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Woman:
I'm going to tell you the story of three young women
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who once lived
in New York City.
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There was Pat...
that's her right there.
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And she had two roommates,
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Emily,
who she'd met in college,
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and Janice, a family friend.
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Janice hadn't shown up
at work that day.
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Now, I work with her
and I can tell you
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Janice being unreliable
was hardly something new.
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So, none of us
were that worried.
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[ Keys jingling,
lock clicking ]
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I can't believe
you didn't even make it in.
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Charlie wasn't happy.
I can tell you that.
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But, when Pat got home
to that apartment
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and saw what had happened...
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Janice?
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Nothing would ever be the same.
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For her...
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Janice?
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Or for any of us.
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August 28, 1963.
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It was hot and sticky
in New York City.
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Tolles:
[ Breathing heavily ]
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You may remember that day
because it was the day
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of Martin Luther King's
famous march on Washington.
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I remember it because it was
the day my friend was murdered.
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[ Thunder rumbles ]
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{\an8}Raab: Patricia Tolles
called Janice Wylie's parents,
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{\an8}Max and Isabel Wylie,
who lived nearby,
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{\an8}and she told Max Wylie
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{\an8}that something
was dreadfully amiss.
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Max told the women
to stay there
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while he started
looking around.
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There's his daughter...
naked, eviscerated.
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Her intestines were out.
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She was naked and dead on
the floor, blood all over her.
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And there was Emily
right next to her.
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{\an8}She was dressed,
but she was also clearly dead.
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Raab: They seemed to be entwined
in some kind of wrappings.
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It was hideous crime.
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He walked back
into the living room
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and explained to them,
as calmly as he could,
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that both girls were dead.
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They had been murdered.
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He then went to the phone,
picked it up, dialed the police.
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[ Siren wails ]
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[ Sighs ]
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[ Police radio chatter ]
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Gross: This place was swarming
with cops very, very quickly.
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{\an8}I knew within five, six,
seven minutes of being there,
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{\an8}that was going to be
a high-profile case.
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Max, I just
want to let you know
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that we offer
our deepest sympathies to you.
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I understand,
but it's most important
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that you figure out
what happened.
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Gross:
Max is an advertising guy,
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and he was also the creator
of "The Flying Nun."
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He's a man of stature
in New York.
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Raab:
This was the Gold Coast,
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where wealthy,
fashionable people lived.
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Jurgenson:
If somebody lost their dog,
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15 detectives are assigned
to the case immediately.
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Raab:
And here were these two women, who were young, fragile.
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And a murder like this was sure
to manifest huge headlines.
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This was a crime
that was going to bring
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the spotlight
on the police department.
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The big shots soon arrived, too.
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Deputy inspectors,
high-level police detectives.
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Jurgenson:
On a case like this,
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the police department
would not place
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anybody other than
well-seasoned detectives.
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Cavangah is one of the best
detectives we ever had.
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Emily Hoffert's throat had been
slashed from end to end.
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Gross:
Janice was raped, but anally.
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And they found noxzema
on her anus.
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They would also find semen.
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Jurgenson: There was no DNA.
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We didn't have
the scientific equipment
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that we had today.
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All we had was our gut.
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Gross:
Two knives were broken.
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It takes a lot of strength
to break a knife.
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You have to be really angry.
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Both girls had been tied up with
ripped strips of the sheets,
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and that took time to fashion.
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This was indicative of someone
that had a particular agenda.
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Gross:
They looked around,
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and there were valuables
around the apartment
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and nothing was taken.
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{\an8}This didn't appear
to be a burglary.
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Thanks a lot.
I appreciate it.
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Gross:
The window was open.
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Raab:
This was a third-floor window.
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There's no way
you're gonna get up there.
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Raab: There was no sign
of forced entry,
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which automatically means
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someone had gotten
into the apartment
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through one of the doors.
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Miss Tolles,
I'm Lieutenant Cavanagh.
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I'd like to ask you
a few questions.
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Tell me about Emily.
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She was just moving out.
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Emily Hoffert
was a school teacher.
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She had been new to the city,
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didn't know too many people,
hadn't dated much.
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Gross:
Emily came from Minnesota.
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She was very plain.
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People have described her
as less than plain.
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And how about Janice?
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She was the life of the party.
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Wylie: Right this way.
Watch your step.
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Come on, come on.
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And right there.
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Man: Yes, ma'am.
Perfect.
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[ Laughs ]
Ah, what do you think?
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I like it there.
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Sargent:
Janice was much more lively.
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She was an actress.
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She was a bit of a drama queen.
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Lynden: She was smart,
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she was full of laughter,
and she was fun.
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Wylie:
Yes, uh, Mary sunshine.
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Put this on for me, dear?
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Absolutely.
Thank you.
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Sargent:
She liked to create a tornado as she walked in the door
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and liked
to exit as a hurricane.
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She had dated a lot.
She was an attractive blonde.
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I met Janice
my first day at newsweek.
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We were both assigned
to the clip desk.
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Wylie: I wore a hot-pink shirt
with white polka-dots.
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Of course you did.
And a poofy white skirt.
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Nude heels, and I got the job.
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Lynden: We all showed up
at the clip desk.
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We got into our smocks.
We wore smocks.
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And sat down
with our rip sticks.
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We ripped out these articles.
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We stamped the date on them, and
we labeled them for the writers.
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Most of us
had moved to New York City
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from somewhere else.
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Janice had grown up here,
and it showed.
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If you've ever met someone
who grew up in Manhattan,
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you know
what I'm talking about.
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They're different.
They're exciting.
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Lynden:
Now, we came from good schools,
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and we had a certain amount
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of training, I suppose,
behind us,
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about manners
and that kind of stuff.
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I guess you'd say it was
an upper-middle-class place.
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The girls in that room
were from all over,
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but we all had
one thing in common.
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We wanted to work.
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We wanted families...
sure, someday...
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but first we wanted to really
do something on our own.
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Career girls were very suspect.
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They didn't want
to marry the boy next door.
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They wanted something more.
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And ambition was something
that you may have had,
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but you shouldn't show.
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Can you walk me
through this again?
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Pat told them what she'd told
Janice's boss earlier that day.
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Emily, we're never gonna
see you again, I swear.
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You'll see me again.
Oh, will I?
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I'm just moving.
Oh, I don't trust it.
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Aha!
The queen has risen.
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Oh, leave me alone.
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Janice had overslept...
again...
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but had gotten up just in time
to say goodbye to Emily,
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who was actually
moving out that day.
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Gross:
Emily had gotten a new cheaper apartment on Murray Hill.
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And she was moving her things
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from that apartment
to the Murray Hill apartment,
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and she'd used her friend's car.
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Bye, Janice.
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I'm leaving now, too,
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but I'll be back
in an hour or so.
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See you soon. Bye.
Bye, honey.
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She came back and apparently
stumbled into the insane scene.
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Davis: Based on the crime scene
and the timeline of the day,
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they established
that Janice Wylie
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was the primary victim.
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And so the investigation
would have to focus on Janice.
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{\an8}There's an intimacy
that's linked with stabbing.
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{\an8}People who stab are people
who are inflamed to the point
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{\an8}where they don't just inflict
death, they inflict pain.
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It had to be somebody she knew,
'cause it was too much hate
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for it to be a random act
of impersonal violence.
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Who might have had
the intent or the motive
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to kill her so viciously?
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Woman: We found out about the
murders the next day at work.
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None of us could believe it.
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The story got
almost as much coverage
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as the march on Washington,
which we'd all been watching
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in the office the day before...
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Maybe at the exact moment
Janice was being killed.
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It was awful to think about.
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Raab: The newspapers
in New York at that time
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labeled the case
"The Career Girl Murders."
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Hey, did you see this?
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Lynden: It became
this iconic murder case
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all about how dangerous it is
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for young women to live alone
in New York City.
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Sargent:
Young women in the '60s
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were really
coming into their own.
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{\an8}Lynden:
We were right on the cusp of getting past the era
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{\an8}when women were not considered
safe out on their own.
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{\an8}You lived at home until
you got married kind of thing.
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But I'll tell you,
for us around that table,
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for the so-called
"Career Girls"...
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the only thing we were thinking
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was how much
we missed our friend.
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Sargent:
The public was horrified.
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{\an8}These were two young girls
struck down
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{\an8}in the very beginning
of their careers...
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{\an8}the prime of their lives.
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Davis:
There was a lot of pressure on the police department
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to solve this case.
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{\an8}The more attention that the news
gives to it, the more attention
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{\an8}the police department
has to give to it.
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Gross: They immediately
start assembling
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150 homicide detectives
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from the Bronx, from Queens,
from Brooklyn.
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Cavanagh.
Yeah?
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Ed Bulger, Brooklyn homicide.
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{\an8}And everybody was going
to the 23rd precinct.
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{\an8}That became the headquarters
for the investigation.
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The main focus was Janice Wylie.
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And I don't want to sound
flippant, but the thing was,
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Janice would have
wanted it that way.
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She had to be the center
of attention... always.
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Janice exploded with ambition.
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She bubbled.
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Raab:
She knew hundreds of people.
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There were parties and dinners
and meeting for drinks.
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And people... so many people.
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And when Janice was hosting,
which was all the time,
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everyone was invited.
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Lynden:
She was a party girl.
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She had a lot
of relationships and dates.
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She had a lot of crushes
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for all kinds of men
at the magazine.
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And she would flatter guys.
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She would send cute notes
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to the chief editors
at newsweek.
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Jurgenson:
It doesn't take a genius
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to come to that
this is a crime of passion.
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Sargent:
They were convinced
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that somebody she knew
was the perpetrator.
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The police started with Janice's
little green address book.
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Officer:
So, what was your relationship like with Miss Wylie?
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We went on a couple of dates.
That's it.
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They started
looking for old boyfriends.
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They started
looking for current flames.
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Anybody who might be
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sexually or romantically
interested in Janice,
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and somebody who had a history
of some sort of violence
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or an indication
of a short temper.
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So, you got a record here?
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Davis: There were some
questionable people in her past.
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There was a family friend
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who had some sexual crimes
in his past.
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And that, of course, would
fit the bill pretty closely.
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We were just friends.
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Can you explain
why telephone records
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show a call from your home
on Long Island
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to Janice's apartment
on July 12th?
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There was also a very famous
foreign correspondent.
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He had an affair with Janice,
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and he was married
and he had a tremendous career.
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And he bristled
at the police's interest in him.
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I mean, he thought he was
too grand to be questioned.
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And anyone who knew Janice knew
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that she loved
all kinds of attention,
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not just attention from men.
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I hope this isn't going
to take too long.
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Gross: Janice lived for a while
in the village
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with this woman, Pearl,
who was a lesbian.
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What exactly was your
relationship with Miss Wylie?
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Did I fall
madly in love with her
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and kill her
in a hysterical sapphic rage?
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Their heads were swimming.
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It's a great example of cops
plunging into a lifestyle
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that they were just
way over their heads.
283
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But, they all had alibis...
all the people at work,
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all the boyfriends,
all the girlfriends.
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Can your girlfriends
corroborate that?
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Absolutely.
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Every name in that address book
led to nothing.
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So, the police
had to keep looking.
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[ Sirens wailing ]
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Officer: All right, so, first
and Lexington, here to 89th.
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At this point, they were looking
at the unusual suspects.
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Raab: So they went
through their files and said,
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"Who had been convicted
for crimes against women?"
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There was at least 40 to 50
who fitted that profile.
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Jurgenson:
I was assigned to canvass.
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{\an8}Going up and down,
back and forth,
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{\an8}getting all the doors,
getting the statements.
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Hello, ma'am, we'd like to ask
you a few questions, please.
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Gross:
They Isolate a block,
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and they have everybody
go door to door.
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They're asking,
"Did you see anybody?"
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"Do you know anybody?"
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Nobody else here
hear anything else about it?
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In the papers.
That's it.
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00:17:55,100 --> 00:17:58,899
Raab:
They checked taxicab drivers, storekeepers, bars.
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They also reached out
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to their squealers...
their informants.
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That included bartenders,
doormen, bookies,
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other people in the neighborhood
who might know something.
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I told you,
we haven't heard anything.
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Officer:
You're sure, now?
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Raab:
During the investigation,
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one of those
who had been brought in
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was detective Edward Bulger,
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whose regular assignment
was in Brooklyn.
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Why don't you ladies
step out here?
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Gross: Eddie Bulger
was a first-grade detective,
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but he was a blunt, brutal man.
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He had this belief
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that when
he questioned black people,
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he could tell
when they were lying.
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Raab: He told other detectives
that he could always tell
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because he could see
their stomachs rotate.
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He told that
to a couple of D.A.'s,
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so he got kicked off the case.
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He was sent back to his
home precinct in Brooklyn
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by more subtle detectives
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who didn't want
to poison the case
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with that kind of tactic.
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Raab: Months went by,
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and yet nobody came up
with the slightest clue.
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And it looked
like a hopeless case.
333
00:19:18,500 --> 00:19:20,432
Davis:
It happening is bad enough,
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00:19:20,433 --> 00:19:23,667
but it happening and not
being solved is terrible.
335
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Two young, beautiful women
from good families
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were murdered
in the middle of the day
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in a safe neighborhood.
338
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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,
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00:19:42,233 --> 00:19:44,266
put up a reward for $10,000.
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00:19:44,267 --> 00:19:47,932
Jurgenson: If you transport
yourself back to 1964,
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$10,000 is probably worth
$100,000 today.
343
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They had to bring in
other detectives
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to help handle the phone calls.
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00:20:00,167 --> 00:20:03,466
Gross: Because of the prominence
of everybody involved,
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the pressure was enormous
to come up with an answer
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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.
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00:20:19,133 --> 00:20:22,299
Gross: There's a kind
of desperation that happens.
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A few of them will become
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determined
to deliver the answer,
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because they know
whoever delivers the answer
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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
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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
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00:21:08,967 --> 00:21:11,932
who wanted to kill
these two bright young women.
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{\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,
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00:21:22,667 --> 00:21:25,132
the development
came out of Brooklyn...
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out of a totally unrelated case.
371
00:21:28,167 --> 00:21:32,666
If East 88th Street
was the Gold Coast,
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Brownsville, Brooklyn,
was the dust bowl.
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Just a few miles away,
but worlds apart.
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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,
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it didn't get
a whole lot of attention...
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00:21:46,700 --> 00:21:48,532
Until now.
378
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One April night in 1964,
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00:21:52,067 --> 00:21:54,866
a patrolman
by the name of Frank Isola
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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.
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00:22:00,900 --> 00:22:03,699
Here's another book for you,
Ms. Borrero.
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00:22:03,700 --> 00:22:05,432
Her name was Elba Borrero.
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00:22:05,433 --> 00:22:07,432
She had been a practical nurse,
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00:22:07,433 --> 00:22:09,499
and she told him
as she walked home,
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someone grabbed her from behind
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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.
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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,
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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
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