31:20,978
remnants of this
disparaging flyer
562
00:31:21,079 --> 00:31:27,284
that had been distributed at Katrina's
workplace before she went missing.
563
00:31:27,385 --> 00:31:28,986
[Vince] Now, how does that flyer
564
00:31:29,087 --> 00:31:32,623
outlining a relationship,
very rudely might I ask,
565
00:31:32,724 --> 00:31:35,058
between Guy and Katrina--
566
00:31:35,159 --> 00:31:38,128
How does that flyer
end up on his computer?
567
00:31:38,229 --> 00:31:39,596
Did Katrina put it there?
568
00:31:39,697 --> 00:31:40,898
No.
569
00:31:40,999 --> 00:31:43,400
Who's the only other person
that could have authored that
570
00:31:43,501 --> 00:31:46,203
on his laptop? Him?
571
00:31:47,505 --> 00:31:50,707
The individual distributing
the flyers in disguise,
572
00:31:50,808 --> 00:31:53,410
in fact, ended up being Todd.
573
00:31:55,179 --> 00:31:56,713
LORI ANN: Todd
did everything he could
574
00:31:56,814 --> 00:31:59,549
to try to erase everything.
575
00:31:59,651 --> 00:32:04,721
But he doesn't realize
that a computer keeps secrets
576
00:32:04,822 --> 00:32:06,290
even when you try
to delete them.
577
00:32:08,059 --> 00:32:09,960
Todd, passing out
with these types of flyers
578
00:32:10,061 --> 00:32:13,797
and trying to degrade,
humiliate Katrina
579
00:32:13,898 --> 00:32:15,365
is horrible enough in itself.
580
00:32:15,466 --> 00:32:19,136
This, in my mind, has violent
motivation as well.
581
00:32:19,237 --> 00:32:21,838
When investigators comb
through Todd's computer,
582
00:32:21,940 --> 00:32:24,241
it yields even more clues.
583
00:32:25,476 --> 00:32:29,813
We also discover
a tracking software,
584
00:32:30,815 --> 00:32:34,985
which coincides with a small box
585
00:32:35,086 --> 00:32:36,720
that one of our
detectives located,
586
00:32:36,821 --> 00:32:38,455
and right away identified
587
00:32:38,556 --> 00:32:40,390
as some kind of
housing for a tracker.
588
00:32:41,659 --> 00:32:44,061
Before she disappeared,
Katrina believes
589
00:32:44,162 --> 00:32:47,030
she was being followed,
and she was right.
590
00:32:47,131 --> 00:32:49,800
Todd had been
tracking her every move.
591
00:32:49,901 --> 00:32:53,136
That tracking software
that was on the computer
592
00:32:53,204 --> 00:32:57,341
was forensically analyzed
by one of our detectives.
593
00:32:57,442 --> 00:33:02,512
He was able to show that
the night Katrina disappeared,
594
00:33:02,613 --> 00:33:05,449
the night of October 22nd,
595
00:33:05,550 --> 00:33:09,052
that tracker
was taken from the car,
596
00:33:09,153 --> 00:33:16,526
then seen following a path
through the woods,
597
00:33:16,627 --> 00:33:19,029
which coincides
with the resident
598
00:33:19,130 --> 00:33:21,765
who has the videotape
of that figure
599
00:33:21,866 --> 00:33:25,102
going across
that gentleman's front yard.
600
00:33:26,270 --> 00:33:29,573
It then concludes its tracking
601
00:33:29,674 --> 00:33:31,708
just a very short distance
602
00:33:32,543 --> 00:33:33,877
from the Smith home.
603
00:33:35,713 --> 00:33:39,950
What we believe Todd did was
after he had dumped her car,
604
00:33:40,051 --> 00:33:42,085
he removed the tracking device,
605
00:33:42,186 --> 00:33:45,655
but he thought
it was off, and it was not.
606
00:33:47,392 --> 00:33:49,760
VINCE: This is
that huge piece of puzzle.
607
00:33:49,861 --> 00:33:51,395
This is bigger
than just one piece.
608
00:33:51,496 --> 00:33:54,164
This is a whole huge
corner of that puzzle.
609
00:34:00,271 --> 00:34:03,907
Katrina Smith's husband, Todd,
has become the prime suspect
610
00:34:04,008 --> 00:34:06,710
in her disappearance
and presumed murder.
611
00:34:06,811 --> 00:34:08,912
Detectives bring him in
for questioning
612
00:34:09,013 --> 00:34:11,415
and confront him about
what they've discovered.
613
00:34:11,516 --> 00:34:13,150
VINCE: I confronted him
with the flyers.
614
00:34:13,251 --> 00:34:14,584
I confronted him
with the marriage.
615
00:34:14,685 --> 00:34:16,086
I confronted with
the track sticks.
616
00:34:16,154 --> 00:34:18,522
I confronted him
with everything.
617
00:34:18,623 --> 00:34:21,525
VINCE: His response was to
ignore those confrontations.
618
00:34:21,626 --> 00:34:23,226
He didn't say a word.
619
00:34:23,327 --> 00:34:25,829
He didn't respond
to my accusations.
620
00:34:25,930 --> 00:34:27,898
If you were being
accused of murder
621
00:34:27,999 --> 00:34:30,901
and didn't do it, wouldn't
you come back at me?
622
00:34:31,002 --> 00:34:32,803
He didn't do that.
He just sat there.
623
00:34:32,904 --> 00:34:36,440
And then at the very end,
he said: "I didn't do it.
624
00:34:36,974 --> 00:34:38,175
I want a lawyer."
625
00:34:38,276 --> 00:34:40,343
And then he pointed up
at the camera
626
00:34:40,445 --> 00:34:43,814
and said: "I want a lawyer!"
and he was screaming.
627
00:34:43,915 --> 00:34:45,715
He was so upset.
628
00:34:45,817 --> 00:34:47,384
Detectives have enough evidence
629
00:34:47,485 --> 00:34:50,087
to tie Todd Smith
to his wife's murder,
630
00:34:50,188 --> 00:34:51,822
but they still don't arrest him.
631
00:34:52,423 --> 00:34:53,824
They have nearly
632
00:34:53,925 --> 00:34:55,592
all the circumstantial
evidence they need,
633
00:34:55,693 --> 00:34:57,761
but they hold out
and stay focused,
634
00:34:57,862 --> 00:35:00,897
looking for that final
piece to close the circle.
635
00:35:00,998 --> 00:35:02,766
Good evidence often can mean
636
00:35:02,867 --> 00:35:04,401
the difference between
making an arrest
637
00:35:04,502 --> 00:35:06,403
and someone
being acquitted at trial
638
00:35:06,504 --> 00:35:07,938
and making an arrest
and making sure
639
00:35:08,039 --> 00:35:09,539
that person never gets out.
640
00:35:10,308 --> 00:35:12,142
Then, on November 9th,
641
00:35:12,243 --> 00:35:13,710
three weeks after Katrina Smith
642
00:35:13,811 --> 00:35:16,379
went missing,
investigators get the break
643
00:35:16,481 --> 00:35:18,748
they've been waiting for.
644
00:35:18,850 --> 00:35:22,552
An off-duty firefighter
noticed what appeared to be
645
00:35:22,653 --> 00:35:26,223
something in the water
that shouldn't be there.
646
00:35:26,324 --> 00:35:28,992
Unfortunately, through
that investigation
647
00:35:29,093 --> 00:35:31,328
and through that autopsy,
648
00:35:31,429 --> 00:35:33,864
we were able to determine
it was Katrina Smith.
649
00:35:35,433 --> 00:35:36,766
Individuals always think that
650
00:35:36,868 --> 00:35:38,468
when they toss
the body in the river
651
00:35:38,569 --> 00:35:40,437
that they get rid of evidence.
652
00:35:40,538 --> 00:35:42,239
But they really do not.
653
00:35:43,341 --> 00:35:46,309
I knew eventually
Katrina would surface,
654
00:35:46,410 --> 00:35:50,046
and her body
would be able to tell me
655
00:35:50,148 --> 00:35:53,850
how she died and how she spent
the last minutes of her life.
656
00:35:55,052 --> 00:35:57,420
Katrina's body is
badly decomposed,
657
00:35:57,522 --> 00:35:58,955
but the coroner declares
658
00:35:59,056 --> 00:35:59,956
the cause of death
659
00:36:00,057 --> 00:36:01,892
as blunt force trauma
to the head.
660
00:36:03,561 --> 00:36:07,063
She was probably most
likely struck from behind,
661
00:36:07,165 --> 00:36:10,267
and defensive wounds
on her forearms
662
00:36:10,368 --> 00:36:14,304
would have indicated an
attempt to protect herself.
663
00:36:14,405 --> 00:36:17,340
The type of weapon that would
cause those types of injuries
664
00:36:17,441 --> 00:36:19,376
is some kind of
cylindrical object.
665
00:36:19,477 --> 00:36:22,512
We were able to
determine from the evidence
666
00:36:22,613 --> 00:36:24,281
that that cylindrical object
667
00:36:24,382 --> 00:36:28,985
was more than likely
a pipe, or a bat.
668
00:36:29,086 --> 00:36:32,422
This was a brutal attack
on Katrina Smith.
669
00:36:33,457 --> 00:36:35,625
The attack showed
that the individual
670
00:36:35,726 --> 00:36:38,395
who attacked her
was very aggressive,
671
00:36:38,496 --> 00:36:40,463
was very emotional,
672
00:36:40,565 --> 00:36:42,165
and was going to make sure
673
00:36:42,266 --> 00:36:45,101
that she did not
survive the attack.
674
00:36:47,238 --> 00:36:48,939
Detectives searched
the Smith home
675
00:36:49,040 --> 00:36:50,740
looking for the murder weapon.
676
00:36:51,809 --> 00:36:53,543
The bat was found
during the execution
677
00:36:53,644 --> 00:36:55,478
of one of the search warrants,
678
00:36:55,580 --> 00:36:57,714
in the garage, in a corner.
679
00:36:57,815 --> 00:36:59,983
The testings of the bat show
680
00:37:00,084 --> 00:37:02,953
that there was presence
of human blood
681
00:37:03,054 --> 00:37:05,388
in different areas of the bat.
682
00:37:06,190 --> 00:37:08,191
It ended up
being Katrina's blood.
683
00:37:09,293 --> 00:37:11,428
Luminal is sprayed
throughout the garage
684
00:37:11,529 --> 00:37:13,763
where the murder
weapon was found.
685
00:37:13,864 --> 00:37:17,267
Crime scenes saw what
they believed was a evidence
686
00:37:17,368 --> 00:37:19,369
that a large amount of blood
687
00:37:19,470 --> 00:37:21,671
had been cleaned up
from the area.
688
00:37:22,840 --> 00:37:25,508
We could see that the place
689
00:37:25,610 --> 00:37:28,345
that she was killed
was in the garage.
690
00:37:28,446 --> 00:37:30,447
They finally have
the physical evidence
691
00:37:30,548 --> 00:37:33,450
proving Todd killed his wife.
692
00:37:33,551 --> 00:37:38,421
We believe that Todd took
his marriage vows literally,
693
00:37:38,522 --> 00:37:41,691
"till death do us part."
694
00:37:41,792 --> 00:37:44,294
And his motive
in killing Katrina
695
00:37:44,395 --> 00:37:48,231
was to maintain her
as his wife forever.
696
00:37:50,468 --> 00:37:53,003
Investigators are now
able to complete the picture
697
00:37:53,137 --> 00:37:54,871
of what they believe happened
698
00:37:54,972 --> 00:37:58,808
to Katrina Smith in the final
24 hours of her life.
699
00:37:59,710 --> 00:38:01,578
October 22nd,
700
00:38:01,679 --> 00:38:04,114
she went to work
at approximately 8 am.
701
00:38:04,215 --> 00:38:08,285
She got off work at
approximately 5 pm, 5:30 pm.
702
00:38:09,620 --> 00:38:12,522
She got to the family
residence at about 6 pm,
703
00:38:12,623 --> 00:38:15,292
where she started her laundry
for her job interview
704
00:38:15,393 --> 00:38:18,461
the following morning at 7:30.
705
00:38:18,562 --> 00:38:21,197
That night, Katrina tells Todd
she wants a divorce.
706
00:38:21,299 --> 00:38:24,067
Todd is pressuring her
to stay in the marriage
707
00:38:24,168 --> 00:38:25,935
and not to seek a divorce.
708
00:38:27,204 --> 00:38:29,606
Investigators determined
that Guy Gabriel
709
00:38:29,707 --> 00:38:32,409
was trying to help Katrina.
710
00:38:32,510 --> 00:38:35,779
We believe that she is looking
for someone to support her
711
00:38:35,880 --> 00:38:38,581
in her decision
to end the marriage.
712
00:38:38,683 --> 00:38:41,184
Guy is providing
her that support
713
00:38:41,285 --> 00:38:44,654
through their text
messages that night.
714
00:38:44,755 --> 00:38:47,490
We believe what happened
next is when she got ready
715
00:38:47,591 --> 00:38:49,859
to leave the home and
go back to the condo,
716
00:38:49,960 --> 00:38:51,861
Todd was very upset.
717
00:38:56,334 --> 00:38:58,835
MARILYN: We believe that
when she is leaving the home,
718
00:38:58,936 --> 00:39:01,071
Todd struck Katrina
719
00:39:01,172 --> 00:39:02,839
to the back of
the head with a bat.
720
00:39:03,808 --> 00:39:06,543
She then attempts
to protect her head
721
00:39:06,644 --> 00:39:10,080
by putting up her arms,
which shows linear marks
722
00:39:10,181 --> 00:39:12,816
that fit the shape of the bat,
723
00:39:12,917 --> 00:39:15,652
as he continued
to beat her repeatedly.
724
00:39:24,428 --> 00:39:27,497
He then dragged her
to the back of her vehicle
725
00:39:27,598 --> 00:39:29,566
and placed her
in the fetal position
726
00:39:29,667 --> 00:39:32,135
in the trunk of
that car where she died.
727
00:39:33,237 --> 00:39:34,637
We believe that Todd drove
728
00:39:34,739 --> 00:39:36,906
Katrina's body to the bridge
729
00:39:37,007 --> 00:39:41,778
shortly after 11 pm, he dumped
Katrina's body into the river.
730
00:39:42,947 --> 00:39:44,748
VINCE: He then proceeded
to drive the car
731
00:39:44,849 --> 00:39:48,518
to Ventura and Obispo,
where he ditched the car.
732
00:39:49,754 --> 00:39:54,090
Then at 11:24, we have
a text from Todd
733
00:39:54,191 --> 00:39:56,192
to Katrina's phone
that says "Sweet dreams.
734
00:39:56,293 --> 00:39:57,193
Good night."
735
00:39:58,763 --> 00:40:02,065
The last text message
he sent to her
736
00:40:02,166 --> 00:40:04,734
was a signal of: "You know what?
737
00:40:04,835 --> 00:40:06,703
You will forever be my wife.
738
00:40:06,804 --> 00:40:07,937
You will die my wife."
739
00:40:17,114 --> 00:40:19,816
On November 21st, 2012,
740
00:40:19,917 --> 00:40:23,686
Todd Smith is charged
with first degree murder.
741
00:40:23,788 --> 00:40:26,856
The timeline basically
put this case together
742
00:40:26,957 --> 00:40:28,658
and tied it in a bow.
743
00:40:29,994 --> 00:40:31,327
It was rock solid.
744
00:40:31,429 --> 00:40:34,497
We were able to
pinpoint his movements.
745
00:40:34,598 --> 00:40:36,065
We were able to pinpoint
746
00:40:36,167 --> 00:40:38,902
Katrina's movements and
when she went off the grid,
747
00:40:39,003 --> 00:40:41,838
we knew that in order
for her to be off the grid,
748
00:40:41,939 --> 00:40:43,606
she was most likely dead.
749
00:40:45,776 --> 00:40:50,814
In January 2017, four years
after Katrina's murder,
750
00:40:50,915 --> 00:40:52,982
Todd Smith finally stands trial.
751
00:40:54,919 --> 00:40:56,853
The murder of
Katrina Smith was just
752
00:40:56,954 --> 00:40:59,155
a brutal, heinous crime.
753
00:41:00,024 --> 00:41:02,058
She was a beautiful young woman
754
00:41:02,159 --> 00:41:04,394
who wanted to live her life.
755
00:41:04,495 --> 00:41:07,497
She just wanted
to live it without Todd.
756
00:41:07,598 --> 00:41:09,966
And instead of
allowing her to do that,
757
00:41:10,067 --> 00:41:12,702
he decided to take her life.
758
00:41:12,803 --> 00:41:15,939
Todd believed that he could
commit the perfect murder,
759
00:41:16,040 --> 00:41:19,609
and I think his downfall
was the arrogance
760
00:41:19,710 --> 00:41:21,411
that he could
get away with that.
761
00:41:22,379 --> 00:41:23,480
VINCE: She wasn't wrong.
762
00:41:23,581 --> 00:41:25,582
Her instincts were right there.
763
00:41:25,683 --> 00:41:27,450
She was being stalked.
764
00:41:27,551 --> 00:41:29,285
She just didn't know by whom.
765
00:41:29,386 --> 00:41:32,455
It was her own
husband stalking her.
766
00:41:32,556 --> 00:41:33,890
For years.
767
00:41:33,991 --> 00:41:37,794
The jury finds Todd Smith
guilty of first degree murder.
768
00:41:37,895 --> 00:41:40,930
He is sentenced
to 59 years in prison.
769
00:41:41,031 --> 00:41:42,732
I think about her all the time.
770
00:41:42,833 --> 00:41:45,869
I have pictures of
her during her beautiful life
771
00:41:45,970 --> 00:41:47,804
that her family
has shared with me.
772
00:41:47,905 --> 00:41:49,939
And I keep those pictures
close at hand,
773
00:41:50,040 --> 00:41:53,576
as a reminder of why
we do what we do.
774
00:41:53,677 --> 00:41:55,912
More importantly,
why I do what I do.
775
00:41:57,214 --> 00:42:01,217
With every police officer
with every detective,
776
00:42:01,318 --> 00:42:03,019
with everybody
in law enforcement,
777
00:42:03,120 --> 00:42:05,388
there are those cases
that attach themselves
778
00:42:05,489 --> 00:42:07,657
to your soul, to your heart.
779
00:42:08,459 --> 00:42:10,126
Katrina and her family...
780
00:42:20,371 --> 00:42:22,105
...they have permanently
781
00:42:22,206 --> 00:42:24,107
attached themselves to my heart.