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SOMETIMES, LIVING ON A FARM,

YOU GET TO KNOW THE LAND SO WELL,

IT SPEAKS TO YOU.

YOU KNOW WHEN YOU WAKE UP AT DAWN

WHAT THE FARM IS SUPPOSED TO SOUND LIKE,

HOW THINGS ARE SUPPOSED FEEL.

AND WHEN SOMETHING IS WRONG, YOU CAN FEEL THAT, TOO.

I GREW UP WITH DOROTHY MARK.

WE'D BEEN FRIENDS ALL OUR LIVES.

I OFTEN WONDER ABOUT HER ON THAT MORNING.

DID SHE HAVE A FEELING?

DID SHE KNOW IN HER BONES THAT SOMETHING WAS WRONG?

WHEN SHE STEPPED THROUGH THE DOOR THAT MORNING,

DID THE AIR FEEL DIFFERENT?

LES!

SHE KNEW THAT FARM LIKE IT WAS ONE OF HER OWN KIDS.

SHE HAD RAISED HER FOUR BOYS THERE,

AND NOW HER GRANDCHILDREN WERE BEING RAISED THERE, TOO.

JORJEAN!

LES!

ANYBODY HOME?

DOROTHY AND I BOTH GREW UP BELIEVING

THAT A LIFE OF HARD WORK ON THE FARM,

NO MATTER HOW PAINFUL, WAS GOD'S WORK.

THE BABIES.

BUT NOTHING COULD HAVE PREPARED DOROTHY

FOR WHAT SHE SAW THAT DAY.

THAT MORNING, I GOT A CALL FROM THE BLACK HAWK COUNTY SHERIFF

SAYING WE'VE GOT FOUR DEAD BODIES.

I DROVE IMMEDIATELY TO THE SCENE.

AND INSIDE, THERE'S JUST CARNAGE.

TWO VICTIMS, LES AND JORJEAN MARK,

WERE MOTIONLESS ON THE FLOOR OF THE BEDROOM.

THEY WERE STILL IN THEIR PAJAMAS.

LES MARK WAS SHOT FIVE TIMES IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD

AND IN THE BODY.

JORJEAN WAS SHOT THREE TIMES, ALL IN THE BACK.

NO GUN. RULES OUT A MURDER-SUICIDE.

THIS WAS CRAZY, EVEN FOR THE POLICE.

EVERYONE IN TOWN KNEW THE MARK BOYS WERE BELOVED.

I WENT TO SCHOOL WITH THE MARK BOYS.

EVERYBODY KNEW THEM.

EVERYBODY LIKED THEM.

THEY WERE FRIENDS TO ALL OF US.

LES WAS THE YOUNGEST OF THE FOUR MARK BOYS,

BUT HE WAS ALWAYS THEIR FAVORITE,

ALWAYS REAL GOOD TO HIS PARENTS.

WHATEVER THEY NEEDED DONE ON THE FARM,

HE WAS THERE FOR THEM.

AND HIS WIFE, JORJEAN, WAS LIKE THE DAUGHTER THEY NEVER HAD.

SHE WAS BEAUTIFUL AND SMART, GRADUATE OF IOWA STATE.

LES'S MOM COULDN'T HAVE BEEN PROUDER OF THEM.

AND WHEN THEY GAVE HER TWO BEAUTIFUL GRANDKIDS,

IT JUST ABOUT MADE HER HEART BURST WITH PRIDE.

NONE OF US COULD BELIEVE HOW ANYONE COULD HURT

THESE GOOD FOLKS.

THE WHOLE THING DIDN'T MAKE SENSE, DIDN'T COMPUTE AT ALL.

IN THE KIDS' BEDROOM, WE SAW THE TWO BABIES,

JULIE, AGE 5, AND JEFF, 18 MONTHS,

LYING IN THEIR BEDS,

BOTH OF WHOM HAD BEEN SHOT --

ONE SHOT TO THE FOREHEAD

AND ONE SHOT IN THE HEART.

IT'S THE KIND OF THING THAT EVEN DISTURBS THE COPS.

TO SEE THOSE CHILDREN LYING THERE,

I JUST COULDN'T UNDERSTAND

HOW ANYBODY COULD DO THAT.

WHOEVER WE WERE LOOKING FOR WAS ABLE TO SHOOT THOSE CHILDREN

WHO WERE JUST LYING THERE DEFENSELESS.

SO THAT GAVE US SOME INDICATION

OF WHAT KIND OF A PERSON WE WERE DEALING WITH.

WE THOUGHT THIS COULD BE SOME SORT OF A CRAZED PERSON

WHO WAS JUST OUT ON A KILLING SPREE.

THE BOOK "IN COLD BLOOD" WAS ON EVERYONE'S SHELF BACK THEN,

AND WE COULDN'T HELP BUT WONDER,

"WAS THIS LIKE WHAT HAPPENED TO THE CLUTTER FAMILY IN KANSAS,

SOME KIND OF SENSELESS ROBBERY AND MURDER?"

THE DETECTIVES FIND A PILLOW AT THE TOP OF THE STAIRS,

AND IT LOOKED LIKE A PILLOW FROM LES'S DAUGHTER'S BED.

THERE WAS A KEY TO THE HOUSE

HANGING ON A NAIL OUTSIDE THE DOOR,

WHICH IS FAIRLY TYPICAL.

IOWANS ARE A TRUSTING BUNCH,

BUT THE PANE IN THE GLASS WINDOW OF THE FRONT DOOR WAS BROKEN.

SOMEBODY COULD GAIN ENTRY INTO THE HOUSE BY THE USE OF THE KEY.

SO WHAT EXACTLY WAS THE POINT OF BREAKING THE DOOR, THEN?

THE FRONT PANE OF GLASS OF THE GRANDFATHER CLOCK

HAD BEEN BROKEN.

5:00.

THIS WAS ONE OF THE PRIZED POSSESSIONS OF LES MARK.

BUT NOTHING ELSE WAS DAMAGED OR MISSING.

SO THAT QUICKLY RULED OUT A ROBBERY GONE BAD.

THE CLOCK THAT WAS IN THE BEDROOM

THAT WAS OPERATING ON ELECTRICITY

HAD STOPPED AT 3:30.

HEY, FLICK THAT LIGHT SWITCH ON.

WHERE DO YOU THINK THEY KEEP THE FUSE BOX

IN AN OLD HOUSE LIKE THIS?

WHAT A MESS.

YEAH. I DON'T SEE IT.

THERE IT IS.

WE FOUND THAT THE BREAKERS HAD, IN FACT, BEEN TRIPPED.

THAT'S THE SIGN THAT THIS WAS PREMEDITATED.

SOMEBODY SET OUT TO KILL THIS FAMILY.

THE PERPETRATOR OF THE CRIME

KNEW WHERE THE FUSE BOX WAS LOCATED.

THIS WAS SOMEBODY WHO KNEW THE HOUSE.

DOROTHY MARK WAS NUMB.

SHE JUST COULDN'T PROCESS WHAT HAD HAPPENED TO HER BELOVED SON

AND DAUGHTER-IN-LAW AND GRANDCHILDREN.

SO THEY DON'T INTERVIEW DOROTHY RIGHT AWAY.

THEY REALIZE SHE'S NOT READY.

AT THAT POINT, I REALIZED THAT THIS WAS A MATTER

THAT NEEDED MORE INVESTIGATIVE POWER THAN WE HAD.

SO I PLACED A CALL TO THE HEAD

OF THE BUREAU OF CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION IN DES MOINES.

I HAD THE AREA CORDONED OFF.

THEY WERE LOOKING FOR SHELL CASINGS OF SOME KIND,

CAR TRACKS, FOOTPRINTS.

THERE PROBABLY WERE 50 PEOPLE WANDERING THE AREA.

NO TIRE TRACKS.

YOU THINK HE'S ON FOOT?

WE DIDN'T SEE ANY TIRE TRACKS APPROACHING OR LEAVING,

AND THE HOUSE WAS SEVERAL MILES AWAY FROM THE TOWN.

SO WE WERE CONCERNED THAT THE PERPETRATOR OF THE CRIME

COULD STILL BE LURKING ON THE PROPERTY.

LET'S TAKE A LOOK.

AW, MAN.

I CAME OVER TO CHECK OUT THIS PHONE BOX

AND TWISTED MY ANKLE.

BUT THEN I FOUND THESE.

TWO .38 LONG COLT CARTRIDGES,

A RARE CALIBER OF CARTRIDGE.

THE SAME AMMUNITION WE EVENTUALLY FOUND IN THE BODIES.

THE PERPETRATOR HAD CUT THE PHONE WIRES,

AND WE WONDER IF, IN HIS ATTEMPT TO DO SO,

HE STEPPED IN THE SAME HOLE,

AND THOSE BULLETS SOMEHOW FELL OUT OF HIS POCKET.

YEAH, COLT .38 LONG. OKAY.

WE CALLED ALL OF THE SPORTING GOODS STORES IN THE AREA

TO SEE IF ANYBODY HAD PURCHASED .38 LONG COLT AMMUNITION.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

BUT THAT CAME BACK EMPTY.

WE WERE ALL IN SHOCK.

IF THIS COULD HAPPEN TO A NICE, YOUNG MAN LIKE LES

RIGHT THERE ON HIS OWN FARM,

WOULD ANY OF OUR CHILDREN BE SAFE?

IT TOOK THE BREATH OUT OF ME. IT JUST SHOCKED ME THAT BAD.

I WAS ONE OF THEM THAT LOCKED THE DOORS,

AND I DID SLEEP WITH A SHOTGUN BESIDE MY BED.

EVERYBODY WAS SCARED.

THEY REALLY WERE.

DETECTIVES HAD TO BE THINKING, "WHOEVER DID THIS

HAD TO HAVE KNOWN THE HOUSE FIRSTHAND,

HAD TO HAVE HAD SOME KIND OF PERSONAL GRUDGE

AGAINST THE FAMILY."

AND WHO KNEW ALL THE FAMILY DRAMA

BETTER THAN MY FRIEND DOROTHY,

MATRIARCH OF THE MARK FAMILY?

WHAT DO YOU KNOW?

THE DAY AFTER THE BODIES ARE DISCOVERED,

THE DETECTIVES SPOKE WITH DOROTHY.

WE'RE EXPLORING THE POSSIBILITY

THAT YOUR SON MIGHT HAVE KNOWN THE PERPETRATOR.

WE'RE ASKING BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE THE PERPETRATOR

WAS FAMILIAR WITH THE HOUSE.

CAN YOU THINK OF ANYONE WHO MIGHT HAVE KNOWN THE HOUSE?

I SUPPOSE IT WOULD MOSTLY BE

FRIENDS AND FAMILY.

WE ALWAYS HAD PLENTY OF BOTH.

SEE GRANDPA? HEY!

DOROTHY'S HUSBAND, WAYNE,

WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL IN HIS REAL ESTATE BUSINESS

AND IN HIS FARMING OPERATION.

THIS WAS NO SMALL POTATOES IOWA FARM.

IT WAS WORTH WELL OVER $1 MILLION.

BUT WAYNE WAS SUFFERING FROM CANCER

AND WAS NOT STRONG AT THAT POINT IN TIME.

THERE WE GO.

WAYNE WAS SICK.

WE COULDN'T KEEP UP THE FARM.

SO WE FIGURED IT WAS TIME TO GIVE IT TO ONE OF THE BOYS.

HELLO?

- HEY! - HEY!

THE BOYS DIDN'T ALL LIVE ON THE FARM ANYMORE,

BUT I WOULD SEE THEM AROUND TOWN

WHEN THEIR PARENTS CALLED THEM HOME.

RICHARD WAS THE OLDEST.

HE WAS A MINISTER WHO HAD A CHURCH IN CANADA.

HEY, LOOK WHO I FOUND AT THE AIRPORT.

JERRY WAS THE SECOND OLDEST.

JERRY WAS AN ACADEMIC,

PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEER, LEGAL AID LAWYER.

JERRY HAD MOVED OUT TO CALIFORNIA.

HEY. COME HERE.

CAN I HAVE A HUG? COME HERE, BABY.

HEY, HEY, HEY.

- PEEKABOO. - I SEE YOU.

THE THIRD SON WAS TOM.

TOM, WE DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU'D MAKE IT.

SOMEONE TOOK MY CAR, AGAIN.

SO I HAD TO WALK HERE.

HE LIVED IN A HOTEL IN WATERLOO,

AND HE WAS LIMITED IN SOME WAY,

BOTH SOCIALLY AND ACADEMICALLY.

IN HERE, DAD. I GOTCHA.

YOU BEEN WORKING OUT, POP?

AND LES WAS ALWAYS WAYNE'S FAVORITE.

HE WAS A HARD WORKER AND A PERSON WHO COULD DO

WHAT WAYNE WANTED DONE, WHICH WAS RUN THE FAMILY FARM.

SO WE GAVE THE FARM TO LES.

WHEN DID LES AND JORJEAN MOVE INTO THE HOMESTEAD?

JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO.

THE DETECTIVES WONDER,

"IS THERE SOMETHING GOING ON IN THIS FAMILY,

WHERE YOU HAVE THE YOUNGEST OF THE FOUR SONS

TAKING OVER THE FAMILY HOMESTEAD?"

LES STOOD IN LINE TO INHERIT EVERYTHING

AND TO INHERIT THE ENTIRE FAMILY BUSINESS.

ALL THREE OF THE BROTHERS HAVE SOME SORT OF A POTENTIAL MOTIVE.

IT WASN'T UNTIL THE FUNERAL

THAT IT STARTED TO SINK IN FOR US

THAT LES AND HIS FAMILY WERE REALLY GONE.

SEEING THOSE TINY, LITTLE COFFINS OF THE TWO GRANDKIDS

WAS PARTICULARLY HARD FOR EVERYONE PRESENT THAT DAY.

...MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY. THEY WERE OUR FRIENDS.

THEY WERE OUR FAMILY.

AND THEY WERE TAKEN SO SUDDENLY

AND SO TRAGICALLY.

THE FUNERAL TOOK PLACE FOUR DAYS AFTER AFTER THE MURDERS.

BY THEN, ALL THREE BROTHERS HAD ALL COME BACK.

FUNERALS ARE ALWAYS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY

FOR THE DETECTIVES TO OBSERVE PEOPLE'S BEHAVIOR.

CAN THEY LEARN ANYTHING

THAT WOULD HELP WITH THEIR INVESTIGATION?

CAN THEY SEE SOMEBODY ACTING STRANGELY?

AFTER WE FOUND THE BULLETS IN THE GRASS

OUTSIDE THE JUNCTION BOX

AND REALIZED THAT THE AGENT HAS STEPPED IN A HOLE,

WE WONDERED IF THE PERPETRATOR HAD,

IN FACT, STEPPED IN THE SAME HOLE.

SO I WANTED TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT ANYONE WALKED WITH A LIMP.

JESUS SAID UNTO HER,

"I AM THE RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE.

HE THAT BELIEVETH IN ME, THOUGH HE WERE DEAD,

YET SHALL BE ALIVE."

THE DETECTIVES OBSERVE THAT TOM REALLY IS OFF IN HIS OWN WORLD.

"AND SO WHOEVER LIVETH AND BELIEVETH IN ME

SHALL NEVER DIE."

HE SHOWED VERY LITTLE EMOTION ABOUT HIS BROTHER LES.

I'D LIKE TO INVITE RICHARD TO SAY A FEW WORDS.

RICHARD?

RICHARD MADE A WONDERFUL EULOGY

FOR HIS YOUNGER BROTHER.

HE WAS SAD, CRIED, SHOWED ALL OF THE EMOTION

THAT YOU WOULD EXPECT FOR THE LOSS OF A LOVED ONE.

THE DETECTIVES KNEW JERRY, BY REPUTATION,

AS BEING THE ACADEMIC, THE SMART ONE,

THE ONE WAS IN THE PEACE CORPS, THE LAWYER.

RIGHT THERE. LOOK.

AND THEN, AS WE WATCHED JERRY,

WE DETERMINED THAT HE WAS LIMPING.

SO, JERRY, WE'RE TRYING TO GET A SENSE

OF WHAT YOUR BROTHER WAS LIKE.

CAN YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HIM?

WERE YOU CLOSE?

WE WERE LIKE A TEAM.

SO EVERY TIME THERE'S RAIN, IT FLOODS.

CAN'T FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO.

WELL, IF WE UPGRADE THE IRRIGATION SYSTEM,

INITIAL COSTS WOULD BE HIGH, BUT ULTIMATELY,

WE'D MAKE UP FOR IT AND SAVE COSTS DOWN THE LINE.

LES AND JERRY WERE VERY CLOSE.

JERRY KNEW FARMING AND TAUGHT LES ALL HE KNEW.

YOU KNOW WE HAVE TO ASK.

WHERE WERE YOU ON THE NIGHT OF THE MURDERS?

YOU KNOW, I FOUND OUT WHEN I WAS OUT ON MY BIKE.

JERRY TOLD DETECTIVES THAT HE HAD LEFT BERKELEY ON WEDNESDAY

AND HEADED TOWARD THE THE DESERT.

HE STAYED OVERNIGHT IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA,

WOKE UP EARLY THE NEXT MORNING ON THURSDAY,

AND STARTED RIDING TOWARDS VEGAS.

JERRY SAID HE PASSES SALT LAKE CITY,

DRIVING THROUGH CHEYENNE TO CHAPPELL, NEBRASKA.

THAT'S WHERE HE STOPPED LATE FRIDAY NIGHT.

GETS UP IN THE MORNING, HE GASSES UP,

AND THEN HEADS BACK HOME.

HE SAID THAT HE MADE CALLS FROM TWO OF THOSE LOCATIONS

TO HIS GIRLFRIEND, MIMI.

I TOLD HIM I WASN'T COMFORTABLE WITH HIM GOING ON THAT TRIP,

BUT HE CALLED EVERY DAY.

IF HE WAS, IN FACT, IN CHAPPELL, NEBRASKA,

600 MILES AWAY FROM THE CRIME SCENE,

ON FRIDAY NIGHT,

THERE WAS NO WAY HE COULD HAVE BEEN

THE PERSON WHO PERPETRATED THIS MURDER.

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

I DON'T KNOW.

IT'S A LONG WAY TO GO ON A BIKE.

LET'S GET THE PHONE RECORDS.

IF THEY CAN FIND THE PHONE RECORDS

OF THE INCOMING CALLS RECEIVED BY MIMI

IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA,

THEY CAN THEN REVERSE ENGINEER THOSE CALLS

AND SEE WHERE, GEOGRAPHICALLY, THOSE CALLS CAME FROM.

BUT LET'S REMEMBER BACK, IN TERMS OF TECHNOLOGY,

1975, IT'S A WHOLE DIFFERENT WORLD.

THERE ARE NO CELLPHONES. THERE'S NO INTERNET.

PHONE RECORDS ARE NOT EVEN NECESSARILY COMPUTERIZED.

WE'RE STILL TALKING ABOUT ROTARY TELEPHONES.

SO THEY WERE GOING TO HAVE TO WAIT.

BUT JUST BECAUSE THEY SEE SOMETHING THAT'S PROMISING,

THEY CAN'T, FOR A SECOND,

LET THEIR EYE OFF THE BALL AND RELAX

AND NOT LOOK AT EVERY POSSIBILITY.

WHEN YOU'VE BEEN BLESSED WITH MORE THAN ONE CHILD,

YOU ASSUME THAT YOUR KIDS WILL BE FRIENDS FOR LIFE,

THAT THEIR SIBLINGS WILL ALWAYS BE THERE FOR EACH OTHER,

EVEN AFTER YOU'RE GONE.

YOU NEVER STOP TO THINK THAT ONE SON

COULD HAVE SOMETHING TO GAIN FROM ANOTHER ONE'S DEATH.

I'LL CALL YOU BACK. THANK YOU.

- WHATCHA GOT? - LOOK AT THIS.

RICHARD MARK, THE MINISTER,

HAD BORROWED MONEY FROM HIS BROTHER LES.

IS THERE SOMETHING HERE? DID THE OLDER BROTHER

HAVE A FINANCIAL REASON

TO KILL HIS BROTHER AND SISTER-IN-LAW,

EVEN THOUGH HE MAY HAVE BEEN A MAN OF GOD?

WE HEAR YOU HAVE MONEY PROBLEMS, DICK.

IT'S EMBARRASSING, RIGHT?

BUT, UM, I'VE BEEN STEADY RECENTLY.

THE CHURCH JUST RECEIVED SOME NEW TAX BREAKS.

RICHARD, AT THE TIME, WAS A PREACHER UP IN CANADA.

HE GAVE AWAY MOST OF HIS FORTUNE TO THE CHURCH.

HIS HEAD WAS SORT OF IN THE RELIGIOUS CLOUDS.

LOOK, YES, I-I'VE HAD SOME FINANCIAL TROUBLES

AND I TOOK A LOAN FROM LES.

BUT THAT LOAN HAS BEEN SATISFIED.

CAN YOU TELL US WHERE YOU WERE ON THE NIGHT OF THE MURDERS?

AT THE CHURCH.

YOU'VE BEEN A MEMBER OF THIS CHURCH, YOU SAID,

FOR SEVEN YEARS?

DETECTIVES WERE ABLE TO CONFIRM THE ALIBI,

THAT HE WAS IN CANADA, PRETTY QUICKLY.

THEY NEED TO TALK TO THE LAST BROTHER, TOM.

WITHIN A FEW HOURS, THEY HAD FOUND TOM IN DOWNTOWN WATERLOO

AND BROUGHT HIM IN.

YOU KNOW WHY YOU'RE HERE, TOM?

DID HONEY SAY SOMETHING?

SHE HATES ME.

SHE'S ALWAYS TELLING LIES ABOUT ME.

PEOPLE IN GENERAL DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO MAKE OF TOM.

TOM WAS SAID TO HAVE DISPLAYED

SOME SCHIZOPHRENIC TENDENCIES

THAT LIMITED HIM IN TERMS

OF HIS FUNCTIONING IN SOCIETY.

HE DIDN'T REALLY HAVE LUCK KEEPING A JOB.

HE WASN'T REALLY ORGANIZED,

DIDN'T REALLY TAKE CARE OF HIS MONEY.

TOM, CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT YOUR LITTLE BROTHER?

LES?

HE'S DEAD.

HE'S SUPPOSED TO TAKE CARE OF ME.

IS THE CAR OUTSIDE?

NO.

WHERE IS IT?

I-I PARKED IT AT THE STORE.

I SWEAR. SOMEONE MOVED IT AGAIN.

TOM, YOU LOST IT.

LOOK, WHEN I FIND THE CAR, YOU'RE NOT GETTING

THOSE KEYS BACK. I'M DONE WITH THIS.

I HATE IT WHEN YOU DO THAT.

TOM'S RELATIONSHIP WITH LES WAS A LITTLE ROCKY.

HE NEVER RESPECTED ME.

HE ALWAYS...

MADE ME FEEL LIKE I WAS NOTHING.

TOM WAS A DRIFTER.

HE HAD ALCOHOLIC, SCHIZOPHRENIC TENDENCIES.

HE WAS UNSTABLE.

I'M THE OLDER BROTHER.

I TOLD HIM STOP IT.

DOROTHY AND WAYNE GAVE LES POWER OF ATTORNEY OVER TOM,

SO EVENTUALLY, TOM BECAME INCAPACITATED

AND ALMOST TOTALLY DEPENDENT ON LES

AND THE OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS.

I WOULD TELL HIM ONE THING, AND HE WOULD JUST

LOOK AT ME LIKE I'M SOME... FREAK!

THE DETECTIVES ARE CONCERNED THAT WE HAVE SOMEBODY

WHO HAS PSYCHIATRIC ISSUES THAT CAUSE HIM

TO BREAK WITH SOCIETY.

TO THEM, THAT IS SOMEBODY WHO COULD BE CAPABLE

OF A PARTICULARLY HEINOUS CRIME,

MAYBE EVEN WITHOUT REALIZING IT.

I COULD UNDERSTAND WHY THEY WOULD LOOK AT TOMMY.

HE WAS THE ONE MY POOR FRIEND DOROTHY

WAS ALWAYS WORRIED ABOUT,

ALWAYS GETTING HIMSELF INTO SOME KIND OF MISCHIEF.

BUT I NEVER THOUGHT HE HAD IT IN HIM TO KILL SOMEONE.

DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT YOU DID LAST FRIDAY NIGHT, TOM?

I SLEPT THROUGH MOST OF THE DAY.

I WENT TO THE BAR...

AND THE STRIP CLUB.

WHAT TIME DID YOU LEAVE THE STRIP CLUB?

I DON'T KNOW.

TOM'S ALIBI IS INCREDIBLY WEAK BY TYPICAL STANDARDS.

BUT IT'S FAIRLY CLEAR TO THEM

THAT THE KILLING OF THESE FOUR PEOPLE AT THE MARK FARM

REQUIRED SOMEBODY WHO KNEW WHAT THEY WERE DOING,

WHO PLANNED IT OUT.

AND TOM DOESN'T GIVE THEM ANY SIGNS

THAT HE COULD HAVE COMMITTED THIS KIND OF PREMEDITATED,

PLOTTED ACT.

DOROTHY LOVED EACH OF HER SONS, BUT SHE WORRIED ABOUT THEM ALL.

DICK HAD MONEY PROBLEMS.

TOM WAS ALWAYS IN SOME KIND OF TROUBLE,

AND JERRY HAD MOVED TO CALIFORNIA

FORGOTTEN WHERE HE'D COME FROM.

LES WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THE ONE SHE DIDN'T NEED TO WORRY ABOUT,

AND THE ONLY THING WORSE THAN LOSING HIM

WOULD BE IF SHE FOUND OUT

THAT ONE OF HER OTHER SONS WAS TO BLAME.

THE DETECTIVES FINALLY GET AHOLD OF JERRY'S PHONE RECORDS.

THEY THEN MATCH UP CALLS PLACED TO HIS GIRLFRIEND MIMI'S LINE

FROM PAY PHONES AROUND THE COUNTRY.

WE DISCOVERED THAT THE PHONE CALLS WERE NOT MADE

FROM WHERE JERRY CLAIMED HE'D MADE THE CALLS.

THEY START LOOKING A LOT MORE SERIOUSLY

AT EVERY SINGLE SECOND OF THIS MOTORCYCLE TRIP.

THE PHONE CALLS WERE COMING FROM LOCATIONS MUCH CLOSER TO IOWA

AND THE MARK HOME THAN JERRY HAD SAID.

HE TRIED TO MAKE THE TRIP LOOK SHORTER THAN IT WAS.

THE CHALLENGE THAT WE HAD WAS PAY PHONE RECORDS DON'T PROVE

THAT JERRY WAS THE ONE MAKING THOSE TELEPHONE CALLS.

IT COULD HAVE BEEN ANYBODY.

SO WE HAD TO PROVE THROUGH OTHER WITNESSES

THAT HE WAS MUCH FARTHER EAST

THAN HE CLAIMED TO HAVE BEEN.

NOW, I'VE MADE THAT DRIVE FROM CALIFORNIA.

YOU GET TIRED ON THE ROAD, HUNGRY, EVEN LONESOME.

IT'S IMPOSSIBLE NOT TO STOP SOMEWHERE,

NOT TO BE SEEN BY SOMEBODY.

I ASKED THE BUREAU OF CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS

TO STOP AT EVERY TRUCK STOP

AND EVERY RESTAURANT ON I-80

BETWEEN CEDAR FALLS AND BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA.

THEY INTERVIEWED HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE,

SHOWED THEM PHOTOGRAPHS.

THE SCOPE AND SIZE OF THIS INVESTIGATION

WAS UNPARALLELED IN IOWA HISTORY.

ON THURSDAY, THE WEEK AFTER THE MURDERS,

DETECTIVES FIND A GAS STATION ATTENDANT,

LESLIE WARREN, IN CHAPPELL, NEBRASKA.

WE'RE LOOKING FOR A MAN.

HAVE YOU SEEN ANYONE LOOKED LIKE THIS?

LESLIE WARREN TOLD THE DETECTIVES THAT THERE WAS A MAN

THAT WAS SLEEPING IN THE RESTROOM,

AND THAT HE WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE MAN,

BECAUSE HE DIDN'T WANT PEOPLE DOING THAT.

JERRY MARK HAD TOLD DETECTIVES

THAT HE STOPPED IN CHAPPELL FOR GAS ON SATURDAY MORNING.

YOU SAW THIS MAN ON SATURDAY?

IT WAS FRIDAY MORNING.

BUT LESLIE WARREN SAYS HE SEES HIM ON FRIDAY,

AN ENTIRE DAY BEFORE.

THAT MEANS THAT JERRY COULD WELL HAVE RIDDEN HIS MOTORCYCLE

ALL DAY AND BEEN IN PERFECT POSITION

TO COMMIT THE CRIME FRIDAY NIGHT AFTER DARK.

DETECTIVES BRING IN MIMI, JERRY'S LONGTIME GIRLFRIEND,

ON FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7th, A WEEK AFTER THE MURDERS.

ANY IDEA WHY THESE PHONE RECORDS SHOW

THAT JERRY RODE HIS MOTORCYCLE STRAIGHT TOWARD IOWA,

NOT STOPPING IN NEBRASKA LIKE HE TOLD US?

WELL, MAYBE THE RECORDS ARE WRONG.

ISN'T THAT POSSIBLE?

THE DETECTIVES SENSE THAT SHE SEEMS TO HAVE

SOME LEVEL OF DOUBT HERE.

WE BELIEVED THAT SHE MIGHT BE WITHHOLDING INFORMATION

ABOUT HER BOYFRIEND

THAT WAS VITAL TO THIS CASE.

TAKE US THROUGH YOUR WEEK AND START WITH THE DAY JERRY LEFT.

I DON'T EVEN THINK I CAN REMEMBER EVERYTHING.

YOU WERE BUSY?

I WORK AT THE LIBRARY, BUT THAT WEEK,

I WAS SUBBING IN FOR SOMEONE. I HAD A DOUBLE SHIFT.

JERRY LEFT WHILE I WAS SLEEPING, BUT I KNEW THAT HE WOULD.

AND THAT MORNING THAT I GOT UP,

THE LIGHT BULB WENT OUT IN THE KITCHEN,

AND SO I HAD TO GO TO THE STORAGE SHED TO GRAB THE LADDER,

AND SOMEONE HAD BROKEN THE LOCK.

SOMEONE BROKE INTO YOUR SHED?

SHE SAID THAT THE STORAGE SHED HAD A CHEAP LOCK ON IT,

AND THAT SHE WENT OUT AND FOUND THAT THE LOCK HAD BEEN BROKEN.

WAS ANYTHING MISSING?

THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN A GUN IN THERE.

A REVOLVER WAS MISSING

THAT USED .38 LONG COLT CARTRIDGES.

THE SAME AMMUNITION USED TO KILL LES AND HIS FAMILY.

WHEN WE TALKED TO MIMI ABOUT THE GUN,

SHE ACKNOWLEDGED THAT IT WAS AN OLD GUN

THAT HER FORMER HUSBAND HAD HAD.

IT HAD OLD AMMUNITION IN IT.

SO JERRY THREW THE AMMUNITION AWAY,

BUT THEY KEPT THE GUN.

WE SEARCHED EVERY POND AND CAVE

AND HILL THAT WE COULD FIND

TO SEE IF WE COULD FIND THAT GUN,

BUT WE WERE UNSUCCESSFUL.

WITHOUT A MURDER WEAPON, THIS IS ALL HEARSAY.

WE NEEDED PROOF BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT.

BUT HE HAD TO GET THE BULLETS, RIGHT?

HE HAD TO GO AND BUY THEM SOMEWHERE.

THE DETECTIVES HAVE THE BENEFIT IN THIS CASE OF AN UNUSUAL GUN.

THEY KNOW THESE ARE RARE FINDS.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

HOW CAN I HELP YOU?

WOULD YOU HAPPEN TO HAVE SOLD

ANY OF THESE .38 LONG COLT BULLETS?

I ASKED THE DCI TO GO TO EVERY SPORTING GOODS STORE

THAT THEY COULD FIND IN THE PHONE DIRECTORY

TO SEE IF THERE WERE ANY SALES OF .38 LONG COLT AMMUNITION.

YEAH, I'VE GOT ONE BOX LEFT.

SOLD THE OTHER LAST WEEK.

LAST WEEK?

DO YOU KEEP A LOG OF WHO YOU SELL THE BULLETS TO?

THEY STOPPED AT KEN'S SPORTING GOODS STORE

IN PASO ROBLES, CALIFORNIA.

GUN SHOPKEEPER DOESN'T REALLY REMEMBER THE GUY'S FACE.

BUT IN CALIFORNIA, YOU HAVE TO TAKE A NAME

AND A SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER

FOR EVERYBODY THAT BUYS BULLETS.

AND THERE IT IS -- JERRY MARK'S NAME, HIS SIGNATURE,

AND HIS SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER.

GOT HIM.

CAN I SEE THE BULLETS?

THESE WERE THE UNUSUAL BULLETS THAT WERE FOUND IN THE DITCH...

...AND WERE THE SAME BULLETS

THAT WERE IN THE BODIES OF OUR VICTIMS.

THANKS FOR YOUR HARD WORK.

NOW, WHAT KIND OF GUY KILLS HIS OWN BROTHER,

HIS OWN NIECE AND NEPHEW, AND FOR NO REASON?

THEY STILL DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY.

WHAT WOULD LEAD THIS MAN, WHO, BY ALL ACCOUNTS

SEEMED TO HAVE A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS FAMILY,

TO DO SOMETHING THAT IS JUST SO EXTREME?

THEY NEED MOTIVE.

THEY NEED TO TALK TO THE PEOPLE WHO KNOW

THESE VICTIMS THE BEST.

WHAT WAS LES'S RELATIONSHIP LIKE WITH JERRY?

JERRY'S MY SON.

BUT YOU CAN'T CHOOSE YOUR FAMILY, RIGHT?

WAYNE WAS VERY SICK,

AND HE KNEW THAT HE COULDN'T CARRY ON.

SO, DAD, WHAT'S, - WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE FARM?

DICK WAS IN THE MINISTRY, AND JERRY THOUGHT

HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN THE SECOND ONE IN LINE.

I'M GIVING THE FARM TO LES.

WHA--

DAD, TH-THAT'S CRAZY.

I MEAN, I STARTED FARMING BEFORE LES WAS EVEN BORN.

JERRY FELT AS THOUGH HE GREW UP ON THE FARM.

HE WAS THE ONE WHO TAUGHT LES EVERYTHING HE KNEW,

AND HE WAS SMART.

WE SHOULD RUN THE FARM TOGETHER, RIGHT, LES?

WITH MY BRAINS AND -- AND YOUR WORK ETHIC --

COME ON, JERRY.

ARE YOU SERIOUS?

I'VE BEEN HERE.

I'VE BEEN WORKING THE FARM. WE -- WE GOT A SYSTEM GOING.

IT WORKS GOOD.

COME ON. YOU GOT THAT LAW DEGREE ANYWAY.

YOU'RE NOT A FARMER ANYMORE.

YOU CANNOT BE SERIOUS.

DAD?

LES HAS PUT HIS TIME IN,

AND HE'S THE ONE WHO DESERVES IT.

THAT'S NOT HOW THIS WORKS.

I DID EVERYTHING I WAS SUPPOSED TO.

JERRY, YOU HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING.

WAYNE SAID, "FIRST OF ALL, YOU'RE TOO LAZY.

YOU DON'T DO YOUR JOB. WE CAN'T TRUST YOU.

THERE'S NO WAY THAT YOU'RE GOING TO GET BACK IN THIS OPERATION."

IT'S ALL RIGHT. I GOTCHA.

OLD MAN, WHEN YOU DIE,

I'M GOING TO COME BACK TO IOWA JUST TO PISS ON YOUR GRAVE.

I GOT IT. I GOTCHA.

SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THAT.

NOW WE HAVE A MOTIVE.

JERRY WAS NOT GOING TO BECOME THE HEIR APPARENT

TO HIS FATHER'S FORTUNE,

AND IN ORDER FOR HIM TO GET BACK TO THAT POSITION,

HE HAD TO ELIMINATE HIS LITTLE BROTHER.

DETECTIVES BELIEVE THAT JERRY WAS MOTIVATED

BY A JEALOUSY FOR A YOUNGER BROTHER

WHO, AT ONE POINT, HAD LOOKED UP TO HIM

BUT NOW HAD TAKEN THE UPPER HAND IN THE RELATIONSHIP.

JERRY HAD GONE HOME AND HATCHED A PLAN.

JERRY WAS THE ONE WHO HAD TAKEN THE GUN.

THE ONLY REASON THAT THE LOCK WAS BROKEN

WAS TO DECEIVE US AS TO HIS INVOLVEMENT.

HE MAPS OUT A COURSE IN HIS MIND

WHERE HE IS GOING TO RIDE PRETTY MUCH STRAIGHT THROUGH,

GETTING MAYBE THREE HOURS OF SLEEP A NIGHT,

AND HE JUST GOES.

HE GETS ON I-80. HE TRAVELS EAST.

GOT A WASHROOM I CAN USE?

HE'S SEEN AT THE GAS STATION IN CHAPPELL.

AND HE'S FIGHTING, YOU KNOW,

THE FATIGUE OF THE ROAD AND THE BOREDOM,

AND HE IS DETERMINED TO GET THERE ON FRIDAY.

WE THEORIZE THAT HE MAY HAVE BEEN ON SOME SPEED

OR SOMETHING TO KEEP HIM AWAKE.

HE STEPS IN THE HOLE,

DROPPING THE BULLETS IN THE GRASS BY THE JUNCTION BOX.

HE CUTS THE WIRES FOR THE TELEPHONE

SO THERE CAN BE NO CALL FOR HELP.

HE GETS THE KEY OFF THE HOOK, AND HE ENTERS THE HOUSE.

IT'S LATE. THE HOUSE IS QUIET.

EVERYONE'S ASLEEP.

HE GOES DOWNSTAIRS, AND HE HITS THE BREAKERS

SO THAT THERE'S NO ELECTRICITY IN THE HOUSE.

THEN, KNOWING THIS HOUSE LIKE THE BACK OF HIS HAND

BECAUSE HE HAD GROWN UP HERE, HE GOES UP.

GET UP.

- GEEZ. - GET HER UP, TOO.

BOTH OF YOU ON THE FLOOR, RIGHT HERE.

GET ON THE FLOOR. FACE THE BED.

OKAY, OKAY, OKAY. OKAY.

- TURN AROUND. - JERRY, JUST CALM --

PUT YOUR FACE ON THE BED!

JERRY, HOLD ON. HOLD ON!

- PUT YOUR -- - OKAY! I --

- OKAY. - WHY ARE YOU --

SHUT UP. DON'T LOOK AT ME.

JERRY, HOLD ON. CALM -- CALM DOWN.

JUST -- JUST PUT IT DOWN.

- WE CAN TALK. - PUT YOUR FACE ON THE BED.

OKAY. OKAY. OKAY.

NO! NO!

NO!

PEEKABOO.

I SEE YOU.

THE POLICE OFFICERS AT THE SCENE

FOUND A PILLOW OUTSIDE THE PARENTS' DOOR.

THE THEORY IS THAT THIS 5-YEAR-OLD GIRL

HAD HEARD THE GUNSHOTS,

AND SHE HAD COME TO HER PARENTS' ROOM WITH HER PILLOW,

AND JERRY MARK WALKED OUT, AND SHE SAID,

"HI, UNCLE JERRY. WHAT ARE YOU DOING?"

AND THAT HE TOOK HER BY THE HAND

AND TOOK HER BACK UP AND PUT HER IN BED,

AND THEN HE KILLED HER.

THEN, HE GOES OVER,

AND HE KILLS HIS NEPHEW.

EVERYONE'S DEAD.

HE GOES DOWNSTAIRS.

HE KNOCKS THE GLASS OUT OF THE GRANDFATHER CLOCK.

HE THROWS A POT THROUGH THE WINDOW IN THE PORCH.

HE GOES TO WHEREVER HE HAS HIDDEN HIS MOTORCYCLE.

HE HOPS ON IT, AND HE DRIVES AWAY.

ON MONDAY, NOVEMBER 10th,

JERRY IS ARRESTED FOR THE MURDER OF HIS BROTHER,

HIS BROTHER'S WIFE, AND THEIR TWO CHILDREN.

I THINK IT CAME DOWN TO NOT ONLY LESLIE'S

TAKING OVER THE FAMILY FARM,

BUT HATRED OF HIS FATHER.

LES WAS ALWAYS WAYNE'S FAVORITE,

AND WAYNE THOUGHT JERRY HAD NO CLEAR DIRECTION IN LIFE.

WHEN JERRY WENT BACK TO VISIT WITH HIS FATHER,

I THINK JERRY CAME BACK THINKING

THAT HE WAS GOING TO RECEIVE THE RECEPTION OF THE PRODIGAL SON,

THAT HIS FATHER WOULD RUN OUT TO GREET HIM

AND THROW A BIG PARTY AND WELCOME HIM BACK.

AND INSTEAD, HE FOUND JUST THE OPPOSITE.

IT'S THE SECOND OLDEST STORY IN THE BIBLE, CAIN AND ABEL,

BROUGHT TO LIFE IN THE MIDWEST.

GOD FAVORED ABEL OVER HIS BROTHER,

AND IT GOT ABEL KILLED.

MAYBE IT'S SOMETHING WE'RE ALL GUILTY OF AS PARENTS.

WE DON'T MEAN TO, BUT SECRETLY, WE HAVE OUR FAVORITES.

BUT WHAT DOES IT DO TO THEM

IF THEY FIND OUT?