1 00:00:00,250 --> 00:00:02,585 (tense music) 2 00:00:07,882 --> 00:00:11,135 - [Narrator] A young woman doesn't drive home after work. 3 00:00:13,179 --> 00:00:15,682 And is found raped and murdered. 4 00:00:15,682 --> 00:00:16,850 (siren wails) (tense music continues) 5 00:00:16,850 --> 00:00:18,309 - She was supposed to be here for a few weeks 6 00:00:18,309 --> 00:00:21,104 and she was killed during her second week here in Colorado. 7 00:00:22,646 --> 00:00:23,940 - [Officer] Negative. 8 00:00:23,940 --> 00:00:27,318 - [Narrator] A witness helps to make a composite sketch, 9 00:00:28,611 --> 00:00:31,281 but the killer isn't found. 10 00:00:31,281 --> 00:00:34,034 - This is not what officers were hoping for. 11 00:00:34,034 --> 00:00:35,784 (tense music continues) 12 00:00:35,784 --> 00:00:37,871 - Police have very little to go on. 13 00:00:37,871 --> 00:00:38,955 (tense music continues) 14 00:00:38,955 --> 00:00:42,167 - [Narrator] Years pass and technology advances. 15 00:00:44,043 --> 00:00:46,504 It's a case no one could forget. 16 00:00:46,504 --> 00:00:50,050 (tense music continues) 17 00:00:51,092 --> 00:00:54,387 - I have to dig in there and figure out if I can solve this. 18 00:00:55,472 --> 00:00:57,432 - [Narrator] A killer who walked in the shadows 19 00:00:57,432 --> 00:00:58,516 is on the radar. 20 00:00:58,516 --> 00:01:00,727 (tense music continues) 21 00:01:00,727 --> 00:01:02,729 - They're not gonna let her memory fade 22 00:01:02,729 --> 00:01:05,607 and they're not gonna give up looking for her killer. 23 00:01:05,607 --> 00:01:08,109 - [Narrator] Once he had the advantage. 24 00:01:08,109 --> 00:01:10,904 Now he's the unsuspecting one. 25 00:01:10,904 --> 00:01:12,155 - He nearly got away with it. 26 00:01:12,155 --> 00:01:14,199 He could have just disappeared into the night. 27 00:01:14,199 --> 00:01:15,950 (tense music continues) 28 00:01:15,950 --> 00:01:18,870 - [Narrator] When justice stalks the predator. 29 00:01:22,999 --> 00:01:24,209 (tense music continues) 30 00:01:24,209 --> 00:01:27,921 - The unsolved ones, we have to stand up. 31 00:01:27,921 --> 00:01:31,758 - And approach these cases in a way outside the box. 32 00:01:31,758 --> 00:01:33,802 - Let the world know is those out there 33 00:01:33,802 --> 00:01:35,261 that did commit a murder, 34 00:01:35,261 --> 00:01:37,055 you know there are people that are coming after you. 35 00:01:37,055 --> 00:01:38,640 - There's just a lotta good people trying 36 00:01:38,640 --> 00:01:40,558 to do the right thing. 37 00:01:40,558 --> 00:01:41,601 - Because it's something 38 00:01:41,601 --> 00:01:43,269 that you have to be passionate about. 39 00:01:43,269 --> 00:01:46,688 - Solve this, bring some peace to the family at least. 40 00:01:46,688 --> 00:01:48,233 Just doing my job. 41 00:01:48,233 --> 00:01:51,736 (tense music continues) 42 00:01:59,828 --> 00:02:02,539 - [Narrator] It's a sharp biting winter night 43 00:02:02,539 --> 00:02:04,207 in Englewood, Colorado. 44 00:02:07,710 --> 00:02:10,922 Helene, a punctual, reliable young woman 45 00:02:10,922 --> 00:02:13,341 should have come home straight after work. 46 00:02:13,341 --> 00:02:16,845 (tense music continues) 47 00:02:19,347 --> 00:02:23,017 Her routine every day is like clockwork, 48 00:02:23,017 --> 00:02:25,103 but they're still waiting for her. 49 00:02:25,103 --> 00:02:26,145 (tense music continues) 50 00:02:26,145 --> 00:02:29,482 - Her shift at the radio station ends at 5:30 PM. 51 00:02:29,482 --> 00:02:31,734 From there, she walks two blocks to a bus stop 52 00:02:31,734 --> 00:02:34,696 at the corner of 14th Avenue and Broadway 53 00:02:34,696 --> 00:02:36,823 and catches a bus to Englewood. 54 00:02:36,823 --> 00:02:38,449 She gets off in front of a pizzeria 55 00:02:38,449 --> 00:02:41,619 at Union Avenue in Broadway and walks six blocks 56 00:02:41,619 --> 00:02:43,830 to a home where she's staying with her aunt and uncle 57 00:02:43,830 --> 00:02:45,206 and a classmate. 58 00:02:45,206 --> 00:02:47,709 This gets her home at about 6:30 PM. 59 00:02:47,709 --> 00:02:50,794 (tense music continues) 60 00:02:50,794 --> 00:02:52,881 - Right away the people waiting for her 61 00:02:52,881 --> 00:02:54,841 believe that something is wrong. 62 00:02:54,841 --> 00:02:56,175 They waste no time. 63 00:02:56,758 --> 00:02:58,303 They drive to her bus stop, 64 00:02:58,303 --> 00:03:00,722 go along the streets where they know she'd walk, 65 00:03:00,722 --> 00:03:02,181 and call her work. 66 00:03:02,931 --> 00:03:05,727 They walk up and down the street looking for any clue 67 00:03:05,727 --> 00:03:07,979 as to what may have happened to Helene. 68 00:03:09,480 --> 00:03:11,733 - [Narrator] When they can find no answers, 69 00:03:11,733 --> 00:03:12,901 they call police. 70 00:03:12,901 --> 00:03:14,569 (tense music continues) 71 00:03:14,569 --> 00:03:17,530 It's 10:30 PM when an officer arrives 72 00:03:17,530 --> 00:03:19,991 to take a missing person's report. 73 00:03:19,991 --> 00:03:22,202 - [Glen] They've done everything they can at this point 74 00:03:22,202 --> 00:03:24,037 and are forced to just wait. 75 00:03:26,788 --> 00:03:30,668 - [Narrator] At 11:00 PM Helene's friend, Kitsey Snow, 76 00:03:30,668 --> 00:03:33,213 writes an entry into her journal. 77 00:03:34,547 --> 00:03:38,009 "This day has been the longest and worst day of my life. 78 00:03:38,009 --> 00:03:40,803 I'm writing because I don't know what else to do. 79 00:03:40,803 --> 00:03:44,474 We waited for Helene to come home and waited." 80 00:03:44,474 --> 00:03:45,225 Kitsey Snow. 81 00:03:47,602 --> 00:03:50,605 The night drags on for the people who love Helene. 82 00:03:53,066 --> 00:03:56,653 At 1:00 AM, her friend writes another journal entry. 83 00:03:58,196 --> 00:04:00,073 "Still nothing. 84 00:04:00,073 --> 00:04:02,325 Will this night ever end?" 85 00:04:02,325 --> 00:04:03,243 Kitsey Snow. 86 00:04:06,621 --> 00:04:08,957 - They have some difficult decisions to make 87 00:04:08,957 --> 00:04:11,960 and at 3:00 AM Kitsey makes another entry. 88 00:04:13,503 --> 00:04:14,712 - [Narrator] "We are trying to decide 89 00:04:14,712 --> 00:04:16,755 when to call her mum and dad. 90 00:04:16,755 --> 00:04:19,175 We know something is very wrong. 91 00:04:19,175 --> 00:04:20,843 I think we should call them. 92 00:04:20,843 --> 00:04:23,846 If it was my daughter, I'd want to know." 93 00:04:23,846 --> 00:04:26,975 (tense music continues) 94 00:04:26,975 --> 00:04:29,394 - Their instincts have been right all along. 95 00:04:29,394 --> 00:04:30,895 Something is very wrong. 96 00:04:30,895 --> 00:04:33,231 Tragically, it couldn't be worse. 97 00:04:33,231 --> 00:04:37,110 (tense music continues) 98 00:04:37,110 --> 00:04:39,988 - [Narrator] Approximately 9:00 AM the next morning, 99 00:04:39,988 --> 00:04:43,241 a woman and her son drive along Daniels Park Road 100 00:04:43,241 --> 00:04:45,159 in Northern Douglas County. 101 00:04:46,160 --> 00:04:49,163 - The boy says, "Mom, there's a body out there." 102 00:04:51,082 --> 00:04:55,712 It's an empty field of brown scrub with patches of snow, 103 00:04:55,712 --> 00:04:57,630 but in the distance there's something 104 00:04:57,630 --> 00:04:59,257 that appears to be a body. 105 00:04:59,257 --> 00:05:02,802 (tense music continues) 106 00:05:03,845 --> 00:05:06,806 - A female passerby had noticed her body in the field 107 00:05:06,806 --> 00:05:09,559 and alerted a county man who was driving a snowplow, 108 00:05:09,559 --> 00:05:12,061 a county worker, and he called the police. 109 00:05:13,146 --> 00:05:16,690 - [Narrator] 9:18 AM, Douglas County Sheriff's Department 110 00:05:16,690 --> 00:05:18,735 receives the report of the body, 111 00:05:18,735 --> 00:05:21,112 found about 1.6 miles south 112 00:05:21,112 --> 00:05:24,615 of the Colorado Highway, I-470. 113 00:05:24,615 --> 00:05:27,785 (siren wails) (tense music continues) 114 00:05:27,785 --> 00:05:29,996 (camera shutter clicking) 115 00:05:29,996 --> 00:05:34,334 - By 9:41 AM, investigators are roping off the scene. 116 00:05:34,334 --> 00:05:36,544 The coroner arrives nine minutes later 117 00:05:36,544 --> 00:05:39,339 and pronounces the unidentified victim dead. 118 00:05:40,380 --> 00:05:44,177 By 10:20, the Colorado Bureau of Investigation arrives 119 00:05:44,177 --> 00:05:45,636 on the scene to join police. 120 00:05:45,636 --> 00:05:46,971 (tense music continues) 121 00:05:46,971 --> 00:05:48,890 - Helene's hands had been tied behind her back. 122 00:05:48,890 --> 00:05:50,767 She was naked from the waist down. 123 00:05:50,767 --> 00:05:54,312 She was still wearing her coat and her turtleneck sweater. 124 00:05:56,939 --> 00:05:58,399 - [Narrator] It is clear that the victim 125 00:05:58,399 --> 00:06:01,361 has been stabbed and sexually assaulted. 126 00:06:02,779 --> 00:06:05,656 Officers examine the scene for clues 127 00:06:05,656 --> 00:06:08,076 when an unexpected ID is made. 128 00:06:08,076 --> 00:06:09,577 (tense music continues) 129 00:06:09,577 --> 00:06:12,163 - [Glen] One of the Arapahoe County sheriff deputies 130 00:06:12,163 --> 00:06:15,666 who works part-time at a local radio station arrives 131 00:06:15,666 --> 00:06:18,336 and immediately recognizes the new intern 132 00:06:18,336 --> 00:06:21,755 at the radio station, Helene Pruszynski. 133 00:06:21,755 --> 00:06:25,259 (tense music continues) 134 00:06:27,220 --> 00:06:31,724 - [Narrator] Helene Pruszynski is born in 1958. 135 00:06:31,724 --> 00:06:34,560 Her parents are Henrietta and Chester 136 00:06:34,560 --> 00:06:37,563 and she's the youngest of three children. 137 00:06:37,563 --> 00:06:39,940 Her brother, Chet, and her sister, Janet, 138 00:06:39,940 --> 00:06:42,443 who considers Helene her best friend. 139 00:06:44,112 --> 00:06:46,154 She's a huge baseball fan 140 00:06:46,154 --> 00:06:49,409 and memorizes the team's players and positions. 141 00:06:51,494 --> 00:06:55,498 Her father, a veteran, works as an engineer. 142 00:06:55,498 --> 00:06:58,626 In 1972, he takes a new job 143 00:06:58,626 --> 00:07:00,336 and the family moves to Hamilton 144 00:07:00,336 --> 00:07:02,755 when Helene is a high school freshman. 145 00:07:03,755 --> 00:07:07,218 Helene attends Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School. 146 00:07:07,218 --> 00:07:11,806 She's an A student, active at school, aspiring journalist, 147 00:07:11,806 --> 00:07:15,351 and belongs to a singing group called Club Harmony. 148 00:07:15,351 --> 00:07:19,730 She's known as kind, strong, involved, and happy. 149 00:07:20,731 --> 00:07:24,444 She attends prom with her boyfriend, Jonathan Shailor. 150 00:07:25,027 --> 00:07:26,487 Helene looks to be on track 151 00:07:26,487 --> 00:07:28,531 for an exceptionally bright future. 152 00:07:29,657 --> 00:07:32,702 - She was everything that you'd want your child to be. 153 00:07:32,702 --> 00:07:33,536 She was a leader. 154 00:07:33,536 --> 00:07:34,370 She was beautiful. 155 00:07:34,370 --> 00:07:35,204 She was kind. 156 00:07:35,204 --> 00:07:37,457 She was talented, smart. 157 00:07:37,457 --> 00:07:40,334 (tense music continues) 158 00:07:40,334 --> 00:07:43,379 - [Narrator] Helene Pruszynski goes to study journalism 159 00:07:43,379 --> 00:07:47,133 at Wheaton College in Norton, Massachusetts. 160 00:07:47,133 --> 00:07:48,718 - In late 1979, 161 00:07:48,718 --> 00:07:51,637 Helene and classmate, Kitsey Snow, 162 00:07:51,637 --> 00:07:52,972 leave the confines of their home 163 00:07:52,972 --> 00:07:54,849 to put their learning into action 164 00:07:54,849 --> 00:07:57,852 and get some work experience in Denver, Colorado. 165 00:07:57,852 --> 00:08:01,481 (tense music continues) 166 00:08:16,162 --> 00:08:17,788 - She came out here to do an internship 167 00:08:17,788 --> 00:08:19,248 with her friend Kitsey. 168 00:08:19,248 --> 00:08:21,959 They lived with Helene's aunt down in Englewood, Colorado. 169 00:08:21,959 --> 00:08:23,794 (tense music continues) 170 00:08:23,794 --> 00:08:25,338 - Helene is thrilled to be working 171 00:08:25,338 --> 00:08:28,382 in the news department of a Denver radio station 172 00:08:28,382 --> 00:08:30,927 and is quickly assigned a big story, 173 00:08:30,927 --> 00:08:33,971 a follow up to the killing of a Secret Service agent 174 00:08:33,971 --> 00:08:35,515 in the field office. 175 00:08:36,307 --> 00:08:37,850 In fact, the day before her murder, 176 00:08:37,850 --> 00:08:39,809 her boss singles her out for praise. 177 00:08:39,809 --> 00:08:43,523 (tense music continues) 178 00:08:53,074 --> 00:08:54,408 - [Narrator] In the dirt along the edge 179 00:08:54,408 --> 00:08:55,826 of the two-lane road, 180 00:08:55,826 --> 00:08:57,537 they find tire tracks, 181 00:08:58,203 --> 00:09:00,122 one set from a motorcycle 182 00:09:00,122 --> 00:09:03,583 covered by a set of impressions from a car or truck. 183 00:09:04,544 --> 00:09:06,921 - There were some cowboy boot tracks leading 184 00:09:06,921 --> 00:09:09,340 from the road to her body. 185 00:09:09,340 --> 00:09:12,343 They were able to determine around about size of the boot 186 00:09:12,343 --> 00:09:14,720 and that it was a a Western boot. 187 00:09:14,720 --> 00:09:18,224 (tense music continues) 188 00:09:19,141 --> 00:09:21,852 - Her hands are bound with vinyl straps. 189 00:09:21,852 --> 00:09:25,022 Investigators later collect hair and semen evidence. 190 00:09:26,857 --> 00:09:29,860 - [Narrator] There is a pool of blood under her body 191 00:09:29,860 --> 00:09:31,153 on the ground 192 00:09:31,153 --> 00:09:34,282 and a large bloodstain on the back of her coat. 193 00:09:35,449 --> 00:09:38,202 - In 1980, there wasn't such a thing as DNA, right? 194 00:09:38,202 --> 00:09:40,663 And the Colorado Bureau of Investigations came out 195 00:09:40,663 --> 00:09:41,872 to the scene. 196 00:09:41,872 --> 00:09:44,292 In those days, they processed scenes like this 197 00:09:44,292 --> 00:09:47,003 for local agencies 'cause the sheriff's office, 198 00:09:47,003 --> 00:09:48,296 we just didn't have that technology. 199 00:09:48,296 --> 00:09:50,214 We didn't have crime scene investigators. 200 00:09:50,214 --> 00:09:52,133 So they came out and they processed the scene. 201 00:09:52,133 --> 00:09:53,134 (tense music continues) 202 00:09:53,134 --> 00:09:55,428 - [Narrator] Detectives take plaster casts 203 00:09:55,428 --> 00:09:57,638 of the tire tracks and footprints. 204 00:09:58,639 --> 00:10:01,517 Also gathered from the scene are an empty milk carton, 205 00:10:01,517 --> 00:10:03,644 some bread, and an old can. 206 00:10:06,230 --> 00:10:08,024 - In a restroom at a nearby park, 207 00:10:08,024 --> 00:10:10,610 there's clothes burning in a toilet. 208 00:10:10,610 --> 00:10:13,487 Officers recover what's left of a pant leg, 209 00:10:13,487 --> 00:10:15,948 a box container for a stove, 210 00:10:15,948 --> 00:10:18,492 and several burnt rolls of toilet paper. 211 00:10:19,160 --> 00:10:20,620 - They just found some burned clothes 212 00:10:20,620 --> 00:10:23,581 in a bathroom near where she was killed, 213 00:10:23,581 --> 00:10:25,291 but they weren't able to ever determine 214 00:10:25,291 --> 00:10:27,376 if they were related or not. 215 00:10:27,376 --> 00:10:29,337 And they think, ultimately, they decided no, 216 00:10:29,337 --> 00:10:30,796 they were not related. 217 00:10:30,796 --> 00:10:32,214 (tense music continues) 218 00:10:32,214 --> 00:10:34,258 There wasn't a lot of information about that in the case, 219 00:10:34,258 --> 00:10:38,136 but it was definitely a red herring, so to speak. 220 00:10:39,889 --> 00:10:42,224 - Around noon, Helene's aunt and uncle 221 00:10:42,224 --> 00:10:44,518 and Kitsey Snow have heard on the news 222 00:10:44,518 --> 00:10:46,771 about a woman's body being found 223 00:10:46,771 --> 00:10:49,398 and they're desperately trying to stay positive. 224 00:10:49,398 --> 00:10:51,067 (tense music continues) 225 00:10:51,067 --> 00:10:53,778 - [Narrator] But police arrive at 1:30 PM 226 00:10:53,778 --> 00:10:55,196 to break the news that 227 00:10:55,196 --> 00:10:58,574 the victim is, in fact, Helene Pruszynski. 228 00:10:59,492 --> 00:11:01,910 - Helene's parents fly in and arrive at the house 229 00:11:01,910 --> 00:11:03,453 around 4:00 PM. 230 00:11:03,453 --> 00:11:06,666 When they see a priest waiting, they know the worst. 231 00:11:11,128 --> 00:11:13,964 Later, Kitsey writes in her journal... 232 00:11:14,965 --> 00:11:17,635 - [Narrator] "I couldn't cry, just shake. 233 00:11:17,635 --> 00:11:19,845 I couldn't stop shaking." 234 00:11:19,845 --> 00:11:20,679 Kitsey Snow. 235 00:11:22,431 --> 00:11:24,183 - The news of the murder breaks 236 00:11:24,183 --> 00:11:27,144 and then the police get a lead. 237 00:11:27,144 --> 00:11:29,188 (tense music continues) 238 00:11:29,188 --> 00:11:31,273 - A woman driving on Daniels Park Road 239 00:11:31,273 --> 00:11:34,443 around 10:20 PM the night Helene disappears, 240 00:11:34,443 --> 00:11:39,240 sees a man, 20 or 30 years old, possibly Caucasian, 241 00:11:40,157 --> 00:11:42,743 medium-length brown hair over the ears 242 00:11:42,743 --> 00:11:44,662 with possibly a mustache. 243 00:11:45,578 --> 00:11:47,581 - Authorities realize how crucial 244 00:11:47,581 --> 00:11:50,793 this chance sighting is and they put her under hypnosis. 245 00:11:50,793 --> 00:11:54,296 (tense music continues) 246 00:11:59,051 --> 00:12:01,386 She recalls even more detail. 247 00:12:03,848 --> 00:12:06,475 - A witness had seen some type of muscle car, 248 00:12:06,475 --> 00:12:09,437 possibly a Mustang, yellow or white, 249 00:12:09,437 --> 00:12:12,148 and they were able to do a composite sketch 250 00:12:12,148 --> 00:12:13,816 of the face of the person, 251 00:12:13,816 --> 00:12:16,485 the man who was seen at the trunk of the car. 252 00:12:16,485 --> 00:12:18,904 - [Narrator] Armed with a detailed sketch, 253 00:12:18,904 --> 00:12:20,990 the authorities now have something concrete 254 00:12:20,990 --> 00:12:25,660 that they may be able to use to catch a killer. 255 00:12:25,660 --> 00:12:29,165 (tense music continues) 256 00:12:30,708 --> 00:12:33,586 (dramatic music) 257 00:12:36,130 --> 00:12:37,339 (tense music) 258 00:12:37,339 --> 00:12:39,800 A young woman is found in a field, 259 00:12:39,800 --> 00:12:41,761 brutally raped and murdered, 260 00:12:43,179 --> 00:12:45,514 but a passerby gets a clear view 261 00:12:45,514 --> 00:12:47,767 of a man in the vicinity of the killing. 262 00:12:49,559 --> 00:12:54,190 Using hypnosis, a highly detailed composite sketch 263 00:12:54,190 --> 00:12:55,024 is made public 264 00:12:56,525 --> 00:13:00,738 Police comb the area around Helen Pruszynski's bus stop 265 00:13:00,738 --> 00:13:04,033 where they believe she was likely to have been abducted. 266 00:13:05,117 --> 00:13:07,160 - You're racing the clock when you've got a homicide 267 00:13:07,160 --> 00:13:09,163 and every officer knows it. 268 00:13:09,163 --> 00:13:11,999 You want to get a lead in the first 48 hours 269 00:13:11,999 --> 00:13:13,667 while people's minds are still fresh 270 00:13:13,667 --> 00:13:16,796 and the evidence hasn't yet been degraded or destroyed. 271 00:13:16,796 --> 00:13:17,922 (tense music continues) 272 00:13:17,922 --> 00:13:19,423 - [Narrator] The radio station where Helene 273 00:13:19,423 --> 00:13:23,052 was interning offers a reward for the capture of the killer. 274 00:13:24,011 --> 00:13:25,179 - [Announcer] Is offering a reward 275 00:13:25,179 --> 00:13:27,681 for anybody who knows any information. 276 00:13:28,390 --> 00:13:30,351 - [Narrator] And officers are inundated 277 00:13:30,351 --> 00:13:32,102 with tips from the public. 278 00:13:34,939 --> 00:13:37,482 - Police canvass all possible areas 279 00:13:37,482 --> 00:13:39,568 and follow up on each and every lead. 280 00:13:40,611 --> 00:13:43,322 With such a detailed composite sketch, 281 00:13:43,322 --> 00:13:45,324 someone must have seen something. 282 00:13:46,200 --> 00:13:49,787 (tense music continues) 283 00:13:49,787 --> 00:13:51,580 - A mass is held for Pruszynski 284 00:13:51,580 --> 00:13:54,833 in St. Paul's Church in Hamilton, Massachusetts 285 00:13:54,833 --> 00:13:58,337 and a memorial mass the following month. 286 00:13:58,337 --> 00:14:00,881 Pruszynski's friends and family, 287 00:14:00,881 --> 00:14:03,300 her former classmates, her teachers, 288 00:14:03,300 --> 00:14:04,844 they're all in total shock. 289 00:14:06,929 --> 00:14:10,099 - [Glen] The autopsy reveals that Helene Pruszynski is raped 290 00:14:10,099 --> 00:14:12,684 and stabbed multiple times in the back. 291 00:14:12,684 --> 00:14:14,687 (tense music continues) 292 00:14:14,687 --> 00:14:18,148 - [Narrator] Forensic officers process a swab taken 293 00:14:18,148 --> 00:14:19,191 from the victim. 294 00:14:20,818 --> 00:14:24,321 Forensics also examined the footwear casts taken 295 00:14:24,321 --> 00:14:25,656 from the crime scene. 296 00:14:26,323 --> 00:14:27,575 (tense music continues) 297 00:14:27,575 --> 00:14:30,494 - They appear to have been left by a Western-style boot 298 00:14:30,494 --> 00:14:32,872 with a size range of 9 to 11. 299 00:14:36,584 --> 00:14:38,586 As police try to put all the clues together, 300 00:14:38,586 --> 00:14:42,548 an eerie similarity to two other cases becomes obvious. 301 00:14:42,548 --> 00:14:45,551 (tense music continues) 302 00:14:45,551 --> 00:14:47,052 - There were several murders 303 00:14:47,052 --> 00:14:48,470 up and down the Broadway corridor 304 00:14:48,470 --> 00:14:50,598 during that time in Colorado. 305 00:14:50,598 --> 00:14:52,391 It was a dangerous area. 306 00:14:52,391 --> 00:14:54,268 (tense music continues) 307 00:14:54,268 --> 00:14:56,854 - [Narrator] In 1968 and 1970, 308 00:14:56,854 --> 00:15:00,274 there are two other similar murders in the same area. 309 00:15:01,817 --> 00:15:03,736 - In just a few weeks earlier, 310 00:15:03,736 --> 00:15:07,281 a woman is raped not far from Pruszynski's bus stop. 311 00:15:07,281 --> 00:15:09,700 (tense music continues) 312 00:15:09,700 --> 00:15:12,870 - [Narrator] The very night Helene Pruszynski vanishes, 313 00:15:12,870 --> 00:15:15,873 another woman is grabbed when she tries 314 00:15:15,873 --> 00:15:17,333 to get off a nearby bus. 315 00:15:17,333 --> 00:15:18,500 (tense music continues) 316 00:15:18,500 --> 00:15:20,711 It seems likely that all of these cases 317 00:15:20,711 --> 00:15:23,964 could be related to Helene's disappearance and murder. 318 00:15:25,799 --> 00:15:27,343 - But is there any connection 319 00:15:27,343 --> 00:15:29,470 between the women who were attacked? 320 00:15:29,470 --> 00:15:32,973 (tense music continues) 321 00:15:37,645 --> 00:15:39,355 - She was supposed to be here for a few weeks 322 00:15:39,355 --> 00:15:42,775 and she was killed during her second week here in Colorado. 323 00:15:42,775 --> 00:15:45,778 - Which makes it likely her killer was a stranger. 324 00:15:45,778 --> 00:15:48,489 A random attack is one of the the most difficult cases 325 00:15:48,489 --> 00:15:50,824 to solve, especially in 1980 326 00:15:50,824 --> 00:15:53,911 before DNA is used the way we've come to expect. 327 00:15:53,911 --> 00:15:56,246 (tense music continues) 328 00:15:56,246 --> 00:15:59,249 - The composite sketch isn't getting any results. 329 00:15:59,249 --> 00:16:03,212 As the days pass, police have very little to go on. 330 00:16:03,212 --> 00:16:04,213 (tense music continues) 331 00:16:04,213 --> 00:16:05,631 - [Narrator] "We're doing everything we can 332 00:16:05,631 --> 00:16:06,924 to run down leads, 333 00:16:06,924 --> 00:16:10,010 but after that, you know the way it goes, 334 00:16:10,010 --> 00:16:13,055 especially when the victim is new in town." 335 00:16:13,055 --> 00:16:14,098 Carl Whiteside, 336 00:16:14,098 --> 00:16:18,102 deputy director of the Colorado Bureau of Investigation. 337 00:16:22,648 --> 00:16:24,441 Investigators believe there is a link 338 00:16:24,441 --> 00:16:26,568 between Helene Pruszynski's murder 339 00:16:26,568 --> 00:16:27,903 and the two other slayings 340 00:16:27,903 --> 00:16:31,323 in the Denver metropolitan area years earlier. 341 00:16:33,450 --> 00:16:34,785 - But there's nothing they can do 342 00:16:34,785 --> 00:16:37,454 to prove their theory or find the killer. 343 00:16:37,454 --> 00:16:41,000 (tense music continues) 344 00:16:42,209 --> 00:16:44,253 - [Narrator] Despite the preserved samples 345 00:16:44,253 --> 00:16:45,379 taken from the body, 346 00:16:46,463 --> 00:16:50,134 technology does not allow authorities to connect the dots. 347 00:16:52,761 --> 00:16:55,597 The case stalls and the tragic killing look fated 348 00:16:55,597 --> 00:16:59,309 to be filed away with other unsolved murders. 349 00:17:00,310 --> 00:17:04,481 - But despite all appearances, this story isn't over yet. 350 00:17:06,066 --> 00:17:07,984 Pruszynski's family and friends 351 00:17:07,984 --> 00:17:10,029 are not gonna let her memory fade 352 00:17:10,863 --> 00:17:13,657 and they're not gonna give up looking for her killer. 353 00:17:15,242 --> 00:17:17,286 - [Narrator] "I saw Helene's parents 354 00:17:17,286 --> 00:17:19,913 and I just promised them that I would not stop 355 00:17:19,913 --> 00:17:21,582 for as long as I was living 356 00:17:21,582 --> 00:17:24,667 and doing everything in my power to find Helene's killer." 357 00:17:24,667 --> 00:17:28,297 Kimberly La Tourette, friend of Helene Pruszynski 358 00:17:34,053 --> 00:17:35,345 The following year, 359 00:17:35,345 --> 00:17:39,600 the investigation into Helene Pruszynski's murder goes cold 360 00:17:39,600 --> 00:17:43,561 and it will stay cold for almost two decades. 361 00:17:43,561 --> 00:17:44,980 - But as we know, 362 00:17:44,980 --> 00:17:48,400 some of the most daunting cold cases have a way of thawing. 363 00:17:48,400 --> 00:17:49,859 (tense music continues) 364 00:17:49,859 --> 00:17:52,279 - Helene's case was well known in the sheriff's office 365 00:17:52,279 --> 00:17:54,656 and in the area in Douglas County. 366 00:17:54,656 --> 00:17:57,201 Whoever worked on it was passionate to find her killer 367 00:17:57,201 --> 00:17:59,078 and bring them to justice. 368 00:18:00,079 --> 00:18:02,330 Director of CBI at the time was forward thinking. 369 00:18:02,330 --> 00:18:04,416 They saved the DNA and stored it properly 370 00:18:04,416 --> 00:18:06,667 over the next several decades. 371 00:18:06,667 --> 00:18:07,795 - And because family, friends, 372 00:18:07,795 --> 00:18:10,547 and police never forget this brilliant young woman 373 00:18:10,547 --> 00:18:13,092 who had her life cruelly ripped from her, 374 00:18:14,051 --> 00:18:15,594 the unbelievable happens. 375 00:18:19,181 --> 00:18:22,059 (dramatic music) 376 00:18:23,936 --> 00:18:26,563 (tense music) 377 00:18:29,316 --> 00:18:31,734 - [Narrator] The case of a brutal rape and murder 378 00:18:31,734 --> 00:18:34,154 of a bright young student goes cold. 379 00:18:35,614 --> 00:18:37,699 Her friends and family vow 380 00:18:37,699 --> 00:18:40,077 to never stop haunting for the killer. 381 00:18:41,994 --> 00:18:46,250 Evidence taken from the crime scene waits on the shelf 382 00:18:46,250 --> 00:18:49,128 while technology slowly advances. 383 00:18:49,128 --> 00:18:50,337 (tense music continues) 384 00:18:50,337 --> 00:18:54,842 - By the late 1980s, DNA is commonly used to solve crimes, 385 00:18:54,842 --> 00:18:56,844 but its reach is still limited 386 00:18:56,844 --> 00:19:00,513 and Pruszynski's case remains a cold file. 387 00:19:00,513 --> 00:19:04,351 (tense music continues) 388 00:19:04,351 --> 00:19:07,061 - But the search for her killer comes into view again 389 00:19:07,061 --> 00:19:10,482 when a dark avenue of investigation comes to light. 390 00:19:13,068 --> 00:19:15,988 - There were several possibilities or similarities 391 00:19:15,988 --> 00:19:18,991 to other cases, but they weren't Helene's killer. 392 00:19:18,991 --> 00:19:22,286 (tense music continues) 393 00:19:22,286 --> 00:19:26,373 - [Narrator] In 1976, Kenyon Battles Tolerton tries 394 00:19:26,373 --> 00:19:30,878 to abduct Janelle Shepherd from a mall's parking lot 395 00:19:30,878 --> 00:19:33,422 by hiding in the backseat of her car, 396 00:19:33,422 --> 00:19:35,174 but is foiled by a passerby. 397 00:19:36,465 --> 00:19:38,135 Tolerton is arrested. 398 00:19:38,886 --> 00:19:43,849 He's also a suspect in the murder of Holly Andrews, age 16, 399 00:19:43,849 --> 00:19:47,978 who disappears on December 26th, 1976 400 00:19:47,978 --> 00:19:50,856 after leaving her mother's home in Littleton. 401 00:19:50,856 --> 00:19:53,984 Her naked body is found by skiers the next day. 402 00:19:53,984 --> 00:19:57,487 She has been sexually assaulted and stabbed to death. 403 00:19:57,487 --> 00:20:00,657 (tense music continues) 404 00:20:00,657 --> 00:20:03,952 In 1980, the same year as Helene's murder. 405 00:20:03,952 --> 00:20:07,039 Donna Waugh's half-dressed corpse is discovered 406 00:20:07,039 --> 00:20:10,209 in a field in Arapahoe County, Colorado, 407 00:20:11,292 --> 00:20:14,796 an area less than an hour from where Helene's body is found. 408 00:20:16,423 --> 00:20:17,799 - Tolerton is out on probation 409 00:20:17,799 --> 00:20:20,052 when he is charged with the first-degree murder 410 00:20:20,052 --> 00:20:21,637 and rape of Donna Waugh. 411 00:20:22,804 --> 00:20:25,849 In 1981, he pleads guilty to second-degree murder 412 00:20:25,849 --> 00:20:27,893 to avoid the death penalty. 413 00:20:27,893 --> 00:20:31,313 But by 1991, he is again out on parole. 414 00:20:31,313 --> 00:20:32,814 (tense music continues) 415 00:20:32,814 --> 00:20:34,900 - [Narrator] In September, 1993, 416 00:20:34,900 --> 00:20:39,238 14-year-old Cissy Foster's partially-clad body is found 417 00:20:39,238 --> 00:20:42,074 in a remote area of Denver. 418 00:20:42,074 --> 00:20:43,951 Like Helene Pruszynski, 419 00:20:43,951 --> 00:20:46,994 she is raped and stabbed multiple times. 420 00:20:48,038 --> 00:20:50,707 - [Glen] Police arrest Tolerton when they find a link 421 00:20:50,707 --> 00:20:51,917 to Cissy Foster's murder 422 00:20:51,917 --> 00:20:54,127 from a blood sample taken from Tolerton 423 00:20:54,127 --> 00:20:57,381 when he was serving his 1980 sentence. 424 00:20:57,381 --> 00:20:59,967 - [Narrator] In 1994, he is sentenced 425 00:20:59,967 --> 00:21:04,930 to life plus 48 years for the murder of Cissy Foster. 426 00:21:04,930 --> 00:21:06,223 - Authorities make the connection 427 00:21:06,223 --> 00:21:08,100 that the killings perpetrated by Tolerton 428 00:21:08,100 --> 00:21:12,186 and Pruszynski's rape and murder are eerily similar. 429 00:21:12,186 --> 00:21:15,691 (tense music continues) 430 00:21:20,904 --> 00:21:22,823 - [Narrator] Almost two decades later, 431 00:21:22,823 --> 00:21:25,617 Douglas County's sheriff forms a taskforce 432 00:21:25,617 --> 00:21:30,038 that includes the Englewood Police Department and the CBI. 433 00:21:30,038 --> 00:21:33,041 They reopened Helen Pruszynski's case. 434 00:21:33,041 --> 00:21:36,545 (tense music continues) 435 00:21:39,881 --> 00:21:41,590 There's a re-examination 436 00:21:41,590 --> 00:21:44,678 of all the evidence from 20 years earlier. 437 00:21:44,678 --> 00:21:48,181 (tense music continues) 438 00:21:50,559 --> 00:21:52,894 - They have Helene's coat from the crime scene, 439 00:21:52,894 --> 00:21:56,315 but discover it's never been submitted for DNA testing. 440 00:21:57,941 --> 00:22:01,153 - They were able to take that coat, take that DNA, 441 00:22:01,153 --> 00:22:04,071 and send it to a private lab who extracted the DNA 442 00:22:04,071 --> 00:22:07,326 from that sample and create a DNA profile. 443 00:22:08,577 --> 00:22:09,869 - [Narrator] The results are uploaded 444 00:22:09,869 --> 00:22:15,083 to the FBI's Combined DNA Index System, known as CODIS, 445 00:22:15,834 --> 00:22:18,086 a national DNA information repository. 446 00:22:18,086 --> 00:22:19,755 - There are millions of profiles 447 00:22:19,755 --> 00:22:22,674 from known criminals and unsolved crimes 448 00:22:22,674 --> 00:22:28,138 where state labs and local crime labs compare DNA profiles, 449 00:22:29,056 --> 00:22:30,432 like the profile of Kenyon Tolerton. 450 00:22:32,726 --> 00:22:34,269 - There was some hope there, right? 451 00:22:34,269 --> 00:22:35,270 Oh, great. 452 00:22:35,270 --> 00:22:38,273 We have this new tool and maybe we can catch him that way. 453 00:22:38,273 --> 00:22:41,068 Unfortunately, when they put Helene's killer's DNA 454 00:22:41,068 --> 00:22:43,278 in CODIS, there was no match. 455 00:22:43,945 --> 00:22:46,531 - But not only is Tolerton ruled out, 456 00:22:46,531 --> 00:22:49,826 there are also no matches for her killer at all. 457 00:22:49,826 --> 00:22:52,204 This is not what officers were hoping for. 458 00:22:52,204 --> 00:22:54,080 (tense music continues) 459 00:22:54,080 --> 00:22:57,167 - But in 1998, it's still a limited process 460 00:22:57,167 --> 00:23:01,588 that works best at comparing specific DNA profiles. 461 00:23:01,588 --> 00:23:04,090 In terms of casting a wide net, 462 00:23:04,090 --> 00:23:06,468 the technology just isn't there yet. 463 00:23:06,468 --> 00:23:08,345 (tense music continues) 464 00:23:08,345 --> 00:23:10,222 - [Narrator] Years pass and the case 465 00:23:10,222 --> 00:23:13,016 is reexamined again and again 466 00:23:13,016 --> 00:23:15,602 when finally there's a result. 467 00:23:16,811 --> 00:23:19,106 - DNA leads to eight women who may have been related 468 00:23:19,106 --> 00:23:21,858 to the killer, but it's another dead end. 469 00:23:21,858 --> 00:23:25,070 (tense music continues) 470 00:23:25,070 --> 00:23:28,281 - [Narrator] In 2017, genetic genealogy 471 00:23:28,281 --> 00:23:31,201 has been integrated into DNA searches. 472 00:23:32,160 --> 00:23:35,664 - DNA can now be uploaded to an open-source database 473 00:23:35,664 --> 00:23:37,541 and officers can now find people 474 00:23:37,541 --> 00:23:40,001 who are related to a perpetrator. 475 00:23:40,001 --> 00:23:42,170 From there, a family tree can be built up 476 00:23:42,170 --> 00:23:45,757 with the person being sought residing somewhere within. 477 00:23:45,757 --> 00:23:47,008 (tense music continues) 478 00:23:47,008 --> 00:23:50,679 - When that family tree is large, it's a massive task. 479 00:23:53,348 --> 00:23:56,852 (tense music continues) 480 00:24:04,276 --> 00:24:08,155 - [Narrator] In 2019, Douglas County Sheriff's investigator, 481 00:24:08,155 --> 00:24:10,991 Shannon Jensen, begins that work 482 00:24:10,991 --> 00:24:13,034 in the Helen Pruszynski case. 483 00:24:13,034 --> 00:24:16,913 The DNA produces a match of 3,000 individuals 484 00:24:16,913 --> 00:24:18,707 who are related to the killer. 485 00:24:19,708 --> 00:24:22,544 - As a detective, I remember feeling a little overwhelmed. 486 00:24:23,879 --> 00:24:27,965 I have to dig in there and figure out if I can solve this. 487 00:24:29,426 --> 00:24:30,927 So it's a little overwhelming. 488 00:24:30,927 --> 00:24:34,431 You need to be meticulous and tenacious and patient. 489 00:24:34,431 --> 00:24:35,724 (tense music continues) 490 00:24:35,724 --> 00:24:38,435 - And it really comes down to old-fashioned sleuthing 491 00:24:38,435 --> 00:24:40,395 with a huge swath of people. 492 00:24:41,229 --> 00:24:43,898 There are, understandably, some false starts. 493 00:24:43,898 --> 00:24:46,109 (tense music continues) 494 00:24:46,109 --> 00:24:47,777 - We have law enforcement databases, 495 00:24:47,777 --> 00:24:49,821 a couple that I used in particular, 496 00:24:49,821 --> 00:24:52,073 that you could just type in someone's name 497 00:24:52,073 --> 00:24:54,284 and try to get their address and information. 498 00:24:54,284 --> 00:24:55,327 (tense music continues) 499 00:24:55,327 --> 00:24:56,828 - [Narrator] Detectives find another 500 00:24:56,828 --> 00:24:58,747 possible suspect in Arizona. 501 00:24:59,830 --> 00:25:03,251 - She sees him toss a water bottle into the trash. 502 00:25:03,251 --> 00:25:05,962 She grabs it and sends it to the lab. 503 00:25:05,962 --> 00:25:08,089 (tense music continues) 504 00:25:08,089 --> 00:25:11,635 - The detective work is painstaking, time consuming, 505 00:25:11,635 --> 00:25:13,011 and it must be done. 506 00:25:13,011 --> 00:25:15,597 (tense music continues) 507 00:25:15,597 --> 00:25:17,682 This time, there's no match. 508 00:25:17,682 --> 00:25:18,725 He's not the man. 509 00:25:18,725 --> 00:25:21,895 So she goes back to the list and tries again. 510 00:25:23,438 --> 00:25:25,440 - [Narrator] Meanwhile, Jessi Still, 511 00:25:25,440 --> 00:25:29,236 a Georgian woman with a fascination for true crime, 512 00:25:29,236 --> 00:25:32,364 buys a DNA kit and loads her information 513 00:25:32,364 --> 00:25:34,032 onto an ancestry site. 514 00:25:34,032 --> 00:25:36,660 (tense music continues) 515 00:25:36,660 --> 00:25:38,912 - But within two months, she is contacted 516 00:25:38,912 --> 00:25:42,624 by the Douglas County Sheriff's Department in Colorado. 517 00:25:42,624 --> 00:25:45,210 Ms. Still is identified as a distant cousin 518 00:25:45,210 --> 00:25:47,921 to a suspect in Helene's murder case. 519 00:25:48,880 --> 00:25:51,132 - Still is aware of ethical concerns 520 00:25:51,132 --> 00:25:53,176 over genetic DNA sites being used 521 00:25:53,176 --> 00:25:54,761 for criminal investigations. 522 00:25:54,761 --> 00:25:56,513 But she opts in on the website, 523 00:25:56,513 --> 00:26:00,100 allowing law enforcement to use her DNA profile. 524 00:26:01,017 --> 00:26:02,519 - [Narrator] "First, I thought maybe it 525 00:26:02,519 --> 00:26:04,311 was a joke or a prank. 526 00:26:04,311 --> 00:26:06,606 Nobody ever wants to think about being related 527 00:26:06,606 --> 00:26:08,023 to the killer." 528 00:26:08,023 --> 00:26:08,942 Jessi Still. 529 00:26:08,942 --> 00:26:10,734 (tense music continues) 530 00:26:10,734 --> 00:26:14,573 No one in Still's immediate family knows the suspect. 531 00:26:15,407 --> 00:26:16,532 - So she was raised by her aunt 532 00:26:16,532 --> 00:26:19,286 and she told me a story about these two boys 533 00:26:19,286 --> 00:26:21,580 that her Aunt June had had. 534 00:26:21,580 --> 00:26:24,249 There was a talk show back in the 90s 535 00:26:24,249 --> 00:26:26,960 that wanted to reunite family members for Thanksgiving. 536 00:26:26,960 --> 00:26:29,838 Because of the talk show, they had found her long lost son. 537 00:26:29,838 --> 00:26:31,172 So he came out. 538 00:26:31,172 --> 00:26:32,632 She told me he was very different. 539 00:26:32,632 --> 00:26:34,009 He acted funny. 540 00:26:34,009 --> 00:26:35,218 He was strange. 541 00:26:35,218 --> 00:26:37,470 He came and then he just bailed. 542 00:26:37,470 --> 00:26:40,557 And she said there was a newspaper article written about 543 00:26:40,557 --> 00:26:43,602 that visit and it had both of the son's names in them, 544 00:26:43,602 --> 00:26:46,021 but I can't remember what they are. 545 00:26:46,021 --> 00:26:48,273 My aunt might have the article. 546 00:26:48,273 --> 00:26:50,942 So she went back to her aunt and she said, "Yes, 547 00:26:50,942 --> 00:26:52,359 my aunt has the article." 548 00:26:52,359 --> 00:26:55,238 I said, "Great. Can she share it with me?" 549 00:26:55,238 --> 00:26:56,323 She said, "Yes." 550 00:26:56,323 --> 00:26:57,532 So she sent me the article 551 00:26:57,532 --> 00:27:00,493 and it had both of her sons' names in it, 552 00:27:00,493 --> 00:27:02,621 William and James Clanton. 553 00:27:03,330 --> 00:27:04,705 I had this feeling in the morning, 554 00:27:04,705 --> 00:27:07,000 and it sounds a bit corny or cliche, 555 00:27:07,000 --> 00:27:10,337 but I had come to work and I just had this feeling 556 00:27:10,337 --> 00:27:14,674 that I was gonna know the name of her killer very soon. 557 00:27:14,674 --> 00:27:16,551 (tense music continues) 558 00:27:16,551 --> 00:27:18,303 I was filled with adrenaline. 559 00:27:18,303 --> 00:27:20,638 My mind was moving faster than my body. 560 00:27:21,222 --> 00:27:22,307 I wanted to run their names 561 00:27:22,307 --> 00:27:23,516 and get their criminal histories, 562 00:27:23,516 --> 00:27:24,559 which I did right away. 563 00:27:24,559 --> 00:27:25,852 I was frantic, in other words, 564 00:27:25,852 --> 00:27:28,104 I wanted to figure out which one of these guys 565 00:27:28,104 --> 00:27:29,230 was her killer. 566 00:27:29,230 --> 00:27:31,232 (tense music continues) 567 00:27:31,232 --> 00:27:34,109 - [Narrator] DNA reveals that William White Jr. 568 00:27:34,109 --> 00:27:37,530 has a history of deviant sexual behavior, 569 00:27:37,530 --> 00:27:38,657 but is not a match. 570 00:27:40,867 --> 00:27:44,412 But White's younger brother, Curtis Allen White, 571 00:27:44,412 --> 00:27:47,540 has been convicted of raping a woman at knife point 572 00:27:47,540 --> 00:27:50,460 in Arkansas in 1975. 573 00:27:50,460 --> 00:27:53,713 He moves to Colorado in 1979. 574 00:27:53,713 --> 00:27:57,676 In 1982, he starts going by a new name, 575 00:27:57,676 --> 00:28:00,178 James Curtis Clanton. 576 00:28:04,516 --> 00:28:08,103 Detective Shannon Jensen traces Clanton's life, 577 00:28:08,103 --> 00:28:10,313 and after almost four decades, 578 00:28:10,313 --> 00:28:11,815 the dots finally connect. 579 00:28:11,815 --> 00:28:12,941 (tense music continues) 580 00:28:12,941 --> 00:28:14,567 - I went back to my law enforcement databases 581 00:28:14,567 --> 00:28:16,861 and we ran their names and learned quickly 582 00:28:16,861 --> 00:28:20,615 that Mr. Clanton was in Colorado during that time 583 00:28:20,615 --> 00:28:24,202 near where she was abducted and killed. 584 00:28:24,202 --> 00:28:25,328 (tense music continues) 585 00:28:25,328 --> 00:28:27,497 - [Glen] She tells Lieutenant Tommy Barella, 586 00:28:27,497 --> 00:28:29,207 who is an experienced officer, 587 00:28:29,207 --> 00:28:31,042 but new to cold case work, 588 00:28:31,042 --> 00:28:32,836 "I know who he is." 589 00:28:32,836 --> 00:28:35,296 (tense music continues) 590 00:28:35,296 --> 00:28:37,382 - What they need now is a plan 591 00:28:37,382 --> 00:28:41,094 to find James Curtis Clanton, a truck driver, 592 00:28:41,094 --> 00:28:43,012 and to collect a sample of his DNA 593 00:28:43,012 --> 00:28:44,848 to back up their theory. 594 00:28:44,848 --> 00:28:49,144 (tense music continues) 595 00:28:49,144 --> 00:28:51,771 (dramatic music) 596 00:28:54,107 --> 00:28:56,568 (tense music) 597 00:28:59,112 --> 00:29:00,697 - [Narrator] The Helen Pruszynski case 598 00:29:00,697 --> 00:29:02,991 has an incarcerated serial killer 599 00:29:02,991 --> 00:29:05,660 as her likely rapist and murderer, 600 00:29:06,119 --> 00:29:08,455 but DNA rules him out. 601 00:29:09,330 --> 00:29:12,584 Detectives form a task force and enter the DNA 602 00:29:12,584 --> 00:29:16,087 of Helene's killer into a database 603 00:29:16,087 --> 00:29:19,340 where the search comes back without success. 604 00:29:19,340 --> 00:29:21,384 (tense music continues) 605 00:29:21,384 --> 00:29:24,471 But when a genetic DNA produces a match, 606 00:29:25,388 --> 00:29:27,432 officers believe they have this public enemy 607 00:29:27,432 --> 00:29:28,767 in their sights. 608 00:29:28,767 --> 00:29:32,270 (tense music continues) 609 00:29:33,229 --> 00:29:35,273 - Detectives need to collect DNA 610 00:29:35,273 --> 00:29:37,233 to confirm the killer's identity. 611 00:29:38,860 --> 00:29:42,071 Douglas County deputies trace Clanton to Florida 612 00:29:42,071 --> 00:29:45,074 and follow him for days, waiting for their chance. 613 00:29:47,410 --> 00:29:49,871 - Then Clanton goes into a bar near his home 614 00:29:49,871 --> 00:29:53,333 outside Lake Butler, 30 miles north of Gainesville. 615 00:29:53,333 --> 00:29:56,044 He doesn't know a police are on his trail. 616 00:29:56,044 --> 00:29:57,295 (tense music continues) 617 00:29:57,295 --> 00:29:59,672 - It was decided that, although Thanksgiving was coming, 618 00:29:59,672 --> 00:30:02,550 they asked if they could stay out there a few more days 619 00:30:02,550 --> 00:30:05,261 to see if they could get anything else from him. 620 00:30:06,262 --> 00:30:07,806 That's when he went into that bar on a Sunday afternoon 621 00:30:07,806 --> 00:30:10,183 and had a beer outta that beer mug. 622 00:30:10,183 --> 00:30:12,685 (tense music continues) 623 00:30:12,685 --> 00:30:15,814 - The bartender has been alerted and when Clanton leaves, 624 00:30:15,814 --> 00:30:18,316 he carefully stores the mug under the bar. 625 00:30:19,025 --> 00:30:21,444 (tense music continues) 626 00:30:21,444 --> 00:30:23,238 - [Narrator] Detectives seize the mug 627 00:30:23,238 --> 00:30:25,782 and bring it to Colorado for testing. 628 00:30:25,782 --> 00:30:28,243 And this time it's a match. 629 00:30:28,243 --> 00:30:31,830 (tense music continues) 630 00:30:33,706 --> 00:30:38,253 Just before 2:00 PM, two Douglas County Sheriffs stand alone 631 00:30:38,253 --> 00:30:41,381 in a quiet road outside Lake Butler, Florida 632 00:30:41,381 --> 00:30:45,009 waiting as Clanton drives up in his truck. 633 00:30:45,009 --> 00:30:46,469 - Detectives come up with a ruse 634 00:30:46,469 --> 00:30:49,222 to make Clanton commit to certain facts. 635 00:30:49,222 --> 00:30:50,515 It's a preemptive strike 636 00:30:50,515 --> 00:30:53,059 against possible claims Clanton might come up with 637 00:30:53,059 --> 00:30:54,185 to protect himself, 638 00:30:54,185 --> 00:30:57,355 like that he had consensual sex with Pruszynski. 639 00:30:58,398 --> 00:31:00,650 - [Narrator] James Curtis Clanton is informed 640 00:31:00,650 --> 00:31:03,653 that they suspect his identity has been stolen 641 00:31:03,653 --> 00:31:05,321 and that someone has mixed him up 642 00:31:05,321 --> 00:31:08,575 in a multimillion-dollar securities fraud case. 643 00:31:08,575 --> 00:31:10,702 - These detective, I mean, right off the bat, 644 00:31:10,702 --> 00:31:12,245 they look like IRS agents. 645 00:31:12,245 --> 00:31:14,372 They went up to him and they came up with this ruse. 646 00:31:14,372 --> 00:31:16,124 We just wanna make sure that, you know, 647 00:31:16,124 --> 00:31:17,750 you're not connected to this in any way 648 00:31:17,750 --> 00:31:20,003 or, you know, you're not a victim. 649 00:31:20,003 --> 00:31:21,671 (tense music continues) 650 00:31:21,671 --> 00:31:23,423 - Clanton agrees to an interview 651 00:31:23,423 --> 00:31:25,633 to confirm he is not involved. 652 00:31:26,885 --> 00:31:30,430 - [Narrator] The officers continue on with the ruse. 653 00:31:30,430 --> 00:31:32,891 - After an hour, the officers believe 654 00:31:32,891 --> 00:31:35,518 they have what they need to cover their bases. 655 00:31:38,021 --> 00:31:42,025 Then they reveal what the interview has really been about. 656 00:31:45,695 --> 00:31:48,907 They slide a picture of Helene across the table 657 00:31:48,907 --> 00:31:51,034 and ask if he recognizes her. 658 00:31:51,034 --> 00:31:54,203 (tense music continues) 659 00:31:54,203 --> 00:31:57,165 - [Narrator] James Curtis Clanton denies it 660 00:31:57,165 --> 00:31:58,917 and requests an attorney. 661 00:32:00,710 --> 00:32:03,046 It is then he is advised, 662 00:32:03,046 --> 00:32:06,466 "We actually have your DNA in her and on her," 663 00:32:06,466 --> 00:32:08,343 Sergeant Attila Denes. 664 00:32:08,343 --> 00:32:11,638 (tense music continues) 665 00:32:11,638 --> 00:32:13,306 - [Glen] He's arrested for first-degree murder 666 00:32:13,306 --> 00:32:17,310 and kidnapping, handcuffed, and taken to a Florida jail. 667 00:32:17,310 --> 00:32:20,813 (tense music continues) 668 00:32:21,481 --> 00:32:22,857 - He made a phone call to his daughter 669 00:32:22,857 --> 00:32:24,192 and said, "I did something a long time ago. 670 00:32:24,192 --> 00:32:24,984 I got caught. 671 00:32:25,818 --> 00:32:28,321 I'm gonna go away for a while." 672 00:32:28,321 --> 00:32:30,823 (tense music continues) 673 00:32:30,823 --> 00:32:33,785 - After 40 years, they have a killer in custody. 674 00:32:34,535 --> 00:32:36,204 And it turns out that composite sketch 675 00:32:36,204 --> 00:32:38,790 from 1980 was incredibly accurate. 676 00:32:41,668 --> 00:32:45,171 (tense music continues) 677 00:32:48,841 --> 00:32:50,134 - Clanton waives extradition 678 00:32:50,134 --> 00:32:53,596 and agrees to be flown back to Colorado to face his charges. 679 00:32:53,596 --> 00:32:55,765 But there's another big surprise. 680 00:32:55,765 --> 00:32:58,726 - At the airport, Clanton tells Lieutenant Barella 681 00:32:58,726 --> 00:33:00,436 that he wants to talk. 682 00:33:01,479 --> 00:33:04,148 Barella takes out his phone, hits the record, 683 00:33:04,148 --> 00:33:05,984 and reads Clanton his rights. 684 00:33:06,943 --> 00:33:08,778 Unprompted, Clanton tells him 685 00:33:08,778 --> 00:33:11,114 that he knew the interview the previous day 686 00:33:11,114 --> 00:33:12,323 was about murder. 687 00:33:13,324 --> 00:33:15,493 - [Narrator] "'Cause I knew that was gonna come up 688 00:33:15,493 --> 00:33:17,245 and get me one day." 689 00:33:17,245 --> 00:33:18,746 James Curtis Clanton. 690 00:33:19,747 --> 00:33:23,084 - Completely unprompted, Clanton makes a big confession 691 00:33:23,084 --> 00:33:24,002 to the officer. 692 00:33:24,752 --> 00:33:25,753 - [Narrator] "I killed the girl 693 00:33:25,753 --> 00:33:28,047 they're accusing me of killing," 694 00:33:28,047 --> 00:33:29,549 James Curtis Clanton. 695 00:33:30,967 --> 00:33:32,552 - He was planning on kidnapping 696 00:33:32,552 --> 00:33:35,346 and raping a woman that night. 697 00:33:35,346 --> 00:33:37,682 He had identified a victim first 698 00:33:37,682 --> 00:33:39,726 who got off the bus before Helene. 699 00:33:39,726 --> 00:33:42,603 She looked right at him and seemed too confident, 700 00:33:42,603 --> 00:33:44,397 so he decided not to attack her. 701 00:33:45,356 --> 00:33:46,858 And he saw Helene get off the bus 702 00:33:46,858 --> 00:33:49,444 and he decided to make her his victim. 703 00:33:49,444 --> 00:33:50,653 (tense music continues) 704 00:33:50,653 --> 00:33:52,280 - Clanton tells a horrifying story 705 00:33:52,280 --> 00:33:54,991 of abducting Pruszynski on the street, 706 00:33:54,991 --> 00:33:56,868 threatening her with a knife, 707 00:33:56,868 --> 00:33:59,579 and binding her hands while inside his vehicle. 708 00:34:00,747 --> 00:34:03,750 He tells her he's gonna ransom her to her parents. 709 00:34:03,750 --> 00:34:06,169 She tries to tell him they have no money. 710 00:34:06,169 --> 00:34:08,379 (tense music continues) 711 00:34:08,379 --> 00:34:12,008 - [Narrator] James Curtis Clanton drives Helene Pruszynski 712 00:34:12,008 --> 00:34:14,302 to a remote woodshed and rapes her. 713 00:34:15,511 --> 00:34:17,805 Then he pulls to the side of Daniels Park Road, 714 00:34:17,805 --> 00:34:23,061 walks her through the field, makes her get on her knees. 715 00:34:23,978 --> 00:34:26,272 - He said, "Don't turn around and don't call the police. 716 00:34:26,272 --> 00:34:27,231 Don't turn around. 717 00:34:27,231 --> 00:34:28,399 I'm gonna leave. 718 00:34:28,399 --> 00:34:30,234 I don't want you alerting anybody that this happened." 719 00:34:30,234 --> 00:34:33,696 And then he proceeded to stab her in the back nine times. 720 00:34:33,696 --> 00:34:36,199 He told investigators that he blacked out 721 00:34:36,199 --> 00:34:37,867 or flashed, so to speak. 722 00:34:37,867 --> 00:34:40,495 Just stabbed her and kept stabbing her and stabbing her 723 00:34:40,495 --> 00:34:41,996 and left her there to bleed out. 724 00:34:41,996 --> 00:34:43,831 (tense music continues) 725 00:34:43,831 --> 00:34:45,708 - [Narrator] "And as it happened with me 726 00:34:45,708 --> 00:34:48,960 on several occasions, for some reason or another, 727 00:34:48,960 --> 00:34:53,382 I just kind of step out of myself and watch myself do that." 728 00:34:53,382 --> 00:34:55,093 James Curtis Clanton. 729 00:34:57,678 --> 00:35:00,306 (eerie music) 730 00:35:01,224 --> 00:35:03,392 Clanton describes a childhood of abandonment 731 00:35:03,392 --> 00:35:07,688 and abuse at the hands of a pedophile in a foster home. 732 00:35:07,688 --> 00:35:09,065 - I showed him that newspaper article 733 00:35:09,065 --> 00:35:10,233 with the picture of his mom. 734 00:35:10,233 --> 00:35:12,652 I let him read it and then he looked up at me 735 00:35:12,652 --> 00:35:13,986 after he was done and he said, 736 00:35:13,986 --> 00:35:16,823 "That's the first picture of my mother I've ever seen." 737 00:35:16,823 --> 00:35:19,659 - He admits to the abuse and murder of small animals. 738 00:35:19,659 --> 00:35:22,829 In 1975, he rapes a woman at knife point 739 00:35:22,829 --> 00:35:24,497 and then the police pick him up. 740 00:35:24,497 --> 00:35:26,541 He's sentenced to 10 years 741 00:35:26,541 --> 00:35:28,918 and then receives parole after four years, 742 00:35:28,918 --> 00:35:30,503 due to a prison oversight. 743 00:35:30,503 --> 00:35:31,671 (eerie music continues) 744 00:35:31,671 --> 00:35:34,632 - A former counselor tries to help Clanton 745 00:35:34,632 --> 00:35:36,884 and finds him a place to live. 746 00:35:36,884 --> 00:35:38,052 In a tragic twist of fate, 747 00:35:38,052 --> 00:35:41,597 it's mere blocks from Pruszynski's bus stop 748 00:35:42,515 --> 00:35:44,684 and her home with her aunt and uncle. 749 00:35:45,393 --> 00:35:46,768 (tense music) 750 00:35:46,768 --> 00:35:48,855 - Clanton manages to escape justice 751 00:35:48,855 --> 00:35:50,857 for Helene's rape and murder. 752 00:35:50,857 --> 00:35:53,109 But then in Florida in 1998, 753 00:35:53,109 --> 00:35:55,695 he's arrested for domestic violence battery 754 00:35:55,695 --> 00:35:59,239 and then in 2001 for domestic violence assault. 755 00:36:00,283 --> 00:36:02,034 - [Narrator] "That rage has always stayed with me. 756 00:36:02,034 --> 00:36:05,663 I mean, it's, I think every time something hurts me 757 00:36:05,663 --> 00:36:08,748 that bad that I can't deal with it. 758 00:36:08,748 --> 00:36:11,085 I learned anger covers up pain. 759 00:36:11,085 --> 00:36:14,422 That's pretty much the basis of everything I've ever done." 760 00:36:14,422 --> 00:36:15,840 James Curtis Clanton. 761 00:36:15,840 --> 00:36:18,092 (tense music continues) 762 00:36:18,092 --> 00:36:21,679 - Now, the man who was compelled to keep on hurting women 763 00:36:21,679 --> 00:36:23,347 has finally been stopped. 764 00:36:24,306 --> 00:36:26,184 But that's for the courts to decide. 765 00:36:26,184 --> 00:36:28,811 Clanton has managed to get paroled before. 766 00:36:28,811 --> 00:36:30,146 (tense music continues) 767 00:36:30,146 --> 00:36:33,900 - [Narrator] James Curtis Clanton heads back to Colorado, 768 00:36:33,900 --> 00:36:36,777 the scene of his crime 40 years earlier, 769 00:36:36,777 --> 00:36:40,823 to meet the fate he always knew was waiting for him. 770 00:36:41,532 --> 00:36:44,535 (dramatic music) 771 00:36:46,536 --> 00:36:49,207 (tense music) 772 00:36:52,710 --> 00:36:55,463 Rapist and killer, James Curtis Clanton, 773 00:36:55,463 --> 00:36:59,800 is captured and returned to the place of his brutal crime. 774 00:37:00,885 --> 00:37:04,013 This is done by a group of dedicated officers 775 00:37:04,013 --> 00:37:07,516 who are part of an investigative team that spanned 40 years. 776 00:37:07,516 --> 00:37:09,018 (tense music continues) 777 00:37:09,018 --> 00:37:11,646 - And now Clanton will have to face the consequences. 778 00:37:12,355 --> 00:37:13,439 - After prosecutors agree 779 00:37:13,439 --> 00:37:15,274 to take the death penalty off the table, 780 00:37:15,274 --> 00:37:17,485 James Curtis Clanton pleads guilty 781 00:37:17,485 --> 00:37:20,154 in a Castle Rock, Colorado courtroom. 782 00:37:20,154 --> 00:37:23,199 (tense music continues) 783 00:37:23,199 --> 00:37:24,951 - [Narrator] Clanton's hearing is delayed 784 00:37:24,951 --> 00:37:27,119 by the COVID-19 pandemic. 785 00:37:27,745 --> 00:37:29,121 - But several months later, 786 00:37:29,121 --> 00:37:32,333 he appears before the district judge virtually. 787 00:37:32,333 --> 00:37:35,294 By pleading guilty, he agrees to a life sentence, 788 00:37:35,294 --> 00:37:38,797 and that portion is wrapped up in about 15 minutes, 789 00:37:38,797 --> 00:37:41,008 but there's much more ahead. 790 00:37:41,008 --> 00:37:42,343 (tense music continues) 791 00:37:42,343 --> 00:37:45,137 - A sentencing hearing serves multiple purposes. 792 00:37:45,137 --> 00:37:46,639 It is a place where the victim 793 00:37:46,639 --> 00:37:48,975 and the perpetrator can be heard. 794 00:37:48,975 --> 00:37:52,478 (tense music continues) 795 00:37:53,229 --> 00:37:56,065 - Helene's best friend, her sister Janet, 796 00:37:56,065 --> 00:37:59,735 has survived her parents, their brother, Chet, and Helene. 797 00:38:01,862 --> 00:38:03,906 - Janet was the only living relative 798 00:38:03,906 --> 00:38:06,117 in her nuclear family that was still living. 799 00:38:06,117 --> 00:38:08,536 That's why it was so important to me to be able to tell her, 800 00:38:08,536 --> 00:38:10,413 hey, we got him. 801 00:38:12,415 --> 00:38:15,126 - [Narrator] Over a dozen people who loved Helene speak 802 00:38:15,126 --> 00:38:17,503 for over three hours. 803 00:38:17,503 --> 00:38:18,963 - It was a very emotional time. 804 00:38:18,963 --> 00:38:22,717 Many of us law enforcement officers cried, 805 00:38:22,717 --> 00:38:25,553 and when Janet got up and read her statement 806 00:38:25,553 --> 00:38:27,179 to James Clanton, 807 00:38:27,179 --> 00:38:28,347 it was very moving 808 00:38:28,347 --> 00:38:31,100 and you could see on the video that he actually cried too. 809 00:38:31,100 --> 00:38:33,018 I do think there was some genuine remorse there, 810 00:38:33,018 --> 00:38:36,063 but, you know, Janet had a really hard time talking to him. 811 00:38:36,063 --> 00:38:37,231 She left the room after that. 812 00:38:37,231 --> 00:38:38,190 She didn't even wanna look at him. 813 00:38:38,190 --> 00:38:40,526 (tense music continues) 814 00:38:40,526 --> 00:38:41,902 - [Narrator] "It gives me some peace knowing 815 00:38:41,902 --> 00:38:43,904 that this beast is in jail, 816 00:38:43,904 --> 00:38:46,114 but I don't think we'll ever have closure 817 00:38:46,114 --> 00:38:48,284 because Helene is not here." 818 00:38:48,284 --> 00:38:50,328 Janet Pruszynski-Johnson. 819 00:38:52,038 --> 00:38:54,998 - Pruszynski's choir group also attends the hearing. 820 00:38:54,998 --> 00:38:56,500 - At one point, they came out here 821 00:38:56,500 --> 00:38:59,420 and retraced her steps and tried to find her killer. 822 00:38:59,420 --> 00:39:01,255 They were very vigilant and persistent 823 00:39:01,255 --> 00:39:03,007 with the detectives over time, 824 00:39:03,007 --> 00:39:05,259 making sure that her case was not forgotten. 825 00:39:05,259 --> 00:39:07,762 They came out every year to do choir singing. 826 00:39:07,762 --> 00:39:09,597 This was the last year that they were gonna do it, 827 00:39:09,597 --> 00:39:13,184 and coincidentally, in 2019, her case was solved. 828 00:39:13,184 --> 00:39:15,936 So it's pretty amazing the timing of everything. 829 00:39:15,936 --> 00:39:19,190 (melancholy music) 830 00:39:20,232 --> 00:39:22,693 - Helene's close friend and housemate, Kitsey Snow, 831 00:39:22,693 --> 00:39:24,820 who sat up journaling into the night 832 00:39:24,820 --> 00:39:26,989 and praying for good news that never came, 833 00:39:26,989 --> 00:39:29,200 reads from the very same journal. 834 00:39:29,867 --> 00:39:31,243 - [Narrator] "This has been the longest 835 00:39:31,243 --> 00:39:33,204 and worst day of my life. 836 00:39:33,204 --> 00:39:35,998 I'm writing because I don't know what else to do. 837 00:39:35,998 --> 00:39:39,627 We waited for Helene to come home and waited." 838 00:39:39,627 --> 00:39:40,960 Kitsey Snow. 839 00:39:43,089 --> 00:39:45,549 - Pruszynski's boyfriend of four years earlier, 840 00:39:45,549 --> 00:39:48,427 Jonathan Shailor, also bears witness. 841 00:39:48,427 --> 00:39:50,346 He provides a photo slideshow 842 00:39:50,346 --> 00:39:53,808 accompanied by her singing with her college acapella group, 843 00:39:53,808 --> 00:39:55,226 the Wheatones. 844 00:39:56,685 --> 00:39:58,479 - Helene Pruszynski's friends and family 845 00:39:58,479 --> 00:40:00,314 finally have their day in court. 846 00:40:00,314 --> 00:40:02,650 James Clanton doesn't speak for himself, 847 00:40:02,650 --> 00:40:05,820 but his attorney issues an apology on his behalf. 848 00:40:08,322 --> 00:40:10,783 (melancholy music continues) 849 00:40:10,783 --> 00:40:13,452 - [Narrator] Clanton's capture and conviction depended 850 00:40:13,452 --> 00:40:14,495 on so much. 851 00:40:14,495 --> 00:40:17,873 - Advanced genealogy technology allows investigators 852 00:40:17,873 --> 00:40:19,583 to reach back into the past 853 00:40:19,583 --> 00:40:21,627 and connect it to the current day. 854 00:40:23,170 --> 00:40:25,506 - [Narrator] "This new tool gave us the opportunity 855 00:40:25,506 --> 00:40:29,343 to reopen the case and identify a suspect. 856 00:40:29,343 --> 00:40:32,054 It's been a remarkable tool to utilize." 857 00:40:32,054 --> 00:40:33,889 Detective Shannon Jensen. 858 00:40:36,308 --> 00:40:39,145 - Regulations to protect people are important, 859 00:40:39,145 --> 00:40:42,273 but the use of genetic DNA is a crucial tool 860 00:40:42,273 --> 00:40:44,358 when finding the perpetrators of violent crime 861 00:40:44,358 --> 00:40:46,694 when all other means have been exhausted. 862 00:40:48,654 --> 00:40:50,906 (tense music) 863 00:40:50,906 --> 00:40:52,241 - He nearly got away with it. 864 00:40:52,241 --> 00:40:54,660 He could have just disappeared into the night. 865 00:40:56,286 --> 00:41:00,082 - Technology is nothing without determined detectives doing 866 00:41:00,082 --> 00:41:02,960 that old-fashioned police work and pushing forward 867 00:41:02,960 --> 00:41:04,753 through thousands of matches. 868 00:41:06,380 --> 00:41:10,718 This case is a triumph for cold case investigators. 869 00:41:10,718 --> 00:41:14,221 (tense music continues) 870 00:41:15,347 --> 00:41:18,726 - Former Douglas County District Attorney, George Brauchler, 871 00:41:18,726 --> 00:41:20,186 said it well. 872 00:41:20,186 --> 00:41:22,062 - [Narrator] "I don't want anyone who thinks 873 00:41:22,062 --> 00:41:23,397 they've gotten away with murder 874 00:41:23,397 --> 00:41:26,275 to be able to sleep with both eyes closed. 875 00:41:26,275 --> 00:41:28,027 I want them to read stories like this 876 00:41:28,027 --> 00:41:31,780 and think they're coming for me because we are." 877 00:41:32,948 --> 00:41:35,409 George Brauchler. (uplifting music) 878 00:41:35,409 --> 00:41:38,996 - Clanton could run, but he couldn't hide forever. 879 00:41:40,706 --> 00:41:42,625 - [Narrator] Because James Curtis Clanton 880 00:41:42,625 --> 00:41:44,585 commits his crime in 1980, 881 00:41:44,585 --> 00:41:47,838 his conviction must adhere to the rules of that time. 882 00:41:48,672 --> 00:41:50,257 Despite his life sentence, 883 00:41:50,257 --> 00:41:53,844 he can apply for parole after 20 years. 884 00:41:53,844 --> 00:41:56,222 He will be 83 years old. 885 00:41:56,222 --> 00:42:00,184 (uplifting music continues) 886 00:42:01,477 --> 00:42:05,147 "I had to win. I wanted to win for Helene." 887 00:42:05,147 --> 00:42:07,525 Detective Shannon Jensen. 888 00:42:08,150 --> 00:42:10,611 - I felt at times that she was with me, right? 889 00:42:10,611 --> 00:42:12,238 That she was in this case. 890 00:42:12,238 --> 00:42:15,407 She wanted all of us to find her murderer. 891 00:42:15,407 --> 00:42:17,243 I felt like she made this happen. 892 00:42:17,243 --> 00:42:18,202 She was there 893 00:42:18,202 --> 00:42:20,746 and there were times when I felt that. 894 00:42:21,622 --> 00:42:22,915 That added to my drive. 895 00:42:22,915 --> 00:42:24,250 She drove me. 896 00:42:24,250 --> 00:42:27,127 She pushed me throughout this case. 897 00:42:27,127 --> 00:42:31,090 (uplifting music continues) 898 00:42:34,552 --> 00:42:37,179 (tense music)