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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:05,700 --> 00:00:08,767 Woman: I'm going to tell you the story of three young women 2 00:00:08,767 --> 00:00:12,832 who once lived in New York City. 3 00:00:12,833 --> 00:00:16,566 There was Pat... that's her right there. 4 00:00:16,567 --> 00:00:19,532 And she had two roommates, 5 00:00:19,533 --> 00:00:22,666 Emily, who she'd met in college, 6 00:00:22,667 --> 00:00:26,333 and Janice, a family friend. 7 00:00:29,567 --> 00:00:32,066 Janice hadn't shown up at work that day. 8 00:00:32,067 --> 00:00:34,366 Now, I work with her and I can tell you 9 00:00:34,367 --> 00:00:37,699 Janice being unreliable was hardly something new. 10 00:00:37,700 --> 00:00:39,166 So, none of us were that worried. 11 00:00:39,167 --> 00:00:42,666 [ Keys jingling, lock clicking ] 12 00:00:42,667 --> 00:00:45,299 I can't believe you didn't even make it in. 13 00:00:45,300 --> 00:00:48,566 Charlie wasn't happy. I can tell you that. 14 00:00:48,567 --> 00:00:52,066 But, when Pat got home to that apartment 15 00:00:52,067 --> 00:00:54,199 and saw what had happened... 16 00:00:54,200 --> 00:00:55,432 Janice? 17 00:00:55,433 --> 00:00:58,666 Nothing would ever be the same. 18 00:00:58,667 --> 00:01:00,266 For her... 19 00:01:00,267 --> 00:01:01,499 Janice? 20 00:01:01,500 --> 00:01:03,667 Or for any of us. 21 00:01:30,733 --> 00:01:33,432 August 28, 1963. 22 00:01:33,433 --> 00:01:37,566 It was hot and sticky in New York City. 23 00:01:37,567 --> 00:01:41,732 Tolles: [ Breathing heavily ] 24 00:01:41,733 --> 00:01:44,699 You may remember that day because it was the day 25 00:01:44,700 --> 00:01:47,799 of Martin Luther King's famous march on Washington. 26 00:01:47,800 --> 00:01:51,899 I remember it because it was the day my friend was murdered. 27 00:01:51,900 --> 00:01:53,732 [ Thunder rumbles ] 28 00:01:53,733 --> 00:01:57,966 {\an8}Raab: Patricia Tolles called Janice Wylie's parents, 29 00:01:57,967 --> 00:02:00,766 {\an8}Max and Isabel Wylie, who lived nearby, 30 00:02:00,767 --> 00:02:02,299 {\an8}and she told Max Wylie 31 00:02:02,300 --> 00:02:05,366 {\an8}that something was dreadfully amiss. 32 00:02:05,367 --> 00:02:09,332 Max told the women to stay there 33 00:02:09,333 --> 00:02:12,533 while he started looking around. 34 00:03:02,300 --> 00:03:08,599 There's his daughter... naked, eviscerated. 35 00:03:08,600 --> 00:03:11,566 Her intestines were out. 36 00:03:11,567 --> 00:03:15,232 She was naked and dead on the floor, blood all over her. 37 00:03:15,233 --> 00:03:19,532 And there was Emily right next to her. 38 00:03:19,533 --> 00:03:22,466 {\an8}She was dressed, but she was also clearly dead. 39 00:03:22,467 --> 00:03:28,099 Raab: They seemed to be entwined in some kind of wrappings. 40 00:03:28,100 --> 00:03:29,399 It was hideous crime. 41 00:03:29,400 --> 00:03:32,899 He walked back into the living room 42 00:03:32,900 --> 00:03:36,266 and explained to them, as calmly as he could, 43 00:03:36,267 --> 00:03:37,932 that both girls were dead. 44 00:03:37,933 --> 00:03:39,466 They had been murdered. 45 00:03:39,467 --> 00:03:42,266 He then went to the phone, picked it up, dialed the police. 46 00:03:42,267 --> 00:03:44,267 [ Siren wails ] 47 00:03:49,700 --> 00:03:52,266 [ Sighs ] 48 00:03:52,267 --> 00:03:55,066 [ Police radio chatter ] 49 00:03:55,067 --> 00:03:58,532 Gross: This place was swarming with cops very, very quickly. 50 00:03:58,533 --> 00:04:03,166 {\an8}I knew within five, six, seven minutes of being there, 51 00:04:03,167 --> 00:04:06,266 {\an8}that was going to be a high-profile case. 52 00:04:06,267 --> 00:04:09,066 Max, I just want to let you know 53 00:04:09,067 --> 00:04:11,632 that we offer our deepest sympathies to you. 54 00:04:11,633 --> 00:04:13,566 I understand, but it's most important 55 00:04:13,567 --> 00:04:15,399 that you figure out what happened. 56 00:04:15,400 --> 00:04:17,099 Gross: Max is an advertising guy, 57 00:04:17,100 --> 00:04:20,499 and he was also the creator of "The Flying Nun." 58 00:04:20,500 --> 00:04:23,367 He's a man of stature in New York. 59 00:04:27,767 --> 00:04:29,499 Raab: This was the Gold Coast, 60 00:04:29,500 --> 00:04:31,899 where wealthy, fashionable people lived. 61 00:04:31,900 --> 00:04:34,266 Jurgenson: If somebody lost their dog, 62 00:04:34,267 --> 00:04:38,066 15 detectives are assigned to the case immediately. 63 00:04:38,067 --> 00:04:43,532 Raab: And here were these two women, who were young, fragile. 64 00:04:43,533 --> 00:04:48,267 And a murder like this was sure to manifest huge headlines. 65 00:04:50,300 --> 00:04:53,099 This was a crime that was going to bring 66 00:04:53,100 --> 00:04:54,766 the spotlight on the police department. 67 00:04:54,767 --> 00:04:57,766 The big shots soon arrived, too. 68 00:04:57,767 --> 00:05:01,932 Deputy inspectors, high-level police detectives. 69 00:05:01,933 --> 00:05:03,832 Jurgenson: On a case like this, 70 00:05:03,833 --> 00:05:06,066 the police department would not place 71 00:05:06,067 --> 00:05:09,966 anybody other than well-seasoned detectives. 72 00:05:09,967 --> 00:05:13,633 Cavangah is one of the best detectives we ever had. 73 00:05:20,567 --> 00:05:26,066 Emily Hoffert's throat had been slashed from end to end. 74 00:05:26,067 --> 00:05:31,166 Gross: Janice was raped, but anally. 75 00:05:31,167 --> 00:05:36,799 And they found noxzema on her anus. 76 00:05:36,800 --> 00:05:38,399 They would also find semen. 77 00:05:38,400 --> 00:05:40,699 Jurgenson: There was no DNA. 78 00:05:40,700 --> 00:05:44,066 We didn't have the scientific equipment 79 00:05:44,067 --> 00:05:46,499 that we had today. 80 00:05:46,500 --> 00:05:48,367 All we had was our gut. 81 00:05:52,867 --> 00:05:54,266 Gross: Two knives were broken. 82 00:05:54,267 --> 00:05:56,699 It takes a lot of strength to break a knife. 83 00:05:56,700 --> 00:05:58,200 You have to be really angry. 84 00:05:59,667 --> 00:06:03,399 Both girls had been tied up with ripped strips of the sheets, 85 00:06:03,400 --> 00:06:06,232 and that took time to fashion. 86 00:06:06,233 --> 00:06:11,333 This was indicative of someone that had a particular agenda. 87 00:06:12,900 --> 00:06:14,266 Gross: They looked around, 88 00:06:14,267 --> 00:06:16,399 and there were valuables around the apartment 89 00:06:16,400 --> 00:06:17,932 and nothing was taken. 90 00:06:17,933 --> 00:06:20,333 {\an8}This didn't appear to be a burglary. 91 00:06:29,100 --> 00:06:31,167 Thanks a lot. I appreciate it. 92 00:06:35,433 --> 00:06:38,832 Gross: The window was open. 93 00:06:38,833 --> 00:06:43,399 Raab: This was a third-floor window. 94 00:06:43,400 --> 00:06:46,099 There's no way you're gonna get up there. 95 00:06:46,100 --> 00:06:48,699 Raab: There was no sign of forced entry, 96 00:06:48,700 --> 00:06:50,299 which automatically means 97 00:06:50,300 --> 00:06:52,099 someone had gotten into the apartment 98 00:06:52,100 --> 00:06:53,267 through one of the doors. 99 00:07:00,100 --> 00:07:05,066 Miss Tolles, I'm Lieutenant Cavanagh. 100 00:07:05,067 --> 00:07:08,467 I'd like to ask you a few questions. 101 00:07:09,933 --> 00:07:11,933 Tell me about Emily. 102 00:07:14,233 --> 00:07:17,233 She was just moving out. 103 00:07:20,667 --> 00:07:23,799 Emily Hoffert was a school teacher. 104 00:07:23,800 --> 00:07:25,466 She had been new to the city, 105 00:07:25,467 --> 00:07:28,232 didn't know too many people, hadn't dated much. 106 00:07:28,233 --> 00:07:31,066 Gross: Emily came from Minnesota. 107 00:07:31,067 --> 00:07:33,066 She was very plain. 108 00:07:33,067 --> 00:07:36,767 People have described her as less than plain. 109 00:07:40,433 --> 00:07:44,099 And how about Janice? 110 00:07:44,100 --> 00:07:47,432 She was the life of the party. 111 00:07:47,433 --> 00:07:49,766 Wylie: Right this way. Watch your step. 112 00:07:49,767 --> 00:07:51,266 Come on, come on. 113 00:07:51,267 --> 00:07:52,899 And right there. 114 00:07:52,900 --> 00:07:54,167 Man: Yes, ma'am. Perfect. 115 00:07:56,367 --> 00:07:59,732 [ Laughs ] Ah, what do you think? 116 00:07:59,733 --> 00:08:01,566 I like it there. 117 00:08:01,567 --> 00:08:04,466 Sargent: Janice was much more lively. 118 00:08:04,467 --> 00:08:06,199 She was an actress. 119 00:08:06,200 --> 00:08:09,132 She was a bit of a drama queen. 120 00:08:09,133 --> 00:08:10,632 Lynden: She was smart, 121 00:08:10,633 --> 00:08:12,766 she was full of laughter, and she was fun. 122 00:08:12,767 --> 00:08:15,232 Wylie: Yes, uh, Mary sunshine. 123 00:08:15,233 --> 00:08:16,932 Put this on for me, dear? 124 00:08:16,933 --> 00:08:18,932 Absolutely. Thank you. 125 00:08:18,933 --> 00:08:22,932 Sargent: She liked to create a tornado as she walked in the door 126 00:08:22,933 --> 00:08:26,199 and liked to exit as a hurricane. 127 00:08:26,200 --> 00:08:29,067 She had dated a lot. She was an attractive blonde. 128 00:08:30,367 --> 00:08:32,766 I met Janice my first day at newsweek. 129 00:08:32,767 --> 00:08:34,899 We were both assigned to the clip desk. 130 00:08:34,900 --> 00:08:37,332 Wylie: I wore a hot-pink shirt with white polka-dots. 131 00:08:37,333 --> 00:08:40,499 Of course you did. And a poofy white skirt. 132 00:08:40,500 --> 00:08:43,766 Nude heels, and I got the job. 133 00:08:43,767 --> 00:08:45,799 Lynden: We all showed up at the clip desk. 134 00:08:45,800 --> 00:08:48,099 We got into our smocks. We wore smocks. 135 00:08:48,100 --> 00:08:50,632 And sat down with our rip sticks. 136 00:08:50,633 --> 00:08:52,199 We ripped out these articles. 137 00:08:52,200 --> 00:08:54,932 We stamped the date on them, and we labeled them for the writers. 138 00:08:54,933 --> 00:08:57,432 Most of us had moved to New York City 139 00:08:57,433 --> 00:08:58,966 from somewhere else. 140 00:08:58,967 --> 00:09:02,366 Janice had grown up here, and it showed. 141 00:09:02,367 --> 00:09:04,866 If you've ever met someone who grew up in Manhattan, 142 00:09:04,867 --> 00:09:06,699 you know what I'm talking about. 143 00:09:06,700 --> 00:09:08,766 They're different. They're exciting. 144 00:09:08,767 --> 00:09:11,232 Lynden: Now, we came from good schools, 145 00:09:11,233 --> 00:09:13,366 and we had a certain amount 146 00:09:13,367 --> 00:09:15,732 of training, I suppose, behind us, 147 00:09:15,733 --> 00:09:17,799 about manners and that kind of stuff. 148 00:09:17,800 --> 00:09:21,132 I guess you'd say it was an upper-middle-class place. 149 00:09:21,133 --> 00:09:23,732 The girls in that room were from all over, 150 00:09:23,733 --> 00:09:26,066 but we all had one thing in common. 151 00:09:26,067 --> 00:09:27,866 We wanted to work. 152 00:09:27,867 --> 00:09:29,532 We wanted families... sure, someday... 153 00:09:29,533 --> 00:09:32,832 but first we wanted to really do something on our own. 154 00:09:32,833 --> 00:09:35,666 Career girls were very suspect. 155 00:09:35,667 --> 00:09:37,532 They didn't want to marry the boy next door. 156 00:09:37,533 --> 00:09:39,866 They wanted something more. 157 00:09:39,867 --> 00:09:42,532 And ambition was something that you may have had, 158 00:09:42,533 --> 00:09:44,500 but you shouldn't show. 159 00:09:47,933 --> 00:09:50,700 Can you walk me through this again? 160 00:09:52,567 --> 00:09:56,132 Pat told them what she'd told Janice's boss earlier that day. 161 00:09:56,133 --> 00:09:58,499 Emily, we're never gonna see you again, I swear. 162 00:09:58,500 --> 00:10:00,432 You'll see me again. Oh, will I? 163 00:10:00,433 --> 00:10:02,866 I'm just moving. Oh, I don't trust it. 164 00:10:02,867 --> 00:10:05,832 Aha! The queen has risen. 165 00:10:05,833 --> 00:10:07,499 Oh, leave me alone. 166 00:10:07,500 --> 00:10:10,632 Janice had overslept... again... 167 00:10:10,633 --> 00:10:13,766 but had gotten up just in time to say goodbye to Emily, 168 00:10:13,767 --> 00:10:15,732 who was actually moving out that day. 169 00:10:15,733 --> 00:10:18,866 Gross: Emily had gotten a new cheaper apartment on Murray Hill. 170 00:10:18,867 --> 00:10:20,566 And she was moving her things 171 00:10:20,567 --> 00:10:22,832 from that apartment to the Murray Hill apartment, 172 00:10:22,833 --> 00:10:25,032 and she'd used her friend's car. 173 00:10:25,033 --> 00:10:26,199 Bye, Janice. 174 00:10:26,200 --> 00:10:27,999 I'm leaving now, too, 175 00:10:28,000 --> 00:10:30,099 but I'll be back in an hour or so. 176 00:10:30,100 --> 00:10:32,732 See you soon. Bye. Bye, honey. 177 00:10:32,733 --> 00:10:36,967 She came back and apparently stumbled into the insane scene. 178 00:10:43,333 --> 00:10:46,999 Davis: Based on the crime scene and the timeline of the day, 179 00:10:47,000 --> 00:10:48,932 they established that Janice Wylie 180 00:10:48,933 --> 00:10:50,200 was the primary victim. 181 00:10:51,933 --> 00:10:57,432 And so the investigation would have to focus on Janice. 182 00:10:57,433 --> 00:11:01,099 {\an8}There's an intimacy that's linked with stabbing. 183 00:11:01,100 --> 00:11:05,666 {\an8}People who stab are people who are inflamed to the point 184 00:11:05,667 --> 00:11:09,399 {\an8}where they don't just inflict death, they inflict pain. 185 00:11:09,400 --> 00:11:14,799 It had to be somebody she knew, 'cause it was too much hate 186 00:11:14,800 --> 00:11:18,532 for it to be a random act of impersonal violence. 187 00:11:18,533 --> 00:11:22,766 Who might have had the intent or the motive 188 00:11:22,767 --> 00:11:23,967 to kill her so viciously? 189 00:11:40,067 --> 00:11:43,666 Woman: We found out about the murders the next day at work. 190 00:11:43,667 --> 00:11:46,066 None of us could believe it. 191 00:11:46,067 --> 00:11:47,899 The story got almost as much coverage 192 00:11:47,900 --> 00:11:50,499 as the march on Washington, which we'd all been watching 193 00:11:50,500 --> 00:11:52,866 in the office the day before... 194 00:11:52,867 --> 00:11:55,899 Maybe at the exact moment Janice was being killed. 195 00:11:55,900 --> 00:11:58,199 It was awful to think about. 196 00:11:58,200 --> 00:12:00,966 Raab: The newspapers in New York at that time 197 00:12:00,967 --> 00:12:04,599 labeled the case "The Career Girl Murders." 198 00:12:04,600 --> 00:12:07,166 Hey, did you see this? 199 00:12:07,167 --> 00:12:11,232 Lynden: It became this iconic murder case 200 00:12:11,233 --> 00:12:13,466 all about how dangerous it is 201 00:12:13,467 --> 00:12:15,866 for young women to live alone in New York City. 202 00:12:15,867 --> 00:12:18,299 Sargent: Young women in the '60s 203 00:12:18,300 --> 00:12:20,099 were really coming into their own. 204 00:12:20,100 --> 00:12:24,266 {\an8}Lynden: We were right on the cusp of getting past the era 205 00:12:24,267 --> 00:12:28,499 {\an8}when women were not considered safe out on their own. 206 00:12:28,500 --> 00:12:31,832 {\an8}You lived at home until you got married kind of thing. 207 00:12:31,833 --> 00:12:35,799 But I'll tell you, for us around that table, 208 00:12:35,800 --> 00:12:37,867 for the so-called "Career Girls"... 209 00:12:40,300 --> 00:12:42,066 the only thing we were thinking 210 00:12:42,067 --> 00:12:44,133 was how much we missed our friend. 211 00:12:51,100 --> 00:12:53,100 Sargent: The public was horrified. 212 00:12:57,100 --> 00:12:59,699 {\an8}These were two young girls struck down 213 00:12:59,700 --> 00:13:02,699 {\an8}in the very beginning of their careers... 214 00:13:02,700 --> 00:13:05,067 {\an8}the prime of their lives. 215 00:13:11,900 --> 00:13:15,299 Davis: There was a lot of pressure on the police department 216 00:13:15,300 --> 00:13:16,699 to solve this case. 217 00:13:16,700 --> 00:13:19,466 {\an8}The more attention that the news gives to it, the more attention 218 00:13:19,467 --> 00:13:21,066 {\an8}the police department has to give to it. 219 00:13:21,067 --> 00:13:23,266 Gross: They immediately start assembling 220 00:13:23,267 --> 00:13:25,666 150 homicide detectives 221 00:13:25,667 --> 00:13:29,832 from the Bronx, from Queens, from Brooklyn. 222 00:13:29,833 --> 00:13:32,199 Cavanagh. Yeah? 223 00:13:32,200 --> 00:13:34,499 Ed Bulger, Brooklyn homicide. 224 00:13:34,500 --> 00:13:37,532 {\an8}And everybody was going to the 23rd precinct. 225 00:13:37,533 --> 00:13:40,767 {\an8}That became the headquarters for the investigation. 226 00:13:42,533 --> 00:13:46,433 The main focus was Janice Wylie. 227 00:13:49,200 --> 00:13:52,399 And I don't want to sound flippant, but the thing was, 228 00:13:52,400 --> 00:13:56,332 Janice would have wanted it that way. 229 00:13:56,333 --> 00:14:00,233 She had to be the center of attention... always. 230 00:14:01,733 --> 00:14:04,667 Janice exploded with ambition. 231 00:14:07,067 --> 00:14:08,166 She bubbled. 232 00:14:08,167 --> 00:14:10,399 Raab: She knew hundreds of people. 233 00:14:10,400 --> 00:14:13,832 There were parties and dinners and meeting for drinks. 234 00:14:13,833 --> 00:14:16,266 And people... so many people. 235 00:14:16,267 --> 00:14:20,066 And when Janice was hosting, which was all the time, 236 00:14:20,067 --> 00:14:22,366 everyone was invited. 237 00:14:22,367 --> 00:14:23,932 Lynden: She was a party girl. 238 00:14:23,933 --> 00:14:26,066 She had a lot of relationships and dates. 239 00:14:26,067 --> 00:14:27,866 She had a lot of crushes 240 00:14:27,867 --> 00:14:30,832 for all kinds of men at the magazine. 241 00:14:30,833 --> 00:14:33,333 And she would flatter guys. 242 00:14:36,200 --> 00:14:37,932 She would send cute notes 243 00:14:37,933 --> 00:14:41,533 to the chief editors at newsweek. 244 00:14:43,633 --> 00:14:45,132 Jurgenson: It doesn't take a genius 245 00:14:45,133 --> 00:14:47,700 to come to that this is a crime of passion. 246 00:14:50,233 --> 00:14:51,399 Sargent: They were convinced 247 00:14:51,400 --> 00:14:54,967 that somebody she knew was the perpetrator. 248 00:14:59,167 --> 00:15:04,600 The police started with Janice's little green address book. 249 00:15:06,500 --> 00:15:10,199 Officer: So, what was your relationship like with Miss Wylie? 250 00:15:10,200 --> 00:15:13,532 We went on a couple of dates. That's it. 251 00:15:13,533 --> 00:15:16,199 They started looking for old boyfriends. 252 00:15:16,200 --> 00:15:19,099 They started looking for current flames. 253 00:15:19,100 --> 00:15:21,699 Anybody who might be 254 00:15:21,700 --> 00:15:25,966 sexually or romantically interested in Janice, 255 00:15:25,967 --> 00:15:31,299 and somebody who had a history of some sort of violence 256 00:15:31,300 --> 00:15:34,632 or an indication of a short temper. 257 00:15:34,633 --> 00:15:37,066 So, you got a record here? 258 00:15:37,067 --> 00:15:41,066 Davis: There were some questionable people in her past. 259 00:15:41,067 --> 00:15:42,799 There was a family friend 260 00:15:42,800 --> 00:15:45,666 who had some sexual crimes in his past. 261 00:15:45,667 --> 00:15:49,966 And that, of course, would fit the bill pretty closely. 262 00:15:49,967 --> 00:15:52,532 We were just friends. 263 00:15:52,533 --> 00:15:55,566 Can you explain why telephone records 264 00:15:55,567 --> 00:15:58,832 show a call from your home on Long Island 265 00:15:58,833 --> 00:16:01,299 to Janice's apartment on July 12th? 266 00:16:01,300 --> 00:16:04,632 There was also a very famous foreign correspondent. 267 00:16:04,633 --> 00:16:06,732 He had an affair with Janice, 268 00:16:06,733 --> 00:16:10,432 and he was married and he had a tremendous career. 269 00:16:10,433 --> 00:16:12,732 And he bristled at the police's interest in him. 270 00:16:12,733 --> 00:16:16,899 I mean, he thought he was too grand to be questioned. 271 00:16:16,900 --> 00:16:18,866 And anyone who knew Janice knew 272 00:16:18,867 --> 00:16:21,132 that she loved all kinds of attention, 273 00:16:21,133 --> 00:16:23,166 not just attention from men. 274 00:16:23,167 --> 00:16:25,666 I hope this isn't going to take too long. 275 00:16:25,667 --> 00:16:28,066 Gross: Janice lived for a while in the village 276 00:16:28,067 --> 00:16:31,766 with this woman, Pearl, who was a lesbian. 277 00:16:31,767 --> 00:16:35,299 What exactly was your relationship with Miss Wylie? 278 00:16:35,300 --> 00:16:37,399 Did I fall madly in love with her 279 00:16:37,400 --> 00:16:39,799 and kill her in a hysterical sapphic rage? 280 00:16:39,800 --> 00:16:42,099 Their heads were swimming. 281 00:16:42,100 --> 00:16:45,166 It's a great example of cops plunging into a lifestyle 282 00:16:45,167 --> 00:16:47,466 that they were just way over their heads. 283 00:16:47,467 --> 00:16:50,799 But, they all had alibis... all the people at work, 284 00:16:50,800 --> 00:16:53,299 all the boyfriends, all the girlfriends. 285 00:16:53,300 --> 00:16:55,966 Can your girlfriends corroborate that? 286 00:16:55,967 --> 00:16:57,932 Absolutely. 287 00:16:57,933 --> 00:17:03,332 Every name in that address book led to nothing. 288 00:17:03,333 --> 00:17:06,266 So, the police had to keep looking. 289 00:17:06,267 --> 00:17:08,932 [ Sirens wailing ] 290 00:17:08,933 --> 00:17:12,799 Officer: All right, so, first and Lexington, here to 89th. 291 00:17:12,800 --> 00:17:15,932 At this point, they were looking at the unusual suspects. 292 00:17:15,933 --> 00:17:19,932 Raab: So they went through their files and said, 293 00:17:19,933 --> 00:17:23,332 "Who had been convicted for crimes against women?" 294 00:17:23,333 --> 00:17:28,666 There was at least 40 to 50 who fitted that profile. 295 00:17:28,667 --> 00:17:31,932 Jurgenson: I was assigned to canvass. 296 00:17:31,933 --> 00:17:34,099 {\an8}Going up and down, back and forth, 297 00:17:34,100 --> 00:17:36,567 {\an8}getting all the doors, getting the statements. 298 00:17:39,200 --> 00:17:41,532 Hello, ma'am, we'd like to ask you a few questions, please. 299 00:17:41,533 --> 00:17:43,132 Gross: They Isolate a block, 300 00:17:43,133 --> 00:17:46,132 and they have everybody go door to door. 301 00:17:46,133 --> 00:17:48,132 They're asking, "Did you see anybody?" 302 00:17:48,133 --> 00:17:49,566 "Do you know anybody?" 303 00:17:49,567 --> 00:17:51,432 Nobody else here hear anything else about it? 304 00:17:51,433 --> 00:17:53,567 In the papers. That's it. 305 00:17:55,100 --> 00:17:58,899 Raab: They checked taxicab drivers, storekeepers, bars. 306 00:17:58,900 --> 00:18:00,199 They also reached out 307 00:18:00,200 --> 00:18:02,499 to their squealers... their informants. 308 00:18:02,500 --> 00:18:06,332 That included bartenders, doormen, bookies, 309 00:18:06,333 --> 00:18:09,367 other people in the neighborhood who might know something. 310 00:18:12,400 --> 00:18:14,366 I told you, we haven't heard anything. 311 00:18:14,367 --> 00:18:16,066 Officer: You're sure, now? 312 00:18:16,067 --> 00:18:17,832 Raab: During the investigation, 313 00:18:17,833 --> 00:18:19,732 one of those who had been brought in 314 00:18:19,733 --> 00:18:22,899 was detective Edward Bulger, 315 00:18:22,900 --> 00:18:25,432 whose regular assignment was in Brooklyn. 316 00:18:25,433 --> 00:18:27,699 Why don't you ladies step out here? 317 00:18:27,700 --> 00:18:29,399 Gross: Eddie Bulger was a first-grade detective, 318 00:18:29,400 --> 00:18:31,899 but he was a blunt, brutal man. 319 00:18:31,900 --> 00:18:34,532 He had this belief 320 00:18:34,533 --> 00:18:36,932 that when he questioned black people, 321 00:18:36,933 --> 00:18:39,266 he could tell when they were lying. 322 00:18:39,267 --> 00:18:43,332 Raab: He told other detectives that he could always tell 323 00:18:43,333 --> 00:18:47,499 because he could see their stomachs rotate. 324 00:18:47,500 --> 00:18:50,099 He told that to a couple of D.A.'s, 325 00:18:50,100 --> 00:18:51,932 so he got kicked off the case. 326 00:18:51,933 --> 00:18:55,499 He was sent back to his home precinct in Brooklyn 327 00:18:55,500 --> 00:18:57,899 by more subtle detectives 328 00:18:57,900 --> 00:18:59,399 who didn't want to poison the case 329 00:18:59,400 --> 00:19:00,533 with that kind of tactic. 330 00:19:09,133 --> 00:19:10,799 Raab: Months went by, 331 00:19:10,800 --> 00:19:15,766 and yet nobody came up with the slightest clue. 332 00:19:15,767 --> 00:19:18,499 And it looked like a hopeless case. 333 00:19:18,500 --> 00:19:20,432 Davis: It happening is bad enough, 334 00:19:20,433 --> 00:19:23,667 but it happening and not being solved is terrible. 335 00:19:29,267 --> 00:19:32,599 Two young, beautiful women from good families 336 00:19:32,600 --> 00:19:35,066 were murdered in the middle of the day 337 00:19:35,067 --> 00:19:36,499 in a safe neighborhood. 338 00:19:36,500 --> 00:19:39,799 It was terrifying, and people wouldn't let it go. 339 00:19:39,800 --> 00:19:42,232 Oz Elliott, the great editor of newsweek, 340 00:19:42,233 --> 00:19:44,266 put up a reward for $10,000. 341 00:19:44,267 --> 00:19:47,932 Jurgenson: If you transport yourself back to 1964, 342 00:19:47,933 --> 00:19:52,500 $10,000 is probably worth $100,000 today. 343 00:19:54,167 --> 00:19:57,566 They had to bring in other detectives 344 00:19:57,567 --> 00:20:00,166 to help handle the phone calls. 345 00:20:00,167 --> 00:20:03,466 Gross: Because of the prominence of everybody involved, 346 00:20:03,467 --> 00:20:06,132 the pressure was enormous to come up with an answer 347 00:20:06,133 --> 00:20:09,632 because people just can't live with uncertainty. 348 00:20:09,633 --> 00:20:12,866 Jurgenson: With the amount of pressure that was on there... 349 00:20:12,867 --> 00:20:15,067 oh, there was gonna be an arrest here. 350 00:20:19,133 --> 00:20:22,299 Gross: There's a kind of desperation that happens. 351 00:20:22,300 --> 00:20:24,499 A few of them will become 352 00:20:24,500 --> 00:20:26,732 determined to deliver the answer, 353 00:20:26,733 --> 00:20:29,599 because they know whoever delivers the answer 354 00:20:29,600 --> 00:20:31,867 is gonna be a king for a while. 355 00:20:42,800 --> 00:20:44,866 Woman: It was all over the news for months. 356 00:20:44,867 --> 00:20:46,299 You couldn't get away from it. 357 00:20:46,300 --> 00:20:49,799 My friend Janice and her roommate Emily had been killed 358 00:20:49,800 --> 00:20:52,132 in their apartment on the Upper East Side. 359 00:20:52,133 --> 00:20:57,699 And they were calling it "The Career Girls Murder." 360 00:20:57,700 --> 00:20:59,600 [ Indistinct conversations ] 361 00:21:03,300 --> 00:21:06,866 They said every detective in the city was on the case, 362 00:21:06,867 --> 00:21:08,966 but they still couldn't figure out 363 00:21:08,967 --> 00:21:11,932 who wanted to kill these two bright young women. 364 00:21:11,933 --> 00:21:14,866 {\an8}Most of the viable leads had been exhausted. 365 00:21:14,867 --> 00:21:16,332 {\an8}You only can work with leads, 366 00:21:16,333 --> 00:21:18,699 {\an8}and once you start exhausting your leads, 367 00:21:18,700 --> 00:21:21,332 {\an8}then it's just sit and wait. 368 00:21:21,333 --> 00:21:22,666 Well, as it turns out, 369 00:21:22,667 --> 00:21:25,132 the development came out of Brooklyn... 370 00:21:25,133 --> 00:21:28,166 out of a totally unrelated case. 371 00:21:28,167 --> 00:21:32,666 If East 88th Street was the Gold Coast, 372 00:21:32,667 --> 00:21:35,732 Brownsville, Brooklyn, was the dust bowl. 373 00:21:35,733 --> 00:21:38,532 Just a few miles away, but worlds apart. 374 00:21:38,533 --> 00:21:41,366 Brownsville was poor and black, 375 00:21:41,367 --> 00:21:44,066 and let's just say when a crime was committed there, 376 00:21:44,067 --> 00:21:46,699 it didn't get a whole lot of attention... 377 00:21:46,700 --> 00:21:48,532 Until now. 378 00:21:48,533 --> 00:21:52,066 One April night in 1964, 379 00:21:52,067 --> 00:21:54,866 a patrolman by the name of Frank Isola 380 00:21:54,867 --> 00:21:57,866 was on his beat when he heard a scream. 381 00:21:57,867 --> 00:22:00,899 As he got to the alleyway, he found a woman. 382 00:22:00,900 --> 00:22:03,699 Here's another book for you, Ms. Borrero. 383 00:22:03,700 --> 00:22:05,432 Her name was Elba Borrero. 384 00:22:05,433 --> 00:22:07,432 She had been a practical nurse, 385 00:22:07,433 --> 00:22:09,499 and she told him as she walked home, 386 00:22:09,500 --> 00:22:11,232 someone grabbed her from behind 387 00:22:11,233 --> 00:22:13,074 and told her he was gonna kill her or rape her. 388 00:22:15,067 --> 00:22:17,166 She had one clue. 389 00:22:17,167 --> 00:22:22,500 She had ripped a button off of his raincoat. 390 00:22:24,900 --> 00:22:28,066 The description of that assailant 391 00:22:28,067 --> 00:22:31,066 was a young black man in his early 20s, 392 00:22:31,067 --> 00:22:34,799 about 5'6", 5'7"... lean build. 393 00:22:34,800 --> 00:22:36,800 [ Sirens wailing ] 394 00:22:44,367 --> 00:22:47,432 Isola stopped George Whitmore 395 00:22:47,433 --> 00:22:50,700 near the scene of the attempted rape. 396 00:23:05,067 --> 00:23:06,399 Officer: Miss Borrero? Yes? 397 00:23:06,400 --> 00:23:08,532 There's someone here we'd like you to take a look at. 398 00:23:08,533 --> 00:23:10,567 Right now? This way. 399 00:23:13,533 --> 00:23:18,233 The police asked Miss Borrero to look through a peep hole. 400 00:23:25,867 --> 00:23:28,667 I wish I could hear him say something. 401 00:23:30,800 --> 00:23:35,966 Officer: Do me one more favor. Say, "I'm gonna kill you." 402 00:23:35,967 --> 00:23:38,167 I'm gonna kill you. 403 00:23:40,700 --> 00:23:41,467 Yeah. 404 00:23:42,867 --> 00:23:44,233 That's him. 405 00:23:46,867 --> 00:23:48,832 Also, she identified his coat... 406 00:23:48,833 --> 00:23:51,267 And the button. 407 00:23:52,967 --> 00:23:55,232 {\an8}She had ripped the button off the coat, 408 00:23:55,233 --> 00:23:56,966 {\an8}which became very crucial. 409 00:23:56,967 --> 00:24:00,367 Raab: Whitmore was under arrest. 410 00:24:05,367 --> 00:24:07,966 I brought someone in for Borrero... 411 00:24:07,967 --> 00:24:09,432 George Whitmore. 412 00:24:09,433 --> 00:24:11,866 The stuff is over there. All right, thanks. 413 00:24:11,867 --> 00:24:14,932 One of the other detectives at the 73rd precinct 414 00:24:14,933 --> 00:24:16,233 was Edward Bulger. 415 00:24:19,833 --> 00:24:26,699 Bulger was going through Whitmore's possessions, 416 00:24:26,700 --> 00:24:31,732 and there were photos of a young blond woman. 417 00:24:31,733 --> 00:24:35,266 Eddie Bulger, who was kicked off the Manhattan investigation, 418 00:24:35,267 --> 00:24:38,732 takes a look at the picture, 419 00:24:38,733 --> 00:24:40,633 and he says, "That's Janice Wylie." 420 00:24:42,967 --> 00:24:44,799 Davis: As soon as he saw that picture, 421 00:24:44,800 --> 00:24:48,066 Bulger, of course, picked up the interrogation. 422 00:24:48,067 --> 00:24:50,599 Bulger: Hey, Jim. 423 00:24:50,600 --> 00:24:52,799 I just need to ask him a couple of questions. 424 00:24:52,800 --> 00:24:54,233 You got a second? 425 00:24:57,933 --> 00:24:59,566 Hello, George. 426 00:24:59,567 --> 00:25:02,933 Who's the girl? 427 00:25:04,800 --> 00:25:06,866 Raab: Now, Whitmore said 428 00:25:06,867 --> 00:25:09,766 that he had found the photos in the junkyard. 429 00:25:09,767 --> 00:25:14,166 To impress his friends that he had white girlfriends, 430 00:25:14,167 --> 00:25:15,832 he would show them these photos. 431 00:25:15,833 --> 00:25:19,100 But the cops didn't believe him. 432 00:25:29,600 --> 00:25:31,832 Gross: They spent 17 hours 433 00:25:31,833 --> 00:25:33,432 questioning him about Wylie-Hoffert. 434 00:25:33,433 --> 00:25:36,532 Raab: Bulger said he began giving details... 435 00:25:36,533 --> 00:25:38,900 details only the killer could know. 436 00:25:40,900 --> 00:25:43,099 [ Telephone rings ] 437 00:25:43,100 --> 00:25:47,299 Gross: The word gets singing through the wires 438 00:25:47,300 --> 00:25:50,100 that they got a guy for the Wylie-Hoffert case. 439 00:25:52,067 --> 00:25:54,332 Raab: The district attorney's offices 440 00:25:54,333 --> 00:25:57,299 in Manhattan and in Brooklyn were called in. 441 00:25:57,300 --> 00:26:01,266 He had given them a 61-page confession 442 00:26:01,267 --> 00:26:02,899 for the massacres 443 00:26:02,900 --> 00:26:05,732 of Emily Hoffert and Janice Wylie. 444 00:26:05,733 --> 00:26:11,467 They had solved this seemingly insoluble case. 445 00:26:15,067 --> 00:26:17,467 [ Laughter ] 446 00:26:19,333 --> 00:26:22,632 There were these explosive headlines, 447 00:26:22,633 --> 00:26:25,699 and Brooklyn detectives got an award 448 00:26:25,700 --> 00:26:28,266 from one of the newspapers at that time. 449 00:26:28,267 --> 00:26:31,666 {\an8}There was nothing but praise for the Brooklyn detectives. 450 00:26:31,667 --> 00:26:32,867 Man: Cheers! 451 00:26:47,700 --> 00:26:49,133 George? 452 00:26:52,767 --> 00:26:54,966 But while the Brooklyn detectives 453 00:26:54,967 --> 00:26:57,566 were celebrating and patting each other on the backs, 454 00:26:57,567 --> 00:27:00,099 there were some who stayed skeptical. 455 00:27:00,100 --> 00:27:02,599 Davis: That confession was almost too good 456 00:27:02,600 --> 00:27:06,132 because there's some details about where certain things were, 457 00:27:06,133 --> 00:27:07,500 made no sense that he would know. 458 00:27:09,133 --> 00:27:12,899 Jurgenson: Manhattan never closed the case. 459 00:27:12,900 --> 00:27:18,066 Regardless of how far it went in Brooklyn with Whitmore, 460 00:27:18,067 --> 00:27:20,900 they just did not close the case. 461 00:27:28,567 --> 00:27:31,732 I would see Cavanagh 462 00:27:31,733 --> 00:27:36,267 and he would simply say to me, "No." 463 00:27:38,100 --> 00:27:41,400 Cavanagh. 464 00:27:46,333 --> 00:27:49,232 Reporter: Bulger! 465 00:27:49,233 --> 00:27:51,766 [ Camera shutters clicking ] 466 00:27:51,767 --> 00:27:54,266 But we didn't know all that then. 467 00:27:54,267 --> 00:27:57,732 All we knew was that the Career Girls killer 468 00:27:57,733 --> 00:27:59,066 had been found. 469 00:27:59,067 --> 00:28:00,566 They convicted him on another charge 470 00:28:00,567 --> 00:28:02,332 while they were building the case against him 471 00:28:02,333 --> 00:28:04,666 for the murders. 472 00:28:04,667 --> 00:28:06,432 And for a while, at least, 473 00:28:06,433 --> 00:28:09,066 girls living unchaperoned in the city 474 00:28:09,067 --> 00:28:11,733 could sleep soundly again. 475 00:28:14,800 --> 00:28:17,399 Raab: He knew something smelled wrong here. 476 00:28:17,400 --> 00:28:20,932 He took the picture. He showed it to Max Wylie. 477 00:28:20,933 --> 00:28:23,599 Max said it wasn't his daughter. 478 00:28:23,600 --> 00:28:25,532 And there was something else. 479 00:28:25,533 --> 00:28:27,966 George's mother, Bernadine Whitmore, 480 00:28:27,967 --> 00:28:30,566 was convinced that he was innocent 481 00:28:30,567 --> 00:28:32,232 of the Wylie-Hoffert case 482 00:28:32,233 --> 00:28:36,632 because it was on August 28, 1963. 483 00:28:36,633 --> 00:28:38,732 And like I said at the beginning, 484 00:28:38,733 --> 00:28:41,132 that was a day that everyone remembered. 485 00:28:41,133 --> 00:28:42,732 And that was the thing 486 00:28:42,733 --> 00:28:45,233 that would turn this case around. 487 00:28:52,767 --> 00:28:56,432 Woman: As far as we all knew, a man named George Whitmore 488 00:28:56,433 --> 00:28:58,232 had committed the "Career Girl Murders", 489 00:28:58,233 --> 00:29:01,232 but behind the scenes, the story was changing. 490 00:29:01,233 --> 00:29:06,699 Man: I have the pleasure to present to you Dr. Martin Luther King. 491 00:29:06,700 --> 00:29:08,232 Woman: George! 492 00:29:08,233 --> 00:29:09,767 George! 493 00:29:14,267 --> 00:29:17,232 {\an8}Raab: So, I drove down to New Jersey, 494 00:29:17,233 --> 00:29:22,399 {\an8}and everybody could place George Whitmore in Wildwood 495 00:29:22,400 --> 00:29:24,832 {\an8}from virtually 8:00 in the morning 496 00:29:24,833 --> 00:29:26,966 {\an8}to late at night. 497 00:29:26,967 --> 00:29:28,466 Gross: The day of the murder, 498 00:29:28,467 --> 00:29:30,732 he's watching the Martin Luther King speech 499 00:29:30,733 --> 00:29:32,066 in New Jersey. 500 00:29:32,067 --> 00:29:34,699 So, I went back to New York, of course. 501 00:29:34,700 --> 00:29:36,432 I called up Whitmore's lawyer, 502 00:29:36,433 --> 00:29:39,199 and the New York Police Department 503 00:29:39,200 --> 00:29:41,899 went down to Wildwood, New Jersey, 504 00:29:41,900 --> 00:29:45,367 and very easily established his alibi. 505 00:29:52,100 --> 00:29:53,866 But rather than announce 506 00:29:53,867 --> 00:29:56,832 that they might have gotten the wrong man, 507 00:29:56,833 --> 00:29:59,332 they kept quiet. 508 00:29:59,333 --> 00:30:02,999 {\an8}Sargent: They didn't want the media and the community 509 00:30:03,000 --> 00:30:05,032 {\an8}to see them look incompetent, 510 00:30:05,033 --> 00:30:07,299 {\an8}like we had the wrong guy and now we had nothing. 511 00:30:07,300 --> 00:30:11,032 Woman: And so George Whitmore from Wildwood New Jersey, 512 00:30:11,033 --> 00:30:13,666 who had come to New York City to find work, 513 00:30:13,667 --> 00:30:16,099 sat in prison with everyone in the city 514 00:30:16,100 --> 00:30:19,032 still thinking he killed the Career Girls 515 00:30:19,033 --> 00:30:21,932 because all the detectives knew that you can't have 516 00:30:21,933 --> 00:30:25,599 the murder of two young, affluent women go unsolved, 517 00:30:25,600 --> 00:30:29,432 even if you know the real killer is still out there. 518 00:30:29,433 --> 00:30:32,599 {\an8}For the most part, crimes are solved by luck. 519 00:30:32,600 --> 00:30:37,266 {\an8}You stumble into something that you weren't supposed to see 520 00:30:37,267 --> 00:30:40,932 {\an8}or somebody gives you up. 521 00:30:40,933 --> 00:30:43,766 Davis: In the early '60s, the main drug, 522 00:30:43,767 --> 00:30:46,466 in terms of serious narcotics, was heroin. 523 00:30:46,467 --> 00:30:48,499 Drugs were rampant. 524 00:30:48,500 --> 00:30:49,832 {\an8}At one point, 525 00:30:49,833 --> 00:30:55,832 {\an8}we had to arrest well over 250,000 heroin addicts. 526 00:30:55,833 --> 00:30:58,266 Davis: The Upper East Side was sort of like 527 00:30:58,267 --> 00:30:59,832 what was called the border line. 528 00:30:59,833 --> 00:31:03,066 {\an8}Below 96th street, the junkies looking to get money 529 00:31:03,067 --> 00:31:04,766 {\an8}came down to do their crimes, 530 00:31:04,767 --> 00:31:06,799 {\an8}but they went back up to buy their drugs. 531 00:31:06,800 --> 00:31:09,699 And in spite of what everyone had assumed 532 00:31:09,700 --> 00:31:12,399 about Emily and Janice and why they had been killed, 533 00:31:12,400 --> 00:31:15,866 despite all the names in Janice's little green book, 534 00:31:15,867 --> 00:31:19,499 the lucky break the detectives needed 535 00:31:19,500 --> 00:31:24,066 came courtesy of a junkie in the back of a paddy wagon. 536 00:31:24,067 --> 00:31:28,699 Raab: A man by the name of Nathan Delaney 537 00:31:28,700 --> 00:31:32,866 was picked up in East Harlem for a murder. 538 00:31:32,867 --> 00:31:34,866 He was a three-time loser, 539 00:31:34,867 --> 00:31:38,499 and a fourth conviction meant an automatic life sentence. 540 00:31:38,500 --> 00:31:42,799 Too bad you had the wrong guy for those murders. 541 00:31:42,800 --> 00:31:46,499 That was just up the street, right? 542 00:31:46,500 --> 00:31:49,567 Wylie-Hoffert? 543 00:31:52,633 --> 00:31:56,666 Too bad you got the wrong guy. 544 00:31:56,667 --> 00:31:58,667 And I know you did. 545 00:32:06,600 --> 00:32:09,266 Jurgenson: They literally turned this truck around 546 00:32:09,267 --> 00:32:12,067 and brought him back to the police station. 547 00:32:22,067 --> 00:32:24,366 What do you got? 548 00:32:24,367 --> 00:32:27,432 You want to know who killed those white girls? 549 00:32:27,433 --> 00:32:29,366 Let's hear it. 550 00:32:29,367 --> 00:32:33,066 You got to take care of me. 551 00:32:33,067 --> 00:32:36,866 Raab: Delaney said he knew. 552 00:32:36,867 --> 00:32:39,499 He had evidence against the real killer, 553 00:32:39,500 --> 00:32:40,899 but he wanted a deal. 554 00:32:40,900 --> 00:32:45,432 Sargent: This murder is so big, 555 00:32:45,433 --> 00:32:49,766 and information about this murder is so valuable, 556 00:32:49,767 --> 00:32:53,099 that Delaney gets everything he wants. 557 00:32:53,100 --> 00:32:55,732 Raab: And he told them the following story... 558 00:32:55,733 --> 00:32:57,666 that on the day of the murders 559 00:32:57,667 --> 00:33:00,132 of Janice Wylie and Emily Hoffert, 560 00:33:00,133 --> 00:33:02,599 he was at his own apartment in East Harlem 561 00:33:02,600 --> 00:33:05,766 when suddenly, one of his pals showed up. 562 00:33:05,767 --> 00:33:09,899 He has all this blood on his shirt and on his hands, 563 00:33:09,900 --> 00:33:15,899 and he's, like, sweating, frantically moving around, 564 00:33:15,900 --> 00:33:19,799 and then he just... 565 00:33:19,800 --> 00:33:21,133 What does he say? 566 00:33:23,600 --> 00:33:25,600 He says, "I killed some girls." 567 00:33:28,500 --> 00:33:30,932 Give me a name. 568 00:33:30,933 --> 00:33:32,433 Ricky Robles. 569 00:33:35,433 --> 00:33:39,066 And it turned out that Robles was a familiar face, 570 00:33:39,067 --> 00:33:41,366 not just to the narcotics division, 571 00:33:41,367 --> 00:33:45,633 but to the detectives working the Career Girls case, too. 572 00:33:49,433 --> 00:33:52,432 In fact, they questioned him early on 573 00:33:52,433 --> 00:33:54,632 in the Wylie-Hoffert investigation, 574 00:33:54,633 --> 00:33:56,132 and his mother had given them 575 00:33:56,133 --> 00:33:58,566 what they had considered an iron-clad alibi... 576 00:33:58,567 --> 00:34:00,599 that he had been sleeping that morning 577 00:34:00,600 --> 00:34:02,699 and spent the whole day in her apartment. 578 00:34:02,700 --> 00:34:08,232 And they had dropped any interest in Robles. 579 00:34:08,233 --> 00:34:11,366 Davis: The guy was a career burglar, 580 00:34:11,367 --> 00:34:14,699 and everyone in the neighborhood knew it. 581 00:34:14,700 --> 00:34:16,699 Raab: So, they picked him up. 582 00:34:16,700 --> 00:34:18,933 [ Engine turns over ] 583 00:34:27,467 --> 00:34:30,466 Sargent: Ricky Robles was a known drug addict. 584 00:34:30,467 --> 00:34:32,932 He had served three years for burglaries. 585 00:34:32,933 --> 00:34:35,200 He also tied up a woman in one case. 586 00:34:42,067 --> 00:34:46,266 Officer: Where were you on August 28th? 587 00:34:46,267 --> 00:34:51,066 And the story Ricky Robles told the police 588 00:34:51,067 --> 00:34:55,567 was as violent and disturbing as anything they'd ever heard. 589 00:35:05,400 --> 00:35:10,899 Raab: Ricky Robles confessed to the Wylie-Hoffert case. 590 00:35:10,900 --> 00:35:15,900 He did admit that he had been out that day to pull a burglary. 591 00:35:21,833 --> 00:35:25,066 And he decided to choose that building 592 00:35:25,067 --> 00:35:27,566 because there was no doorman. 593 00:35:27,567 --> 00:35:31,066 {\an8}And he went up the service stairwell, 594 00:35:31,067 --> 00:35:32,967 {\an8}and what he did was pretty unbelievable. 595 00:35:36,533 --> 00:35:40,399 Robles: You know, I just looked up and I saw it was open, 596 00:35:40,400 --> 00:35:45,299 and I saw that there was some ledges on the side 597 00:35:45,300 --> 00:35:47,632 I could just kind of put my leg up 598 00:35:47,633 --> 00:35:51,766 and just kind of shimmy my way up the wall. 599 00:35:51,767 --> 00:35:54,066 It's 30 feet in the air. 600 00:35:54,067 --> 00:35:57,199 Okay, so, here's the window, right? 601 00:35:57,200 --> 00:36:01,099 So... I go up here, 602 00:36:01,100 --> 00:36:06,466 and then... There's the ledge, right? 603 00:36:06,467 --> 00:36:09,067 And somehow... 604 00:36:14,133 --> 00:36:18,300 he managed to pull himself up and squirt into the window. 605 00:36:57,433 --> 00:36:59,699 Janice Wylie appeared nude. 606 00:36:59,700 --> 00:37:02,599 He said she was everything he had always longed for. 607 00:37:02,600 --> 00:37:04,466 A blond, white woman... 608 00:37:04,467 --> 00:37:07,966 someone who looked rich and out of his realm. 609 00:37:07,967 --> 00:37:10,199 And he decided he wanted to have sex with her, 610 00:37:10,200 --> 00:37:11,600 and he raped her. 611 00:37:15,267 --> 00:37:17,732 And as he was leaving, 612 00:37:17,733 --> 00:37:21,632 he was heading for the door, Emily Hoffert walked in. 613 00:37:21,633 --> 00:37:25,400 And he grabbed her and tied her up, also. 614 00:37:33,133 --> 00:37:36,066 And when he removed her glasses, 615 00:37:36,067 --> 00:37:39,266 she said to him, "I'll recognize you. 616 00:37:39,267 --> 00:37:42,399 I'm gonna turn you in to the police." 617 00:37:42,400 --> 00:37:46,567 He decided he had to kill them both. 618 00:37:56,067 --> 00:37:59,299 He took some money from Emily Hoffert's purse... 619 00:37:59,300 --> 00:38:03,100 it was maybe $25, $30... and left. 620 00:38:13,067 --> 00:38:15,332 Ricky Robles went on trial 621 00:38:15,333 --> 00:38:19,099 in the late fall and early winter of 1965, 622 00:38:19,100 --> 00:38:20,432 and he was convicted. 623 00:38:20,433 --> 00:38:23,432 He was sentenced to 20 years to life 624 00:38:23,433 --> 00:38:25,767 for the Wylie-Hoffert murders. 625 00:38:32,333 --> 00:38:36,232 But Whitmore had confessed... 61 pages of details. 626 00:38:36,233 --> 00:38:38,099 How could he have done that? 627 00:38:38,100 --> 00:38:44,266 {\an8}It's not unusual for individuals to falsely confess. 628 00:38:44,267 --> 00:38:47,566 False confessions are brought on 629 00:38:47,567 --> 00:38:51,232 by their desperation to get out of the situation, 630 00:38:51,233 --> 00:38:53,499 be it because they were threatened, 631 00:38:53,500 --> 00:38:56,366 because they think they are going to be offered 632 00:38:56,367 --> 00:38:57,699 some sort of leniency, 633 00:38:57,700 --> 00:39:00,599 or because they're simply confused. 634 00:39:00,600 --> 00:39:02,566 Police officers have been known 635 00:39:02,567 --> 00:39:05,166 to take advantage in those situations, 636 00:39:05,167 --> 00:39:07,566 and that's what happened to Mr. Whitmore. 637 00:39:07,567 --> 00:39:10,132 Davis: Bulger, he had been taken off of the case. 638 00:39:10,133 --> 00:39:11,766 {\an8}Well, as soon as he saw that picture, 639 00:39:11,767 --> 00:39:13,632 {\an8}this is sort of like his salvation. 640 00:39:13,633 --> 00:39:16,433 {\an8}This is a career, either, maker or breaker. 641 00:39:18,267 --> 00:39:20,566 Sometimes you forget, 642 00:39:20,567 --> 00:39:22,899 "Am I reminding them of what happened, 643 00:39:22,900 --> 00:39:25,566 or am I telling them what happened?" 644 00:39:25,567 --> 00:39:31,066 Sargent: After hours of constant interrogation, threats, 645 00:39:31,067 --> 00:39:34,699 Mr. Whitmore finally bowed to that pressure. 646 00:39:34,700 --> 00:39:40,232 That's why DNA exoneration today is so critical, 647 00:39:40,233 --> 00:39:44,199 because there are so many false confessions 648 00:39:44,200 --> 00:39:46,932 that lead to false convictions. 649 00:39:46,933 --> 00:39:48,299 And you would think 650 00:39:48,300 --> 00:39:50,066 that the charges against George Whitmore 651 00:39:50,067 --> 00:39:52,566 would just be dropped, and they were, 652 00:39:52,567 --> 00:39:54,732 but it wasn't that easy. 653 00:39:54,733 --> 00:39:57,466 Raab: Whitmore's lawyers had to finally go to court 654 00:39:57,467 --> 00:39:58,899 to get the case dismissed. 655 00:39:58,900 --> 00:40:01,266 The D.A. never did it. 656 00:40:01,267 --> 00:40:04,166 Not one detective was ever brought up 657 00:40:04,167 --> 00:40:06,166 on any kind of departmental charges, 658 00:40:06,167 --> 00:40:09,267 was ever, in any way, reprimanded. 659 00:40:12,167 --> 00:40:15,532 But even after they dropped the murder charges, 660 00:40:15,533 --> 00:40:18,199 George Whitmore was still sitting in prison 661 00:40:18,200 --> 00:40:19,799 on the Borrero conviction. 662 00:40:19,800 --> 00:40:21,732 {\an8}Gross: George stayed in jail for a while, 663 00:40:21,733 --> 00:40:24,732 {\an8}and then Selwyn Raab came out with a book 664 00:40:24,733 --> 00:40:26,799 where he showed that Elba Borrero 665 00:40:26,800 --> 00:40:29,332 identified two other people before George 666 00:40:29,333 --> 00:40:32,899 and that she was in it for the $10,000 reward. 667 00:40:32,900 --> 00:40:36,966 She was told, presumably by one of the detectives, 668 00:40:36,967 --> 00:40:39,732 that she would be eligible for that reward 669 00:40:39,733 --> 00:40:43,199 if she fingered George. 670 00:40:43,200 --> 00:40:45,899 Raab: We found out years later, 671 00:40:45,900 --> 00:40:49,599 they had sent that button to the FBI laboratories 672 00:40:49,600 --> 00:40:51,766 and found out it could not be, 673 00:40:51,767 --> 00:40:54,466 in any way, attributed to the coat. 674 00:40:54,467 --> 00:40:56,899 This is something that the prosecution 675 00:40:56,900 --> 00:40:58,899 never told the defense. 676 00:40:58,900 --> 00:41:02,232 And finally, the last charge 677 00:41:02,233 --> 00:41:05,099 against George Whitmore was dropped, as well. 678 00:41:05,100 --> 00:41:07,066 Raab: After nine terrifying years, 679 00:41:07,067 --> 00:41:12,166 Whitmore was finally exonerated in 1973. 680 00:41:12,167 --> 00:41:14,633 They knew that this was an innocent kid. 681 00:41:30,067 --> 00:41:33,132 {\an8}Two girls got murdered by a drug addict. 682 00:41:33,133 --> 00:41:34,799 {\an8}That was a very bad thing. 683 00:41:34,800 --> 00:41:37,500 But, to call it "The Career Girls Murder", 684 00:41:38,833 --> 00:41:41,299 that, "If you get too big for your britches, girls", 685 00:41:41,300 --> 00:41:42,666 "This is what can happen." 686 00:41:42,667 --> 00:41:45,132 I think that was taking liberties 687 00:41:45,133 --> 00:41:47,399 with what the story was about. 688 00:41:47,400 --> 00:41:49,832 The papers and the police worked hard 689 00:41:49,833 --> 00:41:51,699 to make it a story about two girls 690 00:41:51,700 --> 00:41:54,399 who had jobs when they should have had husbands. 691 00:41:54,400 --> 00:41:56,532 Anyway, let's talk about more important things, 692 00:41:56,533 --> 00:41:58,599 like if you're coming to Georgio's tonight. 693 00:41:58,600 --> 00:42:01,899 If I can find the blue dishes, I will come. 694 00:42:01,900 --> 00:42:05,299 But maybe they needed to see it that way. 695 00:42:05,300 --> 00:42:07,499 Aha! The queen has risen. 696 00:42:07,500 --> 00:42:10,632 Oh, leave me alone. 697 00:42:10,633 --> 00:42:14,066 The alternative was that two bright, shining lives 698 00:42:14,067 --> 00:42:16,566 had been snuffed out for no reason at all. 699 00:42:16,567 --> 00:42:19,066 And that means it could happen to anyone. 700 00:42:19,067 --> 00:42:20,899 Uh, okay, ladies. 701 00:42:20,900 --> 00:42:27,666 I have to run, but I will see you tonight at Georgio's. 702 00:42:27,667 --> 00:42:29,099 Yes, you will. 703 00:42:29,100 --> 00:42:32,799 And hopefully you'll see me at work, too. 704 00:42:32,800 --> 00:42:36,266 It could happen to me. It could happen to you. 705 00:42:36,267 --> 00:42:38,099 And that is too much to bear. 706 00:42:38,100 --> 00:42:40,199 Bye, honey. Bye. 707 00:42:40,200 --> 00:42:43,266 So, you find a way not to think about it, 708 00:42:43,267 --> 00:42:44,899 to keep it at arm's length. 709 00:42:44,900 --> 00:42:49,799 You shake your head and say, "That's life in the Big City." 710 00:42:49,800 --> 00:42:57,800 ? East Side, West Side all around the town ? 711 00:42:59,300 --> 00:43:03,299 ? Tots play ring-around-the-rosie ? 712 00:43:03,300 --> 00:43:09,499 ? London Bridge is falling down ? 713 00:43:09,500 --> 00:43:14,366 ? Boys and girls together, ? 714 00:43:14,367 --> 00:43:19,066 ? me and Mamie o'Rourke ? 715 00:43:19,067 --> 00:43:24,066 ? Tripped the light fantastic ? 716 00:43:24,067 --> 00:43:31,767 ? on the sidewalks of New York ? 717 00:43:31,817 --> 00:43:36,367 Repair and Synchronization by Easy Subtitles Synchronizer 1.0.0.0 55837

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