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[suspenseful music]
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This is a case of a killer
who is smart, methodical,
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able to cover his tracks,
and for his victims,
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he doesn't just kill then.
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He erases them.
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You don't even have
a single body.
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How do you catch a killer
that's invisible
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and that picks victims
that no one will miss?
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You know he's out there.
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You know he'll kill again.
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How do you stop him?
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[dramatic music]
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♪
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Woonsocket
is 8.6 square miles,
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and everybody is
pretty much close-knit.
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What I love about Woonsocket
is the people.
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There are some great people.
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There are some
great neighborhoods,
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but there are also
some bad elements.
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It's a tough little city.
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On March 2nd, 2003,
early-morning hours,
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the Woonsocket
Police Department
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was notified by a motorist
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that there was a woman
completely naked
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lying in the middle of the
road by the Mill District.
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She was severely beaten.
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She was transported
to the hospital.
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[siren wailing]
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We responded and met
with the victim,
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and we were able
to speak with her.
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Her name was Jane Smith.
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She told us
that she was walking down
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one of the streets
in Woonsocket.
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She was in the area
of High and Arnold Street
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when she was approached
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by a male driving
a small-style SUV.
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He asked
if she wanted to party.
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She was a working girl.
She didn't hide it.
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She got in the vehicle.
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She was brought to the rear
of an old working mill
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in the woods.
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Then the abuse
and the terror began.
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He punched her.
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He stabbed her
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in the face numerous times
with a screwdriver,
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stabbed her neck, her torso.
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She truly felt
that she was gonna die.
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She described her assailant
as a man in his 30s
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with blond hair,
glasses, tattoos on his arms.
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We hit the streets.
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We started from High
and Arnold,
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where she was picked up,
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looked for witnesses,
kind of traced her steps
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all the way down to the street
where she was found.
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We were able to find
the exact location
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where the assault took place.
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We were hoping
to find a screwdriver,
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any type of physical evidence.
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Unfortunately, we weren't
able to locate anything.
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He took all of her clothes.
He took the screwdriver.
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So the only thing
that was there was her blood.
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The fact that we didn't find
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any physical evidence
at the scene,
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we started to think
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he was taking steps
to cover his actions,
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meaning that he seemed
calculated.
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This isn't his first night
on the street
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and it's probably
not gonna be his last.
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On April 4th, a woman
came to the police station
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to file
a missing-person complaint
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on behalf of her daughter,
Audrey Harris.
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She was 33 years of age.
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And the mother
basically tells me
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that Audrey
would always come and go,
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but she had close ties
with her mother.
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At least once or twice a week,
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she went and made sure
mom was okay.
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Audrey's mother
was extremely concerned
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because it was three months
that had elapsed
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where she didn't see her.
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Audrey was well-known
as a prostitute.
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She worked around
the High and Arnold area.
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So I spoke to practically
every prostitute
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in the High and Arnold area.
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Some of these women showed
a great deal of concern
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about Audrey
not being around.
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They were nervous.
They were scared.
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But they had no information
whatsoever to supply.
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I wasn't getting any leads
as to where she could be
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or who she was last with.
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She kind of just vanished.
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When we learned of Audrey
being reported missing,
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my concern was that
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we were in the middle
of the Jane investigation.
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Janie was violently beaten,
stabbed with a screwdriver.
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She had been picked up
in the High and Arnold area--
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same area Audrey
would frequent.
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It's all
within a couple months.
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So you'd think,
"Are these connected?
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"Is Audrey really missing?
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What are the chances
that she could have been
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a victim as well?
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So we started
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to not really put
these investigations together,
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but sort of run parallel
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to see if there is
a common denominator here.
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A week after Audrey Harris
was reported missing,
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we were notified
that another woman
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was violently attacked...
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again, from the High
and Arnold Street area.
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[siren wailing]
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She was transported
to the hospital.
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We were informed that the
victim was Christine Dumont.
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Early that morning,
we went to the hospital.
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Christine is visibly shaken.
She was crying.
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She was emotional.
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Christine Dumont
was a very slight woman.
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When I met her the first time,
I was kind of surprised,
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but she looked like she was
about 100 pounds,
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but clearly quite a fighter.
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She told us she was walking
down that same street
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that Jane Smith
was walking down
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just a little
over a month prior.
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She had been picked up
by a male subject.
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She was driven
to the mill area.
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The same secluded mill area
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where Jane Smith was attacked.
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She was removed
from the vehicle.
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He was screaming at her,
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telling her
her life was worth nothing.
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The suspect then hit her
over the head
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repeatedly with a metal pipe.
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She tried to fight, but he
continued to assault her.
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She thought she was gonna die.
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At some point, she just
lied there motionless.
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And then he just drove away...
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left her there lying, bleeding.
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Christine Dumont provided
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a very detailed description
of her assailant,
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very similar
to Jane Smith's...
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blondish hair, stocky white man
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in his 20s with tattoos.
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It was obvious to us
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that, you know, we're looking
for the same suspect.
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If he is a person who's
brutally assaulting prostitutes
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in the same area
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over a very short period
of time,
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there's also
a good possibility
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that he could be responsible
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for Audrey Harris's
disappearance.
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What can we tell
about who this person is?
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He's preying on women
who are sex workers.
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He is full of rage.
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This was unprovoked.
It was spontaneous.
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Think about the weapons that
were used during their attack--
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a screwdriver, something that
was readily accessible to him,
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and a tire iron, which was
in the trunk of a vehicle.
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This is not
a sort of meticulous
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well planned out crime.
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This is someone who had a lot
of rage towards these women
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and clearly took it out
on them.
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This often comes
from potentially their mother
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or some sort of relationship
that they had in the past
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that created this anger
towards women
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and a need to degrade them,
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hurt them, and potentially
even kill them.
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That day,
after meeting with Christine,
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we went and picked up Jane,
the first woman attacked,
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and brought her
into the station
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to do another interview.
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As we were speaking to her,
out of the blue, she says,
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"Oh, I remember
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"that prior
to being attacked that night,
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we went to an ATM."
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Now we have the assailant
go into an ATM,
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who did
a financial transaction,
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who's most likely on camera.
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This was really
the break we needed.
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She just started crying
and said, "That is him.
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That's him."
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And another woman
was reported missing
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from the High
and Arnold Street area.
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It's getting stranger
and stranger in Woonsocket
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that these girls
are going missing.
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By April of 2003,
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in a very short amount
of time,
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in the same, you know, area,
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we had vicious assaults
on Christine Dumont,
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vicious assault on Jane Smith,
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and we had an active
missing-persons case
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with Audrey Harris.
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The Woonsocket police
had reached out again
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to Jane Smith
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to try to learn
if there was any other details
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that she could remember--
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try and identify
this dangerous guy.
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That is when Jane told us
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that her assailant
drove to Sovereign bank.
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He went into the ATM, came back
out a couple of minutes later,
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and said, "I have $100.
Now we're gonna party."
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She remembered it was
a little before 1:00 a.m.
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The police immediately
went to the bank
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and were able to secure
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the photo
of the ATM transaction.
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[dramatic music]
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There was only one person
who withdrew $100.
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The subject making the
transaction was a white male...
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blondish short hair, goatee.
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The exact description
that Jane and Christine
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gave as their assailant.
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The cardholder
for that debit card
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was a Timothy Scanlon
of Woonsocket.
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He had been arrested
in the past
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for larceny and...
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possession of a stolen motor vehicle.
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And we created
a photo array
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and went to the hospital
where Christine still was.
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We just asked her to take her
time, look at the photographs,
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and tell us if she could
identify her assailant.
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She became
extremely emotional.
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She pointed to
Timothy Scanlon's photograph,
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said, "That's the mother F
that did it."
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The next step--
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the detectives
went to the first victim,
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Jane Smith's house.
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She just started crying
and said,
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"That is him. That's him."
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So now that both Jane
and Christine Dumont
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identified Timothy Scanlon
as the assailant,
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we were starting to wonder,
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is there any connections
with the Audrey Harris case?
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She's in that timeframe?
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She's a prostitute that works
basically the same streets.
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It wasn't a far leap
to think that Timothy Scanlon
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had something to do with
Audrey Harris's disappearance.
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About a week
after he had been identified,
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we obtained a warrant
for Timothy Scanlon
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for kidnapping and assault
on Jane and Christine.
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Later that evening,
we moved in.
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He was placed under arrest him
without incident.
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He was brought up
into the interrogation room.
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He denied any involvement.
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He immediately stated
he want a lawyer.
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And that was the end of the
interview with him,
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unfortunately.
264
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Timothy Scanlon was charged
with multiple counts
265
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of first-degree assault
266
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on Jane Smith
and Christine Dumont.
267
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He pled not guilty
at his arraignment
268
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and was held without bail
pending his trial.
269
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His defense was that he was
with Jane Smith
270
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and Christine Dumont
in a consensual manner,
271
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and they were assaulted
after that.
272
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So the testimony
273
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of both Jane Smith
and Christine Dumont
274
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was the key to this case.
275
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But Jane was so paralyzed
with fear
276
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of being in the same room
with him again
277
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that she did not
want to testify.
278
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♪
279
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Christine wanted to testify
and tell her story.
280
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She was happy
for a second chance in life.
281
00:12:44,801 --> 00:12:46,249
She had a plan
in her mind, right?
282
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"I'm gonna be a better mother.
I'm gonna get a job."
283
00:12:48,836 --> 00:12:50,870
It seemed like
she was gonna carry through.
284
00:12:50,905 --> 00:12:52,249
Maybe a little bit of good
285
00:12:52,284 --> 00:12:54,801
was gonna come
out of this horrific event.
286
00:12:54,836 --> 00:12:58,077
Christine
was very dedicated.
287
00:12:58,111 --> 00:12:59,111
She's a fighter.
288
00:12:59,146 --> 00:13:01,767
She wasn't going to let
her demon
289
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stop her from testifying.
290
00:13:04,318 --> 00:13:07,525
Christine's testimony
is critical in the prosecution
291
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of Scanlon
for the assault on her.
292
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Without her, they
may not have a provable case.
293
00:13:13,008 --> 00:13:15,284
If she does testify,
she runs the risk
294
00:13:15,318 --> 00:13:19,249
that he may come
after her one day
295
00:13:19,284 --> 00:13:21,249
or he may arrange
for someone else
296
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to come after her
for testifying against him.
297
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You're concerned
about her safety.
298
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There's always the factor
of witness intimidation.
299
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And that's very real,
and it does happen.
300
00:13:33,008 --> 00:13:34,939
There's multiple reasons
why women
301
00:13:34,974 --> 00:13:37,456
don't want to testify
against their assailant.
302
00:13:37,491 --> 00:13:40,422
When you're testify and you
step up onto the stand,
303
00:13:40,456 --> 00:13:42,905
in some ways, you yourself
are being put on trial.
304
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So, if you have any wrongdoing,
have used drugs,
305
00:13:46,284 --> 00:13:48,594
anything that could
look poorly on you,
306
00:13:48,629 --> 00:13:50,077
they're gonna bring that up
in the courtroom
307
00:13:50,111 --> 00:13:51,422
and that can be incredibly
308
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damaging and hurtful
to the person testifying.
309
00:13:54,629 --> 00:13:56,767
♪
310
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We didn't have a trial date,
311
00:13:58,284 --> 00:14:01,491
but Christine Dumont
was absolutely ready, willing,
312
00:14:01,525 --> 00:14:04,284
and able
to get in that courtroom
313
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and tell what Scanlon
had done to her.
314
00:14:07,422 --> 00:14:09,146
But that's not what happened.
315
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♪
316
00:14:11,905 --> 00:14:14,767
On May 3rd of 2004,
317
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Christine's sister
318
00:14:16,215 --> 00:14:17,939
came to the station
319
00:14:17,974 --> 00:14:21,146
to report her missing.
320
00:14:21,180 --> 00:14:24,318
She had not been seen
or heard from
321
00:14:24,353 --> 00:14:26,353
in almost ten days.
322
00:14:26,387 --> 00:14:28,284
♪
323
00:14:28,318 --> 00:14:30,318
She hadn't communicated
with family, her kids.
324
00:14:30,353 --> 00:14:34,249
She didn't pick up
her state check.
325
00:14:34,284 --> 00:14:35,629
That's always a red flag.
326
00:14:35,663 --> 00:14:39,836
♪
327
00:14:39,870 --> 00:14:41,594
I was...
328
00:14:41,629 --> 00:14:43,525
"Shocked" isn't
the word for it.
329
00:14:43,560 --> 00:14:46,560
I'm thinking, "Oh, my word,
330
00:14:46,594 --> 00:14:49,732
I just lost
the best witness I have.
331
00:14:49,767 --> 00:14:53,146
♪
332
00:14:53,180 --> 00:14:55,767
I believe Timothy Scanlon
had something to do
333
00:14:55,801 --> 00:14:57,629
with the disappearance.
334
00:14:57,663 --> 00:14:59,491
It would be a much easier trial
335
00:14:59,525 --> 00:15:02,594
if Christine Dumont
wasn't around.
336
00:15:02,629 --> 00:15:04,318
But there was no evidence.
337
00:15:04,353 --> 00:15:08,249
There was no conversations
that Timothy Scanlon had
338
00:15:08,284 --> 00:15:10,767
with anyone
that we had uncovered
339
00:15:10,801 --> 00:15:14,732
that was pointing in the
direction of a murder for hire
340
00:15:14,767 --> 00:15:17,767
or any attempts
to silence Christine
341
00:15:17,801 --> 00:15:19,077
from testifying.
342
00:15:19,111 --> 00:15:20,836
♪
343
00:15:20,870 --> 00:15:22,629
So, obviously, we went back
344
00:15:22,663 --> 00:15:25,594
to, you know,
was it her lifestyle?
345
00:15:25,629 --> 00:15:28,284
Having spoken
with Christine's sister,
346
00:15:28,318 --> 00:15:32,974
we learned that Christine
was still often seen
347
00:15:33,008 --> 00:15:36,077
in the High
and Arnold Street area.
348
00:15:36,111 --> 00:15:39,422
I really thought that the
page had turned for Christine,
349
00:15:39,456 --> 00:15:42,422
but it seemed like
she went back to the street.
350
00:15:42,456 --> 00:15:44,456
So we began pounding
the streets
351
00:15:44,491 --> 00:15:47,594
and trying to speak to people
that frequent that area.
352
00:15:47,629 --> 00:15:50,387
♪
353
00:15:50,422 --> 00:15:53,801
The days turned into weeks.
354
00:15:53,836 --> 00:15:57,077
There were no solid leads
to go on.
355
00:15:57,111 --> 00:16:01,180
It was a completely cold case
as if she just disappeared.
356
00:16:01,215 --> 00:16:03,732
♪
357
00:16:03,767 --> 00:16:06,215
We could rule out
that it was Timothy Scanlon
358
00:16:06,249 --> 00:16:08,249
because we knew
his whereabouts
359
00:16:08,284 --> 00:16:11,146
during the time
of her disappearance.
360
00:16:11,180 --> 00:16:13,939
And so now we're thinking,
"Is the person responsible
361
00:16:13,974 --> 00:16:15,939
"for Christine Dumont's
disappearance
362
00:16:15,974 --> 00:16:18,318
"also responsible
for Audrey Harris' missing
363
00:16:18,353 --> 00:16:20,939
the year prior to this?"
364
00:16:20,974 --> 00:16:23,215
If it is all connected,
365
00:16:23,249 --> 00:16:26,491
there's another person out
there targeting prostitutes.
366
00:16:28,905 --> 00:16:31,870
[dramatic music]
367
00:16:31,905 --> 00:16:33,801
Timothy Scanlon was
responsible
368
00:16:33,836 --> 00:16:35,111
for Jane Smith's assault,
369
00:16:35,146 --> 00:16:36,491
Christine Dumont's assault
370
00:16:36,525 --> 00:16:39,284
and we were hoping to find
something to lock him
371
00:16:39,318 --> 00:16:40,732
into the Audrey Harris case.
372
00:16:42,491 --> 00:16:45,974
But now Christine Dumont
was missing.
373
00:16:46,008 --> 00:16:47,629
We could rule out
that it was Timothy
374
00:16:47,663 --> 00:16:49,525
because we knew
his whereabouts
375
00:16:49,560 --> 00:16:52,111
during the time
of her disappearance.
376
00:16:52,146 --> 00:16:54,801
So was there someone else
out there
377
00:16:54,836 --> 00:16:56,456
preying on these people
378
00:16:56,491 --> 00:16:59,698
in the High Street
and Arnold Street area?
379
00:17:01,422 --> 00:17:04,629
When prostitutes go missing
nine out of ten times,
380
00:17:04,663 --> 00:17:08,939
it's a homicide
or, you know, tragic ending.
381
00:17:08,974 --> 00:17:11,146
So we were,
at that point, assuming
382
00:17:11,180 --> 00:17:14,284
that we're probably looking
at a murder investigation.
383
00:17:14,318 --> 00:17:17,629
♪
384
00:17:17,663 --> 00:17:20,353
On July 4, 2004,
385
00:17:20,387 --> 00:17:23,387
James Nelson
came into the station
386
00:17:23,422 --> 00:17:27,456
to report his girlfriend,
Stacie Goulet,
387
00:17:27,491 --> 00:17:30,353
had gone missing
sometime the night before.
388
00:17:30,387 --> 00:17:33,629
♪
389
00:17:33,663 --> 00:17:36,077
Mr. Nelson said
that he was with Stacie
390
00:17:36,111 --> 00:17:38,870
in the area north
of Arnold and High Street.
391
00:17:38,905 --> 00:17:41,077
They were there
for some of the celebrations
392
00:17:41,111 --> 00:17:44,560
that were taking place,
the fireworks.
393
00:17:44,594 --> 00:17:46,456
♪
394
00:17:46,491 --> 00:17:49,284
He decided to bum a cigarette
off a friend of his,
395
00:17:49,318 --> 00:17:52,180
and when he went back
to where Stacie was walking,
396
00:17:52,215 --> 00:17:54,043
he had no longer seen her.
397
00:17:54,077 --> 00:17:57,180
So he just hung around knowing
that she would come back
398
00:17:57,215 --> 00:17:59,422
to that area,
but she never did.
399
00:17:59,456 --> 00:18:02,387
♪
400
00:18:02,422 --> 00:18:05,043
We knew from Stacie's record
401
00:18:05,077 --> 00:18:09,974
that Stacie was also known
to be a prostitute in the city.
402
00:18:10,008 --> 00:18:13,801
James was not being
completely honest.
403
00:18:13,836 --> 00:18:15,456
He doesn't want to
embarrass Stacie
404
00:18:15,491 --> 00:18:16,905
by saying she's prostituting.
405
00:18:16,939 --> 00:18:21,422
So we pretty much gave him
a rough interview.
406
00:18:21,456 --> 00:18:23,353
We made him think that we were
gonna arrest him
407
00:18:23,387 --> 00:18:26,491
for her murder
just to see where he was at.
408
00:18:26,525 --> 00:18:30,077
But he stood up to
the interrogation pretty well.
409
00:18:30,111 --> 00:18:33,456
He told us he knew that
she was working that night.
410
00:18:33,491 --> 00:18:37,629
He was doing his best
to watch Stacie.
411
00:18:37,663 --> 00:18:39,387
He just assumed at the time
412
00:18:39,422 --> 00:18:41,525
that she was picked up
by a john.
413
00:18:43,008 --> 00:18:45,318
So, when we ended it,
we were like, "You know what?
414
00:18:45,353 --> 00:18:47,111
We don't think it's him."
415
00:18:47,146 --> 00:18:49,491
♪
416
00:18:49,525 --> 00:18:52,111
After interviewing
Mr. Nelson,
417
00:18:52,146 --> 00:18:54,284
we needed to reach out
to the parents.
418
00:18:54,318 --> 00:18:56,353
♪
419
00:18:56,387 --> 00:18:58,353
Mom had a hard time.
420
00:18:58,387 --> 00:19:01,111
She was extremely upset,
tearful.
421
00:19:01,146 --> 00:19:03,008
♪
422
00:19:03,043 --> 00:19:07,284
The plainclothes detectives
came in, and they said to me,
423
00:19:07,318 --> 00:19:08,767
"Are you
Stacie Goulet's mother?"
424
00:19:08,801 --> 00:19:10,284
I said, "Yes," and they said,
425
00:19:10,318 --> 00:19:13,111
"Well, Stacie
was reported missing,
426
00:19:13,146 --> 00:19:17,387
"and, you know...
427
00:19:17,422 --> 00:19:20,732
we have some information
that we need to give you."
428
00:19:20,767 --> 00:19:23,974
And they said, "Did you know
that Stacie was a prostitute?"
429
00:19:24,008 --> 00:19:27,043
And I said, "Well,
she had told me she was."
430
00:19:27,077 --> 00:19:29,111
When I found out, I said,
431
00:19:29,146 --> 00:19:31,111
"Stacie, you know,
it's dangerous.
432
00:19:31,146 --> 00:19:33,077
You can get killed out there."
433
00:19:33,111 --> 00:19:35,732
And I was like,
"Well, Stacie, it's wrong."
434
00:19:35,767 --> 00:19:38,767
"I know it's wrong, Mom,
but I'm gonna do it anyways."
435
00:19:38,801 --> 00:19:40,905
So I was kind of, like,
all nervous
436
00:19:40,939 --> 00:19:42,629
and all shaken up
and everything.
437
00:19:42,663 --> 00:19:44,698
♪
438
00:19:44,732 --> 00:19:47,767
I kind of, like, just hoped
for the best.
439
00:19:47,801 --> 00:19:50,836
You know, I didn't want to put
that she was murdered.
440
00:19:50,870 --> 00:19:53,801
I didn't want to put that
in my head.
441
00:19:53,836 --> 00:19:57,870
Audrey Harris is missing.
Christine Dumont is missing.
442
00:19:57,905 --> 00:20:01,284
And now with this new
Stacie Goulet case,
443
00:20:01,318 --> 00:20:02,870
3 missing in 15 months
444
00:20:02,905 --> 00:20:06,422
was just too much
to believe it was chance.
445
00:20:06,456 --> 00:20:08,180
♪
446
00:20:08,215 --> 00:20:11,560
They were all involved in
the same prostitution trade.
447
00:20:11,594 --> 00:20:13,077
But if they were related,
448
00:20:13,111 --> 00:20:15,629
then we could possibly have
a serial killer on our hands.
449
00:20:15,663 --> 00:20:17,767
♪
450
00:20:17,801 --> 00:20:19,836
So, if prostitutes
are going missing,
451
00:20:19,870 --> 00:20:22,491
what's the best way
to drudge up some suspects?
452
00:20:22,525 --> 00:20:24,111
We decided to do a john sting.
453
00:20:24,146 --> 00:20:28,801
♪
454
00:20:28,836 --> 00:20:31,284
The best practice
identifying johns,
455
00:20:31,318 --> 00:20:35,974
is putting a female police
officer out on the street.
456
00:20:36,008 --> 00:20:38,491
We set up decoys
at the corners
457
00:20:38,525 --> 00:20:42,284
where the prostitutes were
known to frequent and loiter.
458
00:20:42,318 --> 00:20:46,974
We ended up arresting
quite a few johns.
459
00:20:47,008 --> 00:20:51,111
The biggest thing
was not so much charging them
460
00:20:51,146 --> 00:20:54,456
but using that opportunity
to question them
461
00:20:54,491 --> 00:20:58,456
to see if anything may come up,
any leads in any investigation,
462
00:20:58,491 --> 00:21:01,284
or certain anomalies
on the johns
463
00:21:01,318 --> 00:21:03,387
that may indicate
they may be involved
464
00:21:03,422 --> 00:21:06,456
in some type of foul play.
465
00:21:06,491 --> 00:21:08,491
Unfortunately,
we didn't get anything.
466
00:21:08,525 --> 00:21:11,629
♪
467
00:21:11,663 --> 00:21:14,732
If there is a serial killer
who is preying on sex workers,
468
00:21:14,767 --> 00:21:17,146
then police have
some challenges ahead.
469
00:21:17,180 --> 00:21:20,180
There are no bodies,
and there are no crime scenes.
470
00:21:20,215 --> 00:21:22,663
If these women
who have gone missing
471
00:21:22,698 --> 00:21:24,422
are in fact being killed,
472
00:21:24,456 --> 00:21:26,008
you're dealing
with a serial killer
473
00:21:26,043 --> 00:21:29,629
who has the means and ability
to hide these bodies.
474
00:21:29,663 --> 00:21:31,629
So this is
a sophisticated killer,
475
00:21:31,663 --> 00:21:35,629
who's able to elude detection,
elude law enforcement
476
00:21:35,663 --> 00:21:38,801
and hide any potential evidence
of their crimes.
477
00:21:38,836 --> 00:21:41,456
All three women did frequent
478
00:21:41,491 --> 00:21:44,456
the same track or area
479
00:21:44,491 --> 00:21:46,456
that was known
for prostitution.
480
00:21:46,491 --> 00:21:49,111
That might be
a common denominator
481
00:21:49,146 --> 00:21:50,629
among the women.
482
00:21:50,663 --> 00:21:53,629
Do you have other women
on that track
483
00:21:53,663 --> 00:21:56,284
that might have been assaulted
and survived?
484
00:21:56,318 --> 00:21:57,974
That's where your real case
485
00:21:58,008 --> 00:22:01,801
is gonna start
to pick up some wheels.
486
00:22:01,836 --> 00:22:03,456
As the investigation
progressed,
487
00:22:03,491 --> 00:22:05,456
we really spent a lot of time
488
00:22:05,491 --> 00:22:08,629
talking to other street girls,
489
00:22:08,663 --> 00:22:10,974
stopping cars,
talking to patrol.
490
00:22:11,008 --> 00:22:13,629
We were just trying to get
any further information.
491
00:22:13,663 --> 00:22:15,767
Our activity helped
492
00:22:15,801 --> 00:22:17,801
in us receiving
an anonymous tip.
493
00:22:17,836 --> 00:22:19,353
[telephone rings]
494
00:22:23,732 --> 00:22:25,284
From out of the blue,
495
00:22:25,318 --> 00:22:29,146
she said that he came up
from behind, choked her.
496
00:22:29,180 --> 00:22:31,043
That's the most nervous
I've ever been
497
00:22:31,077 --> 00:22:32,387
as a police officer.
498
00:22:36,491 --> 00:22:39,353
All three cases
of the missing females,
499
00:22:39,387 --> 00:22:41,974
Audrey, Christine, and Stacie,
500
00:22:42,008 --> 00:22:43,836
were eerily similar.
501
00:22:43,870 --> 00:22:45,491
There was no leads to go on.
502
00:22:45,525 --> 00:22:48,180
It was extremely frustrating.
503
00:22:48,215 --> 00:22:49,732
[telephone ringing]
504
00:22:49,767 --> 00:22:52,146
On July 11th,
505
00:22:52,180 --> 00:22:55,111
I received a message
on my work phone.
506
00:22:55,146 --> 00:22:56,318
It was a male voice.
507
00:23:05,663 --> 00:23:08,663
All it said was, "You may want
to speak to Jocelin Martel.
508
00:23:08,698 --> 00:23:11,318
She may have some information
on your missing girls."
509
00:23:11,353 --> 00:23:13,249
[line clicks]
Click. That was it.
510
00:23:15,249 --> 00:23:16,767
We were familiar
with Jocelin Martel.
511
00:23:16,801 --> 00:23:18,318
She was a known prostitute.
512
00:23:18,353 --> 00:23:22,939
She was currently incarcerated
at the women's prison,
513
00:23:22,974 --> 00:23:25,180
and we immediately
made arrangements
514
00:23:25,215 --> 00:23:27,146
to go speak with her.
515
00:23:27,180 --> 00:23:30,663
After she'd heard
that three girls were missing,
516
00:23:30,698 --> 00:23:33,008
she started to feel
that maybe she could help
517
00:23:33,043 --> 00:23:34,491
in an investigation.
518
00:23:34,525 --> 00:23:36,698
[dramatic music]
519
00:23:36,732 --> 00:23:39,663
She told us about an incident
that she had with a john,
520
00:23:39,698 --> 00:23:41,215
maybe a month before,
521
00:23:41,249 --> 00:23:43,905
and that he brought her
back to his apartment
522
00:23:43,939 --> 00:23:45,836
on Cato Street.
523
00:23:45,870 --> 00:23:47,249
From out of the blue,
524
00:23:47,284 --> 00:23:50,905
she said that he came up
from behind, choked her.
525
00:23:52,456 --> 00:23:54,732
She thought
that her life was over.
526
00:23:54,767 --> 00:23:56,456
♪
527
00:23:56,491 --> 00:23:59,422
She somehow
managed to fight him off
528
00:23:59,456 --> 00:24:01,008
and get away from him.
529
00:24:01,043 --> 00:24:03,698
♪
530
00:24:03,732 --> 00:24:07,594
She told us that the man was
male, Caucasian, short, stocky,
531
00:24:07,629 --> 00:24:12,146
maybe in the early 30s,
late 20s, short hair.
532
00:24:13,870 --> 00:24:16,732
She thought that just
the way that he came after her
533
00:24:16,767 --> 00:24:18,594
in such a violent nature,
534
00:24:18,629 --> 00:24:19,836
it was not the first time
535
00:24:19,870 --> 00:24:23,422
he's been involved
in something like this.
536
00:24:23,456 --> 00:24:25,836
She wasn't sure of
the street number at the time,
537
00:24:25,870 --> 00:24:28,456
but she was able to explain.
538
00:24:28,491 --> 00:24:32,249
It was a white multifamily
house with green shutters,
539
00:24:32,284 --> 00:24:34,698
small white fence
in front of the house.
540
00:24:34,732 --> 00:24:36,663
♪
541
00:24:36,698 --> 00:24:40,318
On the way back, we actually
drove down Cato Street.
542
00:24:40,353 --> 00:24:42,836
The location that she gave us
and the house
543
00:24:42,870 --> 00:24:47,491
was a spitting image
of how she described it,
544
00:24:47,525 --> 00:24:50,836
and we retrieved the address
number of the house.
545
00:24:50,870 --> 00:24:53,111
At that point, I notified
the electrical company
546
00:24:53,146 --> 00:24:55,043
to find out who lived there.
547
00:24:55,077 --> 00:24:56,801
And then I went back
to the station
548
00:24:56,836 --> 00:24:59,698
and start looking through
our database at this location
549
00:24:59,732 --> 00:25:02,560
to see if there had been
any incidents there.
550
00:25:02,594 --> 00:25:05,836
And to our surprise,
one popped up right away
551
00:25:05,870 --> 00:25:08,525
with a known prostitute--
Teese Morris.
552
00:25:08,560 --> 00:25:11,836
So we needed to speak
with Teese immediately.
553
00:25:11,870 --> 00:25:14,560
♪
554
00:25:14,594 --> 00:25:17,663
Teese had a story
extremely similar
555
00:25:17,698 --> 00:25:21,146
to Jocelin's story.
556
00:25:21,180 --> 00:25:24,146
It was February 15, 2004.
557
00:25:24,180 --> 00:25:25,732
It was my birthday.
558
00:25:25,767 --> 00:25:28,146
I wanted to go out.
I wanted to have fun.
559
00:25:29,629 --> 00:25:31,387
There was one gentleman,
and he said,
560
00:25:31,422 --> 00:25:34,491
"Put your money away.
I'll buy you a beer.
561
00:25:34,525 --> 00:25:37,318
This man looked...
562
00:25:37,353 --> 00:25:39,663
like a everyday man.
563
00:25:39,698 --> 00:25:41,594
♪
564
00:25:41,629 --> 00:25:44,146
We ended up back at his home.
565
00:25:44,180 --> 00:25:46,801
I needed a napkin, and he said,
566
00:25:46,836 --> 00:25:49,663
"Go to that drawer
right there."
567
00:25:49,698 --> 00:25:54,043
When I opened the drawer
is when he pounced.
568
00:25:54,077 --> 00:25:56,318
He grabbed me in my neck,
569
00:25:56,353 --> 00:25:59,663
and he just got tighter,
570
00:25:59,698 --> 00:26:01,836
and I'm thinking...
571
00:26:01,870 --> 00:26:04,249
"Okay, he's not playing."
572
00:26:04,284 --> 00:26:07,663
Instantly you go
into panic mode.
573
00:26:07,698 --> 00:26:10,180
So, "All right,
I can't get him off my neck."
574
00:26:10,215 --> 00:26:12,974
I couldn't get air.
575
00:26:13,008 --> 00:26:15,318
I'm grabbing at his eyes.
576
00:26:15,353 --> 00:26:16,767
I'm trying to get at him.
577
00:26:16,801 --> 00:26:18,387
I'm thinking to myself like,
578
00:26:18,422 --> 00:26:20,318
"This guy has got
to get off of me.
579
00:26:20,353 --> 00:26:22,215
He's got to get off me."
580
00:26:23,698 --> 00:26:25,594
I pushed all the way back.
581
00:26:25,629 --> 00:26:28,318
I banged his back on his stove,
582
00:26:28,353 --> 00:26:32,008
and I went with a lot of force.
583
00:26:32,043 --> 00:26:33,629
And I'm begging,
I'm screaming,
584
00:26:33,663 --> 00:26:36,732
"Please, my daughter!
I got to see my daughter!"
585
00:26:38,180 --> 00:26:40,491
He dragged me
towards the door, and he said,
586
00:26:40,525 --> 00:26:43,008
"If I ever see you
outside again"...
587
00:26:43,043 --> 00:26:47,146
[sniffles] "I'll kill you."
588
00:26:47,180 --> 00:26:49,318
♪
589
00:26:49,353 --> 00:26:51,318
[sobs]
590
00:26:51,353 --> 00:26:57,767
♪
591
00:26:57,801 --> 00:27:01,077
Both the victims,
Jocelin and Teese,
592
00:27:01,111 --> 00:27:03,939
described as assault on them...
593
00:27:03,974 --> 00:27:07,318
as a choking-hold
to render them unconscious,
594
00:27:07,353 --> 00:27:10,974
♪
595
00:27:11,008 --> 00:27:12,905
He invited these women
back to the house.
596
00:27:12,939 --> 00:27:15,146
So, obviously, the objective
597
00:27:15,180 --> 00:27:17,318
is maybe to have a good time,
598
00:27:17,353 --> 00:27:20,491
but he attacked these women
from the rear.
599
00:27:20,525 --> 00:27:23,836
He placed them in a choke hold
that is, you know,
600
00:27:23,870 --> 00:27:26,008
similar to that
of a pro wrestler.
601
00:27:26,043 --> 00:27:28,836
Maybe just the act
of strangling them
602
00:27:28,870 --> 00:27:31,456
was what aroused him,
and he didn't need to have sex.
603
00:27:31,491 --> 00:27:35,491
Pouncing on them,
unaware, from behind,
604
00:27:35,525 --> 00:27:37,180
that's what he seemed
to get a rush out of.
605
00:27:37,215 --> 00:27:39,008
He's sort of jumping
606
00:27:39,043 --> 00:27:41,318
straight to strangulation.
607
00:27:41,353 --> 00:27:43,215
And this says a lot about him.
608
00:27:43,249 --> 00:27:47,215
In this instance, the
strangulation in and of itself
609
00:27:47,249 --> 00:27:49,870
might be enough to bring him
the gratification
610
00:27:49,905 --> 00:27:52,146
that he needs.
611
00:27:52,180 --> 00:27:54,939
We started thinking,
"Well, maybe this was connected
612
00:27:54,974 --> 00:27:57,318
with these
three missing girls."
613
00:27:57,353 --> 00:27:58,939
Through
the electrical bills,
614
00:27:58,974 --> 00:28:01,043
we were able to determine
615
00:28:01,077 --> 00:28:04,663
that one person was living in
the whole building at the time.
616
00:28:04,698 --> 00:28:06,525
His name was Jeffrey Mailhot.
617
00:28:06,560 --> 00:28:09,146
♪
618
00:28:09,180 --> 00:28:13,732
From there, we start checking
all type of background issues,
619
00:28:13,767 --> 00:28:16,077
and we just didn't come up
with anything.
620
00:28:16,111 --> 00:28:18,077
There was no prior history.
621
00:28:18,111 --> 00:28:21,491
We had to actually go to
the registry of motor vehicles
622
00:28:21,525 --> 00:28:24,905
and use a picture
from his license
623
00:28:24,939 --> 00:28:27,008
to form a lineup.
624
00:28:27,043 --> 00:28:29,353
♪
625
00:28:29,387 --> 00:28:31,249
He looked like
such an unassuming person.
626
00:28:31,284 --> 00:28:33,318
It'd be hard to believe
that he was involved
627
00:28:33,353 --> 00:28:35,318
in this type of activity.
628
00:28:35,353 --> 00:28:39,146
♪
629
00:28:39,180 --> 00:28:41,215
I took the lineup
back to Jocelin,
630
00:28:41,249 --> 00:28:44,146
and she picked out
Jeffery Mailhot.
631
00:28:44,180 --> 00:28:46,077
♪
632
00:28:46,111 --> 00:28:47,836
Then we spoke
with Teese Morris.
633
00:28:47,870 --> 00:28:50,491
And it just was like, boom,
634
00:28:50,525 --> 00:28:52,146
that's him.
635
00:28:52,180 --> 00:28:54,870
♪
636
00:28:54,905 --> 00:28:58,043
We were able to obtain
a search warrant.
637
00:28:58,077 --> 00:29:00,491
We could see what was
clearly blood spatter.
638
00:29:00,525 --> 00:29:02,284
♪
639
00:29:02,318 --> 00:29:05,008
He said, "You think I killed
those three girls?"
640
00:29:05,043 --> 00:29:06,491
And I looked at him, I said,
641
00:29:06,525 --> 00:29:08,560
"We never said
that they were dead."
642
00:29:11,629 --> 00:29:15,043
[dramatic music]
643
00:29:15,077 --> 00:29:16,905
We had three missing
prostitutes--
644
00:29:16,939 --> 00:29:19,939
Audrey Harris,
Christine Dumont...
645
00:29:19,974 --> 00:29:23,525
and Stacie Goulet.
646
00:29:23,560 --> 00:29:27,318
We also established
that there was a John out there
647
00:29:27,353 --> 00:29:30,870
that had two violent assaults
with Jocelin Martel
648
00:29:30,905 --> 00:29:33,111
and Teese Morris.
649
00:29:33,146 --> 00:29:35,422
From what we determined
from those two witnesses,
650
00:29:35,456 --> 00:29:38,043
his name was Jeffrey Mailhot.
651
00:29:38,077 --> 00:29:41,043
♪
652
00:29:41,077 --> 00:29:43,215
So we were able to obtain
a search warrant
653
00:29:43,249 --> 00:29:46,767
and an arrest warrant for
Mr. Mailhot for the assaults.
654
00:29:48,077 --> 00:29:50,318
We set up a surveillance
on the house
655
00:29:50,353 --> 00:29:53,870
and waited for Mr. Mailhot
to return from work.
656
00:29:55,422 --> 00:29:57,043
We're sitting there
a little bit down the street,
657
00:29:57,077 --> 00:29:58,629
waiting for Jeffrey Mailhot
to show up,
658
00:29:58,663 --> 00:30:02,905
and then we were gonna grab him
before he got in his house.
659
00:30:02,939 --> 00:30:06,008
So, as soon as he pulled up,
got out of his vehicle,
660
00:30:06,043 --> 00:30:07,698
we quickly approached him.
661
00:30:07,732 --> 00:30:09,663
♪
662
00:30:09,698 --> 00:30:11,077
I said,
"Are you Jeffrey Mailhot?"
663
00:30:11,111 --> 00:30:14,663
He said, "Yes."
I said, "You're under arrest."
664
00:30:14,698 --> 00:30:16,249
Then he asked me, "What for?"
665
00:30:16,284 --> 00:30:20,111
I said, "For the assault
of two young ladies."
666
00:30:20,146 --> 00:30:23,111
I told him that we would
have a conversation with him
667
00:30:23,146 --> 00:30:26,353
at the station,
and he was very cooperative.
668
00:30:26,387 --> 00:30:29,629
And he was put in the back
of a police cruiser
669
00:30:29,663 --> 00:30:31,215
and transported to the station.
670
00:30:31,249 --> 00:30:33,767
♪
671
00:30:33,801 --> 00:30:36,111
I walked into that house
with a search warrant,
672
00:30:36,146 --> 00:30:40,939
and the house
was just orderly and neat.
673
00:30:42,387 --> 00:30:43,698
We opened up the cupboards,
674
00:30:43,732 --> 00:30:46,318
and it almost looked like
he took a ruler
675
00:30:46,353 --> 00:30:49,008
and measured the distance
between the glasses.
676
00:30:49,043 --> 00:30:50,870
[camera shutter clicking]
677
00:30:50,905 --> 00:30:55,077
Everything was size-coded,
color-coded, and alphabetized.
678
00:30:55,111 --> 00:30:57,353
It was just super orderly.
679
00:30:57,387 --> 00:30:59,146
♪
680
00:30:59,180 --> 00:31:00,663
Jeff Mailhot's house
681
00:31:00,698 --> 00:31:02,491
didn't look like
it supported the two assaults,
682
00:31:02,525 --> 00:31:04,767
let alone
three missing victims.
683
00:31:06,077 --> 00:31:08,456
But then we went
into the bathroom
684
00:31:08,491 --> 00:31:09,801
and looked at the tub,
685
00:31:09,836 --> 00:31:12,180
and the bottom was just grimy
686
00:31:12,215 --> 00:31:15,180
in, like, ground-in filth.
687
00:31:15,215 --> 00:31:17,215
♪
688
00:31:17,249 --> 00:31:20,180
And as the lieutenant
got his flashlight,
689
00:31:20,215 --> 00:31:22,732
in that area
underneath the tub,
690
00:31:22,767 --> 00:31:27,525
we could see what was
clearly a blood spatter.
691
00:31:27,560 --> 00:31:30,698
And so we sprayed the bathroom
area with luminol,
692
00:31:30,732 --> 00:31:33,836
and you could see
the floor fluoresce--
693
00:31:33,870 --> 00:31:35,732
a big area of the floor.
694
00:31:35,767 --> 00:31:39,905
This was pooling blood
that had been on that surface
695
00:31:39,939 --> 00:31:43,008
long enough for it
to seep into grout,
696
00:31:43,043 --> 00:31:45,043
which is almost like cement.
697
00:31:45,077 --> 00:31:47,180
♪
698
00:31:47,215 --> 00:31:50,698
That's the most nervous I've
ever been as a police officer,
699
00:31:50,732 --> 00:31:52,663
because I'm standing in a house
700
00:31:52,698 --> 00:31:55,043
where there
is potential evidence
701
00:31:55,077 --> 00:31:57,491
of a serial killer.
702
00:31:57,525 --> 00:32:00,525
If Jeffrey Mailhot is in fact
the killer,
703
00:32:00,560 --> 00:32:04,629
what authorities find
in his house is very telling.
704
00:32:04,663 --> 00:32:07,180
They find, in some ways,
705
00:32:07,215 --> 00:32:10,043
a meticulous household
706
00:32:10,077 --> 00:32:12,215
with everything
sort of in its place,
707
00:32:12,249 --> 00:32:14,043
and then certain areas
of the house
708
00:32:14,077 --> 00:32:17,008
are in complete disarray
and absolutely filthy.
709
00:32:17,043 --> 00:32:18,905
This tells us, in some ways,
710
00:32:18,939 --> 00:32:20,663
a lot
about how his brain works.
711
00:32:20,698 --> 00:32:21,836
He compartmentalizes.
712
00:32:21,870 --> 00:32:24,456
He is likely
a highly organized killer.
713
00:32:24,491 --> 00:32:27,663
An organized killer
is someone
714
00:32:27,698 --> 00:32:30,870
who methodically chooses
715
00:32:30,905 --> 00:32:32,353
the right victim.
716
00:32:32,387 --> 00:32:35,353
He has a plan of attack...
717
00:32:35,387 --> 00:32:37,180
and he's going to do this
718
00:32:37,215 --> 00:32:40,491
the same way every time.
719
00:32:40,525 --> 00:32:43,870
If Jeffrey Mailhot
is an organized killer
720
00:32:43,905 --> 00:32:46,663
then there are going to be
challenges for the police
721
00:32:46,698 --> 00:32:49,698
'cause he's an expert
at covering his tracks.
722
00:32:49,732 --> 00:32:55,353
♪
723
00:32:55,387 --> 00:32:58,422
The time is 8:33 p.m....
724
00:33:01,008 --> 00:33:03,077
We had Jeffrey Mailhot
brought up
725
00:33:03,111 --> 00:33:05,629
to the interrogation room
by a uniformed police.
726
00:33:08,043 --> 00:33:09,698
Sergeant Lee
sat across the room.
727
00:33:09,732 --> 00:33:10,801
I sat off to the side.
728
00:33:10,836 --> 00:33:13,043
Basically what we try to do
729
00:33:13,077 --> 00:33:14,974
from the beginning
is establish a rapport.
730
00:33:24,353 --> 00:33:26,836
At first,
he was very hesitant,
731
00:33:26,870 --> 00:33:29,318
but after talking with him,
732
00:33:29,353 --> 00:33:32,525
he then admitted that
he had been with prostitutes.
733
00:33:32,560 --> 00:33:35,939
I mentioned the assaults
on Teese and Jocelin.
734
00:33:35,974 --> 00:33:39,698
That's when he was able to say,
"Yeah, I had an incident,
735
00:33:39,732 --> 00:33:41,180
and things got
a little bit physical."
736
00:33:43,215 --> 00:33:44,249
Yeah.
737
00:33:51,111 --> 00:33:55,180
At that point,
I had three pictures--
738
00:33:55,215 --> 00:33:57,560
one of the each
of the missing girls.
739
00:33:57,594 --> 00:34:01,111
I decided to put those pitches
out in front of him on a table
740
00:34:01,146 --> 00:34:03,836
to see, you know,
what type of reaction
741
00:34:03,870 --> 00:34:07,180
I would be able to garner
from him.
742
00:34:07,215 --> 00:34:11,284
He immediately became
visibly shaking, nervous.
743
00:34:11,318 --> 00:34:13,180
And Eddie asked and said,
744
00:34:13,215 --> 00:34:15,353
"Well, what are you
so nervous for?"
745
00:34:15,387 --> 00:34:19,698
And Jeff told us, he said,
"Well, it's 'cause you think
746
00:34:19,732 --> 00:34:22,180
I killed those three girls."
747
00:34:22,215 --> 00:34:24,629
And I looked at him, I said,
"Well, Jeff, we never said
748
00:34:24,663 --> 00:34:26,043
"that they were dead.
749
00:34:26,077 --> 00:34:27,525
"Do you know
if they're dead or not?
750
00:34:27,560 --> 00:34:30,077
We only told you that we're
investigating missing girls."
751
00:34:38,215 --> 00:34:41,353
♪
752
00:34:41,387 --> 00:34:44,732
Eddie gets up and walks
out of the interview room.
753
00:34:44,767 --> 00:34:46,387
So I started to sit with him,
and I'm like,
754
00:34:46,422 --> 00:34:49,456
"Listen, dude, you're
in some sh-- right now.
755
00:34:49,491 --> 00:34:51,146
"You already talked
about assault
756
00:34:51,180 --> 00:34:53,215
"on a couple of girls,
and that seems
757
00:34:53,249 --> 00:34:54,974
"to have something to do with
these three missing girls.
758
00:34:55,008 --> 00:34:57,043
So why don't you just say it?"
759
00:34:57,077 --> 00:34:59,801
So he's almost
breaking down, crying.
760
00:34:59,836 --> 00:35:02,043
I walk outside,
761
00:35:02,077 --> 00:35:06,146
and I say, "Hey,
I think he's ready to go."
762
00:35:06,180 --> 00:35:08,422
You could just tell
that he was starting
763
00:35:08,456 --> 00:35:10,732
to get ready to say something.
764
00:35:26,215 --> 00:35:27,249
Huh?
765
00:35:32,525 --> 00:35:34,663
We were all just in shock,
you know?
766
00:35:34,698 --> 00:35:36,491
And we were like, "Oh, my God,
this is a reality.
767
00:35:36,525 --> 00:35:39,180
This guy is, like,
killing these women."
768
00:35:39,215 --> 00:35:41,043
We said, "Start with
Audrey Harris, the first girl.
769
00:35:41,077 --> 00:35:42,146
What happened?"
770
00:35:43,905 --> 00:35:44,939
Mm-hmm.
771
00:36:08,629 --> 00:36:11,698
He said when he woke up,
it was a little hazy.
772
00:36:11,732 --> 00:36:13,180
He thought it was a bad dream.
773
00:36:13,215 --> 00:36:17,525
He walked into the bathroom,
saw her laying there.
774
00:36:17,560 --> 00:36:19,318
He was scared for a while.
775
00:36:19,353 --> 00:36:23,077
Then once he realized that,
"Hey, nobody caught me,
776
00:36:23,111 --> 00:36:24,870
"no police knocked on my door,
777
00:36:24,905 --> 00:36:26,801
it wasn't even
in the newspaper,"
778
00:36:26,836 --> 00:36:29,043
after a while, he was like,
"Oh, you know what?
779
00:36:29,077 --> 00:36:30,594
I can do that again."
780
00:36:35,215 --> 00:36:38,318
He said he had
an uncontrollable urge
781
00:36:38,353 --> 00:36:39,525
to kill again.
782
00:36:39,560 --> 00:36:41,525
He said it was just
something inside him
783
00:36:41,560 --> 00:36:43,215
that just kept
telling him to do it.
784
00:36:43,249 --> 00:36:45,043
He was haunted.
785
00:36:45,077 --> 00:36:49,663
So he went out,
and he got Christine Dumont.
786
00:36:58,387 --> 00:37:01,491
♪
787
00:37:01,525 --> 00:37:05,111
So, after successfully
murdering two young ladies
788
00:37:05,146 --> 00:37:08,284
and getting away with it, he
picked up young Stacie Goulet,
789
00:37:08,318 --> 00:37:10,249
strangled, and murdered her.
790
00:37:19,491 --> 00:37:21,180
He said the biggest rush
he would get
791
00:37:21,215 --> 00:37:23,215
is not
when he was choking them,
792
00:37:23,249 --> 00:37:24,870
but when he actually
locked the door
793
00:37:24,905 --> 00:37:26,836
and knew that
they couldn't leave.
794
00:37:28,560 --> 00:37:32,043
So my immediate question was,
"Well, where are they?"
795
00:37:42,008 --> 00:37:43,663
[dramatic music]
796
00:37:43,698 --> 00:37:45,974
Jeff Mailhot
was in the interrogation room.
797
00:37:49,422 --> 00:37:50,905
Now we got the confession.
798
00:37:50,939 --> 00:37:53,594
I'm looking, you know,
for the bodies at this point.
799
00:37:53,629 --> 00:37:56,043
So my immediate question
was, "Where are they now?"
800
00:38:29,146 --> 00:38:32,043
He thought about an episode
on "The Sopranos"
801
00:38:32,077 --> 00:38:35,043
where someone
had dismembered a body,
802
00:38:35,077 --> 00:38:37,525
and he decided
that he would take that route.
803
00:38:37,560 --> 00:38:41,146
Went to a hardware store,
bought a saw.
804
00:38:42,422 --> 00:38:44,939
He would throw the bags
in the dumpster,
805
00:38:44,974 --> 00:38:47,629
figuring that all the garbage
will just be taken away.
806
00:38:47,663 --> 00:38:50,663
♪
807
00:38:50,698 --> 00:38:53,318
This guy gave them
explicit detail
808
00:38:53,353 --> 00:38:55,905
for each particular woman,
809
00:38:55,939 --> 00:38:58,491
even down to the body parts...
810
00:38:58,525 --> 00:39:00,732
of how they were dismembered.
811
00:39:00,767 --> 00:39:05,560
The overwhelming amount
of detail...
812
00:39:05,594 --> 00:39:07,836
shows the pleasure
that he got out of it.
813
00:39:07,870 --> 00:39:11,249
His decision to cut up
the bodies wasn't emotional.
814
00:39:11,284 --> 00:39:14,077
It wasn't blood lust.
It was a practical decision.
815
00:39:14,111 --> 00:39:16,284
He needed to get rid
of the bodies.
816
00:39:16,318 --> 00:39:18,284
Knowing what we do
about him,
817
00:39:18,318 --> 00:39:20,353
it sort of makes sense.
818
00:39:20,387 --> 00:39:23,077
He keeps a meticulous home.
819
00:39:23,111 --> 00:39:24,732
He's organized.
820
00:39:24,767 --> 00:39:27,111
He's not necessarily impulsive,
821
00:39:27,146 --> 00:39:29,387
and cutting up a body
and disposing of it
822
00:39:29,422 --> 00:39:31,939
is easier than disposing
of an entire body.
823
00:39:31,974 --> 00:39:36,111
It also poses a unique
challenge for investigators.
824
00:39:37,767 --> 00:39:39,111
We had no bodies.
825
00:39:39,146 --> 00:39:42,077
His confession was detailed
and compelling,
826
00:39:42,111 --> 00:39:45,077
but if a suspect confesses
to a crime,
827
00:39:45,111 --> 00:39:47,111
that statement
cannot be used against him
828
00:39:47,146 --> 00:39:51,249
unless there's evidence
independent of the confession
829
00:39:51,284 --> 00:39:53,525
that that crime occurred.
830
00:39:53,560 --> 00:39:56,422
Jeffrey Mailhot described
where the dumpsters were
831
00:39:56,456 --> 00:39:57,905
that he put the body parts,
832
00:39:57,939 --> 00:40:01,732
and we could determine
where the Woonsocket trash
833
00:40:01,767 --> 00:40:04,077
was dumped
at the central landfill.
834
00:40:04,111 --> 00:40:05,905
♪
835
00:40:05,939 --> 00:40:07,353
We had some state police
836
00:40:07,387 --> 00:40:09,801
and the guys
who work the landfill.
837
00:40:09,836 --> 00:40:12,732
They ended up digging
a 100 yards wide
838
00:40:12,767 --> 00:40:17,560
by a 100 yards long
by 20 feet deep.
839
00:40:17,594 --> 00:40:20,215
That was their area of search.
840
00:40:20,249 --> 00:40:22,836
Audrey had been gone
for a year and a half.
841
00:40:22,870 --> 00:40:24,732
And Christine, four months.
842
00:40:24,767 --> 00:40:26,801
We're looking for bags
of body parts.
843
00:40:26,836 --> 00:40:28,043
It wasn't one body.
844
00:40:28,077 --> 00:40:30,698
It was pieces of bodies,
845
00:40:30,732 --> 00:40:35,215
double-bagged, cinch-tied,
buried under tons of debris
846
00:40:35,249 --> 00:40:38,801
with material spread on it
through enhanced decomposition.
847
00:40:38,836 --> 00:40:41,732
So it was like looking
for a needle on a haystack.
848
00:40:41,767 --> 00:40:45,905
♪
849
00:40:45,939 --> 00:40:50,560
One of our patrol officers--
he was still a recruit--
850
00:40:50,594 --> 00:40:53,698
he was raking,
and the bag ripped open,
851
00:40:53,732 --> 00:40:56,560
and he saw
what looked like remains.
852
00:40:56,594 --> 00:41:00,353
He said like hair,
and it looked like arms.
853
00:41:00,387 --> 00:41:03,249
He could see that it was
a petite female.
854
00:41:03,284 --> 00:41:05,318
Then the body
was immediately transported
855
00:41:05,353 --> 00:41:07,560
to the medical examiner's
office.
856
00:41:07,594 --> 00:41:10,905
♪
857
00:41:10,939 --> 00:41:14,284
Came back that the remains
that we found in the landfill
858
00:41:14,318 --> 00:41:17,387
matched the DNA profile
of Stacie Goulet.
859
00:41:17,422 --> 00:41:19,215
♪
860
00:41:19,249 --> 00:41:21,387
Finding Stacie was a miracle.
861
00:41:21,422 --> 00:41:23,870
♪
862
00:41:23,905 --> 00:41:26,215
No remains
of Christine Dumont
863
00:41:26,249 --> 00:41:28,077
or Audrey Harris
were ever found.
864
00:41:28,111 --> 00:41:31,525
♪
865
00:41:31,560 --> 00:41:34,422
We got results
for the bloodstains
866
00:41:34,456 --> 00:41:36,387
in Jeff Mailhot's house.
867
00:41:36,422 --> 00:41:40,560
There were three distinct
bloodstains underneath the tub.
868
00:41:40,594 --> 00:41:42,870
The biggest
of those blood drops
869
00:41:42,905 --> 00:41:46,008
matched a combination
of Audrey Harris
870
00:41:46,043 --> 00:41:48,387
and Christine Dumont's DNA.
871
00:41:48,422 --> 00:41:54,215
♪
872
00:41:54,249 --> 00:41:57,043
Jeffrey Mailhot was charged
with three counts of murder,
873
00:41:57,077 --> 00:42:00,456
one count with assault and
intent to murder on Jocelin,
874
00:42:00,491 --> 00:42:04,318
one count of felony assault
on Teese.
875
00:42:04,353 --> 00:42:07,560
On February 16, 2006,
876
00:42:07,594 --> 00:42:09,456
he pled guilty
to all five counts.
877
00:42:09,491 --> 00:42:11,594
The three murder counts
carried life sentence.
878
00:42:11,629 --> 00:42:13,077
It was first-degree murder.
879
00:42:13,111 --> 00:42:14,732
♪
880
00:42:14,767 --> 00:42:17,353
The scary part
about Jeffrey Mailhot,
881
00:42:17,387 --> 00:42:19,387
he lived in plain sight--
882
00:42:19,422 --> 00:42:22,560
just red-blooded
American male,
883
00:42:22,594 --> 00:42:25,663
choking prostitutes
in the middle of the night,
884
00:42:25,698 --> 00:42:28,215
chopping their bodies up
and scattering them about,
885
00:42:28,249 --> 00:42:29,698
then going to work
the next day.
886
00:42:29,732 --> 00:42:31,180
There are people
in the world like that
887
00:42:31,215 --> 00:42:33,387
that live amongst us,
888
00:42:33,422 --> 00:42:35,077
and not all of them get caught.
889
00:42:35,111 --> 00:42:40,560
♪
890
00:42:40,594 --> 00:42:44,180
After all these years,
you know, it still--
891
00:42:44,215 --> 00:42:46,111
it bothers me in my heart.
892
00:42:46,146 --> 00:42:48,215
Stacie didn't deserve that.
893
00:42:48,249 --> 00:42:49,905
Nobody deserves that.
894
00:42:49,939 --> 00:42:51,905
♪
895
00:42:51,939 --> 00:42:54,215
The day the police came
and told me,
896
00:42:54,249 --> 00:42:55,525
that was the day
897
00:42:55,560 --> 00:42:59,146
Jeffrey Mailhot ripped
my heart apart.
898
00:42:59,180 --> 00:43:03,387
He took away my only daughter
who meant everything to me.
899
00:43:03,422 --> 00:43:08,249
♪
900
00:43:08,284 --> 00:43:11,767
I did go back and speak
to Audrey's mother.
901
00:43:11,801 --> 00:43:14,387
She was still hurt bad.
902
00:43:14,422 --> 00:43:16,974
I felt a lot of sorrow.
903
00:43:17,008 --> 00:43:20,077
There isn't a human alive
904
00:43:20,111 --> 00:43:21,905
that deserves to have their
life taken
905
00:43:21,939 --> 00:43:23,043
the way these girls did.
906
00:43:23,767 --> 00:43:30,801
♪