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MORNING.
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I'D -- I'D LIKE TO JUST COME
TODAY FROM BOTH A PROFESSIONAL,
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BUT ALSO A PERSONAL
PERSPECTIVE ON THIS CASE.
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I GREW UP IN THE EAST AREA
OF SACRAMENTO.
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WE DIDN'T LOCK
OUR DOORS AT NIGHT.
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WE RODE OUR BIKES AROUND.
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IT WAS A TIME OF INNOCENCE.
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AND THEN IN JUNE OF 1976,
THAT ALL CHANGED.
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A PREDATOR KNOWN
AS THE EAST AREA RAPIST
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BRINGS TERROR
TO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.
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HE HAS A SKI MASK ON,
HE HAS A GUN.
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HE KNEW THAT THERE WAS
NO DEFENSE.
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ALL I KNEW WAS FEAR.
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FROM 1976 TO 1978,
THE MASKED ATTACKER RAPES
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50 WOMEN IN THEIR QUIET
SUBURBAN HOMES.
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THESE ARE PEOPLE SLEEPING
IN THEIR HOUSES.
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ANYBODY COULD BECOME A VICTIM.
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YOU MUST INJURE YOUR ATTACKER
TO INCAPACITATE HIM
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IN ANY WAY THAT YOU CAN.
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A FEW YEARS LATER,
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
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FACES ITS OWN NIGHTMARE
WHEN A PROWLER CALLED
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THE ORIGINAL NIGHT STALKER
STRIKES, KILLING 10 PEOPLE.
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MORE THAN 100 DETECTIVES
HAVE BEEN HUNTING THIS GUY
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AND NO ONE HAS A CLUE WHO HE IS.
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IN 2001,
LAW ENFORCEMENT IS SHOCKED
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WHEN DNA PROVES THAT ALL
THE RAPES AND MURDERS
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WERE COMMITTED BY ONE MAN,
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EARNING ONE OF THE FBI'S
MOST WANTED A NEW NAME,
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THE GOLDEN STATE KILLER.
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THAT INDIVIDUAL IS ONE OF
THE MOST PROLIFIC SERIAL KILLERS
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IN THE HISTORY OF THIS STATE,
IF NOT, IN THIS NATION.
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NOW, AN INVESTIGATION
SPANNING FOUR DECADES
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IS PICKING UP STEAM.
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THE ANSWER'S OUT THERE.
WE NEED A NAME.
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BUT CAN THEY CATCH HIM
BEFORE TIME RUNS OUT?
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SOME OF THESE VICTIMS THINK
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THAT THIS GUY'S STILL GONNA
COME BACK AND GET THEM,
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AND THEY'RE SCARED.
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HE IS A NIGHTMARE COME TO LIFE,
AND HE COULD BE ANYWHERE.
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ON THE MORNING
OF JULY 27, 1981,
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15-YEAR-OLD DEBBI DOMINGO
IS AT A FRIEND'S HOUSE.
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SHE GETS A PHONE CALL
FROM A NEIGHBOR
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TO COME HOME IMMEDIATELY.
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I GOT TO THE
CUL-DE-SAC, AND I'M LOOKING,
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AND THERE'S THAT YELLOW TAPE.
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AND I THOUGHT, "MAN,
YOU KNOW, YELLOW TAPE,
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EVERYBODY KNOWS
WHAT THAT MEANS.
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THERE'S GOT TO BE SOMEBODY
DEAD OR SOMETHING --
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SOMETHING BAD HAPPENED."
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DEBBI'S MOTHER,
35-YEAR-OLD CHERI DOMINGO,
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AND HER BOYFRIEND,
27-YEAR-OLD GREG SANCHEZ,
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HAD BEEN FOUND DEAD.
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I JUST KEPT WANTING TO GO
INTO THE HOUSE.
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I WANTED TO GO INTO MY BEDROOM.
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I DON'T THINK I EVER EVEN GOT TO
GO INTO MY BEDROOM AGAIN,
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MUCH LESS HERS.
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AND SO I'VE ALWAYS -- ALWAYS HAD
QUESTIONS ABOUT REALLY,
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WHAT THE CRIME SCENE
LOOKED LIKE AND --
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AND HOW -- HOW GRUESOME WAS IT?
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I'VE HEARD -- I'VE HEARD ABOUT
HOW GRUESOME IT WAS, BUT I --
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BUT THE IMAGINATION IS JUST...
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AND I GUESS THAT'S OKAY.
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CHERI AND GREG'S KILLER
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HAS ESCAPED DETECTION
FOR 36 YEARS.
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BUT POLICE HOPE
THAT'S ABOUT TO CHANGE.
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IN 2015, THE FBI
OFFERED A $50,000 REWARD
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FOR INFORMATION
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LEADING TO THE CAPTURE
OF THE GOLDEN STATE KILLER.
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THE OFFER AND THE ENSUING
MEDIA FRENZY
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HAVE PUT THIS CASE
IN THE SPOTLIGHT.
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TODAY, A MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL
MANHUNT FOR THE NOTORIOUS KILLER
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IS WORKING ON OVERDRIVE
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AS DETECTIVES GET CLOSER
TO FINDING HIM.
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IN CONTRA COSTA COUNTY,
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WHERE NINE OF THE BRUTAL
ATTACKS OCCURRED,
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COLD-CASE INVESTIGATOR
PAUL HOLES
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HEADS UP THE INVESTIGATION.
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I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN
THIS CASE FOR 23 YEARS.
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I WAS JUST STARTING MY CAREER,
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AND I WAS STARTING TO READ UP
ON SERIAL PREDATORS.
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AND I WAS FASCINATED
WITH COLD CASES, SO I THOUGHT,
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"WELL, HERE'S A COLD CASE.
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IT'S OBVIOUSLY
A SERIAL PREDATOR.
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LET'S SEE WHAT
I CAN DO WITH IT."
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BUT OVER TIME, IN READING
WHAT THIS GUY DID
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AND SEEING THE DEVASTATION THAT
HE WRECKED ACROSS CALIFORNIA,
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YOU ALMOST HAVE
A PERSONAL OBLIGATION.
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YOU'VE GOT TO CATCH
THIS GUY NOW.
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THE NUMBER OF VICTIMS
ACROSS THE ENTIRE STATE IS HUGE,
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IT'S STAGGERING.
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THIS IS ONE OF THE WORST SERIAL
PREDATORS THAT I'M AWARE OF.
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THE GOLDEN STATE KILLER SERIES
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STARTED IN JUNE OF 1976
UP IN SACRAMENTO.
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HE COMMITTED 50 ATTACKS
IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA,
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ALL INVOLVING SEXUAL
ASSAULTS OF FEMALES
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AND THEN DOWN IN SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA, HE KILLED 10 PEOPLE.
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I'VE TALKED TO MULTIPLE
VICTIMS IN THE CASE.
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I SEE HOW THEY'RE TRAUMATIZED
STILL, TO THIS DAY,
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AND HOW MUCH THEY NEED
TO FEEL SAFE.
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AND I DO BELIEVE THAT THIS GUY
VERY LIKELY IS STILL ALIVE,
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BASED ON WHAT HIS CHRONOLOGICAL
AGE MOST LIKELY IS,
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BETWEEN ROUGHLY 60
TO 70 YEARS OLD,
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AND I THINK WE ARE CLOSER
THAN EVER BEFORE.
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THERE ARE NO SHORTCUTS
IN SOLVING A CRIME SPREE
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OF THIS MAGNITUDE.
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TO DEVELOP NEW LEADS,
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INVESTIGATORS
MUST DECONSTRUCT HIS M.O.,
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FOLLOW THE ESCALATION
OF HIS ATTACKS,
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AND SCRUTINIZE THE EVIDENCE
HE LEFT BEHIND.
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SO, THEY RETRACED THE GOLDEN
STATE KILLER'S CRIMES
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STARTING FROM THE BEGINNING,
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WHEN HE WAS KNOWN
AS THE EAST AREA RAPIST.
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WE'VE BEEN HERE FOR 48 YEARS.
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AT THE TIME THE RAPES WERE
GOING, THIS IS WHERE WE LIVED.
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I DOUBLE-CHECK EVERYTHING.
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WE KEEP LIGHTS ON ALL AROUND.
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AND THAT'S WHAT WE TOLD
PEOPLE AT THE TIME,
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LOCK YOUR DOORS,
LOCK YOUR WINDOWS.
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CAROL DALY, A RETIRED DETECTIVE
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WITH THE SACRAMENTO
SHERIFF'S OFFICE,
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PROVIDES INVALUABLE INSIGHT
INTO THE EARLY ATTACKS.
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I HAVE THE NOTEBOOK
THAT I HAVE KEPT
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OVER ALL OF THE YEARS
OF TIDBITS OF INFORMATION
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ON THE EAST AREA RAPIST AND SO,
IT JUST STAYS FRESH IN MY MIND.
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I HAVE CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION
ON ALL OF THE OFFICERS
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AND THE PEOPLE OVER THE YEARS
THAT HAVE WORKED ON THE CASE,
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ALL OF THE VICTIMS,
THEIR ADDRESSES, DATES,
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AND TIMES.
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AND I AM NOT ABLE
TO SHOW THIS TO YOU.
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THIS IS A SYNOPSIS
I PUT TOGETHER,
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THE COUPLE OF YEARS
OF WORKING THE CASES,
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OF EVERYTHING WE DID TO TRY TO
IDENTIFY THE EAST AREA RAPIST.
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THAT WAS ME AT THE TIME
OF THE INVESTIGATIONS.
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MY BULL BARREL AND MY GUN.
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THE RANGE MASTER
ALWAYS MADE SURE I HAD
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THE BEST FIREPOWER I COULD,
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'CAUSE WE DIDN'T
HAVE AUTOMATICS AT THE TIME.
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CAROL DALY'S CONTRIBUTION
TO THE CASE IS IMMEASURABLE
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AND HER REPORTS ARE AMAZING.
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SHE DID A TREMENDOUS JOB
OF CAPTURING ALL THIS DETAIL
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ABOUT THE OFFENDER.
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AND THAT GIVES ME
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A BETTER UNDERSTANDING
OF WHO THIS GUY IS,
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AS WELL AS WHO
THE FEMALE VICTIMS WERE.
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I THINK SHE BONDED
WITH THE VICTIMS
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AND SHE WAS ABLE TO GET THEM
TO FEEL COMFORTABLE ENOUGH
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TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THIS GUY
HAD DONE TO THEM.
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IT TOOK US MAYBE INTO THE FOURTH
AND FIFTH RAPE
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BEFORE WE REALIZED
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THAT WE REALLY
HAD A SERIES GOING.
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WE HAD A MAN WHO WAS ASSAULTING
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WITH THE SAME METHOD
OF OPERATION,
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AND IT WAS DIFFERENT
FROM OTHER RAPES.
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IT WAS ALWAYS A SURPRISE ATTACK.
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THEY WERE SLEEPING,
HE'S AT THE FOOT OF THE BED,
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FLASHLIGHT SHINING
IN THEIR EYES.
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OFTEN, HE HAD A GUN,
HE ALWAYS WORE A SKI MASK.
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AND HE WOULD BE BACK AND FORTH,
TORMENTING THE VICTIM, TYING,
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UNTYING, RAPING,
SEXUALLY ASSAULTING,
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MAKING THREATS TO HER
THROUGH CLENCHED TEETH
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IN A HOARSE WHISPER.
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YOU KNOW, "DON'T MOVE, DON'T
MOVE, I'M GOING TO KILL YOU,
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I'M GOING TO KILL YOU, DON'T
MOVE, I TOLD YOU NOT TO MOVE."
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I will kill you if you move!
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**
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THE FIRST CRIME SCENE
THAT I RESPONDED TO
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WAS THE JANE CARSON CASE.
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OUR HOUSE WAS IN CITRUS HEIGHTS.
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IT WAS ABOUT 30 MINUTES
FROM SACRAMENTO.
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IT WAS THE FIRST HOME
THAT WE HAD EVER OWNED,
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AND IT WAS A NICE, FRIENDLY,
QUIET NEIGHBORHOOD.
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I WAS 30 YEARS OLD, A MOTHER
OF A 3-YEAR-OLD,
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A WIFE OF A MILITARY OFFICER.
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AND I WAS ALSO ATTENDING SCHOOL
GETTING MY NURSING DEGREE.
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I WAS VICTIM NUMBER FIVE.
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**
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IT WAS 6:30 IN THE MORNING.
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I WAS SNUGGLING WITH MY SON.
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I HEARD THE GARAGE DOOR CLOSE,
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AND I KNEW THAT MY HUSBAND
HAD LEFT FOR WORK.
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AND WITHIN TWO MINUTES,
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I HEARD FOOTSTEPS
COMING TOWARD MY BEDROOM.
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THE NEXT THING I KNEW,
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THERE HE WAS SHINING
THIS LIGHT IN MY EYES,
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AND ALL I COULD SEE WAS HIS SKI
MASK AND A BUTCHER KNIFE.
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AND HE SAID, "SHUT UP, SHUT UP,
OR I'LL KILL YOU,"
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WITH CLENCHED TEETH.
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SO, YOU COULD IMAGINE THE FEAR,
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ESPECIALLY WITH MY 3-YEAR-OLD
SON LAYING NEXT TO ME.
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THEN HE STARTED
TO TIE US BOTH UP.
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HE TIED MY ANKLES,
TIED MY WRISTS, BLINDFOLDED ME,
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AND STUFFED WASHCLOTHS
IN MY MOUTH
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SO I COULDN'T TALK.
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THEN HE PROCEEDED TO DO
THE SAME TO MY SON.
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**
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IT'S HARD TO DESCRIBE,
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ESPECIALLY WITH YOUR 3-YEAR-OLD
LAYING NEXT TO YOU.
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IT'S HARD TO DESCRIBE THE FEAR.
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THEN HE PROCEEDED
TO UNTIE MY ANKLES
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AND THAT'S WHEN I KNEW
WHAT HE WAS THERE FOR.
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Don't make me hurt your son!
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AND THEN I WENT TO TOUCH MY SON
NEXT TO ME, AND HE WAS GONE.
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NOW, WHAT DID HE DO WITH HIM?
WHERE DID HE PUT HIM?
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WHAT'S HE GOING TO DO NEXT?
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ALL I KNEW WAS FEAR.
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**
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**
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MY HEART WAS BEATING SO FAST,
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IT ALMOST WENT THROUGH MY CHEST.
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ON OCTOBER 5, 1976,
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JANE CARSON IS THE EAST AREA
RAPIST'S FIFTH VICTIM.
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DURING THE COURSE OF THE ATTACK,
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JANE REALIZES
HER 3-YEAR-OLD SON
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HAS GONE MISSING FROM HER SIDE.
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Shut up.
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AFTER HE RAPED ME,
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MY FOCUS WAS ON, WHERE'S MY SON,
218
00:12:32,200 --> 00:12:36,770
AND WHAT'S THIS CRAZY GUY
GOING TO DO NEXT?
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THEN HE WENT INTO THE KITCHEN.
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HE STARTED TO RATTLE
POTS AND PANS
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AND OPEN THE REFRIGERATOR AND --
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AND THEN HE'D COME BACK
AND CHECK ON ME.
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AND AGAIN, SAYING,
"IF YOU MOVE, YOU KNOW,
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IF I HEAR ANYTHING IN HERE,
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I'M GOING TO COME BACK
AND KILL YOU."
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HE TOOK MULTIPLE TRIPS
BACK AND FORTH,
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THE REFRIGERATOR, POTS AND PANS.
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**
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AFTER A WHILE, I WAS ABLE TO GET
MY BLINDFOLD DOWN A LITTLE BIT
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AND I THOUGHT, I HADN'T HEARD
ANYTHING FOR A WHILE
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AND I SAW THAT HE HAD PUT
MY SON BACK NEXT TO ME.
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**
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JANE BELIEVES
THE RAPIST WAS IN HER HOME
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FOR NEARLY TWO HOURS
BEFORE HE FINALLY LEFT QUIETLY.
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THE AMOUNT OF TIME
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THE EAST AREA RAPIST
SPENT IN THE HOME
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WAS VERY UNUSUAL FROM
ANY OTHER RAPES THAT WE HAD.
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YOUR RAPES, A LOT OF THEM,
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COME IN THROUGH AN UNLOCKED
DOOR, AN UNLOCKED WINDOW.
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THERE'S A RAPE, MAYBE THERE'S
A THEFT, AND THEN THEY'RE GONE.
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WITH THE EAST AREA RAPIST,
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HE USUALLY SPENT TWO
OR THREE HOURS IN THE HOME,
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00:14:01,835 --> 00:14:04,781
MAKING THREATS THROUGHOUT
THE WHOLE ORDEAL.
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00:14:04,816 --> 00:14:07,727
THERE WERE TIMES WHEN
THE VICTIMS WERE SURE
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THE RAPIST HAD LEFT THE HOME,
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BUT WHEN THEY STARTED TO MOVE,
HE WAS RIGHT THERE.
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I told you not to move!
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ALL I EVER WANT HIM TO KNOW
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IS THE FEAR
THAT HE PUT ME THROUGH,
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00:14:21,833 --> 00:14:23,865
AND I JUST WANT TO
ASK HIM QUESTIONS.
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00:14:23,900 --> 00:14:27,370
WHERE DID YOU SEE ME?
HOW LONG HAD YOU STALKED ME?
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UM, YOU KNOW, KIND OF, WHY ME?
253
00:14:36,500 --> 00:14:38,330
WHEN JANE WAS ABLE TO GET FREE,
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SHE CALLED FOR HELP
AND THE NEXT-DOOR NEIGHBORS
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HAD TO COME AND UNTIE HER.
256
00:14:42,067 --> 00:14:46,032
AND SO, WE ENCOUNTERED HER
AT A NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE.
257
00:14:46,067 --> 00:14:49,432
MY PURPOSE FOR BEING AT THE
CRIME SCENE WAS TO BE WITH HER,
258
00:14:49,467 --> 00:14:52,797
TO GIVE HER ALL OF THE EMOTIONAL
SUPPORT THAT WE COULD,
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TO ACCOMPANY HER TO THE HOSPITAL
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WHERE THE EXAMINATION WAS GOING
TO BE HELD AND INTERVIEW HER,
261
00:14:59,102 --> 00:15:02,567
TO GET AS MANY DETAILS
OF THE CASE AS WE COULD.
262
00:15:06,533 --> 00:15:11,073
MY MAIN FOCUS WAS TRYING TO GET
DOWN TO ALL OF THE DETAILS,
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00:15:11,108 --> 00:15:14,467
ANYTHING THAT WE COULD TO GET
THE SUSPECT IDENTIFIED.
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00:15:18,200 --> 00:15:21,370
VICTIMS DESCRIBE THE
ATTACKER AS A WHITE MALE, 5'9",
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ABOUT 165 POUNDS,
WITH AN ATHLETIC BUILD.
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BASED ON THE SOUND OF HIS VOICE,
THEY ESTIMATE HIS AGE
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00:15:29,308 --> 00:15:33,032
TO BE ANYWHERE FROM 18 TO 30.
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00:15:33,067 --> 00:15:34,697
WHEN YOU'RE INTERVIEWING
A RAPE VICTIM,
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THERE ARE SO MANY QUESTIONS
THAT HAVE TO BE ASKED
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00:15:36,835 --> 00:15:40,032
TO GET THEM TO BE
AS OPEN AS THEY COULD.
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00:15:40,067 --> 00:15:45,427
VERY DIFFICULT TO TALK
ABOUT A SEXUAL ASSAULT.
272
00:15:45,433 --> 00:15:49,673
I WOULD HAVE THEM TELL ME WHAT
HAPPENED AND THEN I WOULD SAY,
273
00:15:49,708 --> 00:15:52,632
YOU KNOW,
"WAS THERE ANYTHING ELSE?"
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00:15:52,667 --> 00:15:56,567
SOME OF THE VICTIMS FELT
THAT HE WAS SO IMMATURELY SMALL
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IN THE PENIS,
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00:15:57,867 --> 00:16:01,632
WHICH BECAME A BIG ISSUE
IN THIS INVESTIGATION.
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00:16:01,667 --> 00:16:06,797
AND, YES, I KNOW OF
ONE VICTIM WHO, TO THIS DAY,
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HAS NEVER ADMITTED
THAT ORAL COPULATION
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WAS A PART OF THE ACT,
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00:16:10,067 --> 00:16:13,227
BECAUSE IT WAS JUST
SO EMBARRASSING TO HER.
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00:16:13,233 --> 00:16:15,930
SO, AS MUCH AS YOU THINK
YOU'RE DOING THOROUGH
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00:16:15,965 --> 00:16:18,627
AND GETTING ALL OF THE
INFORMATION, YEARS LATER,
283
00:16:18,633 --> 00:16:20,932
YOU KNOW THAT THERE
WAS STILL SOMETHING
284
00:16:20,967 --> 00:16:24,527
THAT THE VICTIM DID NOT WANT
TO COME FORWARD WITH,
285
00:16:24,533 --> 00:16:28,265
BECAUSE IT WAS SO EMBARRASSING.
286
00:16:28,300 --> 00:16:29,932
AFTER THE ATTACK ON JANE,
287
00:16:29,967 --> 00:16:34,332
THE RAPIST CONTINUES
TO STRIKE SACRAMENTO
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AT AN ALARMING RATE,
AS OFTEN AS ONCE A WEEK.
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00:16:38,700 --> 00:16:43,165
OVER TIME, HIS IDIOSYNCRASIES
BECOME CLEAR.
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00:16:43,200 --> 00:16:45,800
PART OF HIS M.O.
WAS THAT HE ALWAYS STOLE THINGS,
291
00:16:45,835 --> 00:16:47,130
YOU KNOW, FROM THE HOUSE.
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00:16:47,133 --> 00:16:49,103
SO, THERE WERE DRIVER'S
LICENSES, THERE WERE PHOTOS,
293
00:16:49,138 --> 00:16:51,665
THERE WAS JEWELRY,
THERE WAS MONEY.
294
00:16:51,700 --> 00:16:55,630
THIS HAPPENED TO BE SOME OF
THE VICTIM'S JEWELRY BOXES,
295
00:16:55,633 --> 00:16:57,766
THAT THE OFFENDER
RIFFLED THROUGH.
296
00:16:57,801 --> 00:17:00,435
AND HE STOLE,
WHAT I CALL INDICIA,
297
00:17:00,470 --> 00:17:02,648
THE VARIOUS CARDS
AND OTHER MATERIALS
298
00:17:02,683 --> 00:17:04,827
THAT WERE IN
THE VICTIM'S WALLET.
299
00:17:08,733 --> 00:17:10,773
SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT HE STOLE
ARE VERY UNIQUE,
300
00:17:10,808 --> 00:17:13,897
SOME OF 'EM HAVE NAMES ON 'EM,
301
00:17:13,900 --> 00:17:18,130
SOME OF 'EM HAVE INITIALS
ON 'EM, WEDDING DATES ON 'EM.
302
00:17:18,133 --> 00:17:22,398
HE TOOK PHOTOGRAPHS
OUT OF PHOTO ALBUMS.
303
00:17:22,433 --> 00:17:25,233
THOSE ITEMS ARE SOMETHING
THAT WE ARE CONSTANTLY
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00:17:25,268 --> 00:17:27,467
ON THE LOOKOUT FOR.
305
00:17:31,233 --> 00:17:34,733
DETECTIVES SCOUR THE
CRIME SCENES FOR FINGERPRINTS,
306
00:17:34,768 --> 00:17:38,203
BUT THE RAPIST ALMOST
ALWAYS WEARS GLOVES.
307
00:17:38,238 --> 00:17:41,330
STILL, HE LEAVES
OTHER CLUES BEHIND,
308
00:17:41,333 --> 00:17:45,198
WHICH PROVIDE INSIGHT
INTO WHO HE IS.
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00:17:45,233 --> 00:17:48,873
WE HAVE A PHOTOGRAPH
OF A PEPSI CAN
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00:17:48,908 --> 00:17:51,797
DISCARDED OUT
ON THE REAR PATIO.
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THE EAST AREA RAPIST
WOULD TYPICALLY DRINK
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00:17:54,133 --> 00:17:57,465
OR EAT THE VICTIM'S FOOD.
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00:17:57,500 --> 00:17:59,630
IT'S JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS,
HE'S GOT CONTROL,
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00:17:59,633 --> 00:18:01,232
HE'S GOT POWER OVER THE VICTIMS,
315
00:18:01,267 --> 00:18:05,032
AND NOW HE'S GOING TO
MAKE HIMSELF AT HOME.
316
00:18:05,067 --> 00:18:08,127
PIECING TOGETHER
THE CLUES LEFT BEHIND
317
00:18:08,133 --> 00:18:10,933
BY THE EAST AREA RAPIST
COULD BE THE ANSWER
318
00:18:10,968 --> 00:18:12,032
TO CATCHING HIM.
319
00:18:12,067 --> 00:18:13,797
AND THE CASE IS SO COMPLEX,
320
00:18:13,800 --> 00:18:17,170
EVEN PRIVATE CITIZENS HAVE
BECOME OBSESSED WITH SOLVING IT.
321
00:18:19,333 --> 00:18:20,665
THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE
322
00:18:20,700 --> 00:18:23,065
THAT HAVE STARTED UP THEIR OWN
PERSONAL INVESTIGATIONS
323
00:18:23,100 --> 00:18:27,070
AND GOT THEIR OWN THEORIES,
THEY'RE SENDING US INFORMATION.
324
00:18:28,700 --> 00:18:31,230
TRUE-CRIME AUTHOR
MICHELLE McNAMARA
325
00:18:31,233 --> 00:18:33,432
WORKED THIS CASE
FOR YEARS ON HER OWN,
326
00:18:33,467 --> 00:18:36,427
SENDING LAW ENFORCEMENT TIPS
AS SHE UNCOVERED THEM.
327
00:18:38,633 --> 00:18:42,632
McNAMARA DIED
UNEXPECTEDLY IN 2016.
328
00:18:42,667 --> 00:18:45,227
BUT A COMMUNITY OF DEDICATED
CITIZEN SLEUTHS
329
00:18:45,233 --> 00:18:48,898
CONTINUES TO STUDY THE CASE.
330
00:18:48,933 --> 00:18:52,330
SOME OF THESE PEOPLE
ARE EXTREMELY BRIGHT,
331
00:18:52,365 --> 00:18:55,727
AND THEY HAVE CONTRIBUTED
TO THE INVESTIGATION.
332
00:18:55,733 --> 00:18:58,773
MIKE MORFORD IS
A TRUE-CRIME BLOGGER
333
00:18:58,808 --> 00:19:00,327
AND PODCAST HOST.
334
00:19:00,333 --> 00:19:02,903
THIS CASE IS ONE WHERE
YOU START LOOKING AT A MAP,
335
00:19:02,938 --> 00:19:04,665
START LOOKING AT SOME LOCATIONS,
336
00:19:04,700 --> 00:19:06,830
AND THEN THINGS START
PLAYING IN YOUR MIND
337
00:19:06,833 --> 00:19:09,818
AND THEN YOU START
GETTING THE BUG TO SEEING
338
00:19:09,853 --> 00:19:12,803
IF YOU CAN FIGURE OUT
SOMETHING TO SOLVE IT.
339
00:19:12,838 --> 00:19:14,532
BY DAY, KEITH KOMOS
340
00:19:14,567 --> 00:19:16,797
CREATES WEBSITES
FOR UNIVERSITIES,
341
00:19:16,800 --> 00:19:18,032
BUT AT NIGHT,
342
00:19:18,067 --> 00:19:20,597
HE PUTS HIS TECHNICAL
EXPERTISE TO OTHER USE,
343
00:19:20,600 --> 00:19:22,900
CHASING DOWN LEADS IN THE CASE.
344
00:19:24,967 --> 00:19:26,767
WHAT'S CRAZY ABOUT THIS CASE
345
00:19:26,802 --> 00:19:28,532
IS THAT THERE'S
SO MUCH INFORMATION.
346
00:19:28,567 --> 00:19:30,667
THERE ARE SO MANY ATTACKS
AND THERE ARE SO MANY LEADS
347
00:19:30,702 --> 00:19:32,097
THAT HAVE BEEN UNFOLLOWED,
348
00:19:32,100 --> 00:19:35,065
THAT IT COULD VERY EASILY
BE SOME SORT OF CITIZEN SLEUTH
349
00:19:35,100 --> 00:19:40,400
THAT UNCOVERS A LEAD THAT'S ABLE
TO ACTUALLY SOLVE THIS CASE.
350
00:19:40,435 --> 00:19:42,752
CITIZEN SLEUTHS
OFTEN TEAM UP
351
00:19:42,787 --> 00:19:45,032
TO WORK INTERESTING
LEADS TOGETHER,
352
00:19:45,067 --> 00:19:47,697
IN THIS CASE, LOOKING INTO
A PIECE OF EVIDENCE
353
00:19:47,700 --> 00:19:52,500
THAT WAS FOUND NEAR ONE
OF THE CRIME SCENES IN 1978.
354
00:19:52,535 --> 00:19:54,170
ALL RIGHT.
DID YOU GET MY E-MAIL?
355
00:19:54,205 --> 00:19:55,397
I DID.
356
00:19:55,400 --> 00:19:56,665
I'M LOOKING FORWARD
TO SEEING THIS BADGE.
357
00:19:56,700 --> 00:20:00,100
YEAH, I BROUGHT THE --
THE PHOTOGRAPH OF THE BADGE.
358
00:20:00,135 --> 00:20:01,565
WOW.
359
00:20:01,600 --> 00:20:03,470
YEAH, THAT'S DEFINITELY A LOT,
BETTER VERSION
360
00:20:03,505 --> 00:20:05,597
THAN I'VE SEEN BEFORE.
361
00:20:05,600 --> 00:20:08,130
THE BADGE IS ONE OF A FEW
PIECES OF EVIDENCE
362
00:20:08,133 --> 00:20:10,900
THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT
HAS RELEASED TO THE PUBLIC.
363
00:20:10,935 --> 00:20:13,632
THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE
PIECES OF EVIDENCE,
364
00:20:13,667 --> 00:20:16,427
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT
VERY LITTLE PHYSICAL EVIDENCE
365
00:20:16,433 --> 00:20:17,532
AND IT'S
ONE OF THOSE THINGS
366
00:20:17,567 --> 00:20:18,897
I THINK THERE
ARE STILL SOME LEADS
367
00:20:18,900 --> 00:20:20,732
THAT HAVEN'T
BEEN EXHAUSTED YET,
368
00:20:20,767 --> 00:20:23,832
SO HOPEFULLY, THIS COULD
LEAD US TO SOMETHING.
369
00:20:23,867 --> 00:20:26,467
MIKE AND KEITH WONDER IF
THE BADGE COULD'VE BEEN DROPPED
370
00:20:26,502 --> 00:20:28,332
BY THE EAST AREA RAPIST,
371
00:20:28,367 --> 00:20:32,127
AND IF SO, COULD IT TELL THEM
ANYTHING ABOUT HIS OCCUPATION?
372
00:20:43,600 --> 00:20:46,032
ANY ONE OF THESE SMALL
PIECES OF EVIDENCE
373
00:20:46,067 --> 00:20:49,097
COULD BE THAT ONE THING
THAT BLOWS THE CASE WIDE OPEN.
374
00:20:49,100 --> 00:20:52,500
CITIZEN SLEUTHS
MIKE MORFORD AND KEITH KOMOS
375
00:20:52,535 --> 00:20:55,900
ARE FOLLOWING UP ON A BADGE
THAT WAS FOUND IN 1978
376
00:20:55,935 --> 00:20:58,365
BY AN EAST AREA
RAPIST CRIME SCENE.
377
00:20:58,400 --> 00:21:00,200
ONE OF THE THINGS
YOU CAN SEE RIGHT AWAY
378
00:21:00,235 --> 00:21:02,230
IS THAT
IT'S A SEVEN-POINT STAR.
379
00:21:02,233 --> 00:21:03,565
YEAH.
380
00:21:03,600 --> 00:21:06,033
IT'S GOT THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
LOGO RIGHT ON THERE,
381
00:21:06,068 --> 00:21:08,467
SO IT LOOKS LIKE IT COULD BE
SOME OFFICIAL SORT OF BADGE.
382
00:21:08,502 --> 00:21:09,527
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
383
00:21:09,533 --> 00:21:10,833
IT DOES, IT SAYS,
"SPECIAL OFFICER"
384
00:21:10,868 --> 00:21:12,298
AROUND THE SIDE.
385
00:21:12,333 --> 00:21:14,733
IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S A SPOT
FOR, LIKE, A SERIAL NUMBER
386
00:21:14,768 --> 00:21:16,969
OR BADGE NUMBER,
BUT THERE ISN'T ONE PRESENT.
387
00:21:17,004 --> 00:21:19,170
WE HAVE SOME AVENUES
THAT WE CAN EXPLORE TO TRY
388
00:21:19,205 --> 00:21:20,801
AND FIND OUT
THE ORIGINS OF THIS.
389
00:21:20,836 --> 00:21:22,397
MAYBE CONTACT SOMEBODY
THAT COLLECTS
390
00:21:22,400 --> 00:21:24,165
OR SPECIALIZES
IN BADGES.
391
00:21:24,200 --> 00:21:27,170
YEAH, A COLLECTOR, A
LAW-ENFORCEMENT HISTORIAN,
392
00:21:27,205 --> 00:21:28,532
SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
393
00:21:28,567 --> 00:21:30,927
ONE OF THE THINGS I WOULD LIKE
TO ANSWER DEFINITIVELY
394
00:21:30,933 --> 00:21:33,818
IS WHETHER IT COULD
LEAD US TOWARD HIM
395
00:21:33,853 --> 00:21:36,665
HAVING A CAREER
IN LAW ENFORCEMENT?
396
00:21:36,700 --> 00:21:38,830
OBVIOUSLY, IF WE COULD
DISCOVER HIS OCCUPATION,
397
00:21:38,833 --> 00:21:41,073
IT COULD PRETTY MUCH
LEAD US TO HIS DOORSTEP.
398
00:21:43,067 --> 00:21:45,767
WAS THE EAST AREA
RAPIST A POLICE OFFICER?
399
00:21:45,802 --> 00:21:48,467
IT'S A THEORY THAT INVESTIGATORS
HAVE BEEN CONSIDERING
400
00:21:48,502 --> 00:21:51,597
FROM THE VERY BEGINNING.
401
00:21:51,600 --> 00:21:52,970
THERE WERE SO MANY PEOPLE
THAT THOUGHT
402
00:21:53,005 --> 00:21:54,432
HE WAS IN
A LAW-ENFORCEMENT CIRCLE,
403
00:21:54,467 --> 00:21:58,067
BECAUSE HE KNEW EVERYTHING
THAT WAS GOING ON, OR SEEMED TO.
404
00:21:59,867 --> 00:22:02,927
FOR EXAMPLE,
THE OFFENDER ALWAYS MANAGED
405
00:22:02,933 --> 00:22:05,165
TO OUTWIT POLICE EFFORTS.
406
00:22:05,200 --> 00:22:07,900
WE STARTED USING PATROL
OFFICERS IN PLAINCLOTHES
407
00:22:07,935 --> 00:22:10,370
WHO RODE BICYCLES IN
THE RANCHO CORDOVA AREA
408
00:22:10,405 --> 00:22:12,627
AND ON THE AMERICAN RIVER LEVEE.
409
00:22:18,967 --> 00:22:21,367
IN SACRAMENTO COUNTY,
YOU HAVE THE AMERICAN RIVER
410
00:22:21,402 --> 00:22:23,327
THAT COMES DOWN
AND SPLITS THE COUNTY,
411
00:22:23,333 --> 00:22:27,533
SO YOU HAVE ONLY FOUR WAYS
TO GET ACROSS THE RIVER.
412
00:22:27,568 --> 00:22:30,073
SO, WE HAD SURVEILLANCE CARS
ON BRIDGES
413
00:22:30,108 --> 00:22:32,197
IN CASE A RAPE CALL WENT OUT
414
00:22:32,200 --> 00:22:34,070
AND THEY COULD RECORD
LICENSE PLATES
415
00:22:34,105 --> 00:22:37,697
IN TRYING TO IDENTIFY HIM.
416
00:22:37,700 --> 00:22:39,930
DESPITE 'ROUND
THE CLOCK STAKEOUTS,
417
00:22:39,933 --> 00:22:44,032
THE EAST AREA RAPIST
IS NEVER APPREHENDED.
418
00:22:44,067 --> 00:22:46,627
THERE WERE A LOT OF TIMES
WHEN OFFICERS FELT THEY SAW HIM,
419
00:22:46,633 --> 00:22:48,733
AND HE WOULD SIMPLY
JUST DISAPPEAR.
420
00:22:48,768 --> 00:22:51,165
HE WAS SO FAST.
421
00:22:51,200 --> 00:22:53,913
HE WAS JUMPING FENCES,
HE WAS IN PEOPLE'S BACKYARDS,
422
00:22:53,948 --> 00:22:56,627
AND THEY WOULD SEE HIM
AND THEN HE WOULD BE GONE.
423
00:22:56,633 --> 00:23:01,032
SO, WE KNEW THAT HE WAS
VERY, VERY AGILE.
424
00:23:01,067 --> 00:23:04,467
THE PERP WAS KNOWN NOT
ONLY FOR HIS PHYSICAL AGILITY,
425
00:23:04,502 --> 00:23:07,364
BUT ALSO FOR CAREFULLY
PLANNING HIS ATTACKS.
426
00:23:07,399 --> 00:23:10,227
BOTH ARE SKILLS THAT
COULD'VE BEEN LEARNED
427
00:23:10,233 --> 00:23:12,773
IN TACTICAL TRAINING.
428
00:23:16,067 --> 00:23:19,227
TODAY, COLD-CASE
INVESTIGATOR PAUL HOLES
429
00:23:19,233 --> 00:23:20,765
CONTINUES HIS QUEST TO LEARN
430
00:23:20,800 --> 00:23:23,700
MORE ABOUT THE OFFENDER'S
STALKING STRATEGIES.
431
00:23:26,333 --> 00:23:28,873
IT'S THIS NEXT INTERSECTION.
432
00:23:32,500 --> 00:23:34,730
I'VE MADE IT A POINT TO VISIT
EVERY SINGLE CRIME SCENE
433
00:23:34,733 --> 00:23:36,032
IN THE SERIES
434
00:23:36,067 --> 00:23:39,227
AND MANY OF THESE CRIME SCENES
I REPEATEDLY REVISIT.
435
00:23:39,233 --> 00:23:42,403
I START PUTTING MYSELF IN THE
MIND OF THE EAST AREA RAPIST.
436
00:23:42,438 --> 00:23:44,632
WHY THIS LOCATION?
437
00:23:44,667 --> 00:23:46,827
WAS IT MORE SECLUDED?
438
00:23:46,833 --> 00:23:49,132
DID HE HAVE EASIER ACCESS?
439
00:23:49,167 --> 00:23:52,327
DID HE HAVE A VANTAGE POINT
WHERE HE COULD SEE
440
00:23:52,333 --> 00:23:53,498
WHERE THE PARENTS ARE,
441
00:23:53,533 --> 00:23:56,465
WHERE THE KIDS ARE,
WHAT THEY'RE DOING?
442
00:23:56,500 --> 00:23:59,270
THE RAPIST'S CALCULATED APPROACH
TO HIS CRIMES
443
00:23:59,305 --> 00:24:01,351
CERTAINLY INDICATES
A SKILL LEVEL
444
00:24:01,386 --> 00:24:03,397
ABOVE THAT
OF YOUR AVERAGE STALKER.
445
00:24:05,867 --> 00:24:08,867
HE DEMONSTRATES
IN SELECT INSTANCES
446
00:24:08,902 --> 00:24:11,732
HAVING A TREMENDOUS
AMOUNT OF INTEL
447
00:24:11,767 --> 00:24:14,767
ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON
INSIDE THESE HOUSES
448
00:24:14,802 --> 00:24:17,432
AND THE MOST NOTABLE
EXAMPLE OF THAT
449
00:24:17,467 --> 00:24:20,667
IS THIS ATTACK NUMBER NINE
UP IN SACRAMENTO.
450
00:24:26,900 --> 00:24:29,130
ABOUT 6:30 IN THE EVENING,
451
00:24:29,133 --> 00:24:31,501
A TEENAGE GIRL
IS LEFT HOME ALONE.
452
00:24:31,536 --> 00:24:33,870
SHE'S SUPPOSED TO GO OUT
ON A DATE
453
00:24:33,905 --> 00:24:35,627
WITH HER BOYFRIEND THAT NIGHT.
454
00:24:35,633 --> 00:24:39,933
SO, BEFORE HER PARENTS CAME
HOME, SHE WAS GOING TO BE GONE.
455
00:24:39,968 --> 00:24:42,198
THE OFFENDER COMES IN
AND IMMEDIATELY PULLS HER
456
00:24:42,233 --> 00:24:46,333
OUTSIDE THE HOUSE TO HER
BACKYARD, WHERE HE BINDS HER UP.
457
00:24:47,567 --> 00:24:50,827
HE GOES BACK INSIDE THE HOUSE,
HE TURNS THE TV OFF,
458
00:24:50,833 --> 00:24:52,232
HE LOCKS THE DOORS.
459
00:24:52,267 --> 00:24:54,897
HE PUTS THE WINDOW SCREEN
BACK ON THE WINDOW
460
00:24:54,900 --> 00:24:57,032
THAT HE HAD USED TO
GET INSIDE THE HOUSE
461
00:24:57,067 --> 00:25:03,797
AND SETS THE HOUSE TO MAKE IT
LOOK LIKE THE VICTIM HAD LEFT.
462
00:25:03,800 --> 00:25:07,570
HE THEN TAKES THE VICTIM
INTO A CANAL
463
00:25:07,605 --> 00:25:09,332
AND WALKS HER 200 YARDS AWAY,
464
00:25:09,367 --> 00:25:11,067
GETS HER AWAY FROM
WHERE HER PARENTS
465
00:25:11,102 --> 00:25:12,697
ARE GOING TO BE RETURNING.
466
00:25:12,700 --> 00:25:16,430
SO, NOW HE'S GOT HER ISOLATED
SO HE CAN SPEND TIME WITH HER,
467
00:25:16,433 --> 00:25:19,380
BUT HE'S TAKEN THE TIME
TO SET THE HOUSE UP,
468
00:25:19,415 --> 00:25:22,327
SO THE PARENTS WOULD JUST
ASSUME THEIR DAUGHTER
469
00:25:22,333 --> 00:25:25,032
WAS OUT ON A DATE.
470
00:25:25,067 --> 00:25:28,897
HOW DID HE KNOW WHAT WAS
GOING ON INSIDE THAT HOUSE?
471
00:25:31,167 --> 00:25:33,832
I THINK HE'S A VERY ORGANIZED
OFFENDER.
472
00:25:33,867 --> 00:25:36,267
I BELIEVE HE'S SOMEBODY
THAT PROBABLY TOOK NOTES
473
00:25:36,302 --> 00:25:37,767
WHILE HE WAS OUT
PROWLING, IN FACT,
474
00:25:37,802 --> 00:25:39,764
PENS ARE ACTUALLY COLLECTED
475
00:25:39,799 --> 00:25:41,727
AT TWO OF THE SACRAMENTO SITES.
476
00:25:41,733 --> 00:25:43,803
AND SO, I THINK
HE'S MAKING NOTES ABOUT
477
00:25:43,838 --> 00:25:45,130
HOW THE HOUSE IS LOCKED UP,
478
00:25:45,133 --> 00:25:46,598
WHAT KIND OF VISIBILITY,
YOU KNOW,
479
00:25:46,633 --> 00:25:50,633
HOW HE'S GOING TO APPROACH
THE HOUSE OR LEAVE THE HOUSE.
480
00:25:50,668 --> 00:25:52,903
AND HE PROBABLY HAD MULTIPLE
NEIGHBORHOODS PROWLED
481
00:25:52,938 --> 00:25:54,165
AT ANY ONE POINT IN TIME,
482
00:25:54,200 --> 00:25:56,770
AND HE TOOK NOTES
TO KEEP EVERYTHING STRAIGHT.
483
00:25:59,500 --> 00:26:03,015
AFTER 13 ATTACKS,
POLICE ARE CONVINCED
484
00:26:03,050 --> 00:26:06,530
THEY'RE DEALING WITH
A SOPHISTICATED OFFENDER.
485
00:26:06,533 --> 00:26:10,573
BUT IN FEBRUARY 1977,
HE'S PUT TO THE TEST
486
00:26:10,608 --> 00:26:11,927
WHEN HE COMES FACE-TO-FACE
487
00:26:11,933 --> 00:26:16,473
WITH A YOUNG CROSS-COUNTRY
RUNNER NAMED RODNEY MILLER.
488
00:26:16,508 --> 00:26:20,697
I WAS 17 YEARS OLD
WHEN IT HAPPENED.
489
00:26:20,700 --> 00:26:22,330
IT WAS UNREAL.
490
00:26:22,333 --> 00:26:26,773
I JUST COULDN'T BELIEVE
WHAT WE REALLY WENT THROUGH.
491
00:26:26,808 --> 00:26:29,327
SHE HEARD SOMETHING OUT
IN THE BACKYARD.
492
00:26:29,333 --> 00:26:32,165
- I HEARD A CLACK ON OUR --
- SMOKER BARREL.
493
00:26:32,200 --> 00:26:34,900
THAT SMOKER BARREL OUT THERE.
- SMOKER BARREL, RIGHT.
494
00:26:34,935 --> 00:26:37,630
I LOOKED AND THERE WAS A GUY
WITH A HOODIE ON,
495
00:26:37,633 --> 00:26:40,783
AND HE RAN INTO
OUR BACKYARD AND OUT.
496
00:26:40,818 --> 00:26:43,933
SO, I CALLED YOU --
- I SEEN HIM.
497
00:26:43,968 --> 00:26:46,185
- AND YOU SAW HIM.
- YEAH.
498
00:26:46,220 --> 00:26:48,365
AND YOU WENT AND CHASED HIM.
499
00:26:48,400 --> 00:26:50,900
SO, I THOUGHT, TOO,
THAT IF ROD WOULD GET HIM,
500
00:26:50,935 --> 00:26:52,365
WE'D TAKE HIM HOME,
501
00:26:52,400 --> 00:26:54,430
AND TELL HIS PARENTS,
"THIS KID'S BEEN..."
502
00:26:54,433 --> 00:26:56,403
"YEAH, WHAT ARE YOU
DOING IN MY BACKYARD?"
503
00:26:56,438 --> 00:26:59,130
BUT,
WE DIDN'T GET THAT FAR.
504
00:26:59,133 --> 00:27:01,073
WE GOT THE WORST END OF IT.
505
00:27:07,100 --> 00:27:09,535
TOOK OFF RUNNING DOWN,
JUMPED OVER THE FENCE
506
00:27:09,570 --> 00:27:11,932
RIGHT OVER THERE
IN THE NEIGHBOR'S YARD.
507
00:27:11,967 --> 00:27:14,297
I FIGURED HE'S GOING TO JUMP
BACK OUT IN THE COURT.
508
00:27:14,300 --> 00:27:17,465
SO, I PEELED OFF BACK THIS WAY.
509
00:27:17,500 --> 00:27:19,630
AND I SEEN HIM, HE CAME OUT
TWO DOORS DOWN,
510
00:27:19,633 --> 00:27:22,103
OVER THEIR FENCE IN THE FRONT
AND RAN IN THE COURT.
511
00:27:22,138 --> 00:27:24,332
I WAS RIGHT HERE
LOOKING RIGHT AT HIM
512
00:27:24,367 --> 00:27:29,397
AND IT WAS A GUY ABOUT
MY AGE OR SO AND SIZE.
513
00:27:29,400 --> 00:27:30,600
I SAID, "WELL, WHAT
ARE YOU GOING TO DO?"
514
00:27:30,635 --> 00:27:32,230
AND HE WAS HOPPING
BACK AND FORTH,
515
00:27:32,233 --> 00:27:33,933
DIDN'T KNOW
WHAT HE WANTED TO DO,
516
00:27:33,968 --> 00:27:35,765
RUN THAT WAY OR THIS WAY.
517
00:27:35,800 --> 00:27:38,330
AND I SAID, HELL WITH IT, AND
I STARTED RUNNING RIGHT AT HIM.
518
00:27:43,067 --> 00:27:45,032
HE TOOK OFF RUNNING
AROUND THE HOUSE.
519
00:27:45,067 --> 00:27:47,767
THAT'S WHERE I GRABBED HIM
BEFORE HE WENT OVER THE FENCE.
520
00:27:47,802 --> 00:27:52,132
CAUGHT HIS FOOT,
AND HE WENT DOWN AND FELL.
521
00:27:52,167 --> 00:27:56,227
AND I JUMPED UP AND GETTING
READY TO ROLL OVER ON HIM.
522
00:27:56,233 --> 00:27:58,433
AND I HEARD THE CLICK,
BUT I COULDN'T STOP.
523
00:28:02,067 --> 00:28:03,497
AND THEN THE SHOT HIT ME,
524
00:28:03,500 --> 00:28:07,730
AND THEN I FOUND MYSELF
20 FEET BACK ON THE GROUND.
525
00:28:15,100 --> 00:28:16,530
THE BULLET WENT IN
RIGHT THERE.
526
00:28:16,533 --> 00:28:18,832
THAT'S THE,
YOU KNOW, HOLE.
527
00:28:18,867 --> 00:28:20,597
YEAH, WELL, IT'S RIGHT UP
THE BELLY BUTTON,
528
00:28:20,600 --> 00:28:22,730
AND ALL THE WAY DOWN
JUST AS FAR AS YOU CAN CUT.
529
00:28:22,733 --> 00:28:23,765
RIGHT.
530
00:28:23,800 --> 00:28:27,070
IT WAS REALLY KIND OF
AN EXPERIENCE,
531
00:28:27,105 --> 00:28:29,097
KIND OF SCARY, BUT...
532
00:28:29,100 --> 00:28:31,865
IT'S OKAY.
533
00:28:31,900 --> 00:28:34,863
SO, THAT PERSON WAS
LAYING IN THE IVY.
534
00:28:34,898 --> 00:28:37,827
IT WAS ALL INDENTED,
AND SO THEY KNEW
535
00:28:37,833 --> 00:28:41,633
HE WAS THERE FOR QUITE A WHILE
INVESTIGATING THIS AREA.
536
00:28:41,668 --> 00:28:43,365
HE WAS DOING
HIS SURVEILLING.
537
00:28:43,400 --> 00:28:46,132
YOU KNOW, THE POLICE,
THEY TOOK PICTURES
538
00:28:46,167 --> 00:28:49,467
OF THE FOOTPRINTS THAT WAS
IN THE MUD BACK THERE.
539
00:28:49,502 --> 00:28:51,032
- THAT'S RIGHT.
- YES, EXACTLY.
540
00:28:51,067 --> 00:28:53,467
AND THEY CHECKED IT
WITH THE FOOTPRINT
541
00:28:53,502 --> 00:28:54,927
OF THE EAST AREA RAPIST
542
00:28:54,933 --> 00:28:57,373
THAT THEY HAD FOUND
AND WAS IDENTICAL.
543
00:28:57,408 --> 00:28:58,332
IT WAS IDENTICAL.
544
00:28:58,367 --> 00:29:01,532
THE SHOE PRINTS
WERE IDENTICAL.
545
00:29:01,567 --> 00:29:05,097
YOU NEVER KNOW, YOU KNOW,
WHO HE WAS REALLY WATCHING.
546
00:29:05,100 --> 00:29:09,715
- HE HAD TO BE SOME KIND OF --
- MILITARY OR SOME KIND OF --
547
00:29:09,750 --> 00:29:14,330
BECAUSE HE HAD SO MANY SKILLS
THAT MOST PEOPLE DON'T HAVE.
548
00:29:14,333 --> 00:29:15,850
HE WAS PATIENT.
549
00:29:15,885 --> 00:29:17,332
I JUST FEEL SO SAD
550
00:29:17,367 --> 00:29:19,832
FOR ALL THE OTHER PEOPLE
WHO'VE LOST
551
00:29:19,867 --> 00:29:24,927
AND WERE RAPED AND LOST,
BECAUSE OF THIS ONE MAN.
552
00:29:24,933 --> 00:29:27,065
I HOPE MORE PEOPLE
TALK ABOUT IT,
553
00:29:27,100 --> 00:29:30,700
SO IT GETS OUT AND SO WE CAN
FIND AND PUT A CLOSURE TO IT.
554
00:29:32,300 --> 00:29:36,930
THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THIS
AREA THAT GOT ABUSED BY HIM,
555
00:29:36,933 --> 00:29:39,473
OR KILLED.
556
00:29:42,800 --> 00:29:45,800
THE FORMULATED
ATTACKS, PHYSICAL AGILITY,
557
00:29:45,835 --> 00:29:47,930
AND A FAMILIARITY WITH FIREARMS
558
00:29:47,933 --> 00:29:53,133
COULD POINT TO ANOTHER
AFFILIATION, THE MILITARY.
559
00:29:53,168 --> 00:29:54,365
5 OF THE FIRST 16 ATTACKS
560
00:29:54,400 --> 00:29:56,700
OCCURRED IN THIS CORDOVA MEADOWS
NEIGHBORHOOD
561
00:29:56,735 --> 00:29:58,430
THAT IS RIGHT
ACROSS THE FREEWAY
562
00:29:58,433 --> 00:30:00,765
FROM MATHER AIR FORCE BASE.
563
00:30:00,800 --> 00:30:04,033
AND THE FIFTH ATTACK,
HE ATTACKS JANE CARSON,
564
00:30:04,068 --> 00:30:06,782
AND HER HUSBAND
WAS A CAPTAIN IN THE AIR FORCE.
565
00:30:06,817 --> 00:30:09,497
SOME OF THE CASES, HE'S WEARING
WHAT'S DESCRIBED
566
00:30:09,500 --> 00:30:13,030
AS MILITARY-STYLE BOOTS
OR JUNGLE BOOTS.
567
00:30:13,033 --> 00:30:17,501
HE ATTACKED SO MANY TIMES AND
SEEMED TO BE ABLE TO SLIP AWAY,
568
00:30:17,536 --> 00:30:21,970
EVEN THOUGH SACRAMENTO HAD SO
MANY LAW-ENFORCEMENT RESOURCES
569
00:30:22,005 --> 00:30:24,632
OUT THERE TO TRY TO CATCH HIM.
570
00:30:24,667 --> 00:30:26,432
CITIZEN SLEUTHS HOPE
THAT THE BADGE
571
00:30:26,467 --> 00:30:29,927
THEY'VE BEEN INVESTIGATING
COULD PROVIDE SOME ANSWERS.
572
00:30:29,933 --> 00:30:31,933
WE'RE LOOKING AT SOME
OTHER BADGES ONLINE,
573
00:30:31,968 --> 00:30:34,033
TRYING TO FIGURE OUT
THE ORIGIN OF THE BADGE
574
00:30:34,068 --> 00:30:36,632
AND WHAT THE
SIGNIFICANCE MIGHT BE.
575
00:30:36,667 --> 00:30:40,317
NOW, IN LOOKING THROUGH
SEVERAL CALIFORNIA BADGES,
576
00:30:40,352 --> 00:30:44,789
YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THEM DO HAVE
THAT SEVEN-POINT STAR,
577
00:30:44,824 --> 00:30:49,227
BUT I'M NOT FINDING ANYTHING
EXACTLY LIKE THIS ONE.
578
00:30:49,233 --> 00:30:52,403
MEANWHILE, KEITH KOMOS
IS HOPING FOR A RETURN CALL
579
00:30:52,438 --> 00:30:55,230
FROM A CALIFORNIA HISTORIAN.
580
00:30:55,233 --> 00:30:58,700
THIS GUY HAS WRITTEN TWO
DIFFERENT BOOKS ON THE SUBJECT.
581
00:30:58,735 --> 00:31:02,167
HE KNOWS EVERYTHING THERE IS
TO KNOW ABOUT CALIFORNIA BADGES.
582
00:31:02,202 --> 00:31:03,732
WHILE HE WAITS,
583
00:31:03,767 --> 00:31:06,167
HE CHECKS A FEW MORE
ONLINE SOURCES.
584
00:31:06,202 --> 00:31:07,332
MY FIRST STOP IS
585
00:31:07,367 --> 00:31:09,717
TO THE SAN JOSE
POLICE DEPARTMENT WEBSITE,
586
00:31:09,752 --> 00:31:12,067
WHERE THEY HAVE A GREAT
HISTORICAL RUNDOWN
587
00:31:12,102 --> 00:31:13,397
OF THE DIFFERENT BADGES
588
00:31:13,400 --> 00:31:16,570
TO DIFFERENT LAW-ENFORCEMENT
AGENCIES THROUGHOUT HISTORY.
589
00:31:16,605 --> 00:31:18,797
I'M NOT COMING UP WITH MUCH,
WHICH IS DISAPPOINTING,
590
00:31:18,800 --> 00:31:21,070
BECAUSE I WAS HOPING
THERE WAS A CONNECTION THERE,
591
00:31:21,105 --> 00:31:23,327
BUT THERE DOESN'T SEEM TO BE.
592
00:31:23,333 --> 00:31:27,273
MIKE AND KEITH'S SEARCHES
ARE BOTH COMING UP EMPTY.
593
00:31:27,308 --> 00:31:30,227
THAT IS, UNTIL THEY GET
A CALL BACK.
594
00:31:30,233 --> 00:31:32,880
WELL, I JUST GOT OFF THE PHONE
WITH THE BADGE EXPERT.
595
00:31:32,915 --> 00:31:35,527
HE'S THE FOREMOST AUTHORITY
ON THESE POLICE BADGES,
596
00:31:35,533 --> 00:31:38,433
ESPECIALLY FOR THE STATE
OF CALIFORNIA.
597
00:31:38,468 --> 00:31:41,333
HE KNEW IMMEDIATELY
WHAT THIS BADGE WAS.
598
00:31:52,867 --> 00:31:54,667
MIKE MORFORD AND KEITH KOMOS
599
00:31:54,702 --> 00:31:55,932
ARE INVESTIGATING A BADGE
600
00:31:55,967 --> 00:31:58,427
THAT THEY THINK COULD CONNECT
THE EAST AREA RAPIST
601
00:31:58,433 --> 00:32:01,898
TO LAW ENFORCEMENT
OR THE MILITARY.
602
00:32:01,933 --> 00:32:04,533
AFTER TALKING TO
A CALIFORNIA HISTORIAN,
603
00:32:04,568 --> 00:32:07,465
KEITH HAS IMPORTANT INFORMATION.
604
00:32:07,500 --> 00:32:10,565
HE KNEW IMMEDIATELY
WHAT THIS BADGE WAS.
605
00:32:10,600 --> 00:32:15,113
IT'S NOT A VALUABLE BADGE AND
IT'S NOT A COMMONLY USED BADGE.
606
00:32:15,148 --> 00:32:19,627
EVERY RESOURCE AND EVERY EXPERT
IS TELLING ME THIS WAS USED,
607
00:32:19,633 --> 00:32:22,698
AT BEST, BY A SECURITY GUARD.
608
00:32:22,733 --> 00:32:26,333
IF ANYTHING, THE BADGE
STEERS THE INVESTIGATION AWAY
609
00:32:26,368 --> 00:32:29,032
FROM THE POLICE
AND MILITARY THEORIES.
610
00:32:29,067 --> 00:32:33,397
NO LAW-ENFORCEMENT OFFICER
WOULD HAVE A BADGE LIKE THIS.
611
00:32:33,400 --> 00:32:36,070
IT'S ANOTHER FINDING
FOR THE CASE FILES,
612
00:32:36,105 --> 00:32:39,032
BUT NOT A DEFINITIVE ANSWER.
613
00:32:39,067 --> 00:32:41,382
MEANWHILE, INVESTIGATOR
PAUL HOLES
614
00:32:41,417 --> 00:32:43,697
HAS HIS OWN THOUGHTS
ON THIS THEORY.
615
00:32:43,700 --> 00:32:45,230
DO I THINK OUR OFFENDER
616
00:32:45,233 --> 00:32:47,930
COULD'VE HAD EXPERIENCE
IN THE MILITARY?
617
00:32:47,965 --> 00:32:50,627
I DO, WHEN YOU LOOK
AT THAT GENERATION.
618
00:32:50,633 --> 00:32:53,873
THIS INDIVIDUAL WAS PROBABLY
GRADUATING HIGH SCHOOL
619
00:32:53,908 --> 00:32:55,697
IN THE LATE '60s
TO THE EARLY '70s.
620
00:32:55,700 --> 00:32:57,332
WELL, WHAT WAS GOING ON?
621
00:32:57,367 --> 00:32:59,532
WE HAD THE VIETNAM WAR GOING ON,
622
00:32:59,567 --> 00:33:02,597
AND MALES OF THAT AGE
WERE BEING DRAFTED.
623
00:33:02,600 --> 00:33:05,430
SO, MOST OF THE SUSPECTS
THAT I HAVE LOOKED AT
624
00:33:05,433 --> 00:33:07,433
WERE EITHER IN THE MILITARY,
BECAUSE THEY WERE DRAFTED
625
00:33:07,468 --> 00:33:09,534
OR THEY WENT INTO
THE NATIONAL GUARD.
626
00:33:09,569 --> 00:33:11,600
THEY FULFILLED THEIR
MILITARY OBLIGATION.
627
00:33:11,635 --> 00:33:14,330
MEN OF THAT AGE HAD TO DO THAT.
628
00:33:17,933 --> 00:33:21,533
BUT THE LAW-ENFORCEMENT SIDE,
I DON'T SEE ANYTHING
629
00:33:21,568 --> 00:33:24,147
THAT INDICATES
THAT THIS GUY HAS ANYTHING
630
00:33:24,182 --> 00:33:26,727
BEYOND WHAT SOMEBODY
WHO IS INTELLIGENT
631
00:33:26,733 --> 00:33:28,932
WOULD BE ABLE TO FIGURE OUT
632
00:33:28,967 --> 00:33:32,697
AND LEARN THOSE SKILLS DURING
THE COMMISSION OF THE CRIMES
633
00:33:32,700 --> 00:33:36,170
AND DOES NOT REQUIRE SOMEBODY
TO HAVE BEEN IN THE MILITARY
634
00:33:36,205 --> 00:33:38,367
OR LAW ENFORCEMENT
IN ORDER TO DO THAT.
635
00:33:43,333 --> 00:33:45,633
WHILE THE EAST AREA
RAPIST MAY NOT HAVE BEEN HIDING
636
00:33:45,668 --> 00:33:47,898
WITHIN THE RANKS
OF THE ARMED FORCES,
637
00:33:47,933 --> 00:33:52,403
HE WAS KNOWN TO USE MANY PLOYS
TO OBSCURE HIS TRUE IDENTITY.
638
00:33:56,167 --> 00:33:58,967
THERE ARE VERBAL
AND BEHAVIORAL INDICATORS
639
00:33:59,002 --> 00:34:02,427
THAT HE'S STAGING
DURING THESE ATTACKS.
640
00:34:02,433 --> 00:34:05,973
HE'S TELLING THE VICTIMS
DIFFERENT THINGS THAT HE KNOWS
641
00:34:06,008 --> 00:34:08,827
THAT THEY ARE GOING TO
TELL LAW ENFORCEMENT.
642
00:34:08,833 --> 00:34:12,233
"DON'T TELL THE PIG YOU SAW
MY VAN PARKED OUTSIDE."
643
00:34:12,268 --> 00:34:16,073
HE MAKES STATEMENTS
ABOUT HAVING A VAN OVER
644
00:34:16,108 --> 00:34:18,397
AND OVER AGAIN IN THE SERIES.
645
00:34:18,400 --> 00:34:20,933
I CAN GUARANTEE,
HE NEVER DROVE A VAN,
646
00:34:20,968 --> 00:34:23,467
BUT HE'S TRYING TO LEAD
LAW ENFORCEMENT
647
00:34:23,502 --> 00:34:24,827
TO LOOK FOR A VAN VERSUS
648
00:34:24,833 --> 00:34:27,433
WHATEVER VEHICLE
HE ACTUALLY WAS DRIVING.
649
00:34:30,500 --> 00:34:32,230
THE RAPIST IS KEENLY AWARE
650
00:34:32,233 --> 00:34:33,832
OF HOW HE PRESENTS
TO THE PUBLIC.
651
00:34:33,867 --> 00:34:37,432
HE TRIES TO PAINT
A MISLEADING PORTRAIT,
652
00:34:37,467 --> 00:34:41,697
BUT SOMETIMES HIS ACTIONS
ARE PURELY EGO-DRIVEN.
653
00:34:41,700 --> 00:34:43,815
THERE IS A NEWSPAPER ARTICLE
654
00:34:43,850 --> 00:34:45,930
IN "THE SACRAMENTO BEE"
THAT STATED,
655
00:34:45,933 --> 00:34:49,333
"THIS GUY HAS NEVER ATTACKED
WHEN THERE'S A MAN HOME."
656
00:34:49,368 --> 00:34:52,698
THE VERY NEXT ATTACK,
IS THERE'S A MAN HOME.
657
00:34:52,733 --> 00:34:55,373
SO, THE THOUGHT IS, IS THAT
HE READ THAT NEWSPAPER ARTICLE
658
00:34:55,408 --> 00:34:59,632
AND WAS LIKE,
"OKAY, I CAN DO THAT."
659
00:34:59,667 --> 00:35:04,597
FROM THAT POINT ON, IN ROUGHLY
TWO-THIRDS OF THE ATTACKS,
660
00:35:04,600 --> 00:35:07,130
THERE'S A MAN PRESENT.
661
00:35:10,833 --> 00:35:12,903
IT WAS VERY SADISTIC.
662
00:35:16,700 --> 00:35:18,930
THE MALE VICTIMS WERE TIED UP,
663
00:35:18,933 --> 00:35:20,766
LAYING ON THEIR STOMACH
WITH THEIR HANDS
664
00:35:20,801 --> 00:35:22,565
TIED BEHIND THEIR BACK
AND THEIR FEET TIED.
665
00:35:22,600 --> 00:35:25,648
AND THEN HE WOULD PUT DISHES
ON THEIR BACK TO MAKE SURE
666
00:35:25,683 --> 00:35:28,697
THAT IF HE WAS IN THE OTHER ROOM
DOING THE SEXUAL ASSAULT
667
00:35:28,700 --> 00:35:33,032
AND THEY MOVED,
HE WOULD HEAR THE DISHES.
668
00:35:33,067 --> 00:35:35,297
HE TOLD THEM, "IF I HEAR THE
DISHES RATTLE, I WILL COME IN
669
00:35:35,300 --> 00:35:37,400
AND I WILL KILL YOU,
I WILL KILL YOUR WIFE."
670
00:35:41,500 --> 00:35:44,300
WHILE THE MALE LAID THERE,
KNOWING THAT HIS WIFE
671
00:35:44,335 --> 00:35:46,951
OR GIRLFRIEND
WAS BEING ATTACKED,
672
00:35:46,986 --> 00:35:50,356
WAS A HORRIFIC EMOTIONAL THING
673
00:35:50,391 --> 00:35:53,727
FOR EVERYBODY TO DEAL WITH.
674
00:35:53,733 --> 00:35:56,233
SOMETIMES YOU HAD CHILDREN
WHO WERE IN THE HOME
675
00:35:56,268 --> 00:35:57,532
WHO SAW THE RAPIST.
676
00:35:57,567 --> 00:36:00,097
YOU HAD THE FEMALE
WHO WAS ASSAULTED
677
00:36:00,100 --> 00:36:03,400
AND YOU HAD THE MALE WHO COULD
DO ABSOLUTELY NOTHING ABOUT IT.
678
00:36:03,435 --> 00:36:05,330
IT WAS SOMETIMES
A WHOLE HOUSEHOLD
679
00:36:05,333 --> 00:36:08,303
WHO HAD BEEN TRAUMATIZED
AND TERRORIZED.
680
00:36:13,367 --> 00:36:15,097
THAT NEWSPAPER ARTICLE,
IN ESSENCE,
681
00:36:15,100 --> 00:36:17,230
INDIRECTLY CHALLENGED HIM.
682
00:36:17,233 --> 00:36:22,203
AND I THINK HE FELT THAT
THAT WAS A SLIGHT AGAINST HIM
683
00:36:22,238 --> 00:36:24,665
AND HIS MALENESS.
684
00:36:24,700 --> 00:36:27,548
"HE NEVER ATTACKS WHEN
THERE'S A MAN PRESENT."
685
00:36:27,583 --> 00:36:30,397
"WELL, YEAH, I CAN DO THAT
AND I WILL SHOW 'EM
686
00:36:30,400 --> 00:36:32,930
I'M CAPABLE OF DOING THAT."
687
00:36:35,433 --> 00:36:37,933
WITH EACH ATTACK,
THE EAST AREA RAPIST
688
00:36:37,968 --> 00:36:39,665
SEEMS TO BE GAINING CONFIDENCE
689
00:36:39,700 --> 00:36:41,900
AND FUELING HIS DESIRE
TO TERRORIZE
690
00:36:41,935 --> 00:36:44,100
AS MANY PEOPLE
AS HE POSSIBLY CAN.
691
00:36:46,900 --> 00:36:51,300
AND IN APRIL OF 1977,
HE'S ONLY JUST GETTING STARTED.
692
00:37:02,533 --> 00:37:03,798
IN LESS THAN A YEAR,
693
00:37:03,833 --> 00:37:09,232
SACRAMENTO'S EAST AREA
RAPIST STRIKES OVER 20 TIMES
694
00:37:09,267 --> 00:37:13,327
AND AFTER THE BRUTAL ATTACK
ON A COUPLE IN APRIL OF 1977,
695
00:37:13,333 --> 00:37:15,032
HE'S SHOWN HIS CAPACITY
696
00:37:15,067 --> 00:37:18,627
FOR A NEW LEVEL
OF PSYCHOLOGICAL TERROR.
697
00:37:18,633 --> 00:37:21,880
THERE WAS REALLY NOT
ANY NORMAL ANYMORE,
698
00:37:21,915 --> 00:37:25,127
BECAUSE SACRAMENTO
WAS IN A STATE OF FEAR.
699
00:37:25,133 --> 00:37:27,733
YOU PLAN ON TAKING
ANY PRECAUTIONS?
700
00:37:27,768 --> 00:37:29,298
I PUT LOCKS ON MY DOORS,
701
00:37:29,333 --> 00:37:31,773
PEEPHOLES
IN JUST LAST WEEK, YEAH.
702
00:37:31,808 --> 00:37:33,197
I DON'T KNOW.
703
00:37:33,200 --> 00:37:35,200
I HAVE A GUN, BUT I STILL DON'T
FEEL SAFE BEING, YOU KNOW,
704
00:37:35,235 --> 00:37:36,632
AT HOME ALONE.
705
00:37:36,667 --> 00:37:38,727
I IMAGINE A LOT OF WOMEN IN THE
AREA ARE SCARED AND ARE NERVOUS.
706
00:37:38,733 --> 00:37:40,966
IF THEY COULD JUST
KIND OF GET TO KNOW
707
00:37:41,001 --> 00:37:43,165
EACH OTHER'S HABITS,
THEIR NEIGHBOR'S HABITS,
708
00:37:43,200 --> 00:37:47,630
AND CALL IN IF THEY SEE OR HEAR
ANYTHING SUSPICIOUS AT ALL.
709
00:37:47,633 --> 00:37:51,000
MY HUSBAND AND MY SON
AND I WOULD SLEEP
710
00:37:51,035 --> 00:37:54,367
TOGETHER IN OUR KING-SIZE BED
AT NIGHT.
711
00:37:54,402 --> 00:37:55,727
IT SEEMED LIKE EVERY OTHER DAY,
712
00:37:55,733 --> 00:37:59,073
THERE WAS A NEW REPORT
OF A RAPE IN THE NEWSPAPER.
713
00:38:02,367 --> 00:38:04,867
BECAUSE EVERYBODY
WAS BUYING GUNS,
714
00:38:04,902 --> 00:38:06,432
OUR BURGLARY RATE
WENT WAY DOWN.
715
00:38:06,467 --> 00:38:08,797
THERE WASN'T A BURGLAR
THAT WANTED TO ENTER A HOME
716
00:38:08,800 --> 00:38:12,230
WITH ANYBODY IN IT, UM,
FOR FEAR OF BEING SHOT.
717
00:38:12,233 --> 00:38:13,832
IF THERE IS AN INTRUDER...
718
00:38:13,867 --> 00:38:16,867
AND THERE WERE SO MANY
RUMORS IN THE COMMUNITY
719
00:38:16,902 --> 00:38:18,527
THAT THE SHERIFF DECIDED
720
00:38:18,533 --> 00:38:21,915
THAT WE SHOULD HAVE
SOME PUBLIC MEETINGS.
721
00:38:21,950 --> 00:38:25,297
WE JUST NEEDED TO TRY
TO CALM THE COMMUNITY
722
00:38:25,300 --> 00:38:27,632
IN ANY WAY THAT WE COULD.
723
00:38:27,667 --> 00:38:30,667
IF YOU ARE GOING TO
DEFEND YOURSELF,
724
00:38:30,702 --> 00:38:33,227
YOU MUST INJURE YOUR ATTACKER
725
00:38:33,233 --> 00:38:34,732
AND I DON'T MEAN JUST HURT HIM,
726
00:38:34,767 --> 00:38:37,167
BECAUSE BY HURTING HIM, YOU'RE
ONLY GOING TO MAKE HIM MADDER.
727
00:38:37,202 --> 00:38:39,897
BUT YOU INJURE HIM ENOUGH
TO INCAPACITATE HIM
728
00:38:39,900 --> 00:38:42,065
IN ANY WAY THAT YOU CAN.
729
00:38:42,100 --> 00:38:46,113
AT ONE COMMUNITY MEETING,
A GENTLEMAN STOOD UP AND SAID,
730
00:38:46,148 --> 00:38:50,127
HE ABSOLUTELY COULDN'T BELIEVE
THAT AN ASSAULT COULD OCCUR
731
00:38:50,133 --> 00:38:52,815
WITH TWO PEOPLE
OR MORE IN THE HOUSE
732
00:38:52,850 --> 00:38:55,497
AND NOBODY BEING
ABLE TO PREVENT IT.
733
00:38:55,500 --> 00:38:58,063
SEVERAL MONTHS LATER,
HE AND HIS WIFE
734
00:38:58,098 --> 00:39:00,627
WERE VICTIMS
OF THE EAST AREA RAPIST,
735
00:39:00,633 --> 00:39:04,551
PROBABLY ONE OF THE WORST
ASSAULTS OF THE WHOLE SERIES.
736
00:39:04,586 --> 00:39:08,656
I KNOW OUR OFFENDER'S
A VERY VINDICTIVE PERSON.
737
00:39:08,691 --> 00:39:12,727
SO, WHEN THIS MAN STANDS UP
AND STARTS MAKING STATEMENTS,
738
00:39:12,733 --> 00:39:15,873
AT THAT POINT, THIS GUY SAYS,
"I WILL SHOW YOU."
739
00:39:17,533 --> 00:39:20,733
WE HAD A LOT OF OFFICERS
IN PLAINCLOTHES THERE.
740
00:39:20,768 --> 00:39:24,032
WE HAD OFFICERS OUTSIDE
WATCHING PEOPLE.
741
00:39:24,067 --> 00:39:29,827
HOW HE GOT TO THE MEETING, WHERE
HE WAS SITTING, WE HAVE NO IDEA.
742
00:39:29,833 --> 00:39:34,273
BUT, YES, I FEEL VERY STRONGLY
THAT HE WAS AT THAT MEETING,
743
00:39:34,308 --> 00:39:36,097
AND I THINK
HE FOLLOWED THEM HOME.
744
00:39:40,967 --> 00:39:42,827
THE ATTACK AFTER
THE COMMUNITY MEETING
745
00:39:42,833 --> 00:39:46,832
BRINGS TO LIGHT
A TERRIFYING REALIZATION,
746
00:39:46,867 --> 00:39:52,327
THE PERP IS HIDING
AMONGST THEM IN PLAIN SIGHT.
747
00:39:52,333 --> 00:39:55,973
WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHERE
THESE ATTACKS ARE OCCURRING,
748
00:39:56,008 --> 00:39:58,227
YOU ARE SEEING THAT
THIS IS AN OFFENDER
749
00:39:58,233 --> 00:40:00,873
THAT IS VERY COMFORTABLE
IN THE MIDDLE CLASS
750
00:40:00,908 --> 00:40:03,027
AND IS OFTEN
ATTACKING IN MIDDLE-
751
00:40:03,033 --> 00:40:05,398
TO UPPER-CLASS LOCATIONS.
752
00:40:05,433 --> 00:40:08,173
THIS TELLS ME THIS GUY
IS PROBABLY OUT OF THAT TYPE
753
00:40:08,208 --> 00:40:09,632
OF DEMOGRAPHIC HIMSELF.
754
00:40:09,667 --> 00:40:15,267
EITHER HE GREW UP IN THAT TYPE
OF NEIGHBORHOOD OR AS AN ADULT,
755
00:40:15,302 --> 00:40:17,127
THAT'S THE TYPE
OF NEIGHBORHOOD HE LIVES IN.
756
00:40:17,133 --> 00:40:19,932
HIS CAR FITS IN
TO THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
757
00:40:19,967 --> 00:40:22,797
HIS CLOTHING FITS IN
TO THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
758
00:40:22,800 --> 00:40:25,070
SO, PEOPLE IN THESE TYPES
OF NEIGHBORHOODS
759
00:40:25,105 --> 00:40:26,627
DON'T SEE THIS GUY.
760
00:40:26,633 --> 00:40:29,733
HE JUST KIND OF COMES AND GOES,
BECAUSE HE BLENDS IN,
761
00:40:29,768 --> 00:40:34,065
HE LOOKS JUST LIKE THEM.
762
00:40:34,100 --> 00:40:35,530
LOOK AT THE PEOPLE
WHO, FOR YEARS,
763
00:40:35,533 --> 00:40:36,998
HAVE LIVED NEXT DOOR
TO A NEIGHBOR
764
00:40:37,033 --> 00:40:39,533
AND THEN THEY'RE ARRESTED
FOR AN OLD MURDER AND YET,
765
00:40:39,568 --> 00:40:42,033
THEY'VE BEEN AN OUTSTANDING
CITIZEN, THEY'VE MARRIED,
766
00:40:42,068 --> 00:40:43,769
AND THEY'VE HAD A FAMILY.
767
00:40:43,804 --> 00:40:45,432
I HAVE BELIEVED ALL ALONG
768
00:40:45,467 --> 00:40:47,632
THAT SOMEBODY KNEW
WHO THE RAPIST WAS,
769
00:40:47,667 --> 00:40:50,697
WHETHER IT WAS A MOTHER,
A GIRLFRIEND, A CLOSE FRIEND.
770
00:40:50,700 --> 00:40:54,130
WE HAD SO MUCH INFORMATION
OUT THERE ABOUT HIM,
771
00:40:54,133 --> 00:40:55,932
ABOUT HIS CLOTHING.
772
00:40:55,967 --> 00:40:58,727
WE KNEW HE WORE A SIZE 9 SHOE.
773
00:40:58,733 --> 00:41:01,601
AND THEN YOU HAVE SOMEBODY
WHO IS TAKING TRINKETS
774
00:41:01,636 --> 00:41:04,716
FROM ALL OF THE RAPES,
PICTURES, DRIVER'S LICENSE,
775
00:41:04,751 --> 00:41:07,797
JEWELRY, THAT HE WOULD
HAVE IN HIS POSSESSION.
776
00:41:07,800 --> 00:41:10,630
I JUST FEEL LIKE SOMEBODY KNEW
777
00:41:10,633 --> 00:41:13,032
AND THAT PERSON EITHER
IS DECEASED
778
00:41:13,067 --> 00:41:15,597
OR JUST HAS CHOSEN
NOT TO COME FORWARD.
779
00:41:17,567 --> 00:41:20,227
FOR 40 YEARS,
HE'S PLAYED A GAME
780
00:41:20,233 --> 00:41:21,932
WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT
AND HAS WON.
781
00:41:21,967 --> 00:41:25,497
AND I THINK THAT IS GOING TO
BOLSTER HIS CONFIDENCE
782
00:41:25,500 --> 00:41:27,813
THAT HE WILL CONTINUE
TO BE ABLE TO WIN.
783
00:41:27,848 --> 00:41:30,127
I DO THINK THAT IF HE IS
STILL ALIVE,
784
00:41:30,133 --> 00:41:32,803
THAT HE IS FOLLOWING
WHAT'S ONLINE
785
00:41:32,838 --> 00:41:34,430
AND WHAT'S IN THE MEDIA
786
00:41:34,433 --> 00:41:36,633
AND IS RECOGNIZING THAT
MAYBE LAW ENFORCEMENT
787
00:41:36,668 --> 00:41:38,403
IS GOING TO CATCH UP WITH HIM.
788
00:41:45,367 --> 00:41:47,097
Hello?
789
00:41:47,100 --> 00:41:48,830
Going to kill you.
790
00:41:48,833 --> 00:41:50,498
Going to kill you.
791
00:41:50,533 --> 00:41:53,803
NEXT TIME ON "THE GOLDEN
IT'S NOT OVER"...
792
00:41:53,838 --> 00:41:56,770
HE CAME UP TO ME AND PRESSED
VERY HARD AND SAID,
793
00:41:56,805 --> 00:41:58,427
"YOU WANT ME
TO CUT OFF YOUR EAR?"
794
00:41:58,433 --> 00:42:01,032
HE WAS BECOMING MORE VICIOUS
IN HIS ASSAULTS,
795
00:42:01,067 --> 00:42:04,497
AND WE REALLY FELT THAT HE WAS
TRYING TO WORK UP TO MURDER.
796
00:42:04,500 --> 00:42:06,430
THE MATTRESS THAT JANELLE
WAS KILLED ON
797
00:42:06,433 --> 00:42:10,503
WAS RIGHT HERE ON THE FRONT LAWN
AND THERE WAS SO MUCH BLOOD.
798
00:42:10,538 --> 00:42:13,204
TWO OF THE PIECES
LOOKED LIKE ESSAYS,
799
00:42:13,239 --> 00:42:15,870
AND THEN THERE WAS
A HAND-DRAWN DIAGRAM.
800
00:42:15,905 --> 00:42:17,727
THIS PERSON HAS SOME
UNDERSTANDING
801
00:42:17,733 --> 00:42:21,203
ON HOW TO LAY OUT
A FAIRLY COMPLEX PROJECT.
802
00:42:21,238 --> 00:42:24,565
- YES.
- IT'S JUST A MATTER OF TIME.
803
00:42:24,600 --> 00:42:27,470
WE'RE GOING TO SOLVE THIS CASE
AND CATCH THIS GUY.
63761
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