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Does she live alone?
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Does she have a roommate?
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Does she have a boyfriend?
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Burglarizing their home,
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going through their personal possessions,
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serves his fantasy
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that this is actually
a consensual relationship
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and he's getting to know them.
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Welcome to "very scary people."
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I'm Donnie wahlberg.
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The norcal rapist terrorized
northern California
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from 1991 to 2006,
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his cruel violence causing lasting trauma
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and tragically altering lives.
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This twisted deviant studies
his victims...
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Their patterns, their habits.
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He slips into their homes
when they're away,
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memorizing the rooms
and planning his ambush.
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Elusive and careful, for a long time,
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it seemed like norcal was unstoppable,
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but he left key evidence at every scene.
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Who is the norcal rapist,
and how has he been able
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to get away with his reign
of terror for so long?
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This is part one of
"the phantom predator."
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For over 27 years,
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the individual who came to be known
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as the norcal rapist victimized women
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across northern California.
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And why has he been able
to get away for so long?
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We want to find the bad guys,
and we want to put them in jail.
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It's not always that easy, unfortunately.
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You always are thinking, you know,
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"will they ever get this guy?"
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It's something that never
left my head, still to this day.
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It could be 10 seconds, it could
be an hour of thinking about it,
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fantasizing about getting a call
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that he was caught every day
of my life for 27 years.
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It began in 1991.
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Cold cases often become
a journey for justice
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for law enforcement,
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prosecutors,
crime victims, their families,
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and, in many cases, for the communities
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that were so deeply
affected by that crime.
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Who was I in 1991?
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I was a fairly typical 21-year-old.
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Had a pretty active social life.
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Had a lot of friends.
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I was a hairstylist.
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I've always been a very hard worker,
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so I worked a lot of hours,
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and that was pretty much my life.
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Life was good
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for 21-year-old Nicole earnest-payte.
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She had a really good job.
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She owned her own condo in rohnert park,
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which is about 30 miles north
of San Francisco.
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I did not have a roommate.
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My ex-boyfriend had moved out.
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I had the mortgage to pay,
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so I actually had put an advertisement
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out for a roommate,
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but I was living alone for about...
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Probably about six weeks.
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It was a Saturday,
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and that's the biggest day
of the week for hairstylists.
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I had been working all day,
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and I came home to my condo
completely exhausted.
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Nicole gets home from her long day.
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She sinks into the sofa.
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She doesn't have much furniture
since her boyfriend moved out,
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and she just starts watching TV.
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Before she knows it,
she's passed out on the sofa.
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I woke up to a masked man
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who had his arm around my neck,
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my shoulders... the top of me, like this.
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And he very calmly said,
"don't make a sound.
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I have a gun.
I'm not going to hurt you.
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I just want your money."
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And I was thinking in my head,
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"okay, he's just here
to Rob me."
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Having a gun pointed at
you by a masked intruder
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in your own home is terrifying,
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but for Nicole,
the nightmare is just beginning.
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He eventually took me upstairs
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and then told me
to get on the bed facedown.
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I was bound.
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He was really careful to make
sure I wasn't harmed...
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You know, that my hair
wasn't in the duct tape.
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And then he put a pillowcase
around my head.
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I really did, at this point,
still think he was
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just there to Rob.
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I could hear him rifling through stuff.
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There was a specific item
that he was looking for
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that I had borrowed
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that I no longer had in my home
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and had not been in my home for weeks.
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"Where is it?
I know you have it.
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Where is it? Where is it?
Where is it? Where is it?"
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And that's when I knew, "oh, my god.
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He's been in my house.
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He must have been, or has been
watching me or something."
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Stalking is an obsessive
and compulsive activity
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where somebody is delving
into private matters
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of somebody else
that are not their business,
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and they create a world in their own mind
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where there is much more
going on between them
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than the other person even knows.
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He's turned on music
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and started saying,
"these could be our love songs.
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These are our songs."
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And I just thought, "oh, my god!
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He actually thinks I'm his
girlfriend or something."
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In his mind, he believes,
because of the amount of time
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he has invested in watching this woman
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and being in her apartment or her house,
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that he really knows her.
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He has a personal relationship with her,
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but she does not have a
personal relationship with him.
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I had been facedown the whole time,
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and then that's when he
cut me loose and turned me over
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and started to take everything off.
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And that's when I realized
I wasn't getting out of it.
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I was raped multiple times
throughout the night.
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And I thought that he was
eventually gonna shoot me
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and kill me.
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I kept visualizing my parents
getting that phone call,
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which is, to this day, the only
thing that makes me still cry.
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I can't explain how terrifying
it is as a 21-year-old woman
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to think the torture my parents
are gonna have to go through.
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He had stolen my atm card,
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so I knew he wanted to get to the bank.
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As he was leaving, he said,
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"you should lock your doors from now on.
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Somebody might come in
and try and hurt you"
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and then walked out the door.
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And that was like a knife in my chest
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because it was mocking me
and basically laughing, like,
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"what an idiot that she left
her back door unlocked."
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To assault somebody
and terrorize her for hours
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and then say,
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"you know, you really should
lock your door.
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Somebody might come in
and try to hurt you."
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That's almost gloating,
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and she probably wondered
for the rest of her life
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whether her doors had
actually been locked or not.
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I called
my mother. She was so calm.
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She just kicked right into gear
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of "I need you
to call the police, sweetie."
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They escorted me to the hospital.
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A few days later,
I had the formal sitdown
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with the detectives from rohnert park.
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They just didn't believe it at all.
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They thought I made up the story.
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The entire time they
were interviewing me,
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they were questioning
every bit of it as though
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I was this crazy person
making up this horrible story.
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It was the most horrendous experience
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I've ever been through.
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They came short of calling me,
you know, a whore.
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What Nicole went through
was her worst nightmare...
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Being raped, but then not being believed
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and then knowing
that this masked intruder
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was out there somewhere,
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maybe ready to come back and get her,
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was absolutely debilitating.
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But Nicole was determined that
this was not going to break her.
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I wanted to make
sure that I picked myself up.
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I picked myself up very quickly
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and marched right back into my life,
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but it was very altered.
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For quite a while, I wouldn't
go anywhere alone
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because I was convinced
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that he was watching and would come back.
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December 1991,
a 42-year-old woman in sonoma
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was awakened at about 1:30
in the morning
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by a man wearing a mask.
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I thought, "oh, my god.
This is the same person."
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21-year-old Nicole earnest-payte
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is sexually attacked
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in her own home
in rohnert park, California.
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It's June of 1991,
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and then, six months later,
another attack.
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When this happened again in sonoma,
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and I read it in the paper,
I thought, "oh, my god.
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This is the same person."
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December 1991,
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a 42-year-old woman
in sonoma, California,
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was awakened at about 1:30
in the morning
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by a man wearing a mask.
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According to the sheriff's
spokesperson, Spencer crum,
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he tied her up and he raped her twice.
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After he raped her,
detectives say that he drove her
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to a local atm,
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where he forced her to withdraw money,
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and then took her back to her house.
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Crum said that DNA evidence
was collected at the scene,
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and the victim said it felt
like someone was stalking her
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because he knew
so many things about her life.
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How do we collect DNA in rape cases?
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Well, you can collect it
from a lot of trace evidence
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from somebody's body,
whether it's a hair follicle
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or whether or not
it's saliva, semen, blood,
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any type of bodily fluids.
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And even if somebody touches something,
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there is organic DNA material on a knife
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or the handle of a pistol
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a rapist or a murderer might use.
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And if the rapist leaves his DNA
at a crime scene today,
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there is no doubt in my mind
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that that person will be
brought to justice.
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So you have these two
separate sexual-assault cases,
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one in June of '91
and then the next in December,
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and they are both in sonoma
county but 20 miles apart.
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There are similarities,
but there are differences,
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and then you have another attack
that happens in 1992.
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In 1992, I was living alone in vallejo.
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I was going to school
to be a firefighter,
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and I was working for fedex.
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I also was trying to get
my EMT certificate,
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so I was pretty busy.
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My sister had just bought
a brand-new house
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that just got built in vallejo and said,
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"do you want to just
live there by yourself?"
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And I was like, "okay."
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Little did she know
that a sexual predator
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was tracking her movements.
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It was on February 13th,
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around 8:20,
8:30 in the morning.
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I walked out of the bedroom,
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and then there is this guy
in the bathroom
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with the black ski mask.
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So I ran into the bedroom.
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He jumped on me,
and I was trying to fight him,
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and he had a knife,
so I grabbed the knife.
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I didn't know, but...
You know, what I was doing
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because he was on top of me
and, you know...
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And I just was trying to...
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Just trying to do whatever I could to...
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To escape, you know?
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And I know he did say,
you know, "you cut me."
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When he put his hand over my mouth,
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I couldn't breathe anymore.
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I couldn't fight anymore.
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And then he, um...
He tied my arms and my legs up.
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You know, he raped me
probably three times, for sure.
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It was just like I was just,
um, kind of numb, you know?
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Yeah, I-I remember at times
just told him to just kill me,
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get it over with.
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I wasn't exactly scared of dying.
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I was just... just scared of,
you know, what was gonna happen.
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What was he gonna do next?
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Because, to me, laying there
and going through that...
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Probably dying would have been better
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than... him being there, so...
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So I was just...
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Doing everything I could to just...
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...to survive.
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I think most of us can't even
imagine what it would be like
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to go through something
like these victims endured
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and how life-changing it is for them,
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how it changes their...
Their perception of the world
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and that they don't feel safe anymore.
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I know he was talking a lot.
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He was asking me questions,
but I never...
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Never seen his face.
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He took a shower.
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He used my hairbrush.
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He was going through my purse,
and he had my phone book.
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I remember him saying, you know,
"if you call the cops,
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I'm gonna call this person.
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I'm gonna do this
and I'm gonna do that."
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Before the attacker
leaves, he takes a necklace
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that she's wearing off her neck.
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Why?
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So that he has a trophy of his conquest.
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It is sick.
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Trophies become memorabilia
for that individual of a time
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that was very important
to them, very erotic for them,
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very satisfying for them,
so, with that in mind,
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they don't easily part
with their trophies.
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As soon as I was able to untie myself,
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I called the cops
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and then I called my neighbor.
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Cops came right away.
285
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One of the cops said that he probably was
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in my house before the incident.
287
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What he did was cut a hole
through the drywall
288
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in the garage and stuck his hand
through the drywall
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and then opened the door,
you know, and unlocked it,
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'cause... 'Cause it was locked.
291
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This was clearly a well-thought-out crime
292
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and one he had clearly prepared for to...
293
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To open up a piece of sheetrock
to require that sawing
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and then to be able to come back in later
295
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in order to conduct the crime
296
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so the victim would not
hear them coming in.
297
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He literally planned it and executed it
298
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just like it was a military operation.
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The watching and the stalking
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is incredibly creepy.
301
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It's such a violation of privacy,
302
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and to be watching not just as a voyeur
303
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because somebody enjoyed watching
304
00:16:46,767 --> 00:16:51,133
but to be watching
with the intent of figuring out
305
00:16:51,200 --> 00:16:55,067
how to commit further crimes
against that person
306
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is incredibly creepy.
307
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Every day was a struggle,
but I just kept going.
308
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I had a lot of therapy,
and I said, "you know what?
309
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This person is not going to
put me in my own jail."
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But what he did will always be with me.
311
00:17:17,868 --> 00:17:19,267
With any crime,
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there's going to be mistakes
made by the suspect.
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All I can say is that there was
evidence left at the scene.
314
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It was a particularly horrific crime.
315
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It's just the stuff that
horror movies are made out of.
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Police have three different rape cases
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happening in three different
northern California towns.
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You have different agencies.
319
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You'll have different jurisdictions
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that were working these crimes
in different counties
321
00:17:53,901 --> 00:17:55,500
where these rapes happened.
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Investigators are looking to
collect physical evidence,
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00:17:58,934 --> 00:18:01,834
whether it's a rape swab it for DNA
324
00:18:01,901 --> 00:18:06,234
or in the instance where
he was stabbed and his blood...
325
00:18:06,300 --> 00:18:07,601
There's liquid DNA
326
00:18:07,667 --> 00:18:10,667
right there to help track
down the perpetrator.
327
00:18:40,767 --> 00:18:44,467
Halloween night in 1996 in Martinez,
328
00:18:44,534 --> 00:18:48,500
and this involved a woman
who was basically on her couch.
329
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Just late that night,
she hears the doorbell.
330
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She thinks, "oh, it's probably
just a straggler."
331
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And she gets up and
answers and opens the door
332
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because, of course, she assumes
333
00:19:04,467 --> 00:19:06,467
it's just a late-night trick-or-treater.
334
00:19:13,467 --> 00:19:15,400
She answers the door...
335
00:19:17,300 --> 00:19:20,300
...and there's a man
in a skeleton mask.
336
00:19:20,367 --> 00:19:23,367
Totally in fitting with
a Halloween costume,
337
00:19:23,434 --> 00:19:25,400
and he wastes no time.
338
00:19:27,634 --> 00:19:30,667
He jumps on her, attacks her.
339
00:19:30,734 --> 00:19:33,267
It's just the stuff that
horror movies are made out of.
340
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It's just terrible.
341
00:19:38,334 --> 00:19:40,033
He overpowers her.
342
00:19:40,100 --> 00:19:41,734
He gets inside the house.
343
00:19:41,801 --> 00:19:47,167
He binds her like the other three people,
344
00:19:47,234 --> 00:19:50,701
and he rapes her repeatedly.
345
00:19:50,767 --> 00:19:52,434
One thing that investigators told me
346
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that was really of note for that case
347
00:19:55,334 --> 00:19:59,500
was he was very evidence-specific.
348
00:19:59,567 --> 00:20:01,167
Some people, in the heat of the moment,
349
00:20:01,234 --> 00:20:03,534
are just gonna not think
twice about evidence
350
00:20:03,601 --> 00:20:05,267
left behind or anything like that,
351
00:20:05,334 --> 00:20:07,734
where he wound up taking, like, bedding
352
00:20:07,801 --> 00:20:12,300
and trying to cover up
his DNA profile, potentially.
353
00:20:12,367 --> 00:20:14,434
And, like the first attack,
354
00:20:14,500 --> 00:20:17,901
he once again steals
the victim's atm card.
355
00:20:19,667 --> 00:20:21,801
Then, several weeks after the attack,
356
00:20:21,868 --> 00:20:25,434
he takes his emotional
torture a step further.
357
00:20:25,500 --> 00:20:30,400
Police say that he actually
phones the victim at work.
358
00:20:30,467 --> 00:20:33,434
And he apologizes.
359
00:20:33,500 --> 00:20:37,601
Calling her work to see
how she was or to...
360
00:20:37,667 --> 00:20:43,734
Ostensibly, to apologize was
another act of terrorizing her.
361
00:20:43,801 --> 00:20:47,968
It is an expression of dominance
and power and control.
362
00:20:48,033 --> 00:20:51,634
"See? I can find you again
any time I want to."
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00:20:54,801 --> 00:20:57,567
Once the Martinez assault happened,
364
00:20:57,634 --> 00:21:00,968
they had another DNA profile,
and it's at that point
365
00:21:01,033 --> 00:21:04,367
where the investigators
from contra costa county say,
366
00:21:04,434 --> 00:21:08,100
"hey, this DNA matches
another sexual assault
367
00:21:08,167 --> 00:21:11,601
four years earlier in 1992."
368
00:21:11,667 --> 00:21:13,901
And they had these separate
individual sexual assaults
369
00:21:13,968 --> 00:21:16,868
happening that had
very similar kind of m.0.S...
370
00:21:16,934 --> 00:21:19,400
You know, bindings,
multiple sexual assaults.
371
00:21:19,467 --> 00:21:21,033
But this is the first time they said,
372
00:21:21,100 --> 00:21:24,934
"okay, we got a singular person
doing these crimes."
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00:21:25,000 --> 00:21:28,033
He was an intelligent criminal,
374
00:21:28,100 --> 00:21:31,734
planning these assaults,
375
00:21:31,801 --> 00:21:35,701
and so he would stalk in order
to get enough information
376
00:21:35,767 --> 00:21:41,067
to really be able to confidently
go into this person's home
377
00:21:41,133 --> 00:21:42,767
and stay there for hours,
378
00:21:42,834 --> 00:21:49,801
knowing that he was going to
be able to not be interrupted.
379
00:21:52,367 --> 00:21:54,601
This is the worst type of case
380
00:21:54,667 --> 00:21:56,367
for law enforcement to solve.
381
00:21:56,434 --> 00:21:58,267
Stranger rapes are very rare.
382
00:21:58,334 --> 00:22:01,434
Normally, a sexual assault
happens with someone you know,
383
00:22:01,500 --> 00:22:02,901
which makes it easier to solve, frankly,
384
00:22:02,968 --> 00:22:04,500
because you have
a narrowed list of people
385
00:22:04,567 --> 00:22:05,968
who could be the suspects.
386
00:22:06,033 --> 00:22:08,000
But here these are total strangers.
387
00:22:08,067 --> 00:22:09,133
Nothing to go on.
388
00:22:09,200 --> 00:22:10,667
It starts in the early '90s,
389
00:22:10,734 --> 00:22:14,033
when DNA investigation
is sort of in its infancy,
390
00:22:14,100 --> 00:22:16,901
and it's bouncing around
from different counties,
391
00:22:16,968 --> 00:22:19,067
different jurisdictions for police.
392
00:22:19,133 --> 00:22:20,801
It's harder to find those common links
393
00:22:20,868 --> 00:22:23,234
and those common threads.
394
00:22:23,300 --> 00:22:26,868
When he went to the atm,
he was caught on surveillance
395
00:22:26,934 --> 00:22:31,133
wearing a clear, plastic Halloween mask.
396
00:22:31,200 --> 00:22:33,000
Criminals...
They're gonna make mistakes.
397
00:22:33,067 --> 00:22:35,334
They think they're smarter than we are,
398
00:22:35,400 --> 00:22:37,500
but that's not always the case.
399
00:22:50,801 --> 00:22:53,167
Investigators working
the norcal rapist case
400
00:22:53,234 --> 00:22:56,567
are gathering evidence left
behind at the crime scenes.
401
00:22:56,634 --> 00:22:58,767
Detectives are studying the similarities
402
00:22:58,834 --> 00:23:00,434
in the norcal rapist's m.0...
403
00:23:00,500 --> 00:23:03,968
How he threatens, the weapons he uses,
404
00:23:04,033 --> 00:23:07,901
and the atm cards he steals from
the women after each attack.
405
00:23:07,968 --> 00:23:09,634
Investigators are building a profile
406
00:23:09,701 --> 00:23:12,133
to narrow down possible suspects,
407
00:23:12,200 --> 00:23:13,901
and now they've got his DNA.
408
00:23:13,968 --> 00:23:16,834
But norcal is about to strike again.
409
00:23:25,567 --> 00:23:30,300
It's January 25, 1997,
when the rapist strikes again,
410
00:23:30,367 --> 00:23:32,667
but this time it's different.
411
00:23:32,734 --> 00:23:34,968
It's a pair of roommates
412
00:23:35,033 --> 00:23:39,200
who live together in Davis, California.
413
00:23:39,267 --> 00:23:41,300
They hear a noise downstairs.
414
00:23:46,767 --> 00:23:48,667
They don't make anything of it
415
00:23:48,734 --> 00:23:51,200
and just go back
to their individual rooms
416
00:23:51,267 --> 00:23:52,868
and go to sleep.
417
00:23:59,934 --> 00:24:02,467
I was an investigator, detective,
418
00:24:02,534 --> 00:24:06,234
at the Davis police department in 1997.
419
00:24:09,133 --> 00:24:11,934
And was called to the scene the morning
420
00:24:12,000 --> 00:24:15,667
of that particular sexual assault.
421
00:24:17,000 --> 00:24:20,567
He was well planned
when he did this violent crime.
422
00:24:20,634 --> 00:24:23,701
He brought things with him, we know...
423
00:24:23,767 --> 00:24:26,067
The binding materials,
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00:24:26,133 --> 00:24:29,801
most of which he took
with him when he left.
425
00:24:29,868 --> 00:24:32,667
He knew what he was doing,
what he wanted to do,
426
00:24:32,734 --> 00:24:38,234
and he carried it out
in a very detailed manner.
427
00:24:38,300 --> 00:24:42,334
He did a number of things,
including turning on a radio
428
00:24:42,400 --> 00:24:46,100
to cover any sounds that were being made.
429
00:24:46,167 --> 00:24:50,667
He put a blanket over a window
so nobody could see in.
430
00:24:50,734 --> 00:24:53,500
He put a chair in front of the door,
431
00:24:53,567 --> 00:24:57,300
wedged it in so that nobody
could walk in on him...
432
00:24:57,367 --> 00:25:00,667
That sort of thing.
433
00:25:00,734 --> 00:25:02,834
Something interesting is happening here
434
00:25:02,901 --> 00:25:07,067
with these rapes in '96 and '97.
435
00:25:07,133 --> 00:25:10,868
It would appear his m.0.
Is actually evolving.
436
00:25:10,934 --> 00:25:13,567
The first three of his victims
were all Caucasian women,
437
00:25:13,634 --> 00:25:18,567
but, starting with number four,
they are petite Asian women.
438
00:25:18,634 --> 00:25:21,434
He could have simply discovered
a sexual preference
439
00:25:21,500 --> 00:25:22,701
for Asian women.
440
00:25:22,767 --> 00:25:25,067
However, Asian women are
very often petite
441
00:25:25,133 --> 00:25:26,901
and slight and weigh very little,
442
00:25:26,968 --> 00:25:29,067
so there's a vulnerability aspect
443
00:25:29,133 --> 00:25:31,567
because they tend to be so small.
444
00:25:31,634 --> 00:25:38,033
He is making sure he risks
nothing in being overpowered.
445
00:25:38,100 --> 00:25:42,534
He knew how he wanted
to interact with his victims
446
00:25:42,601 --> 00:25:49,267
in the way he approached them
and the things he said to them.
447
00:25:49,334 --> 00:25:55,234
I think he had a picture
in his mind of his relationship
448
00:25:55,300 --> 00:26:01,100
to these victims,
and I do believe, in his heart,
449
00:26:01,167 --> 00:26:06,200
he wanted to leave them thinking
that he was not such a bad guy.
450
00:26:18,400 --> 00:26:20,200
The pattern does continue,
451
00:26:20,267 --> 00:26:23,400
because one of the victims
that he tied up and terrified...
452
00:26:23,467 --> 00:26:25,334
He took her atm card
453
00:26:25,400 --> 00:26:27,534
and made her give him the pin,
and, remember,
454
00:26:27,601 --> 00:26:29,868
that relinquishing of the security pin
455
00:26:29,934 --> 00:26:32,334
is part of the power and control.
456
00:26:32,400 --> 00:26:35,200
Was it about the money?
I don't think so.
457
00:26:35,267 --> 00:26:38,334
It was almost like
adding insult to injury.
458
00:26:38,400 --> 00:26:41,033
"Now not only have I been
inside your body,
459
00:26:41,100 --> 00:26:42,901
I'm getting inside your bank account.
460
00:26:42,968 --> 00:26:44,534
There is nothing left of you
461
00:26:44,601 --> 00:26:48,033
that I haven't touched,
which I can't control."
462
00:26:48,100 --> 00:26:50,367
And getting that card
and taking her money
463
00:26:50,434 --> 00:26:54,167
was really almost like
the torturous icing on the cake.
464
00:26:54,234 --> 00:26:58,534
"Even after I've left,
I'm going to victimize you."
465
00:26:58,601 --> 00:27:02,067
The main thing is use
whatever you can to try
466
00:27:02,133 --> 00:27:05,133
and identify who this guy is.
467
00:27:05,200 --> 00:27:09,901
We put out a letter to all
the banks stating we knew
468
00:27:09,968 --> 00:27:12,834
that the victims' card were taken,
469
00:27:12,901 --> 00:27:14,601
along with their pin numbers,
470
00:27:14,667 --> 00:27:18,834
so first we had to find out
if the cards were used
471
00:27:18,901 --> 00:27:21,467
and, if so, where were they used?
472
00:27:21,534 --> 00:27:25,500
So, here we worked with the
banks, the security system.
473
00:27:25,567 --> 00:27:29,467
We knew the cards, of course,
that the victims had.
474
00:27:29,534 --> 00:27:33,367
We contacted those people,
and in fairly short order...
475
00:27:33,434 --> 00:27:37,167
I'm talking over a two-,
three-day period...
476
00:27:37,234 --> 00:27:43,200
We knew where the cards were
used and what was drawn out.
477
00:27:44,234 --> 00:27:46,133
So when he went to the atm,
478
00:27:46,200 --> 00:27:48,500
he was caught on surveillance
at that time,
479
00:27:48,567 --> 00:27:49,868
at about 7:30 A.M.,
480
00:27:49,934 --> 00:27:53,234
wearing a clear, plastic Halloween mask.
481
00:27:57,267 --> 00:27:59,467
Police have surveillance video
482
00:27:59,534 --> 00:28:02,133
of the rape suspect
using a victim's atm card.
483
00:28:02,200 --> 00:28:04,100
A mask distorts his face.
484
00:28:04,167 --> 00:28:05,767
So, could this be the break in the case?
485
00:28:05,834 --> 00:28:09,367
Could this surveillance video
help police pinpoint
486
00:28:09,434 --> 00:28:11,934
the man who had been raping people
487
00:28:12,000 --> 00:28:14,968
in northern California for six years?
488
00:28:17,434 --> 00:28:19,133
Not only do they have
an idea what he looks like,
489
00:28:19,200 --> 00:28:21,601
but they have blood from the stabbing.
490
00:28:21,667 --> 00:28:24,067
Now they can check the DNA
from that blood
491
00:28:24,133 --> 00:28:27,133
and see if it matches the other rapes.
492
00:28:38,167 --> 00:28:40,500
Police from all of these
multiple jurisdictions
493
00:28:40,567 --> 00:28:43,767
in northern California,
from rohnert park to Davis,
494
00:28:43,834 --> 00:28:45,767
they'd all been loosely working
495
00:28:45,834 --> 00:28:48,300
to solve their individual crimes.
496
00:28:48,367 --> 00:28:51,133
At one point, the norcal rapist
slipped up
497
00:28:51,200 --> 00:28:53,734
and allowed himself
to be caught on camera.
498
00:28:53,801 --> 00:29:00,534
We were able to get a photo of
him while he was using the atm.
499
00:29:00,601 --> 00:29:04,567
Unfortunately, he was wearing
an opaque mask
500
00:29:04,634 --> 00:29:08,200
that would distort
the features of your face,
501
00:29:08,267 --> 00:29:12,367
so we weren't able to get
a clear understanding
502
00:29:12,434 --> 00:29:14,868
of what this person looked like.
503
00:29:14,934 --> 00:29:18,367
The norcal rapist...
What he has going for him
504
00:29:18,434 --> 00:29:20,367
is that he's kind of hiding
in plain sight.
505
00:29:20,434 --> 00:29:22,334
He's operating in his comfort zone.
506
00:29:22,400 --> 00:29:24,868
He cases these girls.
He stalks them.
507
00:29:24,934 --> 00:29:26,200
He knows their routines.
508
00:29:26,267 --> 00:29:28,901
This is the kind of case,
509
00:29:29,000 --> 00:29:30,968
really, from a victim's standpoint,
510
00:29:31,033 --> 00:29:33,734
like, this is your worst nightmare.
511
00:29:33,801 --> 00:29:36,634
I think a lot of crimes
are crimes of happenstance.
512
00:29:36,701 --> 00:29:38,400
You come across it and you do something.
513
00:29:38,467 --> 00:29:41,300
This is clearly not what
the norcal rapist did.
514
00:29:41,367 --> 00:29:43,100
He planned his crime.
515
00:29:43,167 --> 00:29:45,400
He knew exactly what he was doing,
516
00:29:45,467 --> 00:29:47,634
and he victimized these women
517
00:29:47,701 --> 00:29:50,300
in some of the worst ways you can think.
518
00:29:50,367 --> 00:29:53,567
This instilled fear in the communities.
519
00:29:53,634 --> 00:29:55,634
I mean, people changed
the way they lived.
520
00:29:55,701 --> 00:29:59,400
They no longer felt like being
at home alone or locked doors
521
00:29:59,467 --> 00:30:03,000
that maybe they didn't lock before.
522
00:30:03,067 --> 00:30:06,567
It's terrifying to know that
somebody like that is out there
523
00:30:06,634 --> 00:30:08,300
and they haven't been able to catch him.
524
00:30:08,367 --> 00:30:10,133
Just shocked that it was
that close to home.
525
00:30:10,200 --> 00:30:11,667
Mm, it's a little scary.
526
00:30:11,734 --> 00:30:16,601
And it impacted vast areas,
numerous communities,
527
00:30:16,667 --> 00:30:18,601
simply because of the fear instilled
528
00:30:18,667 --> 00:30:20,100
by the crimes committed.
529
00:30:31,000 --> 00:30:34,801
In 1997, I was 21,
530
00:30:34,868 --> 00:30:38,634
and I was a college student
at chico state.
531
00:30:38,701 --> 00:30:41,968
I had a job as a counselor at that time.
532
00:30:42,033 --> 00:30:43,667
I was studying psychology.
533
00:30:43,734 --> 00:30:46,934
I was really close to graduating.
534
00:30:47,000 --> 00:30:48,334
My life was fun.
535
00:30:48,400 --> 00:30:49,968
Maki is bright.
536
00:30:50,033 --> 00:30:52,968
She loves going out and
socializing with her sister...
537
00:30:53,033 --> 00:30:54,701
A confident young woman.
538
00:30:58,267 --> 00:30:59,667
I was living by myself
539
00:30:59,734 --> 00:31:03,534
in an apartment
called paradise apartments,
540
00:31:03,601 --> 00:31:07,200
and I had actually just broken
up with my very first boyfriend.
541
00:31:07,267 --> 00:31:09,434
And this is important because it means
542
00:31:09,500 --> 00:31:12,234
he's not gonna be
coming over to her apartment.
543
00:31:12,300 --> 00:31:15,500
She is probably very vulnerable.
544
00:31:17,300 --> 00:31:20,133
When an offender stalks a victim,
545
00:31:20,200 --> 00:31:21,701
burglarizing their home,
546
00:31:21,767 --> 00:31:23,601
going through their personal possessions,
547
00:31:23,667 --> 00:31:25,434
being able to look at their photographs,
548
00:31:25,500 --> 00:31:28,901
it increases his comfort level
because he knows the floor plan.
549
00:31:28,968 --> 00:31:32,434
He knows how to get in
and how to get out.
550
00:31:35,634 --> 00:31:38,367
I'd come home, and
things would be out of place.
551
00:31:38,434 --> 00:31:40,934
I'd notice that my photo albums
would be moved
552
00:31:41,000 --> 00:31:45,601
or certain things weren't
exactly where I had put them.
553
00:31:48,200 --> 00:31:51,767
And I thought it was my ex-boyfriend
554
00:31:51,834 --> 00:31:53,500
going into my house.
555
00:31:57,133 --> 00:31:58,601
The night of the attack,
556
00:31:58,667 --> 00:32:02,434
me and my sister
had gone to the bear in chico.
557
00:32:02,500 --> 00:32:07,000
It was a really popular place
to go dancing.
558
00:32:07,067 --> 00:32:09,901
I actually got home late,
559
00:32:09,968 --> 00:32:13,367
and then I went into the kitchen
to make myself some toast,
560
00:32:13,434 --> 00:32:17,200
and I looked at my sliding glass door
561
00:32:17,267 --> 00:32:21,200
and felt like somebody was there,
562
00:32:21,267 --> 00:32:23,701
but then just kind of dismissed
it quickly, thinking,
563
00:32:23,767 --> 00:32:27,767
"oh, it's nothing," and then
decided I would go to bed.
564
00:32:34,000 --> 00:32:38,767
It was only a couple hours later
that I was woken up
565
00:32:38,834 --> 00:32:44,701
with a gun to my head
and his hand covering my mouth,
566
00:32:44,767 --> 00:32:47,567
and he told me to, you know,
567
00:32:47,634 --> 00:32:51,734
shut up and not scream or he'd kill me.
568
00:32:51,801 --> 00:32:53,701
His hand was over her mouth,
569
00:32:53,767 --> 00:32:56,067
and he very clearly threatened her
570
00:32:56,133 --> 00:32:58,634
that if she screamed,
if she made a sound,
571
00:32:58,701 --> 00:33:02,434
he would not hesitate to kill her.
572
00:33:02,500 --> 00:33:04,500
I thought I was gonna die.
573
00:33:08,200 --> 00:33:09,634
He starts tying her wrists
574
00:33:09,701 --> 00:33:12,868
and her ankles with zip ties and ropes.
575
00:33:18,000 --> 00:33:23,667
I remember when he was binding
my wrists and my hands,
576
00:33:23,734 --> 00:33:25,834
I'd I... I left a little bit of space
577
00:33:25,901 --> 00:33:28,167
so that I had wriggle room.
578
00:33:28,234 --> 00:33:31,000
I just pretended like I was
holding a ball in my hand
579
00:33:31,067 --> 00:33:35,400
so that I would have
the ability to escape.
580
00:33:37,300 --> 00:33:39,300
He covered my eyes in duct tape.
581
00:33:47,467 --> 00:33:50,234
He kept going in and out of the room.
582
00:33:50,300 --> 00:33:51,834
He was going through my things.
583
00:33:51,901 --> 00:33:56,133
All I could think of was how to get free.
584
00:33:57,000 --> 00:33:58,500
So every time he'd leave the room,
585
00:33:58,567 --> 00:34:00,701
I'd work harder on loosening the bindings
586
00:34:00,767 --> 00:34:04,434
and trying to get
the tape off of my mouth.
587
00:34:04,500 --> 00:34:06,400
It was a fight-or-flight response,
588
00:34:06,467 --> 00:34:09,801
and I decided to fight.
589
00:34:09,868 --> 00:34:13,000
Maki is determined,
and she actually does succeed
590
00:34:13,067 --> 00:34:15,167
in freeing herself of those restraints.
591
00:34:15,234 --> 00:34:17,968
I just kept putting
saliva all over the duct tape
592
00:34:18,033 --> 00:34:21,634
so that it would be easier to tear off.
593
00:34:21,701 --> 00:34:24,133
I got free, but then he came in
594
00:34:24,200 --> 00:34:28,167
and... and tried to make
the bindings tighter.
595
00:34:28,234 --> 00:34:32,801
I just remember him being really angry.
596
00:34:32,868 --> 00:34:34,667
Is he going to get his revenge
597
00:34:34,734 --> 00:34:37,334
on her escape attempt by killing her now?
598
00:34:37,400 --> 00:34:42,667
Some offenders will flee if
the victim physically resists,
599
00:34:42,734 --> 00:34:44,767
while others will increase violence
600
00:34:44,834 --> 00:34:47,601
and severely injure the victim.
601
00:34:47,667 --> 00:34:48,801
When something like that happens,
602
00:34:48,868 --> 00:34:50,801
you just think of the worst,
603
00:34:50,868 --> 00:34:53,601
and I thought for sure I would be dead.
604
00:34:53,667 --> 00:34:55,334
I didn't think I would survive
that night.
605
00:35:00,267 --> 00:35:04,701
He walked into the room,
and I was able to see his face,
606
00:35:04,767 --> 00:35:06,901
and I just told him, "you better run.
607
00:35:06,968 --> 00:35:09,067
I'm gonna get you.
You better leave."
608
00:35:18,634 --> 00:35:23,234
1997, maki Anderson
is fighting for her life.
609
00:35:24,133 --> 00:35:26,801
The norcal rapist ties her up.
610
00:35:26,868 --> 00:35:29,801
Notwithstanding being tied up,
she breaks free.
611
00:35:29,868 --> 00:35:32,267
He finds her.
He ties her up again.
612
00:35:32,334 --> 00:35:35,334
But she continues to try to escape.
613
00:35:37,701 --> 00:35:39,601
The second time that I got free,
614
00:35:39,667 --> 00:35:42,267
I was able to sit up.
My arms were free.
615
00:35:42,334 --> 00:35:44,234
My face was uncovered.
616
00:35:44,300 --> 00:35:49,334
And he walked into the room,
and I was able to see his face.
617
00:35:49,400 --> 00:35:50,834
I just told him, "you better run.
618
00:35:50,901 --> 00:35:53,100
I'm gonna get you.
You better leave."
619
00:35:53,167 --> 00:35:56,434
And it looked like he was going to,
620
00:35:56,500 --> 00:36:00,801
and then he changed his mind
and started charging me.
621
00:36:04,434 --> 00:36:08,534
And I grabbed the scissors
and stabbed him.
622
00:36:10,601 --> 00:36:12,567
I didn't have it in me to kill him.
623
00:36:12,634 --> 00:36:13,901
I could have killed him,
624
00:36:13,968 --> 00:36:16,200
but I didn't have it in me to kill him.
625
00:36:16,267 --> 00:36:18,200
That seemed to only upset him.
626
00:36:18,267 --> 00:36:19,534
He got really angry, and...
627
00:36:19,601 --> 00:36:22,234
And he was more forceful after that.
628
00:36:24,133 --> 00:36:27,200
Maki is a fighter.
She has tried to escape twice.
629
00:36:27,267 --> 00:36:29,734
She's managed to stab her attacker.
630
00:36:29,801 --> 00:36:34,400
But he still seems determined
to rape her.
631
00:36:34,467 --> 00:36:37,834
In order to prevent myself
from getting raped,
632
00:36:37,901 --> 00:36:39,934
I lied and told him I was pregnant.
633
00:36:40,000 --> 00:36:41,834
I told him, "please don't
hurt the baby."
634
00:36:41,901 --> 00:36:46,300
I kept bringing up "the baby,"
and, fortunately, it worked.
635
00:36:46,367 --> 00:36:48,567
I-I was... I was sexually assaulted,
636
00:36:48,634 --> 00:36:52,968
which, you know, is still bad,
but I was spared rape.
637
00:36:53,033 --> 00:36:56,868
In maki's case, for her
to say she was pregnant,
638
00:36:56,934 --> 00:37:00,267
it did humanize her
for him in that moment.
639
00:37:00,334 --> 00:37:01,901
People have to dehumanize their victim
640
00:37:01,968 --> 00:37:04,868
in order to be able
to commit crimes against them.
641
00:37:04,934 --> 00:37:07,100
Whatever his association
was to pregnancy,
642
00:37:07,167 --> 00:37:09,467
there had to be
something positive in there
643
00:37:09,534 --> 00:37:12,634
that made him draw some kind of a line
644
00:37:12,701 --> 00:37:15,467
in terms of what he was going to do.
645
00:37:22,634 --> 00:37:24,334
I was so tired by then.
646
00:37:24,400 --> 00:37:26,000
It had been hours.
647
00:37:26,067 --> 00:37:29,234
And I started nodding off
because he was gone
648
00:37:29,300 --> 00:37:31,801
and I was just waiting.
649
00:37:31,868 --> 00:37:34,000
I didn't know if he was gonna
come back in again
650
00:37:34,067 --> 00:37:36,167
or if he had left.
651
00:37:36,234 --> 00:37:39,500
I just kept working on trying
to get free,
652
00:37:39,567 --> 00:37:44,667
and I just got the tape off of
my mouth and got my hands free,
653
00:37:44,734 --> 00:37:48,567
and then I got my legs free
and threw on some clothes
654
00:37:48,634 --> 00:37:49,934
and jumped out the bedroom window
655
00:37:50,000 --> 00:37:54,067
and ran to the manager's
office to get help.
656
00:37:57,000 --> 00:38:00,534
And she brought me into her office
657
00:38:00,601 --> 00:38:04,167
and called the police right away.
658
00:38:04,234 --> 00:38:07,000
They came within seconds.
659
00:38:08,200 --> 00:38:10,801
I was able to give them
a good enough description
660
00:38:10,868 --> 00:38:13,334
in order for them to draw a sketch
661
00:38:13,400 --> 00:38:15,133
of what he could look like.
662
00:38:19,334 --> 00:38:21,934
Thanks to maki's bravery
and quick thinking,
663
00:38:22,000 --> 00:38:26,133
police finally have a sketch
of the norcal rapist.
664
00:38:26,200 --> 00:38:27,968
Not only do they have an idea
of what he looks like,
665
00:38:28,033 --> 00:38:30,601
but they have blood from the stabbing.
666
00:38:30,667 --> 00:38:32,801
Now they can check the DNA
from that blood
667
00:38:32,868 --> 00:38:36,968
and see if it matches the other rapes.
668
00:38:37,033 --> 00:38:41,167
It was particularly after
the chico assault happened,
669
00:38:41,234 --> 00:38:45,133
where he left blood DNA at the
scene, where that matched up,
670
00:38:45,200 --> 00:38:47,033
and then I think it was at
that point they were like,
671
00:38:47,100 --> 00:38:50,634
"okay, we have a serial rapist
here on our hands."
672
00:38:50,701 --> 00:38:54,300
But now that you know
it's a serial rapist there,
673
00:38:54,367 --> 00:38:55,534
that's why it's important, then,
674
00:38:55,601 --> 00:38:57,500
to bring your resources together.
675
00:38:57,567 --> 00:38:58,901
You have the information.
676
00:38:58,968 --> 00:39:02,534
DNA linked the different
scenes in different areas.
677
00:39:02,601 --> 00:39:04,534
Now you've got to do the link analysis.
678
00:39:04,601 --> 00:39:07,200
Find other things that link in.
679
00:39:07,267 --> 00:39:09,400
Investigations are Jigsaw puzzles.
680
00:39:09,467 --> 00:39:11,100
It's getting enough pieces
681
00:39:11,167 --> 00:39:13,467
that you can identify
the person responsible.
682
00:39:13,534 --> 00:39:17,234
These offenders are not
perfect 100% of the time.
683
00:39:17,300 --> 00:39:18,567
They make mistakes.
684
00:39:18,634 --> 00:39:23,100
Investigators are trained
to look for those subtleties,
685
00:39:23,167 --> 00:39:26,567
those mistakes that even
serial offenders make.
686
00:39:26,634 --> 00:39:30,000
There are no perfect crimes.
People make mistakes.
687
00:39:30,067 --> 00:39:31,300
Criminals are no different.
688
00:39:31,367 --> 00:39:33,167
They think they're smarter than we are,
689
00:39:33,234 --> 00:39:35,334
but that's not always the case.
690
00:39:39,033 --> 00:39:41,801
I lived in fear for a really long time.
691
00:39:41,868 --> 00:39:44,234
I constantly was looking
in my rearview mirror
692
00:39:44,300 --> 00:39:46,767
while I was driving, trying to figure out
693
00:39:46,834 --> 00:39:48,834
if he was following me or not.
694
00:39:48,901 --> 00:39:50,067
It was hard.
695
00:39:50,133 --> 00:39:53,834
It... it hasn't been an easy journey.
696
00:39:53,901 --> 00:39:56,334
But I'm glad I'm alive.
697
00:39:56,400 --> 00:39:57,934
One of the victims actually told me...
698
00:39:58,000 --> 00:40:02,434
She said, "every time a male
699
00:40:02,500 --> 00:40:05,300
comes in to where I work,
700
00:40:05,367 --> 00:40:10,834
if he's about the right age
and about the right everything,"
701
00:40:10,901 --> 00:40:13,367
she says, "I think to myself,
'is that him?'"
702
00:40:13,434 --> 00:40:16,701
and so to have to live
your life that way,
703
00:40:16,767 --> 00:40:18,334
always looking over your shoulder
704
00:40:18,400 --> 00:40:21,968
and always wondering, it has to be...
705
00:40:22,033 --> 00:40:24,467
It has to be really difficult.
706
00:40:24,534 --> 00:40:27,968
For cops, you want to bring
closure for that person.
707
00:40:28,033 --> 00:40:30,167
You want to arrest the bad guys.
708
00:40:30,234 --> 00:40:32,934
Those victims will always be
forever scarred.
709
00:40:33,000 --> 00:40:37,801
Their life will never, ever,
ever, ever be the same.
710
00:40:37,868 --> 00:40:41,868
So, in a lot of instances where
people have long crime sprees
711
00:40:41,934 --> 00:40:43,567
like the norcal rapist,
712
00:40:43,634 --> 00:40:46,334
they think they're safe because
they haven't been arrested.
713
00:40:46,400 --> 00:40:47,701
It's never too long.
714
00:40:47,767 --> 00:40:49,067
It's never too late.
715
00:40:49,133 --> 00:40:52,300
The long arm of the law
is gonna find you.
716
00:40:52,367 --> 00:40:54,300
It almost is like a ticking time bomb
717
00:40:54,367 --> 00:40:56,868
because you know
it's going to happen again.
718
00:40:56,934 --> 00:40:59,334
You don't know where,
and you don't know when.
719
00:41:06,634 --> 00:41:09,767
The norcal rapist has gotten so confident
720
00:41:09,834 --> 00:41:12,100
with his 15-year rape spree
721
00:41:12,167 --> 00:41:14,834
that he is beginning to screw up.
722
00:41:14,901 --> 00:41:16,400
He's made a big mistake.
723
00:41:16,467 --> 00:41:18,968
Right now a serial rapist
is on the loose.
724
00:41:19,033 --> 00:41:21,100
And Sacramento police have new evidence
725
00:41:21,167 --> 00:41:23,500
this guy has been
attacking women for years.
726
00:41:23,567 --> 00:41:26,467
I have said many times that
DNA is the greatest tool
727
00:41:26,534 --> 00:41:29,234
ever given to law enforcement
to find the truth.
728
00:41:29,300 --> 00:41:31,300
This technology's groundbreaking.
729
00:41:31,367 --> 00:41:32,434
It's eye-opening.
730
00:41:32,500 --> 00:41:33,667
It was like, "holy cow.
731
00:41:33,734 --> 00:41:37,834
This is the person that
I've been wondering about
732
00:41:37,901 --> 00:41:40,033
for the last 12 years."
733
00:41:42,567 --> 00:41:45,767
By 1997, the norcal rapist had committed
734
00:41:45,834 --> 00:41:47,868
at least seven vicious attacks.
735
00:41:47,934 --> 00:41:50,968
News of his rampage spread
fear throughout the communities
736
00:41:51,033 --> 00:41:52,500
of northern California.
737
00:41:52,567 --> 00:41:55,033
Women did not feel safe
in their own homes.
738
00:41:55,100 --> 00:41:57,334
No one knew when he would strike next.
739
00:41:57,400 --> 00:41:59,968
Could forensic science
finally break the case
740
00:42:00,033 --> 00:42:03,500
and give detectives the evidence
they needed to make an arrest?
741
00:42:03,567 --> 00:42:06,334
The hunt for the norcal rapist continues
742
00:42:06,400 --> 00:42:08,934
in part two of
"the phantom predator."
743
00:42:09,000 --> 00:42:10,267
I'm Donnie wahlberg.
744
00:42:10,334 --> 00:42:11,467
Thanks for watching
"very scary people."
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