All language subtitles for American.Detective.With.Lt.Joe.Kenda.S01E06.Goodbye.Horses.1080p.AMZN.WEB-DL.DDP.2.0.H.264-FLUX.[eng]

--Captions by VITAC--
www.vitac.com

CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY
DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS

♪♪

IT'S THE MIDDLE OF WINTER
ON CHINCOTEAGUE ISLAND,

THE ULTIMATE SMALL TOWN.

-HOW MANY YOU GOT?
-JUST ONE.

TESSA VANHART
HAD A PIZZA DELIVERY

AS SHE HAD MANY NIGHTS BEFORE.

♪♪

SHE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE BACK
IN A FEW MINUTES.

♪♪

BUT SHE DIDN'T COME BACK.

♪♪

Woman: A CALL COMES INTO
THE LOCAL POLICE STATION.

Kenda:
TESSA VANHART IS MISSING.

[ INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER ]

THEY DRIVE LOOKING
FOR THIS WOMAN.

♪♪

THEY BECOME CONCERNED.

IT'S AN ISLAND.

HOW COULD SHE BE MISSING?

♪♪

THEY SEE A CAR RUNNING.

NO ONE'S BEHIND THE WHEEL.

THEY FIND THAT
TO BE EXTREMELY ODD.

♪♪

[ SIREN WAILS ]

[ SIREN STOPS ]

[ GEAR SHIFTS ]

[ INDISTINCT POLICE CHATTER ]

♪♪

OH, GOD.

AND WHAT THEY SEE
IN THE BACK SEAT HORRIFIES THEM.

♪♪

I SPENT MY CAREER
CLOSING MURDER CASES.

BUT I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE
WHO ANSWERED THE CALL.

IT TAKES A RARE BREED
TO SOLVE THE UNSOLVABLE,

TO CATCH A RUTHLESS KILLER,

TO FIND JUSTICE FOR THE DEAD.

THAT'S WHAT IT TAKES TO BE
AN AMERICAN DETECTIVE.

♪♪

MY NAME IS DANNY PLOTT.

I'M A FORMER SPECIAL AGENT

WITH THE VIRGINIA STATE POLICE
VIOLENT CRIMES UNIT.

[ TELEPHONE RINGS ]

I RECEIVED A CALL
FROM MY SUPERVISOR IN RICHMOND

THAT THERE HAD BEEN A MURDER
ON THE ISLAND OF CHINCOTEAGUE.

WHEN THIS CALL CAME IN
TO DANNY PLOTT AT HIS HOME,

HE HAD NO WAY OF KNOWING
THE FAR REACHING EFFECTS

IT WOULD HAVE
ON EVERYONE ON THAT ISLAND.

A REMARKABLE CHAIN OF EVENTS
HAS BEEN SET IN MOTION.

HE JUST DIDN'T KNOW
HOW REMARKABLE IT WAS.

[ INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER ]

WHEN MY PARTNER AND I,
JIM HUDDLE,

ARRIVED ON SCENE,

WE WERE GIVEN DETAILS BY

THE CHINCOTEAGUE POLICE
DEPARTMENT.

Kenda: THEY HAVE DETERMINED
THIS PERSON IS 23 YEARS OF AGE.

HER NAME IS TESSA VANHART.

♪♪

TESSA WAS A BEAUTIFUL
YOUNG LADY

WHO HAD A WHOLE FUTURE
IN FRONT OF HER.

SHE HAD TWO KIDS,
A LOVING HUSBAND.

Shea: SHE WAS BEAUTIFUL.
SHE REALLY WAS.

SHE JUST HAD THIS WAY
ABOUT HER, YOU KNOW?

SHE WAS QUIET AT FIRST,
BUT AS YOU GOT TO KNOW HER,

THERE WAS JUST
THIS SPECIAL WAY ABOUT HER.

Kenda: THE OFFICERS REPORT
THAT TESSA VANHART

IS EMPLOYED
AT THIS PIZZA SHOP.

HER HUSBAND ALSO WORKS THERE.

PLOTT IS ALSO INFORMED
THAT HER HUSBAND, WALTER,

REPORTED HER MISSING
BY DIALING 911.

♪♪

TESSA WAS FOUND
IN THE BACK SEAT

WITH TWO GUNSHOT WOUNDS
TO THE BACK OF HER HEAD.

THERE WASN'T A LOT OF BLOOD

BECAUSE THE WOUNDS
WERE CONTAINED INSIDE HER SKULL.

♪♪

PLOTT ALSO OBSERVES GRASS

AND DIRT AND MUD
ON THE VICTIM'S KNEES.

SHE OBVIOUSLY DIDN'T GET THAT
IN THE BACK SEAT OF THAT CAR.

SO THERE IS ANOTHER CRIME SCENE.
THEY JUST DON'T KNOW WHERE.

PIZZA'S STILL HERE.

YEAH, SO IS HER PURSE.

Plott:
THERE WAS STILL MONEY IN IT.

SHE WAS NOT ROBBED.

TO THE EXPERIENCED INVESTIGATOR

THAT WOULD INDICATE
THAT SOMEBODY IS ONLY INTERESTED

IN THIS VICTIM,
NOT IN HER POSSESSIONS.

AND THAT'S VERY DIFFERENT.
WHY HER?

♪♪

LET'S HAVE FORENSICS TAKE
THE CAR BACK TO THE LOT.

YOU WANNA GO TALK
TO THE HUSBAND?

YEAH.

-LOCK IT DOWN, STEVE.
-YES, SIR.

SO PLOTT HAS LEARNED WHAT HE CAN
BY LOOKING AROUND THIS CAR.

NOW IT'S TIME
TO TALK TO WALKER.

[ SIREN WAILING ]

♪♪

NOTIFYING A FAMILY
THEY LOST A LOVED ONE,

I'VE DONE SEVERAL TIMES.

IT'S ALMOST LIKE
YOU'RE THE GRIM REAPER.

THIS WAS A YOUNG MAN
WHO HAD JUST LOST HIS WIFE

AND NOW WAS A FATHER
OF TWO SMALL CHILDREN

AND WAS ALMOST IN SHOCK.

EXCELLENT MOTHER,
BEAUTIFUL WOMAN.

SHE WAS MY SOULMATE.
I'LL SAY THAT.

Shea: WHEN THEY WERE
GONNA GET MARRIED,

YOU JUST KNEW.

HE KNEW FROM THE GET GO
THAT SHE WAS RIGHT FOR HIM.

Walter: SHE WAS GREAT MOTHER
TO HER KIDS,

WHAT LITTLE BIT OF TIME
SHE GOT WITH THEM.

THE HARDEST THING I EVER HAD
TO DO IS THE NEXT DAY,

TELL THEM, YOU KNOW,
THAT MOM WENT TO HEAVEN.

IT'S THE ONLY WAY I CAN PUT IT,
YOU KNOW.

♪♪

I THINK THE WORD THAT I GET
THE MOST WHEN I ASK PEOPLE

ABOUT MY MOM IS BEAUTIFUL
AND SWEET, CARING.

A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE LIKE,
"OH, MY GOD,

YOU LOOK JUST LIKE YOUR MOM."

IT'S GOOD TO HEAR.

I THINK IT'S MY FAVORITE
COMPLIMENT WHEN I HEAR THAT.

YOU AND TESSA,

YOU WORK TOGETHER
IN THE PIZZA SHOP?

YEAH.

Shea: HE WAS IN THE BACK.

HE DID MOST OF THE COOKING
AND SHE DID THE DELIVERY.

THE NIGHT EVERYTHING HAPPENED,

SHE CAME IN IN THE AFTERNOON
AND DID DELIVERIES AT NIGHT.

♪♪

-HOW MANY YOU GOT?
-JUST ONE.

♪♪

BYE.

-BYE.
-LOVE YOU.

HE WATCHED HIS WIFE WALK OUT
THE DOOR WITH FULL EXPECTATION

THAT SHE WOULD RETURN BACK.

BUT SHE DIDN'T COME BACK.

AND THE LONGER SHE WAS GONE,

THE MORE ALARMED HE BECAME.

I WAS THINKING SOMETHING
HAPPENED TO THE CAR, YOU KNOW.

AND A LITTLE BIT
OF TIME WENT BY

AND WE ENDED UP CALLING
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT

AND GETTING THEM INVOLVED.

DO YOU KNOW WHERE TESSA
WAS SUPPOSED TO BE

DELIVERING THE PIZZA?

NO.

BUT WE SHOULD HAVE IT
WRITTEN DOWN AT THE SHOP.

WE FELT LIKE THE BEGINNING
OF THIS CRIME

WAS A CALL FOR
A PIZZA DELIVERY.

AND IN FACT,
THERE WAS A SLIP OF PAPER

THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GAIN

THAT LISTED THE HOUSE
THAT SHE WAS SENT TO.

[ INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER ]

Kenda: SO THEY GO OUT
TO SEE THIS HOUSE.

♪♪

THERE'S NOBODY LIVING HERE
RIGHT NOW.

Plott: THE HOUSE
THAT SHE WAS SENT TO

WAS A VACATION OR RENTAL HOME.

THIS WAS JANUARY.

MOST OF THE VACATION HOMES
ARE RENTED DURING WARM WEATHER

WHEN CHINCOTEAGUE
IS FULL OF PEOPLE VISITING.

Kenda: THIS PLACE IS TOTALLY
LOCKED UP AND SECURE.

NO LIGHTS, NO POWER,
NO ANYTHING HAPPENING.

-GOT LIGHTS ON NEXT DOOR.
-LET'S CHECK IT OUT.

Plott: WE THOUGHT THAT MAYBE
SOMEONE AT THE PIZZA PLACE

HAD ACCIDENTALLY WRITTEN DOWN
THE WRONG ADDRESS.

SO WE BELIEVE TESSA
WENT TO THE HOUSE NEAR

WHERE THE PIZZA WAS ORDERED
AND ATTEMPTED TO MAKE DELIVERY.

♪♪

Kenda: AS THEY'RE APPROACHING
THIS OTHER HOME...

LOOK AT THIS!

Kenda: PLOTT SEES SOMETHING
IN THE GRASS

THAT DRAWS
HIS IMMEDIATE ATTENTION.

THERE WAS A SMALL AMOUNT
OF BLOOD

FOUND IN THE BACKYARD
OF THIS HOUSE

AND WAS MOST LIKELY
WHERE TESSA WAS MURDERED.

Kenda: SO NOW THE FOCUS
IS THIS HOUSE.

WHO IS IN THERE
WITH THE LIGHTS ON?

BECAUSE THERE SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN
A HOMICIDE IN YOUR BACKYARD.

♪♪

THE POLICE DEPARTMENT
ON CHINCOTEAGUE ISLAND

HAS DISCOVERED A HOMICIDE
ON THIS VERY SMALL ISLAND

WHERE THEY'VE NEVER SEEN
ANYTHING LIKE THIS.

Plott: CHINCOTEAGUE ISLAND
IS A SMALL COMMUNITY

ON VIRGINIA'S EASTERN SHORE.

♪♪

IT'S A BEAUTIFUL PLACE.

A LOT OF FAMILIES COME HERE
FOR THE SUMMER.

[ BIRDS CALLING ]

[ HORSE BLUSTERS ]

BUT IN THE WINTER,

IT'S A COMPLETELY
DIFFERENT PLACE.

♪♪

AND NOW, DETECTIVE DANNY PLOT
HAS DISCOVERED A CRIME SCENE

IN THE BACKYARD
OF AN OCCUPIED HOME.

NOW DETECTIVES NEED TO SPEAK TO
WHOEVER IT IS THAT'S IN THERE.

♪♪

STATE POLICE OPEN UP.

♪♪

WHAT DO YOU WANT?

THE HOUSE WAS OCCUPIED
BY A MAN.

HE WAS NOT COOPERATING
WITH QUESTIONING.

HE SAID HE DID ORDER A PIZZA.

-GET OFF MY PROPERTY.
-SIR, WE --

WE STILL NEED TO ASK YOU
A FEW QUESTIONS.

WHEN PLOTT ENCOUNTERS
THIS RESISTIVE PERSONALITY

WHO HAS A CRIME SCENE
IN HIS BACKYARD,

IT MAKES HIM A PRIME SUSPECT.

YOU DIDN'T SEE
OR HEAR ANYTHING THIS EVENING?

THIS EVEN THIS GUY
WAS DIFFERENT.

HE WAS HINKY.

NOW THERE IS A STORM
AND THAT'S TRUE.

COULD IT HAVE OBSCURED THINGS,
NOISE OR HEARING SOMETHING?

YEAH, IT COULD,
BUT IT STILL SEEMS RATHER ODD.

IT'S OKAY TO BE ODD.

IT'S ALARMING WHEN YOU'RE ODD
STANDING NEXT TO A CRIME SCENE

WHERE SOMEONE
HAS BEEN MURDERED.

THAT'S A DIFFERENT PROBLEM.

YOU MIND IF WE SEARCH
YOUR YARD FOR EVIDENCE?

BE MY GUEST.

WELL, THAT'S NOT ALL
WE'D LIKE TO DO.

A POLYGRAPH WAS SUGGESTED
AND I BELIEVE HIS STATEMENT WAS,

"IF I TAKE A POLYGRAPH
AND PASS IT,

WILL YOU LEAVE ME ALONE?"

AND OF COURSE,
WE SAID ABSOLUTELY.

♪♪

AFTER WE ESTABLISHED THIS HOUSE
AS A CRIME SCENE,

OUR FORENSIC TECHS DID THE BEST
THEY COULD TO EXAMINE IT.

WHEN TESSA HAD BEEN ASSAULTED
AND MURDERED,

IT WAS COLD
AND IT WAS RAINING.

WE KNEW OUR EVIDENCE
COULD BE WASHED AWAY.

♪♪

THEY PHOTOGRAPH, THEY MEASURE,
THEY DO EVERYTHING THEY CAN DO,

BUT THE CONDITIONS MAKE IT
ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE

TO HAVE ANYTHING OF VALUE
COME OUT OF THAT EXAMINATION.

HOWEVER, DETECTIVE PLOTT
IS NOT GIVING UP.

HE HAS ONE MORE TACTIC
HE CAN DEPLOY.

♪♪

POLICE CANINES ARE OFTEN USED
TO SEARCH CRIME SCENE AREAS,

THE OLFACTORY SENSES OF A DOG
ARE 600 TIMES THAT OF A HUMAN.

THEY SMELL THINGS
THAT HUMANS DON'T EVEN NOTICE.

♪♪

EVERY DOG HAS A DIFFERENT
ALERT SIGNAL...

♪♪

...WHEN THEY FIND
SOMETHING OF INTEREST,

SOMETHING DOESN'T BELONG HERE.

Woman: SIR!

♪♪

WE WERE ABLE TO RECOVER
A .22 CALIBER SHELL CASING.

WE WEREN'T SURE, BUT WE BELIEVE
WAS PART OF THE CRIME.

Kenda: THAT CASING
BECOMES VERY IMPORTANT.

IT'S NOW PHYSICAL EVIDENCE

THAT COULD LINK THEM
TO A HOMICIDE WEAPON.

♪♪

WE TOOK THIS GUY
TO OUR HEADQUARTERS

IN CHESAPEAKE, VIRGINIA,
WHICH WAS ABOUT TWO HOURS AWAY.

MR. PEREZ
IS NOW IN A POLICE STATION

AND NOT THE COMFORT
OF HIS OWN HOME.

I DON'T KNOW HOW THE BLOOD
GOT IN MY YARD.

I'M BEING HONEST.

♪♪

Plott:
SO HE TOOK THE POLYGRAPH.

♪♪

HE PASSED THE POLYGRAPH.

THERE WAS NO SIGNS THAT
HE WAS DECEPTIVE IN ANY WAY.

WHAT SEEMS LIKE A PROMISING
LEAD JUST EVAPORATED.

WHAT THAT DOES FOR PLOTT,
IT TAKES HIM BACK TO SQUARE ONE.

CAN I ASK YOU ONE MORE THING
BEFORE YOU GO?

WHAT?

Plott: WE WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT
THE HOUSE NEXT DOOR.

WHO OWNS IT?
WAS THERE SOMEONE THERE?

Kenda: PEREZ EXPLAINS
HIS NEIGHBORS...

NEIGHBORS ARE ALREADY GONE.

Kenda:
...THEY'RE FROM ANOTHER STATE.

THEY ONLY COME IN THE SUMMER.

HE HASN'T SEEN THEM
SINCE LABOR DAY.

NOBODY'S AROUND THAT PROPERTY.
THEY DON'T RENT IT OUT.

SOMEBODY DIDN'T ORDER A PIZZA
FROM THIS HOUSE.

SO PLOTT'S ELIMINATED
TWO THINGS --

THE OWNERS OF THIS PROPERTY
AND MR. PEREZ.

NOW WHERE DOES THAT LEAVE PLOTT?
AS IF HE WAS JUST ARRIVING.

HE DOESN'T KNOW
ANY MORE THAN HE DID.

♪♪

THE BEST EVIDENCE
NOW CAN BE FOUND

ON THE REMAINS OF THE VICTIM.

Plott: DR. BUSH.

AUTOPSIES ARE EXTREMELY USEFUL.

WHEN YOU FIND
A DECEASED PERSON,

WHAT YOU SEE
IS NOT ALWAYS WHAT HAPPENED.

WERE THEY SHOT OR STAB
SOME PLACE

IS NOT READILY APPARENT?

Kenda: PLOTT LEARNS THIS GIRL
HAD BEEN BEATEN.

SHE SHOWS EVIDENCE OF BLUNT
FORCE TRAUMA TO THE FACE

AND TO THE CHEST WHERE SHE'S
BEEN PUNCHED AND/OR KICKED.

THE CORONER ALSO DETERMINES
THAT THERE'S EVIDENCE

OF SEXUAL ASSAULT
AND SEMINAL FLUID

HAS BEEN RECOVERED
FROM THE VICTIM.

DR. BUSH SAID THAT SHE DIED
FROM EITHER

ONE OF TWO GUNSHOT WOUNDS
TO THE BACK OF HER HEAD.

BOTH WERE .22 CALIBER ROUNDS,

WHICH WAS WHAT WE FOUND
IN THE BACKYARD.

THANKS, DR. BUSH.

♪♪

Kenda: SO NOW WE KNOW MORE
THAN WE DID KNOW.

SOMEONE ORDERS A PIZZA,

OUR VICTIM ARRIVES
TO DELIVER SAME,

ENCOUNTERS HER ATTACKER,
WHO THEN RAPES HER,

AND THEN KILLS HER
WITH A .22 CALIBER WEAPON.

THIS INDICATES A PLAN.

HE DOESN'T HAVE
A WEAPON OF OPPORTUNITY.

HE BRINGS A WEAPON
BECAUSE HE INTENDS TO USE IT.

♪♪

Plott: WE BEGAN TO LOOK AT
ANYONE ON THE ISLAND.

WAS THERE SOMEONE
THAT WAS INFATUATED WITH HER?

WAS THERE SOMEONE
THAT WAS STALKING HER?

BECAUSE THEY DID NOT
HAVE A SUSPECT,

EVERYONE WAS A POSSIBLE PLAYER.

Kenda: SO WHO IS THIS PERSON?

WHO IS THE SHADOW IN THE RAIN?

WE WERE ALMOST POSITIVE
THAT SOMEONE HAD TO KNOW

THEIR WAY AROUND THIS ISLAND
TO DO THIS,

TO KNOW WHERE TESSA WOULD GO

AND BASICALLY LIE IN WAIT.

WE THOUGHT WE WOULD FIND
THIS PERSON PRETTY QUICKLY.

♪♪

Kenda: SO LET'S GO BACK
TO THE PIZZA SHOP.

LET'S TALK TO ALL THE EMPLOYEES,
ALL THE COWORKERS,

AND SEE WHAT CAN BE LEARNED.

YOU WERE WORKING WITH TESSA
THE NIGHT OF THE INCIDENT.

YEAH.

THE GIRL THAT TOOK THE CALL
WAS JUST WRACKED WITH GUILT

AS IF IT WAS HER THAT SENT TESSA
OUT TO BE MURDERED,

WHICH, OF COURSE, SHE HAD NOT.

WE ASK, WHAT'D HE SOUND LIKE?

DID HE SOUND OLD?
DID HE SOUND YOUNG?

I DON'T KNOW.

ALL SHE REALLY TOLD US WAS

HE SOUNDED LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE
THAT CALLED HERE.

SHE'S TELLING THE TRUTH,

BUT IT'S NOT WHAT YOU WANT
TO HEAR.

DID HE ASK FOR TESSA
OR IF SHE WAS WORKING?

SEVERAL PEOPLE DELIVERED PIZZAS
FROM THAT PLACE.

HOW DID THIS PERSON KNOW
THAT TESSA

WAS GOING TO DELIVER
THE PIZZA?

SO YOU ALSO DELIVER PIZZA
FOR THE SHOP?

WE WENT AS FAR AS TO ASK
THE FEMALE DELIVERY DRIVERS,

ESPECIALLY, HAVE YOU EVER
BEEN SOMEPLACE

THAT THE HAIR STANDS UP
ON THE BACK OF YOUR NECK

WHEN THIS PERSON
ANSWERS THE DOOR.

PEOPLE INSTINCTUALLY KNOW
SUSPICIOUS BEHAVIOR

WHEN THEY SEE IT.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO EXPLAIN IT.
IT DOESN'T FEEL RIGHT.

IT DOESN'T LOOK RIGHT.

IT STRIKES YOU
AS A LITTLE BIT SCARY.

THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG
WITH THIS.

THERE'S THIS ONE GUY
THAT HE'S KIND OF OFF.

SHE HAD DELIVERED A PIZZA
TO THIS MAN BEFORE

AND HE TRIED SEVERAL TIMES
TO GET HER TO COME INSIDE.

HE JUST GAVE ME THE CREEPS.

WELL, THAT'S
INTERESTING, MY DEAR,

BECAUSE WE ARE LOOKING
FOR A REALLY CREEPY GUY.

THIS GUY APPEARED TO BE
A GOOD SUSPECT.

THIS EMPLOYEE IDENTIFIES
A CUSTOMER THAT FRIGHTENED HER,

MADE HER FEEL VULNERABLE,

MADE HER UNCOMFORTABLE
TO BE AROUND HIM.

WHAT IF THIS PREDATOR MAKES
THESE CALLS ALL THE TIME,

GETTING UP THE NERVE,
TRYING TO DECIDE HOW TO DO THIS?

HE'S NOT ASKING TO HAVE
A PIZZA DELIVERED.

HE'S ASKING TO HAVE
A VICTIM DELIVERED.

WE NEED TO TALK TO THIS GUY.

♪♪

DANNY PLOTT OF THE VIRGINIA
STATE POLICE IS ON THE SEARCH

FOR A SUSPECT
AND A COWORKER OF TESSA VANHART

MAY HAVE JUST PROVIDED ONE.

SHE SAID THIS GUY WAS DIFFERENT,
THAT HE GAVE PEOPLE THE CREEPS.

THE EMPLOYEE IDENTIFIES
THIS PERSON AS MATTHEW BIRCH.

HE IS A UNITED STATES COAST
GUARDSMEN

ASSIGNED TO THE STATION
ON CHINCOTEAGUE ISLAND.

Plott:
SO WE WENT TO THE COAST GUARD.

THEIR COMMANDS ARE USUALLY
VERY COOPERATIVE.

THEY CERTAINLY DON'T WANT
ANY MEMBER OF THEIR COMMAND

TO BE INVOLVED
IN CRIMINAL ACTIVITY.

MATT, WE APPRECIATE
YOU SITTING DOWN WITH US.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU WANT
TO TALK TO ME FOR.

I HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING WRONG.

Kenda: BIRCH'S BODY LANGUAGE
AND HIS DEMEANOR

POINT OUT THAT HE IS NERVOUS.

HE DOESN'T MAKE
EYE CONTACT WITH PLOTT.

WHENEVER WE HAD SOMEONE THAT
APPEARED TO BE A GOOD SUSPECT,

WE DID OUR BEST
TO REMIND EACH OTHER

NOT TO GET TUNNEL VISION BECAUSE
A PERSON FITS A LITTLE BIT.

-YOU LIVE OFF BASE, MATT?
-I DO.

YOU DON'T WANT TO ACCUSE
ANYBODY OF ANYTHING

BECAUSE THAT MAKES THEM SHUT UP,
YOU ASK QUESTIONS.

DO YOU LIKE PIZZA, MR. BIRCH?

DO YOU ORDER PIZZA
FROM THE LOCAL SHOP?

YOU HAVE A DIFFERENT MOTIVE
THAN PIZZA,

BUT HE DOESN'T KNOW THAT.

WE FINALLY SAID,
"HAVE YOU EVER OFFERED

THE PIZZA DELIVERY
TO COME INSIDE?"

"WELL, YEAH. YEAH, I OFFERED
TO SHARE THE PIZZA WITH THEM."

HOW ABOUT TESSA VANHART?

HAVE YOU EVER ASKED HER
TO COME INSIDE?

I DON'T KNOW. PROBABLY.
SO WHAT?

HE GOT
A LITTLE BIT MORE IRRITATED

AS WE START TO HONE IN
ON WHERE WERE YOU?

HE REALIZES,
"THEY'RE AFTER ME."

MATT, CAN YOU TELL US WHERE YOU
WERE THE NIGHT SHE WAS KILLED?

I WASN'T AROUND. I WAS VISITING
SOME FRIENDS IN MARYLAND.

CAN YOU PROVE IT?

I PROBABLY HAVE
SOME CREDIT CARD RECEIPTS.

♪♪

WE WERE ABLE TO EXCLUDE HIM
BECAUSE HE WAS NOT PRESENT

ON THE ISLAND THAT NIGHT.

THERE ARE A LOT OF
DIFFERENT PEOPLE IN THE WORLD

AND THIS GUY WAS VERY DIFFERENT,
BUT HE WAS NOT TESSA'S KILLER.

♪♪

Kenda: SO THEY CONTINUE
TO INVESTIGATE.

PLOTT AND HIS ASSOCIATES

PRACTICALLY MOVED ON TO
CHINCOTEAGUE ISLAND.

Plott:
...PAPERWORK IN THERE.

WE ESTABLISHED A COMMAND POST

AND WE BROUGHT MULTIPLE
SPECIAL AGENTS IN

TO RUN DOWN LEADS
AND DO INTERVIEWS.

I WANT YOU AND YOUR TEAM

COVERING THIS ENTIRE
NORTH SIDE OF THE ISLAND.

SO BECAUSE IT IS SMALL
AND PEOPLE TEND TO KNOW

A LOT ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE,

PLOTT AND OTHER OFFICERS
BEGIN TO CANVASS EVERY RESIDENT.

♪♪

WE TALK TO SO MANY PEOPLE,
SOME EX-BOYFRIENDS.

I'M WITH POLICE DEPARTMENT.
MAN, SORRY TO WAKE YOU UP.

I BELIEVE WE TALKED
TO AN EX-GIRLFRIEND

OF THE HUSBAND.

GOOD MORNING, MA'AM.

BUT THERE WAS
ABSOLUTELY NOTHING THERE.

♪♪

WE ARE BACK FROM FORENSICS
ABOUT TESSA'S CAR.

FORENSIC TECHNICIANS

WENT THROUGH THE CAR
TOP TO BOTTOM

TO TRY TO FIND ANYTHING,
BUT THE CAR DID NOT GIVE US

ENOUGH LEADS TO FIND
WHO HAD DONE THIS.

IT WAS TERRIBLY FRUSTRATING
AND WE FELT PRESSURE.

I THINK IT'S PROBABLY
MORE PRESSURE

THAT WE BROUGHT ON OURSELVES

THAT WE NEED TO KNOW
WHO KILLED THIS YOUNG MOTHER.

♪♪

THERE ARE OCCASIONS
WHEN A MURDERER ISN'T SKILLFUL,

ISN'T A CRIMINAL GENIUS.

HE'S JUST LUCKY.

NOBODY HEARS HIM,

NOBODY SEES HIM,
AND THEY CAN DISAPPEAR.

THE WORLD IS A BIG PLACE.

AND NOW FEAR IS DEEPENING.

WHAT IF HE HAS HIS EYE
ON SOMEONE ELSE ON THIS ISLAND?

WAS THIS JUST THE START
OF SOMETHING HORRIBLE?

IF YOU'RE COLD BLOODED ENOUGH
TO DO IT ONCE,

WHAT STOPS YOU FROM DOING IT
A SECOND TIME?

♪♪

THIS CASE REALLY,
REALLY DID SCARE EVERYONE.

♪♪

ONCE UPON A TIME,
WE LEFT OUR DOORS UNLOCKED

AND I AT MY HOUSE
STARTED LOCKING MY DOOR,

WHICH WAS SOMETHING
I NEVER DID.

THAT'S JUST NOT
WHAT THE ISLAND WAS.

AND THEN
ALL OF A SUDDEN IT WAS.

THERE WAS SOMEONE
ON THIS ISLAND,

WE BELIEVED, THAT HAD DONE THIS
AND MAY HAVE BEEN WATCHING US

THINKING,
"THESE GUYS DON'T HAVE A CLUE."

AND UNFORTUNATELY,
WE DIDN'T IN A LOT OF WAYS.

♪♪

THEY WORKED THIS CASE
EVERY DAY FOR MONTHS,

AND THEY HAVE DEVELOPED
ABSOLUTELY NOTHING

IN TERMS OF INFORMATION,
NOTHING IN TERMS OF A SUSPECT.

THE FAMILY WANTS ANSWERS.

SITTING AND WAITING AND BITING
YOUR NAILS A LOT

AND CALLING UP TO THE POLICE
STATION TRYING TO GET ANSWERS,

BUT THEY DIDN'T HAVE
REALLY THE ANSWERS

THAT I WANTED AT THE TIME.

MM.

HOW DO YOU MOVE FORWARD
WITH YOUR LIFE

WITHOUT HAVING ANY ANSWER

AS TO WHY A HUGE PIECE OF YOUR
HEART IS NO LONGER THERE?

IT WAS ALWAYS IN THE BACK
OF YOUR HEAD IF YOUR PHONE RANG,

SOMEBODY KNOCKED ON YOUR DOOR,
WAS THAT GONNA BE THE CALL,

THE ANSWER?

I GOT TWO LITTLE ONES AT HOME
I'M TRYING TO TAKE CARE OF.

I HAD TO STEP U, YOU KNOW,

'CAUSE THEY WERE MY INSPIRATION
TO KEEP ME GOING.

♪♪

Plott: THE LEADS WERE STARTING
TO DRY UP.

AT FIRST, WE JUST CAME BACK
DURING THE WEEK FOR A WHILE,

THEN WE WOULD COME BACK
EVERY OTHER WEEK.

AND THEN FINALLY, THE CASE
IS CLASSIFIED AS INACTIVE,

PENDING FURTHER LEADS.

I DON'T KNOW HOW BEST
TO DESCRIBE IT.

♪♪

IT WAS DISAPPOINTING
TO ALL OF US.

♪♪

AFTER A WHILE,
I HAD BEEN TRANSFERRED

TO THE FUGITIVE
APPREHENSION UNIT.

HEY, DANNY.

JIM GRABBED ME
ONE DAY IN THE OFFICE.

HE WAS, LIKE, REALLY EXCITED.

FINALLY HAVE SOMETHING.

A PHONE CALL COMES IN
THAT CHANGES EVERYTHING.

HE SAID, "WE HAVE A LEAD
ON TESSA'S MURDER."

AND I SAID, "NO BLANK."

ALL OF A SUDDEN,

EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS CASE
IS BACK ON THE FRONT BURNER.

Kenda: FOR TWO YEARS,

THE MURDER OF
23-YEAR-OLD TESSA VANHART

HAS GONE UNSOLVED.

NOTHING HAS COME OF THIS CASE.

NOW, A PHONE CALL BREATHES NEW
LIFE INTO THIS INVESTIGATION.

THE LEAD THAT CAME TO LIGHT
WAS A MAN NAMED BRIAN CHERRIX.

Kenda:
THIS PERSON IS AN INMATE

CURRENTLY CHARGED
IN A NUMBER OF CRIMES.

HE REVEALS A CONFESSION
THAT WAS MADE TO HIM

ABOUT THE MURDER
OF TESSA VANHART.

MR. CHERRIX WAS WILLING
TO GIVE THIS INFORMATION

IF THERE WOULD BE
LENIENCY SHOWN IN THE CRIME

HE WAS ACCUSED OF.

THIS IS A COMMON THING
THAT HAPPENS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT.

YOU MAKE A DEAL WITH THE DEVIL
WHERE SOME INMATE

KNOWS ABOUT A CRIME,
WANTS SOMETHING IN RETURN,

KNOWING THEY CAN PROVIDE YOU
WITH SOMETHING YOU WANT.

UNFORTUNATELY,
THE GREATER PERCENT

OF THEM DON'T EVER PAN OUT.

♪♪

[ BUZZER ]

♪♪

MY UNDERSTANDING, YOU HAVE
SOME INFORMATION FOR US.

I HAD A STANDARD APPROACH
IN DEALING WITH PEOPLE

LIKE THAT,
I WOULD TELL THEM THIS,

SO YOU HAVE LESS THAN
A MINUTE TO TELL ME SOMETHING

I DON'T KNOW.

AND IF YOU CAN'T
TELL ME SOMETHING I DON'T KNOW,

YOU'RE OF NO USE TO ME

AND YOU CAN ROT IN THIS PRISON
UNTIL YOU DIE.

IT WAS MY COUSIN RYAN BERGMAN.

HOW EXACTLY YOU KNOW THAT?

HE TOLD ME ALL ABOUT IT.

THIS IS BLOOD TO MR. CHERRIX,

NOT SOMEBODY HE RAN ACROSS
IN A JAIL SOMEWHERE.

THAT MAKES IT
EVEN MORE PROMISING.

YOU WANT A DEAL?

WE'RE GONNA BE A LOT MORE
THAN THAT.

I KNOW DETAILS.
I KNOW EVERYTHING.

CHERRIX SAID
HIS COUSIN TOLD HIM THAT HE HAD

LURED HER TO DELIVER A PIZZA

AND HAD GRABBED HER,
SODOMIZED HER,

AND THAT HE HAD SHOT HER
WITH A .22 RIFLE.

Kenda: THAT WAS NEVER RELEASED
TO THE PRESS.

SO MR. CHERRIX IS IN POSSESSION
OF INFORMATION

THAT MATCHES THE PHYSICAL
EVIDENCE AT THE SCENE

THAT NO ONE COULD POSSIBLY KNOW
UNLESS THEY WERE AT THE SCENE.

SO HE IS MORE THAN PROMISING.
HE IS AMAZING AT THIS POINT.

WELL, HE TOLD ME
WHERE HE PUT THE GUN.

CHERRIX SAID HIS COUSIN THROWS
THAT RIFLE IN A BODY OF WATER

THAT ONLY HE KNOWS WHERE IT IS.

SO PLOTT SAYS TO HIM, "GREAT.
WHERE CAN I FIND RYAN BERGMAN?"

AND MR. CHERRIX SAYS SOMETHING
THE PLOTT IS SHOCKED AT.

THING IS...

HE'S DEAD.
-HE'S DEAD?

HE SAYS HE WAS KILLED
IN A CAR WRECK LAST YEAR.

AS ELATED AS I WAS,
IT WAS TAMPED DOWN BY THE FACT

THAT THE MAN WHO CHERRIX SAID
HAD KILLED TESSA WAS DECEASED.

BUT MAYBE THIS MAN MET
HIS DEMISE

BECAUSE HE DESERVED IT
AFTER WHAT HE DID.

Kenda: THEY DO DETERMINE
BERGMAN WAS, IN FACT,

KILLED IN AN AUTO ACCIDENT,
AS CHERRIX SAID.

BUT YOU CANNOT RELY
ON THE STATEMENT.

BERGMAN WAS THE PERPETRATOR.

YOU NEED TO ESTABLISH WHETHER
OR NOT THAT'S, IN FACT, TRUE.

♪♪

THE VIRGINIA STATE POLICE HAVE
A WORKING DIVE TEAM STATEWIDE.

TWO DIVERS CAME TO CHINCOTEAGUE

AND THE AREA WHERE
THIS WEAPON HAD BEEN THROWN.

♪♪

Kenda: WATER DOES BAD THINGS
TO METAL OBJECTS, SO IT MAY

OR MAY NOT BE SURVIVABLE
AFTER TWO YEARS SUBMERGED.

♪♪

BUT IT COULD BE.

♪♪

Plott: THE DIVERS USUALLY
DO A GRID SEARCH.

♪♪

THEY CAME OUT.

♪♪

AND THEY COULDN'T
FIND THE WEAPON.

♪♪

WE SPECULATED THAT THE MAN
WHO KILLED HER GO BACK

AND GET THE WEAPON,
DID HE PUT IT SOMEWHERE ELSE?

AND SO, CHERRIX
WAS INTERVIEWED AGAIN.

WHY CAN'T WE FIND THE WEAPON?

WELL, IT'S OUT THERE.

I COULD GO OUT THERE WITH YOU

AND SHOW YOU EXACTLY
WHERE IT WAS THROWN.

Kenda: NOW THAT'S INTERESTING.

HOW EXACTLY
WOULD YOU KNOW THAT?

WE BEGAN TO THINK,
WAS HE THERE DURING THE CRIME?

♪♪

SO WE TOOK HIM UP ON HIS OFFER,
YOU KNOW,

POINT US WHERE THIS IS.

THIS IS SOME DISTANCE AWAY
FROM THE AREA

HE DESCRIBED AS WHERE
IT WAS THROWN INITIALLY.

♪♪

THE DIVE TEAM GOES
IN THE NEW LOCATION...

♪♪

♪♪

...AND WITHIN A FEW MINUTES...

♪♪

...THEY COME OUT OF THE RIVER
WITH A .22 CALIBER RIFLE.

RIGHT WHERE I THOUGHT.

ONCE THE RIFLE WAS RECOVERED,
WE WERE ECSTATIC.

CAN WE TEST THE MURDER WEAPON
FOR BALLISTICS, WHICH WE COULD.

THE PEOPLE IN THE LABORATORY
THAT HAVE THIS WEAPON

TELL PLOTT THE SERIAL NUMBER
CANNOT BE READ,

BUT THEY WERE ABLE TO MATCH
THE CASING TO THE EXTRACTOR

AND EJECTOR ON THE WEAPON.

THAT IS THE MURDER WEAPON.

WE TRIED TO TRACK
WHO OWNED THAT RIFLE

AND WHERE THE RIFLE HAD BEEN
AND WE WERE STILL TRYING TO TIE

THE COUSIN THAT CHERRIX MENTIONS
TO THE MURDER.

Kenda: PLOTT LEARNS THAT
CHERRIX'S EX-WIFE

ALSO KNEW MR. BERGMAN.

THANK YOU
FOR MEETING WITH US.

PLOTT EXPLAINS THAT HE IS
INVESTIGATING MR. BERGMAN

AS A PERSON POTENTIALLY
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CRIME.

I DON'T THINK HE WOULD EVER
DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

THE EX-WIFE OF MR. CHERRIX SAYS
THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NO WAY.

BERGMAN IS A GENTLE SOUL.
HE'S A NICE PERSON.

BESIDES, HE WASN'T EVEN
ON THE ISLAND

WHEN THAT GIRL GOT KILLED.

HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT?

I REMEMBER HIM TALKING TO RYAN

ABOUT IT ON THE PHONE
THE DAY AFTER IT HAPPENED.

Plott: IT WAS CONCLUDED
THAT THE COUSIN

COULD NOT
HAVE COMMITTED THIS MURDER.

THAT LEAVES US THINKING

THAT BRIAN LEE CHERRIX
KILLED TESSA VANHART.

HOW ABOUT YOUR EX-HUSBAND?

CAN YOU DESCRIBE
HIS PERSONALITY FOR ME?

♪♪

BRIAN LEE CHERRIX,
TO MY KNOWLEDGE,

NEVER CAME UP AS A SUSPECT
TO START OUT.

WITH HIS FAMILY
WAS WELL-KNOWN AND RESPECTED

ON THE ISLAND
OF CHINCOTEAGUE.

WE SEPARATED, BUT...

SHE SAYS
WE HAD CHILDREN TOGETHER

AND HE'S NORMAL GUY
AND HE WORKED.

SO SHE PAINTS THE PICTURE
OF A STANDARD AMERICAN MALE,

NOT SOME WILD-EYED MONSTER.

DID BRIAN OWN ANY WEAPONS?

HE DID. HE OWNED A RIFLE.

DO YOU HAPPEN TO KNOW
WHAT KIND OF RIFLE?

I DON'T REALLY KNOW GUNS,
BUT I THINK IT WAS A .22?

Kenda: SO PLOTT PULLS A PICTURE
OUT OF HIS NOTEBOOK

AND HE SAYS
THAT LOOK FAMILIAR TO YOU?

♪♪

YEAH.

-YOU'RE CERTAIN?
-POSITIVE.

Kenda: NOW, PLOTT KNOWS
WITHOUT QUESTION.

THE FRUSTRATION FLIES AWAY
AND IT BECOMES EUPHORIC.

THIS SHADOW HAS A NAME
AND HIS NAME IS BRIAN CHERRIX.

♪♪

Kenda: DANNY PLOTT OF
THE VIRGINIA STATE POLICE,

HAS BEEN ENGAGED
IN A FRUSTRATING TWO-YEAR LONG

INVESTIGATION OF THE MURDER
OF 23-YEAR-OLD TESSA VANHART.

AND HE HAS ARRIVED AT
THE IDENTITY OF THE PERPETRATOR,

BRIAN CHERRIX.

WE HAVE THE MURDER WEAPON.

BRIAN'S EX-WIFE IDENTIFIED

THE .22 RIFLE
AS BELONGING TO HIM.

WE HAD THE MAN
THAT KILLED TESSA VANHART.

Kenda: NOW IT'S TIME TO GET
A STATEMENT FROM HIM.

IT'S A SOPHISTICATED
GAME OF TAG.

AND MR. CHERRIX IS IT.

WE WENT BACK TO CHERRIX
WITH ALL THIS INFORMATION

THAT THE COUSIN
COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT,

THAT THAT WAS HIS RIFLE.

I GAVE YOU THE TRUTH.

BUT BRIAN LEE CHERRIX
STUCK TO HIS STORY.

BRIAN, I THINK IT'S TIME
YOU START BEING HONEST WITH US.

I ALREADY TOLD YOU
WHAT HAPPENED.

I ALREADY TOLD YOU
I TOSSED IT.

OOH.

SO WHO ARE WE TALKING TO HERE?

BRIAN,
YOU HAVE TWO PERSONALITIES?

ONE IS YOUR COUSIN'S
AND ONE'S YOURS?

IT WAS VERY TELLING THAT
HE WOULD SLIP

FROM SAYING HIS COUSIN'S NAME
TO FIRST PERSON.

HE'S UNRAVELING IN THE COURSE
OF THIS INTERROGATION.

YOU WANT THIS HANGING
OVER YOUR HEAD?

YOU OWE IT
TO TESSA'S FAMILY, BRIAN.

THAT'S WHEN BRIAN CHERRIX
SUDDENLY HAS A CHANGE OF HEART.

[BLEEP] IT. I DID THAT [BLEEP].

I BELIEVE HE KNEW THAT HE WAS
GOING TO BE CHARGED

AND IT'S STRICTLY MY OPINION,

THAT BRIAN LEE CHERRIX
WANTED THE CREDIT

FOR GETTING AWAY
WITH THIS MURDER FOR SO LONG,

LIKE HE WANTED AN ACCOLADE
FOR IT

THAT HE WAS SMARTER THAN US.

HE NOT ONLY CONFESSES,
HE CONFESSES IN ENORMOUS DETAIL.

HE WAS FASCINATED AND ATTRACTED
TO TESSA VANHART.

HE WOULD ORDER PIZZAS
FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE

OF HAVING HER BRING THEM.

♪♪

THANK YOU.

AND, UH, IT'S FOR YOU.

OH, MY GOSH, NO,
I CAN'T TAKE THAT.

-IT'S TOO MUCH.
-NO, NO, YOU CAN.

YOU DESERVE IT.

HE THOUGHT
SHE WAS SO BEAUTIFUL

THAT HE WOULD TIP HER $20.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THAT'S REALLY SWEET OF YOU.

YEAH.

THERE YOU GO.

YOU TAKE CARE.

♪♪

Kenda: HIS INFATUATION BECAME
AN OBSESSION,

AND WHEN IT BECOMES
AN OBSESSION,

THEN YOU WANT YOUR DREAM
OF THIS EVENT TO LIVE.

HE WANTED TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN

BY WHATEVER MEANS ARE NECESSARY
TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.

♪♪

SO BRIAN HAD CONCOCTED A PLAN.

TO LURE TESSA OUT
TO THIS ABANDONED HOME.

♪♪

SHE ARRIVES TO THIS HOUSE
TO JUST DELIVER A PIZZA

AND THERE'S BRIAN LEE CHERRIX

WITH A RIFLE
WAITING BEHIND A CHIMNEY.

♪♪

♪♪

HE KNOWS TESSA IS THE ONLY ONE
WHO DELIVERS LATE AT NIGHT

BECAUSE THE OTHER EMPLOYEES
HAVE GONE HOME.

♪♪

SHE IS DRIVING
INTO A DEATH TRAP

AND DOESN'T KNOW IT.

SHE SEES A HOUSE
WITH A LIGHT ON

IN CLOSE PROXIMITY

AND DECIDES TO WALK OVER THERE
AND SEE IF THEY ORDERED A PIZZA.

♪♪

THIS IS HIS OPPORTUNITY.

♪♪

HEY, TESSA. HEY, IT'S ME.

OH, HI.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?
DID YOU ORDER A PIZZA?

YEAH, BUT IT DOESN'T MATTER.

I WANT TO TALK TO YOU
ABOUT SOMETHING.

-IT'S OKAY.
-JUST WAIT -- WAIT.

I JUST WANNA --
-AAH!

[ BREATHING HEAVILY ]

Kenda: HE ATTACKS HER
IN THE GRASS,

FORCES HER TO THE GROUND.

OW! OW, PLEASE!

SOMEONE! PLEASE!

PLEASE DON'T HURT ME.
I WON'T TELL ANYONE.

DAMN RIGHT YOU WON'T.

HE ASSAULTED HER, SODOMIZED HER
THE WHOLE TIME,

HER BEGGING FOR HER LIFE.

[ BREATHING HEAVILY ]

PLEASE, I DON'T CARE.
[ PANTING ]

Kenda:
HE HAS HIS RIFLE WITH HIM.

HE BROUGHT THAT WEAPON WITH HIM
FOR A REASON.

HE DIDN'T DECIDE THAT
ON THE WAY THERE.

THAT WAS PART OF HIS PLAN.

AND THEN
FOR WHATEVER REASON...

[ GUNSHOT ]

...HE SHOT HER.

SHE MOVED AFTER HE SHOT HER.

SO TO BE SURE,
HE SHOT HER AGAIN.

HOW COLD BLOODED IS THAT?

♪♪

Kenda: HE THEN DECIDED HE NEEDED
TO GET RID OF HER.

HE DRAGS HER BACK TO HER CAR,

PUTS HER IN THE BACK SEAT.

AND THEN HAS TO DRIVE SOMEWHERE
AND ABANDON THE CAR.

HE THEN THROWS HIS RIFLE
INTO THE WATER,

KNOWING THAT THAT LINKS HIM
TO THIS CRIME

AND GOES ON ABOUT HIS LIFE
AS IF NOTHING HAPPENED.

♪♪

-WHAT CAN I DO YOU FOR?
-YEAH, A SLICE OF CHEESE?

SURE. THAT'LL BE $2.50.

♪♪

EVERYONE ON THIS ISLAND
IS TALKING ABOUT NOTHING ELSE

BUT THIS CRIME,

AND BRIAN CHERRIX IS RIGHT
IN THE MIDDLE OF ALL OF THEM.

♪♪

THANKS, MAN.

AND HE'S THE ONE
RESPONSIBLE FOR IT.

♪♪

WHILE CONFESSING TO THE MURDER,
NONE OF IT SEEMED TO BOTHER HIM.

BRIAN CHERRIX DEMONSTRATES
HIMSELF TO BE A TOTALLY COLD,

EMOTIONLESS MONSTER.

MR. CHERRIX WENT TO TRIAL.

HE WAS FOUND TO BE RESPONSIBLE
BY 12 OF HIS PEERS

AND A JUDGE SENTENCED
MR. CHERRIX TO DEATH.

I WAS REALLY HAPPY
OVER THAT ONE

BECAUSE I WANTED
JUSTICE SERVED.

Plott:
IN 2004, BRIAN LEE CHERRIX

WAS PUT TO DEATH
BY LETHAL INJECTION.

AS HIS DEATH SENTENCE
DATE APPROACHED,

BRIAN LEE CHERRIX ASKED
THAT NO MORE APPEALS

BE PUT FORWARD
BY HIS ATTORNEYS.

PERHAPS HE REALIZED HE NEEDED
TO PAY FOR THIS HEINOUS CRIME.

♪♪

♪♪

Holmes: PEOPLE STILL TALK ABOUT
WHAT HAPPENED IN CHINCOTEAGUE.

THEY STILL TALK ABOUT
WHAT HAPPENED TO TESSA VANHART.

THAT WAS MY SOULMATE
AND I BELIEVE THAT TO THIS DAY

AND I'LL BELIEVE THAT TO THE DAY
I JOIN HER UP IN HEAVEN,

YOU KNOW,
THAT WAS MY SOULMATE.

YEAH.

SHE MADE TWO WONDERFUL KIDS

AND THEY GIVE ME
A COUPLE OF GRANDKIDS.

AND I THINK SHE'D BE
REALLY PROUD OF BOTH OF THEM.

AND MAYBE SHE'D BE
A LITTLE PROUD OF ME.

I WAS ABLE TO HELP MOLD THEM
SOMEWHAT TO WHAT THEY ARE NOW.

MY MOM, SHE DID HER BEST WITH
THE LITTLE TIME THAT SHE HAD.

[ SNIFFLES ]

I TRY TO CARRY
ON A LITTLE PIECE OF HER.

I JUST WANT HER TO BE PROUD
AND I HOPE I'M DOING THAT.

♪♪

FOR THE TWO TO THREE YEARS
THAT IT TOOK TO BRING THE KILLER

TO JUSTICE,
IT NEVER LEFT MY MIND.

NO ONE WAS MORE RELIEVED

OR HAPPIER THAN I WAS THAT
WE FINALLY FOUND THIS PERSON.

THE VIRGINIA STATE POLICE
AND A CHINCOTEAGUE

POLICE DEPARTMENT NEVER FAILED
TESSA VANHART.

THEY DON'T GIVE UP.

DETECTIVES RESOLVE THINGS

TO THE BEST AS THEY CAN.

THEY CAN'T ANSWER
EVERY QUESTION,

BUT THEY CAN CERTAINLY ANSWER
WHO, WHAT, WHERE, WHEN, AND HOW.

THE WHY QUESTION IS MUCH MORE
DIFFICULT.