1 00:00:01,917 --> 00:00:04,208 [tense music] 2 00:00:39,458 --> 00:00:41,375 [LuDonna sobbing] 3 00:01:12,708 --> 00:01:14,250 - When Toni Epperson contacted 4 00:01:14,250 --> 00:01:15,750 the Tom Green County Sheriff's Office, 5 00:01:15,750 --> 00:01:19,250 she expressed concern about Michelle Miller, 6 00:01:19,250 --> 00:01:21,083 a young lady that had not been seen 7 00:01:21,083 --> 00:01:23,125 for an extended period of time. 8 00:01:23,125 --> 00:01:24,417 - Ms. Epperson advised 9 00:01:24,417 --> 00:01:26,250 that Michelle was married to Robert Miller, 10 00:01:26,250 --> 00:01:28,250 which was Ms. Epperson's stepson, 11 00:01:28,250 --> 00:01:30,500 and they had two small children. 12 00:01:30,500 --> 00:01:32,708 She said it was almost overnight, 13 00:01:32,708 --> 00:01:34,583 Michelle just vanished 14 00:01:34,583 --> 00:01:38,250 and Toni hadn't heard from her in over 10 years. 15 00:01:38,250 --> 00:01:40,542 This pretty crazy story. 16 00:01:40,542 --> 00:01:42,667 Why did this take 10 years or longer 17 00:01:42,667 --> 00:01:43,917 for this to be reported? 18 00:01:43,917 --> 00:01:45,417 What is going on here? 19 00:02:05,375 --> 00:02:06,667 - It was very suspicious. 20 00:02:06,667 --> 00:02:09,333 I don't know many mothers that will just run off 21 00:02:09,333 --> 00:02:12,458 and leave their children for, at this time, 10 years 22 00:02:13,375 --> 00:02:15,167 and not even make an attempt 23 00:02:15,167 --> 00:02:17,417 to come back in the children's lives. 24 00:02:17,417 --> 00:02:22,417 - Toni had told us that she suspected Robert had killed her 25 00:02:22,417 --> 00:02:25,042 and that her suspicions were confirmed 26 00:02:25,042 --> 00:02:27,250 when her other stepson, Daniel, 27 00:02:27,250 --> 00:02:30,125 was actually about to pass away. 28 00:02:48,042 --> 00:02:49,458 - With Daniel being gone, 29 00:02:49,458 --> 00:02:52,250 she had zero evidence to back this story up, 30 00:02:52,250 --> 00:02:55,250 but something didn't seem right. 31 00:02:55,250 --> 00:02:57,792 We decided, you know, we need to look into this. 32 00:03:03,708 --> 00:03:05,458 - I did some digital background checking, 33 00:03:05,458 --> 00:03:08,792 trying to find if there was any medical records 34 00:03:08,792 --> 00:03:11,375 or tax information, 35 00:03:11,375 --> 00:03:14,375 but there was nothing after 2005. 36 00:03:14,375 --> 00:03:15,625 - She did not possess 37 00:03:15,625 --> 00:03:18,417 a current valid driver's license in any state. 38 00:03:18,417 --> 00:03:22,792 She was not enrolled in any kind of government programs. 39 00:03:22,792 --> 00:03:25,250 - You know, we found the marriage license 40 00:03:25,250 --> 00:03:28,250 for Robert Miller and Michelle Miller, 41 00:03:28,250 --> 00:03:30,583 but no divorce decree for Ms. Miller, 42 00:03:30,583 --> 00:03:33,875 no death certificate for Ms. Miller. 43 00:03:33,875 --> 00:03:36,167 [tense music] 44 00:03:40,542 --> 00:03:43,792 The fact that nobody in Michelle's immediate family 45 00:03:43,792 --> 00:03:46,917 had seen or heard from her in over 10 years, 46 00:03:46,917 --> 00:03:51,208 at that point, then it became really, where is this lady? 47 00:03:51,208 --> 00:03:53,542 [tense music] 48 00:04:05,542 --> 00:04:07,708 - It's always a challenge to prove 49 00:04:07,708 --> 00:04:10,542 that a murder has occurred without a body. 50 00:04:10,542 --> 00:04:12,417 We had information that Robert had stated 51 00:04:12,417 --> 00:04:14,375 he had buried her at the house, 52 00:04:14,375 --> 00:04:15,625 where they lived. 53 00:04:17,000 --> 00:04:20,000 And so that was obviously the first place to go. 54 00:04:27,333 --> 00:04:28,917 - When questioning the homeowners 55 00:04:28,917 --> 00:04:31,333 if there was anything odd or strange about the residence, 56 00:04:31,333 --> 00:04:33,542 they did provide that whenever they moved 57 00:04:33,542 --> 00:04:36,000 into the residence in 2007, that there was an odor. 58 00:04:51,917 --> 00:04:53,792 - They said that they had not been under the house, 59 00:04:53,792 --> 00:04:58,250 but that they had found a hole cut in the kitchen floor. 60 00:04:58,250 --> 00:05:00,000 [camera shutter clicking] 61 00:05:06,083 --> 00:05:07,833 - So, you know, that led us to believe 62 00:05:07,833 --> 00:05:09,542 that it was a possibility that she had 63 00:05:09,542 --> 00:05:11,625 been murdered in the house and buried underneath it. 64 00:05:12,625 --> 00:05:15,458 We conducted a cadaver dog search of the property 65 00:05:15,458 --> 00:05:17,375 and the dog immediately keyed on 66 00:05:17,375 --> 00:05:20,208 the outside excess point by the kitchen window 67 00:05:20,208 --> 00:05:21,708 and the hole in the kitchen floor, 68 00:05:21,708 --> 00:05:23,542 and gave a positive alert that there was 69 00:05:23,542 --> 00:05:25,250 some kind of human decomp 70 00:05:25,250 --> 00:05:27,042 emitting from underneath the residence. 71 00:05:28,375 --> 00:05:29,583 - We started the process 72 00:05:29,583 --> 00:05:32,083 to recover a body from a clandestine grave 73 00:05:32,083 --> 00:05:33,667 underneath the house. 74 00:05:37,125 --> 00:05:39,917 - [Lt. Fiveash] We started methodically removing the dirt. 75 00:05:52,958 --> 00:05:55,542 - And we removed 15 five-gallon buckets of soil out of it 76 00:05:55,542 --> 00:05:57,458 before we found hard packed clay. 77 00:06:01,250 --> 00:06:03,542 - [Lt. Fiveash] She was not there. 78 00:06:03,542 --> 00:06:07,333 - But in my heart, I knew Michelle was dead. 79 00:06:08,417 --> 00:06:11,042 And I said, do you think maybe he moved the body? 80 00:06:13,208 --> 00:06:14,500 We left there disappointed, 81 00:06:14,500 --> 00:06:16,417 but not, you know, not dissuaded really. 82 00:06:16,417 --> 00:06:19,250 We really thought we were still on the right track. 83 00:06:19,250 --> 00:06:23,333 Yes, Robert had killed Michelle, 84 00:06:23,333 --> 00:06:25,458 that he had buried her under the house; 85 00:06:25,458 --> 00:06:28,292 that at some point he had transported 86 00:06:28,292 --> 00:06:30,125 the body somewhere else. 87 00:06:30,125 --> 00:06:32,417 [tense music] 88 00:06:47,583 --> 00:06:50,000 - We learned that Robert and Michelle 89 00:06:50,000 --> 00:06:51,500 had an open relationship. 90 00:06:52,542 --> 00:06:56,625 Another woman, LuDonna Yoder, lived with them. 91 00:06:56,625 --> 00:06:58,458 All three wore wedding rings, 92 00:06:58,458 --> 00:07:00,250 they would purport to people that they were 93 00:07:00,250 --> 00:07:02,458 a married threesome couple. 94 00:07:04,333 --> 00:07:07,000 - Immediately after Michelle went missing, 95 00:07:07,000 --> 00:07:10,375 LuDonna became the mother for Michelle's children. 96 00:07:10,375 --> 00:07:13,542 Ms. Epperson even said they had to start calling her mom, 97 00:07:13,542 --> 00:07:17,458 and I just, it was just real, real shady. 98 00:07:17,458 --> 00:07:19,708 I mean, it didn't seem right. 99 00:07:19,708 --> 00:07:22,083 And eventually, Robert and LuDonna 100 00:07:22,083 --> 00:07:24,333 even had a marriage ceremony. 101 00:07:24,333 --> 00:07:26,208 - It was like Robert and LuDonna 102 00:07:26,208 --> 00:07:28,875 were trying to get rid of Michelle. 103 00:07:28,875 --> 00:07:31,083 At that point, all the stars aligned 104 00:07:31,083 --> 00:07:32,667 that this is a murder. 105 00:07:33,625 --> 00:07:35,375 We could have confronted Robert, 106 00:07:35,375 --> 00:07:39,375 but it does no good to play your hand early 107 00:07:39,375 --> 00:07:40,750 in a case like that. 108 00:07:40,750 --> 00:07:42,625 We need to find Michelle's body. 109 00:07:44,458 --> 00:07:46,750 [pensive music] 110 00:07:54,750 --> 00:07:57,958 At this point, it's a cold case. 111 00:07:57,958 --> 00:08:00,750 There just wasn't a whole lot of other leads to follow. 112 00:08:00,750 --> 00:08:02,417 So the best strategy was just waiting 113 00:08:02,417 --> 00:08:04,833 for the right opportunity to say, hey, 114 00:08:04,833 --> 00:08:07,833 is this our time to make our move and confront Robert? 115 00:08:12,750 --> 00:08:14,917 - It was just heartbreaking. 116 00:08:14,917 --> 00:08:18,000 I truly always felt like someone killed her, 117 00:08:18,000 --> 00:08:21,208 but I didn't have really enough evidence 118 00:08:21,208 --> 00:08:25,583 to really feel like we could come forward and do anything. 119 00:08:26,708 --> 00:08:30,500 Robbie and Michelle were probably 15, 16 120 00:08:30,500 --> 00:08:31,958 when they got together, 121 00:08:31,958 --> 00:08:35,125 and they got married when they were around 18 or 19. 122 00:08:36,208 --> 00:08:39,125 She was a very good mom. 123 00:08:39,125 --> 00:08:41,667 I knew she would never leave her kids. 124 00:08:42,667 --> 00:08:44,833 When I met Michelle, 125 00:08:44,833 --> 00:08:47,542 her dad was the only person in the picture. 126 00:08:47,542 --> 00:08:49,083 I really think that that probably 127 00:08:49,083 --> 00:08:50,292 made her a better mother. 128 00:08:50,292 --> 00:08:51,750 She was always gonna make sure 129 00:08:51,750 --> 00:08:54,417 that she was in her kids' life 130 00:08:54,417 --> 00:08:56,042 and they knew who she was. 131 00:08:57,167 --> 00:09:00,833 She doted over her children, she homeschooled them. 132 00:09:00,833 --> 00:09:03,750 They went everywhere with her. 133 00:09:03,750 --> 00:09:05,708 Her world was her children. 134 00:09:07,042 --> 00:09:09,125 [tense music] 135 00:09:22,042 --> 00:09:24,875 - We formulated a plan to make it appear 136 00:09:24,875 --> 00:09:28,875 as if we had a murder warrant for Robert. 137 00:09:28,875 --> 00:09:32,042 You don't get arrested by the Rangers for a class B theft. 138 00:09:50,250 --> 00:09:51,667 - I thought, at a minimum, 139 00:09:51,667 --> 00:09:54,542 LuDonna would have knowledge about the murder. 140 00:09:54,542 --> 00:09:56,917 As we brought LuDonna in, 141 00:09:56,917 --> 00:10:00,542 we'd hope she would think, "They know about Michelle, 142 00:10:00,542 --> 00:10:02,875 I need to engage in self-preservation." 143 00:10:02,875 --> 00:10:04,833 And that would ultimately lead 144 00:10:04,833 --> 00:10:08,583 to her confessing that Robert killed Michelle. 145 00:12:17,708 --> 00:12:19,958 [tense music] 146 00:12:30,708 --> 00:12:32,792 - I knew that she still had more information, 147 00:12:32,792 --> 00:12:35,708 that she was holding back information, and so, 148 00:12:35,708 --> 00:12:38,250 I showed LuDonna an aerial image of the home. 149 00:12:49,208 --> 00:12:50,875 [LuDonna sobs] 150 00:13:00,250 --> 00:13:03,417 - It was a very big moment at that point in time, 151 00:13:03,417 --> 00:13:04,792 'cause LuDonna is able 152 00:13:04,792 --> 00:13:06,083 to corroborate all the evidence 153 00:13:06,083 --> 00:13:07,750 that we've gotten up to that point. 154 00:13:07,750 --> 00:13:10,417 And so, we thought we'd stop with the interview. 155 00:13:10,417 --> 00:13:11,667 - I didn't wanna push LuDonna 156 00:13:11,667 --> 00:13:13,917 to the point where she lawyered up, 157 00:13:13,917 --> 00:13:16,792 because without her testimony, we'd had a very tough time 158 00:13:16,792 --> 00:13:18,667 making a very circumstantial case. 159 00:13:18,667 --> 00:13:20,958 So, I thought it was an appropriate time 160 00:13:20,958 --> 00:13:22,417 to go confront Robert. 161 00:14:07,542 --> 00:14:08,958 [chuckles] 162 00:15:16,542 --> 00:15:17,875 - He started realizing, 163 00:15:17,875 --> 00:15:19,875 "Hey, these guys have done some homework." 164 00:15:19,875 --> 00:15:22,625 You could see Robert's body language change. 165 00:15:22,625 --> 00:15:24,542 His stress level was rising 166 00:15:24,542 --> 00:15:27,167 and that's when you can make a mistake. 167 00:15:52,917 --> 00:15:55,125 - Robert had told himself that lie so many times 168 00:15:55,125 --> 00:15:57,042 that I think he almost actually believed it, 169 00:15:57,042 --> 00:15:59,167 and he believed if he stuck with this story, 170 00:15:59,167 --> 00:16:00,542 that he would walk on the case. 171 00:16:00,542 --> 00:16:02,542 - We decided that the next course of action 172 00:16:02,542 --> 00:16:05,417 would be to bring LuDonna in, into the room. 173 00:16:05,417 --> 00:16:10,333 - I thought this might convince Robert, "Hey, the gig is up. 174 00:16:10,333 --> 00:16:13,500 I need to change strategies and minimize the damage, 175 00:16:13,500 --> 00:16:17,375 and tell law enforcement what has happened." 176 00:16:17,375 --> 00:16:19,875 - [Lt. Fiveash] LuDonna backs up your story... 177 00:16:19,875 --> 00:16:21,958 - When LuDonna walked in the room, 178 00:16:21,958 --> 00:16:24,125 the temperature did change. 179 00:16:24,125 --> 00:16:28,333 He knew that she had betrayed his trust, their covenant, 180 00:16:28,333 --> 00:16:31,333 that she had leaked information to us. 181 00:17:10,625 --> 00:17:15,250 - It was very clear to me that he was the alpha 182 00:17:15,250 --> 00:17:17,042 in control of that relationship, 183 00:17:17,042 --> 00:17:19,000 and I was actually concerned 184 00:17:19,000 --> 00:17:21,375 that if we left her in there much longer, 185 00:17:21,375 --> 00:17:25,292 that he would start convincing her that she was wrong, 186 00:17:25,292 --> 00:17:28,417 and so, in fairly short order, we removed LuDonna. 187 00:18:01,375 --> 00:18:03,583 - When I first met Robbie and Michelle, 188 00:18:03,583 --> 00:18:06,250 I would say that they had a very good marriage. 189 00:18:07,292 --> 00:18:09,333 We'd have a get-together, the kids would play 190 00:18:09,333 --> 00:18:11,542 and they would barbecue some, 191 00:18:11,542 --> 00:18:14,333 and, to me, I always thought they were happy together. 192 00:18:14,333 --> 00:18:16,250 I know Michelle loved Robbie. 193 00:18:16,250 --> 00:18:19,042 She loved him with all her heart. 194 00:18:19,042 --> 00:18:21,333 [tense music] 195 00:18:41,125 --> 00:18:44,208 - Robert was completely denying 196 00:18:44,208 --> 00:18:45,458 that Michelle had been murdered 197 00:18:45,458 --> 00:18:47,917 and sticking with the original story. 198 00:18:47,917 --> 00:18:50,083 And so, we decided to show Robert 199 00:18:50,083 --> 00:18:53,375 the photographs of he and Michelle. 200 00:18:54,375 --> 00:18:57,583 - Michelle was wearing a floral dress that was similar 201 00:18:57,583 --> 00:19:00,208 to the comforter that LuDonna had described 202 00:19:00,208 --> 00:19:02,167 that Robert had wrapped the body in. 203 00:19:02,167 --> 00:19:04,042 - So, I was hoping that somewhere 204 00:19:04,042 --> 00:19:06,542 deep in the confines of this murderer's heart, 205 00:19:06,542 --> 00:19:09,333 that this would trigger some sense of remorse. 206 00:20:27,417 --> 00:20:31,167 - I knew that Robert was probably not going to confess, 207 00:20:31,167 --> 00:20:32,708 at least during that time, 208 00:20:32,708 --> 00:20:34,292 and we decided we needed to go ahead 209 00:20:34,292 --> 00:20:37,542 and charge him with murder, and get him locked up, 210 00:20:37,542 --> 00:20:39,583 and keep LuDonna safe on the outside. 211 00:20:41,000 --> 00:20:43,333 [pensive music] 212 00:20:51,042 --> 00:20:53,083 I wanted a couple dynamics to change. 213 00:20:53,083 --> 00:20:56,542 One being, Robert's now locked up and charged with murder, 214 00:20:56,542 --> 00:20:59,000 so I was hoping that she would be more free 215 00:20:59,000 --> 00:21:00,542 in giving information. 216 00:21:00,542 --> 00:21:04,375 And the second thing is, we wanted to know where's the body. 217 00:22:24,042 --> 00:22:27,958 - LuDonna was a reactive person and personality. 218 00:22:27,958 --> 00:22:30,542 It was my hope that taking her back to the scene 219 00:22:30,542 --> 00:22:34,542 would sway her to give us that information, 220 00:22:34,542 --> 00:22:36,958 and we decided we needed to go back to the house. 221 00:22:38,458 --> 00:22:43,083 Now, the strategy was, get right to the point, call BS, 222 00:22:43,083 --> 00:22:45,542 so we confronted her in a more aggressive manner. 223 00:24:02,042 --> 00:24:03,833 - We knew that Robert leased 224 00:24:03,833 --> 00:24:07,792 and ran a racetrack for a pretty extended period of time. 225 00:24:07,792 --> 00:24:11,625 - And we felt that would be a prime place to place a body 226 00:24:12,625 --> 00:24:15,417 because of the size of it and the nature of it. 227 00:24:25,042 --> 00:24:27,083 [tense music] 228 00:24:36,917 --> 00:24:41,583 - LuDonna took us to an area with a lot of overturned dirt 229 00:24:41,583 --> 00:24:44,583 and then we began a systematic search. 230 00:24:46,250 --> 00:24:47,708 - It was gonna be a challenge. 231 00:24:47,708 --> 00:24:50,750 You can get a generalized area, 232 00:24:50,750 --> 00:24:54,125 but you don't know how deep the person is buried, 233 00:24:54,125 --> 00:24:55,375 at what angle. 234 00:24:55,375 --> 00:24:56,875 - It could take weeks to find her. 235 00:24:56,875 --> 00:25:00,542 So, at that time, we felt, let's talk to Robert. 236 00:25:00,542 --> 00:25:01,833 It was worth another shot 237 00:25:01,833 --> 00:25:03,708 to see if he would tell us where the body was. 238 00:25:03,708 --> 00:25:06,083 He's now had several days in jail to stew on it. 239 00:25:12,208 --> 00:25:14,542 - Yeah, the main thing that stood out to me was, 240 00:25:14,542 --> 00:25:20,000 you can tell Robert was, physically, just beat. 241 00:25:20,000 --> 00:25:23,000 He knew we were fixing to find Michelle. 242 00:27:06,167 --> 00:27:09,042 - Robert has decided to change his mind. 243 00:27:09,042 --> 00:27:11,375 Instead of having no knowledge of anything, 244 00:27:11,375 --> 00:27:14,583 now LuDonna is the mastermind behind this whole murder. 245 00:27:19,208 --> 00:27:21,542 - We can tell that he wasn't being truthful, 246 00:27:21,542 --> 00:27:24,042 but our strategy was not to be confrontational 247 00:27:24,042 --> 00:27:26,208 because we needed to extract the information 248 00:27:26,208 --> 00:27:29,125 that could be vital in finding Michelle at that racetrack. 249 00:27:40,208 --> 00:27:42,542 - He did show us a good generalized area 250 00:27:42,542 --> 00:27:44,542 where to look for Michelle. 251 00:27:44,542 --> 00:27:47,250 We notified Ranger Hanna and Sergeant Fiveash 252 00:27:47,250 --> 00:27:50,417 that Robert was giving us more details 253 00:27:50,417 --> 00:27:52,583 and implicating LuDonna, 254 00:27:52,583 --> 00:27:56,125 and we relayed the location of where Michelle was buried. 255 00:27:56,125 --> 00:27:58,167 [tense music] 256 00:29:14,458 --> 00:29:16,625 - Several of us concentrated all of our efforts 257 00:29:16,625 --> 00:29:17,958 in that general area 258 00:29:17,958 --> 00:29:21,042 where LuDonna had focused our attention. 259 00:29:21,042 --> 00:29:24,333 - We had moved a lot of dirt with negative results 260 00:29:24,333 --> 00:29:27,125 and we're getting pretty apprehensive. 261 00:29:28,167 --> 00:29:30,708 - And then we found the first piece of blue tarp. 262 00:29:32,042 --> 00:29:34,500 It was a very somber moment. 263 00:29:34,500 --> 00:29:37,167 We're like, "Okay, here we are. 264 00:29:37,167 --> 00:29:38,958 I think we just found Michelle." 265 00:29:40,083 --> 00:29:42,458 - We started sifting through the dirt. 266 00:29:42,458 --> 00:29:46,542 And the more and more the dirt came out, the more 267 00:29:46,542 --> 00:29:47,833 you could tell it was a body. 268 00:29:49,667 --> 00:29:51,625 - [Sgt. Juarez] We finally opened the tarp. 269 00:29:51,625 --> 00:29:54,750 Inside was a blue-green comforter. 270 00:29:55,750 --> 00:30:00,042 And then we saw a skeleton laying face down. 271 00:30:00,042 --> 00:30:02,875 The pathologist was able to confirm with medical records 272 00:30:02,875 --> 00:30:04,250 this was Michelle. 273 00:30:05,250 --> 00:30:09,083 But they were unable to provide the cause of death. 274 00:30:10,167 --> 00:30:13,250 - It was definitely a flood of emotions. 275 00:30:13,250 --> 00:30:16,792 I'm glad we were able to find Michelle's body 276 00:30:16,792 --> 00:30:20,250 and bring peace to her family. 277 00:30:20,250 --> 00:30:21,917 - When they found Michelle's body, 278 00:30:21,917 --> 00:30:24,917 I felt like I had a big weight lifted off of me, 279 00:30:25,958 --> 00:30:27,708 and I was thankful. 280 00:30:27,708 --> 00:30:31,875 It's just so sad that to think 281 00:30:31,875 --> 00:30:34,458 that she could have stayed in that grave forever, 282 00:30:36,750 --> 00:30:38,750 but they believed me. 283 00:30:38,750 --> 00:30:42,458 They never backed off of it until they found her. 284 00:30:42,458 --> 00:30:45,125 - The striking thing was that 285 00:30:45,125 --> 00:30:49,042 the body had been duct-taped in several areas, 286 00:30:49,042 --> 00:30:52,042 most notably on her wrist, at her ankles, 287 00:30:52,042 --> 00:30:53,792 and on her face and eyes. 288 00:30:54,875 --> 00:30:56,542 - You start thinking about, 289 00:30:56,542 --> 00:30:59,875 was this poor woman tortured before she died? 290 00:31:00,875 --> 00:31:04,042 - As I started realizing, to tape somebody, 291 00:31:04,042 --> 00:31:05,750 to hold their hands down, 292 00:31:05,750 --> 00:31:08,000 that this was a joint operation. 293 00:31:08,000 --> 00:31:10,750 We believed LuDonna shared equal culpability 294 00:31:10,750 --> 00:31:12,208 in what happened to Michelle. 295 00:31:13,208 --> 00:31:15,250 Now, it's time to get the truth. 296 00:31:23,000 --> 00:31:25,250 [tense music] 297 00:31:29,792 --> 00:31:31,208 - So, up to this point, 298 00:31:31,208 --> 00:31:34,083 Robert had consistently sent jail mail to us. 299 00:31:34,083 --> 00:31:38,333 Basically saying, "Hey, look, I'm just the victim here. 300 00:31:38,333 --> 00:31:40,042 Just gimme a polygraph, I'll pass it, 301 00:31:40,042 --> 00:31:41,375 and then I can get outta here." 302 00:31:41,375 --> 00:31:43,000 - [Agent Bennett] Just have seat right there. 303 00:31:43,917 --> 00:31:45,167 - We thought, what's to lose? 304 00:31:45,167 --> 00:31:47,417 Maybe after he fails a polygraph, we say, 305 00:31:47,417 --> 00:31:49,042 "Look, you just failed this thing. 306 00:31:49,042 --> 00:31:51,250 So, how about you come off and tell us the truth?" 307 00:32:17,333 --> 00:32:19,417 - He definitely figured he's gonna be able 308 00:32:19,417 --> 00:32:20,875 to outsmart a polygraph, 309 00:32:20,875 --> 00:32:23,917 but he had deception on all three answers. 310 00:32:23,917 --> 00:32:25,708 None of it was true. 311 00:32:25,708 --> 00:32:28,667 And now we could use that information against Robert. 312 00:34:02,583 --> 00:34:07,167 - Robert's reaction to the photographs of his wife's body 313 00:34:07,167 --> 00:34:08,792 spoke volumes. 314 00:34:08,792 --> 00:34:10,625 It had no emotional impact on him. 315 00:34:10,625 --> 00:34:13,000 I think that speaks to his involvement in it. 316 00:35:43,208 --> 00:35:45,333 - Robert was obviously not being truthful, 317 00:35:45,333 --> 00:35:47,458 but once Robert admitted to helping move the body, 318 00:35:47,458 --> 00:35:50,458 he had admitted to a felony, tampering with evidence, 319 00:35:50,458 --> 00:35:54,375 so we also added that to the murder charge. 320 00:35:54,375 --> 00:35:57,083 I felt like we had enough definitely for Robert, 321 00:35:57,083 --> 00:35:59,708 but a confession from LuDonna would tie a bow 322 00:35:59,708 --> 00:36:03,125 on this entire complicated investigation. 323 00:36:06,583 --> 00:36:10,208 She'd already shown that she reacted emotionally 324 00:36:10,208 --> 00:36:12,250 to different stimulus. 325 00:36:15,083 --> 00:36:17,042 - We brought some photographs with us. 326 00:36:17,042 --> 00:36:19,333 The decomposed remains of the victim 327 00:36:19,333 --> 00:36:21,167 that were gonna help compel the truth, 328 00:36:21,167 --> 00:36:22,542 this was gonna be the time 329 00:36:22,542 --> 00:36:24,792 that we were gonna get a confession from LuDonna. 330 00:38:22,625 --> 00:38:25,458 - Finally, she had confessed to murder. 331 00:38:25,458 --> 00:38:28,042 Even her body language changed 332 00:38:28,042 --> 00:38:29,917 when she released the information. 333 00:38:31,708 --> 00:38:34,542 The truth came pouring out of her. 334 00:41:12,875 --> 00:41:15,125 - When LuDonna finally gave the confession, 335 00:41:15,125 --> 00:41:17,667 there was no doubt that she's equally responsible 336 00:41:17,667 --> 00:41:20,208 in the death of Michelle. 337 00:41:20,208 --> 00:41:22,542 - We were all pretty certain 338 00:41:22,542 --> 00:41:25,833 that we had gotten the majority of the truth, 339 00:41:25,833 --> 00:41:28,500 and that was probably the story of how it all occurred 340 00:41:28,500 --> 00:41:29,917 and how everything went down. 341 00:41:31,042 --> 00:41:33,208 [tense music] 342 00:41:35,917 --> 00:41:39,583 - The interrogations were the centerpiece of the case. 343 00:41:39,583 --> 00:41:41,375 They were the catalyst to obtain the information 344 00:41:41,375 --> 00:41:42,917 piece by piece. 345 00:41:42,917 --> 00:41:47,375 And finally, for recovering her body umpteen years later. 346 00:41:47,375 --> 00:41:49,583 [tense music] 347 00:41:55,667 --> 00:41:57,375 - [Reporter] 46-year-old Robert Miller 348 00:41:57,375 --> 00:42:00,125 and 42-year-old LuDonna Yoder both pled guilty 349 00:42:00,125 --> 00:42:01,708 to the murder of Miller's wife. 350 00:42:01,708 --> 00:42:04,083 Miller is sentenced to 38 years in prison, 351 00:42:04,083 --> 00:42:06,167 Yoder will serve 35 years. 352 00:42:06,167 --> 00:42:07,750 - I think they realized 353 00:42:07,750 --> 00:42:11,167 that the case against them was so strong, 354 00:42:11,167 --> 00:42:15,042 that the chance of acquittal was non-existent. 355 00:42:15,042 --> 00:42:17,500 Otherwise, they would've taken it to trial. 356 00:42:18,417 --> 00:42:20,542 - Robert and LuDonna had both 357 00:42:20,542 --> 00:42:22,792 lied about Michelle for 12 years, 358 00:42:22,792 --> 00:42:24,875 about her abandoning her children. 359 00:42:24,875 --> 00:42:27,292 I think being able to get the truth out there 360 00:42:27,292 --> 00:42:29,292 gives her a little bit of justice. 361 00:42:29,292 --> 00:42:33,042 - She was a mother, she was a wife, she was a daughter. 362 00:42:33,042 --> 00:42:36,208 She wasn't just someone that you could discard. 363 00:42:36,208 --> 00:42:38,042 And I thank God every day 364 00:42:38,042 --> 00:42:40,417 that the sheriff's department believed me 365 00:42:40,417 --> 00:42:42,417 and that they found her, 366 00:42:42,417 --> 00:42:46,125 and they got Robbie and LuDonna in prison. 367 00:42:47,333 --> 00:42:49,375 But, it's heartbreaking. 368 00:42:49,375 --> 00:42:51,542 Both of the kids have kids. 369 00:42:51,542 --> 00:42:54,875 It's sad, you lost out on your mom, 370 00:42:54,875 --> 00:42:57,792 and your children lost their grandparents. 371 00:42:57,792 --> 00:42:59,667 If Michelle were here right now, 372 00:42:59,667 --> 00:43:01,583 I would really tell her that I was sorry 373 00:43:01,583 --> 00:43:04,125 that I didn't do something sooner, 374 00:43:04,125 --> 00:43:07,750 but that I am thankful that now she gets to be at peace.