1 00:00:06,967 --> 00:00:08,897 A BEAUTIFUL, YOUNG WOMAN 2 00:00:08,900 --> 00:00:11,165 DISAPPEARS IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE. 3 00:00:11,200 --> 00:00:13,670 I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING. 4 00:00:13,705 --> 00:00:15,727 THIS ONLY HAPPENS IN MOVIES. 5 00:00:15,733 --> 00:00:17,933 POLICE SEARCH EVERYWHERE... 6 00:00:17,968 --> 00:00:20,133 BUT IT SEEMS SHE'S BEEN SWALLOWED UP 7 00:00:20,168 --> 00:00:22,132 BY THE CRUEL WINTER NIGHT. 8 00:00:22,167 --> 00:00:25,232 I JUST REMEMBER CRYING INTO THE NIGHT 9 00:00:25,267 --> 00:00:28,767 AND PRAYING AND HOPING I WOULD HEAR FROM HER. 10 00:00:28,802 --> 00:00:30,832 AS THE CLOCK TICKS, 11 00:00:30,867 --> 00:00:33,897 POLICE MUST TURN TO THE MOST RELIABLE WITNESS THERE IS. 12 00:00:33,900 --> 00:00:36,032 CCTV IS A SILENT WITNESS. 13 00:00:36,067 --> 00:00:39,097 IT RECORDS DISPASSIONATELY WHAT COMES BEFORE IT. 14 00:00:39,100 --> 00:00:43,470 DID IT RECORD WHAT HAPPENED TO DRU SJODIN? 15 00:01:17,233 --> 00:01:19,573 MEG FLATEGRAFF'S PHONE STARTS RINGING 16 00:01:19,608 --> 00:01:22,397 FRIDAY NIGHT AROUND 9:15. 17 00:01:22,400 --> 00:01:24,600 EVERYONE WANTS TO KNOW WHERE MEG'S ROOMMATE, 18 00:01:24,635 --> 00:01:26,632 DRU SJODIN, IS. 19 00:01:26,667 --> 00:01:29,397 FIRST, IT'S HER BOYFRIEND, CHRIS LANG. 20 00:01:29,400 --> 00:01:30,465 HELLO? 21 00:01:30,500 --> 00:01:33,415 HE HASN'T HEARD FROM DRU FOR HOURS. 22 00:01:33,450 --> 00:01:36,330 I DIDN'T REALLY THINK ANYTHING OF IT. 23 00:01:36,333 --> 00:01:39,233 I THOUGHT MAYBE SHE WAS JUST BUSY DOING SOMETHING 24 00:01:39,268 --> 00:01:41,065 OR DRIVING OR, YOU KNOW, 25 00:01:41,100 --> 00:01:43,530 AND SHE'D JUST CALL HIM BACK LATER. 26 00:01:45,567 --> 00:01:48,197 BUT WHEN DRU'S BOSS AT THE EL ROCO NIGHTCLUB 27 00:01:48,200 --> 00:01:51,400 CALLS TO SAY DRU HASN'T SHOWN UP FOR WORK, 28 00:01:51,435 --> 00:01:52,700 MEG STARTS TO WORRY. 29 00:01:52,735 --> 00:01:53,765 OKAY. 30 00:01:53,800 --> 00:01:55,032 DRU HAD TWO JOBS. 31 00:01:55,067 --> 00:01:57,497 SHE WENT TO HER JOB AT VICTORIA'S SECRET, 32 00:01:57,500 --> 00:02:00,300 AND THEN I THINK HER SHIFT AT THE EL ROCO THAT NIGHT 33 00:02:00,335 --> 00:02:01,530 STARTED ABOUT 9:00 P.M. 34 00:02:01,533 --> 00:02:02,932 SHE WAS A WAITRESS. 35 00:02:02,967 --> 00:02:04,632 THE KIND OF WAITRESS 36 00:02:04,667 --> 00:02:06,727 THAT SHOWS UP ON TIME FOR EVERY SHIFT. 37 00:02:06,733 --> 00:02:08,032 IT WAS KIND OF LIKE, "OKAY. 38 00:02:08,067 --> 00:02:11,697 WELL, MAYBE SOMETHING IS, YOU KNOW, REALLY WRONG." 39 00:02:11,700 --> 00:02:15,630 SO I ACTUALLY CALLED THE HOSPITAL IN GRAND FORKS 40 00:02:15,633 --> 00:02:18,933 JUST TO SEE IF SOMEBODY HAD BEEN BROUGHT IN BY AMBULANCE 41 00:02:18,968 --> 00:02:22,233 OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT 'CAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW AT THE TIME 42 00:02:22,268 --> 00:02:23,803 KIND OF WHAT ELSE TO DO. 43 00:02:23,838 --> 00:02:25,532 HI. 44 00:02:25,567 --> 00:02:28,327 HAS THERE BEEN A DRU SJODIN ADMITTED? 45 00:02:28,333 --> 00:02:30,565 THANK YOU. 46 00:02:34,267 --> 00:02:36,127 AT 9:30 P.M., 47 00:02:36,133 --> 00:02:39,203 MEG CALLS UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA POLICE 48 00:02:39,238 --> 00:02:42,084 AND ASKS THEM TO FIND DRU. 49 00:02:42,119 --> 00:02:44,930 STUDENTS...FAIL TO CALL IN 50 00:02:44,933 --> 00:02:48,533 OR FAIL TO CHECK IN FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS. 51 00:02:48,568 --> 00:02:50,134 BOYFRIENDS, PARTIES. 52 00:02:50,169 --> 00:02:51,665 THERE ARE PLENTY OF REASONS 53 00:02:51,700 --> 00:02:54,032 A TYPICAL COLLEGE STUDENT LIKE DRU SJODIN 54 00:02:54,067 --> 00:02:57,667 MIGHT NOT BE ANSWERING HER PHONE OR SHOWING UP FOR WORK. 55 00:02:57,702 --> 00:03:00,897 SOMETIMES THEY JUST NEED SOME DOWNTIME 56 00:03:00,900 --> 00:03:03,500 AND GO OFF FOR A BIT, AND THEN THEY COME BACK, SO... 57 00:03:03,535 --> 00:03:04,665 SOON, RIGHT? 58 00:03:04,700 --> 00:03:07,585 BUT ACCORDING TO HER ROOMMATE, 59 00:03:07,620 --> 00:03:10,343 DRU WOULD NEVER JUST VANISH, NOT LIKE THIS. 60 00:03:10,378 --> 00:03:12,987 APPARENTLY, SHE WAS PRETTY RELIABLE. 61 00:03:13,022 --> 00:03:15,597 IT WAS UNUSUAL, ACCORDING TO HER ROOMMATE, 62 00:03:15,600 --> 00:03:17,570 THAT SHE NOT SHOW UP FOR WORK. 63 00:03:17,605 --> 00:03:19,127 OKAY, SO THEY'LL BE... 64 00:03:19,133 --> 00:03:22,503 MEG CONVINCES THE INVESTIGATOR TO HELP HER FIND DRU. 65 00:03:24,567 --> 00:03:28,197 THE LAST ANYONE KNOWS, DRU WAS AT HER DAY JOB 66 00:03:28,200 --> 00:03:31,530 AT A VICTORIA'S SECRET AT THE COLUMBIA MALL. 67 00:03:31,533 --> 00:03:34,873 BUT IT'S 11:00 AT NIGHT, AND THE MALL IS CLOSED. 68 00:03:34,908 --> 00:03:36,367 THE LOT HAD CLEARED OUT. 69 00:03:36,402 --> 00:03:38,032 EVERYTHING WAS CLOSED UP. 70 00:03:38,067 --> 00:03:40,897 ABOUT THE ONLY PEOPLE MOVING AROUND THERE 71 00:03:40,932 --> 00:03:43,727 WERE THE SECURITY GUARDS FOR THE MALL. 72 00:03:43,733 --> 00:03:48,073 RASMUSON LOOKS FOR ANY SIGN OF DRU OR HER CAR, 73 00:03:48,108 --> 00:03:50,232 A RED OLDSMOBILE. 74 00:03:50,267 --> 00:03:52,697 AND WHEN I COME AROUND THE NORTH SIDE OF THE LOT 75 00:03:52,700 --> 00:03:56,400 ON THE J. C. PENNEY WING, IT WAS THERE. 76 00:04:02,933 --> 00:04:05,433 WENT UP TO THE CAR. 77 00:04:08,433 --> 00:04:12,030 CHECKED THE DOORS. THEY WERE NOT LOCKED. 78 00:04:12,065 --> 00:04:15,627 AND DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING THAT WOULD INDICATE 79 00:04:15,633 --> 00:04:17,833 THAT THERE'D BEEN ANY VIOLENCE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. 80 00:04:23,567 --> 00:04:26,467 LOOKED LIKE THE BACKSEAT OF MY DAUGHTER'S CAR -- 81 00:04:26,502 --> 00:04:29,497 CLOTHES, FOOD WRAPPERS. 82 00:04:29,500 --> 00:04:31,670 IT WAS CLUTTERED. 83 00:04:35,433 --> 00:04:38,303 BUT JUST AS HE BACKS AWAY FROM THE CAR, 84 00:04:38,338 --> 00:04:40,600 SOMETHING CATCHES HIS EYE. 85 00:04:42,733 --> 00:04:45,633 SAW A BLACK OBJECT LAYING ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE 86 00:04:45,668 --> 00:04:47,198 OF THE VEHICLE. 87 00:04:47,233 --> 00:04:50,833 I THOUGHT THAT IT WAS, LIKE, A SHEATH FOR A MULTITOOL 88 00:04:50,868 --> 00:04:54,633 WITH PLIERS, SCREWDRIVERS, AND STUFF IN IT. 89 00:04:54,668 --> 00:04:56,498 A MISSING COLLEGE STUDENT, 90 00:04:56,533 --> 00:05:00,333 HER CAR ABANDONED WITH THE DOORS UNLOCKED, 91 00:05:00,368 --> 00:05:05,333 PHONE CALLS TO HER CELL UNANSWERED -- 92 00:05:05,368 --> 00:05:07,198 RASMUSON SENSES THIS IS MORE 93 00:05:07,233 --> 00:05:11,073 THAN JUST AN IRRESPONSIBLE COLLEGE KID WHO SKIPPED WORK. 94 00:05:14,200 --> 00:05:17,470 HE CALLS IN FOR HELP FROM THE GRAND FORKS PD. 95 00:05:17,505 --> 00:05:20,297 DETECTIVE JIM REMER HEADS TO THE MALL 96 00:05:20,300 --> 00:05:22,665 TO HELP HIM SOLVE THIS PUZZLE. 97 00:05:22,700 --> 00:05:24,230 ANY TIME YOU HAVE A CASE LIKE THAT, 98 00:05:24,233 --> 00:05:25,903 YOU'RE GONNA SEE AND WANT TO CHECK OUT TO SEE 99 00:05:25,938 --> 00:05:28,100 IF THERE WAS A STRUGGLE OR SOMETHING 100 00:05:28,135 --> 00:05:29,230 THAT WAS HAPPENING IN THE CAR 101 00:05:29,233 --> 00:05:30,873 THAT WAS MAYBE OUT OF THE ORDINARY. 102 00:05:30,908 --> 00:05:32,832 SEE SOMETHING? 103 00:05:37,833 --> 00:05:41,473 AND THERE WAS JUST NO HINT OF THAT IN THE CAR. 104 00:05:41,508 --> 00:05:43,527 THEIR NEXT STEP -- 105 00:05:43,533 --> 00:05:46,803 QUESTION THE LAST PEOPLE WHO MIGHT HAVE SEEN DRU. 106 00:05:46,838 --> 00:05:48,832 IN ANY INVESTIGATION LIKE THIS, 107 00:05:48,867 --> 00:05:52,697 YOU NEED TO SPEAK WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE CLOSE TO THE VICTIM. 108 00:05:52,732 --> 00:05:56,527 22-YEAR-OLD DRU SJODIN IS A GRAPHIC ARTS MAJOR 109 00:05:56,533 --> 00:05:59,318 AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA. 110 00:05:59,353 --> 00:06:02,065 SHE'S IN A SORORITY, WORKS TWO JOBS, 111 00:06:02,100 --> 00:06:06,400 AND HAS A NEW BOYFRIEND NAMED CHRIS LANG. 112 00:06:06,435 --> 00:06:09,502 SHE WAS, FUNNY AND INTERESTING, 113 00:06:09,537 --> 00:06:12,532 BUT SHE SEEMED VERY GLASS IS HALF FULL, 114 00:06:12,567 --> 00:06:15,527 SOMEBODY REALLY WARM AND FRIENDLY TO BE AROUND. 115 00:06:15,533 --> 00:06:18,933 AND I KNOW ALL OF HER FRIENDS AND FAMILY WOULD SAY THE SAME, 116 00:06:18,968 --> 00:06:21,032 THAT WHEN SHE CAME IN THE ROOM, 117 00:06:21,067 --> 00:06:24,017 IT JUST KIND OF LIT UP WITH HER SMILE. 118 00:06:24,052 --> 00:06:27,009 SHE'S A VERY BEAUTIFUL GIRL. 119 00:06:27,044 --> 00:06:29,720 SHE HAD A GREAT PERSONALITY AND, YOU KNOW, 120 00:06:29,755 --> 00:06:32,397 JUST A VERY MAGNETIC PERSON TO EVERYBODY 121 00:06:32,400 --> 00:06:35,730 THAT SHE CAME INTO CONTACT WITH. 122 00:06:35,733 --> 00:06:40,873 POLICE ASK FRIEND MEG TO PIECE TOGETHER DRU'S DAY. 123 00:06:40,908 --> 00:06:43,497 THE QUESTIONS THAT THE POLICE ASKED ME ARE, 124 00:06:43,500 --> 00:06:44,865 "WHEN DID YOU LAST SEE HER?" 125 00:06:44,900 --> 00:06:47,070 SHE WAS LEAVING THE HOUSE TO GO WORK AT THE LINGERIE STORE. 126 00:06:47,105 --> 00:06:48,697 "HOW DID TODAY GO EXACTLY?" 127 00:06:48,700 --> 00:06:50,032 SHE WAS AT WORK DURING THE DAY, 128 00:06:50,067 --> 00:06:51,927 AND THEN SHE WAS GOING TO HER SECOND JOB AT THE BAR. 129 00:06:51,933 --> 00:06:53,732 "WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU TALKED TO HER?" 130 00:06:53,767 --> 00:06:55,927 I DIDN'T SPEAK TO HER IN BETWEEN HER TWO JOBS. 131 00:06:55,933 --> 00:06:57,933 "YOU KNOW, WERE YOU SUPPOSED TO SEE HER TONIGHT? 132 00:06:57,968 --> 00:06:59,032 WHERE WAS SHE GOING? 133 00:06:59,067 --> 00:07:00,827 IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE THAT, 134 00:07:00,833 --> 00:07:03,573 YOU KNOW, SHE COULD BE WITH AT THIS TIME?" 135 00:07:03,608 --> 00:07:06,002 NEXT, INVESTIGATORS TURN 136 00:07:06,037 --> 00:07:08,397 TO DRU'S NEW BOYFRIEND, CHRIS LANG. 137 00:07:08,400 --> 00:07:12,130 HE WAS QUESTIONING ME ABOUT THE LAST TIME I SPOKE WITH HER 138 00:07:12,133 --> 00:07:13,903 AND EVENTS OF THAT EVENING. 139 00:07:13,938 --> 00:07:15,065 SHE WAS AT WORK. 140 00:07:15,100 --> 00:07:16,870 THE FACT THAT HER FRIENDS HADN'T SEEN 141 00:07:16,905 --> 00:07:18,516 OR HEARD FROM HER WAS IMPORTANT FOR US 142 00:07:18,551 --> 00:07:20,127 BECAUSE THAT WAS OUT OF THE ORDINARY. 143 00:07:20,133 --> 00:07:21,665 SO WHEN THERE WAS NO CONTACT, 144 00:07:21,700 --> 00:07:24,470 WHEN THERE WAS NO INFORMATION COMING FROM HER, AGAIN, 145 00:07:24,505 --> 00:07:25,532 THAT'S WHY, I THINK, HER FRIENDS, 146 00:07:25,567 --> 00:07:27,827 THEY GOT VERY CONCERNED VERY EARLY ON. 147 00:07:27,833 --> 00:07:31,073 CHRIS TELLS POLICE HE WAS MOVING TO A NEW APARTMENT 148 00:07:31,108 --> 00:07:34,897 300 MILES AWAY IN MINNESOTA... 149 00:07:34,900 --> 00:07:39,130 AND THAT HE LAST SPOKE WITH DRU AT 5:00 P.M. 150 00:07:39,133 --> 00:07:43,603 MY LAST CONVERSATION WITH DRU LASTED A COUPLE OF MINUTES 151 00:07:43,638 --> 00:07:46,070 AND ENDED ABRUPTLY. 152 00:07:46,105 --> 00:07:47,432 DRU? 153 00:07:47,467 --> 00:07:50,667 SHE SAID SOMETHING INTO THE PHONE. 154 00:07:50,702 --> 00:07:53,597 IT SOUNDED LIKE, "GOD. OKAY." 155 00:07:53,600 --> 00:07:55,570 DRU. 156 00:07:58,733 --> 00:08:02,133 IT'S A STRANGE WAY TO END A PHONE CALL. 157 00:08:02,168 --> 00:08:06,665 CHRIS DIDN'T THINK MUCH OF IT AT THE TIME. 158 00:08:06,700 --> 00:08:11,215 BUT NOW, SINCE DRU IS MISSING, EVERYTHING TAKES ON NEW MEANING. 159 00:08:11,250 --> 00:08:15,730 I THINK IT WAS JUST OVERWHELMING, JUST VERY SURREAL. 160 00:08:15,733 --> 00:08:18,533 I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING. 161 00:08:18,568 --> 00:08:20,403 THIS ONLY HAPPENS IN MOVIES. 162 00:08:21,400 --> 00:08:23,733 CHRIS CALLS DRU'S PARENTS 163 00:08:23,768 --> 00:08:26,067 TO LET THEM KNOW THAT DRU IS MISSING. 164 00:08:26,102 --> 00:08:27,032 HELLO? 165 00:08:27,067 --> 00:08:28,797 I PICKED IT UP, AND IT WAS CHRIS. 166 00:08:28,800 --> 00:08:33,530 AND HE SAYS SOMETHING TO THE EFFECT, 167 00:08:33,533 --> 00:08:38,503 "I DON'T WANT TO ALARM YOU, BUT I HAVEN'T HEARD FROM DRU. 168 00:08:38,538 --> 00:08:39,865 I TRIED TO CALL HER, 169 00:08:39,900 --> 00:08:43,430 AND SHE HASN'T SHOWN UP TO HER SECOND JOB." 170 00:08:45,433 --> 00:08:46,498 AND SHE DIDN'T SHOW UP? 171 00:08:46,533 --> 00:08:48,303 WELL, IT WAS A PRETTY SURREAL MOMENT 172 00:08:48,338 --> 00:08:50,430 WHEN YOU KNOW SOMEBODY SO WELL. 173 00:08:50,433 --> 00:08:51,865 I DON'T UNDERSTAND. 174 00:08:51,900 --> 00:08:56,485 OF COURSE, YOU DON'T WANT TO THINK THE WORST, 175 00:08:56,520 --> 00:09:01,070 BUT YET, I KNEW THAT SOMETHING HAD TO BE WRONG. 176 00:09:01,105 --> 00:09:03,427 WHAT HAPPENED WHEN YOU TRIED CALLING HER? 177 00:09:06,367 --> 00:09:08,032 SO YOU SAW SOMETHING THERE? 178 00:09:08,067 --> 00:09:12,397 BACK AT DRU'S CAR, INVESTIGATORS FIND SOMETHING IMPORTANT. 179 00:09:12,400 --> 00:09:14,332 IN THE CAR, WE FOUND HER WALLET. 180 00:09:14,367 --> 00:09:15,527 WHATEVER HAPPENED TO DRU... 181 00:09:15,533 --> 00:09:16,665 SJODIN. 182 00:09:16,700 --> 00:09:18,633 ...IT WASN'T PART OF A ROBBERY. 183 00:09:18,668 --> 00:09:20,532 WE'RE GOOD. WE GOT A MATCH. 184 00:09:20,567 --> 00:09:22,897 THE MALL'S BEEN CLOSED FOR HOURS. 185 00:09:22,900 --> 00:09:25,865 ANY WITNESS TO WHAT HAPPENED IS LONG GONE, 186 00:09:25,900 --> 00:09:28,830 AND POLICE ARE DISAPPOINTED TO DISCOVER 187 00:09:28,833 --> 00:09:33,103 THERE ARE NO CCTV CAMERAS OVERLOOKING THE PARKING LOT. 188 00:09:33,138 --> 00:09:34,665 I THINK IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS 189 00:09:34,700 --> 00:09:37,370 THAT WHENEVER YOU HAVE SURVEILLANCE VIDEO AVAILABLE, 190 00:09:37,405 --> 00:09:40,797 IT'S GONNA BE PERTINENT TO THE CASE. 191 00:09:40,800 --> 00:09:43,870 INSIDE THE MALL, IT'S A DIFFERENT STORY. 192 00:09:45,167 --> 00:09:47,532 THE CAMERA -- IT'S THE ONLY WITNESS 193 00:09:47,567 --> 00:09:51,797 THAT NEVER BLINKS AND ALWAYS TELLS THE TRUTH. 194 00:09:51,800 --> 00:09:54,570 POLICE ROUND UP VIDEO FROM SECURITY CAMERAS 195 00:09:54,605 --> 00:09:55,727 INSIDE THE MALL. 196 00:09:55,733 --> 00:09:59,832 CCTV TELLS A STORY. WHAT HAPPENED? 197 00:09:59,867 --> 00:10:02,897 AND IT'S ABOUT TO TELL AN INCREDIBLE STORY 198 00:10:02,900 --> 00:10:06,570 ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENED TO DRU SJODIN. 199 00:10:14,033 --> 00:10:15,815 COLLEGE STUDENT DRU SJODIN 200 00:10:15,850 --> 00:10:17,597 HAS VANISHED AFTER WORKING HER SHIFT 201 00:10:17,600 --> 00:10:20,170 IN VICTORIA'S SECRET AT THE COLUMBIA MALL 202 00:10:20,205 --> 00:10:23,432 IN GRAND FORKS, NORTH DAKOTA. 203 00:10:23,467 --> 00:10:27,232 AND POLICE ARE WORKING THE CASE FROM TWO ANGLES. 204 00:10:27,267 --> 00:10:30,027 FIRST, THEY'RE ROUNDING UP ALL THE FOOTAGE FROM THE MALL 205 00:10:30,033 --> 00:10:32,273 THE DAY DRU WENT MISSING. 206 00:10:37,967 --> 00:10:41,397 AND THEY'RE QUESTIONING DRU'S BOYFRIEND, CHRIS. 207 00:10:41,400 --> 00:10:43,365 THE INFORMATION DOES SHOW 208 00:10:43,400 --> 00:10:45,913 THAT PEOPLE THAT ARE CLOSE TO A VICTIM ARE THE ONES 209 00:10:45,948 --> 00:10:48,427 THAT ARE MOST LIKELY TO COMMIT A CRIME LIKE THIS. 210 00:10:48,433 --> 00:10:51,133 SO YOU NEED -- YOU DO NEED TO CHECK THOSE OUT. 211 00:10:51,168 --> 00:10:53,203 CHRIS IS THE LAST PERSON 212 00:10:53,238 --> 00:10:54,665 TO HAVE CONTACT WITH DRU. 213 00:10:54,700 --> 00:10:58,170 AND HE CLAIMS IT WAS A PHONE CALL THAT ENDED ABRUPTLY, 214 00:10:58,205 --> 00:11:01,032 AS IF SHE'D BEEN INTERRUPTED. 215 00:11:01,067 --> 00:11:04,567 WHERE EXACTLY WAS HE AFTER DRU FINISHED WORK? 216 00:11:04,602 --> 00:11:06,227 COULD IT BE THAT CHRIS IS INVOLVED 217 00:11:06,233 --> 00:11:08,498 IN DRU'S DISAPPEARANCE? 218 00:11:08,533 --> 00:11:11,803 AN OFFICER SORT OF INTERVIEWED ME, 219 00:11:11,838 --> 00:11:15,730 AND HE WANTED TO KNOW WHERE I WAS. 220 00:11:15,733 --> 00:11:19,073 IT WAS MOSTLY, YOU KNOW, YOUR PHYSICAL WHEREABOUTS, 221 00:11:19,108 --> 00:11:21,797 WHAT TIMES WERE THESE CONVERSATIONS? 222 00:11:21,800 --> 00:11:23,730 HOW ARE YOU? 223 00:11:23,733 --> 00:11:26,698 THEY DID A DNA SWAB OF ME 224 00:11:26,733 --> 00:11:29,903 AND KIND OF PUT ME THROUGH THE PROCESS 225 00:11:29,938 --> 00:11:31,665 OF SOMEONE OF INTEREST. 226 00:11:31,700 --> 00:11:33,365 CHRIS EXPLAINS TO OFFICERS 227 00:11:33,400 --> 00:11:36,400 THAT HE WAS 300 MILES AWAY FROM GRAND FORKS 228 00:11:36,435 --> 00:11:39,001 WHEN DRU CALLED AT 5:00 P.M. 229 00:11:39,036 --> 00:11:41,532 THE CALL ENDED ABRUPTLY, 230 00:11:41,567 --> 00:11:45,067 AND THEN A FEW HOURS LATER, SHE CALLED AGAIN. 231 00:11:47,300 --> 00:11:49,230 HER NAME CAME UP ON MY CALLER I.D., 232 00:11:49,233 --> 00:11:50,916 SO I KNEW IT WAS HER. HON? 233 00:11:50,951 --> 00:11:52,600 I SAID "DRU" INTO THE PHONE. 234 00:11:52,635 --> 00:11:53,632 DRU. 235 00:11:53,667 --> 00:11:56,227 I HEARD NOTHING BUT STATIC AND WIND. 236 00:11:56,233 --> 00:11:58,865 IT SOUNDED LIKE WIND. 237 00:11:58,900 --> 00:12:02,600 IT ENDED WITH LIKE FOUR OR FIVE DIAL TONES... 238 00:12:04,067 --> 00:12:05,430 DRU! HELLO? 239 00:12:05,433 --> 00:12:07,832 ...THAT I SPECIFICALLY HEARD INTO THE PHONE. 240 00:12:07,867 --> 00:12:12,897 INVESTIGATORS PULL IN BOTH DRU AND CHRIS' PHONE RECORDS. 241 00:12:12,900 --> 00:12:16,970 IF HE'S TELLING THE TRUTH, THE RECORDS WILL BACK HIM UP. 242 00:12:20,567 --> 00:12:22,032 MEANWHILE, 243 00:12:22,067 --> 00:12:26,897 MORE SURVEILLANCE FOOTAGE FROM THE MALL STARTS TO COME IN. 244 00:12:26,900 --> 00:12:30,600 BUT NONE OF IT IS FROM OUTSIDE THE VICTORIA'S SECRET, 245 00:12:30,635 --> 00:12:34,032 WHERE SHE WORKS. 246 00:12:34,067 --> 00:12:37,727 WHICH MEANS THEY'LL HAVE TO SCAN FOOTAGE FROM EVERY CAMERA 247 00:12:37,733 --> 00:12:39,765 IN THE MALL. 248 00:12:39,800 --> 00:12:45,032 HUNDREDS OF HOURS OF IT. 249 00:12:45,067 --> 00:12:46,727 WE REVIEWED THE VIDEOTAPES. 250 00:12:46,733 --> 00:12:48,032 IT WAS A VERY BIG TASK 251 00:12:48,067 --> 00:12:51,117 BECAUSE YOU'RE LOOKING AT HOURS AND HOURS OF VIDEO TAPE. 252 00:12:51,152 --> 00:12:54,167 YOU KNOW, MAYBE THE TAPE HAD BEEN TAPED OVER SEVERAL TIMES, 253 00:12:54,202 --> 00:12:56,732 SO THE QUALITY IS VERY BAD. 254 00:12:56,767 --> 00:12:59,327 INVESTIGATORS CALL IN CRAIG THRANE, 255 00:12:59,333 --> 00:13:02,281 AN EXPERT VIDEO ANALYST, TO HELP. 256 00:13:02,316 --> 00:13:05,230 THRANE KNOWS THAT DRU GOT OFF WORK 257 00:13:05,233 --> 00:13:08,132 AT VICTORIA'S SECRET AT 4:00 P.M. 258 00:13:08,167 --> 00:13:11,067 SHE HAD FIVE HOURS UNTIL THE START OF HER SHIFT 259 00:13:11,102 --> 00:13:13,597 AT THE BAR FOUR MILES FROM THE MALL. 260 00:13:15,433 --> 00:13:18,903 IT'S A PERFECT CHANCE TO DO SOME CHRISTMAS SHOPPING. 261 00:13:18,938 --> 00:13:22,070 BUT NO ONE KNOWS WHICH OF THE MALL'S 63 STORES 262 00:13:22,105 --> 00:13:24,332 SHE MIGHT BE IN. 263 00:13:24,367 --> 00:13:28,032 I HAD BEEN TOLD TO LOOK FOR A BLONDE-HAIRED FEMALE 264 00:13:28,067 --> 00:13:31,697 WEARING A TOP THAT WAS MORE PINK IN TONE WITH A DARK BOTTOM. 265 00:13:31,700 --> 00:13:35,130 THRANE SCOURS ALL OF THE CAMERAS IN THE MALL 266 00:13:35,133 --> 00:13:38,265 FOR A GLIMPSE OF THE BLONDE GIRL IN THE PINK TOP. 267 00:13:38,300 --> 00:13:41,400 WHICH CAMERAS OF THOSE COULD HAVE RECORDED ANY EVIDENCE 268 00:13:41,435 --> 00:13:42,732 THAT IS USEFUL, 269 00:13:42,767 --> 00:13:45,367 ANY THINGS THAT COULD HAVE INVOLVED INVESTIGATIVE LEADS 270 00:13:45,402 --> 00:13:46,432 FOR HOW MANY MINUTES, 271 00:13:46,467 --> 00:13:49,732 FOR HOW MANY HOURS, FOR HOW MANY DAYS? 272 00:13:49,767 --> 00:13:54,127 THRANE FOLLOWS CAMERAS FROM STORE... 273 00:13:54,133 --> 00:13:56,832 TO STORE. 274 00:13:56,867 --> 00:14:01,897 NO SIGN OF THE SHORT-HAIRED BLONDE GIRL IN THE PINK TOP. 275 00:14:01,900 --> 00:14:04,630 CCTV IS A SILENT WITNESS. 276 00:14:04,633 --> 00:14:10,073 IT RECORDS AND ALLOWS YOU TO REVIEW AND SEE WHAT HAPPENED. 277 00:14:10,108 --> 00:14:11,697 HE SWITCHES TO THE CAMERA 278 00:14:11,700 --> 00:14:14,500 AT THE MARSHALL FIELDS DEPARTMENT STORE, 279 00:14:14,535 --> 00:14:16,770 EXPECTING MORE OF THE SAME. 280 00:14:20,567 --> 00:14:22,597 THAT'S WHEN HE SEES IT. 281 00:14:26,233 --> 00:14:28,273 A WOMAN IN PINK. 282 00:14:35,400 --> 00:14:37,932 BUT IT'S NOT DRU. 283 00:14:37,967 --> 00:14:42,227 IT'S AN OLDER WOMAN WITH LONGER BLONDE HAIR. 284 00:14:42,233 --> 00:14:46,673 AND SHE'S WEARING JEANS. 285 00:14:52,067 --> 00:14:55,097 BUT WHO SHOULD ENTER THE FRAME NEXT? 286 00:15:03,900 --> 00:15:06,900 SHORT BLONDE HAIR. 287 00:15:06,935 --> 00:15:08,730 PINK TOP. 288 00:15:08,733 --> 00:15:11,168 THAT IS DRU SJODIN. 289 00:15:11,203 --> 00:15:13,603 HE'S SURE OF IT. 290 00:15:20,967 --> 00:15:25,167 THRANE NOW NEEDS TO TRACE ALL HER MOVEMENTS IN THE STORE, 291 00:15:25,202 --> 00:15:29,227 STARTING WITH THE TIME SHE ARRIVED. 292 00:15:29,233 --> 00:15:32,273 HE SWITCHES TO THE CAMERA AT THE ENTRANCE. 293 00:15:50,233 --> 00:15:55,273 AT 4:21 P.M., HE SPOTS HER ENTERING THE STORE. 294 00:15:59,833 --> 00:16:02,173 DRU SJODIN APPEARED TO HAVE A DARK COAT 295 00:16:02,208 --> 00:16:03,532 DRAPED OVER HER LEFT ARM. 296 00:16:03,567 --> 00:16:06,767 HE WATCHES AS DRU MOVES AROUND THE STORE. 297 00:16:06,802 --> 00:16:09,797 SHE APPEARS TO BE ALONE. 298 00:16:09,800 --> 00:16:12,730 AND SHE DOESN'T SEEM TO BE IN ANY HURRY -- 299 00:16:12,733 --> 00:16:15,703 JUST ANOTHER CHRISTMAS SHOPPER. 300 00:16:15,738 --> 00:16:19,132 THEN, AT 4:55 P.M... 301 00:16:19,167 --> 00:16:22,427 THRANE SPOTS SOMETHING ELSE. 302 00:16:28,567 --> 00:16:31,067 THAT TIME COINCIDED WITH THE TIME 303 00:16:31,102 --> 00:16:33,727 WE SAW A FEMALE RAISE HER HANDS 304 00:16:33,733 --> 00:16:36,773 INTO THE VESTIBULE AREA WITH A PINK SWEATER ON. 305 00:16:43,067 --> 00:16:45,527 CAPTURED BY A CAMERA OVER THE CASH REGISTER, 306 00:16:45,533 --> 00:16:46,932 IT SHOWS... 307 00:16:46,967 --> 00:16:51,867 A PINK SWEATER, LIKE THE ONE DRU WAS WEARING. 308 00:16:57,833 --> 00:17:01,173 A FEMALE IN THE MARSHALL FIELDS STORE MATCHED HER CLOTHING. 309 00:17:04,067 --> 00:17:06,897 IT APPEARED TO BE THAT DRU SJODIN HERSELF 310 00:17:06,900 --> 00:17:08,930 WAS MAKING A HANDBAG PURCHASE. 311 00:17:11,933 --> 00:17:14,333 MALL CAMERAS SHOW DRU SJODIN 312 00:17:14,368 --> 00:17:17,670 SHOPPING WITHOUT A CARE IN THE WORLD, 313 00:17:17,705 --> 00:17:20,973 NOT A DISTRESS, NOT BEING FOLLOWED... 314 00:17:21,008 --> 00:17:23,527 AS FAR AS THEY CAN SEE. 315 00:17:23,533 --> 00:17:28,433 BUT THE NEXT PART OF HER DAY IS NOT GOING TO BE SO CAREFREE, 316 00:17:28,468 --> 00:17:32,073 AND THE CAMERAS WILL CATCH IT. 317 00:17:40,067 --> 00:17:44,327 COLLEGE STUDENT DRU SJODIN HAS BEEN MISSING FOR THREE DAYS. 318 00:17:44,333 --> 00:17:48,703 POLICE HAVE FOUND HER CAR AT THE MALL WHERE SHE WORKED. 319 00:17:48,738 --> 00:17:50,665 AND THEY'VE SEEN HER ON TAPE 320 00:17:50,700 --> 00:17:53,070 JUST MINUTES BEFORE SHE VANISHED. 321 00:17:58,067 --> 00:18:02,297 DRU'S STORY HAS MADE THE NEWS IN GRAND FORKS, NORTH DAKOTA. 322 00:18:02,300 --> 00:18:04,500 AND NOW IT SEEMS EVERYONE IN TOWN 323 00:18:04,535 --> 00:18:07,730 WANTS TO HELP BRING HER HOME. 324 00:18:07,733 --> 00:18:09,233 IT WAS SOME PRETTY NASTY WEATHER OUT THERE. 325 00:18:09,268 --> 00:18:11,065 IT'S WINTERTIME IN THE MIDWEST. 326 00:18:11,100 --> 00:18:13,783 BUT, YOU KNOW, EVEN WITH THE COLD AND THE SNOW, 327 00:18:13,818 --> 00:18:16,342 WE HAD BUSLOADS OF PEOPLE WALKING UP AND DOWN 328 00:18:16,377 --> 00:18:18,832 DITCHES AND ROADSIDES, LOOKING FOR EVIDENCE. 329 00:18:18,867 --> 00:18:21,927 DRU'S FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND SORORITY SISTERS 330 00:18:21,933 --> 00:18:26,203 START THEIR OWN SEARCH FOR THEIR MISSING LOVED ONE. 331 00:18:26,238 --> 00:18:28,969 OUR SORORITY WERE VERY INVOLVED. 332 00:18:29,004 --> 00:18:31,700 THEY WERE ALL PART OF THE SEARCH PARTIES 333 00:18:31,735 --> 00:18:32,832 THAT WERE PUT TOGETHER. 334 00:18:32,867 --> 00:18:34,927 WE ENDED UP HAVING WHAT WE CALLED 335 00:18:34,933 --> 00:18:39,533 KIND OF OUR COMMAND CENTER HERE IN OUR HOMETOWN. 336 00:18:39,568 --> 00:18:43,917 AND I WAS REALLY RUNNING THE PHONES 337 00:18:43,952 --> 00:18:48,267 AND TRYING TO GARNER AS MUCH HELP 338 00:18:48,302 --> 00:18:50,897 THAT WE COULD FOR SEARCHERS. 339 00:18:50,900 --> 00:18:54,570 ALL THOSE SEARCHES IN THE FRIGID WINTER WINDS 340 00:18:54,605 --> 00:18:55,797 TURN UP NOTHING. 341 00:18:58,400 --> 00:19:02,900 THEN BOYFRIEND CHRIS LANG'S PHONE RECORDS COME IN. 342 00:19:02,935 --> 00:19:05,032 WILL THEY BACK UP HIS CLAIM 343 00:19:05,067 --> 00:19:07,927 THAT HE WAS OUT OF TOWN WHEN DRU VANISHED? 344 00:19:11,067 --> 00:19:13,767 WE FOUND THAT CHRIS WAS DOWN IN THE TWIN CITIES AREA, 345 00:19:13,802 --> 00:19:15,332 IN MINNEAPOLIS AND ST. PAUL, 346 00:19:15,367 --> 00:19:18,597 AND WE WERE ABLE TO VERIFY THAT THROUGH PHONE RECORDS 347 00:19:18,600 --> 00:19:21,070 AT THE TIME THAT TOOK PLACE. 348 00:19:22,733 --> 00:19:24,930 CHRIS WAS TELLING THE TRUTH 349 00:19:24,965 --> 00:19:27,127 WHEN HE SAID HE WAS OVER 300 MILES AWAY 350 00:19:27,133 --> 00:19:30,530 WHEN DRU WENT MISSING. 351 00:19:30,565 --> 00:19:33,927 IT'S ANOTHER DEAD END. 352 00:19:33,933 --> 00:19:36,432 WITH THE SEARCH FOR DRU STALLING, 353 00:19:36,467 --> 00:19:40,297 POLICE TURN BACK TO THE SURVEILLANCE VIDEO. 354 00:19:44,567 --> 00:19:48,597 THEY'VE PIECED TOGETHER THE START OF DRU'S TIMELINE. 355 00:19:48,600 --> 00:19:50,032 I'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW, OKAY? 356 00:19:50,067 --> 00:19:54,297 THEY KNOW SHE LEFT WORK AT VICTORIA'S SECRET AT 4:00 P.M. 357 00:19:54,300 --> 00:19:56,800 THEY'VE TRACED HER TO THE MARSHALL FIELDS STORE 358 00:19:56,835 --> 00:19:59,100 AT 4:21 P.M. 359 00:20:00,900 --> 00:20:02,632 SHE'S WEARING PINK. 360 00:20:02,667 --> 00:20:06,527 WE WERE ABLE TO SEE EXACTLY WHEN SHE WAS IN THE STORE, 361 00:20:06,533 --> 00:20:08,698 WHAT SHE DID WHILE SHE WAS THERE, 362 00:20:08,733 --> 00:20:11,003 AND WE COULD SEE WHAT SHE WAS WEARING. 363 00:20:11,038 --> 00:20:12,230 OKAY. SO, YEAH. 364 00:20:12,233 --> 00:20:14,273 AND THEY KNOW SHE'S BEEN SHOPPING THERE 365 00:20:14,308 --> 00:20:15,327 FOR OVER 30 MINUTES 366 00:20:15,333 --> 00:20:17,133 WHEN SHE GOES TO THE CASH REGISTER. 367 00:20:17,168 --> 00:20:18,350 SHE MAKES THE PURCHASE. 368 00:20:18,385 --> 00:20:19,498 SHE BUYS A PURSE. THANK YOU. 369 00:20:19,533 --> 00:20:21,998 THAT PURSE GETS PUT INTO A MARSHALL FIELDS BAG. 370 00:20:22,033 --> 00:20:24,733 WE CAN CORRELATE THE TIME ON THE SURVEILLANCE CAMERA. 371 00:20:24,768 --> 00:20:27,473 THEN WE CAN START TO PUT THINGS TOGETHER TO SEE 372 00:20:27,508 --> 00:20:31,797 WHEN THINGS WERE HAPPENING IN THE CASE. 373 00:20:31,800 --> 00:20:35,500 BUT BEFORE THEY CAN TRACE HER LEAVING THE STORE, 374 00:20:35,535 --> 00:20:40,000 SHE DISAPPEARS IN FRONT OF THE CAMERAS. 375 00:20:40,035 --> 00:20:42,030 THRANE KEEPS WATCHING... 376 00:20:57,167 --> 00:21:00,397 ...UNTIL HE SPOTS A SHORT-HAIRED BLONDE WOMAN 377 00:21:00,400 --> 00:21:02,365 WITH A MARSHALL FIELDS BAG 378 00:21:02,400 --> 00:21:06,600 EXITING THE STORE THREE MINUTES AFTER BUYING THE HANDBAG. 379 00:21:10,733 --> 00:21:13,032 HE'S FOUND DRU. 380 00:21:13,067 --> 00:21:15,397 DRU SJODIN LEFT THE MARSHALL FIELDS STORE 381 00:21:15,400 --> 00:21:21,070 AT 5:00 AND 30 SECONDS WEARING A DARK COAT. 382 00:21:21,105 --> 00:21:22,597 SHE'S PUT HER COAT ON, 383 00:21:22,600 --> 00:21:24,832 WHICH MEANS SHE'S THROUGH SHOPPING 384 00:21:24,867 --> 00:21:29,167 AND HER NEXT STOP IS OUTDOORS, PROBABLY TO HER CAR. 385 00:21:34,400 --> 00:21:39,270 AS DRU WALKS OUT OF THE STORE, THRANE NOTICES SOMETHING ELSE. 386 00:21:43,900 --> 00:21:46,332 HE CAN BARELY MAKE IT OUT, 387 00:21:46,367 --> 00:21:51,227 BUT THE CAMERA CATCHES A SMALL ARM MOVEMENT. 388 00:21:51,233 --> 00:21:53,603 HE SLOWS THE VIDEO DOWN. 389 00:21:58,167 --> 00:22:01,567 SHE WAS RAISING HER RIGHT ARM UP TOWARDS HER FACE, 390 00:22:01,602 --> 00:22:03,427 TOWARDS HER EAR. 391 00:22:05,400 --> 00:22:08,430 IT'S THE MOMENT DRU DIALS CHRIS. 392 00:22:10,233 --> 00:22:13,431 SURVEILLANCE FOOTAGE HAS CAPTURED 393 00:22:13,466 --> 00:22:16,630 THE PRECISE SECOND THE CALL STARTED. 394 00:22:16,633 --> 00:22:18,733 SO WE KNOW FROM THE VIDEO THAT THE CELLPHONE CALL 395 00:22:18,768 --> 00:22:20,335 STARTED AT 5:00... 396 00:22:21,900 --> 00:22:24,070 ...AND THAT AT 5:04, THAT CELLPHONE CALL... 397 00:22:24,105 --> 00:22:25,927 DRU. ...WAS CUT OFF. 398 00:22:25,933 --> 00:22:31,233 SO THEY NOW KNOW WHERE DRU'S CALL TO CHRIS STARTED. 399 00:22:31,268 --> 00:22:34,173 BUT CAN THEY FIGURE OUT WHERE THAT FOUR-MINUTE CALL 400 00:22:34,208 --> 00:22:37,032 ABRUPTLY ENDED AND WHY? 401 00:22:37,067 --> 00:22:40,897 POLICE HEAD TO THE MALL TO RETRACE DRU'S STEPS. 402 00:22:40,900 --> 00:22:44,233 THEY START AT THE STORE AND WALK FOR FOUR MINUTES. 403 00:22:44,268 --> 00:22:47,567 WE WALKED A ROUTE FROM MARSHALL FIELDS TO THE CAR 404 00:22:47,602 --> 00:22:50,167 TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT MADE SENSE. 405 00:22:54,167 --> 00:22:57,927 IF IT ACTUALLY TOOK FOUR MINUTES TO GET TO HER CAR 406 00:22:57,933 --> 00:22:59,165 AND THE PHONE CALL CUTS OFF, 407 00:22:59,200 --> 00:23:02,165 THERE'S A QUESTION THERE OF WHAT'S HAPPENING. 408 00:23:02,200 --> 00:23:06,230 FOUR MINUTES OF WALKING AND POLICE ARE RIGHT THERE, 409 00:23:06,233 --> 00:23:08,032 AT DRU'S ABANDONED CAR. 410 00:23:08,067 --> 00:23:10,227 WE DID FIND THAT IT FIT THE TIMEFRAME 411 00:23:10,233 --> 00:23:12,598 FOR HER TO BE ABLE TO GO FROM MARSHALL FIELDS 412 00:23:12,633 --> 00:23:17,130 AT A NORMAL WALKING PACE BACK AND MAKE IT TO HER CAR. 413 00:23:17,165 --> 00:23:21,627 POLICE HAVE CREATED A TIGHT TIMELINE -- 414 00:23:21,633 --> 00:23:25,333 5:00 P.M., OUT OF THE DOOR AT MARSHALL FIELDS 415 00:23:25,368 --> 00:23:27,698 AND THE START OF A PHONE CALL. 416 00:23:27,733 --> 00:23:31,073 FOUR MINUTES LATER, THE CALL ENDS ABRUPTLY, 417 00:23:31,108 --> 00:23:33,067 AT HER CAR... 418 00:23:33,102 --> 00:23:36,032 DRU? 419 00:23:36,067 --> 00:23:38,767 ...WHERE POLICE DISCOVERED A SHEATH. 420 00:23:41,133 --> 00:23:46,933 THEY NEED TO KNOW WHAT TOOL THE SHEATH IS FOR. 421 00:23:46,968 --> 00:23:49,032 BASICALLY, SHE... 422 00:23:49,067 --> 00:23:52,067 POLICE SUSPECT THAT WHAT HAPPENED TO DRU AT THE CAR 423 00:23:52,102 --> 00:23:54,327 MAY HAVE STARTED IN THE MALL. 424 00:23:56,933 --> 00:24:00,203 DETECTIVE REMER NEEDS TO CHECK WITH DRU'S COWORKERS 425 00:24:00,238 --> 00:24:03,730 IF THEY REMEMBER ANYTHING UNUSUAL. 426 00:24:03,733 --> 00:24:05,533 WAS THERE ANYBODY THAT WAS SUSPICIOUS 427 00:24:05,568 --> 00:24:06,765 THAT WAS HANGING AROUND? 428 00:24:06,800 --> 00:24:10,400 WAS THERE ANYTHING THAT WAS OUT OF THE ORDINARY? 429 00:24:10,435 --> 00:24:12,430 DRU'S COWORKERS REPORT SOMETHING 430 00:24:12,433 --> 00:24:15,532 THAT SEIZES INVESTIGATORS' ATTENTION. 431 00:24:15,567 --> 00:24:19,397 SOMETIMES MEN WOULD LURK OUTSIDE THE LINGERIE STORE, 432 00:24:19,400 --> 00:24:22,365 WATCHING THE WOMEN WHO WORK THERE. 433 00:24:22,400 --> 00:24:27,130 AND PRETTY GIRL DRU SEEMED TO BE OF SPECIAL INTEREST. 434 00:24:27,133 --> 00:24:30,533 NO ONE CAN REMEMBER ANYONE SPECIFIC THAT DAY. 435 00:24:30,568 --> 00:24:32,703 APPARENTLY, IT HAPPENED ALL THE TIME. 436 00:24:32,738 --> 00:24:36,330 THE WORKERS JUST IGNORED IT. 437 00:24:36,333 --> 00:24:38,503 AND WE KNOW THAT SHE GETS TO HER CAR, 438 00:24:38,538 --> 00:24:39,632 AND THEN SOMETHING HAPPENS. 439 00:24:39,667 --> 00:24:41,427 THERE'S SOME INTERACTION TO WHERE SHE SAYS, 440 00:24:41,433 --> 00:24:42,598 "OKAY. OKAY." 441 00:24:42,633 --> 00:24:44,018 AND THE PHONE CALL CUTS OFF. 442 00:24:44,053 --> 00:24:45,365 GOT HER, UM, LIKE, A BLACK... 443 00:24:45,400 --> 00:24:47,730 MAYBE THERE WAS MORE TO THIS, AND IT MIGHT BE A KIDNAPPING. 444 00:24:50,733 --> 00:24:52,798 WITH A POSSIBLE KIDNAPPING, 445 00:24:52,833 --> 00:24:57,333 GRAND FORKS POLICE CALL IN FEDERAL AGENTS. 446 00:24:57,368 --> 00:24:59,633 THEY WANT TO DO EVERYTHING THEY CAN 447 00:24:59,668 --> 00:25:01,435 TO BRING DRU BACK ALIVE. 448 00:25:01,470 --> 00:25:03,165 NOT SO FAR. BUT... 449 00:25:03,200 --> 00:25:05,130 WELL, IT WAS THE BIGGEST THING THAT WE'VE EVER DEALT WITH. 450 00:25:05,133 --> 00:25:08,018 WE HAD AT SOME POINT 80 TO 100 INVESTIGATORS 451 00:25:08,053 --> 00:25:10,865 WITHIN OUR COMMAND POST WORKING THE CASE. 452 00:25:10,900 --> 00:25:12,870 THE FEDERAL AGENTS LOOK INTO THE THEORY 453 00:25:12,905 --> 00:25:14,367 THAT DRU HAS BEEN ABDUCTED. 454 00:25:14,402 --> 00:25:16,032 SHE'S 22 YEARS OLD. 455 00:25:16,067 --> 00:25:18,727 IS IT POSSIBLE THAT A SEXUAL DEVIANT 456 00:25:18,733 --> 00:25:20,565 COULD SIT OUT IN THE KIOSK 457 00:25:20,600 --> 00:25:22,770 OR OUT IN A CHAIR IN FRONT OF VICTORIA'S SECRET 458 00:25:22,805 --> 00:25:24,467 AND SEE WHAT HE CAN SEE? 459 00:25:24,502 --> 00:25:26,097 YOU BET. 460 00:25:26,100 --> 00:25:28,330 IT COMPLETELY CHANGES THE PROFILE 461 00:25:28,333 --> 00:25:30,800 OF WHO THEY'RE LOOKING FOR. 462 00:25:30,835 --> 00:25:33,481 THE FBI PROFILERS ADVISE POLICE 463 00:25:33,516 --> 00:25:36,127 IT'S LIKELY TO BE A SEX OFFENDER. 464 00:25:40,567 --> 00:25:42,097 THIS ONE, WHICH IS NICE. 465 00:25:42,100 --> 00:25:46,500 IT IS TREMENDOUSLY HARD TO SOLVE A STRANGER ABDUCTION 466 00:25:46,535 --> 00:25:48,632 BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW. 467 00:25:48,667 --> 00:25:52,067 IT COULD BE TWO SHIPS PASSING IN THE NIGHT. 468 00:25:54,200 --> 00:25:56,670 AND, WE WANT TO KNOW WHERE THEY WERE. 469 00:25:56,705 --> 00:25:58,197 FOR DRU'S FAMILY, 470 00:25:58,200 --> 00:26:01,713 IT'S A MOST UPSETTING TURN TO THE INVESTIGATION. 471 00:26:01,748 --> 00:26:05,227 WELL, OF COURSE IT'S A PARENT'S WORST NIGHTMARE 472 00:26:05,233 --> 00:26:12,573 TO THINK THAT YOUR DAUGHTER'S BEEN TAKEN BY A SEX OFFENDER, 473 00:26:12,608 --> 00:26:14,927 A TOTAL STRANGER. 474 00:26:18,300 --> 00:26:21,630 IF THERE WAS SOMEONE STALKING DRU AT THE MALL, 475 00:26:21,633 --> 00:26:24,766 IT WILL BE BURIED IN THE HUNDREDS OF HOURS 476 00:26:24,801 --> 00:26:27,865 OF MALL SURVEILLANCE FOOTAGE SOMEWHERE. 477 00:26:27,900 --> 00:26:31,330 THE REALITY IS THAT THERE ARE EVENTS HAPPENING 478 00:26:31,333 --> 00:26:33,498 THAT ARE CRIMINAL OR NONCRIMINAL 479 00:26:33,533 --> 00:26:35,473 HAPPENING AROUND US EVERY SINGLE DAY. 480 00:26:35,508 --> 00:26:37,432 AND WE DON'T SEE THEM. 481 00:26:37,467 --> 00:26:40,032 BUT INVESTIGATORS WILL SEE 482 00:26:40,067 --> 00:26:44,797 THE PERSON THEY ARE LOOKING FOR ON CAMERA. 483 00:26:44,800 --> 00:26:50,500 IT'S JUST A MATTER OF WHERE. 484 00:26:57,233 --> 00:26:58,453 YES. 485 00:26:58,488 --> 00:26:59,632 OKAY. BYE. 486 00:26:59,667 --> 00:27:01,927 POLICE NOW BELIEVE THAT 22-YEAR-OLD COLLEGE STUDENT 487 00:27:01,933 --> 00:27:03,032 DRU SJODIN 488 00:27:03,067 --> 00:27:07,827 MIGHT HAVE BEEN ABDUCTED FROM A MALL PARKING LOT. 489 00:27:07,833 --> 00:27:09,465 THEY ARE HOPING SURVEILLANCE VIDEO 490 00:27:09,500 --> 00:27:12,970 CAN HELP THEM SOLVE THE CASE AND BRING DRU HOME. 491 00:27:15,400 --> 00:27:16,432 AND WITH EVERY MINUTE 492 00:27:16,467 --> 00:27:19,427 THAT GOES BY WITH NO NEWS ABOUT DRU, 493 00:27:19,433 --> 00:27:24,233 HER FAMILY FALLS DEEPER AND DEEPER INTO DESPAIR. 494 00:27:24,268 --> 00:27:26,773 I REMEMBER THINKING... 495 00:27:28,733 --> 00:27:32,503 ...THAT I JUST WANTED THE WORLD TO STOP. 496 00:27:32,538 --> 00:27:35,732 I DON'T KNOW HOW TO EXPLAIN IT 497 00:27:35,767 --> 00:27:39,532 BECAUSE YOU'RE SO CAUGHT IN THE EMOTIONS 498 00:27:39,567 --> 00:27:42,227 OF WHAT YOU'RE GOING THROUGH THAT IT JUST SEEMED -- 499 00:27:42,233 --> 00:27:48,273 THE WORLD SEEMED SO CHAOTIC TO ME, IN MY MIND. 500 00:27:48,308 --> 00:27:52,032 I...I COULDN'T SLEEP. 501 00:27:52,067 --> 00:27:55,932 PHONE CALLS WERE GOING OFF THE HOOK. 502 00:27:55,967 --> 00:28:01,527 THERE WAS THIS AWFUL ADRENALINE GOING THROUGH YOUR HEART. 503 00:28:01,533 --> 00:28:06,698 I JUST REMEMBER CRYING INTO THE NIGHT 504 00:28:06,733 --> 00:28:11,573 AND PRAYING AND HOPING THAT I WOULD HEAR FROM HER, 505 00:28:11,608 --> 00:28:13,032 THAT SHE WOULD SHOW UP 506 00:28:13,067 --> 00:28:17,597 OR I WOULD HEAR SOME WONDERFUL NEWS. 507 00:28:22,733 --> 00:28:24,898 25 MILES AWAY, 508 00:28:24,933 --> 00:28:28,973 SEARCHERS CHECKING RIVERBANKS NEAR CROOKSTON, MINNESOTA, 509 00:28:29,008 --> 00:28:30,797 MAKE A SINISTER DISCOVERY. 510 00:28:30,800 --> 00:28:33,900 THIS COULD REALLY HELP US IN OUR INVESTIGATION. 511 00:28:33,935 --> 00:28:38,800 WE FOUND A SHOE BY THE 75 BYPASS BRIDGE 512 00:28:38,835 --> 00:28:41,065 CLOSE TO CROOKSTON. 513 00:28:41,100 --> 00:28:43,570 AND IT MATCHES THE DESCRIPTION OF THE SHOES 514 00:28:43,605 --> 00:28:45,527 DRU WAS WEARING THE DAY SHE WENT MISSING. 515 00:28:45,533 --> 00:28:46,565 YEAH. I... 516 00:28:46,600 --> 00:28:47,932 IT'S HERS. IT IS HERS? 517 00:28:47,967 --> 00:28:49,367 WHEN I IDENTIFIED THE SHOE... 518 00:28:49,402 --> 00:28:52,067 YEAH. ...IT WAS LATE NOVEMBER 519 00:28:52,102 --> 00:28:53,632 IN NORTH DAKOTA. 520 00:28:53,667 --> 00:28:55,697 THERE WAS ALREADY SNOW ON THE GROUND. 521 00:28:57,833 --> 00:29:03,703 TO FIND THE SHOE, IT WAS PRETTY INDESCRIBABLE EMOTION. 522 00:29:03,738 --> 00:29:09,870 IT'S HARD TO EVEN IMAGINE BECAUSE IT WAS SO COLD. 523 00:29:09,905 --> 00:29:12,227 AND TO THINK, YOU KNOW, 524 00:29:12,233 --> 00:29:14,403 "MY DAUGHTER'S OUT THERE NOW WITHOUT SHOES ON..." 525 00:29:14,438 --> 00:29:18,032 UM, IT... 526 00:29:18,067 --> 00:29:20,032 JUST A GAMUT OF EMOTIONS. 527 00:29:20,067 --> 00:29:27,397 IT WAS JUST ONE MORE THING THAT MADE IT SEEM LIKE, 528 00:29:27,400 --> 00:29:30,648 YOU KNOW, WE MAY NEVER SEE HER AGAIN. 529 00:29:30,683 --> 00:29:33,897 INVESTIGATORS MUST REVISIT 530 00:29:33,900 --> 00:29:36,065 THE FOOTAGE FROM THE MALL 531 00:29:36,100 --> 00:29:39,730 FOR ANY SIGN THAT DRU WAS BEING FOLLOWED. 532 00:29:42,933 --> 00:29:47,473 NO ONE AT MARSHALL FIELDS SEEMS TO BE STALKING HER. 533 00:29:47,508 --> 00:29:50,332 THIS TIME, THEY GO BACK IN TIME 534 00:29:50,367 --> 00:29:53,067 AND LOOK FOR FOOTAGE FROM ALL STORES 535 00:29:53,102 --> 00:29:55,627 TO SEE IF ANYONE STANDS OUT. 536 00:29:55,633 --> 00:29:57,365 WHEN REVIEWING VIDEO 537 00:29:57,400 --> 00:29:58,832 FROM AN INVESTIGATIVE STANDPOINT, 538 00:29:58,867 --> 00:30:01,427 PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR THINGS THAT STAND OUT OF THE NORM. 539 00:30:01,433 --> 00:30:05,673 A NORMAL BEHAVIOR WHEN SOMEBODY'S SHOPPING AT A STORE 540 00:30:05,708 --> 00:30:07,737 IS LOOKING AT THE MERCHANDISE, 541 00:30:07,772 --> 00:30:09,732 LOOKING TO FIND THAT MERCHANDISE. 542 00:30:09,767 --> 00:30:12,127 HE WATCHES FOOTAGE FROM A TARGET STORE 543 00:30:12,133 --> 00:30:14,132 AT 3:40 P.M., 544 00:30:14,167 --> 00:30:18,332 84 MINUTES BEFORE DRU DISAPPEARED. 545 00:30:18,367 --> 00:30:20,227 THE THINGS THAT STAND OUT OF THE NORM, 546 00:30:20,233 --> 00:30:23,703 SUCH AS PEOPLE THAT LOOK AT OTHER PEOPLE 547 00:30:23,738 --> 00:30:25,600 MORE THAN THE MERCHANDISE. 548 00:30:45,833 --> 00:30:48,673 THRANE LOCKS ON TO ONE MAN. 549 00:31:07,567 --> 00:31:09,397 THE INDIVIDUAL IN THE TARGET STORE 550 00:31:09,400 --> 00:31:10,730 WENT THROUGHOUT THE TARGET STORE, 551 00:31:10,733 --> 00:31:12,973 WALKED UP AND DOWN THE CD AISLE. 552 00:31:18,567 --> 00:31:22,097 THRANE SEES THE MAN DOESN'T SEEM TO BE SHOPPING... 553 00:31:23,900 --> 00:31:26,270 ...AT LEAST NOT FOR CDS. 554 00:31:39,400 --> 00:31:43,330 INSTEAD, HE'S LOOKING AT OTHER SHOPPERS. 555 00:31:49,667 --> 00:31:53,197 THRANE WATCHES THE MAN WALK AROUND THE STORE. 556 00:32:06,200 --> 00:32:07,865 DURING THE ENTIRE TIME 557 00:32:07,900 --> 00:32:09,970 THE SUBJECT WAS IN THE TARGET STORE... 558 00:32:10,005 --> 00:32:12,427 HE APPEARED TO BE BY HIMSELF. 559 00:32:20,800 --> 00:32:23,370 AND THEN, AT 3:41 P.M... 560 00:32:30,067 --> 00:32:34,267 ...HE TAKES A SEAT AND CONTINUES WATCHING PEOPLE. 561 00:32:38,567 --> 00:32:42,427 HE WOUND UP SITTING AT A BENCH CLOSE TO THE EXIT... 562 00:32:51,167 --> 00:32:53,627 ...FOR APPROXIMATELY 11 MINUTES. 563 00:33:00,567 --> 00:33:05,427 HE WAS SEATED IN A CHAIR RIGHT AT THE EXIT DOOR. 564 00:33:08,933 --> 00:33:11,603 AND IT WAS OBVIOUS THAT HE WAS WATCHING PEOPLE 565 00:33:11,638 --> 00:33:14,070 AS THEY WALKED OUT OF THE STORE. 566 00:33:44,667 --> 00:33:49,067 AND THEN HE STOOD UP, PUT GLOVES ON HIS HANDS... 567 00:33:58,200 --> 00:34:00,770 ...AND THEN WALKED OUT TOWARDS THE VESTIBULE. 568 00:34:03,900 --> 00:34:06,850 AND AS HE EXITED THE STORE, YOU COULD SEE HIM. 569 00:34:06,885 --> 00:34:09,800 IT APPEARED HE LOOKED TOWARDS THE CEILING, 570 00:34:09,835 --> 00:34:13,365 TOWARDS THE SURVEILLANCE CAMERA. 571 00:34:13,400 --> 00:34:18,970 IT'S JUST 72 MINUTES UNTIL DRU DISAPPEARS. 572 00:34:19,005 --> 00:34:21,132 WHEN THEY LOOK IN MORE DETAIL, 573 00:34:21,167 --> 00:34:25,232 THEY FIND SOMETHING MORE SINISTER. 574 00:34:25,267 --> 00:34:29,067 WELL, ON THE VIDEO, WE SEE A BLONDE-HAIRED FEMALE... 575 00:34:29,102 --> 00:34:30,532 WHO WALKS OUT OF THE STORE 576 00:34:30,567 --> 00:34:33,427 SHORTLY BEFORE HE GETS UP AND LEAVES. 577 00:34:49,967 --> 00:34:53,097 REMER DOESN'T THINK THAT'S A COINCIDENCE. 578 00:34:53,100 --> 00:34:55,600 DRU'S COWORKERS AT VICTORIA'S SECRET SAY 579 00:34:55,635 --> 00:34:57,730 THEY WERE REGULARLY WATCHED. 580 00:34:57,733 --> 00:35:01,401 AND IN THE SAME MALL, A MAN IS WATCHING SHOPPERS 581 00:35:01,436 --> 00:35:05,070 AND FOLLOWS A BLONDE-HAIRED WOMAN OUT THE DOOR. 582 00:35:05,105 --> 00:35:07,227 THINGS ARE STARTING TO ADD UP. 583 00:35:07,233 --> 00:35:10,233 THE FBI SAID TO CHECK FOR SEX OFFENDERS. 584 00:35:10,268 --> 00:35:13,233 THEY FIND 60 OF THEM REGISTERED IN THE AREA. 585 00:35:13,268 --> 00:35:16,565 POLICE HAVE PHOTOS OF ALL OF THEM. 586 00:35:16,600 --> 00:35:19,500 SPECIAL AGENT DAN AHLQUIST PULLS UP THE PHOTOS 587 00:35:19,535 --> 00:35:21,532 OF ALL 60 SEX OFFENDERS 588 00:35:21,567 --> 00:35:24,467 AND NARROWS THEM DOWN TO THE ONES NEAR CROOKSTON, 589 00:35:24,502 --> 00:35:28,627 WHERE DRU'S SHOE WAS FOUND. 590 00:35:28,633 --> 00:35:33,273 THEY FIND FOUR NAMES... AND FOUR PHOTOS. 591 00:35:37,933 --> 00:35:41,733 AND ONE OF THEM IS THE MAN FOLLOWING A BLONDE-HAIRED WOMAN 592 00:35:41,768 --> 00:35:44,973 OUT OF THE TARGET STORE IN THE MALL. 593 00:35:56,067 --> 00:35:58,532 FOUR DAYS INTO THEIR INVESTIGATION, POLICE 594 00:35:58,567 --> 00:36:03,167 MIGHT HAVE THEIR BEST LEAD YET IN THEIR SEARCH FOR DRU SJODIN. 595 00:36:03,202 --> 00:36:05,032 VIDEO FROM A TARGET STORE 596 00:36:05,067 --> 00:36:08,327 SHOWS A MAN FOLLOWING A DIFFERENT BLONDE-HAIRED WOMAN 597 00:36:08,333 --> 00:36:12,403 JUST 72 MINUTES BEFORE DRU DISAPPEARED. 598 00:36:12,438 --> 00:36:14,365 AND THEY'VE COMPARED HIS IMAGE 599 00:36:14,400 --> 00:36:17,070 TO PHOTOS OF NEARBY SEX OFFENDERS. 600 00:36:22,067 --> 00:36:24,727 AND THEY FIND A PERFECT MATCH... 601 00:36:27,100 --> 00:36:29,430 ...ALFONSO RODRIGUEZ. 602 00:36:31,800 --> 00:36:35,570 RODRIGUEZ WAS ARRESTED FOR RAPE AND KIDNAPPING 603 00:36:35,605 --> 00:36:38,332 AND SERVED 23 YEARS. 604 00:36:38,367 --> 00:36:41,827 HE'S BEEN OUT SIX MONTHS. 605 00:36:41,833 --> 00:36:44,803 BUT RODRIGUEZ IS JUST LEAVING A STORE. 606 00:36:44,838 --> 00:36:47,200 HE'S NOT COMMITTING ANY CRIME. 607 00:36:50,667 --> 00:36:53,667 THAT'S WHEN POLICE LEARN OF ANOTHER BREAKTHROUGH. 608 00:36:53,702 --> 00:36:56,667 TWO INVESTIGATORS WHO HAD BEEN ASSIGNED 609 00:36:56,702 --> 00:36:59,564 TO IDENTIFY THIS TOOL-SHOP-TYPE SHEATH... 610 00:36:59,599 --> 00:37:02,427 THE SHEATH THEY FOUND AT DRU'S CAR 611 00:37:02,433 --> 00:37:03,898 WASN'T FOR A TOOL 612 00:37:03,933 --> 00:37:06,732 BUT FOR SOMETHING FAR MORE DEADLY. 613 00:37:06,767 --> 00:37:12,067 THEY SAID IT WAS A SHEATH FROM A KNIFE... 614 00:37:12,102 --> 00:37:14,097 WITH A LOCK-BLADE KNIFE. 615 00:37:18,600 --> 00:37:22,070 WE MADE CONTACT WITH ALFONSO RODRIGUEZ 616 00:37:22,105 --> 00:37:23,697 AT A CONSTRUCTION SITE. 617 00:37:23,700 --> 00:37:24,865 YEAH. TALK TO US? 618 00:37:24,900 --> 00:37:27,770 AGENT AHLQUIST CHECKS RODRIGUEZ'S CAR. 619 00:37:32,967 --> 00:37:34,327 OKAY. 620 00:37:34,333 --> 00:37:36,103 WE LOOKED INTO THE TRUNK, 621 00:37:36,138 --> 00:37:37,873 AND THERE WAS SOME FISHING EQUIPMENT 622 00:37:37,908 --> 00:37:40,567 AND A SMELL OF CLEANER. 623 00:37:43,333 --> 00:37:46,503 HE SEES A CONTAINER WITH LIQUID. 624 00:37:46,538 --> 00:37:48,182 JUST, LIKE, A CLEANING SUBSTANCE, 625 00:37:48,217 --> 00:37:49,827 AND IN THAT CLEANING SUBSTANCE 626 00:37:49,833 --> 00:37:53,903 WAS SUBMERGED A LOCK-BLADE KNIFE, 627 00:37:53,938 --> 00:37:55,732 AN EXACT DUPLICATE. 628 00:37:55,767 --> 00:37:59,127 AN EXACT DUPLICATE OF THE LOCK-BLADE KNIFE 629 00:37:59,133 --> 00:38:02,573 AGENT AHLQUIST HAD JUST SEEN IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. 630 00:38:04,567 --> 00:38:06,832 RODRIGUEZ IS DETAINED, 631 00:38:06,867 --> 00:38:10,127 AND FORENSICS ARE CALLED IN TO CHECK OUT HIS CAR. 632 00:38:10,133 --> 00:38:15,603 I RECALL QUITE VIVIDLY STANDING OUTSIDE THE BACKDOOR OF THE CAR. 633 00:38:15,638 --> 00:38:18,365 A SCIENTIST WAS IN THE CAR 634 00:38:18,400 --> 00:38:21,770 AND JUST SAID, "THAT'S INTERESTING." 635 00:38:24,100 --> 00:38:26,632 "LOOK AT ALL THE BLOOD." 636 00:38:26,667 --> 00:38:30,727 FORENSIC SAMPLES TAKEN FROM RODRIGUEZ'S CAR REVEAL 637 00:38:30,733 --> 00:38:32,773 TRACES OF DRU'S DNA. 638 00:38:35,067 --> 00:38:38,827 WHEN DRU'S BLOOD IS FOUND IN RODRIGUEZ'S CAR, 639 00:38:38,833 --> 00:38:41,133 YOU KNOW, THAT REALLY THEN BRINGS IT HOME. 640 00:38:43,167 --> 00:38:44,632 GOOD AFTERNOON, MRS. SJODIN. 641 00:38:44,667 --> 00:38:48,367 WHEN I HEARD THAT HER BLOOD HAD BEEN FOUND 642 00:38:48,402 --> 00:38:50,727 THE CAR OF A SEX OFFENDER, 643 00:38:50,733 --> 00:38:53,615 IT HIT ME IN THE GUT LIKE... 644 00:38:53,650 --> 00:38:56,497 LIKE I COULDN'T BREATHE. 645 00:39:03,400 --> 00:39:06,630 THEY STILL HAVE NOT FOUND DRU. 646 00:39:06,633 --> 00:39:10,073 BUT POLICE HAVE MORE THAN ENOUGH TO ARREST ALFONSO RODRIGUEZ 647 00:39:10,108 --> 00:39:13,297 AND CHARGE HIM WITH KIDNAPPING DRU SJODIN. 648 00:39:17,233 --> 00:39:21,073 POLICE BREAK THE NEWS TO DRU'S FRIENDS AND FAMILY. 649 00:39:21,108 --> 00:39:22,797 IT WAS DECEMBER 1st. 650 00:39:24,518 --> 00:39:26,132 AND LINDA CALLS. 651 00:39:26,167 --> 00:39:28,597 SHE'S LIKE, "PULL OVER. 652 00:39:28,600 --> 00:39:30,765 PULL THE CAR OVER." 653 00:39:30,800 --> 00:39:34,433 SHE TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS AN ARREST, 654 00:39:34,468 --> 00:39:38,032 AND THERE IS SOME BLOOD INVOLVED. 655 00:39:38,067 --> 00:39:41,867 AND SHE DOESN'T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT DRU. 656 00:39:41,902 --> 00:39:46,797 AND I ASK, "WELL, WHERE'S DRU?" 657 00:39:46,800 --> 00:39:50,200 AND SHE JUST SAID, "WE DON'T -- WE DON'T KNOW." 658 00:39:53,067 --> 00:39:55,032 IT WOULD TAKE FIVE MORE MONTHS 659 00:39:55,067 --> 00:39:59,897 BEFORE HER FAMILY WOULD HAVE THAT FINAL, CRUEL ANSWER. 660 00:39:59,900 --> 00:40:02,830 APRIL 17, 2004. 661 00:40:02,833 --> 00:40:05,865 THE NORTH DAKOTA WINTER IS OVER. 662 00:40:05,900 --> 00:40:10,070 THE SNOW AND ICE MELT AND REVEAL THE DEADLY SECRET 663 00:40:10,105 --> 00:40:12,427 THAT HAD BEEN BURIED FOR MONTHS. 664 00:40:15,067 --> 00:40:19,897 A SEARCH TEAM FINDS DRU'S BODY IN A REMOTE RAVINE. 665 00:40:19,900 --> 00:40:25,100 SHE HAS BEEN STRANGLED, STABBED, AND SEXUALLY ASSAULTED. 666 00:40:27,933 --> 00:40:30,565 INVESTIGATORS USING SURVEILLANCE FOOTAGE 667 00:40:30,600 --> 00:40:34,932 ARE ABLE TO PIECE TOGETHER WHAT HAPPENED TO DRU SJODIN. 668 00:40:34,967 --> 00:40:39,197 I BELIEVE THAT MR. RODRIGUEZ ENCOUNTERED HER IN THE MALL 669 00:40:39,200 --> 00:40:41,630 AS SHE WALKED FROM VICTORIA'S SECRET. 670 00:40:41,633 --> 00:40:44,203 I THINK HE FOLLOWED HER THROUGH THE MALL... 671 00:40:47,267 --> 00:40:52,097 ...FOLLOWED HER OUT THE MARSHALL FIELDS DOOR... 672 00:40:52,100 --> 00:40:54,030 YEAH. I JUST FINISHED WORK. 673 00:40:54,033 --> 00:40:57,198 OKAY. ...TO HER CAR, 674 00:40:57,233 --> 00:41:00,733 WHERE HE DECIDED IT WAS TIME TO MAKE HIS MOVE... 675 00:41:04,167 --> 00:41:07,067 ...PULLED OUT HIS KNIFE, DROPPED THE SHEATH. 676 00:41:07,102 --> 00:41:12,167 IN THE CAR. HE FORCES HER INTO HIS CAR 677 00:41:12,202 --> 00:41:16,497 AND DRIVES OUT OF THE AREA. 678 00:41:16,500 --> 00:41:18,130 DRU. 679 00:41:18,133 --> 00:41:22,032 I THINK THE 7:42 PHONE CALL... 680 00:41:22,067 --> 00:41:27,927 IS HER KILLER DISREGARDING THE PHONE NEAR HER, 681 00:41:27,933 --> 00:41:31,432 WHICH IS WHY I HEARD THE TONES, 682 00:41:31,467 --> 00:41:34,632 WHICH GIVES ME A TIMELINE OF 5:05 TO 7:42. 683 00:41:34,667 --> 00:41:41,097 I ALWAYS THINK ABOUT IT, THAT HE PUT HER THROUGH HELL. 684 00:41:42,833 --> 00:41:47,203 UM, THAT 21/2 HOURS, I CAN'T IMAGINE. 685 00:41:53,100 --> 00:41:57,132 ON AUGUST 30, 2006, ALFONSO RODRIGUEZ 686 00:41:57,167 --> 00:42:00,927 IS CONVICTED FOR THE KIDNAP AND MURDER OF DRU SJODIN. 687 00:42:00,933 --> 00:42:02,865 HE'S SENTENCED TO DEATH. 688 00:42:02,900 --> 00:42:06,632 HE WAITS ON DEATH ROW TO THIS DAY. 689 00:42:06,667 --> 00:42:11,667 THE HISTORY OF VIOLENCE WITH THIS INDIVIDUAL 690 00:42:11,702 --> 00:42:13,827 AND SERVING 23 YEARS 691 00:42:13,833 --> 00:42:16,973 AND, UPON RELEASE, 6 MONTHS LATER, 692 00:42:17,008 --> 00:42:19,127 BEING ABLE TO DO THIS, 693 00:42:19,133 --> 00:42:22,453 ANGERS ME EVERY TIME I THINK ABOUT IT. 694 00:42:22,488 --> 00:42:25,732 ...INTRODUCING A PIECE OF LEGISLATION 695 00:42:25,767 --> 00:42:28,667 THAT I HOPE VERY MUCH WILL SAVE LIVES IN THIS COUNTRY. 696 00:42:28,702 --> 00:42:31,132 AND DRU'S LEGACY LIVES ON. 697 00:42:31,167 --> 00:42:35,797 IN 2006, THE WHITE HOUSE SIGNED DRU'S LAW... 698 00:42:35,800 --> 00:42:38,615 MAKING THE SEX-OFFENDERS REGISTRY 699 00:42:38,650 --> 00:42:41,430 AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC NATIONWIDE. 700 00:42:45,667 --> 00:42:52,727 IT MAKES ME FEEL ANGRY THAT HE TOOK THIS PERSON 701 00:42:52,733 --> 00:42:54,032 OUT OF NOT ONLY MY LIFE, 702 00:42:54,067 --> 00:42:57,227 BUT A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE'S LIVES. 703 00:42:57,233 --> 00:43:00,316 AND IT WILL FOREVER AFFECT MY LIFE, 704 00:43:00,351 --> 00:43:03,365 AS WELL AS EVERYONE ELSE INVOLVED. 705 00:43:03,400 --> 00:43:06,433 DRU'S FAMILY AND FRIENDS WILL ALWAYS WONDER. 706 00:43:06,468 --> 00:43:09,467 IF THE PARKING LOT OF THE MALL HAD SECURITY CAMERAS, 707 00:43:09,502 --> 00:43:13,567 THIS CRIME MAY HAVE BEEN DETERRED. 708 00:43:13,602 --> 00:43:15,827 IT WAS VITAL SECURITY FOOTAGE 709 00:43:15,833 --> 00:43:19,833 THAT WAS CRITICAL TO SOLVING THIS CASE. 710 00:43:19,868 --> 00:43:22,365 THE VIDEO EVIDENCE IN THIS CASE 711 00:43:22,400 --> 00:43:28,070 REALLY PLACED MR. RODRIGUEZ AT THE SCENE OF THE ABDUCTION. 712 00:43:28,105 --> 00:43:29,897 WITHOUT THAT VIDEO EVIDENCE, 713 00:43:29,900 --> 00:43:32,700 THERE WOULD HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A QUESTION IN SOMEBODY'S MIND.