1 00:00:00,250 --> 00:00:02,544 (tense music) 2 00:00:05,964 --> 00:00:08,216 - [Narrator] She was supposed to meet a friend 3 00:00:08,216 --> 00:00:11,219 to go play outside after school, 4 00:00:11,219 --> 00:00:13,346 but where is Christine Jessop? 5 00:00:13,346 --> 00:00:15,765 - The pain is unendurable. 6 00:00:15,765 --> 00:00:17,684 The worst part is not knowing. 7 00:00:17,684 --> 00:00:20,854 - [Narrator] A nation is gripped by her disappearance. 8 00:00:20,854 --> 00:00:24,733 - They were convinced they had the right person at the time, 9 00:00:25,608 --> 00:00:27,360 and that's what they went with. 10 00:00:27,360 --> 00:00:32,281 - Fiber analysis is not a precise measuring tool. 11 00:00:32,281 --> 00:00:36,161 There's a greater risk of misinterpretation. 12 00:00:37,746 --> 00:00:39,873 - [Narrator] It takes 21st-century investigative technology 13 00:00:39,873 --> 00:00:43,168 to finally get close to the real killer. 14 00:00:44,836 --> 00:00:48,131 - The advancements into genealogy started to come into play. 15 00:00:49,340 --> 00:00:52,886 This takes months, sometimes years 16 00:00:52,886 --> 00:00:54,054 to get the results back. 17 00:00:54,054 --> 00:00:55,889 It was a waiting game. 18 00:00:55,889 --> 00:00:57,891 - [Narrator] A game that hopefully would bring justice down 19 00:00:57,891 --> 00:01:01,227 on the killer and some kind of closure 20 00:01:01,227 --> 00:01:03,354 in the tragic Christine Jessop case. 21 00:01:03,354 --> 00:01:07,066 (tense music continues) 22 00:01:08,943 --> 00:01:12,489 - The unsolved ones. We have to stand up. 23 00:01:12,489 --> 00:01:16,450 - And approach these cases in a way outside the box. 24 00:01:16,450 --> 00:01:18,578 - Let the world know is those out there 25 00:01:18,578 --> 00:01:20,288 that did commit a murder, 26 00:01:20,288 --> 00:01:21,831 you know, there are people that are coming after you. 27 00:01:21,831 --> 00:01:23,583 - There's just a lotta good people trying 28 00:01:23,583 --> 00:01:25,418 to do the right thing. 29 00:01:25,418 --> 00:01:26,753 - Because it's something 30 00:01:26,753 --> 00:01:28,296 that you have to be passionate about. 31 00:01:28,296 --> 00:01:31,382 - Solve this, bring some peace to the family, at least. 32 00:01:31,382 --> 00:01:33,009 Just doing my job. 33 00:01:33,009 --> 00:01:36,513 (tense music continues) 34 00:01:41,142 --> 00:01:43,436 - [Narrator] October 3rd, 1984. 35 00:01:43,436 --> 00:01:45,188 Queensville, Ontario, 36 00:01:45,188 --> 00:01:47,524 39 miles north of Toronto. 37 00:01:48,691 --> 00:01:51,402 Sometime between 7:00 and 8:00 PM, 38 00:01:51,402 --> 00:01:53,988 Janet Jessop calls police 39 00:01:53,988 --> 00:01:56,658 to report that her daughter hasn't come home 40 00:01:56,658 --> 00:01:58,326 from school yet. 41 00:01:58,326 --> 00:02:01,329 - There's no such thing as an Amber Alert in 1984. 42 00:02:01,329 --> 00:02:04,499 So when young Christine Jessop disappears 43 00:02:04,499 --> 00:02:08,169 from her home near the largest city in Canada, 44 00:02:08,169 --> 00:02:11,214 the search for her grabs the attention of the country. 45 00:02:13,883 --> 00:02:16,803 - [Narrator] Queensville, Ontario, Canada. 46 00:02:16,803 --> 00:02:20,723 This sleepy village an hour's drive north of Toronto 47 00:02:20,723 --> 00:02:22,809 is home to about 400 people. 48 00:02:24,144 --> 00:02:25,645 - It's the early 80s. 49 00:02:25,645 --> 00:02:27,564 Kids are given more freedom. (tense music continues) 50 00:02:27,564 --> 00:02:31,151 Parents let them go free and play outside. 51 00:02:31,151 --> 00:02:32,526 Come home when you're ready. 52 00:02:32,526 --> 00:02:34,404 Even play in a local cemetery. 53 00:02:37,115 --> 00:02:39,576 - [Narrator] Janet Jessop and her son, Kenny, 54 00:02:39,576 --> 00:02:42,203 return home from visiting Bob Jessop, 55 00:02:42,203 --> 00:02:44,956 who is in jail for misappropriating funds 56 00:02:44,956 --> 00:02:47,208 from elderly friends of the family. 57 00:02:48,501 --> 00:02:50,294 - When Janet Jessop and her son, Kenny, get home, 58 00:02:50,294 --> 00:02:53,006 they expect to see Christine there. 59 00:02:53,006 --> 00:02:56,550 (tense music continues) 60 00:02:56,550 --> 00:02:58,178 - Janet expects to find 61 00:02:58,178 --> 00:03:00,555 her nine-year-old daughter, Christine, 62 00:03:00,555 --> 00:03:01,973 but Christine's not home. 63 00:03:06,227 --> 00:03:07,687 - A mother's going to worry, 64 00:03:07,687 --> 00:03:09,397 but Janet knows Christine had plans 65 00:03:09,397 --> 00:03:11,232 to play with her friend, Leslie. 66 00:03:11,232 --> 00:03:12,567 So she's not worried yet. 67 00:03:13,735 --> 00:03:15,570 (gentle music) 68 00:03:15,570 --> 00:03:18,531 - [Narrator] To her family, she's known as Chrissy. 69 00:03:18,531 --> 00:03:20,825 Chrissy is a spunky, adventurous kid 70 00:03:20,825 --> 00:03:22,785 who loves playing outside. 71 00:03:23,912 --> 00:03:26,497 She's a vivacious, happy, sensitive kid, 72 00:03:26,497 --> 00:03:29,375 and her family says she wouldn't harm a fly. 73 00:03:30,668 --> 00:03:32,337 Chrissy loves animals, 74 00:03:32,337 --> 00:03:34,589 especially her pet beagle, Freckles, 75 00:03:34,589 --> 00:03:37,842 and her frog Harold, who she keeps in the basement. 76 00:03:39,135 --> 00:03:41,596 - Christine's family says she loves baseball in school, 77 00:03:41,596 --> 00:03:43,306 as well as playing with dolls 78 00:03:43,306 --> 00:03:45,892 or spending hours at the local playground 79 00:03:45,892 --> 00:03:47,602 or nearby cemetery. 80 00:03:49,771 --> 00:03:51,356 (tense music) 81 00:03:51,356 --> 00:03:53,024 - Janet knows that Christine planned 82 00:03:53,024 --> 00:03:55,693 to play with her friend, Leslie Chipman, that day. 83 00:03:55,693 --> 00:03:58,404 But as time goes by, she calls her parents 84 00:03:59,739 --> 00:04:02,116 and finds that she never met with Leslie. 85 00:04:03,451 --> 00:04:05,161 - [Narrator] Police quickly piece together a timeline 86 00:04:05,161 --> 00:04:08,873 of the hours leading up to Janet's phone call. 87 00:04:08,873 --> 00:04:11,167 Christine gets off the school bus 88 00:04:11,167 --> 00:04:13,419 with a plan to meet her friend, Leslie, 89 00:04:13,419 --> 00:04:16,505 at the nearby park around four o'clock. 90 00:04:17,674 --> 00:04:19,467 It's an exciting day for Christine 91 00:04:19,467 --> 00:04:22,762 because the music teacher has handed out recorders, 92 00:04:22,762 --> 00:04:25,932 something she can show off to her friends and family. 93 00:04:27,308 --> 00:04:30,853 She leaves her backpack along with the household mail 94 00:04:30,853 --> 00:04:32,647 on the kitchen counter. 95 00:04:32,647 --> 00:04:35,984 (tense music continues) 96 00:04:36,734 --> 00:04:38,945 Christine heads out on her bike 97 00:04:38,945 --> 00:04:41,154 to the general store not far away. 98 00:04:43,408 --> 00:04:44,701 - A witness tells police 99 00:04:44,701 --> 00:04:46,202 that Christine went to a local store 100 00:04:46,202 --> 00:04:49,747 and bought gum sometime between 4:00 and 4:30. 101 00:04:50,915 --> 00:04:52,416 - [Narrator] Janet Jessop tells police 102 00:04:52,416 --> 00:04:54,252 they arrive home from visiting her husband 103 00:04:54,252 --> 00:04:57,672 in prison at about 4:10 PM. 104 00:04:57,672 --> 00:04:59,257 - The timeline's really important here 105 00:04:59,257 --> 00:05:00,675 because there are overlaps 106 00:05:00,675 --> 00:05:02,427 where Christine could be really close 107 00:05:02,427 --> 00:05:04,095 or she could be long gone. (tense music continues) 108 00:05:04,095 --> 00:05:05,805 So every minute counts 109 00:05:05,805 --> 00:05:09,058 and people are guessing what time they did or saw something. 110 00:05:10,267 --> 00:05:12,979 - [Narrator] 3:50, Christine gets off the bus. 111 00:05:12,979 --> 00:05:16,357 Four o'clock, Leslie waits at the park. 112 00:05:16,357 --> 00:05:19,902 4:00 to 4:30, Christine buys gum. 113 00:05:20,695 --> 00:05:23,323 4:10, Jessops arrive home. 114 00:05:25,575 --> 00:05:27,785 After weeks of desperately searching, 115 00:05:27,785 --> 00:05:30,788 Christine Jessop is nowhere to be found. 116 00:05:30,788 --> 00:05:32,206 (tense music continues) 117 00:05:32,206 --> 00:05:35,043 Police set up a command center at the local fire hall. 118 00:05:37,086 --> 00:05:40,630 Janet relies on the comfort of a family friend, 119 00:05:40,630 --> 00:05:43,426 Heather Hoover, until Bob is released 120 00:05:43,426 --> 00:05:45,636 from jail on compassionate grounds. 121 00:05:45,636 --> 00:05:47,221 (tense music continues) 122 00:05:47,221 --> 00:05:50,391 - Thanksgiving passes, then Halloween, then Christmas, 123 00:05:50,391 --> 00:05:52,101 and still police don't have any answers 124 00:05:52,101 --> 00:05:53,686 for the suffering family. (tense music continues) 125 00:05:53,686 --> 00:05:55,313 The worst part is not knowing. 126 00:05:56,481 --> 00:06:00,693 The pain is unendurable. (tense music continues) 127 00:06:00,693 --> 00:06:03,988 - [Narrator] An hour's drive away and months later, 128 00:06:03,988 --> 00:06:07,075 the answer no one wants to know is discovered. 129 00:06:07,075 --> 00:06:08,701 (tense music continues) 130 00:06:08,701 --> 00:06:11,704 December 31st, 1984. 131 00:06:11,704 --> 00:06:13,373 Sunderland, Ontario. 132 00:06:14,791 --> 00:06:17,168 Fred Patterson calls for his dog 133 00:06:17,168 --> 00:06:20,380 as he walks through the wooded property next to his home. 134 00:06:21,214 --> 00:06:23,132 His two daughters are with him 135 00:06:23,132 --> 00:06:25,051 when they stumble upon a gruesome scene. 136 00:06:25,051 --> 00:06:26,928 (tense music continues) 137 00:06:26,928 --> 00:06:29,764 - He thinks he sees a pile of garbage in this wooded area, 138 00:06:29,764 --> 00:06:31,057 which is unusual. 139 00:06:31,849 --> 00:06:33,767 He moves closer to inspect it 140 00:06:33,767 --> 00:06:36,813 and finds it's the body of a young child. 141 00:06:37,980 --> 00:06:40,900 - [Narrator] Fred Patterson calls the police. 142 00:06:40,900 --> 00:06:42,693 (tense music continues) 143 00:06:42,693 --> 00:06:44,570 - It's an awful scene. 144 00:06:44,570 --> 00:06:45,904 Even the most seasoned police officer 145 00:06:45,904 --> 00:06:48,741 is gonna be disturbed coming upon it. 146 00:06:48,741 --> 00:06:50,618 Some time has passed, 147 00:06:50,618 --> 00:06:52,577 decomposition has taken place, 148 00:06:52,577 --> 00:06:54,414 and animals have gotten to the body. 149 00:06:55,832 --> 00:06:57,750 It's a hard scene to describe. 150 00:06:57,750 --> 00:06:59,710 (tense music continues) 151 00:06:59,710 --> 00:07:02,171 - [Narrator] Not far from the girl's body, 152 00:07:02,171 --> 00:07:04,048 police find a recorder 153 00:07:04,048 --> 00:07:07,009 with the name Christine Jessop written on it, 154 00:07:07,009 --> 00:07:08,761 confirming their fears. 155 00:07:10,054 --> 00:07:11,806 They have found Christine Jessop. 156 00:07:11,806 --> 00:07:14,183 (tense music continues) 157 00:07:14,183 --> 00:07:18,229 - Christine's remains are badly decomposed. 158 00:07:18,229 --> 00:07:21,941 She has been stabbed multiple times in the chest, 159 00:07:21,941 --> 00:07:25,820 some of which are deep enough to sever the vertebrae. 160 00:07:25,820 --> 00:07:27,572 (tense music continues) 161 00:07:27,572 --> 00:07:31,701 Her underwear is found beside her right foot. 162 00:07:31,701 --> 00:07:35,788 She's been sexually assaulted and then stabbed to death. 163 00:07:37,081 --> 00:07:38,624 - [Narrator] Christine is laid to rest 164 00:07:38,624 --> 00:07:40,960 in the cemetery where she used to play, 165 00:07:40,960 --> 00:07:43,504 not far from her family home. 166 00:07:43,504 --> 00:07:47,258 - The attention of an entire nation is bearing down on them. 167 00:07:47,258 --> 00:07:48,843 The family is desperate 168 00:07:48,843 --> 00:07:51,012 to know who did this to their little girl. 169 00:07:51,012 --> 00:07:53,473 (tense music continues) 170 00:07:53,473 --> 00:07:55,057 - This case has the attention of a nation 171 00:07:55,057 --> 00:07:57,852 and a family desperate for answers. 172 00:07:57,852 --> 00:07:58,853 The pressure is on police. 173 00:07:58,853 --> 00:08:01,230 (tense music continues) 174 00:08:01,230 --> 00:08:03,357 Police are gonna use every tool at their disposal 175 00:08:03,357 --> 00:08:04,984 to find the killer, 176 00:08:04,984 --> 00:08:07,487 especially if there's a chance that they could strike again. 177 00:08:09,113 --> 00:08:11,991 - [Narrator] Ontario police get assistance 178 00:08:11,991 --> 00:08:14,619 from their southern neighbors at the FBI 179 00:08:16,037 --> 00:08:17,997 who send criminal profilers north 180 00:08:17,997 --> 00:08:19,957 to help develop a possible profile 181 00:08:19,957 --> 00:08:22,001 for the man they're after. 182 00:08:22,001 --> 00:08:23,377 At the same time, 183 00:08:23,377 --> 00:08:25,338 they employ the best forensic tools 184 00:08:25,338 --> 00:08:27,006 that they have available. 185 00:08:27,006 --> 00:08:28,341 (tense music continues) 186 00:08:28,341 --> 00:08:32,303 - In 1985, the cutting edge-forensic technology 187 00:08:32,303 --> 00:08:35,097 is the study of trace evidence. 188 00:08:35,097 --> 00:08:38,142 Fibers from fabric and hairs. 189 00:08:39,268 --> 00:08:41,270 - [Narrator] Police retrieve a single black hair 190 00:08:41,270 --> 00:08:46,526 from Christine's necklace, which may belong to her attacker, 191 00:08:47,777 --> 00:08:49,237 along with the fibers they believe could be 192 00:08:49,237 --> 00:08:52,030 from clothing the attacker wears. 193 00:08:52,030 --> 00:08:54,033 (tense music continues) 194 00:08:54,033 --> 00:08:56,994 - Law enforcement would have collected all of the clothing 195 00:08:56,994 --> 00:09:00,039 and a plastic recorder found at the scene. 196 00:09:00,039 --> 00:09:02,124 They would also have the autopsy results, 197 00:09:02,124 --> 00:09:04,293 combined with numerous interviews 198 00:09:04,293 --> 00:09:07,088 and an FBI profile would be developed. 199 00:09:07,088 --> 00:09:10,258 (tense music continues) 200 00:09:10,258 --> 00:09:13,177 - [Narrator] The profile, created by the FBI 201 00:09:13,177 --> 00:09:15,304 with all the information provided to them 202 00:09:15,304 --> 00:09:17,223 by the regional police, 203 00:09:17,223 --> 00:09:19,559 describes a man who is young. 204 00:09:20,226 --> 00:09:21,894 He would be known to Christine 205 00:09:21,894 --> 00:09:24,522 so she would trust him enough to go with him. 206 00:09:24,522 --> 00:09:27,775 - Elizabeth was visiting her therapist. 207 00:09:29,193 --> 00:09:30,945 and who knew there was an opportunity 208 00:09:30,945 --> 00:09:33,739 to take Christine while there was no one home. 209 00:09:33,739 --> 00:09:34,740 (tense music continues) 210 00:09:34,740 --> 00:09:36,242 - The profile suggests 211 00:09:36,242 --> 00:09:38,995 this person may have already spoken with police 212 00:09:38,995 --> 00:09:40,371 and possibly helped in the search 213 00:09:40,371 --> 00:09:42,164 to look like they are cooperating 214 00:09:42,164 --> 00:09:45,042 and deflect suspicion from themselves. 215 00:09:45,042 --> 00:09:48,212 Investigators see a man who may fit the FBI profile 216 00:09:48,212 --> 00:09:50,172 in some ways. (tense music continues) 217 00:09:50,172 --> 00:09:54,010 - [Narrator] With pressure on the police, a suspect emerges. 218 00:09:54,010 --> 00:09:57,138 A man who lives just next door. 219 00:09:57,138 --> 00:09:58,681 - The more they look at him, 220 00:09:58,681 --> 00:10:01,225 the better the evidence seems to fall into place. 221 00:10:02,351 --> 00:10:03,894 They're convinced they've got their man. 222 00:10:03,894 --> 00:10:05,354 (tense music continues) 223 00:10:05,354 --> 00:10:08,274 - [Narrator] Police zero in on the neighbor 224 00:10:08,274 --> 00:10:10,610 with hopes in finding some answers. 225 00:10:11,986 --> 00:10:13,946 His name is Guy Paul Morin. 226 00:10:13,946 --> 00:10:17,491 (tense music continues) 227 00:10:18,618 --> 00:10:21,287 (eerie music) 228 00:10:23,664 --> 00:10:26,458 (tense music) 229 00:10:29,462 --> 00:10:34,133 A three-month search for missing Christine Jessop ends 230 00:10:34,133 --> 00:10:35,926 with a nightmarish discovery. 231 00:10:37,303 --> 00:10:39,138 Christine's body is discovered 232 00:10:39,138 --> 00:10:44,477 in a wooded area far from home and brutalized. 233 00:10:47,104 --> 00:10:51,232 Ontario police enlist the help of FBI profilers 234 00:10:51,232 --> 00:10:55,154 as they work urgently to find Christine Jessop's killer. 235 00:10:55,154 --> 00:10:57,155 (tense music continues) 236 00:10:57,155 --> 00:10:59,075 - It's 1985. 237 00:10:59,075 --> 00:11:03,037 The state-of-the-art tool for analyzing trace evidence 238 00:11:03,037 --> 00:11:05,581 is a really good microscope. 239 00:11:07,166 --> 00:11:10,628 - [Narrator] Police find a hair not belonging to Christine 240 00:11:10,628 --> 00:11:12,505 in the necklace she wears, 241 00:11:12,505 --> 00:11:15,800 along with fibers that could be from the killer's clothing. 242 00:11:19,011 --> 00:11:22,473 But police believe they already have their killer. 243 00:11:22,473 --> 00:11:26,184 The Jessops' next door neighbor, Guy Paul Morin, 244 00:11:26,184 --> 00:11:29,605 fits the profile supplied by the FBI 245 00:11:29,605 --> 00:11:35,069 of a young man with strange behaviors and low education. 246 00:11:36,487 --> 00:11:38,739 - The investigators are constantly under pressure 247 00:11:38,739 --> 00:11:42,368 to have answers to solve the case, 248 00:11:42,368 --> 00:11:46,831 to reassure the public that everything is being done, 249 00:11:46,831 --> 00:11:49,833 and to bring someone to answer 250 00:11:49,833 --> 00:11:53,129 for killing an innocent child. 251 00:11:53,129 --> 00:11:54,755 (tense music continues) 252 00:11:54,755 --> 00:11:57,883 Plus, there's also their own internal pressures 253 00:11:57,883 --> 00:12:00,177 as well that are, you know, emotional on them 254 00:12:00,177 --> 00:12:02,763 as well as the investigators wanting to solve the case 255 00:12:02,763 --> 00:12:06,225 and find out who's responsible for murdering a child. 256 00:12:06,225 --> 00:12:09,562 Like that's an enormous amount of pressure 257 00:12:09,562 --> 00:12:12,565 to place on someone to solve these cases. 258 00:12:13,566 --> 00:12:15,860 But at the same time, the pressure is there, 259 00:12:15,860 --> 00:12:17,653 but the pressure also motivates them 260 00:12:17,653 --> 00:12:23,159 to work and work and work and find the person responsible. 261 00:12:24,243 --> 00:12:26,412 (tense music continues) 262 00:12:26,412 --> 00:12:28,330 - The strategy for investigators is 263 00:12:28,330 --> 00:12:30,624 to use interviews and the FBI profile 264 00:12:30,624 --> 00:12:32,460 to find persons of interest, 265 00:12:32,460 --> 00:12:35,921 then use the physical evidence to confirm their suspicions. 266 00:12:36,922 --> 00:12:39,759 - [Narrator] 25-year-old Guy Paul Morin 267 00:12:39,759 --> 00:12:41,761 is brought in for questioning. 268 00:12:43,345 --> 00:12:45,639 He hasn't participated in the searches for Christine 269 00:12:45,639 --> 00:12:48,851 and doesn't attend the funeral or wake for her. 270 00:12:48,851 --> 00:12:50,977 He generally keeps to himself, 271 00:12:50,977 --> 00:12:52,980 fixing things around the house. 272 00:12:52,980 --> 00:12:55,982 He strikes police as suspicious. 273 00:12:58,402 --> 00:13:00,321 - When police ask Guy Paul Morin 274 00:13:00,321 --> 00:13:01,822 about what he thought of Christine, 275 00:13:01,822 --> 00:13:04,909 he says she was, "Sweet and innocent." 276 00:13:06,202 --> 00:13:07,535 And then he says, 277 00:13:07,535 --> 00:13:09,413 "But they sometimes grow to be corrupt." 278 00:13:09,413 --> 00:13:10,956 (tense music continues) 279 00:13:10,956 --> 00:13:13,918 - [Narrator] Guy Paul Morin doesn't have a criminal record 280 00:13:13,918 --> 00:13:16,170 and doesn't smoke or drink, 281 00:13:16,170 --> 00:13:19,173 but police believe he fits the profile 282 00:13:19,173 --> 00:13:21,801 and focus their investigation on him. 283 00:13:23,344 --> 00:13:26,388 Police discover that Morin had worked his shift 284 00:13:26,388 --> 00:13:29,475 at a furniture factory south of Queensville 285 00:13:29,475 --> 00:13:31,477 the day Christine disappeared. 286 00:13:31,477 --> 00:13:33,354 (tense music continues) (clock ticking) 287 00:13:33,354 --> 00:13:36,899 He punches out at 3:32 PM. 288 00:13:38,567 --> 00:13:40,653 Police determine that the soonest Guy Paul Morin 289 00:13:40,653 --> 00:13:44,865 could have been in Queensville his 4:14 PM. 290 00:13:46,617 --> 00:13:48,285 - This doesn't quite fit 291 00:13:48,285 --> 00:13:51,914 the timeline police have established, but it is close. 292 00:13:53,207 --> 00:13:55,501 Police go back to the Jessops to confirm 293 00:13:55,501 --> 00:13:58,587 they returned home at 4:10. (tense music continues) 294 00:13:58,587 --> 00:14:01,381 - [Narrator] After talking it over with police, 295 00:14:01,381 --> 00:14:05,094 the Jessops changed the timing to a general range 296 00:14:05,094 --> 00:14:06,971 that makes sense to police. 297 00:14:07,972 --> 00:14:09,723 - All those timelines came into place 298 00:14:09,723 --> 00:14:12,142 when they were looking at persons of interest or suspects 299 00:14:12,142 --> 00:14:15,437 that try and determine why that location 300 00:14:16,647 --> 00:14:19,024 and whether or not it would fit a timeline. 301 00:14:20,234 --> 00:14:22,611 - Guy Paul Morin fits their profile. 302 00:14:22,611 --> 00:14:23,737 And according to their timeline, 303 00:14:23,737 --> 00:14:25,948 he had the opportunity. 304 00:14:25,948 --> 00:14:27,950 Now all they need is some physical evidence. 305 00:14:27,950 --> 00:14:30,744 (tense music continues) 306 00:14:30,744 --> 00:14:33,122 - [Narrator] At his jazz band's practice, 307 00:14:33,122 --> 00:14:36,584 a band mate says her friend is doing a project 308 00:14:36,584 --> 00:14:39,837 on hair analysis for her cosmetics class 309 00:14:39,837 --> 00:14:44,592 and asks for samples from everyone in the band. 310 00:14:44,592 --> 00:14:48,888 - Everyone in the band consents and offers up a hair sample, 311 00:14:51,015 --> 00:14:54,935 but no one knows the friend is an undercover police officer 312 00:14:54,935 --> 00:14:57,313 and all other samples are thrown away. 313 00:14:57,313 --> 00:14:59,064 (tense music continues) 314 00:14:59,064 --> 00:15:01,275 - The lab in Toronto comes back 315 00:15:01,275 --> 00:15:03,694 with a report saying the two hairs 316 00:15:03,694 --> 00:15:09,158 are macroscopically similar and microscopically consistent. 317 00:15:11,285 --> 00:15:13,913 - [Narrator] Along with the hair analysis, 318 00:15:13,913 --> 00:15:16,624 red fibers found on Christine's sweater 319 00:15:17,833 --> 00:15:21,712 are also reported to be in Guy Paul Morin's car. 320 00:15:21,712 --> 00:15:26,091 Police charge Morin with the murder of Christine Jessop. 321 00:15:26,091 --> 00:15:27,718 (tense music continues) 322 00:15:27,718 --> 00:15:31,388 Morin is steadfast in his claim that he is innocent. 323 00:15:32,806 --> 00:15:35,935 The defense says that Guy Paul Morin didn't get home 324 00:15:35,935 --> 00:15:39,229 to Queensville until well after 5:00 PM 325 00:15:39,229 --> 00:15:41,440 on the day of the disappearance, 326 00:15:41,440 --> 00:15:42,942 and they explain how the hair 327 00:15:42,942 --> 00:15:45,152 and fiber evidence don't hold up. 328 00:15:46,528 --> 00:15:48,447 - The hair found in Christine's necklace 329 00:15:48,447 --> 00:15:50,866 was decomposed by the time it was analyzed, 330 00:15:50,866 --> 00:15:53,327 and basically it was just the same color 331 00:15:53,327 --> 00:15:54,828 as Guy Paul Morin's. 332 00:15:54,828 --> 00:15:55,621 That's it. 333 00:15:56,288 --> 00:15:57,915 The defense also suggests 334 00:15:57,915 --> 00:16:00,125 that the red fibers don't necessarily prove 335 00:16:00,125 --> 00:16:03,128 that she had been in Guy Paul Morin's car. 336 00:16:03,128 --> 00:16:05,798 The fibers may have come from a contaminated lab. 337 00:16:05,798 --> 00:16:09,468 That is enough for a jury to return a verdict of not guilty. 338 00:16:10,552 --> 00:16:12,054 - [Narrator] The verdict means 339 00:16:12,054 --> 00:16:14,014 that police don't have their man, 340 00:16:14,014 --> 00:16:18,185 the Jessop family doesn't have justice for Christine, 341 00:16:18,185 --> 00:16:21,563 and a whole town continued to live in fear 342 00:16:21,563 --> 00:16:23,023 that their child might be next. 343 00:16:23,023 --> 00:16:24,775 (tense music continues) 344 00:16:24,775 --> 00:16:26,902 - Prosecutors appeal on a technicality 345 00:16:26,902 --> 00:16:30,280 and a retrial is granted by the Supreme Court of Canada. 346 00:16:31,949 --> 00:16:34,493 - [Narrator] At the second trial, Christine's mother, Janet, 347 00:16:34,493 --> 00:16:36,912 says that after Christine's funeral, 348 00:16:36,912 --> 00:16:41,125 she and several others hear a man's voice screaming. 349 00:16:42,418 --> 00:16:45,087 - She says the voice belongs to Guy Paul Morin. 350 00:16:45,087 --> 00:16:46,880 (tense music continues) 351 00:16:46,880 --> 00:16:49,299 - This time, the trial lasts nine months 352 00:16:49,299 --> 00:16:51,427 with more witnesses saying that Morin acted 353 00:16:51,427 --> 00:16:52,845 in a guilty manner, 354 00:16:52,845 --> 00:16:55,556 all while using the same physical evidence. 355 00:16:56,890 --> 00:17:00,060 - [Narrator] This time, Guy Paul Morin is found guilty 356 00:17:00,060 --> 00:17:01,645 of first-degree murder. 357 00:17:03,022 --> 00:17:06,525 Finally, law enforcement delivers a guilty verdict 358 00:17:06,525 --> 00:17:08,109 for Christine Jessop. 359 00:17:08,109 --> 00:17:09,528 (tense music continues) 360 00:17:09,528 --> 00:17:11,071 - For law enforcement, 361 00:17:11,071 --> 00:17:13,240 they've done what they can to convict Guy Paul Morin. 362 00:17:13,240 --> 00:17:17,036 But they and the public at large have a sneaking suspicion 363 00:17:17,036 --> 00:17:19,663 that Guy Paul Morin should not be imprisoned. 364 00:17:20,955 --> 00:17:23,876 - What you have is statements from people. 365 00:17:24,877 --> 00:17:27,004 They didn't have video back then. 366 00:17:27,004 --> 00:17:28,380 They didn't have DNA. 367 00:17:28,380 --> 00:17:29,965 They didn't have any other fingerprints 368 00:17:29,965 --> 00:17:31,215 or anything like that. 369 00:17:32,217 --> 00:17:34,720 They had basically circumstantial evidence. 370 00:17:34,720 --> 00:17:38,015 The hair, the timelines, 371 00:17:38,015 --> 00:17:41,310 the proximity where Christine lived, 372 00:17:42,686 --> 00:17:47,398 himself, the way he presented in the interview, 373 00:17:47,398 --> 00:17:49,318 the answers he gave. 374 00:17:49,318 --> 00:17:51,361 You combine all that together 375 00:17:51,361 --> 00:17:56,742 and it gave the view of he was the one responsible. 376 00:17:57,367 --> 00:17:58,994 (tense music continues) 377 00:17:58,994 --> 00:18:01,622 - [Narrator] The advent of DNA technology 378 00:18:01,622 --> 00:18:03,999 could confirm that they've got their killer 379 00:18:05,209 --> 00:18:06,794 or could it lead them down a whole new road? 380 00:18:07,628 --> 00:18:11,215 (tense music continues) 381 00:18:11,799 --> 00:18:14,593 (eerie music) 382 00:18:16,553 --> 00:18:19,223 (tense music) 383 00:18:22,101 --> 00:18:25,479 A nine-year-old girl in rural Ontario vanishes 384 00:18:25,479 --> 00:18:29,441 without a trace for three months in 1984. 385 00:18:30,734 --> 00:18:33,320 The murder of nine-year-old Christine Jessop 386 00:18:33,320 --> 00:18:36,198 sends shockwaves through North America. 387 00:18:37,991 --> 00:18:40,577 Police look to Guy Paul Morin, 388 00:18:40,577 --> 00:18:43,664 a quiet neighbor who says strange things, 389 00:18:43,664 --> 00:18:45,999 as the prime suspect. (tense music continues) 390 00:18:45,999 --> 00:18:49,878 They build a case around him that confirms their suspicions. 391 00:18:51,421 --> 00:18:54,383 - Guy Paul Morin is found not guilty by a jury, 392 00:18:54,383 --> 00:18:56,260 but the Crown Prosecutors appeal. 393 00:18:57,511 --> 00:19:00,556 - [Narrator] A second trial lasts nine months, 394 00:19:00,556 --> 00:19:04,226 and Guy Paul Morin is finally found guilty 395 00:19:04,226 --> 00:19:07,646 of first-degree murder. (tense music continues) 396 00:19:07,646 --> 00:19:10,607 As Guy Paul Morin heads to prison, 397 00:19:10,607 --> 00:19:12,359 there's a growing sentiment 398 00:19:12,359 --> 00:19:15,154 that police have convicted an innocent man. 399 00:19:16,238 --> 00:19:20,200 In 1995, the Supreme Court of Canada agrees 400 00:19:20,200 --> 00:19:21,952 and a third trial is ordered. 401 00:19:23,453 --> 00:19:26,748 - This case is the most expensive case in Canadian history, 402 00:19:26,748 --> 00:19:29,126 even before the third trial starts. 403 00:19:30,419 --> 00:19:32,671 And it threatens to become even more drawn out 404 00:19:32,671 --> 00:19:36,675 as lawyers begin to battle over details for a third time. 405 00:19:36,675 --> 00:19:38,552 (tense music continues) 406 00:19:38,552 --> 00:19:40,095 - [Narrator] But the results 407 00:19:40,095 --> 00:19:42,931 of new DNA testing changes everything. 408 00:19:46,393 --> 00:19:48,311 - Semen samples are taken 409 00:19:48,311 --> 00:19:52,023 from Christine's underwear found at the crime scene. 410 00:19:53,650 --> 00:19:58,989 The DNA's compared and analyzed to the samples. 411 00:19:59,656 --> 00:20:01,491 Guy Paul Morin volunteers. 412 00:20:01,491 --> 00:20:03,327 (tense music continues) 413 00:20:03,327 --> 00:20:06,705 - [Narrator] The DNA testing proves beyond any doubt 414 00:20:06,705 --> 00:20:09,208 that Guy Paul Morin is not guilty. 415 00:20:12,961 --> 00:20:18,425 1995, after serving 18 months in a federal penitentiary 416 00:20:19,384 --> 00:20:20,385 for a crime he didn't commit, 417 00:20:21,595 --> 00:20:23,722 Guy Paul Morin is fully exonerated. 418 00:20:23,722 --> 00:20:27,017 (tense music continues) 419 00:20:27,017 --> 00:20:29,519 - Investigators can't have tunnel vision. 420 00:20:29,519 --> 00:20:32,189 Finding your suspect and then collecting evidence 421 00:20:32,189 --> 00:20:35,817 to convict can lead to exactly what happens here. 422 00:20:35,817 --> 00:20:39,321 A killer escapes justice. (tense music continues) 423 00:20:39,321 --> 00:20:42,324 - Guy Paul Morin and his family go through 10 years of hell. 424 00:20:42,324 --> 00:20:46,453 After three trials and 18 months in a federal penitentiary, 425 00:20:46,453 --> 00:20:48,872 he's finally exonerated in 1995. 426 00:20:50,540 --> 00:20:54,670 - They were convinced they had the right person at the time 427 00:20:54,670 --> 00:20:56,880 and that's what they went with. 428 00:20:58,465 --> 00:21:01,426 It's unfortunate how it unfolded. 429 00:21:01,426 --> 00:21:03,762 I think a lot was learned from that case 430 00:21:03,762 --> 00:21:05,555 for investigators all around, 431 00:21:05,555 --> 00:21:06,848 talking about tunnel vision 432 00:21:06,848 --> 00:21:10,394 and the use of hair as an investigative tool 433 00:21:10,394 --> 00:21:11,936 is no longer in play. 434 00:21:11,936 --> 00:21:13,897 We don't use that at all anymore 435 00:21:13,897 --> 00:21:15,607 unless it's got a hair follicle on it 436 00:21:15,607 --> 00:21:17,276 and there's actual DNA on it. 437 00:21:18,734 --> 00:21:21,530 - Guy Paul Morin has become collateral damage. 438 00:21:22,656 --> 00:21:24,825 Christine Jessop's family still don't know 439 00:21:24,825 --> 00:21:26,368 who killed their daughter 440 00:21:26,368 --> 00:21:29,621 and police don't know if that killer struck again. 441 00:21:29,621 --> 00:21:31,498 (tense music continues) 442 00:21:31,498 --> 00:21:33,208 - [Narrator] After more than a decade, 443 00:21:33,208 --> 00:21:36,837 the Jessops still don't know who took Christine 444 00:21:36,837 --> 00:21:39,756 that fateful day in 1984. 445 00:21:41,842 --> 00:21:43,510 An inquest determines 446 00:21:43,510 --> 00:21:46,888 that existing biases gave investigators 447 00:21:46,888 --> 00:21:50,309 and forensics lab scientists tunnel vision. 448 00:21:51,476 --> 00:21:54,855 Their desire to convict Guy Paul Morin led them 449 00:21:54,855 --> 00:21:56,898 to the wrong conclusions 450 00:21:56,898 --> 00:21:58,900 and even to the fabrication of evidence 451 00:21:58,900 --> 00:22:00,736 to support their case. 452 00:22:02,154 --> 00:22:05,073 - An undercover officer claims he has a jailhouse confession 453 00:22:05,073 --> 00:22:07,326 from one of Morin's cellmates, 454 00:22:08,535 --> 00:22:10,871 but that story doesn't hold up to scrutiny. 455 00:22:12,039 --> 00:22:13,999 It was made to look like a smoking gun, 456 00:22:13,999 --> 00:22:16,626 but there was no confession at all. 457 00:22:16,626 --> 00:22:18,295 (tense music continues) 458 00:22:18,295 --> 00:22:20,881 - When the justice system fixates on Guy Paul Morin, 459 00:22:20,881 --> 00:22:22,674 they start to collect evidence 460 00:22:22,674 --> 00:22:25,260 with the aim of supporting their theory of who did it, 461 00:22:25,260 --> 00:22:28,347 instead of letting the evidence lead them to a suspect. 462 00:22:29,598 --> 00:22:32,559 - This is a perfect example of tunnel vision 463 00:22:32,559 --> 00:22:34,936 and a recipe for a wrongful conviction. 464 00:22:35,896 --> 00:22:37,606 Police are under great pressure 465 00:22:37,606 --> 00:22:39,358 to find Christine Jessop's killer 466 00:22:40,150 --> 00:22:41,734 and they change the timeline 467 00:22:41,734 --> 00:22:44,988 to fit their view of who they think killed her. 468 00:22:44,988 --> 00:22:46,615 (tense music continues) 469 00:22:46,615 --> 00:22:48,157 - [Narrator] Guy Paul Morin 470 00:22:48,157 --> 00:22:53,372 is awarded $1.25 million in Canadian as compensation 471 00:22:54,539 --> 00:22:57,751 and 119 recommendations are given 472 00:22:57,751 --> 00:23:01,797 to change how investigations are conducted in Canada. 473 00:23:02,672 --> 00:23:04,883 Police are back at square one. 474 00:23:04,883 --> 00:23:07,260 (tense music continues) 475 00:23:07,260 --> 00:23:10,472 - Investigators reevaluate the evidence gathered in the case 476 00:23:10,472 --> 00:23:13,392 and try to approach the case with a wider scope. 477 00:23:15,936 --> 00:23:17,979 - Because of the distance, 478 00:23:17,979 --> 00:23:23,402 the only possibility is that she was transported by vehicle 479 00:23:24,152 --> 00:23:25,237 to that location. 480 00:23:25,237 --> 00:23:26,780 And, of course, you know, 481 00:23:26,780 --> 00:23:30,117 why that location was part of the focus 482 00:23:30,117 --> 00:23:31,743 of the investigation as well 483 00:23:31,743 --> 00:23:34,162 and the timeline of how long it would take 484 00:23:34,162 --> 00:23:37,874 to get from the Jessop house to that location. 485 00:23:39,251 --> 00:23:41,795 And I believe that the person responsible for the, 486 00:23:41,795 --> 00:23:43,839 or the actual person, did have ties 487 00:23:43,839 --> 00:23:47,426 to that area in Sunderland where the body was found. 488 00:23:48,760 --> 00:23:50,137 He had either a relative or he had a friend 489 00:23:50,137 --> 00:23:51,972 that lived in that area or something that, 490 00:23:51,972 --> 00:23:54,141 so he was familiar with that area. 491 00:23:54,141 --> 00:23:55,976 (tense music continues) 492 00:23:55,976 --> 00:23:58,436 - Due to the semen collected at the scene, 493 00:23:59,061 --> 00:24:00,814 they don't need an FBI profiler 494 00:24:00,814 --> 00:24:03,150 to tell them they are looking for a man 495 00:24:03,150 --> 00:24:05,986 who is a child predator and murderer. 496 00:24:08,196 --> 00:24:09,865 He knows that Christine Jessop 497 00:24:09,865 --> 00:24:12,075 would be home alone after school that day. 498 00:24:12,075 --> 00:24:14,119 (tense music continues) 499 00:24:14,119 --> 00:24:16,163 - [Narrator] Using the semen samples 500 00:24:16,163 --> 00:24:19,249 from Christine's underwear found at the crime scene, 501 00:24:19,249 --> 00:24:22,878 investigators begin processing the killer's DNA 502 00:24:22,878 --> 00:24:25,714 in order to track him down 503 00:24:25,714 --> 00:24:27,299 with the hope 504 00:24:27,299 --> 00:24:29,843 of finally bringing Christine Jessop's killer to justice. 505 00:24:29,843 --> 00:24:31,678 (tense music continues) 506 00:24:31,678 --> 00:24:36,516 - DNA can catch a killer, but it still takes police work. 507 00:24:37,976 --> 00:24:41,104 They need to match the killer's DNA with another sample, 508 00:24:41,104 --> 00:24:43,940 either taken from Christine's body 509 00:24:43,940 --> 00:24:46,443 or from evidence at the crime scene. 510 00:24:47,359 --> 00:24:48,862 But at this point, 511 00:24:48,862 --> 00:24:52,157 there's no database of criminals to go through. 512 00:24:53,492 --> 00:24:57,119 There's also no DNA at the disposal of law enforcement 513 00:24:57,119 --> 00:25:00,207 that constitutes a match. (tense music continues) 514 00:25:00,207 --> 00:25:01,833 - [Narrator] Police look again 515 00:25:01,833 --> 00:25:04,336 at the profile developed by the FBI. 516 00:25:05,670 --> 00:25:08,840 They're looking for a person who Christine trusts, 517 00:25:08,840 --> 00:25:12,093 a young loner with some personal problems 518 00:25:12,093 --> 00:25:17,015 and a low level of education. (tense music continues) 519 00:25:17,015 --> 00:25:20,101 The suspect would also have selected the place 520 00:25:20,101 --> 00:25:21,978 where Christine's body is found 521 00:25:21,978 --> 00:25:23,730 to commit his horrific attack. 522 00:25:25,941 --> 00:25:28,276 Using the original case files, 523 00:25:28,276 --> 00:25:31,404 all persons of interest go back on the list. 524 00:25:31,404 --> 00:25:34,407 (tense music continues) 525 00:25:34,407 --> 00:25:36,326 A local teen who worked in the graveyard 526 00:25:36,326 --> 00:25:40,664 where Christine played and exhibited violent tendencies, 527 00:25:42,249 --> 00:25:46,294 A local mechanic who was found scrubbing the inside of a van 528 00:25:46,294 --> 00:25:49,381 and disappeared without picking up his last paycheck. 529 00:25:50,840 --> 00:25:54,052 A neighborhood youth who carried a knife. 530 00:25:54,052 --> 00:25:57,097 (tense music continues) 531 00:25:57,097 --> 00:26:00,350 - One by one, these leads are exhausted. 532 00:26:01,226 --> 00:26:04,271 Wherever possible, DNA samples are taken 533 00:26:04,271 --> 00:26:07,107 and compared to the DNA from the semen stain 534 00:26:07,107 --> 00:26:09,067 and suspects are eliminated. 535 00:26:09,067 --> 00:26:10,777 (tense music continues) 536 00:26:10,777 --> 00:26:14,281 - [Narrator] Samples are taken from more than 300 people, 537 00:26:14,281 --> 00:26:15,615 each of whom are eliminated 538 00:26:15,615 --> 00:26:18,535 from suspicion through DNA testing. 539 00:26:18,535 --> 00:26:20,119 (tense music continues) 540 00:26:20,119 --> 00:26:23,415 - DNA science is very precise and reliable. 541 00:26:24,624 --> 00:26:26,835 So if you can't find a match, 542 00:26:26,835 --> 00:26:31,423 all you can do is wait for more samples to be submitted 543 00:26:31,423 --> 00:26:36,177 to that data bank in order for that future comparison. 544 00:26:36,177 --> 00:26:38,096 (tense music continues) 545 00:26:38,096 --> 00:26:41,725 - [Narrator] The case goes cold for another 20 years. 546 00:26:41,725 --> 00:26:44,144 (tense music continues) 547 00:26:44,144 --> 00:26:45,270 2020. 548 00:26:46,186 --> 00:26:49,441 Another advance in technology leads police 549 00:26:49,441 --> 00:26:53,612 to a man who had been known to the Jessops all along. 550 00:26:57,616 --> 00:27:00,327 (eerie music) 551 00:27:02,494 --> 00:27:05,205 (tense music) 552 00:27:08,126 --> 00:27:10,462 Nine-year-old Christine Jessop vanishes 553 00:27:10,462 --> 00:27:13,590 without a trace in October, 1984. 554 00:27:14,465 --> 00:27:17,135 Three months later, her body is discovered. 555 00:27:17,135 --> 00:27:21,097 She's the victim of a vicious sexual assault and murder. 556 00:27:21,097 --> 00:27:22,307 - Tunnel vision develops 557 00:27:22,307 --> 00:27:24,684 when police are under pressure to identify a killer, 558 00:27:24,684 --> 00:27:26,311 and that's what happened 559 00:27:26,311 --> 00:27:28,188 when they identified Guy Paul Morin. 560 00:27:29,314 --> 00:27:31,191 - [Narrator] Finally, after two trials 561 00:27:31,191 --> 00:27:33,818 and a decade of legal battles, 562 00:27:33,818 --> 00:27:37,238 along with 18 months of a sentence being served, 563 00:27:37,238 --> 00:27:40,157 the man convicted of Christine Jessop's murder 564 00:27:40,157 --> 00:27:43,328 is completely exonerated. (tense music continues) 565 00:27:43,328 --> 00:27:45,038 - Christine Jessop's murder remained one 566 00:27:45,038 --> 00:27:48,625 of the most high-profile investigations in Canada, 567 00:27:50,001 --> 00:27:52,253 and tips continue to flow into the cold case unit. 568 00:27:53,088 --> 00:27:54,297 They pursued leads, 569 00:27:54,297 --> 00:27:57,217 but these leads continue to lead to dead ends. 570 00:27:58,343 --> 00:28:01,471 - [Narrator] The case goes cold for more than 20 years, 571 00:28:01,471 --> 00:28:04,140 despite police efforts to correct the mistakes 572 00:28:04,140 --> 00:28:06,059 they made in the investigation. 573 00:28:07,477 --> 00:28:11,314 In 2011, Detective Stacy Gallant 574 00:28:11,314 --> 00:28:14,359 takes over the cold case unit of the Toronto Police. 575 00:28:14,359 --> 00:28:16,152 (tense music continues) 576 00:28:16,152 --> 00:28:19,071 - When I took over the cold case unit in Toronto, 577 00:28:19,071 --> 00:28:22,157 one of the first tips that came in to me 578 00:28:22,157 --> 00:28:24,160 as the new leader in that office 579 00:28:24,160 --> 00:28:25,829 was on the Jessop case. 580 00:28:25,829 --> 00:28:30,458 And Christine Jessop's mother, Janet, she would often call. 581 00:28:30,458 --> 00:28:32,252 She would come to the station and visit, 582 00:28:32,252 --> 00:28:34,129 and, you know, I'd spend time with her, 583 00:28:34,129 --> 00:28:37,298 sit down and chat with her every time she came into town. 584 00:28:37,298 --> 00:28:41,803 And anytime she'd call, I'd have conversations with her. 585 00:28:41,803 --> 00:28:43,388 And you know, as I said, 586 00:28:43,388 --> 00:28:46,599 that was the first case that I got any tip on 587 00:28:46,599 --> 00:28:50,270 as now the new lead and running the cold case unit. 588 00:28:50,270 --> 00:28:53,106 And, you know, for that type of case, 589 00:28:53,106 --> 00:28:55,233 it wasn't Toronto's case originally. 590 00:28:55,233 --> 00:28:57,318 It happened outside our jurisdiction, 591 00:28:57,318 --> 00:28:59,195 but it was through the inquiry 592 00:28:59,195 --> 00:29:01,823 that happened after Guy Paul Morin was acquitted 593 00:29:01,823 --> 00:29:04,367 and there was the inquiries that were done. 594 00:29:04,367 --> 00:29:08,413 It was then given to Toronto to take over the investigation 595 00:29:08,413 --> 00:29:11,458 and have carriage of the investigation moving forward. 596 00:29:11,458 --> 00:29:13,209 And over the course of years, 597 00:29:13,209 --> 00:29:15,336 the Toronto unit, cold case unit, 598 00:29:15,336 --> 00:29:18,465 had been looking at it and reviewing it 599 00:29:18,465 --> 00:29:21,551 and following up on information that came in. 600 00:29:21,551 --> 00:29:24,429 I would get regular tips coming in 601 00:29:24,429 --> 00:29:27,390 on the Jessop case all the time. 602 00:29:27,390 --> 00:29:31,644 And anytime there was any media surrounding the Jessop case 603 00:29:31,644 --> 00:29:36,232 or Morin or anything that kinda came even close to, 604 00:29:36,232 --> 00:29:39,110 or another missing child would happen, 605 00:29:39,110 --> 00:29:41,905 there would be tips coming in on the Jessop case 606 00:29:41,905 --> 00:29:43,448 about who was responsible, 607 00:29:43,448 --> 00:29:45,658 who may have been responsible. 608 00:29:45,658 --> 00:29:48,536 And my office, I would have people follow up on those. 609 00:29:48,536 --> 00:29:49,871 And generally it was going out 610 00:29:49,871 --> 00:29:51,956 and getting DNA samples from, you know, 611 00:29:51,956 --> 00:29:53,500 persons of interest or suspects 612 00:29:53,500 --> 00:29:56,294 that were named in these tips. 613 00:29:56,294 --> 00:29:58,087 And dozens of those came in. 614 00:29:58,087 --> 00:29:59,714 That was one aspect of it. (tense music continues) 615 00:29:59,714 --> 00:30:02,842 The other aspect was going through the case file, 616 00:30:02,842 --> 00:30:04,552 which was huge, 617 00:30:04,552 --> 00:30:07,347 and looking at who we did not yet have DNA from, 618 00:30:07,347 --> 00:30:10,475 and trying to see whether or not we could go out 619 00:30:10,475 --> 00:30:12,268 and get DNA from those people 620 00:30:12,268 --> 00:30:17,106 to eliminate them or include them as being responsible. 621 00:30:17,982 --> 00:30:19,442 (tense music continues) 622 00:30:19,442 --> 00:30:22,195 - [Narrator] In 2018, the cold case unit 623 00:30:22,195 --> 00:30:24,781 of the Toronto police sees the conviction 624 00:30:24,781 --> 00:30:27,534 of the Golden State Killer in California 625 00:30:27,534 --> 00:30:29,744 thanks to genetic genealogy. 626 00:30:31,120 --> 00:30:35,583 Cold case detectives send a DNA sample to labs in Texas 627 00:30:35,583 --> 00:30:37,752 to determine a family tree. 628 00:30:39,420 --> 00:30:41,589 - A centimorgan is a measure 629 00:30:41,589 --> 00:30:45,009 of the likelihood of your genes being present 630 00:30:45,009 --> 00:30:47,136 in another person's genes. 631 00:30:48,388 --> 00:30:51,891 Your DNA has about 7,400 centimorgans. 632 00:30:54,477 --> 00:30:58,565 A family member will have 50, 25, or 3% 633 00:30:59,649 --> 00:31:01,985 of shared centimorgans. 634 00:31:03,528 --> 00:31:07,574 Shared centimorgans establishes DNA genealogy 635 00:31:07,574 --> 00:31:11,536 or that likelihood of how someone is related to you. 636 00:31:11,536 --> 00:31:13,413 (tense music continues) 637 00:31:13,413 --> 00:31:15,582 - [Narrator] When test results come back, 638 00:31:15,582 --> 00:31:19,544 there are two relatives with only 50 centimorgans each 639 00:31:19,544 --> 00:31:21,254 shared with the killer. 640 00:31:21,254 --> 00:31:25,675 - A complete family tree that includes these two people 641 00:31:25,675 --> 00:31:29,762 and the killer would include about 33,000 names. 642 00:31:29,762 --> 00:31:32,390 (tense music continues) 643 00:31:32,390 --> 00:31:34,517 - [Narrator] With genealogical data, 644 00:31:34,517 --> 00:31:38,688 the cold case unit sets out to find and identify 645 00:31:38,688 --> 00:31:40,857 the killer of Christine Jessop. 646 00:31:41,733 --> 00:31:44,402 - This is like a needle in a haystack. 647 00:31:44,402 --> 00:31:48,156 It's going to take some intensive 21st-century police work. 648 00:31:48,156 --> 00:31:49,657 (tense music continues) 649 00:31:49,657 --> 00:31:52,660 - [Narrator] A member of the force, known only as James, 650 00:31:52,660 --> 00:31:55,997 sets up a unit working separate from detectives. 651 00:31:55,997 --> 00:31:59,250 He enlists the help of retired police officers 652 00:31:59,250 --> 00:32:03,838 with an interest in genealogy to help him trace the lineage. 653 00:32:03,838 --> 00:32:06,507 - The cold case unit deliberately keeps James 654 00:32:06,507 --> 00:32:08,843 and his team separate from the case. 655 00:32:08,843 --> 00:32:10,511 (tense music continues) 656 00:32:10,511 --> 00:32:12,305 - He was a police officer with Toronto. 657 00:32:12,305 --> 00:32:13,473 He knew the case. 658 00:32:13,473 --> 00:32:18,853 He was working on his own time with genealogy 659 00:32:19,812 --> 00:32:21,814 and had an interest in this type of work. 660 00:32:21,814 --> 00:32:27,236 So it was a natural fit for him to assist on this. 661 00:32:28,154 --> 00:32:29,697 It is an art form 662 00:32:29,697 --> 00:32:31,491 because you have to actually study the lineage of people 663 00:32:31,491 --> 00:32:34,035 and, you know, first cousin, second cousin, 664 00:32:34,035 --> 00:32:36,579 third cousin twice removed from the mother's side 665 00:32:36,579 --> 00:32:39,874 and the father's side and, you know, all that stuff. 666 00:32:39,874 --> 00:32:41,626 It's not a straight line. 667 00:32:41,626 --> 00:32:45,129 It's like a tree, really. (tense music continues) 668 00:32:45,129 --> 00:32:46,881 It's a lot of research and, you know, 669 00:32:46,881 --> 00:32:50,051 trying to figure out where that line goes 670 00:32:50,051 --> 00:32:52,553 and then who it might be. 671 00:32:52,553 --> 00:32:55,348 It could be the son of this person. 672 00:32:55,348 --> 00:32:56,724 It could be this person. 673 00:32:56,724 --> 00:33:00,103 It could be the grandson of this person, 674 00:33:00,103 --> 00:33:01,854 this person, this person. 675 00:33:01,854 --> 00:33:04,732 Like they can give you a range of people that it may be. 676 00:33:04,732 --> 00:33:06,985 And then what you have to do as the investigator 677 00:33:06,985 --> 00:33:07,986 is you have to go out, 678 00:33:07,986 --> 00:33:09,779 you have to find those people, 679 00:33:09,779 --> 00:33:12,031 and go and somehow get their DNA 680 00:33:12,031 --> 00:33:15,284 and check it against your unknown DNA sample. 681 00:33:15,284 --> 00:33:16,577 (tense music continues) 682 00:33:16,577 --> 00:33:18,287 - [Narrator] Over the course of eight months, 683 00:33:18,287 --> 00:33:22,250 James' team works with the Texas lab 684 00:33:22,250 --> 00:33:24,711 to whittle down the possibilities 685 00:33:24,711 --> 00:33:26,587 until they get somewhat close. 686 00:33:27,922 --> 00:33:31,509 - They discover the great-great-grandfather of the killer, 687 00:33:32,719 --> 00:33:37,306 a man who lived in Ontario named Henry Hoover, born in 1804. 688 00:33:39,726 --> 00:33:42,729 - [Narrator] The lab in Texas then matches the DNA 689 00:33:42,729 --> 00:33:45,523 of what they believe is the mother of the killer 690 00:33:46,733 --> 00:33:49,569 using genealogical databases. (tense music continues) 691 00:33:49,569 --> 00:33:52,155 - By cross-referencing the two likely branches 692 00:33:52,155 --> 00:33:53,740 of the family tree, 693 00:33:53,740 --> 00:33:56,451 the investigation points them towards two brothers. 694 00:33:56,451 --> 00:33:58,161 (tense music continues) 695 00:33:58,161 --> 00:33:59,787 One of them is Calvin Hoover, 696 00:33:59,787 --> 00:34:02,040 who is a friend of the Jessops. 697 00:34:04,125 --> 00:34:07,295 - [Narrator] Calvin's wife, Heather Hoover, 698 00:34:07,295 --> 00:34:10,506 is a friend of the family who consoles Janet 699 00:34:10,506 --> 00:34:12,300 when Christine goes missing. 700 00:34:12,300 --> 00:34:14,177 With four children of their own, 701 00:34:14,177 --> 00:34:17,180 the Hoovers and Jessops got together often 702 00:34:17,180 --> 00:34:19,806 for family barbecues and birthdays. 703 00:34:19,806 --> 00:34:23,102 Heather and Janet became particularly close. 704 00:34:24,729 --> 00:34:27,315 - In 1984, Heather and Calvin Hoover both worked 705 00:34:27,315 --> 00:34:29,400 at Eastern Independent Telecom 706 00:34:29,400 --> 00:34:32,152 where Bob Jessop was the lead installer. 707 00:34:32,152 --> 00:34:34,322 (tense music continues) 708 00:34:34,322 --> 00:34:36,783 - [Narrator] Calvin Hoover was the husband 709 00:34:36,783 --> 00:34:40,703 of a family friend that the Jessops had long forgotten. 710 00:34:42,121 --> 00:34:44,832 Calvin Hoover is 28 years old 711 00:34:44,832 --> 00:34:49,462 when he kidnaps, rapes, and murders Christine Jessop. 712 00:34:50,797 --> 00:34:53,091 He's a hard drinker and drowning in debt. 713 00:34:54,801 --> 00:34:58,054 He suffers from depression and other mental issues. 714 00:34:58,054 --> 00:35:00,014 (tense music continues) 715 00:35:00,014 --> 00:35:01,974 - The Hoovers lived 50 kilometers away 716 00:35:01,974 --> 00:35:04,477 from Queensville in Oshawa. 717 00:35:04,477 --> 00:35:06,979 (tense music continues) 718 00:35:06,979 --> 00:35:10,775 Calvin even joined a search party for Christine 719 00:35:10,775 --> 00:35:14,195 and remained a family friend long after her killing. 720 00:35:15,404 --> 00:35:17,532 - [Narrator] With genetic genealogy working independently 721 00:35:17,532 --> 00:35:19,408 from the cold case unit 722 00:35:19,408 --> 00:35:22,870 and coming up with a name associated with the case, 723 00:35:22,870 --> 00:35:26,415 investigators are confident they have their killer. 724 00:35:27,792 --> 00:35:31,212 - What they need is a DNA sample from Calvin Hoover 725 00:35:31,212 --> 00:35:33,881 to confirm that he is the person 726 00:35:33,881 --> 00:35:37,009 whose semen is found on Christine's underwear. 727 00:35:38,136 --> 00:35:40,555 - [Narrator] Despite acquiring his DNA, 728 00:35:40,555 --> 00:35:43,099 Calvin Hoover would escape arrest 729 00:35:43,099 --> 00:35:45,184 for Christine Jessop's murder. 730 00:35:49,230 --> 00:35:51,649 (eerie music) 731 00:35:54,193 --> 00:35:56,654 (tense music) 732 00:36:00,449 --> 00:36:04,370 Playful and caring, nine-year-old Christine Jessop 733 00:36:04,370 --> 00:36:08,207 goes missing from a village in rural Ontario, Canada 734 00:36:08,207 --> 00:36:10,918 on October 3rd, 1984. 735 00:36:11,585 --> 00:36:13,212 When Christine's mother, Janet, 736 00:36:13,212 --> 00:36:16,215 and brother, Kenny, return home that day, 737 00:36:16,215 --> 00:36:19,093 Christine has vanished. (tense music continues) 738 00:36:19,093 --> 00:36:23,097 Police believe they finally have solved the 1984 kidnapping, 739 00:36:23,097 --> 00:36:27,226 sexual assault, and murder of young Christine Jessop. 740 00:36:27,226 --> 00:36:29,937 Calvin Hoover, a family friend, 741 00:36:29,937 --> 00:36:32,982 becomes the prime suspect in 2020 742 00:36:32,982 --> 00:36:36,485 after genetic genealogy connects him to the crime. 743 00:36:36,485 --> 00:36:40,198 (tense music continues) 744 00:36:41,407 --> 00:36:44,368 Months of painstaking research narrows down 745 00:36:44,368 --> 00:36:49,081 the ancestry test results to a specific family tree 746 00:36:49,081 --> 00:36:50,833 and then cross referenced 747 00:36:50,833 --> 00:36:53,753 with the facts police know about the case. 748 00:36:54,921 --> 00:36:57,089 - At the time, Calvin Hoover had issues 749 00:36:57,089 --> 00:36:59,217 with alcohol addiction and depression. 750 00:37:00,927 --> 00:37:03,429 And he knew Christine Jessop would be home alone. 751 00:37:03,429 --> 00:37:04,972 (tense music continues) 752 00:37:04,972 --> 00:37:07,141 - [Narrator] Knowing that Christine's mother and brother 753 00:37:07,141 --> 00:37:10,143 would be visiting her father in jail that day, 754 00:37:10,143 --> 00:37:13,064 Calvin Hoover gets Christine to come with him. 755 00:37:14,899 --> 00:37:17,026 Police then discover Calvin Hoover 756 00:37:17,026 --> 00:37:20,863 has a friend not far from where Christine's body is found. 757 00:37:22,698 --> 00:37:25,451 - It's likely that Calvin would be familiar with the area 758 00:37:25,451 --> 00:37:27,745 because of his dealings with the friend. 759 00:37:29,080 --> 00:37:32,375 Police can only speculate where Christine was abducted from 760 00:37:32,375 --> 00:37:34,960 and the sequence of events afterwards. 761 00:37:36,128 --> 00:37:37,713 They do know that, at some point, 762 00:37:37,713 --> 00:37:41,133 the killer and Christine crossed paths on that fateful day. 763 00:37:42,343 --> 00:37:44,469 - [Narrator] But Calvin Hoover escapes justice, 764 00:37:45,596 --> 00:37:48,099 never to be arrested for Christine's murder. 765 00:37:49,684 --> 00:37:54,981 In 2015, Kelvin Hoover dies by suicide. 766 00:37:56,399 --> 00:37:59,694 - No one can say for sure why Calvin Hoover killed himself. 767 00:37:59,694 --> 00:38:00,987 He's clearly troubled, 768 00:38:02,321 --> 00:38:03,698 but maybe he knew forensic science 769 00:38:03,698 --> 00:38:05,408 would finally catch up to him. 770 00:38:06,993 --> 00:38:08,703 - Maybe he knew someone in his family 771 00:38:08,703 --> 00:38:11,956 was doing these type of ancestry things 772 00:38:11,956 --> 00:38:16,168 and realized that that could be, you know, 773 00:38:16,168 --> 00:38:18,879 that could be coming to an end and it weighed on him, maybe. 774 00:38:18,879 --> 00:38:21,090 And he took the easy way out. 775 00:38:22,341 --> 00:38:24,051 Never to be able to answer the questions 776 00:38:24,051 --> 00:38:27,221 that we all have about this case and how it happened 777 00:38:27,221 --> 00:38:31,559 and the timeline of things and why. 778 00:38:31,559 --> 00:38:33,893 And we'll never know. 779 00:38:33,893 --> 00:38:35,646 (tense music continues) 780 00:38:35,646 --> 00:38:38,357 - [Narrator] The cold case unit acquires two vials 781 00:38:38,357 --> 00:38:40,067 of Calvin Hoover's blood 782 00:38:40,067 --> 00:38:43,321 and uses it to confirm the genetic genealogy. 783 00:38:44,405 --> 00:38:46,657 - He wasn't on the National DNA Data Bank. 784 00:38:46,657 --> 00:38:48,659 He hadn't been convicted of any crimes 785 00:38:48,659 --> 00:38:53,247 that would've led to a DNA sample being on the data bank. 786 00:38:53,247 --> 00:38:56,751 But when he committed suicide, there was an autopsy. 787 00:38:56,751 --> 00:39:02,297 And, for some, reason the coroner's office still had access 788 00:39:03,758 --> 00:39:05,051 to the samples that they took upon doing the autopsy 789 00:39:05,051 --> 00:39:06,510 of him when he died. 790 00:39:06,510 --> 00:39:09,430 So there still was a sample of his DNA 791 00:39:09,430 --> 00:39:11,349 in the coroner's office. (tense music continues) 792 00:39:11,349 --> 00:39:14,935 - After the blood test, the police know the odds 793 00:39:14,935 --> 00:39:18,481 of Calvin Hoover not being their killer 794 00:39:18,481 --> 00:39:20,983 is one in 3 trillion. 795 00:39:23,319 --> 00:39:25,488 - [Narrator] While he is never arrested, 796 00:39:25,488 --> 00:39:29,158 police inform the public that they finally know 797 00:39:30,826 --> 00:39:34,080 who killed Christine Jessop. (tense music continues) 798 00:39:34,080 --> 00:39:37,208 - As forensic science evolves and changes, 799 00:39:37,208 --> 00:39:41,545 so does the investigation into Christine's murder. 800 00:39:41,545 --> 00:39:46,425 Fiber analysis, unlike fingerprint and DNA analysis, 801 00:39:46,425 --> 00:39:49,678 is not a precise measuring tool. 802 00:39:49,678 --> 00:39:55,226 There's a greater risk of misinterpretation of the results. 803 00:39:56,602 --> 00:39:59,814 Therefore it led to the wrong man, Guy Paul Morin. 804 00:40:01,232 --> 00:40:05,652 Then the breakthrough of DNA finally sets him free. 805 00:40:07,405 --> 00:40:10,950 And our latest breakthrough in forensic science, 806 00:40:10,950 --> 00:40:14,620 the use of genealogy and ancestry, 807 00:40:14,620 --> 00:40:18,707 leads police to the real killer of Christine Jessop. 808 00:40:18,707 --> 00:40:20,209 (tense music continues) 809 00:40:20,209 --> 00:40:22,585 - There's so many people that went through this file 810 00:40:22,585 --> 00:40:25,422 and I'm sure every one of them would say, 811 00:40:25,422 --> 00:40:27,425 you know, how did we miss that? 812 00:40:28,551 --> 00:40:31,929 You know, his name was in there and we knew it. 813 00:40:31,929 --> 00:40:36,809 And, you know, I think about the investigators, 814 00:40:36,809 --> 00:40:40,438 the original investigators and, you know, 815 00:40:40,438 --> 00:40:42,148 their motivation behind solving it 816 00:40:42,148 --> 00:40:43,899 and wanting to solve it. 817 00:40:43,899 --> 00:40:47,152 And it must tear at them. (tense music continues) 818 00:40:47,152 --> 00:40:51,323 But, you know, end result, even though it took this long, 819 00:40:52,700 --> 00:40:54,285 I think this case is pretty much a legacy case 820 00:40:54,285 --> 00:40:57,538 for a lot of reasons and it will continue to be, 821 00:40:57,538 --> 00:40:58,914 especially here in Canada. 822 00:40:58,914 --> 00:41:00,040 This is pretty much the launchpad 823 00:41:00,040 --> 00:41:01,959 for this new investigative technique 824 00:41:01,959 --> 00:41:04,670 to be used on other cases. 825 00:41:04,670 --> 00:41:06,964 (tense music continues) 826 00:41:06,964 --> 00:41:08,841 - [Narrator] For the Jessop family, 827 00:41:08,841 --> 00:41:12,719 knowing that a family friend is the killer brings closure, 828 00:41:12,719 --> 00:41:14,013 but little solace. 829 00:41:15,055 --> 00:41:17,056 And a message from an old neighbor 830 00:41:17,056 --> 00:41:20,018 who is innocently dragged into the public eye. 831 00:41:21,103 --> 00:41:24,440 Guy Paul Morin, living in seclusion, 832 00:41:24,440 --> 00:41:28,110 sends a message to the Jessops through his lawyer 833 00:41:28,110 --> 00:41:30,488 after the Calvin Hoover press conference. 834 00:41:32,031 --> 00:41:33,532 - Morin says he is relieved 835 00:41:33,532 --> 00:41:36,494 that the Jessops finally have this closure. 836 00:41:37,786 --> 00:41:41,123 - [Narrator] "When DNA exonerated me in January, 1995, 837 00:41:41,123 --> 00:41:45,835 I was sure that one day DNA would reveal the real killer. 838 00:41:45,835 --> 00:41:47,254 And now it has." 839 00:41:48,922 --> 00:41:50,299 - Having the knowledge 840 00:41:50,299 --> 00:41:52,009 of who killed Christine doesn't bring her back. 841 00:41:52,009 --> 00:41:55,054 However, law enforcement can finally close the case. 842 00:41:56,180 --> 00:41:57,890 - [Narrator] But a question still remains 843 00:41:57,890 --> 00:42:00,434 for cold case investigators in Ontario. 844 00:42:01,852 --> 00:42:05,189 - If Calvin Hoover murders Christine Jessop in 1984 845 00:42:05,189 --> 00:42:07,775 and gets away with it for three decades, 846 00:42:07,775 --> 00:42:10,152 what else has he done? (tense music continues) 847 00:42:10,152 --> 00:42:12,780 - [Narrator] Police in Ontario continue 848 00:42:12,780 --> 00:42:14,489 to look through DNA evidence 849 00:42:14,489 --> 00:42:18,911 to make sure Calvin Hoover's DNA is not present 850 00:42:18,911 --> 00:42:21,997 at any other cold case crime scenes from that era. 851 00:42:21,997 --> 00:42:25,084 - Could he possibly be responsible for more? Yes. 852 00:42:25,084 --> 00:42:28,671 I would say not any of the ones that are currently known, 853 00:42:28,671 --> 00:42:31,215 because we would've had that connection. 854 00:42:31,215 --> 00:42:34,843 (tense music continues) 855 00:42:34,843 --> 00:42:37,555 (tense music) 856 00:42:54,071 --> 00:42:57,575 (tense music continues)