1 00:00:01,043 --> 00:00:04,256 [♪ eerie music playing] 2 00:00:04,339 --> 00:00:07,926 [narrator] When you see a Mennonite woman, like 27-year-old Sasha Krause, 3 00:00:08,009 --> 00:00:11,388 you might be tempted to judge a book by its cover. 4 00:00:11,471 --> 00:00:12,847 A rural lifestyle is very much 5 00:00:12,931 --> 00:00:15,350 what you think of when you think of Mennonite culture. 6 00:00:16,142 --> 00:00:20,355 [narrator] In a culture that's closed to many 21st century influences, 7 00:00:20,438 --> 00:00:22,107 Sasha is fearlessly open, 8 00:00:22,691 --> 00:00:24,651 always reading, writing, 9 00:00:24,734 --> 00:00:26,820 and feeding her curious mind. 10 00:00:27,279 --> 00:00:30,532 Sasha was very brilliant. Her education was beyond. 11 00:00:31,199 --> 00:00:33,285 She was a teacher. She was a poet. 12 00:00:34,494 --> 00:00:37,414 [narrator] But one cold, dark night in January 2020, 13 00:00:37,497 --> 00:00:39,791 Sasha just disappears. 14 00:00:40,667 --> 00:00:42,586 We didn't know if we had somebody from the outside 15 00:00:42,669 --> 00:00:44,212 that was just preying on our citizens. 16 00:00:44,546 --> 00:00:48,466 You don't hear of things happening to Mennonites terribly often. 17 00:00:49,301 --> 00:00:52,345 [narrator] But remember, there's more to Sasha than meets the eye. 18 00:00:52,429 --> 00:00:53,847 ♪♪ 19 00:00:53,930 --> 00:00:56,349 And it's what makes Sasha unique. 20 00:00:56,433 --> 00:00:59,519 Her curious mind that leads investigators 21 00:00:59,603 --> 00:01:01,521 to shocking discoveries... 22 00:01:01,605 --> 00:01:04,858 We had a small breadcrumb, if you will. 23 00:01:04,941 --> 00:01:07,736 [narrator] ...and ultimately helps catch her killer. 24 00:01:07,819 --> 00:01:08,987 ♪♪ 25 00:01:10,655 --> 00:01:12,324 ♪♪ 26 00:01:12,407 --> 00:01:14,784 [speaker 1] She solved her own murder from beyond the grave. 27 00:01:14,868 --> 00:01:17,996 [speaker 2] The fitness app on the phone, it was overwhelming evidence. 28 00:01:18,079 --> 00:01:21,249 ♪ I've been haunted by the visions ♪ 29 00:01:21,333 --> 00:01:24,586 ♪ That I've seen with my own eyes ♪ 30 00:01:24,669 --> 00:01:27,631 ♪ And the only way to find you ♪ 31 00:01:28,089 --> 00:01:31,718 ♪ Is to go beneath the lies ♪ 32 00:01:33,887 --> 00:01:36,264 [speaker 3] She did help catch this killer. 33 00:01:38,975 --> 00:01:41,728 [♪ somber music playing] 34 00:01:41,811 --> 00:01:45,440 ♪ You just need to hold on, you just need to hang on ♪ 35 00:01:45,774 --> 00:01:48,568 [narrator] The Lamp and Light Mennonite Community 36 00:01:48,652 --> 00:01:51,404 is a quiet and peaceful place. 37 00:01:51,488 --> 00:01:54,574 It's a place 27-year-old Sasha Krause calls home. 38 00:01:55,367 --> 00:01:59,037 It's also a place bound by strict religious rules. 39 00:01:59,120 --> 00:02:01,039 No kissing before marriage, 40 00:02:01,122 --> 00:02:02,791 no access to the internet, 41 00:02:02,874 --> 00:02:04,668 and a dress code. 42 00:02:06,211 --> 00:02:09,548 What's really obvious in our culture 43 00:02:09,631 --> 00:02:11,758 and what people see is, like, the way 44 00:02:11,841 --> 00:02:14,302 a Conservative Mennonite dresses. 45 00:02:15,220 --> 00:02:18,056 Like a woman wearing a covering on her head. 46 00:02:18,139 --> 00:02:20,475 And women are gonna wear dresses 47 00:02:20,559 --> 00:02:23,019 because that is considered more modest and more feminine. 48 00:02:24,312 --> 00:02:25,981 [narrator] Sasha may dress modestly, 49 00:02:26,064 --> 00:02:28,984 but she isn't afraid to take a bite out of life. 50 00:02:29,067 --> 00:02:31,611 That's why she loves the Lamp and Light. 51 00:02:31,695 --> 00:02:34,072 She's living on her own for the first time, 52 00:02:34,155 --> 00:02:36,116 working at a religious publishing house, 53 00:02:36,199 --> 00:02:38,076 learning new things every day, 54 00:02:38,159 --> 00:02:40,370 and she's thriving. 55 00:02:41,538 --> 00:02:44,499 But one night after dinner, 56 00:02:44,583 --> 00:02:47,210 Sasha goes out for just a minute 57 00:02:47,294 --> 00:02:49,296 and never comes back. 58 00:02:49,379 --> 00:02:50,380 ♪♪ 59 00:02:51,715 --> 00:02:54,968 This isn't like her. She doesn't have a pattern of disappearing. 60 00:02:55,051 --> 00:02:56,177 ♪♪ 61 00:02:56,261 --> 00:02:59,556 So for her to not come home means something is wrong. 62 00:03:00,473 --> 00:03:02,309 -[assistant camera] Take one. -[claps slate] 63 00:03:03,310 --> 00:03:04,561 [Bree Burkitt] I'm Bree Burkitt. 64 00:03:04,644 --> 00:03:06,855 I covered the disappearance of Sasha Krause 65 00:03:06,938 --> 00:03:10,567 for The Arizona Republic as well as The Arizona Daily Sun. 66 00:03:10,650 --> 00:03:13,820 -[insects chirping] -[♪ eerie music playing] 67 00:03:13,904 --> 00:03:15,405 It was a Saturday. 68 00:03:15,947 --> 00:03:19,242 Sasha was planning to teach Sunday school the next day, 69 00:03:19,326 --> 00:03:21,912 so she left her apartment 70 00:03:21,995 --> 00:03:24,122 where she lived with her roommates, got in her car, 71 00:03:24,205 --> 00:03:26,207 and drove down to the church. 72 00:03:26,291 --> 00:03:28,084 ♪♪ 73 00:03:28,168 --> 00:03:30,170 Wasn't that far. Very close. 74 00:03:30,253 --> 00:03:32,255 She had to retrieve some materials. 75 00:03:32,923 --> 00:03:36,968 [narrator] As per the rules, Sasha knows never to miss her 9:00 p.m. curfew. 76 00:03:37,052 --> 00:03:40,722 So when her roommates discover that she's still not home at 1:00 a.m., 77 00:03:41,890 --> 00:03:45,060 they wake up the rest of the community, grab their flashlights, 78 00:03:45,143 --> 00:03:47,395 and start searching everywhere for her. 79 00:03:48,605 --> 00:03:50,899 [Lucinda Horst] I just woke up, and I said, 80 00:03:50,982 --> 00:03:52,817 "Where is Sasha? I'm scared." 81 00:03:52,901 --> 00:03:55,862 ♪ There's a stranger in the dark ♪ 82 00:03:55,946 --> 00:03:58,198 [searchers] Sasha! Sasha? 83 00:03:59,074 --> 00:04:00,075 Sasha! 84 00:04:01,368 --> 00:04:03,578 I imagine that was probably terrifying. 85 00:04:03,662 --> 00:04:05,705 Here's this girl you live with, 86 00:04:05,789 --> 00:04:07,749 you think is just going down the street, 87 00:04:07,832 --> 00:04:09,918 and then she doesn't come home. 88 00:04:10,001 --> 00:04:11,753 ♪♪ 89 00:04:11,836 --> 00:04:13,588 [searcher] Sasha! 90 00:04:13,672 --> 00:04:15,632 [Lucinda Horst] We just headed down to the church house, 91 00:04:15,715 --> 00:04:17,133 just as quick as we could. 92 00:04:17,217 --> 00:04:19,719 [searchers] Sasha! Sasha! 93 00:04:19,803 --> 00:04:23,765 [narrator] Things like this don't happen here, until now. 94 00:04:23,848 --> 00:04:27,018 ♪♪ 95 00:04:28,103 --> 00:04:31,314 After four hours of searching, the community breaks down 96 00:04:31,398 --> 00:04:34,693 and contacts the San Juan Sheriff's Office. 97 00:04:34,776 --> 00:04:36,444 ♪♪ 98 00:04:36,528 --> 00:04:39,155 [Sgt. Steven Strang] My name is Steven Strang. 99 00:04:39,239 --> 00:04:41,241 At the time of the Sasha Krause case, 100 00:04:41,324 --> 00:04:43,201 I was in the detective's division, 101 00:04:43,285 --> 00:04:44,869 and I was assigned to this case 102 00:04:44,953 --> 00:04:46,454 as a lead investigator. 103 00:04:47,539 --> 00:04:50,792 [narrator] Detective Strang is a five-year veteran of the force, 104 00:04:51,334 --> 00:04:52,878 but this call is different. 105 00:04:52,961 --> 00:04:55,005 For him, this is new territory. 106 00:04:56,172 --> 00:04:58,133 [Steven] I had never been there. 107 00:04:58,216 --> 00:04:59,676 Not one time, not one call. 108 00:05:01,219 --> 00:05:02,554 For us to be contacted, 109 00:05:02,637 --> 00:05:04,848 that is not something that they would normally do. 110 00:05:05,682 --> 00:05:08,351 [narrator] Mennonites prefer to handle their own matters 111 00:05:08,435 --> 00:05:11,313 and avoid involving mainstream authorities. 112 00:05:11,396 --> 00:05:14,482 And because this situation is so unusual, 113 00:05:14,566 --> 00:05:17,736 the county sheriff is overseeing the case. 114 00:05:19,112 --> 00:05:20,614 [Shane Ferrari] My name is Shane Ferrari, 115 00:05:20,697 --> 00:05:22,532 I'm Sheriff of San Juan County, New Mexico, 116 00:05:22,616 --> 00:05:25,243 and we were the agency that took the initial report 117 00:05:25,327 --> 00:05:27,829 on Sasha Krause being missing. 118 00:05:27,913 --> 00:05:30,373 ♪♪ 119 00:05:30,457 --> 00:05:33,209 When we have somebody that's missing, the first question is 120 00:05:33,293 --> 00:05:34,920 did they voluntarily leave, 121 00:05:35,003 --> 00:05:38,757 or did they leave because, uh, maybe somebody abducted them? 122 00:05:40,342 --> 00:05:42,802 [narrator] Sasha's roommates tell the detectives 123 00:05:42,886 --> 00:05:45,639 that the last time they saw her was after dinner. 124 00:05:46,097 --> 00:05:48,934 She told them she was driving down to the church, 125 00:05:49,017 --> 00:05:52,312 literally just a few hundred feet from her living quarters. 126 00:05:53,230 --> 00:05:56,441 [Shane] Her vehicle was still there at that church. 127 00:05:57,400 --> 00:05:58,610 The parking lot was gravel, 128 00:05:58,693 --> 00:06:00,654 so we didn't find any disturbance in the ground, 129 00:06:00,737 --> 00:06:02,656 looks as if somebody was maybe drug from the vehicle. 130 00:06:03,657 --> 00:06:05,867 [Steven] I opened the vehicle up to look at it. 131 00:06:07,035 --> 00:06:09,162 Between the rocker panel and the seat, 132 00:06:09,246 --> 00:06:11,873 we find the keys for the vehicle. 133 00:06:11,957 --> 00:06:15,126 ♪♪ 134 00:06:16,711 --> 00:06:21,383 So, that was the very first indicator to me 135 00:06:21,466 --> 00:06:22,759 that something is wrong. 136 00:06:22,842 --> 00:06:24,386 ♪♪ 137 00:06:24,469 --> 00:06:26,638 [narrator] The detectives now start looking for signs 138 00:06:26,721 --> 00:06:29,516 that Sasha was taken against her will. 139 00:06:31,768 --> 00:06:33,937 [Steven] I go into the church, trying to find 140 00:06:34,020 --> 00:06:35,939 you know, are there any signs of-of struggle? 141 00:06:36,022 --> 00:06:37,023 Any signs of foul play? 142 00:06:38,191 --> 00:06:40,151 There was no blood, no nothing. 143 00:06:40,235 --> 00:06:42,028 No pulled hair on the ground, no anything. 144 00:06:42,112 --> 00:06:44,072 ♪♪ 145 00:06:44,864 --> 00:06:47,659 It made it appear as though she went willingly. 146 00:06:48,410 --> 00:06:50,662 [narrator] What Detective Strang doesn't yet know 147 00:06:50,745 --> 00:06:54,165 is that if Sasha was attacked, she might never have fought back. 148 00:06:56,084 --> 00:06:59,838 Mennonite practices vary from community to community, 149 00:06:59,921 --> 00:07:01,965 but one thing is constant. 150 00:07:02,048 --> 00:07:04,926 Their strong belief in non-resistance, 151 00:07:05,010 --> 00:07:08,471 which means they live a violence-free life 152 00:07:08,555 --> 00:07:11,641 close to the land, and are kind to each other. 153 00:07:11,725 --> 00:07:14,477 That's partly what attracted Sasha's family 154 00:07:14,561 --> 00:07:16,688 to this way of life in the first place. 155 00:07:18,356 --> 00:07:20,066 Sasha isn't born a Mennonite. 156 00:07:20,150 --> 00:07:22,819 Her family converts when she is 12 years old. 157 00:07:22,903 --> 00:07:25,071 Chester Weaver knew Sasha's family then. 158 00:07:25,405 --> 00:07:27,574 [assistant camera] Chester Weaver, take one. Marker. 159 00:07:27,657 --> 00:07:30,911 [Chester C. Weaver, Jr.] My name is Chester C. Weaver Junior. 160 00:07:32,370 --> 00:07:35,916 Most people who come just for culture are here with us for a while, 161 00:07:35,999 --> 00:07:37,459 and then they leave. 162 00:07:37,542 --> 00:07:39,628 But people who come for the deeper matters 163 00:07:39,711 --> 00:07:42,172 are the ones, like Krauses, who stay. 164 00:07:42,255 --> 00:07:43,632 ♪♪ 165 00:07:43,715 --> 00:07:46,426 We're not Roman Catholic. We're not Protestant. 166 00:07:46,509 --> 00:07:47,719 We're a third way. 167 00:07:47,802 --> 00:07:48,929 [bikes rattling] 168 00:07:49,012 --> 00:07:51,431 It has to do with humility 169 00:07:51,514 --> 00:07:54,517 and quietness of heart, and forgiveness. 170 00:07:56,686 --> 00:07:58,980 [narrator] Sasha comes to the Lamp and Light in 2018 171 00:07:59,064 --> 00:08:02,525 from Texas to work at their in-house publishing company, 172 00:08:02,609 --> 00:08:04,819 writing and editing Bible pamphlets. 173 00:08:04,903 --> 00:08:08,406 And in her spare time, she writes poems and songs. 174 00:08:09,658 --> 00:08:11,826 [Chester] Sasha had her own personality, 175 00:08:11,910 --> 00:08:13,703 and she knew what she was doing. 176 00:08:13,787 --> 00:08:17,457 She had such depth in her creative writing, 177 00:08:17,540 --> 00:08:20,627 and you could tell that she was writing out of something within her. 178 00:08:21,086 --> 00:08:24,589 The first thing you hear is "Mennonite," but quickly digging into it, 179 00:08:24,673 --> 00:08:27,884 there was a lot more to her than just that label. 180 00:08:27,968 --> 00:08:29,302 ♪♪ 181 00:08:29,386 --> 00:08:34,266 She spoke three languages. She was very artistic. 182 00:08:35,141 --> 00:08:37,686 She lived with roommates. She had a job. 183 00:08:37,769 --> 00:08:40,605 She was driving. She was very independent. 184 00:08:40,689 --> 00:08:43,108 I mean, if you ignore the dress, 185 00:08:44,609 --> 00:08:47,112 she's just like any other woman in her late 20s. 186 00:08:47,195 --> 00:08:50,782 [♪ gentle music playing] 187 00:08:50,865 --> 00:08:53,743 [narrator] As the hours pass, and there's still no sign of Sasha, 188 00:08:53,827 --> 00:08:56,204 investigators wonder if this worldly young woman 189 00:08:56,288 --> 00:08:58,081 decided she wanted to return 190 00:08:58,164 --> 00:09:00,959 to a less restrictive way of life. 191 00:09:01,042 --> 00:09:05,005 The thought process came to me that maybe she just wanted to leave this lifestyle. 192 00:09:05,839 --> 00:09:09,301 [narrator] Maybe Sasha was curious about what it would be like working in the city, 193 00:09:09,384 --> 00:09:12,262 going for drinks, swiping right. 194 00:09:12,345 --> 00:09:14,681 [Shane] So, some of the questions that we had for ourselves were 195 00:09:14,764 --> 00:09:17,058 was she contacting somebody, uh, via the internet? 196 00:09:17,142 --> 00:09:19,728 Maybe she was possibly involved in a relationship 197 00:09:19,811 --> 00:09:21,354 or communication with somebody else. 198 00:09:22,022 --> 00:09:24,816 [narrator] But the detectives soon learn from her roommates 199 00:09:24,900 --> 00:09:26,568 that in keeping with Mennonite practices, 200 00:09:26,651 --> 00:09:28,904 the girls aren't on the internet. 201 00:09:28,987 --> 00:09:31,615 We've become accustomed to looking for a digital footprint. 202 00:09:31,698 --> 00:09:32,699 ♪♪ 203 00:09:32,782 --> 00:09:35,577 People's social media, people's internet history, 204 00:09:35,660 --> 00:09:37,913 people's cell phones. Who do they call? Who do they text? 205 00:09:37,996 --> 00:09:41,666 And that is something that wasn't at our disposal at that time. 206 00:09:41,750 --> 00:09:42,792 ♪♪ 207 00:09:42,876 --> 00:09:44,628 [narrator] The detectives search Sasha's room 208 00:09:44,711 --> 00:09:47,339 and find her purse and her bank card. 209 00:09:47,422 --> 00:09:49,049 If she was planning on leaving, 210 00:09:49,132 --> 00:09:51,927 she would have at least taken her bank card, right? 211 00:09:52,010 --> 00:09:54,888 And why sneak off in the middle of the night? 212 00:09:54,971 --> 00:09:57,766 We could not find it. We-We couldn't find a letter 213 00:09:57,849 --> 00:10:00,602 that said, "Meet me in Seattle." You know? [laughs] 214 00:10:00,685 --> 00:10:03,980 We couldn't find anything that led us down the road to say 215 00:10:04,064 --> 00:10:06,274 that she was planning this. 216 00:10:06,358 --> 00:10:08,235 ♪♪ 217 00:10:08,360 --> 00:10:10,946 The more we learned, it was evident 218 00:10:11,029 --> 00:10:12,822 that something foul had happened. 219 00:10:12,906 --> 00:10:13,907 ♪♪ 220 00:10:13,990 --> 00:10:16,910 [narrator] Eight hours after Sasha goes missing, 221 00:10:16,993 --> 00:10:21,081 the investigators call Sasha's parents to let them know what's going on. 222 00:10:21,331 --> 00:10:24,209 They're understandably upset and confused, 223 00:10:24,292 --> 00:10:26,836 but the police have no answers for them. 224 00:10:27,087 --> 00:10:28,755 They don't know where to start. 225 00:10:30,215 --> 00:10:33,093 Her roommates say there's no lover in her life, 226 00:10:33,176 --> 00:10:35,762 and there's no digital footprint to track. 227 00:10:36,721 --> 00:10:40,016 But then, while re-interviewing one of Sasha's roommates, 228 00:10:40,100 --> 00:10:42,310 a surprise revelation. 229 00:10:42,394 --> 00:10:46,022 It turns out Sasha isn't totally disconnected. 230 00:10:57,033 --> 00:11:00,161 ♪♪ 231 00:11:00,245 --> 00:11:03,707 We learned that Sasha had a phone, a cell phone, 232 00:11:03,790 --> 00:11:05,292 but it was not accounted for. 233 00:11:12,090 --> 00:11:15,719 We had a-a small breadcrumb, if you will. 234 00:11:15,802 --> 00:11:17,470 We immediately started tracking that phone. 235 00:11:18,597 --> 00:11:21,433 [narrator] The detectives learned that while it's unusual for Mennonites 236 00:11:21,516 --> 00:11:23,351 to interact with outsiders, 237 00:11:23,435 --> 00:11:25,186 cell phones aren't forbidden. 238 00:11:25,687 --> 00:11:29,482 Lucinda Kinsinger views her phone as an essential tool, 239 00:11:29,566 --> 00:11:31,401 just like Sasha does. 240 00:11:31,484 --> 00:11:32,611 ♪♪ 241 00:11:32,694 --> 00:11:35,071 [Lucinda Kinsinger] I would call myself a Conservative Mennonite 242 00:11:35,697 --> 00:11:37,699 or a Plain Mennonite. 243 00:11:38,950 --> 00:11:41,369 My husband and I have a small farm. 244 00:11:42,537 --> 00:11:45,040 My husband and I, we both have smartphones. 245 00:11:45,123 --> 00:11:46,333 We use them all the time. 246 00:11:46,416 --> 00:11:49,753 You know, I have recipes, I have pictures, I do emails, 247 00:11:50,795 --> 00:11:53,048 whatever on my phone. It's a tool. 248 00:11:53,965 --> 00:11:56,551 Some Conservative Mennonites would draw the line there. 249 00:11:56,635 --> 00:11:58,428 They would be like, you know, "Cell phones are fine, 250 00:11:58,511 --> 00:12:02,057 but we don't wanna go to the smartphones. We don't wanna allow the internet." 251 00:12:02,140 --> 00:12:04,976 It's something that Mennonite churches are dealing with right now, 252 00:12:05,060 --> 00:12:07,562 and maybe how to keep their values 253 00:12:07,646 --> 00:12:10,273 when there's this inundation of information 254 00:12:10,357 --> 00:12:13,360 and influence from, from the world wide web. 255 00:12:15,320 --> 00:12:17,322 [narrator] Sasha uses a simple flip phone. 256 00:12:17,405 --> 00:12:21,117 It's all she needs to maintain her connection to the wider world. 257 00:12:22,369 --> 00:12:25,664 It will take time to access Sasha's phone records. 258 00:12:25,747 --> 00:12:29,584 In the meantime, the detectives start knocking on doors. 259 00:12:31,127 --> 00:12:33,922 This is a very small community. Everyone recognizes everyone, 260 00:12:34,005 --> 00:12:37,759 and someone had recognized Sasha's boss. 261 00:12:37,842 --> 00:12:41,179 They recognized his car parked outside of the church 262 00:12:41,263 --> 00:12:44,015 in about the same timeframe Sasha was believed to have been in there. 263 00:12:44,099 --> 00:12:45,100 [shutter snaps] 264 00:12:45,183 --> 00:12:48,812 [narrator] Sasha's boss at Lamp and Light is quite a bit older than she is. 265 00:12:48,895 --> 00:12:51,231 His name is Sam Coon. 266 00:12:51,314 --> 00:12:53,775 He was said to have been there at 7:50. 267 00:12:53,858 --> 00:12:55,569 His van was seen there. 268 00:12:55,652 --> 00:12:57,696 His van was also seen there with the rear hatch open. 269 00:12:57,779 --> 00:13:00,031 [narrator] Her roommates told detectives 270 00:13:00,115 --> 00:13:03,702 that Mr. Coon favored Sasha above the rest of them. 271 00:13:03,785 --> 00:13:05,954 [Steven] So, when I'm hearing this, I'm thinking to myself, 272 00:13:06,037 --> 00:13:08,206 "Okay, this sounds interesting." 273 00:13:09,124 --> 00:13:11,126 [narrator] Sam admits he was at the church 274 00:13:11,209 --> 00:13:14,588 where Sasha went missing at the exact same time. 275 00:13:41,448 --> 00:13:46,161 I found it very odd that that timeframe was so close, 276 00:13:46,244 --> 00:13:48,580 yet there was no interaction. 277 00:13:50,498 --> 00:13:51,499 [Sam Coon] Hm... 278 00:13:59,382 --> 00:14:02,510 He is very, very intelligent, 279 00:14:02,594 --> 00:14:04,137 very direct, 280 00:14:04,221 --> 00:14:05,847 and at the same token, 281 00:14:06,640 --> 00:14:07,807 very closed off. 282 00:14:30,664 --> 00:14:33,124 ♪♪ 283 00:14:46,763 --> 00:14:48,765 [narrator] When the investigators leave the room, 284 00:14:48,848 --> 00:14:51,393 they notice something odd. 285 00:14:52,769 --> 00:14:54,271 He starts to cry. 286 00:14:54,354 --> 00:14:56,481 [crying] 287 00:14:56,565 --> 00:15:00,068 Are these tears of sympathy or the tears of a guilty man? 288 00:15:01,486 --> 00:15:04,739 Or maybe, it's because he just got caught. 289 00:15:04,823 --> 00:15:07,450 [♪ dramatic crescendo] 290 00:15:11,121 --> 00:15:14,165 [♪ somber music playing] 291 00:15:14,541 --> 00:15:16,960 [narrator] The Lamp and Light Mennonite community 292 00:15:17,043 --> 00:15:20,213 is devastated when Sasha Krause doesn't return 293 00:15:20,297 --> 00:15:23,174 from a quick trip to pick up Bible materials. 294 00:15:25,051 --> 00:15:28,054 The detectives think that Sasha may know her abductor 295 00:15:28,138 --> 00:15:31,224 and are suspicious when Sasha's boss, Sam Coon, 296 00:15:31,308 --> 00:15:33,310 breaks down in tears. 297 00:15:33,393 --> 00:15:35,854 [soft crying] 298 00:15:46,573 --> 00:15:48,617 [soft crying] 299 00:16:02,547 --> 00:16:04,925 [narrator] Detectives remain suspicious of Coon, 300 00:16:05,008 --> 00:16:08,386 but without further evidence, they can't hold him. 301 00:16:08,470 --> 00:16:09,679 ♪♪ 302 00:16:09,763 --> 00:16:11,681 And with every passing hour, 303 00:16:11,765 --> 00:16:14,059 the odds of finding Sasha alive 304 00:16:14,142 --> 00:16:15,894 gets smaller and smaller. 305 00:16:15,977 --> 00:16:17,187 ♪♪ 306 00:16:17,270 --> 00:16:20,106 We're, at this time, still nonstop, 307 00:16:20,190 --> 00:16:23,944 and when I say "nonstop," I mean little to no sleep, 308 00:16:24,027 --> 00:16:25,278 exhaustive effort. 309 00:16:27,280 --> 00:16:28,657 Time is critical, and I'm like, 310 00:16:28,740 --> 00:16:30,784 "Okay, there has to be something." 311 00:16:32,744 --> 00:16:35,080 [narrator] Four days after Sasha goes missing, 312 00:16:35,163 --> 00:16:37,040 her parents arrive from Texas, 313 00:16:37,123 --> 00:16:38,833 and they're desperate for answers. 314 00:16:38,917 --> 00:16:41,086 [♪ gentle music playing] 315 00:16:41,169 --> 00:16:43,421 [Steven] So, I had several conversations with-with Bob Krause, 316 00:16:43,505 --> 00:16:44,714 Sasha's father. 317 00:16:44,798 --> 00:16:46,925 He's trying to process it in his own mind, 318 00:16:47,008 --> 00:16:49,344 his own way of what, what's going on? 319 00:16:49,427 --> 00:16:51,263 Why is this happening? 320 00:16:52,264 --> 00:16:55,684 If you were a parent, you'd pray for your daughter's grace, 321 00:16:55,767 --> 00:16:57,477 that she would have the strength, 322 00:16:57,561 --> 00:16:59,938 that she would have the protection. 323 00:17:00,021 --> 00:17:02,524 Bob told me himself, "We just prayed." 324 00:17:04,526 --> 00:17:07,988 The Mennonite people are very respected in our community, 325 00:17:08,071 --> 00:17:10,782 so I think everybody in San Juan County was very concerned 326 00:17:10,865 --> 00:17:13,535 that we had a predator at large in our community. 327 00:17:14,494 --> 00:17:17,330 [narrator] Although the community is respected in San Juan, 328 00:17:17,414 --> 00:17:20,083 Mennonites have suffered persecution for centuries 329 00:17:20,166 --> 00:17:23,253 because their beliefs don't fit into mainstream culture. 330 00:17:23,336 --> 00:17:26,089 But this is different. This feels personal. 331 00:17:27,048 --> 00:17:29,092 [Lucinda Kinsinger] Yeah, I remember praying for Sasha 332 00:17:29,175 --> 00:17:31,303 in our prayer circle at church. 333 00:17:31,386 --> 00:17:33,179 I felt like this happened to her, 334 00:17:33,263 --> 00:17:35,682 you know, this could happen to me or someone like me, too. 335 00:17:35,765 --> 00:17:37,350 ♪♪ 336 00:17:37,434 --> 00:17:39,936 [narrator] The only lead investigators have 337 00:17:40,020 --> 00:17:41,521 is Sasha's missing phone, 338 00:17:41,605 --> 00:17:44,232 and they're hoping it will help them locate her. 339 00:17:44,983 --> 00:17:46,943 Eight days after Sasha goes missing, 340 00:17:47,027 --> 00:17:49,446 her phone records are finally released. 341 00:17:50,155 --> 00:17:51,907 You'll hear people refer to as a "ping." 342 00:17:51,990 --> 00:17:55,410 People will tell you, "Oh, they're gonna ping my phone." 343 00:17:55,493 --> 00:17:57,913 Well, basically what that means is, in some circumstances, 344 00:17:57,996 --> 00:18:00,749 we can utilize a location service on a phone 345 00:18:01,750 --> 00:18:05,587 to show an approximate area at least of where it may be. 346 00:18:05,670 --> 00:18:07,631 [wind blowing] 347 00:18:07,714 --> 00:18:10,926 And so, I get down to the last pages of the report, 348 00:18:11,009 --> 00:18:13,428 and I find a set of numbers that are completely off, 349 00:18:13,511 --> 00:18:16,223 and I'm like, "Okay, well, what is this?" 350 00:18:16,306 --> 00:18:17,349 ♪♪ 351 00:18:17,432 --> 00:18:19,267 [narrator] These numbers are coordinates which show 352 00:18:19,351 --> 00:18:22,854 Sasha's phone traveling 50 miles west of Lamp and Light 353 00:18:22,938 --> 00:18:26,608 into a remote area of Arizona. 354 00:18:26,691 --> 00:18:27,943 How did she end up there? 355 00:18:28,568 --> 00:18:32,197 Even for a young woman as curious about the world as Sasha, 356 00:18:32,280 --> 00:18:34,032 it just doesn't make sense. 357 00:18:34,115 --> 00:18:35,617 ♪♪ 358 00:18:36,576 --> 00:18:39,037 You are, what people would say, in the middle of nowhere. 359 00:18:39,120 --> 00:18:42,707 -[insects chirping, hawk screeches] -[♪ gentle music playing] 360 00:18:44,209 --> 00:18:50,298 It is at least 100 square miles of reasonable search area. 361 00:18:50,382 --> 00:18:54,636 I don't have anything else in that area to indicate to me 362 00:18:54,719 --> 00:18:56,096 possibly where she may be. 363 00:18:58,056 --> 00:19:00,767 And I'm thinking to myself, "Where do you start?" 364 00:19:00,850 --> 00:19:01,977 ♪♪ 365 00:19:02,060 --> 00:19:04,229 ♪ Are you trying to kill? ♪ 366 00:19:04,980 --> 00:19:07,899 ♪ Are you trying to kill me? ♪ 367 00:19:09,484 --> 00:19:11,444 At this point in time in the investigation, 368 00:19:11,528 --> 00:19:15,365 the reality has surfaced that 369 00:19:16,449 --> 00:19:19,828 we're likely not gonna find Sasha alive. A-And... 370 00:19:21,121 --> 00:19:23,373 as much as you wanna hold out hope, you know. 371 00:19:23,456 --> 00:19:26,751 You know that this is likely not gonna have a good outcome. 372 00:19:27,669 --> 00:19:29,921 [narrator] Days turn into more than a month, 373 00:19:30,005 --> 00:19:32,382 and with no movement on the case, 374 00:19:32,465 --> 00:19:34,426 it seems like no one will ever know 375 00:19:34,509 --> 00:19:36,887 the fate of Sasha Krause. 376 00:19:36,970 --> 00:19:40,557 Then, a chilling discovery. 377 00:19:40,640 --> 00:19:44,102 We received a phone call from Coconino County. 378 00:19:44,185 --> 00:19:45,896 -[siren blaring] -[police radio chatter] 379 00:19:45,979 --> 00:19:49,149 "We may very well have found Sasha." 380 00:19:49,941 --> 00:19:53,486 [narrator] A hiker has found a body that fits Sasha's description. 381 00:19:53,570 --> 00:19:55,030 ♪♪ 382 00:20:05,624 --> 00:20:06,708 [pained sigh] 383 00:20:12,547 --> 00:20:15,217 [narrator] But it's 250 miles away 384 00:20:15,300 --> 00:20:19,054 from where she was last seen in a completely different state. 385 00:20:23,016 --> 00:20:24,267 [siren blares] 386 00:20:24,351 --> 00:20:25,936 [narrator] If this is Sasha's body, 387 00:20:26,019 --> 00:20:29,940 then investigators have been looking in the wrong places for weeks. 388 00:20:30,690 --> 00:20:32,984 What else have they been wrong about? 389 00:20:33,068 --> 00:20:34,527 -[phone ringing] -[♪ dramatic crescendo] 390 00:20:38,365 --> 00:20:41,493 [♪ eerie music playing] 391 00:20:44,454 --> 00:20:46,873 [narrator] One month after Sasha Krause goes missing 392 00:20:46,957 --> 00:20:50,001 from her Mennonite compound in Farmington, New Mexico, 393 00:20:50,085 --> 00:20:54,464 a body is found on the top of Sunset Crater National Park 394 00:20:54,548 --> 00:20:57,425 just outside of Flagstaff, Arizona. 395 00:20:59,386 --> 00:21:00,387 [echoing camera click] 396 00:21:01,012 --> 00:21:02,931 [Ammon Barker] I got a phone call. 397 00:21:03,014 --> 00:21:05,433 The detective on the phone described finding a body. 398 00:21:06,726 --> 00:21:08,478 My name's Ammon Barker. 399 00:21:08,562 --> 00:21:11,606 I'm currently the Chief Deputy County Attorney. 400 00:21:11,690 --> 00:21:14,693 I was one of the senior trial attorneys during the case. 401 00:21:14,776 --> 00:21:16,570 -[assistant camera] Marker. -[claps slate] 402 00:21:17,195 --> 00:21:19,531 [Ammon] They were not sure who it was at the time. 403 00:21:19,614 --> 00:21:22,242 They described it to me as a young woman 404 00:21:22,325 --> 00:21:24,911 in a prairie dress is what you might call it. 405 00:21:24,995 --> 00:21:28,498 And thought at first it might have been a sexual assault. 406 00:21:29,791 --> 00:21:33,962 Her underwear was missing at the time her body was recovered, 407 00:21:34,045 --> 00:21:36,339 and that's unusual. 408 00:21:36,882 --> 00:21:40,051 [narrator] As soon as Detective Strang hears about the discovery, 409 00:21:40,135 --> 00:21:42,512 he and his team race to Flagstaff. 410 00:21:43,430 --> 00:21:45,932 I was kinda like, you know, "Is this for real?" 411 00:21:46,016 --> 00:21:48,602 You know, "Is-- This is really happening?" I mean, it's been a month. 412 00:21:50,520 --> 00:21:52,898 [breeze blowing] 413 00:21:52,981 --> 00:21:54,941 [narrator] When they arrive at the crime scene, 414 00:21:55,025 --> 00:21:57,527 the Coconino County homicide detective 415 00:21:57,611 --> 00:22:01,573 rolls the body over and reveals the woman's face. 416 00:22:02,532 --> 00:22:05,493 ♪♪ 417 00:22:05,577 --> 00:22:08,747 An autopsy has confirmed that the body found in Arizona 418 00:22:08,830 --> 00:22:11,416 is that of a local missing Mennonite woman. 419 00:22:11,499 --> 00:22:13,710 San Juan County Sheriff's deputies say 420 00:22:13,793 --> 00:22:17,631 they are now turning this case into a murder investigation. 421 00:22:18,006 --> 00:22:19,549 [♪ eerie music playing] 422 00:22:19,633 --> 00:22:21,551 [narrator] While the Farmington community 423 00:22:21,635 --> 00:22:24,721 notifies Sasha's parents of the grim discovery, 424 00:22:24,804 --> 00:22:27,515 the investigators parse the evidence. 425 00:22:27,599 --> 00:22:30,477 [♪ solemn vocalizing] 426 00:22:32,938 --> 00:22:35,690 She had her hands bound together with duct tape 427 00:22:35,774 --> 00:22:38,860 in front of her, um, by the wrists. 428 00:22:38,944 --> 00:22:41,696 Medical examiner performed an autopsy on her body 429 00:22:41,780 --> 00:22:45,492 and found that she suffered blunt force trauma to the back of her head, 430 00:22:45,575 --> 00:22:49,412 as well as a gunshot injury to the back of her head. 431 00:22:49,913 --> 00:22:52,916 [narrator] Why would anyone want to murder Sasha? 432 00:22:52,999 --> 00:22:55,752 And how did she end up so far from home 433 00:22:55,835 --> 00:22:58,129 near this sleepy mountain town? 434 00:22:58,213 --> 00:23:00,966 The news rocks the whole community. 435 00:23:01,049 --> 00:23:02,676 ♪♪ 436 00:23:02,759 --> 00:23:04,886 [Levi Stallings] Murders are very rare in Flagstaff. 437 00:23:05,595 --> 00:23:08,014 And to have a murder happen 438 00:23:08,098 --> 00:23:10,559 I think was both shocking and disturbing 439 00:23:10,642 --> 00:23:12,519 to a lot of people. 440 00:23:13,311 --> 00:23:16,773 My name is Levi Stallings, and I was the videographer 441 00:23:16,856 --> 00:23:19,776 for the murder trial of Sasha Krause. 442 00:23:20,860 --> 00:23:23,154 Somebody who kills somebody like Sasha 443 00:23:23,238 --> 00:23:26,741 I can only see as an extremely evil individual. 444 00:23:28,451 --> 00:23:31,746 ♪♪ 445 00:23:31,830 --> 00:23:35,959 [narrator] Strangely, the medical examiner can't find evidence of sexual assault 446 00:23:36,042 --> 00:23:38,211 despite her missing underwear. 447 00:23:38,295 --> 00:23:41,256 What could be the motive for such a crime? 448 00:23:41,339 --> 00:23:43,174 ♪♪ 449 00:23:43,258 --> 00:23:47,220 When we didn't find any evidence of a sexual abuse, 450 00:23:47,304 --> 00:23:49,514 where's the crime of opportunity? 451 00:23:49,598 --> 00:23:50,640 There's not one. 452 00:23:52,017 --> 00:23:54,603 Why would you take someone that far? 453 00:23:54,686 --> 00:23:56,187 Why? Because people don't wanna get caught. 454 00:23:56,271 --> 00:23:58,481 [narrator] Detective Strang and his team 455 00:23:58,565 --> 00:24:01,735 bring Sam Coon, Sasha's boss, back in for questioning. 456 00:24:02,736 --> 00:24:05,280 Last time they spoke with him, he broke down crying, 457 00:24:05,363 --> 00:24:07,282 raising the obvious question. 458 00:24:07,365 --> 00:24:09,826 Did he have an inappropriate relationship 459 00:24:09,910 --> 00:24:12,579 with his brilliant young protege? 460 00:24:29,888 --> 00:24:32,307 [narrator] Detectives don't buy his story, 461 00:24:32,390 --> 00:24:34,267 so they check his cell phone records. 462 00:24:34,351 --> 00:24:35,894 They're surprised to learn that... 463 00:24:37,103 --> 00:24:38,980 he's telling the truth. 464 00:24:39,064 --> 00:24:40,565 ♪♪ 465 00:24:40,649 --> 00:24:44,903 [Ammon] That data showed that Sam Coon was traveling in a different direction. 466 00:24:46,154 --> 00:24:50,033 It actually corroborated his account about where he was that night 467 00:24:50,116 --> 00:24:53,662 and gave him an alibi, and that was irrefutable. 468 00:24:55,747 --> 00:24:57,999 [narrator] Now that Coon is no longer a suspect, 469 00:24:58,083 --> 00:24:59,626 the investigators start listening more closely 470 00:24:59,709 --> 00:25:02,546 to his theories. 471 00:25:18,520 --> 00:25:19,604 ♪♪ 472 00:25:19,688 --> 00:25:22,107 [narrator] Coon explains that since Sasha enjoyed writing, 473 00:25:22,190 --> 00:25:24,025 she spent hours each day 474 00:25:24,109 --> 00:25:26,987 reaching out to people in disenfranchised communities, 475 00:25:27,070 --> 00:25:29,906 and some of those people were inmates. 476 00:25:30,699 --> 00:25:32,325 [Steven] One thing that we learned is 477 00:25:32,409 --> 00:25:35,829 one of Sasha's duties was an outreach program 478 00:25:35,912 --> 00:25:38,081 that was done from the Mennonite community 479 00:25:38,164 --> 00:25:39,624 to the prison system. 480 00:25:39,708 --> 00:25:42,586 We considered the fact that what if this was someone 481 00:25:42,669 --> 00:25:44,504 in that system that wanted to harm her? 482 00:25:44,588 --> 00:25:45,964 [gate clanging] 483 00:25:46,047 --> 00:25:47,799 [narrator] The San Juan Detention Center 484 00:25:47,883 --> 00:25:50,677 is less than four miles from Lamp and Light, 485 00:25:50,760 --> 00:25:53,680 and it houses thousands of possible suspects. 486 00:25:54,097 --> 00:25:56,641 Did one of them become obsessed with Sasha, 487 00:25:56,725 --> 00:26:00,103 and, upon release, steal her away in the middle of the night? 488 00:26:00,186 --> 00:26:02,188 ♪♪ 489 00:26:03,189 --> 00:26:05,567 [♪ somber music playing] 490 00:26:05,650 --> 00:26:09,529 [Steven] And so, we found all of these letters within her room. 491 00:26:10,822 --> 00:26:14,200 We don't find anything in those letters 492 00:26:14,284 --> 00:26:16,620 that sends us down the road that 493 00:26:16,703 --> 00:26:18,455 there has been someone from the prison system 494 00:26:18,538 --> 00:26:20,206 who wished to do harm. 495 00:26:20,290 --> 00:26:23,752 So again, now we're dead-ended again, and we're like, "Okay, where else? 496 00:26:23,835 --> 00:26:26,671 What other possibilities could-could come into play here?" 497 00:26:26,755 --> 00:26:28,590 ♪♪ 498 00:26:28,673 --> 00:26:31,051 [narrator] The detectives go back to the cell phone tower logs, 499 00:26:31,134 --> 00:26:33,345 thinking that maybe they missed something. 500 00:26:33,428 --> 00:26:35,430 ♪♪ 501 00:26:35,513 --> 00:26:39,017 They analyze the cell towers all along Sasha's known route 502 00:26:39,100 --> 00:26:43,647 and miraculously discover one other phone pinging in tandem 503 00:26:43,730 --> 00:26:45,982 until her phone goes dead. 504 00:26:46,316 --> 00:26:48,235 ♪♪ 505 00:26:48,318 --> 00:26:50,820 I remember getting a phone call from detectives, 506 00:26:50,904 --> 00:26:54,199 and they said, "Sheriff, uh, we got all the tower dumps back. 507 00:26:54,282 --> 00:26:57,327 We've went through all the data, and there's one number that matches." 508 00:26:57,410 --> 00:26:58,411 ♪♪ 509 00:26:58,495 --> 00:27:00,163 [narrator] The matching number is traveling 510 00:27:00,247 --> 00:27:03,708 at the same rate and the same time as Sasha's cell phone. 511 00:27:04,709 --> 00:27:06,711 This means someone was with her. 512 00:27:08,046 --> 00:27:10,882 Investigators track the number to a 21-year-old 513 00:27:10,966 --> 00:27:13,552 Air Force mechanic named Mark Gooch. 514 00:27:13,635 --> 00:27:16,012 [jet engine roars] 515 00:27:18,348 --> 00:27:20,850 Mark Gooch was enlisted in the Air Force. 516 00:27:20,934 --> 00:27:23,103 He was stationed within Phoenix. 517 00:27:23,853 --> 00:27:27,691 [narrator] Detective Strang's team joins forces with the Flagstaff PD 518 00:27:27,774 --> 00:27:31,069 and travels to the Air Force base to question the airman. 519 00:27:31,152 --> 00:27:32,612 ♪♪ 520 00:27:32,696 --> 00:27:36,157 And he at first believes that he's being called in 521 00:27:36,241 --> 00:27:40,287 because he was speeding on his bike, on his motorcycle. 522 00:27:49,170 --> 00:27:53,425 [narrator] To detectives, Mark just doesn't fit the profile of a predator. 523 00:27:53,508 --> 00:27:56,511 People who enlist in the military take an oath 524 00:27:56,595 --> 00:27:58,138 the same way in law enforcement does, 525 00:27:58,221 --> 00:28:00,932 and Mark had dedicated his life to serving 526 00:28:01,016 --> 00:28:03,101 for the betterment of the community and country. 527 00:28:03,852 --> 00:28:04,936 ♪♪ 528 00:28:05,020 --> 00:28:08,523 [narrator] But then, he tells them something that takes them by surprise. 529 00:28:18,199 --> 00:28:19,284 ♪♪ 530 00:28:37,719 --> 00:28:39,804 [narrator] It seems like a big coincidence 531 00:28:39,888 --> 00:28:43,266 that both Sasha and Mark are Mennonite. 532 00:28:43,350 --> 00:28:46,686 But Mark claims he hasn't traveled out of state in the last six months. 533 00:29:01,034 --> 00:29:02,202 [exhales sharply] 534 00:29:17,842 --> 00:29:19,177 ♪♪ 535 00:29:19,261 --> 00:29:21,763 [narrator] Did he just make an innocent mistake? 536 00:29:21,846 --> 00:29:24,057 Is there a simple explanation 537 00:29:24,140 --> 00:29:26,351 for their overlapping cell phone data? 538 00:29:27,435 --> 00:29:29,688 Or is he lying through his teeth? 539 00:29:29,771 --> 00:29:32,399 -[♪ dramatic crescendo] -[thunder rumbles] 540 00:29:36,736 --> 00:29:37,988 ♪♪ 541 00:29:38,071 --> 00:29:39,781 [narrator] 21-year-old Mark Gooch 542 00:29:39,864 --> 00:29:42,742 is being questioned in the murder of Sasha Krause, 543 00:29:42,826 --> 00:29:45,745 a brilliant member of the Farmington Mennonite community. 544 00:29:46,705 --> 00:29:50,292 The detectives have just learned that Mark is also a Mennonite 545 00:29:50,375 --> 00:29:53,044 who left the church for reasons unknown. 546 00:29:53,128 --> 00:29:55,463 ♪♪ 547 00:29:55,547 --> 00:29:57,674 [wind blowing] 548 00:29:57,757 --> 00:30:00,552 [Bree] The Mennonite faith is built on 549 00:30:00,635 --> 00:30:03,680 this foundation of pacifism. 550 00:30:03,763 --> 00:30:06,516 But, when Mark Gooch turned 18, 551 00:30:06,600 --> 00:30:08,894 he opted to leave the faith 552 00:30:08,977 --> 00:30:13,356 and pretty much go to the opposite end of the spectrum 553 00:30:13,440 --> 00:30:15,442 by enlisting in the Air Force. 554 00:30:17,235 --> 00:30:19,279 [narrator] Initially, he said he wasn't in 555 00:30:19,362 --> 00:30:22,365 the Farmington area the night Sasha went missing. 556 00:30:22,449 --> 00:30:24,743 But the detectives know that's not true 557 00:30:24,826 --> 00:30:27,704 because his cell phone was pinging alongside Sasha's 558 00:30:27,787 --> 00:30:29,706 until her phone went dead. 559 00:31:12,040 --> 00:31:13,041 [glitching] 560 00:31:13,124 --> 00:31:16,753 Law enforcement pulled the surveillance footage from the base. 561 00:31:16,836 --> 00:31:18,129 ♪♪ 562 00:31:18,213 --> 00:31:22,926 And they spotted Mark arriving early in the morning 563 00:31:23,009 --> 00:31:25,804 the day after Sasha had been abducted. 564 00:31:54,457 --> 00:31:56,334 [fast forwarding] 565 00:31:56,710 --> 00:31:59,296 [narrator] This is all investigators need to hear 566 00:31:59,379 --> 00:32:01,214 to believe that Mark killed Sasha. 567 00:32:01,882 --> 00:32:04,175 They arrest him on the spot. 568 00:32:05,385 --> 00:32:07,721 But they won't be able to hold him for long 569 00:32:07,804 --> 00:32:09,890 if they can't figure out why this young man 570 00:32:09,973 --> 00:32:12,142 with a promising military career 571 00:32:12,225 --> 00:32:14,436 would target a Mennonite girl 572 00:32:14,519 --> 00:32:17,439 250 miles away. 573 00:32:17,522 --> 00:32:19,482 ♪♪ 574 00:32:19,566 --> 00:32:22,986 Once investigators really zeroed in on Mark Gooch, 575 00:32:23,945 --> 00:32:27,282 they did everything they could to learn about him. 576 00:32:27,365 --> 00:32:28,909 [jet humming] 577 00:32:28,992 --> 00:32:30,577 [narrator] Mark's military commander leads them 578 00:32:30,660 --> 00:32:34,247 to his best friend on the base, Alex Golab. 579 00:33:19,668 --> 00:33:21,002 ♪♪ 580 00:33:21,086 --> 00:33:23,004 [narrator] Alex says that Mark has three brothers, 581 00:33:23,088 --> 00:33:25,215 and even though they don't live in the same area, 582 00:33:25,298 --> 00:33:27,676 they're close. They text all the time. 583 00:33:28,677 --> 00:33:32,889 They did subpoena his cell phone records, including his text messages. 584 00:33:35,058 --> 00:33:36,685 [text bloops] 585 00:33:36,768 --> 00:33:38,853 And within those text messages, 586 00:33:38,937 --> 00:33:40,564 they found him having conversations, 587 00:33:40,647 --> 00:33:44,234 particularly with two of his brothers, 588 00:33:44,317 --> 00:33:46,361 that very quickly indicated 589 00:33:46,444 --> 00:33:48,822 a strong hate for people within the Mennonite faith. 590 00:33:49,864 --> 00:33:50,865 [phone dings] 591 00:33:52,367 --> 00:33:55,078 One of his brothers was a Virginia State trooper, 592 00:33:55,161 --> 00:33:58,957 and he texted Mark about pulling over a Mennonite family 593 00:33:59,040 --> 00:34:01,543 on their way to a wedding, and this was during the early days 594 00:34:01,626 --> 00:34:03,128 of the COVID-19 pandemic. 595 00:34:04,880 --> 00:34:08,049 Mark Gooch seemingly relished in 596 00:34:08,133 --> 00:34:10,802 the suffering of Mennonites, even Mennonites he did not know. 597 00:34:11,761 --> 00:34:13,471 [narrator] The text messages indicate 598 00:34:13,555 --> 00:34:17,434 that Mark had been surveilling Mennonites in the Phoenix area for months. 599 00:34:17,517 --> 00:34:19,644 ♪♪ 600 00:34:19,728 --> 00:34:22,564 He was using terminology like, "I'm on servo," 601 00:34:22,647 --> 00:34:24,649 which is surveillance. Why would you do that, 602 00:34:24,733 --> 00:34:25,984 and what are you planning? 603 00:34:26,067 --> 00:34:28,278 [♪ dramatic crescendo] 604 00:34:28,904 --> 00:34:30,697 [narrator] The investigators are now convinced 605 00:34:30,780 --> 00:34:33,700 that Mark targeted Sasha because of her religion. 606 00:34:34,743 --> 00:34:38,163 But just because they believe that, doesn't mean they can prove it. 607 00:34:38,246 --> 00:34:40,123 Mark has no history of violence, 608 00:34:40,206 --> 00:34:43,627 and there's no obvious reason he's targeting Mennonites. 609 00:34:45,462 --> 00:34:48,048 We did not find any DNA in this case. 610 00:34:48,131 --> 00:34:49,549 ♪♪ 611 00:34:49,633 --> 00:34:54,471 We know that Sasha was killed with a .22 caliber gun 612 00:34:54,554 --> 00:34:56,556 because the medical examiner's office found 613 00:34:56,640 --> 00:34:58,642 a .22 caliber round 614 00:34:58,725 --> 00:35:01,811 lodged in her head near her neck. 615 00:35:02,270 --> 00:35:04,689 And it wasn't until later that police found 616 00:35:04,773 --> 00:35:07,567 that Mark Gooch had taken 617 00:35:07,651 --> 00:35:10,820 his .22 caliber rifle to a friend 618 00:35:10,904 --> 00:35:14,449 that lived off base to hold that weapon for him. 619 00:35:15,075 --> 00:35:16,952 [narrator] When they tracked down his rifle, 620 00:35:17,035 --> 00:35:21,081 they're one step closer to finding the truth of what happened to Sasha. 621 00:35:21,164 --> 00:35:24,918 Tonight, ballistics confirmed that the bullet pulled from Sasha's body 622 00:35:25,001 --> 00:35:26,753 was from Gooch's gun. 623 00:35:27,254 --> 00:35:31,091 [narrator] Now, the police think they have all the pieces of the puzzle. 624 00:35:32,509 --> 00:35:34,344 For some inexplicable reason, 625 00:35:34,427 --> 00:35:37,514 Mark Gooch had been prowling the Four Corners for months, 626 00:35:37,597 --> 00:35:39,975 searching for a Mennonite person to kill. 627 00:35:40,934 --> 00:35:43,895 I think Mark Gooch was building to this point. 628 00:35:43,979 --> 00:35:45,564 ♪♪ 629 00:35:45,647 --> 00:35:48,108 There was a deep burning hatred. 630 00:35:48,191 --> 00:35:49,734 I'm convinced of that. 631 00:35:49,818 --> 00:35:51,653 [narrator] After months of hunting, 632 00:35:51,736 --> 00:35:54,155 he happens on the perfect opportunity. 633 00:35:54,239 --> 00:35:56,283 A young woman alone in the dark, 634 00:35:56,366 --> 00:35:58,368 outside an empty church. 635 00:35:58,451 --> 00:36:01,121 ♪ What came first, the devil or the curse? ♪ 636 00:36:01,204 --> 00:36:03,623 He approaches her, asking if there might be 637 00:36:03,707 --> 00:36:06,126 a Saturday night service he could attend. 638 00:36:06,209 --> 00:36:08,670 Just one Mennonite talking to another. 639 00:36:10,213 --> 00:36:13,425 He would know how to speak to someone. 640 00:36:13,508 --> 00:36:16,720 He would know how to dress appropriately, to not come off offensive. 641 00:36:16,803 --> 00:36:18,597 ♪♪ 642 00:36:18,680 --> 00:36:20,348 [Shane] Mark Gooch was laying in wait 643 00:36:20,432 --> 00:36:22,392 and found an opportunity. 644 00:36:23,184 --> 00:36:25,270 He decided to act on it that moment. 645 00:36:25,687 --> 00:36:27,272 [narrator] Once he's close enough, 646 00:36:27,355 --> 00:36:29,524 Mark overpowers Sasha, 647 00:36:29,608 --> 00:36:31,067 binds her hands, 648 00:36:31,151 --> 00:36:33,194 and throws her into the backseat of the car. 649 00:36:33,278 --> 00:36:34,654 [door slams] 650 00:36:34,738 --> 00:36:37,073 I have to imagine that Sasha's faith 651 00:36:37,157 --> 00:36:40,869 certainly helped her get through what must have been 652 00:36:40,952 --> 00:36:42,537 an extremely frightening moment. 653 00:36:42,621 --> 00:36:44,581 ♪♪ 654 00:36:44,664 --> 00:36:45,707 At some point, 655 00:36:45,790 --> 00:36:50,253 he bashed her head so hard, it caused skull fractures. 656 00:36:51,421 --> 00:36:53,924 [narrator] He drives west, looking for a place to kill her. 657 00:36:54,633 --> 00:36:57,344 But then, from the backseat, a phone rings. 658 00:36:57,427 --> 00:37:00,055 -[phone ringing] -This isn't part of the plan. 659 00:37:00,597 --> 00:37:02,599 He didn't think Sasha would have a phone, 660 00:37:02,682 --> 00:37:05,018 given Mennonite beliefs about technology. 661 00:37:05,101 --> 00:37:06,853 ♪♪ 662 00:37:07,479 --> 00:37:09,481 But it doesn't stop him. 663 00:37:10,607 --> 00:37:12,651 [Steven] He went to the National Park, in my mind, 664 00:37:12,734 --> 00:37:14,444 because that was what was convenient at the time. 665 00:37:15,028 --> 00:37:17,072 That was a necessity to not get caught. 666 00:37:18,073 --> 00:37:19,991 [Ammon] I can't imagine what she was going through, 667 00:37:20,075 --> 00:37:22,827 what that must have felt like for her, 668 00:37:22,911 --> 00:37:26,206 to be taken by a stranger 669 00:37:26,289 --> 00:37:28,917 and marched to a location 670 00:37:29,000 --> 00:37:31,378 where she was eventually shot in the back of the head. 671 00:37:31,461 --> 00:37:32,963 [echoing gunshot] 672 00:37:33,046 --> 00:37:36,508 [crickets chirping] 673 00:37:36,591 --> 00:37:37,968 ♪♪ 674 00:37:38,051 --> 00:37:39,761 [narrator] With the murder weapon in hand 675 00:37:39,844 --> 00:37:41,972 and Sasha's cell phone pings, 676 00:37:42,055 --> 00:37:45,100 investigators hope it's enough to convince a jury. 677 00:37:45,183 --> 00:37:48,103 But Mark is going to fight them to the bitter end. 678 00:37:49,145 --> 00:37:51,523 Mark Gooch has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder. 679 00:37:51,856 --> 00:37:55,569 [lawyer 1] No one saw Mark Gooch at the church area. 680 00:37:56,194 --> 00:37:59,614 No one saw Mark Gooch at or near Sasha Krause's car. 681 00:38:01,074 --> 00:38:04,786 Nobody saw Mark Gooch's car at any time. 682 00:38:05,412 --> 00:38:06,997 [narrator] Could he get away with this? 683 00:38:07,080 --> 00:38:08,915 [♪ dramatic crescendo] 684 00:38:12,043 --> 00:38:13,879 [♪ discordant music playing] 685 00:38:14,421 --> 00:38:17,424 [narrator] On September 24, 2021, 686 00:38:17,507 --> 00:38:19,593 Mark Gooch goes on trial for the kidnapping 687 00:38:19,676 --> 00:38:22,429 and first-degree murder of Sasha Krause. 688 00:38:23,847 --> 00:38:27,058 Mennonites from across the country come to witness the trial. 689 00:38:29,102 --> 00:38:31,730 [Levi] At the time, it was my biggest gig as a videographer. 690 00:38:31,813 --> 00:38:32,814 ♪♪ 691 00:38:32,898 --> 00:38:35,358 The courtroom was very calm, 692 00:38:35,442 --> 00:38:39,404 but also there was such a sense of sadness 693 00:38:39,487 --> 00:38:43,575 in a big room that I don't think I've personally seen outside of a funeral. 694 00:38:43,658 --> 00:38:45,076 [♪ somber music playing] 695 00:38:45,160 --> 00:38:48,121 [narrator] Without a confession, the prosecution needs to convince 696 00:38:48,204 --> 00:38:50,665 all 12 jurors that Mark is guilty 697 00:38:50,749 --> 00:38:53,251 using only circumstantial evidence. 698 00:38:54,127 --> 00:38:56,588 People want DNA. They watch the TV shows. 699 00:38:56,671 --> 00:38:59,549 But we didn't have that forensic evidence 700 00:38:59,633 --> 00:39:01,551 that people wanna see. 701 00:39:03,094 --> 00:39:06,848 At the surface, he might have thought it was the perfect crime, you know? 702 00:39:06,932 --> 00:39:08,183 ♪♪ 703 00:39:08,266 --> 00:39:11,811 [narrator] The prosecution has one hope at proving Mark's guilt. 704 00:39:11,895 --> 00:39:14,648 The fact that his cell phone and Sasha's phone 705 00:39:14,731 --> 00:39:18,235 were moving at the same rate in the same direction 706 00:39:18,318 --> 00:39:21,196 and at the same time the night she disappeared. 707 00:39:21,279 --> 00:39:22,322 ♪♪ 708 00:39:22,405 --> 00:39:26,117 [lawyer 2] How many devices were hitting off those towers at that time? 709 00:39:26,201 --> 00:39:30,038 There's only one device that hits all three of those locations 710 00:39:30,121 --> 00:39:32,624 and corresponds with those time periods. 711 00:39:32,707 --> 00:39:34,793 ♪♪ 712 00:39:34,876 --> 00:39:37,379 [narrator] And once Sasha's phone goes dead, 713 00:39:37,462 --> 00:39:40,715 Mark Gooch's phone tracks to 1.37 miles 714 00:39:40,799 --> 00:39:43,385 from where her body is found. 715 00:39:43,468 --> 00:39:47,013 [Sev Dishman] It passes Sunset Crater. We see it out there at 1:03. 716 00:39:48,765 --> 00:39:50,559 And then it turns around 717 00:39:50,642 --> 00:39:53,478 and comes back to the east, and we see it. 718 00:39:53,562 --> 00:39:56,690 The last time we see it is at 1:13, 719 00:39:56,773 --> 00:39:58,358 east of Sunset Crater. 720 00:39:58,775 --> 00:40:02,571 [narrator] The evidence is convincing, but will the jury agree? 721 00:40:03,863 --> 00:40:05,323 [♪ somber music playing] 722 00:40:05,407 --> 00:40:07,993 Then, after six hours of deliberation, 723 00:40:08,994 --> 00:40:10,996 the jury finds Mark... 724 00:40:11,746 --> 00:40:13,164 guilty. 725 00:40:13,248 --> 00:40:14,541 ♪♪ 726 00:40:14,624 --> 00:40:18,003 And it's Sasha's cell phone pings that helped catch her killer. 727 00:40:19,671 --> 00:40:22,841 If Sasha hadn't been so curious about life, 728 00:40:22,924 --> 00:40:26,052 so willing to keep one foot in the mainstream world, 729 00:40:26,136 --> 00:40:28,763 she wouldn't have had that phone at all. 730 00:40:28,847 --> 00:40:31,474 ♪ Are you listening? ♪ 731 00:40:34,394 --> 00:40:38,398 [Levi] I can't get inside of Mark Gooch's head, and nobody else can. 732 00:40:39,065 --> 00:40:42,485 In my subjective view, this was a religious hate crime. 733 00:40:42,569 --> 00:40:44,988 ♪♪ 734 00:40:45,071 --> 00:40:48,742 [Shane] He felt by-by targeting somebody as precious as Sasha, 735 00:40:48,825 --> 00:40:50,911 that in some way he was getting revenge 736 00:40:50,994 --> 00:40:54,289 or some type of vindication off of his experiences 737 00:40:54,372 --> 00:40:55,999 with the Mennonite community when he was younger. 738 00:40:56,082 --> 00:40:58,460 [muffled chatter] 739 00:40:58,543 --> 00:41:00,587 [narrator] In an act of supreme forgiveness, 740 00:41:00,670 --> 00:41:02,839 Sasha's parents ask the judge 741 00:41:02,923 --> 00:41:06,218 to take the death sentence off of the table, 742 00:41:06,301 --> 00:41:09,888 and Gooch is sentenced to life in prison. 743 00:41:10,805 --> 00:41:14,434 That's another aspect of forgiveness, is to realize that justice will be done. 744 00:41:14,517 --> 00:41:16,645 You know, there is not evil 745 00:41:16,728 --> 00:41:19,856 that will be let loose without being rectified 746 00:41:19,940 --> 00:41:22,817 because God, God hates to see people hurt. 747 00:41:23,693 --> 00:41:26,404 And if we, we get angry when we see injustice, 748 00:41:26,488 --> 00:41:28,490 we get that from our Creator, you know? 749 00:41:29,449 --> 00:41:31,201 Um... but 750 00:41:31,284 --> 00:41:35,956 I cannot rectify wrong by choosing wrong. 751 00:41:36,039 --> 00:41:37,582 [emotional sigh] 752 00:41:38,166 --> 00:41:39,501 ♪♪ 753 00:41:39,584 --> 00:41:43,755 Certainly, this case wouldn't have been resolved, 754 00:41:43,838 --> 00:41:47,926 uh, the way it did without that cell phone data. 755 00:41:49,219 --> 00:41:52,222 If Sasha didn't have that cell phone with her 756 00:41:52,305 --> 00:41:54,432 at the time she was abducted, 757 00:41:54,516 --> 00:41:57,102 I'm not sure we'd ever find out who did this. 758 00:41:57,185 --> 00:42:00,689 ♪ I can feel you, too ♪ 759 00:42:05,860 --> 00:42:09,072 ♪ I don't know where my head is lately ♪ 760 00:42:09,155 --> 00:42:11,533 ♪ Have I lost my mind? ♪ 761 00:42:11,616 --> 00:42:14,619 ♪♪ 762 00:42:19,332 --> 00:42:22,752 ♪ But I know that I have a secret ♪ 763 00:42:22,836 --> 00:42:25,130 ♪ That is only mine ♪ 764 00:42:25,380 --> 00:42:27,382 [♪ vocalizing] 765 00:42:32,929 --> 00:42:36,308 ♪ And the only way to find it ♪ 766 00:42:36,391 --> 00:42:40,061 ♪ Is to go beneath the lies ♪ 767 00:42:41,897 --> 00:42:43,106 [♪ song fades out]