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IN 1982,
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THERE WERE 410 HOMICIDES
IN METROPOLITAN PHILADELPHIA.
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THIS IS THE STORY
OF ONE OF THOSE CASES.
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THE MAIN LINE
DERIVES ITS NAME
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FROM THE OLD
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD,
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WHICH WENT WEST
FROM PHILADELPHIA,
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AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD
ADJACENT TO IT
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BECAME KNOWN AS THE MAIN LINE.
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THE SURROUNDING
COMMUNITIES ARE WEALTHY HOMES,
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EXCLUSIVE HOMES, MANSIONS.
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THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE
THAT LIVED IN THAT AREA
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WERE VERY WELL-TO-DO.
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EVERYONE,
JUST FOR A MOMENT...
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AND THE GROSS FAMILY,
VERY PROMINENT
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AND VERY RECOGNIZED
ON THE MAIN LINE.
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COURTLAND, ALEXANDRA,
I THINK WE ALL WISH
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WE HAD THE KIND OF LOVE
AND MARRIAGE
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YOU TWO HAVE HAD
FOR THE PAST 40 YEARS,
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AND SO HERE'S TO 40 MORE YEARS
OF LOVE AND HAPPINESS.
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- CHEERS.
- CHEERS.
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A COUPLE OF ELDERLY PEOPLE
SLAIN WITHIN THEIR HOME,
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KILLED IN THIS MANNER --
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IT WAS SENSELESS.
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WE WERE LOOKING FOR SOMEBODY WHO
WAS A VERY DANGEROUS MURDERER.
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THE GROSSES' ESTATE
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WAS ON THE NORTHWESTERN
EDGE OF THE TOWNSHIP,
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JUST ABOUT A MILE FROM
THE PHILADELPHIA BORDER.
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GET THE TOOLS OUT.
I'LL SAY "HI" TO MRS. GROSS.
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THERE WAS SOME ROOFING WORK
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GOING ON AT THE HOUSE
OVER THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS.
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MRS. GROSS?
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IT'S BILLY.
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THE ROOFERS ARRIVED,
AND THEY FOUND
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AND SAW A DOOR PARTIALLY OPEN.
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MRS. GROSS, THE DOOR'S OPEN.
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HE OPENED THE DOOR
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AND DISCOVERED TWO VICTIMS
IN THE KITCHEN.
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MY GOD.
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ALL UNITS BE ADVISED,
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WE HAVE REPORTS OF A SHOOTING
AT 1230 ARROWMINK ROAD.
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WITHIN MINUTES
OF GETTING THE CALL,
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DETECTIVE STANLEY KADELSKI
RUSHES TO A PART OF PHILADELPHIA
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WHERE CRIME IS RARE
AND MURDER IS UNHEARD OF.
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FROM THE ROADSIDE, YOU COULD NOT
SEE ANY OF THESE HOMES
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BECAUSE THEY WERE ALL SET
BACK OFF THE ROADWAY.
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WHEN YOU WENT UP THE DRIVEWAY
AND YOU APPROACHED THE HOME,
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THEN THE VEGETATION
AND THE SHRUBBERY AND TREES
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WOULD OPEN UP,
AND YOU SAW THIS BEAUTIFUL HOME.
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TWO BODIES INSIDE.
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HEY, KADELSKI.
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ANTHONY SPAGNOLETTI,
FROM LOWER MERION TOWNSHIP,
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IS ONE OF THE FIRST DETECTIVES
TO ENTER THE HOME.
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WHEN WE CAME UPON THE SCENE,
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WE NOTICED THAT IT WAS
A DOUBLE HOMICIDE,
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AND THERE WERE
TWO INDIVIDUALS,
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AN ELDERLY MAN
AND ELDERLY WOMAN,
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LYING IN POOLS OF BLOOD
IN THE KITCHEN AREA OF THE HOME.
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THEY'VE BEEN HERE, WHAT,
A DAY AT THE MOST?
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IT LOOKS LIKE MAYBE
THEY JUST GOT HOME,
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WALKED IN ON SOMETHING.
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MR. GROSS
WAS SHOT THROUGH THE WRIST
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AND HIS ANKLE AND HIS HIP BONE,
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AND THEN ONCE IN THE HEAD.
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MRS. GROSS WAS CLOSEST TO
THE ENTRY DOOR TO THE KITCHEN.
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SHE WAS SHOT SEVERAL TIMES.
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SEEING THE ENTRY WOUNDS
IN THE ANKLES LED US TO BELIEVE
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THAT THE SUSPECT
HAD THEM AT GUNPOINT
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AND WAS QUESTIONING THEM,
INTERROGATING THEM.
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LOOKS LIKE THEY MIGHT HAVE
STARTED FROM THE BOTTOM
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AND WORKED THEIR WAY UP.
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SAME TYPE OF THING WITH
THIS VICTIM, ARM THEN HEAD.
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BY SHOOTING THEM IN THE ANKLES,
HE WAS LETTING THEM KNOW
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THAT HE WAS GOING
TO WORK HIS WAY UP
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IF THEY DIDN'T TELL HIM
WHAT HE WANTED TO KNOW.
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IT'S A SOBERING MOMENT
FOR THE DETECTIVES,
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REALIZING HOW THE VICTIMS HAD
BEEN TERRORIZED BY THEIR KILLER.
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THEN, THEY HEAR A WARNING
FROM AN OFFICER
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WORKING THE SCENE
ELSEWHERE IN THE HOUSE.
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BE ADVISED, WE'VE GOT VOICES
ON THE SECOND FLOOR.
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LET'S CLEAR THIS PLACE.
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WE THEN HAD TO
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SEARCH THE WHOLE RESIDENCE
TO BE SURE
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THERE'S NOT AN INTRUDER
STILL IN THE HOUSE.
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"NOW HE WHO SUPPLIES
SEED TO THE SOWER
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"AND THE BREAD FOR THE FOOD
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"WILL ALSO SUPPLY AND INCREASE
YOUR STORE OF SEED
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AND WILL ENLARGE THE HARVEST
OF YOUR RIGHTEOUSNESS."
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"YOU WILL BE ENRICHED
IN EVERY WAY
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"SO THAT YOU CAN BE GENEROUS
ON EVERY OCCASION,
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"AND THROUGH US,
YOUR GENEROSITY WILL RESULT
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IN THANKSGIVING TO GOD."
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IT WAS
A PRETTY OUTRAGEOUS SCENE
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COMING UPON A THIRD INDIVIDUAL.
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SHE WAS STILL BOUND
AROUND HER WAIST AND ARMS,
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AND SHE HAD A...
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WHAT WAS PROBABLY COVERING
HER EYES AT ONE TIME,
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A SCARF AROUND HER NECK.
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I WALKED TO THE FRONT
OF HER AND NOTICED
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THAT SHE WAS SHOT IN THE HEAD.
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MONTGOMERY COUNTY
CHIEF DETECTIVE OSCAR VANCE
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ARRIVES TO WORK THE
DOUBLE-TURNED-TRIPLE HOMICIDE.
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- TONY.
- CHIEF.
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IT WAS NOT ONLY GRUESOME
BUT ALSO TERRIFYING IN TERMS
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OF THE WAY THOSE
MURDERS WERE CONDUCTED.
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IT'S A MASSACRE.
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THE THIRD VICTIM IS IDENTIFIED
AS CATHERINE VANDERVEUR,
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THE GROSSES' MAID AND A LONGTIME
FIXTURE AT THE ESTATE.
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A BLOODBATH IN PHILADELPHIA'S
WEALTHIEST ENCLAVE
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IS SHOCKING ENOUGH,
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BUT THESE AREN'T
JUST ANY VICTIMS.
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COURTLAND GROSS
WAS THE FOUNDER AND C.E.O.
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OF LOCKHEED CORPORATION,
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HUGE IN THE AIRCRAFT-BUILDING
INDUSTRY.
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COURTLAND WAS ACTUALLY
ON THE COVER OF "TIME" MAGAZINE
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IN THE 1960s
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BECAUSE OF THE SUCCESS
OF THAT COMPANY.
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AND DO YOU HAVE,
BY CHANCE...
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ALEXANDRA'S FAMILY
WERE BLUE-BLOOD,
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HIGH-SOCIETY COLONIAL FOUNDERS
OF THE PHILADELPHIA REGION.
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HER UPBRINGING, HER CLASS,
JUST A WONDERFUL HUMAN BEING,
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UNPRETENTIOUS,
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VERY WELL RECOGNIZED
IN MAIN LINE SOCIETY.
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INVESTIGATORS SUSPECT
THE GROSSES' PROMINENCE
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MIGHT HAVE LED
TO THE TRAGEDY.
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INITIALLY,
WE DIDN'T FIND ANYTHING
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THAT WE COULD ACTUALLY SAY
WAS TAKEN FROM THE HOME.
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BECAUSE OF HIS STATURE
IN THE BUSINESS WORLD,
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WE DID NOT RULE OUT
THAT IT WASN'T
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AN ASSASSINATION OF SORTS.
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THERE WAS A HUGE
AMOUNT OF PRESSURE
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ON OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT
TO TRY TO SOLVE THIS.
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BUT BEFORE INVESTIGATORS
DRAW ANY CONCLUSIONS,
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THEY SEARCH THE ENTIRE HOUSE
FOR ANY TRACE
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OF THE KILLER AND HIS MOTIVE.
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AND THEY FIND SOMETHING
IN THE BASEMENT.
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WHAT DO WE HAVE HERE?
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IT WAS A LARGE SAFE,
AND IT HAD BEEN COVERED
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WITH SOME TYPE OF DROP CLOTH
OR A BLANKET,
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BUT IT WAS OBVIOUS THAT
THIS BLANKET WAS TURNED BACK,
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SO THAT INDICATED TO ME
THAT THE PERSON
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THAT BROKE INTO THE HOME
WAS DOWN IN THE BASEMENT,
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HAD LIFTED THE BLANKET
OFF THE SAFE,
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WAS PROBABLY TRYING
TO FIGURE OUT,
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"IS IT POSSIBLE
TO GET THIS OPEN?"
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THERE WERE
NO PRINTS ON THE SAFE,
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ON THE DOOR HANDLES OR ANYTHING
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THAT THE SUSPECT
WOULD HAVE TOUCHED.
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AND IT APPEARED AS IF THE SCENE
HAD BEEN WIPED CLEAN.
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WITH ROBBERY NOW
THE POSSIBLE MOTIVE,
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INVESTIGATORS TRY
TO PIECE TOGETHER
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A LIKELY SCENARIO
OF WHAT HAPPENED.
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THE PERP JIMMIES THE DOOR.
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HE JAMS IT TO GET IN.
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THE DOOR
WAS FORCIBLY PUSHED IN.
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CATHERINE THE MAID'S
DOWNSTAIRS.
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SHE'S ALL ALONE.
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THE GROSSES ARE OUT.
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HE TAKES HER UPSTAIRS, TIES HER
TO A CHAIR, GOES TO WORK ON HER.
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WHERE'S THE MONEY?
WHERE'S THE JEWELRY?
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AND DURING THIS INTERROGATION
OF THE MAID,
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THAT'S WHEN MR. AND MRS. GROSS
CAME HOME.
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THE GROSSES COME IN.
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THE PERP HEARS IT,
HE COMES DOWN,
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SURPRISES THEM,
HOLDS THEM AT GUNPOINT.
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"WHERE'S THE JEWELRY?
WHERE'S THE MONEY?"
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MAYBE THEY RESIST.
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GET OUT OF HERE BEFORE YOU...
HE SHOOTS.
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KILLED ALL THREE OF THEM,
GOT NOTHING FOR IT.
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CHIEF, TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.
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THE PERPETRATOR DID NOT BOTHER
TO PICK UP THE SHELL CASINGS.
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.380.
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AND THEY WERE
.380 CALIBER CASINGS.
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AT THAT TIME,
THE INVESTIGATION
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WAS EXTREMELY FRUSTRATING
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BECAUSE WE HAD NOTHING
MORE THAN BULLET CASINGS.
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WITH MULTIPLE SPENT
SHELL CASINGS,
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INVESTIGATORS TURN
THEIR ATTENTION
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TO SEARCH FOR WITNESSES,
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GOING DOOR-TO-DOOR
ASKING NEIGHBORS
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IF THEY SAW ANYTHING
OUT OF THE ORDINARY.
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IN DOING THAT, WE DID
COME UP WITH A VEHICLE
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THAT WAS NEVER SEEN
IN THAT AREA BEFORE.
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THERE WAS A RED CAR
THAT WAS SEEN IN THAT VICINITY,
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AND WE THOUGHT THAT
THERE COULD POSSIBLY
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BE SOME TIE-IN
WITH THAT MURDER.
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ALTHOUGH FRUSTRATED
WITH THE FACT THAT HERE
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ARE THESE THREE PEOPLE
EXECUTED IN THEIR HOME,
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THERE'S A BREAK-IN,
THERE'S NO FINGERPRINT EVIDENCE
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OTHER THAN THE SHELL CASINGS,
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AND NEIGHBORS
SEEING THIS SUSPICIOUS RED CAR,
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NOT TOO MUCH TO GO ON.
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FOR NOW,
INVESTIGATORS ARE EAGER
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TO QUESTION THE MAN WHO FIRST
DISCOVERED THE CARNAGE.
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THE FOCUS, NATURALLY,
ON THE WORKMEN
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THAT HAD ACCESS TO THE HOUSE,
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THAT WERE THERE,
THAT FOUND THE BODIES,
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THEY HAD TO BE INTERVIEWED.
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JUST THE TWO OF YOU
ON THIS JOB?
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TODAY, YEAH, BUT WE HAVE HAD
SOME GUYS IN AND OUT UP HERE.
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I'M GOING TO NEED
THEIR NAMES AND NUMBERS.
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LET ME SEE...
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THERE'S JIMMY McCAVEY...
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...RASHEED MORGAN.
231
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MORGAN.
232
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STEVIE PRICE.
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WE COLLECTED
ALL THEIR INFORMATION
234
00:11:46,985 --> 00:11:49,632
AND LOOKED INTO THEIR
BACKGROUNDS AND PASTS
235
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TO FIND OUT IF THEY COULD
POSSIBLY BE SUSPECTS IN THIS.
236
00:11:53,433 --> 00:11:57,703
STEVIE PRICE, HE'S BEEN MIXED UP
WITH THE POLICE BEFORE.
237
00:11:57,738 --> 00:12:00,619
THERE WAS ONE ROOFER
IN PARTICULAR
238
00:12:00,654 --> 00:12:03,465
WHO DID HAVE
A JADED BACKGROUND.
239
00:12:03,500 --> 00:12:06,833
HE WAS ARRESTED
FOR BURGLARIZING A HOUSE,
240
00:12:06,868 --> 00:12:10,167
AND OUT OF ALL THE REST
OF THE ROOFERS,
241
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FIT THE PROFILE.
242
00:12:12,667 --> 00:12:14,827
YOU KNOW WHERE WE CAN
GET A HOLD OF HIM?
243
00:12:14,833 --> 00:12:16,732
STEVIE?
WHO KNOWS.
244
00:12:16,767 --> 00:12:19,697
SOMETIMES HE SHOWS,
SOMETIMES HE DON'T.
245
00:12:19,700 --> 00:12:22,432
WHERE WAS
THE MISSING ROOFER?
246
00:12:22,467 --> 00:12:25,627
HAD HIS CRIMES JUST ESCALATED
FROM BURGLARY TO MURDER?
247
00:12:25,633 --> 00:12:29,973
**
248
00:12:32,733 --> 00:12:41,398
**
249
00:12:41,433 --> 00:12:43,631
ON THE MAIN LINE,
ONE OF THE WEALTHIEST
250
00:12:43,666 --> 00:12:45,830
AND MOST EXCLUSIVE PARTS
OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA...
251
00:12:45,833 --> 00:12:48,498
**
252
00:12:48,533 --> 00:12:50,598
...THREE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN
GUNNED DOWN.
253
00:12:50,633 --> 00:12:53,573
COURTLAND AND ALEXANDRA GROSS
AND THEIR HOUSEKEEPER,
254
00:12:53,608 --> 00:12:55,032
CATHERINE VANDERVEUR,
255
00:12:55,067 --> 00:12:58,067
WERE FOUND BY ROOFERS
INSIDE THEIR LAVISH ESTATE
256
00:12:58,102 --> 00:13:01,432
RIDDLED WITH BULLETS.
257
00:13:01,467 --> 00:13:04,867
OUR FIRST SUSPECTS WERE
THE ROOFERS FROM THE STANDPOINT
258
00:13:04,902 --> 00:13:07,032
THAT THEY FOUND THE BODY
259
00:13:07,067 --> 00:13:09,797
AND THE FACT THAT THERE WAS
ONE OF THE INDIVIDUALS
260
00:13:09,800 --> 00:13:12,365
THAT HAD BEEN ARRESTED BEFORE.
261
00:13:12,400 --> 00:13:14,298
SO THIS STEVIE PRICE,
HE NEVER SHOWED UP
262
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AT THE GROSSES' HOUSE
AGAIN FOR WORK.
263
00:13:16,200 --> 00:13:18,132
WHY NOT?
264
00:13:18,167 --> 00:13:20,797
SOMETIMES HE SHOWS,
SOMETIMES HE DON'T.
265
00:13:20,800 --> 00:13:22,500
ALL RIGHT.
266
00:13:22,535 --> 00:13:24,132
**
267
00:13:24,167 --> 00:13:26,297
IN FACT, PRICE HAD WORKED
268
00:13:26,300 --> 00:13:29,070
AT THE GROSSES' ESTATE
THREE WEEKS BEFORE THE MURDER.
269
00:13:29,105 --> 00:13:31,067
TRACKING HIM DOWN
TAKES INVESTIGATORS
270
00:13:31,102 --> 00:13:33,297
OUT OF THE TONY SUBURBS
271
00:13:33,300 --> 00:13:34,930
AND INTO NORTH PHILLY,
272
00:13:34,933 --> 00:13:38,233
AN AREA POLICE CALL
THE BADLANDS.
273
00:13:38,268 --> 00:13:45,732
**
274
00:13:47,702 --> 00:13:53,632
**
275
00:13:53,667 --> 00:13:55,417
ARE YOU STEVE PRICE?
276
00:13:55,452 --> 00:13:57,132
YEAH, THAT'S ME.
277
00:13:57,167 --> 00:13:58,432
YOU HEARD ABOUT THE MURDERS,
278
00:13:58,467 --> 00:14:00,427
THE GROSS MURDERS
AND THEIR CHEF, CATHERINE?
279
00:14:00,433 --> 00:14:02,798
OF COURSE.
IT WAS ALL OVER THE NEWS.
280
00:14:02,833 --> 00:14:04,933
YEAH, WELL, YOUR
NAME CAME UP ALL OVER THAT.
281
00:14:04,968 --> 00:14:06,798
MY NAME? AND WHY IS THAT?
282
00:14:06,833 --> 00:14:08,898
BECAUSE I WORKED THERE
FOR A FEW DAYS?
283
00:14:08,933 --> 00:14:12,903
WHEN HE WAS THERE,
MRS. GROSS ASKED HIM
284
00:14:12,938 --> 00:14:15,265
TO MOVE SOME PATIO FURNITURE,
285
00:14:15,300 --> 00:14:18,265
SO HE WAS THE ONLY PERSON
THAT WE KNEW
286
00:14:18,300 --> 00:14:20,930
THAT ACTUALLY HAD CONVERSATION
WITH THE GROSSES.
287
00:14:20,933 --> 00:14:23,373
LET ME ASK YOU
A QUESTION, MR. PRICE.
288
00:14:23,408 --> 00:14:25,532
- DO YOU OWN A.380?
- .380, NO.
289
00:14:25,567 --> 00:14:27,932
I AIN'T NEVER OWNED
A GUN IN MY LIFE.
290
00:14:27,967 --> 00:14:30,297
YOU SEEM LIKE AN HONEST GUY,
MR. PRICE.
291
00:14:30,300 --> 00:14:31,765
THAT'S HOW I WAS RAISED.
292
00:14:31,800 --> 00:14:33,630
GOOD. I'M GLAD YOU SAY THAT.
293
00:14:33,633 --> 00:14:36,603
HOW ABOUT WE CLEAR
THIS UP RIGHT NOW?
294
00:14:36,638 --> 00:14:38,930
**
295
00:14:38,933 --> 00:14:40,903
INVESTIGATORS
BRING STEVEN PRICE
296
00:14:40,938 --> 00:14:43,130
TO LOWER MERION
POLICE HEADQUARTERS
297
00:14:43,133 --> 00:14:44,665
FOR A POLYGRAPH.
298
00:14:46,933 --> 00:14:50,733
DID YOU WORK AT THE HOME OF
ALEXANDRA AND COURTLAND GROSS?
299
00:14:50,768 --> 00:14:51,832
YES.
300
00:14:53,933 --> 00:14:57,465
**
301
00:14:57,500 --> 00:15:01,330
DID YOU KILL COURTLAND,
ALEXANDRA, AND CATHERINE?
302
00:15:03,908 --> 00:15:04,932
NO.
303
00:15:07,102 --> 00:15:10,432
**
304
00:15:10,467 --> 00:15:12,897
ALL RIGHT, STEVE.
305
00:15:12,900 --> 00:15:15,233
HANG TIGHT.
306
00:15:17,602 --> 00:15:22,597
**
307
00:15:24,905 --> 00:15:26,827
I'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
308
00:15:26,833 --> 00:15:33,698
**
309
00:15:33,733 --> 00:15:36,733
NO DECEPTION HERE OR HERE.
310
00:15:36,768 --> 00:15:38,232
FLIP IT OVER.
311
00:15:38,267 --> 00:15:40,697
THAT LAST QUESTION'S
ON THE BACK.
312
00:15:40,700 --> 00:15:45,630
"DID YOU KILL COURTLAND,
ALEXANDRA, AND CATHERINE?"
313
00:15:48,088 --> 00:15:50,432
CUT MR. PRICE LOOSE.
314
00:15:50,467 --> 00:15:52,267
HE PASSED THE POLYGRAPH,
315
00:15:52,302 --> 00:15:54,032
AND HE WAS TAKEN OFF
THE SUSPECT LIST,
316
00:15:54,067 --> 00:15:56,597
AND THAT LEFT US BACK
WHERE WE STARTED FROM,
317
00:15:56,600 --> 00:16:00,070
HAVING NO IDEA WHATSOEVER
WHO COMMITTED THIS CRIME.
318
00:16:00,105 --> 00:16:04,097
**
319
00:16:04,100 --> 00:16:07,670
WE HAD NOTHING THAT WE COULD
COME FORTH AND SAY,
320
00:16:07,705 --> 00:16:10,597
"AN ARREST IS IMMINENT."
WE HAD NOTHING.
321
00:16:13,800 --> 00:16:16,530
IT'S A DIFFICULT
MOMENT FOR THE INVESTIGATION,
322
00:16:16,533 --> 00:16:20,203
BUT THEN DETECTIVES ARE HANDED
A POSSIBLY RELATED CASE
323
00:16:20,238 --> 00:16:21,765
WITH A LIVING WITNESS.
324
00:16:21,800 --> 00:16:27,365
THERE WAS A VERY,
VERY SIMILAR HOME INVASION
325
00:16:27,400 --> 00:16:30,970
THAT OCCURRED IN WORCESTER
TOWNSHIP, PENNSYLVANIA,
326
00:16:31,005 --> 00:16:35,197
WHICH IS ALSO
A VERY NICE NEIGHBORHOOD.
327
00:16:35,200 --> 00:16:37,830
THE HOME INVASION
HAPPENED ON THE SAME DAY,
328
00:16:37,833 --> 00:16:39,798
NOT FAR FROM THE GROSS KILLINGS,
329
00:16:39,833 --> 00:16:42,203
AT THE RESIDENCE
OF A MASONRY CONTRACTOR
330
00:16:42,238 --> 00:16:44,330
NAMED RICHARD KIRKPATRICK.
331
00:16:44,333 --> 00:16:47,032
CAN YOU TELL ME
WHAT HAPPENED?
332
00:16:47,067 --> 00:16:50,727
THERE WAS A CAR PARKED
OUTSIDE WHEN I DROVE UP.
333
00:16:50,733 --> 00:16:53,833
I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN SOMETHING
WAS UP RIGHT THEN AND THERE.
334
00:16:53,868 --> 00:16:55,565
DID YOU GET THE MAKE
AND MODEL?
335
00:16:55,600 --> 00:16:58,032
NAH, I JUST KIND OF BLEW
RIGHT BY IT.
336
00:16:58,067 --> 00:17:02,267
THOUGHT IT BELONGED
TO ONE OF MY WIFE'S FRIENDS.
337
00:17:02,302 --> 00:17:04,597
IT WAS A -- A REDDISH SEDAN.
338
00:17:06,800 --> 00:17:08,130
WHAT ELSE CAN YOU TELL US?
339
00:17:08,133 --> 00:17:10,403
IT STARTED THE SECOND
I WALKED IN THE HOUSE.
340
00:17:12,533 --> 00:17:16,273
HE WALKS IN AND IS
CONFRONTED BY THE PERPETRATOR.
341
00:17:16,308 --> 00:17:19,727
PULLS A GUN, ANNOUNCES,
"DON'T LOOK AT ME.
342
00:17:19,733 --> 00:17:21,333
I'LL SHOOT YOUR EYES OUT."
343
00:17:22,700 --> 00:17:25,600
WHEN SOMEONE THREATENS
TO SHOOT YOUR EYES OUT,
344
00:17:25,635 --> 00:17:27,400
YOU DO WHAT THEY SAY.
345
00:17:27,435 --> 00:17:31,165
**
346
00:17:31,200 --> 00:17:33,830
FROM THERE,
KIRKPATRICK'S STORY
347
00:17:33,833 --> 00:17:36,198
SOUNDS EERILY SIMILAR
TO THE HORROR
348
00:17:36,233 --> 00:17:40,103
THAT DETECTIVES BELIEVE PLAYED
OUT AT THE GROSSES' HOUSE.
349
00:17:40,138 --> 00:17:41,930
**
350
00:17:41,933 --> 00:17:44,303
HE SAID
THAT THE ASSAILANT TOLD HIM
351
00:17:44,338 --> 00:17:45,530
HE WOULD START
FROM THE BOTTOM,
352
00:17:45,533 --> 00:17:46,798
START SHOOTING HIM IN THE FEET,
353
00:17:46,833 --> 00:17:48,450
AND WORK HIS WAY UP
UNTIL HE KILLED HIM
354
00:17:48,485 --> 00:17:50,067
IF HE DIDN'T TELL HIM
WHAT HE WANTED.
355
00:17:51,333 --> 00:17:55,273
HE SAID KEEP MY HEAD DOWN,
SO I KEPT MY HEAD DOWN,
356
00:17:55,308 --> 00:17:57,232
BUT I COULD STILL HEAR HIM
357
00:17:57,267 --> 00:17:58,897
WORKING HIS WAY
AROUND THE HOUSE.
358
00:17:58,900 --> 00:18:03,235
HE DID RANSACK
THE HOUSE UP AND DOWN
359
00:18:03,270 --> 00:18:07,570
AND REMOVED A WHOLE BOX
OF MOSTLY COSTUME JEWELRY.
360
00:18:07,605 --> 00:18:09,767
HE CAME BACK TO WHERE
I WAS ON THE FLOOR.
361
00:18:09,802 --> 00:18:11,897
HE HAD A GUN ON ME.
362
00:18:11,900 --> 00:18:16,330
HE TOLD ME TO STAND UP,
TOLD ME TO GET IN THE CLOSET.
363
00:18:16,333 --> 00:18:20,403
I WAS IN THAT CLOSET
A LONG TIME.
364
00:18:20,438 --> 00:18:23,232
I HEARD HIM LEAVE,
365
00:18:23,267 --> 00:18:26,067
BUT I WASN'T SURE IF HE WAS
STILL OUT THERE SOMEWHERE.
366
00:18:26,102 --> 00:18:28,032
NO, YOU DID THE RIGHT THING.
367
00:18:28,067 --> 00:18:31,597
HE WAS THE ONE
WITH THE GUN, NOT ME.
368
00:18:31,600 --> 00:18:33,963
AND HE USED THAT GUN,
369
00:18:33,998 --> 00:18:36,327
LEAVING BEHIND
FAMILIAR EVIDENCE.
370
00:18:36,333 --> 00:18:39,773
HE FIRED A NUMBER OF SHOTS
INTO THE FLOOR OF THE CLOSET
371
00:18:39,808 --> 00:18:42,297
AND THEN LEFT THE HOME.
372
00:18:42,300 --> 00:18:45,330
THE TWO SHELL CASINGS
HAPPENED TO BE.380 CALIBER.
373
00:18:45,333 --> 00:18:50,451
THEY WERE EXACTLY THE SAME
SHELL CASINGS FROM BOTH SCENES.
374
00:18:50,486 --> 00:18:55,570
AT THIS POINT, WE KNOW WE HAVE
TWO THINGS THAT MATCHED UP,
375
00:18:55,605 --> 00:18:57,827
AND THAT WAS THE RED CAR...
376
00:18:57,833 --> 00:19:01,032
AND THE BULLET CASINGS.
377
00:19:01,067 --> 00:19:02,927
LOOK, I KNOW YOU WERE ON
THE GROUND MOST OF THE TIME,
378
00:19:02,933 --> 00:19:05,068
BUT DID YOU GET A LOOK AT HIM?
379
00:19:05,103 --> 00:19:07,901
YEAH.
380
00:19:07,936 --> 00:19:10,700
I WON'T FORGET THAT FACE.
381
00:19:10,735 --> 00:19:13,465
IT WAS A WHITE MALE,
382
00:19:13,500 --> 00:19:17,070
YOUNG,
PROBABLY IN HIS MID-TO-LATE-20s.
383
00:19:17,105 --> 00:19:18,927
**
384
00:19:18,933 --> 00:19:22,473
AROUND 5'10" TO 5'11",
385
00:19:22,508 --> 00:19:24,697
AVERAGE BUILD.
386
00:19:24,700 --> 00:19:27,270
MR. KIRKPATRICK, WE'RE
GOING TO ARRANGE FOR YOU
387
00:19:27,305 --> 00:19:28,827
TO COME DOWN TO THE STATION
388
00:19:28,833 --> 00:19:31,473
AND GIVE US A FORMAL STATEMENT
OF EVERYTHING YOU JUST TOLD US.
389
00:19:31,508 --> 00:19:35,432
**
390
00:19:35,467 --> 00:19:37,627
BASED ON KIRKPATRICK'S
DESCRIPTION,
391
00:19:37,633 --> 00:19:41,603
A SKETCH ARTIST DRAWS
A COMPOSITE OF THE ATTACKER.
392
00:19:41,638 --> 00:19:43,130
THE IMAGE IS SENT TO POLICE
393
00:19:43,133 --> 00:19:45,215
ALL OVER THE STATE.
394
00:19:45,250 --> 00:19:47,297
AND SOON, THERE'S A HIT.
395
00:19:47,300 --> 00:19:50,500
A UNIFORMED PENNSYLVANIA
STATE TROOPER
396
00:19:50,535 --> 00:19:52,930
SAW THE WANTED POSTER
397
00:19:52,933 --> 00:19:55,873
AND SAID, "HEY,
THAT COMPOSITE DRAWING
398
00:19:55,908 --> 00:19:57,932
LOOKS JUST LIKE A GUY
399
00:19:57,967 --> 00:20:02,927
THAT I HAD ARRESTED PREVIOUSLY
FOR A MINOR DRUG VIOLATION."
400
00:20:02,933 --> 00:20:05,933
THE MAN'S NAME IS
CHRISTOPHER BENSON.
401
00:20:05,968 --> 00:20:09,865
**
402
00:20:09,900 --> 00:20:13,700
I GOT SOMETHING TO SHOW YOU.
ALL RIGHT.
403
00:20:13,735 --> 00:20:20,602
**
404
00:20:20,637 --> 00:20:27,432
**
405
00:20:27,467 --> 00:20:29,367
TAKE A GOOD, LONG LOOK
AT THOSE PICTURES.
406
00:20:29,402 --> 00:20:38,297
**
407
00:20:38,300 --> 00:20:39,565
**
408
00:20:39,600 --> 00:20:40,870
IS IT HIM?
409
00:20:40,905 --> 00:20:48,597
**
410
00:20:50,967 --> 00:20:54,297
**
411
00:20:56,235 --> 00:20:59,130
**
412
00:20:59,133 --> 00:21:01,503
INVESTIGATORS
IN SUBURBAN PHILADELPHIA
413
00:21:01,538 --> 00:21:03,065
HAVE A TRIPLE HOMICIDE
414
00:21:03,100 --> 00:21:06,770
AND A VIOLENT HOME INVASION
ON THEIR HANDS,
415
00:21:06,805 --> 00:21:09,732
LIKELY COMMITTED
BY THE SAME MAN.
416
00:21:09,767 --> 00:21:13,327
THE POSSIBLE SUSPECT'S NAME
IS CHRISTOPHER BENSON.
417
00:21:15,600 --> 00:21:17,365
AS AUTHORITIES HUNT HIM DOWN,
418
00:21:17,400 --> 00:21:19,432
INVESTIGATORS SHOW
THE VICTIM-WITNESS
419
00:21:19,467 --> 00:21:22,667
FROM THE HOME INVASION,
RICHARD KIRKPATRICK,
420
00:21:22,702 --> 00:21:24,367
A PHOTO LINEUP.
421
00:21:24,402 --> 00:21:31,697
**
422
00:21:31,700 --> 00:21:33,883
IS THAT HIM?
423
00:21:33,918 --> 00:21:36,067
THIS IS HIM.
424
00:21:36,102 --> 00:21:38,497
**
425
00:21:38,500 --> 00:21:42,183
MR. KIRKPATRICK SAID THAT THAT
PHOTOGRAPH OF CHRISTOPHER BENSON
426
00:21:42,218 --> 00:21:45,867
LOOKED MOST LIKE THE PERSON
THAT CONFRONTED HIM IN HIS HOME
427
00:21:45,902 --> 00:21:47,327
AND ROBBED HIS HOME.
428
00:21:47,333 --> 00:21:51,565
**
429
00:21:51,600 --> 00:21:53,632
WE ROUNDED UP
CHRISTOPHER BENSON,
430
00:21:53,667 --> 00:21:56,082
BROUGHT HIM INTO
OUR DETECTIVE DIVISION,
431
00:21:56,117 --> 00:21:58,497
INTERVIEWED AND INTERROGATED HIM
AT LENGTH.
432
00:21:58,500 --> 00:22:02,400
WE OBTAINED SEARCH WARRANTS FOR
CHRISTOPHER BENSON'S RESIDENCE,
433
00:22:02,435 --> 00:22:04,332
SEARCHED IT THOROUGHLY.
434
00:22:04,367 --> 00:22:07,427
WE GOT GUYS SEARCHING YOUR HOUSE
RIGHT NOW ON THAT WARRANT.
435
00:22:08,833 --> 00:22:10,598
FOR WHAT?
436
00:22:10,633 --> 00:22:13,473
GUNS, JEWELRY, ANYTHING
FROM THE GROSS HOUSE
437
00:22:13,508 --> 00:22:15,627
OR THE KIRKPATRICK PLACE.
438
00:22:15,633 --> 00:22:17,873
I- I DON'T EVEN KNOW
WHO THOSE PEOPLE ARE.
439
00:22:17,908 --> 00:22:19,397
DON'T WASTE MY TIME.
440
00:22:19,400 --> 00:22:21,830
WE GOT AN EYEWITNESS SAY
YOU ROBBED HIM AT GUNPOINT.
441
00:22:21,833 --> 00:22:24,873
I ALREADY TOLD THE OTHER
OFFICER, AND I'LL TELL YOU,
442
00:22:24,908 --> 00:22:26,397
I WAS AT WORK.
443
00:22:26,400 --> 00:22:29,670
- YOU WILLING TO SWEAR TO THAT?
- YES, OF COURSE.
444
00:22:29,705 --> 00:22:31,797
GOOD.
I'M GLAD YOU SAID THAT.
445
00:22:31,800 --> 00:22:33,970
WE CAN TAKE CARE OF THIS
RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW.
446
00:22:34,005 --> 00:22:35,727
OKAY. HOW?
447
00:22:35,733 --> 00:22:37,765
LIE DETECTOR.
448
00:22:37,800 --> 00:22:40,930
YEAH. YEAH, OKAY.
I GOT NOTHING TO HIDE.
449
00:22:43,268 --> 00:22:45,498
OKAY.
450
00:22:45,533 --> 00:22:47,098
YOU SIT TIGHT.
451
00:22:47,133 --> 00:22:48,533
I'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
452
00:22:51,833 --> 00:22:54,666
WHILE DETECTIVES
PERFORM A POLYGRAPH,
453
00:22:54,701 --> 00:22:57,465
POLICE COMPLETE THE SEARCH
OF BENSON'S HOUSE.
454
00:22:57,500 --> 00:23:02,130
NO EVIDENCE WAS FOUND LINKING
HIM TO ANY OF THE CRIMES.
455
00:23:02,133 --> 00:23:05,432
NO GUN, NO AMMUNITION,
456
00:23:05,467 --> 00:23:08,067
NO RECOVERED PROPERTY, NOTHING.
457
00:23:08,102 --> 00:23:10,832
**
458
00:23:13,700 --> 00:23:16,032
**
459
00:23:16,067 --> 00:23:19,927
CHRIS, GOT YOUR READOUT.
460
00:23:19,933 --> 00:23:23,798
OKAY.
461
00:23:23,833 --> 00:23:25,465
MR. BENSON,
YOU'RE FREE TO GO.
462
00:23:25,500 --> 00:23:28,065
AFTER INTERVIEWING HIM,
AFTER TALKING WITH HIM,
463
00:23:28,100 --> 00:23:32,570
INTERROGATING HIM, USING EVERY
MEASURE THAT WE POSSIBLY HAD,
464
00:23:32,605 --> 00:23:34,867
IT BECAME CLEAR
THAT CHRISTOPHER BENSON
465
00:23:34,902 --> 00:23:36,827
WAS NOT OUR GUY.
466
00:23:38,233 --> 00:23:40,333
WITH CHRISTOPHER BENSON CLEARED,
467
00:23:40,368 --> 00:23:42,598
INVESTIGATORS ARE
BACK TO SQUARE ONE,
468
00:23:42,633 --> 00:23:45,373
AND EVERY DAY THE GROSSES'
KILLER IS ON THE LOOSE,
469
00:23:45,408 --> 00:23:49,032
THE TENSION RATCHETS UP
EVER HIGHER.
470
00:23:49,067 --> 00:23:52,097
THERE WAS A LOT OF FEAR
AND CONCERN AMONG NEIGHBORS
471
00:23:52,100 --> 00:23:54,650
THAT SOMETHING LIKE
THIS COULD HAPPEN AGAIN.
472
00:23:54,685 --> 00:23:57,092
PHILADELPHIA'S
MAIN LINE RESIDENTS
473
00:23:57,127 --> 00:23:59,465
ARE USUALLY INSULATED
FROM THE KIND OF CRIME
474
00:23:59,500 --> 00:24:03,300
THAT FESTERS JUST A FEW MILES
AWAY IN PHILADELPHIA --
475
00:24:03,335 --> 00:24:05,930
BUT NOT ALWAYS.
476
00:24:05,933 --> 00:24:07,598
WEALTH IS OUT HERE,
477
00:24:07,633 --> 00:24:11,381
AND CRIMINALS USUALLY
COME FROM THE URBAN AREAS
478
00:24:11,416 --> 00:24:15,130
TO COME OUT AND PREY
ON THE WEALTHY PEOPLE.
479
00:24:15,133 --> 00:24:19,303
WE DON'T HAVE A FENCE KEEPING
PEOPLE OUT AT CITY LINE AVENUE.
480
00:24:22,600 --> 00:24:25,630
SO WE'RE PRETTY SURE
WE GOT A PERPETRATOR
481
00:24:25,633 --> 00:24:28,030
WHO'S OUT OF PHILADELPHIA
DOING CRIME
482
00:24:28,065 --> 00:24:30,427
AND DID CRIME
IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY.
483
00:24:32,633 --> 00:24:34,465
BUT THERE'S A CHANGE
IN THAT PATTERN
484
00:24:34,500 --> 00:24:38,100
WHEN PHILLY POLICE NOTIFY
MONTGOMERY COUNTY DETECTIVES
485
00:24:38,135 --> 00:24:40,400
OF A CASE IN CENTER CITY,
PHILADELPHIA
486
00:24:40,435 --> 00:24:44,032
WITH A SIMILAR PROFILE.
487
00:24:44,067 --> 00:24:45,732
THE INVESTIGATOR FROM
488
00:24:45,767 --> 00:24:48,197
THE CENTRAL DETECTIVE DIVISION
IN PHILADELPHIA
489
00:24:48,200 --> 00:24:51,765
HAD BECOME AWARE
OF THE ROBBERY
490
00:24:51,800 --> 00:24:56,270
AND SHOOTING AT A BUSINESS
ON PINE STREET IN PHILADELPHIA.
491
00:24:56,305 --> 00:24:58,227
THEY HAD A SHOOTING-ROBBERY
492
00:24:58,233 --> 00:24:59,665
IN A HEAD SHOP.
493
00:24:59,700 --> 00:25:02,100
IT WAS CALLED
THE GOOD SENSE TOBACCO SHOP.
494
00:25:02,135 --> 00:25:04,900
IT BASICALLY SOLD
DRUG PARAPHERNALIA.
495
00:25:04,935 --> 00:25:06,530
EVIDENCE RECOVERED AT THAT SCENE
496
00:25:06,533 --> 00:25:09,833
BY PHILADELPHIA CRIME SCENE
DETECTIVES WAS A SHELL CASING
497
00:25:09,868 --> 00:25:13,032
WHICH WAS.380 CALIBER.
498
00:25:13,067 --> 00:25:15,367
IT'S THE SAME CALIBER
FOUND AT THE GROSS
499
00:25:15,402 --> 00:25:17,897
AND KIRKPATRICK CRIME SCENES.
500
00:25:17,900 --> 00:25:19,670
EXCUSE ME, NATHAN COWEN?
501
00:25:19,705 --> 00:25:21,127
YEAH, THAT'S ME.
502
00:25:21,133 --> 00:25:24,103
COWEN, THE GOOD SENSE
TOBACCO SHOP OWNER
503
00:25:24,138 --> 00:25:25,870
WAS SHOT IN THE ANKLE
DURING THE ROBBERY.
504
00:25:25,905 --> 00:25:27,097
DETECTIVE KADELSKI.
505
00:25:27,100 --> 00:25:28,730
- HEY.
- HOW ARE YOU, MR. COWEN.
506
00:25:28,733 --> 00:25:30,573
I'M GOING TO NEED
ANOTHER SURGERY, THEY SAY.
507
00:25:30,608 --> 00:25:32,597
IT WENT STRAIGHT TO THE BONE.
508
00:25:32,600 --> 00:25:35,430
PHILLY POLICE SAY THAT YOU GOT
A GOOD LOOK AT HIM.
509
00:25:35,433 --> 00:25:39,203
YEAH, DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH
GOOD IT'S GOING TO DO YOU.
510
00:25:39,238 --> 00:25:41,970
HE CAME STORMING IN
OUT OF NOWHERE.
511
00:25:42,005 --> 00:25:47,797
**
512
00:25:47,800 --> 00:25:50,730
A YOUNG, WHITE MALE
HAD COME IN,
513
00:25:50,733 --> 00:25:53,133
A GARMENT OF CLOTHING
WRAPPED AROUND HIS HEAD,
514
00:25:53,168 --> 00:25:55,865
SORT OF LIKE A TURBAN,
HAD SUNGLASSES ON,
515
00:25:55,900 --> 00:25:59,700
AND BEFORE ANYTHING WAS SAID,
HE SHOT MR. COWEN IN THE FOOT.
516
00:25:59,735 --> 00:26:01,670
I WOULD HAVE GIVEN HIM
THE MONEY,
517
00:26:01,705 --> 00:26:03,832
BUT HE SHOT ME AND TOOK IT.
518
00:26:03,867 --> 00:26:05,867
DID YOU SEE WHERE THE GUY
WENT WHEN HE LEFT?
519
00:26:05,902 --> 00:26:08,197
NO. I WAS ABOUT TO PASS OUT.
520
00:26:08,200 --> 00:26:11,330
ONE OF THE PEOPLE OUTSIDE SAW
HIM GET IN A RED, A REDDISH CAR.
521
00:26:11,333 --> 00:26:14,433
REDDISH?
WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY REDDISH?
522
00:26:14,468 --> 00:26:17,498
RED, REDDISH,
THAT'S WHAT THEY SAID.
523
00:26:17,533 --> 00:26:19,498
SOMEONE NEARBY
THE GOOD SENSE SHOP
524
00:26:19,533 --> 00:26:24,903
HAD SEEN A RED CAR PARKED
IN THE VERY SMALL STREETS THERE.
525
00:26:24,938 --> 00:26:28,430
OKAY.
DID THE GUY SAY ANYTHING?
526
00:26:28,433 --> 00:26:30,632
YEAH, HE DID.
527
00:26:30,667 --> 00:26:33,197
I WON'T FORGET IT, EITHER.
528
00:26:33,200 --> 00:26:37,130
HE THREATENED TO SHOOT MY EYES
OUT IF I LOOKED AT HIM.
529
00:26:37,133 --> 00:26:39,818
IT'S THE SAME
GRUESOME WARNING
530
00:26:39,853 --> 00:26:42,465
ROBERT KIRKPATRICK'S
ATTACKER GAVE HIM.
531
00:26:42,500 --> 00:26:46,070
WHEN SOMEONE THREATENS
TO SHOOT YOUR EYES OUT,
532
00:26:46,105 --> 00:26:48,727
YOU DO WHAT THEY SAY.
533
00:26:48,733 --> 00:26:52,973
NOW WE WERE CERTAIN THAT WE HAD
THE SAME SHOOTER
534
00:26:53,008 --> 00:26:54,927
IN ALL THREE INCIDENCES.
535
00:26:54,933 --> 00:26:57,765
**
536
00:26:57,800 --> 00:27:00,330
AT FIRST, THE WEALTHY
PHILADELPHIA SUBURBS
537
00:27:00,333 --> 00:27:02,365
WERE UNDER SIEGE.
538
00:27:04,333 --> 00:27:07,515
NOW, IT SEEMS NOWHERE IS SAFE.
539
00:27:10,700 --> 00:27:13,070
HE WAS DOING
SHOOTING AND ROBBERIES
540
00:27:13,105 --> 00:27:15,497
IN MORE OF AN AFFLUENT AREA
541
00:27:15,500 --> 00:27:18,632
AND THEN GOING TO
CENTER CITY, PHILADELPHIA.
542
00:27:18,667 --> 00:27:21,827
HE HAD NO RHYME NOR REASON
AS TO WHO HE WAS GOING TO ROB
543
00:27:21,833 --> 00:27:23,265
AND WHAT HE WAS GOING TO DO.
544
00:27:23,300 --> 00:27:28,330
HE WAS JUST ON
A ROBBERY-SHOOTING SPREE.
545
00:27:28,333 --> 00:27:31,903
AND WHERE THIS KILLER
STRIKES NEXT IS ANYONE'S GUESS.
546
00:27:31,938 --> 00:27:37,900
**
547
00:27:40,967 --> 00:27:45,197
**
548
00:27:45,200 --> 00:27:48,070
POLICE FROM ACROSS
THE GREATER PHILADELPHIA AREA
549
00:27:48,105 --> 00:27:50,297
ARE SEARCHING FOR
THE COLD-BLOODED KILLER
550
00:27:50,300 --> 00:27:53,798
WHO GUNNED DOWN ALEXANDRA
AND COURTLAND GROSS
551
00:27:53,833 --> 00:27:57,297
AND THEIR HOUSEKEEPER,
CATHERINE VANDERVEUR.
552
00:27:57,300 --> 00:28:00,232
**
553
00:28:00,267 --> 00:28:02,397
THE MAIN LINE AND THE REST
OF PHILADELPHIA
554
00:28:02,400 --> 00:28:05,270
ARE STILL REELING FROM
THE LOSS OF TWO PILLARS
555
00:28:05,305 --> 00:28:07,632
OF THEIR COMMUNITY.
556
00:28:07,667 --> 00:28:10,597
- THE NEIGHBORS LOVED THEM.
- THEY WERE VERY QUIET.
557
00:28:10,600 --> 00:28:13,230
THEY WOULD OFTEN BE SEEN
WALKING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD
558
00:28:13,233 --> 00:28:14,498
OF THEIR HOMES.
559
00:28:14,533 --> 00:28:17,173
THE BEST CITIZENS
YOU WOULD EVER WANT TO MEET.
560
00:28:17,208 --> 00:28:20,097
THEY HAD SCORES
AND SCORES OF FRIENDS,
561
00:28:20,100 --> 00:28:23,130
AND THE NEIGHBORS
WERE TRAGICALLY SAD
562
00:28:23,133 --> 00:28:25,898
ABOUT THE LOSS OF
THIS WONDERFUL COUPLE
563
00:28:25,933 --> 00:28:29,973
THAT WAS SO IMPORTANT IN
THE COMMUNITY AND THEIR LIVES.
564
00:28:30,008 --> 00:28:32,527
MERCER, IS THAT HER NAME?
565
00:28:32,533 --> 00:28:34,098
IT HIT A LOT OF PEOPLE HARD.
566
00:28:34,133 --> 00:28:37,433
FOR SOMETHING THIS TERRIBLE
TO HAPPEN TO SUCH NICE PEOPLE,
567
00:28:37,468 --> 00:28:40,073
YOU KNOW, IT JUST
DIDN'T SEEM FAIR.
568
00:28:40,108 --> 00:28:43,397
**
569
00:28:43,400 --> 00:28:45,648
THE GROSS
AND VANDERVEUR MURDERS
570
00:28:45,683 --> 00:28:47,897
ARE PART OF A TERRIFYING
STRING OF SHOOTINGS
571
00:28:47,900 --> 00:28:51,230
THAT RANGE FROM THE STREETS
OF INNER-CITY PHILADELPHIA
572
00:28:51,233 --> 00:28:55,200
ALL THE WAY OUT TO
THE WEALTHY MAIN LINE SUBURBS.
573
00:28:55,235 --> 00:28:59,167
POLICE KNOW FOR CERTAIN
THAT THE CRIMES ARE RELATED,
574
00:28:59,202 --> 00:29:02,932
BUT THE PERPETRATOR
REMAINS ELUSIVE.
575
00:29:02,967 --> 00:29:06,667
WE HAVE BULLET CASINGS
COLLECTED FROM ALL THE SCENES.
576
00:29:06,702 --> 00:29:09,232
EACH ONE OF THEM
MATCH EACH OTHER,
577
00:29:09,267 --> 00:29:13,667
AND WE NOW KNOW THAT THEY ALL
CAME FROM THE SAME GUN.
578
00:29:13,702 --> 00:29:16,867
AND WE ALSO KNOW THAT THE CAR
THAT WAS SEEN
579
00:29:16,902 --> 00:29:19,032
AT ALL THREE PLACES
580
00:29:19,067 --> 00:29:23,327
IS THE SAME CAR THAT THE SHOOTER
USED IN ALL THREE INCIDENCES.
581
00:29:23,333 --> 00:29:25,103
THE ONLY THING WE DON'T
HAVE AT THIS POINT
582
00:29:25,138 --> 00:29:28,732
IS THE IDENTITY
OF THE SHOOTER.
583
00:29:28,767 --> 00:29:31,427
STANLEY, LET'S GET
KIRKPATRICK IN HERE.
584
00:29:31,433 --> 00:29:33,603
I WANT TO TRY TO JOG HIS MEMORY.
585
00:29:33,638 --> 00:29:35,032
I WANT TO PUT HIM UNDER.
586
00:29:36,433 --> 00:29:39,232
IT'S UNORTHODOX,
BUT INVESTIGATORS
587
00:29:39,267 --> 00:29:43,527
DECIDE TO TRY HYPNOSIS
TO HELP THEM FIND A KILLER.
588
00:29:43,533 --> 00:29:45,303
MR. KIRKPATRICK, THANK YOU
FOR DOING THIS.
589
00:29:45,338 --> 00:29:47,230
HEY, GLAD TO DO IT.
I HOPE IT HELPS.
590
00:29:47,233 --> 00:29:50,103
RICHARD KIRKPATRICK,
WHO SURVIVED A HOME INVASION
591
00:29:50,138 --> 00:29:51,730
THAT OCCURRED ON THE SAME DAY
592
00:29:51,733 --> 00:29:56,473
AS THE GROSS MURDERS,
AGREES TO PARTICIPATE.
593
00:29:56,508 --> 00:29:59,152
FORENSIC HYPNOSIS
IS NOT
594
00:29:59,187 --> 00:30:01,797
VERY OFTEN USED
IN LAW ENFORCEMENT.
595
00:30:01,800 --> 00:30:04,230
IT'S SORT OF LIKE
A LAST RESORT.
596
00:30:04,233 --> 00:30:07,730
WE'RE JOINED IN THE ROOM
BY DETECTIVE KADELSKI
597
00:30:07,765 --> 00:30:11,227
OF THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY
DETECTIVE'S OFFICE.
598
00:30:11,233 --> 00:30:13,403
YOU UNDERSTAND THAT
YOUR PARTICIPATION
599
00:30:13,438 --> 00:30:15,104
HAS TO BE VOLUNTARY.
600
00:30:15,139 --> 00:30:16,732
YEAH, THIS IS VOLUNTARY.
601
00:30:16,767 --> 00:30:19,967
WE FELT THAT WE COULD GET
SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
602
00:30:20,002 --> 00:30:21,197
IN REFERENCE TO THE CAR.
603
00:30:21,200 --> 00:30:23,565
MR. KIRKPATRICK,
PLEASE CLOSE YOUR EYES.
604
00:30:23,600 --> 00:30:27,000
I'M GOING TO BEGIN BY COUNTING
BACKWARDS FROM THE NUMBER 20.
605
00:30:27,035 --> 00:30:29,800
WITH EACH NUMBER, I WANT YOU
TO TAKE A DEEP BREATH,
606
00:30:29,835 --> 00:30:33,170
RELAX AND FOCUS ON
THE SOUND OF MY VOICE.
607
00:30:33,205 --> 00:30:35,336
OKAY.
608
00:30:35,371 --> 00:30:37,432
TWENTY...
609
00:30:37,467 --> 00:30:39,197
AND IN THAT RELAXED MOOD,
610
00:30:39,200 --> 00:30:42,430
THE INDIVIDUAL IS ABLE
TO TELL THE INVESTIGATORS
611
00:30:42,433 --> 00:30:46,703
JUST EXACTLY WHAT IS STORED
WITHIN THEIR SUBCONSCIOUS MIND.
612
00:30:46,738 --> 00:30:49,370
DESCRIBE
STEPPING OUT OF YOUR CAR.
613
00:30:49,405 --> 00:30:50,927
WHAT DID YOU SEE?
614
00:30:50,933 --> 00:30:54,003
I WALKED UP MY DRIVEWAY,
AND I SAW A CAR.
615
00:30:54,038 --> 00:30:55,865
IT WAS PARKED IN FRONT
OF MY GARAGE.
616
00:30:55,900 --> 00:30:58,830
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE
YOU CAN TELL ME ABOUT THAT CAR?
617
00:30:58,833 --> 00:31:01,515
DESCRIBE IT TO ME.
618
00:31:01,550 --> 00:31:04,197
IT IS BURGUNDY.
619
00:31:04,200 --> 00:31:07,565
THE SUBCONSCIOUS MIND
IS TOTALLY OBJECTIVE.
620
00:31:07,600 --> 00:31:10,930
IT TAKES IN EVERYTHING,
FORGETS NOTHING,
621
00:31:10,933 --> 00:31:14,403
AND IT TAPES EVERYTHING
THAT IS SAID,
622
00:31:14,438 --> 00:31:16,332
EVERYTHING THAT IS HEARD,
623
00:31:16,367 --> 00:31:20,067
EVERYTHING THAT IS WITNESSED
DURING THAT PERIOD OF TIME.
624
00:31:20,102 --> 00:31:23,197
IT HAS FOUR DOORS.
625
00:31:23,200 --> 00:31:27,070
IT HAS A BEIGE TOP,
AND IT HAS DAMAGE ON ONE SIDE.
626
00:31:27,105 --> 00:31:29,332
WHAT KIND OF DAMAGE?
627
00:31:29,367 --> 00:31:34,332
IT HAS A MISSING HUBCAP
ON THE FRONT RIGHT.
628
00:31:34,367 --> 00:31:37,627
MR. KIRKPATRICK, HOW ELSE
COULD YOU DESCRIBE IT?
629
00:31:39,067 --> 00:31:42,367
IT WAS BIG.
IT WAS OLD.
630
00:31:42,402 --> 00:31:45,127
IT WAS A SKYLARK.
631
00:31:45,133 --> 00:31:46,933
SKYLARK?
632
00:31:46,968 --> 00:31:50,332
**
633
00:31:50,367 --> 00:31:52,532
IT WAS A BUICK SKYLARK.
634
00:31:52,567 --> 00:31:54,227
AS A RESULT OF THIS HYPNOTISM,
635
00:31:54,233 --> 00:31:57,773
WE GOT A MUCH CLEARER IMAGE OF
THE VEHICLE THAT WAS BEING USED.
636
00:31:57,808 --> 00:32:01,067
HE DESCRIBED IT AS BEING
A LATE-MODEL BUICK SKYLARK
637
00:32:01,102 --> 00:32:03,732
WITH A MISSING HUBCAP.
638
00:32:03,767 --> 00:32:06,297
IF POLICE CAN FIND
THE BUICK SKYLARK,
639
00:32:06,300 --> 00:32:08,565
THEN THEY CAN FIND THE KILLER.
640
00:32:08,600 --> 00:32:11,170
SO WE THEN PUT OUT A BROADCAST
641
00:32:11,205 --> 00:32:13,032
TO ALL DEPARTMENTS
EVERYWHERE
642
00:32:13,067 --> 00:32:14,727
TO SEE IF THEY HAD
ANY SIMILAR CRIMES
643
00:32:14,733 --> 00:32:17,273
USING A VEHICLE OF THIS
MAKE AND MODEL.
644
00:32:17,308 --> 00:32:26,032
**
645
00:32:26,067 --> 00:32:30,627
4-1-1 TO DISPATCH,
I NEED A DMV CHECK.
646
00:32:30,633 --> 00:32:35,168
VEHICLE IS 1124, RED OR
BURGUNDY LATE-MODEL SKYLARK.
647
00:32:35,203 --> 00:32:39,703
THEY EVENTUALLY
FOUND THAT CAR ABANDONED,
648
00:32:39,738 --> 00:32:42,130
AND WHEN THEY FOUND
THE CAR ABANDONED,
649
00:32:42,133 --> 00:32:46,773
THEY FOUND A PAIR
OF GLASSES IN THAT CAR
650
00:32:46,808 --> 00:32:48,932
THAT WERE THE SAME
TYPE OF GLASSES
651
00:32:48,967 --> 00:32:52,097
THAT WERE WORN DURING
THE GOOD SENSE BURGLARY.
652
00:32:52,100 --> 00:32:53,632
AND WE COULD TELL THAT WE WERE
653
00:32:53,667 --> 00:32:55,432
ON THE RIGHT TRAIL
OF THE SUSPECT,
654
00:32:55,467 --> 00:32:58,267
BUT HE WAS ONE STEP
AHEAD OF THE POLICE.
655
00:32:58,302 --> 00:33:00,032
**
656
00:33:00,067 --> 00:33:02,497
UNFORTUNATELY,
THEIR SUSPECT WILL NOW BE
657
00:33:02,500 --> 00:33:04,165
DRIVING A DIFFERENT CAR,
658
00:33:04,200 --> 00:33:09,430
MAKING IT THAT MUCH HARDER
FOR DETECTIVES TO IDENTIFY HIM.
659
00:33:09,433 --> 00:33:12,232
BUT DAYS LATER,
INVESTIGATORS CATCH A BREAK.
660
00:33:12,267 --> 00:33:15,467
THEY HEAR ABOUT A HOUSE BURGLARY
IN A NEIGHBORING COUNTY
661
00:33:15,502 --> 00:33:17,032
THAT WAS JUST INTERRUPTED.
662
00:33:17,067 --> 00:33:20,767
THE SUSPECT, A WHITE MALE
IN HIS 20s, IN ON THE LOOSE.
663
00:33:20,802 --> 00:33:23,427
INVESTIGATORS QUICKLY
REALIZE HE'S A MATCH
664
00:33:23,433 --> 00:33:25,265
TO THEIR KILLER'S DESCRIPTION
665
00:33:25,300 --> 00:33:27,930
WHO IS CONSIDERED
ARMED AND DANGEROUS.
666
00:33:31,367 --> 00:33:34,067
THE OWNER OF THE HOUSE
HAD SURPRISED THE BURGLAR,
667
00:33:34,102 --> 00:33:35,797
GOT A PARTIAL LICENSE NUMBER.
668
00:33:35,800 --> 00:33:38,570
THAT WAS PUT OUT BY THE POLICE,
AND LO AND BEHOLD,
669
00:33:38,605 --> 00:33:41,297
AN ADJOINING JURISDICTION
670
00:33:41,300 --> 00:33:43,630
SAW THE CAR COME THROUGH
AN INTERSECTION
671
00:33:43,633 --> 00:33:45,365
AND PULLED THE STOP ON IT.
672
00:33:45,400 --> 00:33:48,570
411 TO DISPATCH,
I GOT THAT VEHICLE STOPPED.
673
00:33:48,605 --> 00:33:50,232
I NEED BACKUP.
674
00:33:50,267 --> 00:33:53,427
WE KNEW THAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR
SOMEBODY WHO WAS VERY DESPERATE
675
00:33:53,433 --> 00:33:56,633
AND ALSO HAD NO HESITATION
OF USING HIS GUN.
676
00:33:56,668 --> 00:34:00,032
DRIVER, PUT YOUR HANDS
OUT THE WINDOW.
677
00:34:00,067 --> 00:34:02,767
THE OFFICER APPROACHED THE CAR,
AND AS HE APPROACHED THE CAR,
678
00:34:02,802 --> 00:34:04,697
HIS INSTINCTS
STARTED TO KICK IN,
679
00:34:04,700 --> 00:34:06,570
WHETHER OR NOT IF THIS
INDIVIDUAL WAS ARMED,
680
00:34:06,605 --> 00:34:09,197
WHETHER THIS INDIVIDUAL
WAS DANGEROUS.
681
00:34:09,200 --> 00:34:11,032
DO IT NOW, DRIVER!
682
00:34:11,067 --> 00:34:13,297
THE OFFICER, HE DID NOT KNOW
AT THAT PARTICULAR TIME
683
00:34:13,300 --> 00:34:15,900
THAT THIS GUY WAS
A TICKING TIME BOMB.
684
00:34:15,935 --> 00:34:17,630
DO IT NOW!
685
00:34:17,633 --> 00:34:20,903
**
686
00:34:24,167 --> 00:34:27,727
**
687
00:34:27,733 --> 00:34:29,698
SUBURBAN PHILADELPHIA POLICE,
688
00:34:29,733 --> 00:34:32,032
HUNTING FOR A KILLER
IN THE TRIPLE HOMICIDES
689
00:34:32,067 --> 00:34:36,097
OF COURTLAND AND ALEXANDRA GROSS
AND THEIR HOUSEKEEPER,
690
00:34:36,100 --> 00:34:39,583
HAVE PULLED OVER
A BURGLARY SUSPECT.
691
00:34:39,618 --> 00:34:43,067
DRIVER, PUT YOUR HANDS
OUT THE WINDOW.
692
00:34:43,102 --> 00:34:45,397
**
693
00:34:45,400 --> 00:34:47,700
DO IT NOW, DRIVER!
694
00:34:47,735 --> 00:34:53,032
**
695
00:34:53,067 --> 00:34:57,527
NOW, GET OUT OF THE CAR SLOWLY
696
00:34:57,533 --> 00:35:00,203
WITH YOUR HANDS
ON TOP OF YOUR HEAD
697
00:35:00,238 --> 00:35:04,002
AND YOUR FINGERS INTERLACED.
698
00:35:07,767 --> 00:35:12,567
NOW, GET IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
STREET AND GET ON YOUR KNEES.
699
00:35:12,602 --> 00:35:15,032
DISPATCH, I HAVE HIM ARRESTED.
700
00:35:15,067 --> 00:35:17,827
THE MAN WHO AUTHORITIES BELIEVE
IS LINKED TO THE GROSS MURDERS
701
00:35:17,833 --> 00:35:20,173
IS IDENTIFIED AS A JUNKIE
FROM PHILLY
702
00:35:20,208 --> 00:35:23,527
NAMED ROGER BUEHL.
703
00:35:23,533 --> 00:35:25,832
ROGER BUEHL WAS A SUSPECT
704
00:35:25,867 --> 00:35:28,627
BECAUSE HE FIT THE
DESCRIPTION OF THE PERSON
705
00:35:28,633 --> 00:35:32,233
THAT WAS DESCRIBED BY
THE GOOD SENSE TOBACCO SHOP
706
00:35:32,268 --> 00:35:35,082
AND ALSO MR. KIRKPATRICK.
707
00:35:42,400 --> 00:35:46,830
POLICE DETAIN ROGER BUEHL
FOR PRELIMINARY QUESTIONING.
708
00:35:46,833 --> 00:35:49,298
ROGER, MY MAN.
709
00:35:49,333 --> 00:35:50,733
YOU WERE DRIVING AROUND
WITH SOME PRETTY STRANGE STUFF
710
00:35:50,768 --> 00:35:51,865
IN YOUR CAR.
711
00:35:51,900 --> 00:35:53,432
WHEN THEY SEARCH BUEHL'S CAR,
712
00:35:53,467 --> 00:35:57,927
POLICE FIND SOME VERY
SUSPICIOUS ITEMS IN THE BACK.
713
00:35:57,933 --> 00:35:59,865
THERE WAS A MEAT CLEAVER.
714
00:35:59,900 --> 00:36:03,700
THERE WAS BONDING MATERIAL,
DUCT TAPE,
715
00:36:03,735 --> 00:36:05,930
ALL THE INSTRUMENTS OF A CRIME
716
00:36:05,933 --> 00:36:07,873
THAT A BURGLAR
WOULD BE CARRYING.
717
00:36:09,367 --> 00:36:11,532
CARE TO COMMENT?
718
00:36:11,567 --> 00:36:13,697
IT'S NOT MY CAR.
719
00:36:13,700 --> 00:36:17,700
THAT'S TRUE.
IT WAS STOLEN.
720
00:36:17,735 --> 00:36:19,632
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?
721
00:36:19,667 --> 00:36:21,897
WE FOUND SOMETHING ELSE
INSIDE.
722
00:36:21,900 --> 00:36:24,270
SOMETHING WE KNOW IS YOURS.
723
00:36:24,305 --> 00:36:31,032
**
724
00:36:31,067 --> 00:36:32,832
I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THAT IS.
725
00:36:32,867 --> 00:36:35,332
COME ON, ROGER.
TAKE A GOOD LOOK AT THAT.
726
00:36:35,367 --> 00:36:37,797
IN HIS POSSESSION,
THERE WAS A RECEIPT
727
00:36:37,800 --> 00:36:39,730
FOR A SPORTING GOODS STORE.
728
00:36:39,733 --> 00:36:43,403
THE RECEIPT IS FOR THE PURCHASE
OF.380 CALIBER AMMUNITION,
729
00:36:43,438 --> 00:36:46,170
THE SAME KIND OF BULLETS
USED IN THE GROSS MURDERS.
730
00:36:48,567 --> 00:36:51,867
ROGER, IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING
TO SAY, NOW IS THE TIME.
731
00:36:53,633 --> 00:36:57,303
I ALREADY DID.
I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THAT IS.
732
00:36:57,338 --> 00:36:58,430
SUIT YOURSELF.
733
00:36:58,433 --> 00:37:01,598
**
734
00:37:01,633 --> 00:37:04,703
INVESTIGATORS DIG INTO
ROGER BUEHL'S BACKGROUND
735
00:37:04,738 --> 00:37:08,870
AND FIND HE'S A SUSPECT
WITH A SHADY PAST.
736
00:37:08,905 --> 00:37:12,327
BUSY BOY, THIS ROGER BUEHL.
737
00:37:12,333 --> 00:37:15,198
LOOK AT THIS.
738
00:37:15,233 --> 00:37:18,073
HE'S GOT A RECORD GOING BACK
TO WHEN HE WAS A KID.
739
00:37:20,233 --> 00:37:22,303
THEN WE FOUND OUT THAT
HE WAS ALSO INVOLVED
740
00:37:22,338 --> 00:37:26,230
IN DRUG DEALING
AND DRUG USING.
741
00:37:26,233 --> 00:37:29,833
HE HAD A LONG CRIMINAL
RECORD GOING BACK TO THE TIME
742
00:37:29,868 --> 00:37:31,865
HE QUIT SCHOOL
IN THE 10th GRADE
743
00:37:31,900 --> 00:37:35,415
AND STARTED STEALING
AND BUYING DRUGS
744
00:37:35,450 --> 00:37:38,930
AND SELLING DRUGS
AND BURGLARIZING HOMES.
745
00:37:38,933 --> 00:37:40,832
CHECK THIS OUT.
746
00:37:40,867 --> 00:37:43,367
LOOK WHERE HE'S FROM.
747
00:37:43,402 --> 00:37:45,897
**
748
00:37:45,900 --> 00:37:47,970
AND HERE WE WERE THINKING
WE WERE CHASING SOME
749
00:37:48,005 --> 00:37:49,627
BIG, BAD PHILLY GANGSTER.
750
00:37:49,633 --> 00:37:52,198
**
751
00:37:52,233 --> 00:37:55,133
ROGER BUEHL,
THE ACCUSED TRIPLE MURDERER,
752
00:37:55,168 --> 00:37:58,103
DOESN'T HAIL FROM
INNER-CITY PHILADELPHIA,
753
00:37:58,138 --> 00:38:00,470
BUT FROM A TOWN
ALONG THE MAIN LINE,
754
00:38:00,505 --> 00:38:02,467
JUST LIKE HIS VICTIMS.
755
00:38:02,502 --> 00:38:06,627
**
756
00:38:06,633 --> 00:38:09,498
ROGER BUEHL'S FATHER
757
00:38:09,533 --> 00:38:13,373
HAD DONE REALLY WELL
OPERATING A BUSINESS
758
00:38:13,408 --> 00:38:16,327
THAT SOLD AIRPLANES
759
00:38:16,333 --> 00:38:19,065
AND HELICOPTERS
AND AUTOMOBILES.
760
00:38:19,100 --> 00:38:22,233
HE WAS VERY WELL KNOWN,
VERY WEALTHY,
761
00:38:22,268 --> 00:38:25,367
VERY ACTIVE
IN THE AVIATION INDUSTRY.
762
00:38:30,133 --> 00:38:32,873
BUT ROGER BUEHL REJECTED
THE WEALTH AND PRIVILEGE
763
00:38:32,908 --> 00:38:36,967
THAT CAME WITH HIS UPBRINGING
TO BECOME A CRIMINAL.
764
00:38:38,833 --> 00:38:42,032
**
765
00:38:42,067 --> 00:38:47,267
ALONG CAME THIS --
THIS OUTCAST
766
00:38:47,302 --> 00:38:49,697
FROM A WEALTHY FAMILY
767
00:38:49,700 --> 00:38:54,370
WHO HAD TAKEN TO THE DOWNTOWN
STREETS OF PHILADELPHIA,
768
00:38:54,405 --> 00:38:58,567
WHO LIVED IN A WORLD OF THIEVES,
769
00:38:58,602 --> 00:39:02,927
DRUG SELLERS, DRUG TAKERS.
770
00:39:02,933 --> 00:39:06,930
EVENTUALLY, HE -- HE BECAME
A VIOLENT HOME ROBBER.
771
00:39:06,965 --> 00:39:10,927
BUEHL'S BACKGROUND
MEANT THAT HE KNEW
772
00:39:10,933 --> 00:39:12,698
HIS WAY AROUND THE MAIN LINE.
773
00:39:12,733 --> 00:39:14,701
HE WOULD ROB
FINE SUBURBAN HOMES,
774
00:39:14,736 --> 00:39:16,632
AND THEN SLIP BACK
INTO THE CITY
775
00:39:16,667 --> 00:39:20,332
TO FENCE HIS GOODS
AND BUY CRYSTAL METH.
776
00:39:20,367 --> 00:39:23,932
AND THE GROSSES HAD NOT BEEN
A RANDOM TARGET.
777
00:39:23,967 --> 00:39:29,097
HIS FATHER TRAVELED IN THE SAME
CIRCLES AS COURTLAND GROSS.
778
00:39:29,100 --> 00:39:31,530
WHERE IS IT, THE MONEY?
779
00:39:31,533 --> 00:39:33,833
WHERE THE HELL IS IT?
GET OUT OF HERE.
780
00:39:37,667 --> 00:39:40,067
THE BUEHL FAMILY WOULD HAVE
KNOWN THE GROSSES
781
00:39:40,102 --> 00:39:44,097
BECAUSE MRS. GROSS
AND MRS. BUEHL
782
00:39:44,100 --> 00:39:46,830
HAD BEEN IN THE SAME
GARDEN CLUB AT ONE TIME.
783
00:39:46,833 --> 00:39:48,632
ROGER BUEHL KNEW THE GROSSES.
784
00:39:48,667 --> 00:39:51,867
THEY WERE IMPORTANT PEOPLE.
THEY WERE NOT NOBODIES.
785
00:39:51,902 --> 00:39:54,032
**
786
00:39:54,067 --> 00:39:56,582
LOWER MERION POLICE
BRING ROGER BUEHL
787
00:39:56,617 --> 00:39:59,097
TO HEADQUARTERS
TO CONFRONT THE ACCUSED KILLER
788
00:39:59,100 --> 00:40:02,470
WITH THE EVIDENCE
THEY HAVE AGAINST HIM.
789
00:40:02,505 --> 00:40:07,132
EYEWITNESSES, BALLISTICS,
A CAR --
790
00:40:07,167 --> 00:40:08,927
WE KNOW YOU DID IT.
WE KNOW HOW YOU DID IT.
791
00:40:08,933 --> 00:40:10,932
WE EVEN KNOW WHY YOU DID IT.
792
00:40:10,967 --> 00:40:13,767
COME CLEAN NOW, AND THIS
WILL GO EASIER IN COURT.
793
00:40:13,802 --> 00:40:16,397
SO NOW YOU CARE HOW IT GOES
FOR ME IN COURT?
794
00:40:16,400 --> 00:40:20,330
HE HAD THE EYES OF A PREDATOR,
795
00:40:20,333 --> 00:40:23,032
AND I LIKEN THAT
TO THE EYES OF A WOLF.
796
00:40:23,067 --> 00:40:27,997
THOSE STARING AT YOU,
SIZING YOU UP, A TRUE PREDATOR.
797
00:40:28,000 --> 00:40:31,270
LOOK, JUST GIVE US SOMETHING,
AND YOU MIGHT GET LIFE WITHOUT.
798
00:40:31,305 --> 00:40:32,966
IF YOU DON'T, WHEN THIS
GOES TO COURT,
799
00:40:33,001 --> 00:40:34,627
YOU'RE GOING TO END UP
LYING ON A GURNEY
800
00:40:34,633 --> 00:40:35,965
WITH A NEEDLE IN YOUR ARM.
801
00:40:36,000 --> 00:40:38,870
JUST CALM AND COLLECTED --
802
00:40:38,905 --> 00:40:41,032
COOL, SCARY.
803
00:40:41,067 --> 00:40:43,697
IF I WERE A VICTIM, AND HE WAS
STANDING IN FRONT OF ME
804
00:40:43,700 --> 00:40:46,600
WITH A.380,
I'D BE VERY WORRIED.
805
00:40:46,635 --> 00:40:47,865
NAH.
806
00:40:47,900 --> 00:40:49,732
I WAS OUT OF MY MIND
WITH DRUGS, REMEMBER?
807
00:40:49,767 --> 00:40:52,427
I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT I WAS DOING.
I'M NOT RESPONSIBLE.
808
00:40:52,433 --> 00:40:55,032
I'M JUST A MIXED-UP KID WHO
FELL IN WITH THE WRONG PEOPLE.
809
00:40:55,067 --> 00:40:57,967
ROGER, THAT'S NOT GOING TO WORK.
FORGET IT. I WANT A LAWYER NOW.
810
00:40:58,002 --> 00:41:01,432
**
811
00:41:01,467 --> 00:41:03,697
IN JANUARY 1983,
812
00:41:03,700 --> 00:41:05,730
ROGER BUEHL STANDS TRIAL
FOR THE MURDERS
813
00:41:05,733 --> 00:41:07,973
OF COURTLAND AND ALEXANDRA GROSS
814
00:41:08,008 --> 00:41:10,332
AND CATHERINE VANDERVEUR.
815
00:41:10,367 --> 00:41:16,067
THE INVESTIGATION WAS CLEARLY
THE MOST WIDESPREAD,
816
00:41:16,102 --> 00:41:19,127
DETAILED, INTENSE
LOCAL INVESTIGATION
817
00:41:19,133 --> 00:41:23,632
I'VE EVER SEEN IN MY 40 YEARS
AS A JOURNALIST.
818
00:41:23,667 --> 00:41:26,167
THE JURY DELIBERATES
FOR LESS THAN SIX HOURS
819
00:41:26,202 --> 00:41:29,097
BEFORE CONVICTING BUEHL
OF FIRST-DEGREE MURDER
820
00:41:29,100 --> 00:41:33,165
AND RECOMMENDING
THE ULTIMATE SENTENCE.
821
00:41:33,200 --> 00:41:36,300
ROGER BUEHL WAS
THE ONLY PERSON IN MY MEMORY
822
00:41:36,335 --> 00:41:40,332
THAT RECEIVED
THREE DEATH SENTENCES.
823
00:41:40,367 --> 00:41:44,097
FOR EACH VICTIM, HE RECEIVED
A SEPARATE DEATH SENTENCE,
824
00:41:44,100 --> 00:41:45,400
VERY UNIQUE.
825
00:41:45,435 --> 00:41:49,665
**
826
00:41:49,700 --> 00:41:51,430
THOSE WHO KNEW
THE GROSSES
827
00:41:51,433 --> 00:41:54,103
REMEMBER THEM AS PEOPLE
WHO USED THEIR AFFLUENCE
828
00:41:54,138 --> 00:41:57,830
TO MAKE PHILADELPHIA
A BETTER PLACE.
829
00:41:57,833 --> 00:41:59,533
THE THING THAT STRUCK ME
MOST ABOUT THIS MURDER
830
00:41:59,568 --> 00:42:01,973
IS THE FACT THAT THEY WERE
AMAZING PEOPLE,
831
00:42:02,008 --> 00:42:03,832
KIND AND GENEROUS.
832
00:42:03,867 --> 00:42:08,067
THE GROSSES WERE
JUST INCIDENTAL VICTIMS,
833
00:42:08,102 --> 00:42:11,967
AND THE MURDER ITSELF
HAD SUCH A HUGE IMPACT
834
00:42:12,002 --> 00:42:13,532
ON THE WHOLE COMMUNITY,
835
00:42:13,567 --> 00:42:17,567
BUT ROGER BUEHL IS NEVER GOING
TO GET OUT OF PRISON ALIVE.
836
00:42:17,602 --> 00:42:19,497
THERE'S NO REASON
THAT HE HAD TO KILL
837
00:42:19,500 --> 00:42:21,132
ANY OF THE PEOPLE
THAT HE KILLED,
838
00:42:21,167 --> 00:42:23,697
AND WITH HIS BACKGROUND
AND HIS EDUCATION,
839
00:42:23,700 --> 00:42:25,865
THERE WAS NO REASON
FOR HIM TO BE INVOLVED
840
00:42:25,900 --> 00:42:28,930
WITH ANY OF THE CRIMES
THAT HE WAS INVOLVED WITH.
841
00:42:29,305 --> 00:43:29,464
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