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[ PHONE RINGING ]

[ INDISTINCT EXCLAMATION ]

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Man: THERE'S A THING INSIDE OF ME, IT'S LIKE...

THE APPETITE.

IT'S LIKE A WOLF THAT'S...

FILLING...THE HUNGER.

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Woman: MEYER DISAPPEARED IN FEBRUARY

AFTER SHE LEFT WORK EARLY.

THREE DAYS LATER, SHE SPOKE WITH HER MOTHER ON THE PHONE.

THAT WAS THE LAST CONFIRMED CALL FROM HER.

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THE ROOMMATE IS ABSOLUTELY SOMEONE WE WOULD

HAVE LIKED TO HAVE TALKED TO -- THAT'S NOT AN OPTION.

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Woman: BREAKING NEWS -- THE BODY OF ANNIE MEYER HAS BEEN FOUND,

FAMILY MEMBERS TELLING 7 NEWS THEY'VE BEEN TOLD REMAINS

RECOVERED IN PARK COUNTY ON THE FOURTH OF JULY

ARE THOSE OF THE WOMAN WHO

DISAPPEARED FROM WHEAT RIDGE BACK IN FEBRUARY.

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YOU GUYS ARE FRICKIN' RIPPING ME TO PART --

APART, AND I DID NOTHING.

I LOVED ANNIE MORE THAN ANY OF YOU.

I TRIED TO KILL MYSELF.

I DON'T WANNA LIVE WITHOUT ANNIE.

DO YOU KNOW THAT EVERY LEAD THE COPS GET THAT THEY SAY

A TIP -- IT WAS ME.

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Raghavan: I DO BELIEVE IT'S A PERFORMANCE,

AND I THINK IT'S A RATHER GOOD PERFORMANCE.

MELISSA MILLER'S ARTICULATE.

SHE'S CHARMING.

SHE'S SOPHISTICATED -- IT'S VERY RARE

TO SEE PSYCHOPATHY IN WOMEN.

UM, ROUGHLY, WE ESTIMATE ABOUT ONE IN 100 MEN

ARE PSYCHOPATHS OR SHOW HIGH PSYCHOPATHIC TRAITS.

IT IS SO LOW IN WOMEN, WE CAN'T EVEN GIVE AN ESTIMATE.

IT'S HARDER TO DETECT, NOT BECAUSE WE'RE NOT LOOKING

FOR IT, BUT WOMEN

ARE LESS LIKELY TO USE OVERT VIOLENCE.

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MELISSA MILLER'S HAD A VERY PARASITIC LIFESTYLE.

SHE APPEARS TO NOT CONTRIBUTE TO THE RELATIONSHIP.

SHE DOESN'T CONTRIBUTE FINANCIALLY.

SHE DOESN'T HAVE APPEARED TO CONTRIBUTE EMOTIONALLY.

SHE LEECHES OFF THE WOMEN SHE LIVES WITH, IF YOU WILL.

SHE'S A GRIFTER.

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WELL...

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Detective: SURE.

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[ SOBBING ]

[ MUSIC BUILDING ]

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Raghavan: I DO NOT FIND HER STORY CREDIBLE.

THE BLOW, IT WOULD HAVE HAD TO

HAVE BEEN REALLY INTENTIONAL AND FORCEFUL TO KILL SOMEONE.

IT HAS A PREMEDITATED FEEL TO ME.

[ SIGHS ]

THIS JUST FEELS LIKE

A LAMENT OF SELF PITY.

SHE'S IMPULSIVE. SHE HAS POOR PLANNING,

AND SHE'S SHORTSIGHTED.

ALL THESE THINGS TAKEN TOGETHER, UM,

SUGGESTS SOMEONE WHO HAS A LOT OF PSYCHOPATHIC TRAITS.

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Woman: BUT HOW DOES A WOMAN WITH

NO CRIMINAL HISTORY TURN INTO A MURDERER?

WE FOUND IT WASN'T THE FIRST TIME MELISSA MILLER HAD

BEEN ACCUSED OF STEALING MONEY FROM A ROOMMATE AND LOVER.

A DECADE AGO, ANOTHER WOMAN FILED

THIS LAWSUIT ACCUSING MELISSA OF TAKING...

$32,800.

LITTLETON ATTORNEY CHRISTOPHER DOMINICK SAYS MELISSA EARNED

HIS CLIENT'S TRUST TO GAIN ACCESS TO HER ACCOUNT.

AND THEN MELISSA MILLER NEVER SHOWED UP

AND JUST KEPT THE MONEY.

Woman: BEFORE HE COULD SERVE MELISSA WITH THE LAWSUIT,

THOUGH, POLICE REPORTS SHOW HIS CLIENT COMMITTED SUICIDE.

MOST CON ARTISTS ARE MEN,

AND THEY CERTAINLY SCAM ALL SORTS OF PEOPLE,

BUT CON ARTISTS WHO SCAM LOVERS

ARE A LITTLE BIT MORE REPRESENTED IN WOMEN.

SHE HAS NO REMORSE.

SHE, YOU KNOW, GETS WOMEN TO FEEL LIKE SHE'S THEIR LOVER

AND THEIR -- PRESUMABLY THEIR SOUL MATE,

AND THEN STEALS FROM THEM.

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911 Operator: IS SHE BREATHING?

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HISTORICALLY, WE USED TO THINK, AND THE LITERATURE USED

TO INDICATE THAT PSYCHOPATHS

HAD A DIFFICULT TIME OR WERE UNABLE TO FEEL EMOTION,

BUT WE KNOW THAT THAT'S NOT TRUE NOW.

I HAVE EVALUATED INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE

PSYCHOPATHS THAT ARE IMPULSIVE,

ANGRY, BUT THEY REALLY STRUGGLE WITH EMPATHY,

WHICH HELPS -- CAN HELP EXPLAIN SOME OF THEIR CALLOUS

AND DISREGARD FOR HUMAN LIFE.

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Berrill: PSYCHOPATHS FEEL A LOT OF EMOTION.

THEY FEEL SORRY FOR THEMSELVES.

QUITE OFTEN, THEY BECOME VERY DEPRESSED.

I THINK AT THE CORE OF

THE PSYCHOPATHIC PERSONALITY IS THE DESIRE TO CONTROL.

A LOT OF THESE GUYS HAVE BEEN TREATED VERY POORLY

DURING THEIR LIVES, AND THEY'VE...

SUFFERED HUMILIATION, SOMETIMES ABUSE.

SO, YOU KNOW, YOU LEARN TO MANIPULATE VERY WELL AND TO NOT

FEEL GUILTY, CERTAINLY, ABOUT MANIPULATING

BECAUSE WHOEVER YOU'RE VICTIMIZING

DESERVES IT IN SOME WAY, SHAPE, OR FORM.

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Berrill: I WOULD BET HE'S THOUGHT ABOUT REVENGE

A LOT OVER TIME,

AND I'M SURE THERE ARE A LOT OF FANTASIES, WHAT IT MIGHT

BE LIKE, YOU KNOW,

TO WRING HIS WIFE'S NECK OR TO FIND HER BOYFRIEND

AND KILL THEM BOTH.

IT WOULDN'T BE INCONCEIVABLE.

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HIS DAUGHTER, AUTUMN, TELLS HIM,

"I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU I LOVE YOU,

AND MERRY CHRISTMAS."

AND HE RESPONDS BY SAYING, "I HAVE A SPECIAL GIFT COMING SOON,

"SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE TO TALK ABOUT.

"IT'LL BE HAND-DELIVERED ON FOOT, NOT BY CAR,

"A VERY SPECIAL GIFT.

I HOPE ALL YOUR FRIENDS ARE THERE TO SEE."

IF HE HAD PLANNED THIS OUT

AND KNEW EXACTLY WHAT THE OUTCOME WAS GONNA BE,

THAT'D BE A PREMEDITATED MURDER.

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Tussey: THERE ARE DEGREES OF PSYCHOPATHY.

THERE IS SUCH A THING AS HAVING FEWER OF THOSE

TRAITS OF PSYCHOPATHY THAN SOMEONE ELSE WHO MAY HAVE MORE.

AND IT'S POSSIBLE THAT HE FEELS REMORSEFUL.

IT'S POSSIBLE HE FEELS SAD THAT HE'S ABOUT TO

BE SENTENCED.

Autumn: AND WHAT REALLY GETS TO ME IS THAT YOU DIDN'T EVEN

THINK ABOUT YOUR OWN CHILDREN

AND HOW THEY WOULD FEEL ABOUT LOSING THEIR MOTHER.

I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I LOVE YOU AND NOT A DAY GOES BY

THAT I DON'T THINK ABOUT YOU.

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