1 00:00:03,269 --> 00:00:05,105 The story you are about to see 2 00:00:05,138 --> 00:00:07,474 was inspired by actual events. 3 00:00:07,507 --> 00:00:10,176 The names have been changed to protect the innocent. 4 00:00:10,210 --> 00:00:15,582 {\an8}* 5 00:00:15,615 --> 00:00:18,518 It was Monday, it was overcast in Los Angeles. 6 00:00:18,551 --> 00:00:20,420 My partner and I were working the day shift 7 00:00:20,453 --> 00:00:22,422 out of Robbery-Homicide. 8 00:00:22,455 --> 00:00:25,091 The call came at 12:41. 9 00:00:25,125 --> 00:00:28,361 Hikers found a girl's body by the old L.A. zoo. 10 00:00:28,395 --> 00:00:30,630 The zoo was abandoned way back in the '50s. 11 00:00:30,663 --> 00:00:34,200 That was L.A., the city that refused to grow old. 12 00:00:34,234 --> 00:00:35,502 You tore things down and replaced them 13 00:00:35,535 --> 00:00:37,370 before anyone noticed. 14 00:00:37,404 --> 00:00:39,439 I used to come here as kid. 15 00:00:39,472 --> 00:00:41,541 The site was overgrown now. 16 00:00:41,574 --> 00:00:43,176 Silent. 17 00:00:43,209 --> 00:00:46,379 The buzz of flies, the familiar sound of death. 18 00:00:46,413 --> 00:00:48,181 My name's Friday. 19 00:00:48,214 --> 00:00:49,049 I'm a cop. 20 00:00:49,082 --> 00:00:51,184 Body was partially covered by brush. 21 00:00:51,217 --> 00:00:52,652 Birdwatchers found her by the smell. 22 00:00:52,686 --> 00:00:54,421 - Damn. - How old? 23 00:00:54,454 --> 00:00:56,256 My guess, 15 to 18. 24 00:00:56,289 --> 00:00:58,224 At first, I thought the throat was cut with a knife, 25 00:00:58,258 --> 00:01:00,360 but there's ligature marks along the hyoid. 26 00:01:00,393 --> 00:01:01,261 Garrotted. 27 00:01:01,294 --> 00:01:02,896 My guess, wire was sawed back and forth 28 00:01:02,929 --> 00:01:05,198 in attempt to decapitate her. 29 00:01:05,231 --> 00:01:06,166 Rape? 30 00:01:06,199 --> 00:01:07,267 Inconclusive. 31 00:01:07,300 --> 00:01:09,235 With the decomp, insect activity, 32 00:01:09,269 --> 00:01:11,538 I'd estimate her TOD sometime late Friday night. 33 00:01:11,571 --> 00:01:13,540 Clothes, purse, bookbag? 34 00:01:13,573 --> 00:01:14,641 Anything that might ID her? 35 00:01:14,674 --> 00:01:15,475 Not that we found. 36 00:01:15,508 --> 00:01:18,378 - What is this? - Some sort of herbs. 37 00:01:18,411 --> 00:01:20,647 So what, he kills her and then sprinkles herbs on the wound? 38 00:01:20,680 --> 00:01:22,482 And all over her body. 39 00:01:22,515 --> 00:01:24,284 Look inside her mouth. 40 00:01:26,486 --> 00:01:28,455 That's a peyote button, Joe. 41 00:01:28,488 --> 00:01:29,289 She's clean. 42 00:01:29,322 --> 00:01:30,357 With this wound, she should've been 43 00:01:30,390 --> 00:01:32,359 soaked in blood. 44 00:01:32,392 --> 00:01:34,227 Melted wax. 45 00:01:34,260 --> 00:01:35,462 Someone was lighting candles. 46 00:01:35,495 --> 00:01:36,496 Frank. 47 00:01:36,529 --> 00:01:38,298 There's vomit here. 48 00:01:38,331 --> 00:01:39,265 I want this bagged and checked, 49 00:01:39,299 --> 00:01:41,368 maybe get some DNA. 50 00:01:41,401 --> 00:01:42,635 That bothers me. 51 00:01:42,669 --> 00:01:44,437 Oh, this? 52 00:01:44,471 --> 00:01:45,105 It's a kid thing. 53 00:01:45,138 --> 00:01:47,307 Way to mark your territory. 54 00:01:47,340 --> 00:01:48,942 You never tossed your tennies up on a tree, Joe? 55 00:01:48,975 --> 00:01:50,510 Would you mind getting those down? 56 00:01:50,543 --> 00:01:52,312 Shoes in a tree. 57 00:01:52,345 --> 00:01:54,514 My partner said kids everywhere did it. 58 00:01:54,547 --> 00:01:55,615 My question: 59 00:01:55,648 --> 00:01:57,517 Did it have anything to do with this girl's murder? 60 00:01:57,550 --> 00:01:59,285 {\an8}* 61 00:01:59,319 --> 00:02:00,653 We ran her through Missing Persons. 62 00:02:00,687 --> 00:02:04,424 One hit, 16-year-old Laurel Witkowski. 63 00:02:04,457 --> 00:02:06,493 The family lived in Hancock Park, 64 00:02:06,526 --> 00:02:09,396 an old neighborhood in L.A. built for the very rich. 65 00:02:09,429 --> 00:02:12,399 Safe, protected. 66 00:02:12,432 --> 00:02:14,501 The girl had been reported missing this morning. 67 00:02:14,534 --> 00:02:15,201 Why? 68 00:02:15,235 --> 00:02:17,203 She'd been dead for two days. 69 00:02:17,237 --> 00:02:20,407 Didn't her parents wonder where she'd been? 70 00:02:20,440 --> 00:02:23,209 When the door opens, the first thing you see is hope. 71 00:02:23,243 --> 00:02:24,411 "Will my child be there?" 72 00:02:24,444 --> 00:02:26,379 {\an8}* 73 00:02:26,413 --> 00:02:28,314 When the parents saw our faces 74 00:02:28,348 --> 00:02:30,316 it all started to crumble. 75 00:02:30,350 --> 00:02:32,686 My wife's from Chicago. 76 00:02:32,719 --> 00:02:35,288 She and Laurel only moved to L.A. this summer. 77 00:02:35,321 --> 00:02:36,523 You're Laurel's stepfather. 78 00:02:36,556 --> 00:02:38,558 We were married seven months ago. 79 00:02:38,591 --> 00:02:40,760 Just after I got transferred to L.A. 80 00:02:40,794 --> 00:02:42,629 What about the biological father? 81 00:02:42,662 --> 00:02:44,998 We've been divorced for five years. 82 00:02:45,031 --> 00:02:47,267 He wasn't involved in her life. 83 00:02:47,300 --> 00:02:50,704 You, uh, reported Laurel missing since Friday. 84 00:02:50,737 --> 00:02:52,505 That's when we last saw her. 85 00:02:52,539 --> 00:02:54,474 Around seven Friday night. 86 00:02:54,507 --> 00:02:56,309 We were leaving for a weekend retreat. 87 00:02:56,343 --> 00:02:58,378 But we wanted her to come with us. 88 00:02:58,411 --> 00:03:00,814 We returned late Sunday night and she wasn't here. 89 00:03:00,847 --> 00:03:03,450 But you waited until, uh, 90 00:03:03,483 --> 00:03:05,318 this morning to call Missing Persons. 91 00:03:05,352 --> 00:03:08,021 Well we thought maybe she was at a friend's house. 92 00:03:08,054 --> 00:03:11,758 It wasn't until she didn't show at school that we got worried. 93 00:03:11,791 --> 00:03:13,393 I know that sounds bad but-- 94 00:03:13,426 --> 00:03:17,464 Laurel was very independent. 95 00:03:17,497 --> 00:03:19,833 We wanted to know her friends, 96 00:03:19,866 --> 00:03:21,601 where she went, what she did. 97 00:03:21,634 --> 00:03:23,436 Teenagers have their own worlds. 98 00:03:23,470 --> 00:03:24,671 What about boyfriends? 99 00:03:24,704 --> 00:03:26,740 Oh, I don't think so. 100 00:03:26,773 --> 00:03:28,541 In Chicago, there was a boy she liked, 101 00:03:28,575 --> 00:03:29,876 but here-- 102 00:03:29,909 --> 00:03:31,478 How about trouble in school? 103 00:03:31,511 --> 00:03:34,581 We never heard of any. 104 00:03:34,614 --> 00:03:36,049 Laurel was not a happy kid. 105 00:03:36,082 --> 00:03:37,751 You don't know that. 106 00:03:37,784 --> 00:03:40,520 She didn't confide in you. 107 00:03:40,553 --> 00:03:43,356 Or me. 108 00:03:43,390 --> 00:03:46,359 She was smart. 109 00:03:46,393 --> 00:03:49,362 She was too smart for her own good. 110 00:03:49,396 --> 00:03:51,064 That doesn't mean she was unhappy. 111 00:03:51,097 --> 00:03:52,899 We're gonna have to check Laurel's personal effects, 112 00:03:52,932 --> 00:03:56,670 her writings, phone records. 113 00:03:56,703 --> 00:04:01,441 She was the sweetest little girl. 114 00:04:01,474 --> 00:04:04,511 She used to laugh all the time. 115 00:04:06,880 --> 00:04:15,588 {\an8}* 116 00:04:15,622 --> 00:04:18,391 What do we leave behind when we die? 117 00:04:18,425 --> 00:04:20,093 Memories for those who knew us, 118 00:04:20,126 --> 00:04:24,097 and possessions that usually don't mean much to anyone else. 119 00:04:24,130 --> 00:04:25,832 We hoped what Laurel's parents provided 120 00:04:25,865 --> 00:04:29,636 would give us a clue to what they didn't know themselves: 121 00:04:29,669 --> 00:04:32,772 who Laurel was, and maybe why she died. 122 00:04:32,806 --> 00:04:34,541 Dressage Junior Championship. 123 00:04:34,574 --> 00:04:35,809 What the hell is dressage? 124 00:04:35,842 --> 00:04:36,643 Dressage. 125 00:04:36,676 --> 00:04:39,646 Horses prancing, doing fancy steps. 126 00:04:39,679 --> 00:04:41,848 Driving school lessons, 127 00:04:41,881 --> 00:04:45,585 first grade report card, Cook County Spelling Bee. 128 00:04:45,618 --> 00:04:47,420 Phonebook. 129 00:04:47,454 --> 00:04:48,621 All of her friends. 130 00:04:48,655 --> 00:04:51,124 This looks like a diary, but it looks like it's in code. 131 00:04:51,157 --> 00:04:52,625 Me and my sisters wrote in code to keep our parents 132 00:04:52,659 --> 00:04:54,427 from finding out what we were up to. 133 00:04:54,461 --> 00:04:55,495 Call every name in that phonebook. 134 00:04:55,528 --> 00:04:57,964 Maybe we can find somebody who can decipher this. 135 00:04:57,997 --> 00:04:59,499 Strange stuff. 136 00:04:59,532 --> 00:05:00,800 Well, that's Goth. 137 00:05:00,834 --> 00:05:02,702 - Goth? - Yeah. 138 00:05:02,736 --> 00:05:04,371 You know, like Gothic. 139 00:05:04,404 --> 00:05:05,271 Kids are into these days. 140 00:05:05,305 --> 00:05:08,608 It's witches, druids, stuff like that. 141 00:05:08,641 --> 00:05:10,443 Look how she changed. 142 00:05:10,477 --> 00:05:12,512 That's before and after. 143 00:05:12,545 --> 00:05:14,447 Like Christmas and Halloween. 144 00:05:14,481 --> 00:05:16,783 I don't know how I'd feel if a kid of mine changed like this. 145 00:05:16,816 --> 00:05:19,152 I'd be scared something bad was gonna happen. 146 00:05:19,185 --> 00:05:20,687 Yeah. 147 00:05:20,720 --> 00:05:22,789 Something did. 148 00:05:22,822 --> 00:05:25,792 Shoe casts from 14 different pairs of footprints 149 00:05:25,825 --> 00:05:28,461 found within a ten meter radius of the body. 150 00:05:28,495 --> 00:05:30,830 They're all labeled with size and some makes. 151 00:05:30,864 --> 00:05:32,599 Skateboard shoes, sandals, 152 00:05:32,632 --> 00:05:33,633 gotta be teenagers. 153 00:05:33,667 --> 00:05:35,735 Goes right along with the junk food wrappers. 154 00:05:35,769 --> 00:05:39,406 Tobacco, marijuana, beedies, cloves. 155 00:05:39,439 --> 00:05:40,740 Candles were pure paraffin. 156 00:05:40,774 --> 00:05:41,875 Mr. Zog's Sex Wax. 157 00:05:41,908 --> 00:05:44,411 Seems someone got creative and stuck a wick in them. 158 00:05:44,444 --> 00:05:45,378 What about the blood? 159 00:05:45,412 --> 00:05:47,647 The ground underneath her body was soaked. 160 00:05:47,681 --> 00:05:49,749 All matches the victim. 161 00:05:49,783 --> 00:05:51,184 From the tree. 162 00:05:51,217 --> 00:05:53,586 We haven't started on these yet. 163 00:05:53,620 --> 00:05:56,489 They were all tied with cotton laces, except for these. 164 00:05:56,523 --> 00:05:57,424 Blood. 165 00:05:57,457 --> 00:05:59,459 A garrote needs handles 166 00:05:59,492 --> 00:06:00,827 or the wire slices through the hands. 167 00:06:00,860 --> 00:06:02,996 Check for prints, get a DNA match on the victim. 168 00:06:03,029 --> 00:06:04,898 You think they were hers? 169 00:06:04,931 --> 00:06:09,002 I don't know whose shoes they were but I'll tell you this, 170 00:06:09,035 --> 00:06:11,771 I think they killed her. 171 00:06:11,805 --> 00:06:21,781 {\an8}* 172 00:06:21,815 --> 00:06:41,801 {\an8}* 173 00:06:41,835 --> 00:07:00,854 {\an8}* 174 00:07:00,887 --> 00:07:02,956 Laurel Witkowski attended a private high school 175 00:07:02,989 --> 00:07:04,958 called Oakcroft Academy. 176 00:07:04,991 --> 00:07:07,160 No graffiti, no boom-boxes. 177 00:07:07,193 --> 00:07:08,962 For 20 grand a year, her parents hoped to buy 178 00:07:08,995 --> 00:07:11,264 peace of mind, security. 179 00:07:11,297 --> 00:07:13,633 But it didn't work for Laurel. 180 00:07:13,667 --> 00:07:15,635 This is Reverend Hugh Hightower, 181 00:07:15,669 --> 00:07:17,737 co-headmaster and school chaplain, 182 00:07:17,771 --> 00:07:20,874 and Matt Margolis, head of security for Oakcroft. 183 00:07:20,907 --> 00:07:22,742 - Matt, long time. - It's good to see you, Joe. 184 00:07:22,776 --> 00:07:24,678 I wish it were under different circumstances. 185 00:07:24,711 --> 00:07:26,913 - My partner, Frank Smith. - Hello, Frank. 186 00:07:26,946 --> 00:07:29,015 Uh, Joe and I worked together in Metro. 187 00:07:29,049 --> 00:07:30,216 Gentlemen, please have a seat. 188 00:07:30,250 --> 00:07:33,787 In our 72 years, not a single student has been murdered. 189 00:07:33,820 --> 00:07:35,155 Suicide, yes. 190 00:07:35,188 --> 00:07:37,757 We had a kidnapping, but never, never this. 191 00:07:37,791 --> 00:07:38,992 The students are devastated. 192 00:07:39,025 --> 00:07:40,093 I'm sure. 193 00:07:40,126 --> 00:07:41,194 Laurel's other classmates. 194 00:07:41,227 --> 00:07:43,229 We'd like to speak to anyone that was close to her. 195 00:07:43,263 --> 00:07:44,831 With a parent's permission. 196 00:07:44,864 --> 00:07:45,932 Well, that would take time, Reverend, 197 00:07:45,965 --> 00:07:47,767 and time is something we don't have. 198 00:07:47,801 --> 00:07:50,770 We can't allow it without parental consent. 199 00:07:50,804 --> 00:07:51,971 How about Laurel's teachers? 200 00:07:52,005 --> 00:07:55,075 If a teacher said anything about a student that resulted in-- 201 00:07:55,108 --> 00:07:57,210 I don't know, some problem for the parents? 202 00:07:57,243 --> 00:08:00,080 Gotta admit, there's a potential for a lawsuit there. 203 00:08:00,113 --> 00:08:01,915 Lawsuits. 204 00:08:01,948 --> 00:08:03,216 Parental consent. 205 00:08:03,249 --> 00:08:05,118 What were they talking about? 206 00:08:05,151 --> 00:08:07,921 A young girl was murdered and this was all they would do? 207 00:08:07,954 --> 00:08:09,789 {\an8}Until we come back with a court order. 208 00:08:09,823 --> 00:08:11,057 {\an8}Is that a threat? 209 00:08:11,091 --> 00:08:12,759 The school's attorney would challenge that. 210 00:08:12,792 --> 00:08:14,160 We'll just assume for now that our feelings 211 00:08:14,194 --> 00:08:17,130 about Laurel's murder are stronger than yours. 212 00:08:17,163 --> 00:08:18,298 Thanks for your time. 213 00:08:21,968 --> 00:08:24,004 Wire cut deep, through the trachea. 214 00:08:24,037 --> 00:08:25,338 {\an8}Killer was strong. 215 00:08:25,372 --> 00:08:26,906 {\an8}Any sign of struggle? 216 00:08:26,940 --> 00:08:29,809 {\an8}Abrasions on the hands and arms. 217 00:08:29,843 --> 00:08:31,811 {\an8}Had a .2 level of alcohol in her system. 218 00:08:31,845 --> 00:08:33,279 {\an8}So she could've been unconscious or knocked out 219 00:08:33,313 --> 00:08:34,948 {\an8}while the attack occurred. 220 00:08:34,981 --> 00:08:38,151 {\an8}Found a partial boot imprint on the upper mid-back. 221 00:08:38,184 --> 00:08:40,086 {\an8}So, he killed her when she was face down. 222 00:08:40,120 --> 00:08:41,721 {\an8}And he wraps the garrote around her neck 223 00:08:41,755 --> 00:08:43,056 {\an8}and uses his boot as leverage. 224 00:08:43,089 --> 00:08:44,024 {\an8}Then turns her back over. 225 00:08:44,057 --> 00:08:46,092 {\an8}Now, if there was rape or sexual activity, 226 00:08:46,126 --> 00:08:47,060 {\an8}the assailant was careful. 227 00:08:47,093 --> 00:08:48,361 {\an8}There's no trace of semen. 228 00:08:48,395 --> 00:08:50,063 {\an8}That's unusual in a case like this. 229 00:08:50,096 --> 00:08:51,297 Now, on the peyote button, 230 00:08:51,331 --> 00:08:53,266 there's relatively little saliva residue. 231 00:08:53,299 --> 00:08:55,068 Most likely placed post-mortem. 232 00:08:55,101 --> 00:08:56,202 So, how long after he killed her? 233 00:08:56,236 --> 00:08:56,970 My estimate? 234 00:08:57,003 --> 00:08:59,072 Three, four hours prior to rigor. 235 00:08:59,105 --> 00:09:00,006 That's a big button. 236 00:09:00,040 --> 00:09:01,741 {\an8}I'd like to see the cacti that was cut from. 237 00:09:01,775 --> 00:09:03,043 {\an8}It must have been massive. 238 00:09:03,076 --> 00:09:05,745 {\an8}Maybe purchased legally from a licensed dealer. 239 00:09:05,779 --> 00:09:06,913 {\an8}Licensed peyote dealers? 240 00:09:06,946 --> 00:09:09,382 Native American church members can buy peyote legally. 241 00:09:11,151 --> 00:09:12,352 Friday. 242 00:09:14,287 --> 00:09:15,188 Thanks. 243 00:09:15,221 --> 00:09:17,123 They've checked Laurel's phone records. 244 00:09:17,157 --> 00:09:19,092 The right Reverend Hightower may not be as right 245 00:09:19,125 --> 00:09:21,995 or as reverend as he would like to appear. 246 00:09:22,028 --> 00:09:22,996 I didn't exactly lie. 247 00:09:23,029 --> 00:09:24,798 Laurel called you the night she was killed. 248 00:09:24,831 --> 00:09:26,099 What would you call that exactly? 249 00:09:26,132 --> 00:09:27,033 An oversight? 250 00:09:27,067 --> 00:09:28,134 {\an8}An omission? 251 00:09:28,168 --> 00:09:29,336 {\an8}She's been brutally murdered. 252 00:09:29,369 --> 00:09:32,272 {\an8}If anyone knew she was here, I'd be branded a pedophile. 253 00:09:32,305 --> 00:09:33,139 {\an8}So, she was here. 254 00:09:33,173 --> 00:09:34,007 {\an8}Why? 255 00:09:34,040 --> 00:09:36,276 {\an8}She just appeared at my door upset. 256 00:09:36,309 --> 00:09:38,111 {\an8}A child in need is a child in need. 257 00:09:38,144 --> 00:09:40,013 {\an8}We can see you needing her. 258 00:09:40,046 --> 00:09:41,815 {\an8}We talked, that's all. 259 00:09:41,848 --> 00:09:42,515 What about? 260 00:09:42,549 --> 00:09:44,050 She said she hated her parents. 261 00:09:44,084 --> 00:09:45,352 Said her mother was selfish. 262 00:09:45,385 --> 00:09:47,120 Married a man she hated. 263 00:09:47,153 --> 00:09:48,788 Intimated her stepfather was cruel, 264 00:09:48,822 --> 00:09:49,889 both mentally and physically. 265 00:09:49,923 --> 00:09:51,291 So, after you talked? 266 00:09:54,094 --> 00:09:55,829 {\an8}She stayed here. 267 00:09:55,862 --> 00:09:57,897 {\an8}She said she was scared to go back home. 268 00:09:57,931 --> 00:09:59,299 {\an8}She pleaded. 269 00:09:59,332 --> 00:10:00,967 My room's in the back. 270 00:10:01,001 --> 00:10:04,137 Laurel slept down the hall in the guest room. 271 00:10:04,170 --> 00:10:06,439 In the morning, she was gone. 272 00:10:06,473 --> 00:10:10,310 So was my silver and turquoise cross. 273 00:10:10,343 --> 00:10:12,078 Are you willing to take a polygraph? 274 00:10:12,112 --> 00:10:14,447 {\an8}* 275 00:10:14,481 --> 00:10:16,916 I can understand him talking to Laurel, 276 00:10:16,950 --> 00:10:18,351 {\an8}even offering her a place to stay, 277 00:10:18,385 --> 00:10:21,321 {\an8}but what I don't understand is why she went to him. 278 00:10:21,354 --> 00:10:23,056 {\an8}He's not someone you would confide in? 279 00:10:23,089 --> 00:10:25,158 {\an8}Sixteen-year-olds don't confide. 280 00:10:25,191 --> 00:10:28,161 Well, maybe she went there to steal his fancy turquoise cross. 281 00:10:28,194 --> 00:10:29,362 Fits with the satanic angle, 282 00:10:29,396 --> 00:10:31,064 Goth stuff. 283 00:10:31,097 --> 00:10:31,965 We got a break. 284 00:10:31,998 --> 00:10:33,867 Metro cops picked up a kid for tagging. 285 00:10:33,900 --> 00:10:36,369 He spray-painted on a billboard, big red letters, 286 00:10:36,403 --> 00:10:40,140 "Laurel Witkowski died because of you." 287 00:10:40,173 --> 00:10:42,208 You sprayed "Laurel Witkowksi died because of you" 288 00:10:42,242 --> 00:10:44,978 on a billboard across from the main entrance at Oakcroft. 289 00:10:45,011 --> 00:10:46,179 Who's the "you"? 290 00:10:46,212 --> 00:10:47,847 Society. 291 00:10:47,881 --> 00:10:49,082 Be more specific. 292 00:10:49,115 --> 00:10:50,350 Human society. 293 00:10:50,383 --> 00:10:52,052 All right, let's cut to the chase, Randy. 294 00:10:52,085 --> 00:10:53,086 Did you kill Laurel? 295 00:10:53,119 --> 00:10:54,387 Does it matter? 296 00:10:54,421 --> 00:10:56,289 I'm just gonna get blamed for it anyways. 297 00:10:56,322 --> 00:10:58,458 We don't act on blame, that's not satisfying. 298 00:10:58,491 --> 00:11:00,193 We want to arrest the real thing. 299 00:11:00,226 --> 00:11:03,363 So, who did kill Laurel? 300 00:11:03,396 --> 00:11:06,099 Let me tell you guys a little story, okay? 301 00:11:06,132 --> 00:11:07,867 A few nights ago I go to this club 302 00:11:07,901 --> 00:11:09,402 and there's this dwarf there 303 00:11:09,436 --> 00:11:11,971 and he's got this big badass belt buckle 304 00:11:12,005 --> 00:11:15,108 that says "Dwarf" on it, and I think, "that is so cool." 305 00:11:15,141 --> 00:11:17,043 So I say to the guy, "That is so cool. 306 00:11:17,077 --> 00:11:18,411 You've got 'Dwarf' on your belt buckle," 307 00:11:18,445 --> 00:11:20,413 and you know what he says to me? 308 00:11:20,447 --> 00:11:23,116 "It says Dwayne." 309 00:11:23,149 --> 00:11:23,983 You get it? 310 00:11:24,017 --> 00:11:26,252 Dwayne, not dwarf. 311 00:11:26,286 --> 00:11:29,289 I just assumed it said "Dwarf" because of how he looked. 312 00:11:32,158 --> 00:11:33,326 What, no comment on my parable 313 00:11:33,360 --> 00:11:36,129 about society's preconceived notions? 314 00:11:36,162 --> 00:11:38,098 This way. 315 00:11:38,131 --> 00:11:40,066 Oh my God, it's Chester the Molester. 316 00:11:40,100 --> 00:11:40,734 Hey, Hughey! 317 00:11:40,767 --> 00:11:41,634 What do they got you in for? 318 00:11:41,668 --> 00:11:44,237 Fondling little boys or killing Laurel? 319 00:11:44,270 --> 00:11:45,105 Okay, Randy. 320 00:11:45,138 --> 00:11:46,339 Let's stop wasting each other's time. 321 00:11:46,373 --> 00:11:49,976 Any information you have to help us solve Laurel's murder? 322 00:11:50,010 --> 00:11:51,945 Like your whereabouts Friday night. 323 00:11:51,978 --> 00:11:52,812 Oh, you're not gonna make me call 324 00:11:52,846 --> 00:11:54,381 Mommy and Daddy's attorney, are you? 325 00:11:54,414 --> 00:11:56,416 'Cause I hate them almost as much as I hate cops. 326 00:11:56,449 --> 00:11:58,284 You come up with something, call us. 327 00:12:01,121 --> 00:12:02,188 God bless. 328 00:12:04,290 --> 00:12:07,293 Put him on the list. 329 00:12:07,327 --> 00:12:10,263 We were calling the names in Laurel Witkowksi's phonebook. 330 00:12:10,296 --> 00:12:12,032 All we heard was no. 331 00:12:12,065 --> 00:12:14,134 Parents didn't want their kids talking, 332 00:12:14,167 --> 00:12:16,469 not to cops investigating a murder. 333 00:12:16,503 --> 00:12:17,937 I understood. 334 00:12:17,971 --> 00:12:20,006 That didn't mean I wasn't angry. 335 00:12:20,040 --> 00:12:21,374 We had a job to do. 336 00:12:21,408 --> 00:12:22,575 They were in our way. 337 00:12:22,609 --> 00:12:24,077 I got one. 338 00:12:24,110 --> 00:12:26,312 Yeah, that would be great. 339 00:12:26,346 --> 00:12:28,181 Okay, we'll wait here. 340 00:12:28,214 --> 00:12:31,084 A classmate of Laurel's, Mallory Tasker. 341 00:12:31,117 --> 00:12:32,485 Her mom's bringing her in. 342 00:12:32,519 --> 00:12:35,188 Laurel taught me how to make a code. 343 00:12:35,221 --> 00:12:38,558 She was wicked smart. 344 00:12:38,591 --> 00:12:42,028 No one without the template could decipher it. 345 00:12:42,062 --> 00:12:44,464 Laurel used to be at our house all the time. 346 00:12:44,497 --> 00:12:47,400 It's because she hated being at her own house. 347 00:12:47,434 --> 00:12:50,203 Why is that, Mallory? 348 00:12:50,236 --> 00:12:52,172 She hated her stepfather. 349 00:12:52,205 --> 00:12:55,342 He was a total jerk-off. 350 00:12:55,375 --> 00:12:57,143 Laurel was into some guy. 351 00:12:57,177 --> 00:12:58,244 See? 352 00:12:58,278 --> 00:13:00,347 That's a symbol for a hot guy, 353 00:13:00,380 --> 00:13:01,548 but there's no name. 354 00:13:01,581 --> 00:13:04,517 What does it say about him? 355 00:13:04,551 --> 00:13:08,355 "I can get him to notice me. 356 00:13:08,388 --> 00:13:16,129 I'll steal Reverend Hightower's cross." 357 00:13:16,162 --> 00:13:18,598 You have no idea who Laurel was trying to impress? 358 00:13:18,631 --> 00:13:23,403 After she went Goth, she stopped talking to me. 359 00:13:23,436 --> 00:13:26,606 I heard a rumor. 360 00:13:26,639 --> 00:13:29,509 Some guys went to the old zoo 361 00:13:29,542 --> 00:13:32,212 to drop peyote, 362 00:13:32,245 --> 00:13:34,347 and they saw Laurel dead. 363 00:13:34,381 --> 00:13:35,515 Who are they? 364 00:13:35,548 --> 00:13:36,516 I don't know. 365 00:13:36,549 --> 00:13:39,519 I-- 366 00:13:39,552 --> 00:13:43,023 {\an8}* 367 00:13:43,056 --> 00:13:45,392 I always thought, 368 00:13:45,425 --> 00:13:46,559 you know, we'd make up. 369 00:13:46,593 --> 00:13:50,296 {\an8}* 370 00:13:50,330 --> 00:13:52,599 We'd be friends like we, we were. 371 00:13:54,167 --> 00:13:57,604 {\an8}* 372 00:13:57,637 --> 00:13:59,673 I can't believe she's gone. 373 00:13:59,706 --> 00:14:04,344 {\an8}* 374 00:14:08,381 --> 00:14:12,085 Did those guys kill her? 375 00:14:12,118 --> 00:14:13,620 Is that who killed her up there? 376 00:14:13,653 --> 00:14:21,995 {\an8}* 377 00:14:22,028 --> 00:14:24,197 No discrepancies in Reverend Hightower's polygraph. 378 00:14:24,230 --> 00:14:25,131 But keep checking, just in case. 379 00:14:25,165 --> 00:14:27,100 You look at our Goth, Randy Southbrook? 380 00:14:27,133 --> 00:14:28,134 He turned 18 last month. 381 00:14:28,168 --> 00:14:29,235 Juvenile records are sealed. 382 00:14:29,269 --> 00:14:31,471 People at Oakcroft wouldn't even divulge his GPA, 383 00:14:31,504 --> 00:14:32,439 but he's got his own website. 384 00:14:32,472 --> 00:14:33,406 We're searching it now. 385 00:14:33,440 --> 00:14:35,342 Allegations of abuse against Laurel's stepdad, 386 00:14:35,375 --> 00:14:36,476 John Feldkirk. 387 00:14:36,509 --> 00:14:37,410 No priors, no record, 388 00:14:37,444 --> 00:14:39,446 not even any parking tickets gone to warrant. 389 00:14:39,479 --> 00:14:41,081 All right, check and see if there's an ex-wife. 390 00:14:41,114 --> 00:14:43,983 Check the murder weapon, the garrote, any matching M.O.s. 391 00:14:44,017 --> 00:14:45,452 Here's a crime with a similar M.O. 392 00:14:45,485 --> 00:14:47,087 Last year, a woman in Olympia, Washington, 393 00:14:47,120 --> 00:14:49,222 was found decapitated, maybe with a wire. 394 00:14:49,255 --> 00:14:51,491 No prints, no DNA, suspect still at large. 395 00:14:51,524 --> 00:14:53,059 Talk to the detectives in charge. 396 00:14:53,093 --> 00:14:54,327 Get the autopsy report. 397 00:14:54,361 --> 00:14:57,297 Check any ritualistic aspects of the crime that might match ours. 398 00:14:57,330 --> 00:14:58,164 You got it. 399 00:14:58,198 --> 00:15:00,000 Anything else, guys? 400 00:15:00,033 --> 00:15:01,167 Open forum, let's go. 401 00:15:01,201 --> 00:15:04,237 Only 65 members of the Native American church in L.A. 402 00:15:04,270 --> 00:15:07,974 and one honorary member has a son attending Oakcroft Academy. 403 00:15:08,008 --> 00:15:10,343 Also, there's a woman who reported an assault last night. 404 00:15:10,377 --> 00:15:12,445 Stretch of road by the crime scene. 405 00:15:12,479 --> 00:15:14,114 We asked her to come in. 406 00:15:14,147 --> 00:15:15,982 Frank, take the woman. I'll follow the peyote. 407 00:15:16,016 --> 00:15:19,452 Let's go, let's go! 408 00:15:19,486 --> 00:15:20,387 This guy pulls up, 409 00:15:20,420 --> 00:15:22,355 offers to take me to the nearest gas station. 410 00:15:22,389 --> 00:15:25,058 Now normally, I would never get in a car with a strange man, 411 00:15:25,091 --> 00:15:27,193 but this guy seemed okay. 412 00:15:27,227 --> 00:15:29,729 - Stupid, but understandable. - I was desperate. 413 00:15:29,763 --> 00:15:34,167 So, we start driving and he says he wants to hold my shoes, 414 00:15:34,200 --> 00:15:37,203 and of course, I say no, and he freaks out. 415 00:15:37,237 --> 00:15:41,007 Starts attacking me, and I start whacking him with my purse. 416 00:15:41,041 --> 00:15:44,277 I got him backed off and got the hell out of his car. 417 00:15:44,310 --> 00:15:46,446 The jerk did get one of my shoes though. 418 00:15:46,479 --> 00:15:48,148 Uh, Caucasian man? 419 00:15:48,181 --> 00:15:49,416 Mhm. 420 00:15:49,449 --> 00:15:51,217 Late 50s, balding? 421 00:15:51,251 --> 00:15:52,485 Mhm. 422 00:15:52,519 --> 00:15:54,054 And the car, white four-door? 423 00:15:54,087 --> 00:15:55,088 Oh, yeah. 424 00:15:55,121 --> 00:15:57,157 Maybe Japanese, I don't know. 425 00:15:57,190 --> 00:16:00,060 Uh, one thing, there was a pedal on the passenger side, 426 00:16:00,093 --> 00:16:01,394 'cause I cut my foot getting out. 427 00:16:01,428 --> 00:16:03,496 Like a driving instructor's vehicle? 428 00:16:03,530 --> 00:16:05,165 Uh, I wouldn't know. 429 00:16:05,198 --> 00:16:08,501 My dad taught me to drive in his pick-up. 430 00:16:08,535 --> 00:16:13,106 Um, some of my stuff fell out when I was hitting him. 431 00:16:13,139 --> 00:16:15,775 I'm missing a lipstick and a bunch of business cards, 432 00:16:15,809 --> 00:16:17,310 and I work at home. 433 00:16:17,344 --> 00:16:20,180 Well, you may wanna change your phone number. 434 00:16:20,213 --> 00:16:22,482 Uh, I'll have a patrol car run checks. 435 00:16:22,515 --> 00:16:24,451 Keep an eye out. 436 00:16:24,484 --> 00:16:26,586 Thanks. 437 00:16:26,619 --> 00:16:28,421 Peyote at the crime scene, 438 00:16:28,455 --> 00:16:30,190 and a man who could legally possess it, 439 00:16:30,223 --> 00:16:31,458 Dr. Rupert Miles. 440 00:16:31,491 --> 00:16:33,059 His son Wes was a student 441 00:16:33,093 --> 00:16:35,195 in Laurel Witkowksi's class at Oakcroft. 442 00:16:35,228 --> 00:16:36,596 I heard, it's terrible. 443 00:16:36,629 --> 00:16:37,864 Did you know her? 444 00:16:37,897 --> 00:16:42,202 I had seen her around school, picking up Wes, that's my son. 445 00:16:42,235 --> 00:16:43,436 I'd never spoken with her. 446 00:16:43,470 --> 00:16:44,537 I don't think I could be much help. 447 00:16:44,571 --> 00:16:45,805 Are you Native American? 448 00:16:45,839 --> 00:16:46,973 No. 449 00:16:47,007 --> 00:16:50,210 I'm an honorary member of the Native American church. 450 00:16:50,243 --> 00:16:52,345 I'm doing research into addiction and, uh, 451 00:16:52,379 --> 00:16:54,080 potentially curative effects of peyote 452 00:16:54,114 --> 00:16:56,149 on a serotonin reuptake inhibitors. 453 00:16:56,182 --> 00:16:57,417 Do you have peyote buttons? 454 00:16:57,450 --> 00:16:59,786 I have a legal right to possess them. 455 00:16:59,819 --> 00:17:00,787 Where's this going? 456 00:17:00,820 --> 00:17:02,555 Well, for starters, where do you keep them? 457 00:17:02,589 --> 00:17:03,823 They're locked in a safe. 458 00:17:03,857 --> 00:17:04,758 Combination safe? 459 00:17:04,791 --> 00:17:07,827 What's the number-- a birthday, anniversary? 460 00:17:07,861 --> 00:17:09,362 I'd like to speak to your son. 461 00:17:09,396 --> 00:17:12,399 Wes had nothing to do with this. 462 00:17:12,432 --> 00:17:14,401 You have to understand how traumatic this crime 463 00:17:14,434 --> 00:17:16,603 has been for these children. 464 00:17:16,636 --> 00:17:18,471 He knew his son was lying. 465 00:17:18,505 --> 00:17:20,473 That's why I'd never get to him. 466 00:17:20,507 --> 00:17:22,242 I couldn't allow him to be subjected to questions 467 00:17:22,275 --> 00:17:25,345 without seeking advice from an attorney. 468 00:17:25,378 --> 00:17:26,513 Scary, isn't it? 469 00:17:26,546 --> 00:17:30,150 {\an8}* 470 00:17:30,183 --> 00:17:32,652 I called in a favor from my days working Metro. 471 00:17:32,686 --> 00:17:35,388 Matt Margolis was never much of a cop. 472 00:17:35,422 --> 00:17:36,356 I wondered how good he was 473 00:17:36,389 --> 00:17:39,159 at providing private security at Oakcroft. 474 00:17:39,192 --> 00:17:40,527 I needed information, 475 00:17:40,560 --> 00:17:42,128 and if there was one thing Matt loved, 476 00:17:42,162 --> 00:17:44,130 it was the sound of his own voice. 477 00:17:44,164 --> 00:17:45,198 All in all, I would say 478 00:17:45,231 --> 00:17:47,300 private security is a good gig, it's good money. 479 00:17:47,334 --> 00:17:50,837 I'm gonna need help with the doctor's son, the peyote. 480 00:17:50,870 --> 00:17:52,906 Oh, you scared the hell out of Dr. Miles, you know. 481 00:17:52,939 --> 00:17:55,241 He called, he's getting his kid out of town. 482 00:17:55,275 --> 00:17:56,409 Well, somehow that kid's involved. 483 00:17:56,443 --> 00:17:58,545 Well, it's too late, he's gone. 484 00:17:58,578 --> 00:18:00,613 By the way, 485 00:18:00,647 --> 00:18:02,515 I need a number too. 486 00:18:02,549 --> 00:18:03,883 Have you thought about early retirement? 487 00:18:03,917 --> 00:18:05,185 I'm gonna ignore that. 488 00:18:05,218 --> 00:18:06,152 Why? 489 00:18:06,186 --> 00:18:07,487 You're blocking access to witnesses, Matt. 490 00:18:07,520 --> 00:18:08,755 Were you offering me a bribe? 491 00:18:08,788 --> 00:18:11,291 - No, I didn't mean it that way. - Well, that's how I took it. 492 00:18:11,324 --> 00:18:13,193 Well, I'm sorry, you misunderstood. 493 00:18:13,226 --> 00:18:15,428 Well, then let me make something very clear. 494 00:18:15,462 --> 00:18:16,396 You help us and help us now, 495 00:18:16,429 --> 00:18:18,298 or you could be facing obstruction charges. 496 00:18:18,331 --> 00:18:22,569 You don't get a free ride for being an ex-cop, pal. 497 00:18:22,602 --> 00:18:24,371 Now, that Goth kid, Randy Southbrook. 498 00:18:24,404 --> 00:18:25,672 Is he involved? 499 00:18:25,705 --> 00:18:27,273 I don't know. 500 00:18:27,307 --> 00:18:29,209 Kids went up there where Laurel died. 501 00:18:29,242 --> 00:18:30,110 Now besides the doctor's kid, 502 00:18:30,143 --> 00:18:33,480 who else would know about the peyote? 503 00:18:33,513 --> 00:18:36,449 Wes Miles' best friend is a surfer kid, Jerry Richter. 504 00:18:36,483 --> 00:18:38,518 Now, I'm not saying he was there, but he might know. 505 00:18:41,354 --> 00:18:43,323 One advantage of having a younger partner 506 00:18:43,356 --> 00:18:46,393 is his fluency is several L.A. regional dialects. 507 00:18:46,426 --> 00:18:50,463 Skate rat, snowboarder, and surfer. 508 00:18:50,497 --> 00:18:51,398 Like the ones you're wearing. 509 00:18:51,431 --> 00:18:52,265 What size are you? 510 00:18:52,298 --> 00:18:53,533 Ten, ten and a half? 511 00:18:53,566 --> 00:18:54,668 Eleven. 512 00:18:54,701 --> 00:18:55,735 You wanna try on a pair? 513 00:18:55,769 --> 00:18:58,304 - What's the damage? - 84 bucks. 514 00:18:58,338 --> 00:18:59,572 You're Jerry, right? 515 00:18:59,606 --> 00:19:02,442 Yeah. 516 00:19:02,475 --> 00:19:03,343 You're cops. 517 00:19:03,376 --> 00:19:05,311 Wes Miles, you two are friends, right? 518 00:19:05,345 --> 00:19:06,680 Yeah, me and Wes are buds. 519 00:19:06,713 --> 00:19:07,947 The peyote. 520 00:19:07,981 --> 00:19:09,349 Whoa. 521 00:19:09,382 --> 00:19:10,183 I don't have to talk to you, right? 522 00:19:10,216 --> 00:19:11,618 Wes ever go to the old zoo, Jerry? 523 00:19:11,651 --> 00:19:13,420 I mean, legally I got no obligation. 524 00:19:13,453 --> 00:19:14,287 How about you? 525 00:19:14,320 --> 00:19:15,255 Been to the zoo lately? 526 00:19:15,288 --> 00:19:16,389 Why are you harshin' on me? 527 00:19:16,423 --> 00:19:17,190 I didn't do anything. 528 00:19:17,223 --> 00:19:18,258 Because footprints near the body, 529 00:19:18,291 --> 00:19:20,627 same size and make as the ones you're wearing now. 530 00:19:20,660 --> 00:19:22,495 Candles surrounding the corpse, 531 00:19:22,529 --> 00:19:23,596 made with Mr. Zog's. 532 00:19:23,630 --> 00:19:25,665 {\an8}* 533 00:19:25,699 --> 00:19:27,233 - Hey! - Get him, Frank! 534 00:19:27,267 --> 00:19:27,967 I'll catch up! 535 00:19:28,001 --> 00:19:35,942 {\an8}* 536 00:19:39,412 --> 00:19:40,146 Stop! 537 00:19:40,180 --> 00:19:42,382 You're really pissing me off! 538 00:19:46,286 --> 00:19:47,987 You all right, Jerry? 539 00:19:48,021 --> 00:19:50,523 You're not the brightest bulb on the porch, are ya kid? 540 00:19:50,557 --> 00:19:51,658 Come on, let's go. 541 00:19:54,661 --> 00:19:56,396 How ya doing, Frank? 542 00:19:56,429 --> 00:19:57,397 I'm okay. 543 00:19:57,430 --> 00:19:58,398 You look like hell. 544 00:19:58,431 --> 00:20:02,469 {\an8}* 545 00:20:02,502 --> 00:20:03,470 Watch your head. 546 00:20:03,503 --> 00:20:05,005 {\an8}* 547 00:20:05,038 --> 00:20:06,606 While some parents try to protect their kids 548 00:20:06,639 --> 00:20:08,541 by keeping them away from us, 549 00:20:08,575 --> 00:20:10,677 others are refreshingly straightforward. 550 00:20:10,710 --> 00:20:12,579 My son and I had a little talk. 551 00:20:12,612 --> 00:20:15,348 He's here to tell you exactly what happened. 552 00:20:15,382 --> 00:20:16,716 Ain't that right, Jerry? 553 00:20:16,750 --> 00:20:18,752 Thanks, Mr. Richter. 554 00:20:18,785 --> 00:20:20,820 So, we dropped the 'yotes. 555 00:20:20,854 --> 00:20:23,757 You guys ever taken peyote? 556 00:20:23,790 --> 00:20:25,291 Kicks your ass. 557 00:20:25,325 --> 00:20:27,327 This isn't the first time? 558 00:20:27,360 --> 00:20:29,062 Wes's dad drops them in the name of science. 559 00:20:29,095 --> 00:20:31,297 Go on. 560 00:20:31,331 --> 00:20:33,800 And we wait for the old heave-ho to kick in. 561 00:20:33,833 --> 00:20:36,436 Before you trip, peyote makes you barf. 562 00:20:36,469 --> 00:20:39,706 I head for the bush, and as I'm blowing chunks, 563 00:20:39,739 --> 00:20:42,442 I see Laurel, 564 00:20:42,475 --> 00:20:45,311 and I totally freak out, 565 00:20:45,345 --> 00:20:49,082 'cause her throat, it's like disgusting, 566 00:20:49,115 --> 00:20:51,851 and her head's like half off, 567 00:20:51,885 --> 00:20:54,587 and there's blood everywhere. 568 00:20:54,621 --> 00:20:56,790 And everybody comes up, and we're like, 569 00:20:56,823 --> 00:21:00,560 "This is bad, this is really bad." 570 00:21:00,593 --> 00:21:03,596 And she looked so sad, you know? 571 00:21:03,630 --> 00:21:07,600 Tragic, and we wanted to help. 572 00:21:07,634 --> 00:21:09,803 We took the herbs from Wes's dad's medicine bag 573 00:21:09,836 --> 00:21:13,707 and sprinkled 'em on her neck. 574 00:21:13,740 --> 00:21:17,610 I swear, we were trying to help her. 575 00:21:17,644 --> 00:21:20,647 {\an8}* 576 00:21:20,680 --> 00:21:22,115 Dad? 577 00:21:22,148 --> 00:21:24,451 You gotta believe me. 578 00:21:24,484 --> 00:21:27,354 I can't sleep. 579 00:21:27,387 --> 00:21:29,456 Her head keeps popping in the back of my eyelids. 580 00:21:29,489 --> 00:21:35,862 {\an8}* 581 00:21:35,895 --> 00:21:37,497 It's all right, son, you told the truth. 582 00:21:37,530 --> 00:21:49,075 {\an8}* 583 00:21:49,109 --> 00:21:50,710 - These look related. - How many are there? 584 00:21:50,744 --> 00:21:52,712 Only three right now, but we got a lot of calls out. 585 00:21:52,746 --> 00:21:54,614 And we've been missing this the whole time? 586 00:21:54,647 --> 00:21:56,649 We have one in Klamath Falls, Oregon. 587 00:21:56,683 --> 00:21:59,519 Two in the state of Washington, Olympia and Spokane. 588 00:21:59,552 --> 00:22:00,487 All killed with a garrote? 589 00:22:00,520 --> 00:22:01,388 All three. 590 00:22:01,421 --> 00:22:04,024 Mae Ling Chow, 16, Olympia, Washington. 591 00:22:04,057 --> 00:22:05,125 Nearly decapitated. 592 00:22:05,158 --> 00:22:07,527 Joanne Hanson, age 15 in Spokane. 593 00:22:07,560 --> 00:22:09,562 Susan Bellinger, 18, Klamath Falls. 594 00:22:09,596 --> 00:22:10,597 All in the Northwest. 595 00:22:10,630 --> 00:22:11,598 And all in their teens. 596 00:22:11,631 --> 00:22:13,099 Did they find garrotes near the crime scene? 597 00:22:13,133 --> 00:22:14,701 Like wires with shoes maybe? 598 00:22:14,734 --> 00:22:15,702 The scenes aren't fresh, 599 00:22:15,735 --> 00:22:16,736 they're going back to look now. 600 00:22:16,770 --> 00:22:18,438 Peyote, herbs, candles? 601 00:22:18,471 --> 00:22:19,839 Maybe the Oakcroft kids were at the old zoo 602 00:22:19,873 --> 00:22:22,442 just tripping on peyote, not killing Laurel Witkowski. 603 00:22:22,475 --> 00:22:23,643 One thing's missing. 604 00:22:23,677 --> 00:22:25,779 What ties our case to the ones in Oregon and Washington? 605 00:22:25,812 --> 00:22:26,713 Northeast Division called. 606 00:22:26,746 --> 00:22:30,650 A 911 call from the Reverend Hugh Hightower. 607 00:22:30,684 --> 00:22:41,661 {\an8}* 608 00:22:41,695 --> 00:22:43,530 Do you see what he did to my house? 609 00:22:43,563 --> 00:22:44,397 That son of a-- 610 00:22:44,431 --> 00:22:45,598 You think Randy Southbrook did this? 611 00:22:45,632 --> 00:22:47,867 He's the one who spray painted that billboard, isn't he? 612 00:22:47,901 --> 00:22:48,868 Did you see him? 613 00:22:48,902 --> 00:22:50,770 I was watching TV when I heard some commotion. 614 00:22:50,804 --> 00:22:52,706 He must've taken off when he heard me coming. 615 00:22:52,739 --> 00:22:53,673 Did you talk to the neighbors? 616 00:22:53,707 --> 00:22:55,575 Up and down the block, nobody saw anything. 617 00:22:55,608 --> 00:22:57,143 Call SID, I want the works on this. 618 00:22:57,177 --> 00:22:58,178 I'm terrified. 619 00:22:58,211 --> 00:23:00,480 That boy killed Laurel Witkowksi, 620 00:23:00,513 --> 00:23:01,781 now he's out to get me. 621 00:23:01,815 --> 00:23:03,083 It's a possibility. 622 00:23:03,116 --> 00:23:04,784 I'm an educated man, Detective. 623 00:23:04,818 --> 00:23:06,486 I'm no reactionary, 624 00:23:06,519 --> 00:23:09,589 but you better arrest him before he kills again. 625 00:23:09,622 --> 00:23:12,225 Randy Southbrook is evil. 626 00:23:12,258 --> 00:23:14,627 {\an8}* 627 00:23:14,661 --> 00:23:15,929 Reverend Hightower couldn't resist 628 00:23:15,962 --> 00:23:17,897 spewing hellfire and brimstone. 629 00:23:17,931 --> 00:23:19,132 Why? 630 00:23:19,165 --> 00:23:21,601 Was it about his missing turquoise cross? 631 00:23:21,634 --> 00:23:22,802 Anger that Laurel Witkowski 632 00:23:22,836 --> 00:23:25,939 stole it for the boy she was in love with? 633 00:23:25,972 --> 00:23:28,541 Because I had a feeling that boy was Randy Southbrook. 634 00:23:28,575 --> 00:23:29,542 Nice house. 635 00:23:29,576 --> 00:23:30,844 Where are your parents? 636 00:23:30,877 --> 00:23:33,113 They're in Gstaad, which is in Switzerland. 637 00:23:33,146 --> 00:23:34,681 And see, I'm a latchkey kid, officer. 638 00:23:34,714 --> 00:23:36,216 It's the root of my neuroses. 639 00:23:36,249 --> 00:23:39,219 Did you know that Laurel Witkowksi was in love with you? 640 00:23:39,252 --> 00:23:40,420 Well, can you blame her? 641 00:23:40,453 --> 00:23:45,125 Laurel went to Hightower's house the night of her murder. 642 00:23:45,158 --> 00:23:46,893 Well, she didn't go over there to get laid. 643 00:23:46,926 --> 00:23:48,561 Hightower likes little boys. 644 00:23:48,595 --> 00:23:49,796 He had a blue cross. 645 00:23:49,829 --> 00:23:53,533 She wanted to steal it and give it to you. 646 00:23:53,566 --> 00:23:55,602 You like music? 647 00:23:55,635 --> 00:24:01,241 {\an8}* 648 00:24:01,274 --> 00:24:03,243 Yes! 649 00:24:03,276 --> 00:24:04,210 Yeah, my dad does that. 650 00:24:04,244 --> 00:24:05,845 I bet you two would have a lot in common. 651 00:24:05,879 --> 00:24:07,247 Friday night. 652 00:24:07,280 --> 00:24:09,949 Did you send Laurel to Hightower's house? 653 00:24:09,983 --> 00:24:11,885 Oh my God, did something happen? 654 00:24:11,918 --> 00:24:15,255 Someone put a boar's head on Hightower's lawn. 655 00:24:15,288 --> 00:24:17,657 No. 656 00:24:17,691 --> 00:24:19,592 That is superb. 657 00:24:19,626 --> 00:24:20,727 You think I did it? 658 00:24:20,760 --> 00:24:21,227 All right, Randy. 659 00:24:21,261 --> 00:24:22,328 Game time's over. 660 00:24:22,362 --> 00:24:23,863 You either had something to do with Laurel's murder 661 00:24:23,897 --> 00:24:24,597 or you didn't. 662 00:24:24,631 --> 00:24:27,634 Either way, I've had it with you. 663 00:24:27,667 --> 00:24:28,768 Now, you're 18 years old. 664 00:24:28,802 --> 00:24:30,537 You're gonna agree to take a polygraph. 665 00:24:30,570 --> 00:24:32,672 You're gonna give us fingerprints and DNA. 666 00:24:32,706 --> 00:24:33,907 And what if I say no, what are you gonna do? 667 00:24:33,940 --> 00:24:35,075 You're gonna beat me up? 668 00:24:35,108 --> 00:24:37,577 You're gonna stick bamboo shoots under my fingernails? 669 00:24:37,610 --> 00:24:38,411 Where'd you get the boar's head 670 00:24:38,445 --> 00:24:40,780 you threw in front of Hightower's? 671 00:24:40,814 --> 00:24:41,648 I know people. 672 00:24:41,681 --> 00:24:43,683 You know where to get a boar's head? 673 00:24:43,717 --> 00:24:44,384 Obviously. 674 00:24:44,417 --> 00:24:45,218 You know the difference between 675 00:24:45,251 --> 00:24:46,953 a boar's head and a sheep's head? 676 00:24:46,986 --> 00:24:47,721 'Cause it was a sheep's head 677 00:24:47,754 --> 00:24:49,856 that was in front of Hightower's. 678 00:24:53,026 --> 00:24:56,229 Smart kid like you wouldn't make that kind of mistake. 679 00:24:56,262 --> 00:24:59,566 You didn't do it. 680 00:24:59,599 --> 00:25:01,835 Why do you want to get credit for bad things you don't do? 681 00:25:04,771 --> 00:25:06,606 What's Hightower got against you anyway? 682 00:25:09,342 --> 00:25:11,811 I don't know, he was up for this big grant a while back 683 00:25:11,845 --> 00:25:14,314 and it's possible that I negatively impacted 684 00:25:14,347 --> 00:25:16,783 his chances when I walked up to the visiting committee 685 00:25:16,816 --> 00:25:18,685 and told them that he was my favorite teacher 686 00:25:18,718 --> 00:25:20,754 and for some reason, 687 00:25:20,787 --> 00:25:22,889 they held my endorsement against him. 688 00:25:22,922 --> 00:25:24,324 I noticed your reaction when I told you 689 00:25:24,357 --> 00:25:27,861 Laurel stole that cross from Hightower for you. 690 00:25:27,894 --> 00:25:30,663 You liked her. 691 00:25:30,697 --> 00:25:32,766 But you're getting off on being accused of her murder. 692 00:25:32,799 --> 00:25:33,800 I am not. 693 00:25:33,833 --> 00:25:35,735 Makes you feel superior. 694 00:25:35,769 --> 00:25:38,738 Wearing that Halloween mask, people judge you how you look. 695 00:25:38,772 --> 00:25:42,242 - You do. - Do I? 696 00:25:42,275 --> 00:25:44,611 You'd be the only cop in history that didn't. 697 00:25:44,644 --> 00:25:47,013 Nothing cuts through that shield of grease paint, huh? 698 00:25:47,047 --> 00:25:48,682 Even the death of your friend. 699 00:25:53,720 --> 00:25:56,322 I want you to get out of here, don't come back. 700 00:25:56,356 --> 00:25:57,424 Great. 701 00:26:02,729 --> 00:26:03,663 Joe. 702 00:26:03,697 --> 00:26:04,531 Nancy Pringle, the girl that was attacked 703 00:26:04,564 --> 00:26:06,766 by the Laurel Witkowski crime scene, 704 00:26:06,800 --> 00:26:08,935 she thinks she's being stalked so I told her to come in. 705 00:26:12,339 --> 00:26:14,874 I changed my phone number and I spot your patrol car sometimes 706 00:26:14,908 --> 00:26:17,310 but I keep seeing this white car go by at night. 707 00:26:17,344 --> 00:26:18,278 How often? 708 00:26:18,311 --> 00:26:20,780 Three or four times. 709 00:26:20,814 --> 00:26:22,015 And you think that it was the same make and model 710 00:26:22,048 --> 00:26:24,084 as the car you were attacked in? 711 00:26:24,117 --> 00:26:26,786 I think so. 712 00:26:26,820 --> 00:26:28,421 But I can't be sure. 713 00:26:28,455 --> 00:26:30,023 I mean, it's not like I can lean in 714 00:26:30,056 --> 00:26:32,292 and check to see if there's dual brake pedals. 715 00:26:32,325 --> 00:26:34,694 Right, the driver instructor's car. 716 00:26:34,728 --> 00:26:37,897 I tried to see his face but it's always at night. 717 00:26:37,931 --> 00:26:40,333 White, Caucasian, balding? 718 00:26:40,367 --> 00:26:43,003 I think so. 719 00:26:43,036 --> 00:26:46,406 Did you tell the patrolmen? 720 00:26:46,439 --> 00:26:49,309 They're only there a couple of times, 721 00:26:49,342 --> 00:26:52,879 and they say they've never seen the white car. 722 00:26:52,912 --> 00:26:54,814 I'll notify our watch commander. 723 00:26:54,848 --> 00:26:57,717 See if we can get some extra patrols to swing by. 724 00:26:57,751 --> 00:26:59,085 Thank you. 725 00:26:59,119 --> 00:27:02,789 It's possible I'm just being paranoid. 726 00:27:02,822 --> 00:27:05,692 Nancy, you were attacked, okay? 727 00:27:05,725 --> 00:27:08,928 It's not an easy thing to get over. 728 00:27:08,962 --> 00:27:10,930 Not when you're as neurotic as I am. 729 00:27:10,964 --> 00:27:12,899 Everybody in L.A. is neurotic. 730 00:27:15,168 --> 00:27:18,738 I guess that makes me feel better. 731 00:27:18,772 --> 00:27:21,441 She saw a passenger-side brake pedal like an instructor's car. 732 00:27:21,474 --> 00:27:23,376 At first, we didn't know what to make of it. 733 00:27:23,410 --> 00:27:24,644 The Spokane victim. 734 00:27:24,678 --> 00:27:27,414 Fifteen years old, she took driving lessons six months ago. 735 00:27:27,447 --> 00:27:29,416 I haven't found out yet if it was dual pedals. 736 00:27:29,449 --> 00:27:31,451 Klamath Falls, she was 18, just got her license. 737 00:27:31,484 --> 00:27:33,787 They're looking to see if she took lessons. 738 00:27:33,820 --> 00:27:34,854 Find it? 739 00:27:34,888 --> 00:27:35,555 I didn't even remember it and I had it in my hand. 740 00:27:35,588 --> 00:27:37,023 It was in the box of her stuff. 741 00:27:37,057 --> 00:27:38,858 Laurel Witkowski was taking lessons 742 00:27:38,892 --> 00:27:40,460 at the Addison School of Driving. 743 00:27:40,493 --> 00:27:42,796 We wanted a link to the other cases. 744 00:27:42,829 --> 00:27:44,464 That's a pretty good one. 745 00:27:51,971 --> 00:27:53,206 Frank Smith, LAPD. 746 00:27:53,239 --> 00:27:54,441 You work here at the driving school? 747 00:27:54,474 --> 00:27:55,675 Cliff Hartley. 748 00:27:55,709 --> 00:27:57,944 I'm the manager as well as a certified driving instructor. 749 00:27:57,977 --> 00:28:00,080 You have a contract with Oakcroft Academy, right? 750 00:28:00,113 --> 00:28:01,381 Yeah, we teach spoiled rich kids 751 00:28:01,414 --> 00:28:03,450 how to crash their brand new Mercedes. 752 00:28:03,483 --> 00:28:05,885 You know who gave an Oakcroft girl Laurel Witkowski lessons? 753 00:28:05,919 --> 00:28:07,220 That'd be me. 754 00:28:07,253 --> 00:28:08,888 I read in the paper about her murder. 755 00:28:08,922 --> 00:28:09,889 Awful. 756 00:28:09,923 --> 00:28:11,491 - You liked her? - Not exactly. 757 00:28:11,524 --> 00:28:13,960 She was a snot-ass just like the rest of them. 758 00:28:13,993 --> 00:28:16,096 Doesn't mean she deserved to die though. 759 00:28:16,129 --> 00:28:17,864 So, where were you Friday night, Cliff? 760 00:28:17,897 --> 00:28:19,199 Oh, you mean the night Laurel was killed? 761 00:28:19,232 --> 00:28:21,067 - Yeah. - I was in Vegas. 762 00:28:21,101 --> 00:28:23,103 A bunch of us flew up together for a bachelor party. 763 00:28:23,136 --> 00:28:24,304 I didn't get back 'til Sunday. 764 00:28:24,337 --> 00:28:26,139 I'll need the names and numbers of those you were with. 765 00:28:26,172 --> 00:28:28,508 Is this the car you gave her the lesson in? 766 00:28:28,541 --> 00:28:30,143 Yup. 767 00:28:30,176 --> 00:28:32,245 How'd that blood get on the pedal? 768 00:28:32,278 --> 00:28:33,913 What blood? 769 00:28:33,947 --> 00:28:35,949 I don't see any blood. 770 00:28:35,982 --> 00:28:37,784 How would blood get into my car? 771 00:28:37,817 --> 00:28:38,852 I don't know, you tell me. 772 00:28:38,885 --> 00:28:41,187 Well, how should I know? 773 00:28:41,221 --> 00:28:43,857 Oh, that was like a trick, huh? 774 00:28:43,890 --> 00:28:46,526 Yeah, I'll still need to impound her though. 775 00:28:48,194 --> 00:28:49,996 Thanks. 776 00:28:50,030 --> 00:28:51,998 Your driving instructor's bachelor party. 777 00:28:52,032 --> 00:28:54,000 His three pals confirmed, Cliff was in Vegas all weekend. 778 00:28:54,034 --> 00:28:55,869 Yeah, I checked with Vegas PD. 779 00:28:55,902 --> 00:28:57,904 They went to the hotel, he was registered. 780 00:28:57,937 --> 00:29:00,040 The lab guys are working all the cars at the driving school. 781 00:29:00,073 --> 00:29:01,274 Lots of prints, no matches. 782 00:29:01,307 --> 00:29:02,909 They haven't found blood on a pedal yet. 783 00:29:05,178 --> 00:29:07,013 Something's wrong here. 784 00:29:07,047 --> 00:29:11,117 Cliff Hartley gave her a lesson but his alibi holds. 785 00:29:11,151 --> 00:29:12,218 Get a list of the other instructors. 786 00:29:12,252 --> 00:29:14,854 See if anyone else gave Laurel Witkowski a lesson. 787 00:29:14,888 --> 00:29:15,822 And get the whereabouts 788 00:29:15,855 --> 00:29:17,891 of them all the night that she was killed. 789 00:29:17,924 --> 00:29:19,092 Frank Smith. 790 00:29:21,327 --> 00:29:22,595 Joe, don't tell me that. 791 00:29:22,629 --> 00:29:25,865 {\an8}* 792 00:29:25,899 --> 00:29:27,167 Be right down. 793 00:29:27,200 --> 00:29:28,134 Yeah. 794 00:29:28,168 --> 00:29:31,571 {\an8}* 795 00:29:31,604 --> 00:29:33,073 What? 796 00:29:35,108 --> 00:29:36,309 Nancy Pringle. 797 00:29:36,343 --> 00:29:46,486 {\an8}* 798 00:29:46,519 --> 00:30:06,506 {\an8}* 799 00:30:06,539 --> 00:30:26,526 {\an8}* 800 00:30:26,559 --> 00:30:31,598 {\an8}* 801 00:30:36,102 --> 00:30:37,671 No, I don't want to hear it anymore. 802 00:30:37,704 --> 00:30:39,506 You were supposed to be watching her. 803 00:30:39,539 --> 00:30:40,440 Frank, I'm sorry. 804 00:30:40,473 --> 00:30:43,043 We were doing six patrol checks a shift. 805 00:30:43,076 --> 00:30:44,144 We couldn't sit out here all night. 806 00:30:44,177 --> 00:30:45,111 Tell it to her. 807 00:30:45,145 --> 00:30:46,946 Let it go. 808 00:30:46,980 --> 00:30:49,015 The woman came to us for help, Joe. 809 00:30:50,517 --> 00:30:52,419 She said that she was scared he might come back. 810 00:30:52,452 --> 00:30:54,954 L.A. city's got what, four million people? 811 00:30:54,988 --> 00:30:57,057 Under 9,000 cops, what are you gonna do? 812 00:30:57,090 --> 00:30:57,757 Joe. 813 00:30:57,791 --> 00:30:58,658 These what you're looking for? 814 00:30:58,692 --> 00:31:00,460 Get 'em to the lab now. 815 00:31:00,493 --> 00:31:02,028 Joe, Frank. 816 00:31:02,062 --> 00:31:02,929 This is Ben Jameston. 817 00:31:02,962 --> 00:31:04,631 He saw something that you need to hear. 818 00:31:04,664 --> 00:31:05,632 What is it? 819 00:31:05,665 --> 00:31:06,633 I was out running like I always am at this time, 820 00:31:06,666 --> 00:31:09,502 and I noticed the same car circling the block. 821 00:31:09,536 --> 00:31:10,570 Can you describe the car? 822 00:31:10,603 --> 00:31:11,671 Yeah, it was a white four-door. 823 00:31:11,705 --> 00:31:12,972 I didn't get the make. 824 00:31:13,006 --> 00:31:13,940 You see the driver? 825 00:31:13,973 --> 00:31:14,774 In profile. 826 00:31:14,808 --> 00:31:16,443 He was an older guy, bald kind of. 827 00:31:16,476 --> 00:31:17,310 He looked like a professor. 828 00:31:17,344 --> 00:31:19,045 Sounds like the guy Nancy described. 829 00:31:19,079 --> 00:31:20,647 Can you remember anything else? 830 00:31:20,680 --> 00:31:22,082 When the car went under a streetlight, 831 00:31:22,115 --> 00:31:23,616 I saw a bumper sticker on the back. 832 00:31:23,650 --> 00:31:27,487 Rectangular, student driver. 833 00:31:27,520 --> 00:31:29,189 {\an8}* 834 00:31:29,222 --> 00:31:30,957 So, Cliff. 835 00:31:30,990 --> 00:31:32,559 One of your cars was out last night. 836 00:31:32,592 --> 00:31:33,960 Commonwealth and Finley. 837 00:31:33,993 --> 00:31:35,161 Nuh-uh. 838 00:31:35,195 --> 00:31:37,497 Cars are either locked up on the lot or in for servicing. 839 00:31:37,530 --> 00:31:39,265 So, who does the servicing? 840 00:31:39,299 --> 00:31:42,002 We have a deal with a guy named Jeff Murphy. 841 00:31:42,035 --> 00:31:44,204 This guy Jeff, he ever give a lesson? 842 00:31:44,237 --> 00:31:46,506 No, you have to have a driving instructor's license 843 00:31:46,539 --> 00:31:47,474 to teach driving. 844 00:31:47,507 --> 00:31:48,675 He just does service. 845 00:31:48,708 --> 00:31:50,143 So he never drove your car? 846 00:31:50,176 --> 00:31:52,012 No. 847 00:31:52,045 --> 00:31:53,513 {\an8}* 848 00:31:53,546 --> 00:31:56,449 Can you count to ten, Cliff? 849 00:31:56,483 --> 00:31:59,285 'Cause that's what you'll get for accessory to murder. 850 00:31:59,319 --> 00:32:01,521 Jeff drove your car. 851 00:32:01,554 --> 00:32:04,991 Well, if you mean, because one time I got sick, 852 00:32:05,025 --> 00:32:06,059 yeah, it did happen. 853 00:32:06,092 --> 00:32:09,562 You let Murphy give a lesson to Laurel Witkowski. 854 00:32:09,596 --> 00:32:11,498 I--like I said, once. 855 00:32:11,531 --> 00:32:14,668 And your little omission might have cost a woman her life. 856 00:32:14,701 --> 00:32:15,535 Seriously? 857 00:32:15,568 --> 00:32:16,603 Hey, my bad, totally-- 858 00:32:16,636 --> 00:32:18,038 Where is Jeff? 859 00:32:18,071 --> 00:32:20,140 Now. 860 00:32:20,173 --> 00:32:21,041 Jeffrey Jackson Murphy. 861 00:32:21,074 --> 00:32:24,477 Born Galveston, Texas, August 21, 1951. 862 00:32:24,511 --> 00:32:27,047 Father's deceased, mother hasn't seen him in over a decade. 863 00:32:27,080 --> 00:32:28,682 No siblings, as far as we can tell, no friends. 864 00:32:28,715 --> 00:32:29,683 Now, there's a profile. 865 00:32:29,716 --> 00:32:32,085 Aggravated assault, Lincoln, Nebraska, '98. 866 00:32:32,118 --> 00:32:34,220 Did nine months, a year probation, nothing since. 867 00:32:34,254 --> 00:32:35,355 Prints? 868 00:32:35,388 --> 00:32:37,590 SID found a partial at the Nancy Pringle crime scene. 869 00:32:37,624 --> 00:32:39,592 Three point match, not perfect, 870 00:32:39,626 --> 00:32:41,594 but could possibly be Jeff Murphy. 871 00:32:41,628 --> 00:32:43,596 or I'll personally drive over to your payroll office 872 00:32:43,630 --> 00:32:45,732 and become very unpleasant. 873 00:32:45,765 --> 00:32:48,068 {\an8}* 874 00:32:48,101 --> 00:32:49,035 Thank you. 875 00:32:49,069 --> 00:32:50,737 Thank you very much. 876 00:32:50,770 --> 00:32:54,074 Jeff Murphy's last paycheck went to 4722 Gower. 877 00:32:54,107 --> 00:32:55,175 Call for backup, tell them we're on our way. 878 00:32:55,208 --> 00:33:05,218 {\an8}* 879 00:33:05,251 --> 00:33:23,803 {\an8}* 880 00:33:25,372 --> 00:33:34,681 {\an8}* 881 00:33:34,714 --> 00:33:35,682 Damn it! 882 00:33:35,715 --> 00:33:36,683 All right, this is what we know. 883 00:33:36,716 --> 00:33:38,251 Guy likes kids, likes to drive them around. 884 00:33:38,284 --> 00:33:40,754 - Likes shoes. - Fixes cars for a living. 885 00:33:40,787 --> 00:33:42,222 Judging from where he was staying, 886 00:33:42,255 --> 00:33:44,090 has to keep working to keep eating. 887 00:33:44,124 --> 00:33:45,058 Talk to family, friends, 888 00:33:45,091 --> 00:33:47,327 anyone who's had any contact with this maniac. 889 00:33:47,360 --> 00:33:49,129 Should talk to driving schools. 890 00:33:49,162 --> 00:33:52,799 See if they have any new mechanics in. 891 00:33:52,832 --> 00:33:54,134 Driving schools. 892 00:33:54,167 --> 00:33:55,669 There were hundreds of them. 893 00:33:55,702 --> 00:33:56,936 Dual brake pedals. 894 00:33:56,970 --> 00:34:00,674 The only other thing we knew was that Jeff Murphy was a mechanic. 895 00:34:00,707 --> 00:34:02,242 That was all we had to find him. 896 00:34:02,275 --> 00:34:06,880 That, 25 telephones, and detectives with persistence. 897 00:34:06,913 --> 00:34:09,683 I could feel Murphy's presence. 898 00:34:09,716 --> 00:34:10,750 He was close. 899 00:34:10,784 --> 00:34:14,688 Out there somewhere, just inches under our radar. 900 00:34:14,721 --> 00:34:17,357 We had to find him before he found another victim. 901 00:34:17,390 --> 00:34:20,760 Marked by a pair of shoes, tied with wire. 902 00:34:22,195 --> 00:34:23,763 California School of Driving. 903 00:34:23,797 --> 00:34:24,898 Out in Pomona. 904 00:34:24,931 --> 00:34:26,766 Manager's been looking for a new mechanic for weeks. 905 00:34:26,800 --> 00:34:28,601 Guy came in this morning, answered their prayers, 906 00:34:28,635 --> 00:34:29,302 and ours. 907 00:34:29,336 --> 00:34:31,671 Certified dual-brake specialist. 908 00:34:31,705 --> 00:34:33,173 Named Jeff Murphy. 909 00:34:33,206 --> 00:34:34,174 Yes! 910 00:34:34,207 --> 00:34:44,184 {\an8}* 911 00:34:44,217 --> 00:34:57,297 {\an8}* 912 00:34:57,330 --> 00:34:59,399 - Jeff Murphy? - Yup? 913 00:34:59,432 --> 00:35:02,736 - Come on up out of there. - Sure thing! 914 00:35:02,769 --> 00:35:05,872 What can I do for you folks? 915 00:35:05,905 --> 00:35:07,640 Get up. 916 00:35:07,674 --> 00:35:08,742 Get up! 917 00:35:08,775 --> 00:35:09,943 Put your hands behind your back. 918 00:35:09,976 --> 00:35:12,479 You're under arrest for the murder of Laurel Witkowski, 919 00:35:12,512 --> 00:35:13,913 and Nancy Pringle. 920 00:35:13,947 --> 00:35:17,884 {\an8}* 921 00:35:17,917 --> 00:35:19,886 How did he get away with it? 922 00:35:19,919 --> 00:35:21,955 Wouldn't any woman, even a child, 923 00:35:21,988 --> 00:35:24,791 look into those eyes and see danger? 924 00:35:24,824 --> 00:35:26,659 But they didn't. 925 00:35:26,693 --> 00:35:28,795 A drifter moving from place to place, 926 00:35:28,828 --> 00:35:31,731 leaving little of himself behind, 927 00:35:31,765 --> 00:35:33,833 except his victims. 928 00:35:33,867 --> 00:35:36,202 Cold cases all over the country are becoming hot. 929 00:35:36,236 --> 00:35:37,837 Phoenix, St. Louis, Montgomery. 930 00:35:37,871 --> 00:35:40,240 Bangor, Maine, Atlanta, Orlando. 931 00:35:40,273 --> 00:35:41,341 The man got around. 932 00:35:41,374 --> 00:35:42,442 Murphy doesn't want a lawyer. 933 00:35:42,475 --> 00:35:43,143 Get his statement. 934 00:35:43,176 --> 00:35:46,813 We'll deal with the cold cases. 935 00:35:46,846 --> 00:35:48,948 I enjoyed driving little Laurel around despite 936 00:35:48,982 --> 00:35:53,219 her unbecoming black makeup and disappointing tennis shoes. 937 00:35:53,253 --> 00:35:55,789 She was the one that told me about the old zoo. 938 00:35:55,822 --> 00:35:58,792 How it was a party place for kids. 939 00:35:58,825 --> 00:36:00,994 I like kids. 940 00:36:01,027 --> 00:36:03,363 Yeah, I can tell. 941 00:36:03,396 --> 00:36:06,533 Friday night, little Laurel comes along, 942 00:36:06,566 --> 00:36:07,534 and I think she was drunk 943 00:36:07,567 --> 00:36:12,372 'cause she kinda passed out there in the grass. 944 00:36:12,405 --> 00:36:15,742 Girls her age shouldn't be drinking. 945 00:36:15,775 --> 00:36:17,944 No, they shouldn't. 946 00:36:17,977 --> 00:36:20,814 Yeah. 947 00:36:20,847 --> 00:36:23,750 I just felt her a little and she started to scream, 948 00:36:23,783 --> 00:36:25,285 and I told her not to. 949 00:36:25,318 --> 00:36:27,420 {\an8}* 950 00:36:27,454 --> 00:36:28,888 They never listen. 951 00:36:28,922 --> 00:36:32,325 {\an8}* 952 00:36:32,359 --> 00:36:33,460 Then what? 953 00:36:33,493 --> 00:36:35,862 That's when I got out the wire. 954 00:36:35,895 --> 00:36:38,365 Grabbed her shoes. 955 00:36:38,398 --> 00:36:40,834 I like ladies' shoes. 956 00:36:40,867 --> 00:36:44,037 That's how come I gave that girl Nancy a lift. 957 00:36:44,070 --> 00:36:47,874 She had these nice, buttery soft leathery shoes. 958 00:36:50,343 --> 00:36:52,746 Sometimes they have rings. 959 00:36:52,779 --> 00:36:54,814 Jewelry. 960 00:36:54,848 --> 00:36:57,417 A cross, maybe. 961 00:36:57,450 --> 00:36:59,352 Something that's worth a few bucks. 962 00:36:59,386 --> 00:37:02,522 {\an8}* 963 00:37:02,555 --> 00:37:07,427 So, I got Laurel turned over, 964 00:37:07,460 --> 00:37:10,063 got my boot in her back, 965 00:37:10,096 --> 00:37:13,299 got the wire on her, 966 00:37:13,333 --> 00:37:16,436 and she got all quiet and nice, 967 00:37:18,338 --> 00:37:20,073 and I could be with her as much as I wanted 968 00:37:20,106 --> 00:37:23,043 without having to hear all that screaming. 969 00:37:23,076 --> 00:37:33,520 {\an8}* 970 00:37:33,553 --> 00:37:36,056 You wanna solve your case, scour the crime scene vicinity. 971 00:37:36,089 --> 00:37:37,857 Shoes might still be there. 972 00:37:37,891 --> 00:37:39,993 Look up in the trees, the telephone poles. 973 00:37:40,026 --> 00:37:42,028 If you find shoes tied together with wire, 974 00:37:42,062 --> 00:37:44,097 you've got your murder weapon. 975 00:37:44,130 --> 00:37:47,367 All right, keep me posted. 976 00:37:47,400 --> 00:37:48,435 He was in the lobby. 977 00:37:48,468 --> 00:37:50,470 Said he wouldn't leave 'til he could talk to you. 978 00:37:50,503 --> 00:37:52,072 Thanks. 979 00:37:54,641 --> 00:37:57,977 They, uh, said on the news you caught Laurel's killer. 980 00:37:58,011 --> 00:38:01,114 Not just Laurel's. 981 00:38:01,147 --> 00:38:04,084 So, how many people did he kill? 982 00:38:04,117 --> 00:38:06,886 What're you doing here, Randy? 983 00:38:06,920 --> 00:38:09,122 I was just wondering if, um, 984 00:38:09,155 --> 00:38:11,958 maybe you had something of Laurel's I could have. 985 00:38:11,991 --> 00:38:14,127 Well, you'd have to check with Laurel's family. 986 00:38:14,160 --> 00:38:16,129 Yeah, I tried that, but, uh, 987 00:38:16,162 --> 00:38:19,099 for some reason they don't want to have anything to do with me. 988 00:38:26,506 --> 00:38:30,610 I just wanna know if you thought that, uh, 989 00:38:30,643 --> 00:38:32,545 maybe if Laurel didn't go to Hightower's that night, 990 00:38:32,579 --> 00:38:35,115 you know, and steal that cross for me, that maybe... 991 00:38:38,151 --> 00:38:39,652 I don't know. 992 00:38:45,959 --> 00:38:47,927 Yeah, I feel kinda bad about that. 993 00:38:50,964 --> 00:38:52,132 I can tell. 994 00:38:57,170 --> 00:39:00,573 Anyways, thanks for, you know, 995 00:39:00,607 --> 00:39:03,009 catching Laurel's killer. 996 00:39:05,011 --> 00:39:06,613 You're welcome. 997 00:39:13,453 --> 00:39:16,489 {\an8}* 998 00:39:16,523 --> 00:39:18,658 Why did he come in here? 999 00:39:18,692 --> 00:39:21,494 I guess to tell me what I already knew. 1000 00:39:21,528 --> 00:39:24,030 He wasn't as tough as he pretended to be. 1001 00:39:24,064 --> 00:39:27,000 I could barely remember what I was like at his age. 1002 00:39:27,033 --> 00:39:28,435 I rebelled in my own way, 1003 00:39:28,468 --> 00:39:32,539 kids do, but it was a safer world back then. 1004 00:39:32,572 --> 00:39:34,607 Smaller. 1005 00:39:34,641 --> 00:39:36,509 What can you tell kids? 1006 00:39:36,543 --> 00:39:38,011 We try not to scare 'em. 1007 00:39:38,044 --> 00:39:40,613 Keep them too close. 1008 00:39:40,647 --> 00:39:45,151 We look for ways to say the one thing they can't really hear. 1009 00:39:45,185 --> 00:39:47,053 They're not immortal. 1010 00:39:51,491 --> 00:39:54,027 {\an8}Hubert Hightower's position as chaplain and head of school 1011 00:39:54,060 --> 00:39:56,229 {\an8}at Oakcroft Academy was terminated. 1012 00:39:56,262 --> 00:39:58,765 {\an8}He pled guilty to filing a false police report 1013 00:39:58,798 --> 00:40:02,235 {\an8}and is serving weekends in the L.A. County Jail. 1014 00:40:02,268 --> 00:40:05,038 {\an8}Jeff Murphy confessed to the murders of 13 women 1015 00:40:05,071 --> 00:40:07,040 {\an8}in seven different states. 1016 00:40:07,073 --> 00:40:09,242 {\an8}His trial in California has been continued 1017 00:40:09,275 --> 00:40:12,579 {\an8}until all extradition charges have been filed. 1018 00:40:12,612 --> 00:40:19,219 {\an8}* 1019 00:40:20,286 --> 00:40:30,497 {\an8}* 1020 00:40:30,530 --> 00:40:47,247 {\an8}* 1021 00:40:49,783 --> 00:40:52,652 {\an8}*