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IN MAY 2018,
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FBI CRIME ANALYST
CHRISTIE PALAZZOLO,
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FORENSICS
EXPERT DR. ANGELA WILLIAMSON,
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AND TEXAS RANGER JIM HOLLAND
ARE AT THE END OF A LONG DAY
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INTERVIEWING CONVICTED KILLER
SAMUEL LITTLE.
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THEY'D HOPED TO GET
HIS CONFESSION
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FOR THE 1994 MURDER
OF DENISE BROTHERS.
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THEY GOT MUCH MORE
THAN THEY EVER IMAGINED.
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HE NAILED EVERY ASPECT
OF THEIR INTERACTION,
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DESCRIBING THE SCENE
WHERE HE LEFT HER,
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WHAT HE DID TO HER,
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ALL THE DETAILS THAT WE KNEW
ABOUT THE CASE.
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NOW HE HAD HIS CHANCE
TO TELL THESE STORIES
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AND A VERY RAPT AUDIENCE
TO TELL THEM TO,
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SO I THINK THE FLOODGATES
JUST KIND OF OPENED.
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SAMUEL LITTLE
SAID HIS FIRST HOMICIDE
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WAS 1970.
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1970 TO 2005 IS WHEN WE KNOW
THAT HE WAS KILLING PEOPLE.
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DR. JONI JOHNSTON
IS NOT INVOLVED
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IN ANY INVESTIGATIONS
OF SAMUEL LITTLE,
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THOUGH SHE IS AN EXPERT
ON SERIAL KILLERS.
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A 35-YEAR CAREER
IS INCREDIBLY LONG.
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IT IS REALLY UNPRECEDENTED
TO HAVE A SERIAL KILLER
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WHO STARTS AROUND AGE 29 TO 30
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AND COMMITS HIS LAST MURDER
AT 65.
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MORE THAN THREE DECADES OF DEATH
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WITH SCORES OF VICTIMS.
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HE'D NEVER TALLIED IT UP.
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HE HAD REALLY NO IDEA
HOW MANY HE KILLED.
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HE STARTED TO DO STATE LISTS
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AND THEN NUMBERS PER STATE.
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THAT'S WHEN WE GOT
TO THE NUMBER,
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WHICH WAS PRETTY STAGGERING.
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IT CAME OUT TO OVER 90 VICTIMS
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THAT HE WAS CLAIMING
RESPONSIBILITY FOR KILLING.
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THE TEAM HAS JUST
ONE MORE DAY WITH LITTLE
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AND SO MUCH GROUND TO COVER.
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WE WANTED TO KEEP HIM TALKING.
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HE'S ELDERLY.
HE HAD HEALTH ISSUES.
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WE KNEW THAT HE WOULD TAKE
THOSE SECRETS WITH HIM.
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THAT IS, UNLESS THE
TEAM CAN GET HIM BACK TO TEXAS
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TO CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION.
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HOLLAND PROMISES TO GET
THE DEATH PENALTY WAIVED
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IF LITTLE PLEADS GUILTY
TO DENISE'S KILLING.
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AT THEIR HOTEL LATER THAT NIGHT,
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THE TEAM'S WORK HAS JUST BEGUN.
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WE RECONVENED BACK IN ONE ROOM.
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JIM WAS ON THE PHONE
WORKING WITH THE PROSECUTOR.
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LITTLE HAD SAID
HE WANTED A LETTER.
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JIM WAS TRYING TO
MAKE THAT HAPPEN
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SO HE COULD BRING IT TO LITTLE
THE NEXT DAY AND SHOW HIM,
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"HEY, LOOK,
I'M A MAN OF MY WORD.
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YOU SAID GET THIS FOR YOU.
I GOT IT FOR YOU.
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LET'S TALK SOME MORE."
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STILL, ONE BIG QUESTION LINGERS.
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CAN LITTLE BE TRUSTED?
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WHEN KNEW ODESSA LOOKED GREAT
IN TERMS OF HIS TRUTHFULNESS,
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HIS ACCURACY, HIS RECOLLECTION.
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BUT WE'RE LIKE,
"ARE THESE OTHER CASES REAL?"
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I WAS THE NAYSAYER OF THE GROUP.
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WHEN WE'RE IN THE '90s,
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I THOUGHT, NO WAY.
HE'S EXAGGERATING.
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THEY PORE OVER LITTLE'S STORIES,
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NOTING EVERY TINY DETAIL.
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WE HAD THE CONFESSION REPLAYING,
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AND ANGELA AND I ARE
RELISTENING TO THE INTERVIEW,
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TAKING MORE NOTES,
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AND THEN WE'RE FURIOUSLY
SEARCHING ON THE INTERNET.
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WE'RE IN ViCAP.
WE'RE TRYING TO FIND CASES
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THAT ARE MATCHING BACK UP
TO HIS CONFESSION.
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ALL OF A SUDDEN,
I JUST KIND OF FROZE.
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AND ANGELA LOOKS OVER AT ME,
AND SHE'S LIKE, "WHAT?"
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I SAID, "I THINK I FOUND NANCY."
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SAMUEL LITTLE CONFESSED
TO KILLING A WOMAN
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HE KNEW AS NANCY IN 2005,
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AND HE TOLD US THAT SHE WAS
HIS VERY LAST ONE.
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IN THE SUMMER OF 2005,
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DETECTIVE NADIS CARLISLE
CATCHES A MURDER CASE
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FROM OVER THE BORDER
IN MISSISSIPPI.
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WE GOT A CALL THAT NANCY STEVENS
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HAD TURNED UP DEAD
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THREE MILES
FROM TUPELO, MISSISSIPPI,
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WHERE SHE DIED
FROM MANUAL STRANGULATION.
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TWO PASSING MOTORISTS
WERE GOING DOWN THE ROAD
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AND SAW HER BODY
DUMPED UNCEREMONIOUSLY.
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I WANTED TO BE THE ONE
TO MAKE THE DEATH NOTIFICATION
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BECAUSE I DID KNOW
THE FAMILY MEMBERS.
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CARLISLE PLAYED FOOTBALL WITH
NANCY'S BROTHERS IN HIGH SCHOOL.
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NANCY WAS A STRAIGHT-A STUDENT.
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SHE WAS A SWEET PERSON.
SHE WAS A TRUSTING PERSON.
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SHE JUST GOT ALONG
WITH EVERYONE THAT I KNEW OF.
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OH, YEAH, SHE WAS REAL SMART.
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AFTER HIGH SCHOOL,
ME AND HER ACTUALLY WENT
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TO CALHOUN COMMUNITY COLLEGE
TOGETHER,
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AND WE WAS TAKING CLASSES THERE.
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BUT WITH A YOUNG SON
TO SUPPORT, NANCY LEFT COLLEGE
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FOR AN ASSEMBLY LINE JOB
AT GENERAL MOTORS.
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THAT'S WHEN
WE START NOTICING THE CHANGE.
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SHE JUST GOT HOLD TO
THE WRONG... THE WRONG DRUG.
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YOU KNOW?
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SHE GOT HOOKED ON CRACK.
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MY MAMA WOULD JUST STAY
ON HER A LOT AND TELLING HER,
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"YOU NEED TO QUIT
RUNNING THE STREETS."
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STOP GETTING IN CARS WITH PEOPLE
YOU DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW,
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'CAUSE THEY GONNA
TAKE YOU SOMEWHERE AND HURT YOU,
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AND WE WON'T KNOW WHERE YOU ARE.
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SHE WOULD TAKE TRIPS.
SHE HAD A COUPLE OF FRIENDS.
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SHE WOULD GO OUT OF TOWN.
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NANCY LEAVES TOWN
ON ONE OF THOSE TRIPS
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IN AUGUST 2005.
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WE WERE USED TO OUR GOING OFF
AND STAYING A COUPLE OF NIGHTS.
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WE DIDN'T THINK NOTHING OF IT.
WE JUST FIGURED, YOU KNOW,
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SHE'LL BE BACK
IN A COUPLE OF DAYS.
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THIS TIME,
NANCY DOESN'T COME BACK.
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I HATED TO MAKE
THE DEATH NOTIFICATION,
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BUT I DID WANT TO BE
THE ONE TO MAKE IT.
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I WAS HOPING THAT WOULD
MAKE IT EASIER,
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BUT IT'S NEVER EASY.
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IT WAS PRETTY TOUGH.
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IN TUPELO, MISSISSIPPI,
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WHERE NANCY'S BODY IS FOUND,
THERE ARE FEW LEADS.
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BACK HOME IN DECATUR,
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CARLISLE TRACKS DOWN
A POTENTIAL SUSPECT...
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A TRUCK DRIVER KNOWN
FOR GIVING NANCY RIDES.
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I TOLD HIM THAT HE WAS
FACING A HOMICIDE CHARGE,
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THAT WE THOUGHT
HE HAD KILLED NANCY.
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BUT WE DIDN'T HAVE NEARLY
THE AMOUNT OF EVIDENCE WE NEEDED
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TO CHARGE HIM WITH HOMICIDE,
SO WE DIDN'T.
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CARLISLE RELEASES
THE TRUCK DRIVER,
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AND AS THE MONTHS GO BY,
NO NEW SUSPECTS EMERGE.
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I KNEW NADIS WAS WORKING ON IT,
BUT THEY JUST RAN OUT OF LEADS.
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WE WERE UNABLE TO
FIND OUT WHO HER KILLER WAS,
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BUT I NEVER GAVE UP.
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I DID NOT KNOW WHAT
THE ANSWER WOULD BE,
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BUT I ALWAYS KEPT HOPE,
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KEPT HOPE THAT SOMEDAY
SOMETHING WOULD HAPPEN.
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ON THE 10th
ANNIVERSARY OF NANCY'S MURDER,
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CARLISLE CONVINCES HER SON
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TO TALK TO THE LOCAL NEWSPAPER
ABOUT THE CASE.
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THREE YEARS LATER,
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THAT STORY GRABS
PALAZZOLO'S ATTENTION.
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I WAS ON THE COMPUTER,
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AND I FOUND A NEWSPAPER ARTICLE
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WHERE THEY HAD INTERVIEWED
THE SON OF A WOMAN
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NAMED NANCY STEVENS
WHO HAD BEEN KILLED IN 2005,
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WHOSE BODY WAS FOUND
ON A ROADSIDE
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JUST OUTSIDE OF
TUPELO, MISSISSIPPI.
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I REMEMBER VERY CLEARLY
THEY HAVE A PICTURE
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OF HER SON IN HIS BEDROOM
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POINTING TO A PICTURE
OF HIS MOM ON THE WALL.
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HE SAID THAT HE DROVE
WITH NANCY TO
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THAT PLACE TO MISSISSIPPI
WHERE ELVIS HAD A HOME.
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HE COULDN'T REMEMBER
THE NAME OF THE TOWN,
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BUT THAT'S WHAT
HE ASSOCIATED WITH.
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AND IT TURNS OUT HE HAD A HOME
IN TUPELO, MISSISSIPPI,
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AND SO ALL OF THESE THINGS
WERE FALLING INTO PLACE.
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THAT'S WHEN I KNEW WE HAD
SOMETHING MORE ON OUR HANDS,
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THAT MAYBE HE REALLY WAS
TELLING THE TRUTH.
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IF HE REALLY IS GOOD
FOR THIS MANY CASES,
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THINK OF HOW MANY CASE CLOSURES
WE CAN MAKE
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THAT WOULD HELP
SO MANY FAMILIES OUT THERE.
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WE KNEW THIS WAS
GOING TO BE BIG.
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RANGER JIM HOLLAND
ENDS THE FIRST DAY OF INTERVIEWS
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ON SAMUEL LITTLE'S GOOD SIDE,
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BUT THE TEAM KNOWS THAT
COULD CHANGE IN A HEARTBEAT.
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THE BIGGEST FEAR WAS
THAT SOMETHING WOULD ANNOY HIM,
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AND HE WOULD STOP COMMUNICATING,
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THAT HE WOULD JUST TELL US
TO GET LOST.
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WE KNEW WHAT WE HAD TO LOSE.
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IT'S DIFFERENT WHEN YOU THINK
SOMEONE'S LYING.
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IT'S DIFFERENT WHEN YOU THINK,
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"I'VE GOT ALL THE CASES
OUT OF THEM."
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WE KNEW WE DIDN'T.
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AT THE START OF THE
SECOND DAY OF QUESTIONING,
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THE STAKES COULDN'T BE HIGHER.
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"TO WHO IT MAY CONCERN,
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THE ECTOR COUNTY
DISTRICT ATTORNEY,
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R.N. "BOBBY" BLAND, WILL AGREE
TO WAIVE THE DEATH PENALTY
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AGAINST SAMUEL McDOWELL,
A.K.A. SAMUEL LITTLE,
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IN EXCHANGE FOR A PLEA OF GUILTY
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AND AGREED SENTENCE
OF LIFE IMPRISONMENT
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TO THE MURDER
OF DENISE CHRISTIE BROTHERS."
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BUT LITTLE IS WARY
OF POLICE BEARING GIFTS.
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YEAH.
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IT'S TIME TO MAKE
ONE FINAL PITCH.
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IT'S THE BREAKTHROUGH
THE TEAM'S BEEN HOPING FOR.
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LITTLE AGREES TO EXTRADITION
BACK TO TEXAS,
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BUT HOLLAND STILL NEEDS
MORE EVIDENCE
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TO PROVE LITTLE KILLED
DENISE BROTHERS.
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PROSECUTORS SAID,
"ALL WE HAVE IS HIS CONFESSION,
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AND IT'S A GOOD ONE.
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BUT YOU GOT TO GIVE ME SOMETHING
THAT NO ONE ELSE COULD KNOW
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THAT HASN'T
ALREADY BEEN DISCOVERED."
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AND SO JIM WENT BACK
TO LITTLE AND SAID,
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"ALL RIGHT, TELL ME MORE."
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HOLLAND STARTS PROBING
FOR BASIC FACTS.
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SO FAR, LITTLE HASN'T
REVEALED ANYTHING
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ONLY THE KILLER WOULD KNOW.
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HOLLAND PRESSES HIM HARDER
FOR SPECIFICS.
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FINALLY, A POTENTIAL CLUE
HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT.
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HE STARTED DESCRIBING
THIS OTHER PIPE THAT WAS THERE,
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AND SO THEY WENT THROUGH
THEIR CRIME-SCENE PHOTOS,
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AND THEY COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING
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THAT MATCHED UP
WITH THIS DESCRIPTION.
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AND A LITTLE LATER ON, THEY WENT
BACK TO THE EVIDENCE ROOM,
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AND THEY FOUND A ROLL
OF 35-MILLIMETER FILM
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THAT HAD NOT BEEN DEVELOPED.
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AND SURE ENOUGH,
THEY WERE CRIME-SCENE PHOTOS.
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AND IN ONE OF THEM,
IT SHOWED THIS PIPE
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THAT LITTLE HAD BEEN DESCRIBING.
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THE TEAM SHARES THEIR
FINDINGS WITH THE D.A.'S OFFICE.
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THAT WAS ENOUGH
THAT FINALLY THE PROSECUTOR
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WAS LIKE, "THAT'S WHAT I NEEDED.
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NOBODY ELSE KNEW ABOUT THIS.
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HE WAS ABLE TO DESCRIBE THAT
WITH SUCH ACCURATE DETAIL.
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THAT'S WHAT I NEEDED."
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00:17:13,206 --> 00:17:15,182
FOR DENISE'S SON DAMIEN,
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THE 24 YEARS SINCE HER MURDER
HAVE TAKEN THEIR TOLL.
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AFTER YEARS AND YEARS
OF MY MOM BEING MISSING,
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IT'S THAT POINT
WHERE YOU KIND OF JUST
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THROW YOUR HANDS IN THE AIR
AND YOU GIVE UP.
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IT TAKES A LOT
TO DEAL WITH SOMETHING
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ALL YOUR LIFE LIKE THIS.
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AND IT'S NOT EASY, YOU KNOW?
225
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THERE WAS SOMEBODY
FOR EACH OF THESE VICTIMS
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THAT ABSOLUTELY MISSED THEM,
THAT LOVED THEM,
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THAT HAS BEEN WONDERING ALL OF
THIS TIME WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM.
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IN JUST TWO DAYS OF INTERVIEWS,
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THE TEAM IS ON THEIR WAY
TO CLOSING THE CASES
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OF DENISE BROTHERS
AND NANCY STEVENS,
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WITH LEADS ON ALMOST 20 MORE.
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EVEN SO, THEY HAVE
AN UPHILL BATTLE AHEAD OF THEM.
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AFTER HE INDICATED
HOW MANY HE KILLED,
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WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE DIDN'T LOSE THE CHANCE
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TO GET THAT INFORMATION.
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00:18:15,137 --> 00:18:18,389
WE KNEW THERE WAS ALMOST
100 CASES TO RISK.
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IT WAS HUGE PRESSURE
TO GET HIM EXTRADITED
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SO HE WOULD TELL US
ABOUT THE REST.
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CHRISTIE PALAZZOLO,
ANGELA WILLIAMSON,
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AND JIM HOLLAND
HAVE EXTRACTED 20 CONFESSIONS
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FROM SERIAL KILLER
SAMUEL LITTLE.
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WE WERE ONLY IN INTERVIEWS
WITH LITTLE FOR TWO DAYS.
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HE HAD GIVEN US SPECIFIC,
DETAILED CONFESSIONS
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FOR 20 CASES,
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BUT WE KNEW THAT, THEREFORE,
WE HAD ALMOST 70 MORE
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THAT WE NEEDED TO GET OUT OF HIM
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THAT HE TOLD US HE WOULD TELL US
ABOUT WHEN HE GOT TO TEXAS.
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SO EXTRADITION TO TEXAS
WAS OUR NUMBER-ONE PRIORITY.
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WHILE HOLLAND GETS
STARTED ON THAT FRONT,
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00:19:32,724 --> 00:19:36,493
PALAZZOLO AND WILLIAMSON
HEAD BACK TO THE FBI.
251
00:19:42,827 --> 00:19:46,941
GETTING LITTLE TO TEXAS
IS NO EASY FEAT.
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THAT WHOLE PROCESS...
IT TAKES A LOT OF TIME.
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00:19:48,965 --> 00:19:50,148
THERE ARE A LOT OF APPROVALS.
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WE HAD A COUPLE OF HICCUPS
ALONG THE ROAD.
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00:19:52,724 --> 00:19:55,187
AND THAT WAS
THE BIGGEST STRESS ON ALL OF US,
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MAKING SURE WE COULD GET HIM
EXTRADITED TO TEXAS
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SO HE WOULD CONTINUE TALKING
TO RANGER HOLLAND.
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00:20:00,655 --> 00:20:02,079
THAT WAS PROBABLY
THE MOST STRESSFUL TIME
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OF THE INVESTIGATION BECAUSE
WE KNEW WHAT WE HAD TO LOSE.
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WE WERE SO CONCERNED
THAT SOMETHING WOULD GET OUT
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00:20:08,484 --> 00:20:12,389
AND THAT ANOTHER AGENCY
WOULD JUMP AHEAD OF US
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AND TRY TO GET HIM
EXTRADITED SOMEWHERE ELSE
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00:20:14,413 --> 00:20:17,120
AND, THEREFORE,
JIM WOULD LOSE ACCESS TO HIM,
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00:20:17,144 --> 00:20:19,941
AND WE WOULD LOSE
70 CONFESSIONS.
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00:20:19,965 --> 00:20:22,355
SO, AT THAT TIME,
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WE WEREN'T RELEASING HIS NAME,
EVEN TO OTHER AGENCIES.
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00:20:25,620 --> 00:20:29,458
WE WEREN'T TELLING THEM
WHO HE WAS.
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00:20:29,482 --> 00:20:31,599
THEIR GOAL IS TO LINK
AS MANY CASES
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AS THEY CAN TO LITTLE.
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00:20:35,689 --> 00:20:38,458
CLUES LIE IN HIS ART.
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LITTLE WOULD SPEND SOME TIME,
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THINK ABOUT THE VICTIM,
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00:20:45,967 --> 00:20:47,527
THINK ABOUT
WHAT HAPPENED WITH THEM,
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00:20:47,551 --> 00:20:51,700
TRY TO VISUALIZE THE VICTIM
AS CLEARLY AS HE CAN.
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00:20:51,724 --> 00:20:54,601
THIS IS HIS MEMORY
FROM SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED
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30, SOMETIMES 40, YEARS AGO.
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00:20:57,206 --> 00:21:00,665
BUT EVERY TIME WE'VE BEEN
ABLE TO MATCH A CASE BACK
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00:21:00,689 --> 00:21:01,838
WHERE HE'S DONE A DRAWING,
279
00:21:01,862 --> 00:21:05,424
THERE'S BEEN ONE ASPECT
OF THAT PORTRAIT
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00:21:05,448 --> 00:21:07,408
THAT HAS BEEN SPOT-ON.
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00:21:19,620 --> 00:21:21,550
SOMETIMES IT'S HER SMILE.
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00:21:24,620 --> 00:21:27,900
SOMETIMES IT IS A NECKLACE
THAT SHE'S WEARING.
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00:21:30,551 --> 00:21:33,631
SOMETIMES IT'S THE HAIRSTYLE.
284
00:21:33,655 --> 00:21:36,010
THERE'S SOMETHING
ABOUT HIS DRAWINGS
285
00:21:36,034 --> 00:21:39,700
THAT IS ABSOLUTELY ACCURATE.
286
00:21:39,724 --> 00:21:43,320
NOT EVERYTHING IS
SO STRAIGHTFORWARD.
287
00:21:43,344 --> 00:21:47,217
FIRST OF ALL, LITTLE WAS
NOT GOOD ABOUT TIME FRAMES.
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00:21:47,241 --> 00:21:52,010
HE WASN'T VERY GOOD AT WHAT YEAR
EVERYTHING HAPPENED.
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00:21:52,034 --> 00:21:54,981
WITH THE BROTHERS CASE,
HE WAS OFF BY A DECADE.
290
00:21:55,005 --> 00:21:58,044
SO THAT WAS OUR EXAMPLE,
SO WE KNEW
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00:21:58,068 --> 00:22:03,803
HE COULD BE OFF BY AS MANY AS
10 YEARS ON EITHER SIDE.
292
00:22:03,827 --> 00:22:07,941
ALSO, HE HAS NO IDEA
WHERE JURISDICTIONAL LINES ARE.
293
00:22:07,965 --> 00:22:11,527
SO, TO HIM, HE'S PICKING UP
A VICTIM IN ATLANTA.
294
00:22:11,551 --> 00:22:15,217
THEN HE DRIVES OUT A DIRT ROAD
AND DUMPS THEIR BODY.
295
00:22:15,241 --> 00:22:19,079
WELL, IS HE STILL
IN ATLANTA PD'S JURISDICTION?
296
00:22:19,103 --> 00:22:23,113
IS HE IN THE COUNTY?
IS HE IN A SURROUNDING COUNTY?
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00:22:23,137 --> 00:22:26,079
IT'S LAYER UPON LAYER
OF COMPLICATION.
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00:22:26,103 --> 00:22:29,044
PER CONFESSION,
WE PROBABLY CONTACTED
299
00:22:29,068 --> 00:22:32,734
AT LEAST THREE TO FIVE AGENCIES
300
00:22:32,758 --> 00:22:37,238
TRYING TO IDENTIFY THE CASE
THAT LITTLE WAS TALKING ABOUT.
301
00:22:39,413 --> 00:22:41,840
SO WE'RE CONTACTING
THESE AGENCIES, TELLING THEM,
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00:22:41,864 --> 00:22:43,769
"WE HAVE THIS OFFENDER
IN CUSTODY
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00:22:43,793 --> 00:22:46,113
WHO'S CONFESSING TO A HOMICIDE
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00:22:46,137 --> 00:22:48,044
THAT MIGHT BE
IN YOUR JURISDICTION.
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00:22:48,068 --> 00:22:51,631
GO BACK TO YOUR FILES
ALL THE WAY BACK TO 1970.
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00:22:51,655 --> 00:22:54,217
GIVE HIM A 20-YEAR BUFFER
FOR A HOMICIDE
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00:22:54,241 --> 00:22:57,010
THAT MIGHT BE
WITHIN YOUR JURISDICTION
308
00:22:57,034 --> 00:22:59,291
AND TRY TO FIND CASES
THAT MATCH UP
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00:22:59,315 --> 00:23:02,527
TO THESE PARTICULAR
CIRCUMSTANCES.
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00:23:02,551 --> 00:23:04,700
OH, AND BY THE WAY,
WE'RE NOT TELLING YOU WHO HE IS.
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00:23:04,724 --> 00:23:07,596
WE'RE NOT RELEASING HIS NAME."
312
00:23:07,620 --> 00:23:08,807
WE DIDN'T MAKE
A WHOLE LOT OF FRIENDS
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00:23:08,831 --> 00:23:12,182
OFF OF THOSE PHONE CALLS.
314
00:23:12,206 --> 00:23:14,838
AS THE TEAM LOOKS
FOR MORE CASES,
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00:23:14,862 --> 00:23:17,172
THEY NEED ADDITIONAL TOOLS
AND RESOURCES.
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00:23:19,482 --> 00:23:22,010
WE'D START WITH
ViCAP, BUT UNFORTUNATELY,
317
00:23:22,034 --> 00:23:24,734
VERY FEW OF THESE CASES
WERE IN ViCAP.
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00:23:24,758 --> 00:23:26,286
- DADE COUNTY.
- DADE COUNTY?
319
00:23:26,310 --> 00:23:28,496
AGAIN AND AGAIN, THEY RETURNED
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00:23:28,520 --> 00:23:30,355
TO LITTLE'S INTERVIEWS
FOR LEADS.
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00:23:30,379 --> 00:23:32,069
IN THE CITY OR IN THE COUNTY?
322
00:23:40,034 --> 00:23:41,214
YEAH.
323
00:23:51,586 --> 00:23:54,217
LITTLE COULD RECALL
NEWSPAPER HEADLINES,
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00:23:54,241 --> 00:23:55,700
WHICH WERE VERY HELPFUL,
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00:23:55,724 --> 00:23:58,251
OR HE MIGHT REMEMBER
KEY DETAILS.
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00:23:58,275 --> 00:24:00,838
WE GOT A SUBSCRIPTION
TO newspapers.com,
327
00:24:00,862 --> 00:24:04,182
AND WE'D JUST GO THROUGH
DAY AFTER DAY,
328
00:24:04,206 --> 00:24:06,734
JUST READING
ARTICLE AFTER ARTICLE,
329
00:24:06,758 --> 00:24:09,320
TRYING DIFFERENT KEYWORDS,
TRYING DIFFERENT COMBINATIONS
330
00:24:09,344 --> 00:24:13,148
OF FACTORS THAT HE MENTIONED
IN HIS CONFESSION.
331
00:24:13,172 --> 00:24:15,453
ONE OF THE CASES
HE REMEMBERED THE HEADLINE...
332
00:24:23,965 --> 00:24:25,562
SHE WAS IN THE SEX INDUSTRY,
333
00:24:25,586 --> 00:24:28,217
AND HE THOUGHT SHE HAD
SOME MENTAL-HEALTH ISSUES.
334
00:24:28,241 --> 00:24:30,838
AND ALL THOSE DETAILS
WERE IN THE ARTICLE.
335
00:24:30,862 --> 00:24:34,148
THAT'S HOW I FOUND HER.
I KNEW SHE WAS IN FLORIDA.
336
00:24:34,172 --> 00:24:37,010
HE REMEMBERED
SHE'D BEEN FROM INDIANA.
337
00:24:37,034 --> 00:24:41,320
WHO WOULD REMEMBER THAT A
NEWSPAPER ARTICLE FROM THE 1970s
338
00:24:41,344 --> 00:24:43,838
CALLED THIS GIRL A LOST SOUL?
339
00:24:43,862 --> 00:24:47,320
THE VICTIM IS
25-YEAR-OLD ANGELA CHAPMAN,
340
00:24:47,344 --> 00:24:51,424
STRANGLED BY LITTLE IN 1976.
341
00:24:51,448 --> 00:24:55,182
WHEN YOU FIND A LITTLE CASE,
YOU KNOW YOU'VE FOUND IT.
342
00:24:55,206 --> 00:24:56,803
EVERYTHING THAT HE SAYS
MATCHES UP
343
00:24:56,827 --> 00:24:59,687
BECAUSE HE'S NOT TELLING YOU
GENERIC DETAILS.
344
00:25:05,241 --> 00:25:06,596
AND IN THAT CASE,
345
00:25:06,620 --> 00:25:08,736
HE REMEMBERED
WHEN HE DISPOSED OF HER BODY,
346
00:25:08,760 --> 00:25:12,217
THERE WERE SOME WEIRD ARCHES
IN A DRIVEWAY OR SOMETHING.
347
00:25:12,241 --> 00:25:14,427
AND WE'RE LIKE,
"THAT'S REALLY RANDOM.
348
00:25:14,451 --> 00:25:16,115
WHAT DOES THAT EVEN MEAN?"
349
00:25:16,139 --> 00:25:18,217
AND WHEN WE REACHED OUT
TO THE AGENCY AND SAID,
350
00:25:18,241 --> 00:25:20,428
"WE'VE GOT THIS KILLER.
THIS IS HER NAME.
351
00:25:20,452 --> 00:25:22,286
CAN YOU GO PULL HER FILE?"
352
00:25:22,310 --> 00:25:24,970
IN THE CRIME-SCENE PHOTOS
WERE THE ARCHES.
353
00:25:28,172 --> 00:25:32,286
THE THING THAT STOOD OUT MOST
WHEN WE'RE LISTENING
354
00:25:32,310 --> 00:25:35,596
AND WATCHING LITTLE TALK
355
00:25:35,620 --> 00:25:40,941
IS THE LEVEL OF DETAIL
THAT HE'S ABLE TO RECALL.
356
00:25:40,965 --> 00:25:43,907
IT'S ALMOST AS IF HE IS
TRANSPORTING HIMSELF
357
00:25:43,931 --> 00:25:45,738
BACK TO THE SCENE OF THE CRIME.
358
00:26:32,517 --> 00:26:34,148
WHILE WAITING FOR
SAMUEL LITTLE'S
359
00:26:34,172 --> 00:26:35,872
EXTRADITION TO TEXAS,
360
00:26:35,896 --> 00:26:38,458
CHRISTIE PALAZZOLO
AND ANGELA WILLIAMSON
361
00:26:38,482 --> 00:26:41,700
MINE EVERY DETAIL
FROM HIS INTERVIEWS.
362
00:26:41,724 --> 00:26:46,182
EACH ONE, TO HIM,
IS A SELF-CONTAINED STORY
363
00:26:46,206 --> 00:26:50,113
ABOUT HOW HE MET THE VICTIM,
THEIR INTERACTION,
364
00:26:50,137 --> 00:26:53,941
HOW HE KILLED THEM,
AND THEN HOW HE LEFT.
365
00:26:53,965 --> 00:26:55,907
YOU KNOW, SOME SERIAL KILLERS
TAKE TROPHIES.
366
00:26:55,931 --> 00:26:57,838
THEY'LL TAKE JEWELRY
FROM THEIR VICTIMS.
367
00:26:57,862 --> 00:26:59,458
THEY'LL TAKE CLOTHING.
368
00:26:59,482 --> 00:27:03,734
SAMUEL LITTLE'S TROPHIES
WERE HIS MEMORIES,
369
00:27:03,758 --> 00:27:06,217
AND HE KIND OF TAKES
THESE MENTAL TROPHIES
370
00:27:06,241 --> 00:27:09,838
THAT HE HAS,
AND HE PUTS THEM ON PAPER.
371
00:27:09,862 --> 00:27:11,529
TO GAIN LITTLE'S TRUST,
372
00:27:11,553 --> 00:27:14,769
HOLLAND TREATS HIM WITH RESPECT,
373
00:27:14,793 --> 00:27:17,903
EVEN PARROTING
THE KILLER'S GUTTER LANGUAGE.
374
00:27:27,931 --> 00:27:31,803
THERE WERE MOMENTS THAT LITTLE
WAS KIND OF TESTING JIM,
375
00:27:31,827 --> 00:27:35,633
TRYING TO SEE HOW HE WOULD REACT
AND WHAT HIS REACTION WOULD BE.
376
00:27:35,657 --> 00:27:37,838
AND JIM WAS ABLE
TO JUST ROLL WITH IT
377
00:27:37,862 --> 00:27:39,569
AND KEEP ASKING THE QUESTIONS,
378
00:27:39,593 --> 00:27:42,616
AND HE GOT MORE CONFESSIONS
BY DOING THAT.
379
00:27:55,172 --> 00:27:56,722
YEAH.
380
00:28:22,068 --> 00:28:26,113
PERVERSELY, LITTLE
SUGGESTS THERE WAS NO ILL WILL
381
00:28:26,137 --> 00:28:28,377
BETWEEN HIM AND HIS VICTIMS.
382
00:28:46,206 --> 00:28:47,716
MM-HMM.
383
00:28:58,379 --> 00:29:00,389
PARTICULARLY
IT'S PEOPLE THAT HE PICKS UP.
384
00:29:00,413 --> 00:29:02,872
THEY'RE EXPENDABLE WOMEN
FOR HIM,
385
00:29:02,896 --> 00:29:04,872
AND THEY SERVE A PURPOSE.
386
00:29:04,896 --> 00:29:06,838
THESE ARE OBJECTS FOR HIM
387
00:29:06,862 --> 00:29:08,569
THAT ARE A VEHICLE
FOR HIM TO GET PLEASURE.
388
00:29:08,593 --> 00:29:10,527
THAT'S ALL THAT THEY ARE.
389
00:29:10,551 --> 00:29:12,320
ONCE HE'S GOTTEN THAT PLEASURE,
390
00:29:12,344 --> 00:29:14,641
HE'S GOTTEN
WHAT HE WANTS FROM THEM,
391
00:29:14,665 --> 00:29:16,251
THEN THEY ARE TRASH.
392
00:29:16,275 --> 00:29:17,825
HE JUST THROWS THEM AWAY.
393
00:29:21,448 --> 00:29:25,028
SO WHAT IS IT
THAT MAKES LITTLE TICK?
394
00:29:34,413 --> 00:29:37,907
ALL OF THESE WERE
SEXUALLY MOTIVATED CRIMES.
395
00:29:37,931 --> 00:29:42,010
THAT'S WHAT.
HE GOT ENJOYMENT OUT OF.
396
00:29:42,034 --> 00:29:44,118
SAM LITTLE...
HE WANTED TO SEE THEM,
397
00:29:44,142 --> 00:29:46,634
HE WANTED HIS THUMBS
TO BE IN THEIR THROAT
398
00:29:46,658 --> 00:29:48,458
WHILE THEY'RE SWALLOWING.
399
00:29:48,482 --> 00:29:50,458
HE WANTED TO FEEL ALL THAT.
400
00:29:50,482 --> 00:29:53,355
HE ENJOYED THE ACT
OF STRANGLING THEM.
401
00:29:53,379 --> 00:29:56,527
HE WANTED THEM TO BE CONSCIOUS
WHILE HE WAS DOING IT.
402
00:29:56,551 --> 00:29:59,665
HE DIDN'T ENJOY KILLING THEM,
PER SAY.
403
00:29:59,689 --> 00:30:02,069
HE ENJOYED STRANGLING THEM.
404
00:30:06,724 --> 00:30:10,251
HE TOLD US THAT
FROM THE AGE OF 5,
405
00:30:10,275 --> 00:30:15,458
HE FOUND HIMSELF SEXUALLY
ATTRACTED TO A WOMAN'S NECK.
406
00:30:15,482 --> 00:30:17,979
WHEN IT COMES TO LITTLE'S
FASCINATION WITH THE NECK,
407
00:30:18,003 --> 00:30:20,182
HE DOESN'T KNOW, WE DON'T KNOW.
408
00:30:20,206 --> 00:30:22,044
AND AS HE SAYS,
409
00:30:22,068 --> 00:30:23,941
MAYBE THE WIRES IN HIS BRAIN
ARE JUST BROKEN,
410
00:30:23,965 --> 00:30:25,458
AND I THINK WE JUST
LEAVE IT AT THAT,
411
00:30:25,482 --> 00:30:28,002
BECAUSE HOW ELSE
DO YOU RECONCILE?
412
00:30:40,068 --> 00:30:41,518
YEAH.
413
00:30:44,827 --> 00:30:49,237
WHEN HE'S ABOUT 15,
HIS FOCUS CLARIFIES.
414
00:30:57,103 --> 00:30:58,413
YEAH.
415
00:31:02,689 --> 00:31:03,929
MM-HMM.
416
00:31:05,965 --> 00:31:07,165
MM-HMM.
417
00:31:10,448 --> 00:31:11,968
MM-HMM.
418
00:31:15,862 --> 00:31:17,172
MM-HMM.
419
00:31:36,172 --> 00:31:40,119
NOT ONLY DOES TRUE
CRIME INDULGE LITTLE'S FETISH,
420
00:31:40,143 --> 00:31:43,976
IT TEACHES HIM
HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER.
421
00:31:44,000 --> 00:31:45,875
HE SPENT TIME AS A CHILD
422
00:31:45,899 --> 00:31:48,148
READING THE OLD
DETECTIVE MAGAZINES
423
00:31:48,172 --> 00:31:49,872
AND LEARNING FROM THEM
424
00:31:49,896 --> 00:31:52,389
WHAT INVESTIGATORS
WOULD DO AT A SCENE.
425
00:31:52,413 --> 00:31:54,529
IT WAS ACTUALLY TRAINING HIM
426
00:31:54,553 --> 00:31:55,737
HOW TO NOT LEAVE EVIDENCE.
427
00:31:55,761 --> 00:31:57,389
SO EVEN BEFORE DNA EXISTED,
428
00:31:57,413 --> 00:32:00,838
HE KNEW ABOUT FINGERPRINTS
AND HAIR, FIBERS,
429
00:32:00,862 --> 00:32:02,427
THINGS THAT
COULD BE TRANSFERRED.
430
00:32:02,451 --> 00:32:04,635
AND HE WAS ALWAYS CONSCIOUS
AT THE CRIME SCENE
431
00:32:04,659 --> 00:32:10,044
TO NOT LEAVE ANYTHING BEHIND,
LONG BEFORE DNA.
432
00:32:10,068 --> 00:32:12,148
AFTER FANTASIZING FOR YEARS,
433
00:32:12,172 --> 00:32:14,872
LITTLE CROSSES THE LINE
AT AGE 30
434
00:32:14,896 --> 00:32:17,236
AND KILLS HIS FIRST VICTIM.
435
00:32:26,344 --> 00:32:27,454
YEAH.
436
00:32:28,724 --> 00:32:30,596
YEAH.
437
00:32:30,620 --> 00:32:32,210
YEAH.
438
00:32:39,068 --> 00:32:42,635
NOT ONLY IS LITTLE ADEPT
AT COVERING HIS TRACKS,
439
00:32:42,659 --> 00:32:46,235
HE'S A PRO AT TALKING HIS WAY
OUT OF TROUBLE.
440
00:33:08,862 --> 00:33:11,639
IN 1982,
LITTLE IS PASSING THROUGH
441
00:33:11,663 --> 00:33:16,010
THE SMALL TOWN
OF OCALA, FLORIDA.
442
00:33:16,034 --> 00:33:17,700
ON AUGUST 12th,
443
00:33:17,724 --> 00:33:22,631
HE'S ON A SO-CALLED DATE
WITH A WOMAN NAMED ROSIE HILL.
444
00:33:22,655 --> 00:33:26,065
HE DRIVES HER TO A DESERTED SPOT
BEHIND A FACTORY.
445
00:33:30,482 --> 00:33:31,832
OKAY.
446
00:33:49,586 --> 00:33:52,966
WITH NO WAY OUT,
LITTLE MUST THINK FAST.
447
00:33:57,896 --> 00:33:59,166
YEAH.
448
00:34:00,379 --> 00:34:01,859
YEAH.
449
00:34:38,689 --> 00:34:41,636
TWO YEARS LATER,
LITTLE TRIES THE SAME TACTIC
450
00:34:41,660 --> 00:34:44,562
WITH POLICE IN SAN DIEGO,
451
00:34:44,586 --> 00:34:47,217
BUT THEY DON'T FALL FOR IT.
452
00:34:47,241 --> 00:34:50,311
HE STILL THINKS ABOUT
THAT CLOSE CALL IN OCALA.
453
00:35:13,448 --> 00:35:17,596
THE TEAM HAS GONE DEEP
INTO THE MIND OF A MONSTER,
454
00:35:17,620 --> 00:35:20,941
BUT THEY HAVE 70 MORE MURDERS
TO INVESTIGATE,
455
00:35:20,965 --> 00:35:25,389
70 MORE FAMILIES
WHO HAVE NEVER HAD ANSWERS.
456
00:35:25,413 --> 00:35:27,640
THAT'S WHY THEY NEED
TO GET LITTLE TO TEXAS
457
00:35:27,664 --> 00:35:30,251
AND KEEP HIM TALKING.
458
00:35:30,275 --> 00:35:32,355
THESE WERE HIS STORIES,
459
00:35:32,379 --> 00:35:34,806
AND HE GETS ANIMATED
WHEN HE TELLS THEM.
460
00:35:34,830 --> 00:35:36,355
HIS EYES LIGHT UP.
461
00:35:36,379 --> 00:35:40,251
HE GETS EXCITED ABOUT IT.
462
00:35:40,275 --> 00:35:43,838
BUT THEY ALL END WITH,
"AND THEN I KILLED HER."
463
00:36:18,448 --> 00:36:19,788
YEAH.
464
00:36:35,965 --> 00:36:38,493
MONTHS INTO THE INVESTIGATION,
465
00:36:38,517 --> 00:36:42,079
AS THEY WAIT FOR SAMUEL LITTLE
TO MOVE TO TEXAS,
466
00:36:42,103 --> 00:36:44,769
PALAZZOLO AND WILLIAMSON
CONTINUE PORING OVER
467
00:36:44,793 --> 00:36:46,493
HIS INTERROGATION TAPES
468
00:36:46,517 --> 00:36:49,803
IN THE HOPES
OF I.D.ing MORE VICTIMS.
469
00:36:49,827 --> 00:36:53,113
AS WE STARTED REALLY DIGGING
INTO WHAT HE WAS SAYING,
470
00:36:53,137 --> 00:36:55,631
THE DETAILS HE WAS PROVIDING,
471
00:36:55,655 --> 00:36:59,320
HE'S ABLE TO TAKE HIMSELF BACK
472
00:36:59,344 --> 00:37:03,182
TO THE TIME OF HIS INTERACTION
WITH THE VICTIM.
473
00:37:03,206 --> 00:37:05,182
IN ONE INSTANCE,
HE COULD REMEMBER
474
00:37:05,206 --> 00:37:09,217
HE TOOK THE VICTIM
OUT TO DINNER BEFOREHAND.
475
00:37:09,241 --> 00:37:12,493
HE COULD REMEMBER
WHAT SHE ORDERED.
476
00:37:12,517 --> 00:37:16,596
WHEN WE GO BACK IN
FROM THE AUTOPSY REPORT,
477
00:37:16,620 --> 00:37:19,426
THE VICTIM'S STOMACH CONTENTS...
AN ABSOLUTE MATCH
478
00:37:19,450 --> 00:37:22,138
TO WHAT HE SAID SHE HAD ORDERED
FOR DINNER THAT NIGHT.
479
00:37:25,310 --> 00:37:29,665
THIS IS SOMEBODY
WHO HAS RELIVED, REHEARSED,
480
00:37:29,689 --> 00:37:34,113
THOUGHT ABOUT, KEPT THESE
MEMORIES AS FRESH AS POSSIBLE.
481
00:37:34,137 --> 00:37:36,320
AND I THINK THAT IS
WHAT ALLOWS HIM
482
00:37:36,344 --> 00:37:38,148
TO REMEMBER SUCH DETAIL,
483
00:37:38,172 --> 00:37:41,493
BECAUSE HE HAS PROBABLY
KILLED THESE INDIVIDUALS
484
00:37:41,517 --> 00:37:45,277
IN HIS MIND THOUSANDS OF TIMES.
485
00:37:48,344 --> 00:37:51,424
THEY'RE ETCHED
IN HIS MIND FOREVER,
486
00:37:51,448 --> 00:37:53,389
AND HE CAN DRAW.
487
00:37:53,413 --> 00:37:58,596
HE DRAWS ALL THIS, SO, I MEAN,
THAT'S JUST SAM LITTLE.
488
00:37:58,620 --> 00:38:00,737
POLICE LIEUTENANT DARREN VERSIGA
489
00:38:00,761 --> 00:38:03,562
FIRST HEARD ABOUT LITTLE IN 2010
490
00:38:03,586 --> 00:38:07,700
WHEN HE STARTED PASCAGOULA,
MISSISSIPPI'S, COLD-CASE UNIT.
491
00:38:07,724 --> 00:38:10,261
THERE WERE 26
UNSOLVED COLD CASES.
492
00:38:10,285 --> 00:38:15,010
I THOUGHT THAT WAS RATHER A LOT
FOR A SMALL TOWN.
493
00:38:15,034 --> 00:38:17,811
ONE OF THOSE VICTIMS
WAS MELINDA LaPREE,
494
00:38:17,835 --> 00:38:21,424
STRANGLED TO DEATH IN 1982.
495
00:38:21,448 --> 00:38:22,976
HE CALLED ME AND TOLD ME
496
00:38:23,000 --> 00:38:25,527
HE WANTED TO OPEN UP
HER COLD CASE.
497
00:38:25,551 --> 00:38:27,598
HE ASKED ME
FOR A PICTURE OF MINDY
498
00:38:27,622 --> 00:38:28,947
SO HE COULD PUT IT ON HIS DESK
499
00:38:28,971 --> 00:38:33,079
AND SEE HER AS A PERSON,
NOT JUST A CASE FILE.
500
00:38:33,103 --> 00:38:35,260
THAT CONVINCED ME
THAT THIS GUY WAS SINCERE,
501
00:38:35,284 --> 00:38:37,424
AND I WAS PLEASED THAT SOMEBODY
502
00:38:37,448 --> 00:38:40,113
ACTUALLY WANTED
TO BRING IT BACK UP
503
00:38:40,137 --> 00:38:44,010
'CAUSE COLD CASES
ARE VERY HARD TO LIVE WITH.
504
00:38:44,034 --> 00:38:47,320
SAMUEL LITTLE WAS A SUSPECT
IN THE CASE FROM THE START,
505
00:38:47,344 --> 00:38:49,320
BUT WAS NEVER CHARGED.
506
00:38:49,344 --> 00:38:53,079
NOW VERSIGA IS CONVINCED
HE KILLED MINDY
507
00:38:53,103 --> 00:38:54,907
AND MANY MORE WOMEN.
508
00:38:54,931 --> 00:38:57,668
I HAD MADE CALLS
TO FLORIDA, TO GEORGIA,
509
00:38:57,692 --> 00:39:01,872
LOOKING AT OLD HOMICIDE CASES
THAT WERE UNSOLVED
510
00:39:01,896 --> 00:39:04,320
AND SAYING,
"LOOK, IF YOU GOT PROSTITUTES,
511
00:39:04,344 --> 00:39:06,344
YOU MIGHT WANT TO LOOK
AT THE SAM LITTLE."
512
00:39:09,965 --> 00:39:11,527
THE MURDERS OF SEX WORKERS
513
00:39:11,551 --> 00:39:13,665
ARE NOTORIOUSLY HARD TO SOLVE,
514
00:39:13,689 --> 00:39:16,596
AND BECAUSE LITTLE'S VICTIMS
WERE OFTEN FOUND WEEKS,
515
00:39:16,620 --> 00:39:18,838
EVEN MONTHS, AFTER DEATH,
516
00:39:18,862 --> 00:39:20,769
IT'S HARD TO PICK UP HIS TRAIL.
517
00:39:20,793 --> 00:39:24,289
SOMETIMES THESE VICTIMS
WEREN'T FLAGGED AS HOMICIDES
518
00:39:24,313 --> 00:39:26,010
'CAUSE OF THE WAY
HE KILLED THEM.
519
00:39:26,034 --> 00:39:27,981
IF THEY WERE FOUND,
YOU KNOW, DECOMPOSED,
520
00:39:28,005 --> 00:39:30,665
YOU'RE NOT GONNA
SEE STRANGULATION.
521
00:39:30,689 --> 00:39:33,875
ESPECIALLY IF
THEY DO IDENTIFY THE VICTIM,
522
00:39:33,899 --> 00:39:36,838
SOMETIMES THEY WOULD CHALK IT UP
TO A DRUG OVERDOSE
523
00:39:36,862 --> 00:39:39,119
AND NEVER EVEN RULE IT
A HOMICIDE,
524
00:39:39,143 --> 00:39:40,997
JUST AN ACCIDENTAL DEATH.
525
00:39:54,206 --> 00:39:55,616
YEAH, I GOTCHA.
526
00:40:01,620 --> 00:40:03,838
WE GOT STUCK ON ONE CASE.
WE KNEW THE GIRL'S NAME.
527
00:40:03,862 --> 00:40:05,148
HER NAME WAS MARTHA.
528
00:40:05,172 --> 00:40:07,079
AND WE KNEW
ALL THESE DETAILS ABOUT HER.
529
00:40:07,103 --> 00:40:08,665
WE KNEW WHERE SHE LIVED
530
00:40:08,689 --> 00:40:11,209
AND ALL THIS GREAT INFORMATION.
531
00:40:20,689 --> 00:40:23,636
WE WERE JUST MIND-BOGGLED.
"WHY AREN'T WE FINDING A CASE?"
532
00:40:23,660 --> 00:40:26,631
AND THANKFULLY, A LOCAL PERSON
533
00:40:26,655 --> 00:40:29,217
FROM THE LAW-ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
THOUGHT,
534
00:40:29,241 --> 00:40:31,148
"WHAT IF IT WASN'T RULED
A HOMICIDE?"
535
00:40:31,172 --> 00:40:33,529
AND SHE WENT AND LOOKED
AT THE M.E.'s RECORDS
536
00:40:33,553 --> 00:40:34,598
AND FOUND HER CASE.
537
00:40:34,622 --> 00:40:36,493
IT WAS RULED ACCIDENTAL.
538
00:40:36,517 --> 00:40:40,010
AND SO THAT WAS A HUGE
TURNING POINT FOR US,
539
00:40:40,034 --> 00:40:43,355
AND THAT HELPED US
FIND A LOT MORE CASES.
540
00:40:43,379 --> 00:40:44,876
THE TEAM IS MAKING PROGRESS,
541
00:40:44,900 --> 00:40:47,148
BUT LITTLE IS STILL IN L.A.,
542
00:40:47,172 --> 00:40:50,251
WITH SO MANY SECRETS
YET TO BE REVEALED.
543
00:40:50,275 --> 00:40:53,079
WE WERE ALL ON PINS AND NEEDLES,
544
00:40:53,103 --> 00:40:56,769
WORRIED THAT SOME HEALTH SCARE
WOULD CROP UP.
545
00:40:56,793 --> 00:40:58,840
AND THERE WERE TIMES WE THOUGHT,
"OH, NO," YOU KNOW,
546
00:40:58,864 --> 00:41:00,569
"HE'S NOT DOING WELL TODAY,"
547
00:41:00,593 --> 00:41:06,182
OR HE HAD SOME EPISODE
AND WE WERE GONNA LOSE HIM.
548
00:41:06,206 --> 00:41:10,458
FINALLY,
ON SEPTEMBER 24th, 2018,
549
00:41:10,482 --> 00:41:13,148
SAMUEL LITTLE IS EXTRADITED
TEMPORARILY
550
00:41:13,172 --> 00:41:16,182
FROM L.A. COUNTY TO TEXAS.
551
00:41:16,206 --> 00:41:20,251
DETECTIVE JUSTIN CAID FLIES OUT
TO CALIFORNIA TO ESCORT HIM.
552
00:41:20,275 --> 00:41:24,044
I FIRST MET SAMUEL LITTLE
IN A HOLDING CELL.
553
00:41:24,068 --> 00:41:26,872
I EXPECTED TO SEE
A VIOLENT KILLER
554
00:41:26,896 --> 00:41:29,734
SHACKLED UP,
555
00:41:29,758 --> 00:41:32,527
SOMEONE THAT YOU ALWAYS
HAVE TO BE ON GUARD WITH.
556
00:41:32,551 --> 00:41:34,566
AND THEN I FIRST SAW HIM
ROLLED OUT,
557
00:41:34,590 --> 00:41:37,907
AND I SAW A FRAGILE MAN
SITTING IN HIS WHEELCHAIR.
558
00:41:37,931 --> 00:41:40,113
HE HAD A SMILE ON HIS FACE.
559
00:41:40,137 --> 00:41:43,286
I SAW HIS HANDS.
HE HAD REALLY LARGE HANDS.
560
00:41:43,310 --> 00:41:48,079
WHO KNOWS HOW MANY NECKS THAT
THOSE HANDS HAVE STRANGLED?
561
00:41:48,103 --> 00:41:50,290
CAID ACCOMPANIES
THE SERIAL KILLER
562
00:41:50,314 --> 00:41:52,631
ABOARD THE TEXAS RANGERS JET.
563
00:41:52,655 --> 00:41:54,320
SAMUEL LITTLE WAS RESTRAINED
564
00:41:54,344 --> 00:41:56,081
IN LEG RESTRAINTS
AND HAND RESTRAINTS.
565
00:41:56,105 --> 00:41:57,640
I SAT DIRECTLY BEHIND HIM,
566
00:41:57,664 --> 00:42:02,803
AND THEN RANGER HOLLAND SAT
ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE AISLE.
567
00:42:02,827 --> 00:42:04,527
IT ALL SEEMS ROUTINE
568
00:42:04,551 --> 00:42:07,907
UNTIL LITTLE STARTS TALKING.
569
00:42:07,931 --> 00:42:10,566
DURING THE FLIGHT,
SAMUEL LITTLE STARTED DISCUSSING
570
00:42:10,590 --> 00:42:11,838
SOME OF THE MURDERS,
571
00:42:11,862 --> 00:42:13,289
OR REMINISCING ON
SOME OF THE MURDERS
572
00:42:13,313 --> 00:42:15,700
THAT HE WAS INVOLVED IN.
573
00:42:15,724 --> 00:42:20,010
THERE WAS NO REGARD
OR REMORSE FOR WHAT HE DID.
574
00:42:20,034 --> 00:42:24,389
IT WAS A MIX BETWEEN
REMEMBERING HIS YOUNGER DAYS
575
00:42:24,413 --> 00:42:27,596
AND AROUSAL.
576
00:42:27,620 --> 00:42:30,257
IT WAS MOST DEFINITELY CREEPY
TO BE AROUND.
577
00:42:39,620 --> 00:42:43,079
JUST AFTER THE PLANE
LANDS IN TEXAS,
578
00:42:43,103 --> 00:42:46,389
LITTLE IS WHISKED
TO THE COURTHOUSE.
579
00:42:46,413 --> 00:42:49,596
HE IMMEDIATELY FACED CHARGES
IN ECTOR COUNTY,
580
00:42:49,620 --> 00:42:51,458
WHICH IS WHERE ODESSA IS,
581
00:42:51,482 --> 00:42:55,562
FOR THE DENISE BROTHERS
HOMICIDE.
582
00:42:55,586 --> 00:42:58,320
AT THE COURTHOUSE,
SAM WAS QUIET.
583
00:42:58,344 --> 00:43:00,530
YOU JUST SAT IN HIS WHEELCHAIR
THE WHOLE TIME,
584
00:43:00,554 --> 00:43:02,598
DISCUSSED SOME THINGS
WITH HIS ATTORNEY.
585
00:43:02,622 --> 00:43:06,803
AND IT WAS A REAL SHORT HEARING,
586
00:43:06,827 --> 00:43:11,044
DENISE'S SON DAMIEN
HAS THE OPTION TO ATTEND,
587
00:43:11,068 --> 00:43:13,182
BUT HAS SECOND THOUGHTS.
588
00:43:13,206 --> 00:43:15,217
I CHOSE NOT TO GO.
589
00:43:15,241 --> 00:43:16,978
I DON'T THINK I NEED
TO SEE HIM IN THE EYES
590
00:43:17,002 --> 00:43:18,631
AND LOOK AT HIM.
591
00:43:18,655 --> 00:43:23,320
I THINK I'VE GOT ENOUGH OF WHAT
I'VE BEEN TOLD AND SEEN ON TV.
592
00:43:23,344 --> 00:43:26,596
I THINK I'VE HAD MY FILL.
593
00:43:26,620 --> 00:43:29,320
I HAVE NO ANGER TOWARDS SAMUEL.
594
00:43:29,344 --> 00:43:31,771
I'M GLAD THAT HE'S STARTING
TO CONFESS
595
00:43:31,795 --> 00:43:33,460
AND OPEN UP
TO THESE OTHER MURDERS
596
00:43:33,484 --> 00:43:36,527
THAT OTHER FAMILIES
THAT NEED CLOSURE
597
00:43:36,551 --> 00:43:40,341
OR NEED ANSWERS TO,
JUST LIKE I GOT.
598
00:43:43,551 --> 00:43:45,878
DENISE BROTHERS...
SHE'S KIND OF THE ONE
599
00:43:45,902 --> 00:43:48,424
THAT BROKE THIS ALL OPEN.
600
00:43:48,448 --> 00:43:52,562
THAT WAS THE LEAD THAT
I'D IDENTIFIED BACK IN 2014,
601
00:43:52,586 --> 00:43:56,424
AND THAT'S WHAT LED TO
JIM GETTING OUT THERE
602
00:43:56,448 --> 00:43:59,251
AND ALL OF THESE CONFESSIONS.
603
00:43:59,275 --> 00:44:03,389
DENISE HOLDS A PLACE
IN MY HEART FOR THAT.
604
00:44:03,413 --> 00:44:08,872
AFTER THE HEARING,
LITTLE IS BACK ON THE MOVE,
605
00:44:08,896 --> 00:44:13,355
SAME DAY, HE WAS FLOWN UP
TO DECATUR, TEXAS,
606
00:44:13,379 --> 00:44:15,309
AND HOUSED THERE.
607
00:44:18,413 --> 00:44:22,493
LITTLE WILL STAY HERE
CLOSE TO HOLLAND'S OFFICE
608
00:44:22,517 --> 00:44:25,803
WHILE DENISE'S CASE
MOVES THROUGH THE COURTS.
609
00:44:25,827 --> 00:44:28,113
THAT GIVES THE TEAM TIME
TO PRESS THE KILLER
610
00:44:28,137 --> 00:44:30,113
FOR MORE INFORMATION.
611
00:44:30,137 --> 00:44:32,079
SAMMY HAD A LITTLE
VACATION OUT OF CONFESSING
612
00:44:32,103 --> 00:44:34,700
TO THE HOMICIDES
THAT HE WAS INVOLVED IN.
613
00:44:34,724 --> 00:44:38,251
HE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY
TO EAT WELL FOR A LITTLE BIT.
614
00:44:38,275 --> 00:44:40,907
HE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY
TO HAVE HIS OWN ART STUDIO
615
00:44:40,931 --> 00:44:43,010
AND PAINT THE FACES
OF HIS VICTIMS.
616
00:44:43,034 --> 00:44:45,320
HE GETS TO RELIVE THOSE FACES
617
00:44:45,344 --> 00:44:49,389
IN ADDITION TO US BEING ABLE
TO CLOSE THOSE CASES.
618
00:44:49,413 --> 00:44:52,320
IF A FAMILY MEMBER
OR A LOVED ONE
619
00:44:52,344 --> 00:44:54,694
SEES THAT PORTRAIT...
620
00:44:56,758 --> 00:44:58,700
...THEY'VE BEEN ABLE
TO IDENTIFY THAT, YEAH,
621
00:44:58,724 --> 00:45:01,010
THAT THAT'S EXACTLY
HOW SHE WORE HER HAIR,
622
00:45:01,034 --> 00:45:04,104
OR THAT'S EXACTLY
HOW I REMEMBER HER SMILE.
623
00:45:06,206 --> 00:45:08,803
I DID SEE THE PORTRAIT
HE DREW OF MY MOM.
624
00:45:08,827 --> 00:45:10,564
HE CAN REMEMBER
ALL THOSE THINGS.
625
00:45:10,588 --> 00:45:15,044
IT'S KIND OF BURNT AN IMAGE IN
HIS MIND OF WHEN HE KILLS THEM.
626
00:45:15,068 --> 00:45:16,838
I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S
A GOOD THING OR A BAD THING,
627
00:45:16,862 --> 00:45:19,700
BUT IT'S A GOOD THING THESE
PICTURES ARE MATCHING UP
628
00:45:19,724 --> 00:45:22,454
TO WOMEN THAT HE'S DONE KILLED.
629
00:45:25,241 --> 00:45:27,428
NOW THE TEAM WANTS DETAILS
630
00:45:27,452 --> 00:45:31,907
ON THE OTHER 70 MURDERS
LITTLE'S CONFESSED TO.
631
00:45:31,931 --> 00:45:34,079
ANGELA AND I WENT OUT TO TEXAS,
632
00:45:34,103 --> 00:45:36,907
AND, AGAIN, WE WERE
IN AN ADJOINING ROOM,
633
00:45:36,931 --> 00:45:41,113
AND THIS TIME WE HAD
A VIDEO FEED AND AN AUDIO FEED.
634
00:45:41,137 --> 00:45:45,182
JIM WENT IN AND MET WITH LITTLE,
TALKING TO HIM ABOUT CASES,
635
00:45:45,206 --> 00:45:47,734
SOMETIMES NOT TALKING TO HIM
ABOUT ANYTHING AT ALL,
636
00:45:47,758 --> 00:45:50,631
JUST KEEPING
THAT RELATIONSHIP GOING,
637
00:45:50,655 --> 00:45:53,838
KEEPING THOSE LINES
OF COMMUNICATION OPEN,
638
00:45:53,862 --> 00:45:57,355
KEEPING LITTLE HAPPY ENOUGH
TO TALK.
639
00:45:57,379 --> 00:45:59,286
AND THEN WE HAVE
OTHER AGENCIES GOING IN
640
00:45:59,310 --> 00:46:01,116
WHERE WE KNOW THEY HAVE MATCHES,
641
00:46:01,140 --> 00:46:03,044
JUST GETTING LITTLE TO VERIFY IT
642
00:46:03,068 --> 00:46:05,148
SO THEY CAN CLOSE
THEIR CASES OUT.
643
00:46:12,827 --> 00:46:16,700
IN OCTOBER 2013, RICK BELL,
644
00:46:16,724 --> 00:46:20,079
ASSISTANT PROSECUTOR
FOR CUYAHOGA COUNTY, OHIO,
645
00:46:20,103 --> 00:46:22,320
GETS AN URGENT MESSAGE.
646
00:46:22,344 --> 00:46:24,881
THE FIRST TIME THAT I HAD
EVER EVEN HEARD OF THE NAME
647
00:46:24,905 --> 00:46:27,803
SAMUEL LITTLE
WAS FROM ANGELA WILLIAMSON.
648
00:46:27,827 --> 00:46:30,631
SHE SENT ME AN E-MAIL
REFERENCING CASES
649
00:46:30,655 --> 00:46:34,044
THAT SHE SUSPECTED
LITTLE HAD COMMITTED
650
00:46:34,068 --> 00:46:36,217
IN THE STATE OF OHIO.
651
00:46:36,241 --> 00:46:38,631
THERE WERE THREE CLEVELAND CASES
652
00:46:38,655 --> 00:46:42,941
THAT LITTLE HAD SAID
THAT HE HAD COMMITTED A MURDER.
653
00:46:42,965 --> 00:46:46,182
IN TWO OF THE CASES,
WILLIAMSON AND PALAZZOLO
654
00:46:46,206 --> 00:46:48,633
HAVE ALREADY IDENTIFIED
POTENTIAL MATCHES
655
00:46:48,657 --> 00:46:50,769
IN THE ViCAP DATABASE.
656
00:46:50,793 --> 00:46:53,430
NOW IT WILL BE UP TO
THE CLEVELAND AUTHORITIES
657
00:46:53,454 --> 00:46:55,527
TO SEAL THE DEAL.
658
00:46:55,551 --> 00:46:57,907
LITTLE HAD SOME DETAILS
659
00:46:57,931 --> 00:47:01,320
IN THAT INITIAL STATEMENT
THAT HE'D MADE,
660
00:47:01,344 --> 00:47:04,700
ENOUGH THAT WE HOPEFULLY
WOULD BE ABLE TO GO BACK
661
00:47:04,724 --> 00:47:08,941
AND FIND THOSE CASES
AND TRY TO VERIFY WHETHER OR NOT
662
00:47:08,965 --> 00:47:11,389
WHAT HE WAS TELLING US
WAS THE TRUTH.
663
00:47:57,655 --> 00:47:59,803
PROSECUTOR RICK BELL
HAS BEEN ALERTED
664
00:47:59,827 --> 00:48:02,562
TO THREE MURDERS
IN THE CLEVELAND AREA
665
00:48:02,586 --> 00:48:05,217
THAT SAMUEL LITTLE CONFESSED TO.
666
00:48:05,241 --> 00:48:07,427
ONCE WE FIND ONE
THAT'S PROMISING,
667
00:48:07,451 --> 00:48:09,115
WE SEND IT TO THE AGENCY
AND SAY,
668
00:48:09,139 --> 00:48:13,769
"ALL RIGHT, LOOK AT THIS CASE.
PULL THIS FILE."
669
00:48:13,793 --> 00:48:15,840
AT THE END OF THE DAY,
WE PUSH THE INFORMATION
670
00:48:15,864 --> 00:48:19,044
BACK TO THE AGENCIES
TO MAKE THE ARREST,
671
00:48:19,068 --> 00:48:22,665
TO RESOLVE THE CASE,
TO CONTACT THE FAMILIES.
672
00:48:22,689 --> 00:48:24,389
LITTLE HAS LEFT SOME CLUES
673
00:48:24,413 --> 00:48:26,389
FOR THE CLEVELAND INVESTIGATORS.
674
00:48:33,000 --> 00:48:38,251
THE FIRST LEADS TO A HOMICIDE
FROM THE EARLY 1980s.
675
00:48:38,275 --> 00:48:41,182
ON JULY 3rd, 1984,
676
00:48:41,206 --> 00:48:43,389
DECOMPOSED REMAINS
ARE DISCOVERED
677
00:48:43,413 --> 00:48:46,389
IN AN INDUSTRIAL PART OF TOWN.
678
00:48:46,413 --> 00:48:49,734
WORKERS HAD SEEN
SOME BODY FLUIDS
679
00:48:49,758 --> 00:48:53,769
COMING UNDERNEATH THE DOOR WELL
680
00:48:53,793 --> 00:48:59,079
INTO THE BASEMENT
OF THE MANUFACTURING PLANT.
681
00:48:59,103 --> 00:49:01,190
AND THEY LOOKED INTO
THE STAIRWELL ITSELF
682
00:49:01,214 --> 00:49:04,734
AND FOUND THE BODY.
683
00:49:04,758 --> 00:49:06,769
THE BODY WASN'T DISCOVERED
684
00:49:06,793 --> 00:49:10,251
POSSIBLY FOR A MONTH
OR TWO MONTHS
685
00:49:10,275 --> 00:49:12,389
AFTER SHE HAD BEEN KILLED.
686
00:49:12,413 --> 00:49:16,010
VICTIM IS MARY JO PEYTON.
687
00:49:16,034 --> 00:49:19,044
MARY JO HAD GOTTEN
IN SOME TROUBLE.
688
00:49:19,068 --> 00:49:21,805
HER FINGERPRINT HAD BEEN TAKEN,
SO ULTIMATELY,
689
00:49:21,829 --> 00:49:24,687
SHE WAS IDENTIFIED
THROUGH A FINGERPRINT.
690
00:49:27,517 --> 00:49:31,527
LITTLE SAYS HE MET HER AT A BAR.
691
00:49:31,551 --> 00:49:33,389
SHE WAS ALONE AT THE BAR.
692
00:49:33,413 --> 00:49:35,976
LITTLE TOOK HER IN HIS CAR
693
00:49:36,000 --> 00:49:40,113
WITH THE PROMISE
OF GETTING MORE ALCOHOL,
694
00:49:40,137 --> 00:49:43,734
AND SHE WENT WITH HIM
IN ORDER TO DRINK WITH THIS MAN
695
00:49:43,758 --> 00:49:48,044
THAT WAS PAYING
SOME ATTENTION TO HER.
696
00:49:48,068 --> 00:49:49,458
YET ANOTHER VICTIM
697
00:49:49,482 --> 00:49:52,458
LULLED INTO A FALSE SENSE
OF SECURITY.
698
00:50:14,689 --> 00:50:18,493
OUR SECOND VICTIM
WAS A WHITE FEMALE
699
00:50:18,517 --> 00:50:21,493
THAT LITTLE SAYS THAT
HE HAD KILLED
700
00:50:21,517 --> 00:50:25,700
POSSIBLY IN 1991.
701
00:50:25,724 --> 00:50:28,355
WE WERE ABLE TO LOCATE A FILE
702
00:50:28,379 --> 00:50:32,872
THAT FIT THE DESCRIPTION
OF THE VICTIM PERFECTLY...
703
00:50:32,896 --> 00:50:36,716
DARK HAIR, SKINNY,
WEARING JEANS.
704
00:50:40,482 --> 00:50:42,049
LITTLE VIVIDLY REMEMBERS
705
00:50:42,073 --> 00:50:46,788
LEAVING HER IN A FIELD
AND COVERING HER WITH TIRES.
706
00:50:49,379 --> 00:50:53,734
HER BODY HAD BEEN FOUND
ALMOST IMMEDIATELY.
707
00:50:53,758 --> 00:50:57,527
SO IN THIS SITUATION, THE POLICE
WERE ABLE TO DETERMINE
708
00:50:57,551 --> 00:51:01,031
THAT SHE, IN FACT,
WAS MANUALLY STRANGLED.
709
00:51:02,793 --> 00:51:06,769
HER NAME IS ROSE EVANS.
710
00:51:06,793 --> 00:51:09,631
SHE CAME FROM
BINGHAMTON, NEW YORK,
711
00:51:09,655 --> 00:51:12,596
WITH THE IDEA THAT SHE WAS GOING
TO BE WORKING IN CLEVELAND.
712
00:51:12,620 --> 00:51:18,450
UNFORTUNATELY, SHE DID BECOME
ADDICTED TO COCAINE.
713
00:51:21,103 --> 00:51:25,355
AND THERE'S NOTHING
HER FAMILY CAN DO TO HELP.
714
00:51:25,379 --> 00:51:28,734
ROSE WAS
FIVE YEARS OLDER THAN ME.
715
00:51:28,758 --> 00:51:32,148
SHE ALWAYS LIKED TO JOKE AROUND,
MAKE PEOPLE LAUGH, YOU KNOW?
716
00:51:32,172 --> 00:51:34,458
SHE'D GIVE HER SHIRT
OFF HER BACK.
717
00:51:34,482 --> 00:51:36,458
SHE JUST DID HER OWN THING.
718
00:51:36,482 --> 00:51:40,320
SHE WAS GETTING HIGH EVERY DAY,
YOU KNOW, WALKING THE STREETS.
719
00:51:40,344 --> 00:51:43,527
AND I'M LIKE, YOU KNOW,
"GOT TO BE CAREFUL
720
00:51:43,551 --> 00:51:45,048
BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW
WHO'S OUT THERE
721
00:51:45,072 --> 00:51:47,182
GONNA DO SOMETHING TO YOU."
722
00:51:47,206 --> 00:51:51,527
SHE ALWAYS SAYS, "I GOT IT,
I GOT IT, I GOT IT."
723
00:51:51,551 --> 00:51:56,734
IN 1991, THE FAMILY'S
WORST FEARS COME TRUE.
724
00:51:56,758 --> 00:51:59,907
I WAS HOME WITH MY MOTHER
AND MY TWO CHILDREN.
725
00:51:59,931 --> 00:52:04,281
THEY KNOCKED ON THE DOOR,
AND THEY SAID, "IT'S ROSE."
726
00:52:08,689 --> 00:52:10,566
RICK BELL WANTS JUSTICE
727
00:52:10,590 --> 00:52:13,166
FOR ROSE EVANS
AND MARY JO PEYTON...
728
00:52:15,482 --> 00:52:19,010
...AND FOR A THIRD OHIO WOMAN.
729
00:52:19,034 --> 00:52:22,665
BETWEEN 1977 AND 1979,
730
00:52:22,689 --> 00:52:25,389
HE HAD PICKED UP A BLACK FEMALE
731
00:52:25,413 --> 00:52:28,562
WHO WAS SKINNY
AND 20 YEARS OF AGE.
732
00:52:28,586 --> 00:52:31,493
AND HE SAID THAT
SHE HAD A DRESS ON
733
00:52:31,517 --> 00:52:35,872
AND HE HAD DISPOSED OF HER
AFTER HE KILLED HER
734
00:52:35,896 --> 00:52:37,803
ON A HIGHWAY
735
00:52:37,827 --> 00:52:41,665
BETWEEN CLEVELAND
AND THE CITY OF AKRON.
736
00:52:41,689 --> 00:52:43,769
LITTLE HAD GIVEN
ENOUGH INFORMATION
737
00:52:43,793 --> 00:52:45,880
THAT WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE
TO FIND THE FILE
738
00:52:45,904 --> 00:52:51,251
IF THERE WAS, IN FACT, A BODY
THAT HAD EVER BEEN RECOVERED.
739
00:52:51,275 --> 00:52:52,424
SO WE'RE LOOKING.
740
00:52:52,448 --> 00:52:55,665
WE'RE STILL TRYING TO
IDENTIFY THIS PERSON
741
00:52:55,689 --> 00:52:59,389
AND IDENTIFY THIS CASE.
742
00:52:59,413 --> 00:53:03,670
JUST ONE MORE JANE DOE AMONG
SO MANY OF LITTLE'S VICTIMS.
743
00:53:18,172 --> 00:53:20,527
IT'S FALL OF 2018
744
00:53:20,551 --> 00:53:23,498
WHEN PASCAGOULA P.D.
LIEUTENANT DARREN VERSIGA
745
00:53:23,522 --> 00:53:27,355
REJOINS
THE LITTLE INVESTIGATION.
746
00:53:27,379 --> 00:53:30,665
THE RANGERS TELLING ME
THAT SAM IS CONFESSING
747
00:53:30,689 --> 00:53:35,596
TO THE TWO CASES AND WANTS...
748
00:53:35,620 --> 00:53:37,116
OBVIOUSLY, MELINDA LaPREE,
749
00:53:37,140 --> 00:53:39,769
THERE'S NO DOUBTING
THE INFORMATION THERE.
750
00:53:39,793 --> 00:53:45,527
THE SECOND IS
A JANE DOE KILLED IN 1977.
751
00:53:45,551 --> 00:53:47,079
OUR FIRST ARREST
752
00:53:47,103 --> 00:53:50,872
ON SAM LITTLE WAS 8/11 OF 1977.
753
00:53:50,896 --> 00:53:54,010
SO 8/11/1977, HE'S HERE,
754
00:53:54,034 --> 00:53:57,838
AND I'VE GOT REMAINS FOUND.
12/27 OF '77,
755
00:53:57,862 --> 00:53:59,596
SKELETAL REMAINS FOUND.
756
00:53:59,620 --> 00:54:02,769
SO I'M THINKING
HE WAS HERE 8/11 OF '77,
757
00:54:02,793 --> 00:54:05,700
HE KILLED THEN.
758
00:54:05,724 --> 00:54:09,872
VERSIGA TRAVELS
TO TEXAS TO QUESTION LITTLE.
759
00:54:09,896 --> 00:54:13,079
BUT HOLLAND HAS CONCERNS
BECAUSE THE SUSPECT
760
00:54:13,103 --> 00:54:15,872
AND DETECTIVE
HAVE ALREADY CROSSED PATHS
761
00:54:15,896 --> 00:54:20,010
AT LITTLE'S 2014 TRIAL
IN LOS ANGELES.
762
00:54:20,034 --> 00:54:23,121
IF HE RECOGNIZES FROM CALIFORNIA
TESTIFYING AGAINST HIM,
763
00:54:23,145 --> 00:54:24,389
HE MAY SHUT DOWN.
764
00:54:24,413 --> 00:54:25,430
AND SO THEY WERE WORRIED
ABOUT THAT,
765
00:54:25,454 --> 00:54:27,976
OBVIOUSLY WORRIED ABOUT THAT.
766
00:54:28,000 --> 00:54:30,320
HOLLAND SUGGESTS
ALL THE OTHER DETECTIVES
767
00:54:30,344 --> 00:54:34,976
IN LINE THAT DAY
QUESTION LITTLE FIRST.
768
00:54:35,000 --> 00:54:39,424
HE WANTS ME TO BE THE VERY LAST
PERSON TO INTERVIEW SAM.
769
00:54:39,448 --> 00:54:41,596
SO I GET TO WATCH
ALL THE INTERVIEWS,
770
00:54:41,620 --> 00:54:44,286
AND THAT'S JUST
RIGHT UP MY ALLEY.
771
00:54:44,310 --> 00:54:47,217
LISTENING TO HIS EVERY WORD
AND EVERY STORY
772
00:54:47,241 --> 00:54:49,907
IS PROBABLY
THE MOST VALUABLE INFORMATION
773
00:54:49,931 --> 00:54:51,907
I'VE EVER OBTAINED
AS A DETECTIVE,
774
00:54:51,931 --> 00:54:54,700
AS AN INVESTIGATOR,
EVER IN MY CAREER,
775
00:54:54,724 --> 00:54:57,941
BECAUSE THAT'S A TRUE KILLER.
776
00:54:57,965 --> 00:55:02,320
AND I CAN SEE HOW HE'S BEEN
GETTING AWAY WITH THIS FOREVER.
777
00:55:02,344 --> 00:55:05,284
IT'S A DISTURBING
WINDOW INTO THE KILLER'S PAST.
778
00:55:11,724 --> 00:55:13,104
YEAH?
779
00:55:58,103 --> 00:56:00,631
IN THE FALL OF 2018,
780
00:56:00,655 --> 00:56:03,734
CHRISTIE PALAZZOLO
AND ANGELA WILLIAMSON
781
00:56:03,758 --> 00:56:05,596
HAVE ASSEMBLED
MANY OF THE INVESTIGATORS
782
00:56:05,620 --> 00:56:10,769
EAGER TO FOLLOW UP ON
SAMUEL LITTLE'S UNSOLVED CRIMES.
783
00:56:10,793 --> 00:56:13,769
A LOT OF COORDINATION
AND OUTREACH,
784
00:56:13,793 --> 00:56:15,734
BRINGING IN OTHER AGENCIES
785
00:56:15,758 --> 00:56:17,564
SO THAT THEY COULD TALK
TO LITTLE
786
00:56:17,588 --> 00:56:19,769
SO THAT THEY COULD ASK HIM
THEIR QUESTIONS
787
00:56:19,793 --> 00:56:24,044
AND GET ADDITIONAL DETAILS
ABOUT THE CASES.
788
00:56:24,068 --> 00:56:27,113
WHEN A SERIAL KILLER
STARTS TALKING,
789
00:56:27,137 --> 00:56:29,286
THE DETECTIVES START LINING UP.
790
00:56:29,310 --> 00:56:31,010
THERE COULD BE
12 DETECTIVES THERE,
791
00:56:31,034 --> 00:56:35,594
8 DETECTIVES THERE A DAY
TO INTERVIEW HIM.
792
00:56:37,413 --> 00:56:41,120
LIEUTENANT DARREN VERSIGA
AND DETECTIVE KEVIN ALLEN
793
00:56:41,144 --> 00:56:43,700
ARE AMONG THOSE
WAITING THEIR TURN.
794
00:56:43,724 --> 00:56:46,881
RANGER HOLLAND TOLD US,
DO NOT ACCUSE HIM OF CRIMES
795
00:56:46,905 --> 00:56:49,941
THAT HE HAD NOT ALREADY
MADE ADMISSIONS TO,
796
00:56:49,965 --> 00:56:52,217
THAT IT WAS NOT
A FISHING EXPEDITION
797
00:56:52,241 --> 00:56:54,598
TO TRY TO CLEAR
EVERY UNSOLVED HOMICIDE
798
00:56:54,622 --> 00:56:57,320
THAT ALL OF
OUR JURISDICTIONS HAD.
799
00:56:57,344 --> 00:56:59,355
IT WAS GREAT DIRECTION.
800
00:56:59,379 --> 00:57:03,148
JIM WOULD TELL THEM,
"JUST GO IN, SPECIFY A LOCATION
801
00:57:03,172 --> 00:57:05,288
SO HE KNOWS WHICH CASE
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT,
802
00:57:05,312 --> 00:57:07,148
AND JUST LET HIM TELL HIS STORY.
803
00:57:07,172 --> 00:57:08,803
DON'T INTERRUPT.
804
00:57:08,827 --> 00:57:10,769
SAVE YOUR QUESTIONS
TILL THE END.
805
00:57:10,793 --> 00:57:12,562
JUST LET HIM GO."
806
00:57:12,586 --> 00:57:14,633
HE HAS THESE
SELF-CONTAINED STORIES,
807
00:57:14,657 --> 00:57:16,941
AND HE HAS A WAY
OF TELLING THEM,
808
00:57:16,965 --> 00:57:21,907
AND IF YOU INTERRUPT HIM,
IT JARS HIM.
809
00:57:21,931 --> 00:57:26,355
ALSO, LITTLE HAS CONDITIONS.
810
00:57:26,379 --> 00:57:30,424
HE WOULD NOT TALK TO ME
UNTIL WE SHOWED HIM A FORM
811
00:57:30,448 --> 00:57:32,355
WHERE OUR DISTRICT ATTORNEY
WAS GONNA
812
00:57:32,379 --> 00:57:35,872
BYPASS THE DEATH PENALTY.
813
00:57:35,896 --> 00:57:38,355
RANGER HOLLAND SUGGESTED
WE HAVE THAT WAIVER WITH US,
814
00:57:38,379 --> 00:57:41,320
THAT WE SHOW IT
TO MR. LITTLE IMMEDIATELY
815
00:57:41,344 --> 00:57:45,044
AND THEN GET
THAT OUT OF THE WAY.
816
00:57:45,068 --> 00:57:48,148
AND THERE ARE OTHER WARNINGS.
817
00:57:48,172 --> 00:57:54,320
WE WERE TOLD THAT SOMETIMES
AS HE IS RETELLING THE STORIES
818
00:57:54,344 --> 00:58:00,044
HE IS GETTING AROUSED AGAIN,
EVEN AT 78 YEARS OLD.
819
00:58:00,068 --> 00:58:02,907
ONCE HE BEGAN TALKING
ABOUT ALL THESE MURDERS,
820
00:58:02,931 --> 00:58:04,878
IT WAS ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY
FOR HIM
821
00:58:04,902 --> 00:58:08,251
TO PROLONG
HIS SEXUAL SATISFACTION.
822
00:58:08,275 --> 00:58:10,424
I ABSOLUTELY THINK
THAT IT BECAME
823
00:58:10,448 --> 00:58:14,458
AN INCREDIBLY ENJOYABLE PROCESS
FOR HIM.
824
00:58:14,482 --> 00:58:17,148
VERSIGA JUST HOPES
LITTLE WON'T RECOGNIZE HIM
825
00:58:17,172 --> 00:58:18,862
FROM THE L.A. TRIAL.
826
00:58:22,344 --> 00:58:23,741
HE CAME IN IN A WHEELCHAIR,
827
00:58:23,765 --> 00:58:26,634
BUT THEN HE GOT UP
AND HOBBLED OVER TO HIS CHAIR.
828
00:58:26,658 --> 00:58:27,907
HE'S A WEAK MAN NOW.
829
00:58:27,931 --> 00:58:30,355
HE'S NOT THE POWERHOUSE HE WAS
830
00:58:30,379 --> 00:58:33,113
WHEN HE WAS KILLING PEOPLE,
FOR SURE.
831
00:58:33,137 --> 00:58:35,907
IMMEDIATELY, RIGHT OFF THE BAT,
HE RECOGNIZES ME.
832
00:58:35,931 --> 00:58:39,700
HE SAID, "MAN, I KNOW YOU."
833
00:58:39,724 --> 00:58:41,461
THE RANGER JUST CAME UP AND
SAID, "NAH, THAT'S SOME OTHER
834
00:58:41,485 --> 00:58:44,636
FAT-ASS THAT CAME IN HERE,"
'CAUSE, YOU KNOW, I'M HEAVY.
835
00:58:44,660 --> 00:58:47,389
AND SAM LAUGHED, I LAUGHED,
THE RANGER LAUGHED,
836
00:58:47,413 --> 00:58:49,355
AND THAT GOT US IN.
837
00:58:49,379 --> 00:58:51,458
VERSIGA STEERS THE CONVERSATION
838
00:58:51,482 --> 00:58:54,665
TO THE 1982 MURDER
OF MELINDA LaPREE.
839
00:59:02,827 --> 00:59:05,700
THE REASON WHY
THAT HE WASN'T CHARGED
840
00:59:05,724 --> 00:59:08,355
IS BECAUSE THERE WAS
A PROSTITUTE
841
00:59:08,379 --> 00:59:10,769
THAT ACTUALLY SAW MELINDA
COME BACK
842
00:59:10,793 --> 00:59:14,665
AND SAW SAM DROP MELINDA OFF.
843
00:59:14,689 --> 00:59:16,941
36 YEARS LATER,
844
00:59:16,965 --> 00:59:21,389
LITTLE REVEALS
WHAT REALLY HAPPENED THAT NIGHT.
845
00:59:21,413 --> 00:59:25,048
HE TOLD HER, "LET THEM
SEE THAT YOU WERE HERE,
846
00:59:25,072 --> 00:59:27,658
COME OUT THROUGH THE BACK,
AND THEN I'LL COME PICK YOU UP."
847
00:59:35,758 --> 00:59:38,700
SHE GOES OUT THE BACK DOOR,
GETS INTO THE VEHICLE,
848
00:59:38,724 --> 00:59:42,214
AND THEY DRIVE WEST
TOWARDS THE CEMETERY.
849
01:00:02,206 --> 01:00:03,633
HE SAID THEY GOT IN THE CAR,
850
01:00:03,657 --> 01:00:05,907
AND THEN THEY GO BACK OVER
TO THE CEMETERY,
851
01:00:05,931 --> 01:00:07,182
AND THEN KILLS HER,
852
01:00:07,206 --> 01:00:09,838
AND THEN HE THROWS HER
ON THOSE FLOWERS.
853
01:00:09,862 --> 01:00:11,809
AND THAT ABSOLUTELY
DID IT FOR ME
854
01:00:11,833 --> 01:00:14,493
BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE
SHE WAS FOUND.
855
01:00:14,517 --> 01:00:18,803
FOR THE FAMILY,
THE TRUTH BRINGS RELIEF.
856
01:00:18,827 --> 01:00:20,943
THE TERRIBLE THING IS,
IS NOT KNOWING.
857
01:00:20,967 --> 01:00:22,355
SO WHEN YOU DO FIND OUT,
858
01:00:22,379 --> 01:00:25,355
EVEN THOUGH IT'S VERY UNSETTLING
AND HAUNTING,
859
01:00:25,379 --> 01:00:27,636
IT'S BETTER THAN THE HAUNTING
THAT'S BEEN GOING ON
860
01:00:27,660 --> 01:00:29,631
FOR 35-PLUS YEARS
861
01:00:29,655 --> 01:00:32,700
OF WHAT HER LAST MOMENTS
WERE LIKE.
862
01:00:40,724 --> 01:00:45,907
JUST DAYS BEFORE
MELINDA LaPREE'S MURDER IN 1982,
863
01:00:45,931 --> 01:00:49,665
PATRICIA MOUNT
WAS KILLED NEARBY.
864
01:00:49,689 --> 01:00:54,596
LITTLE WAS TRIED IN THAT CASE
BUT ACQUITTED.
865
01:00:54,620 --> 01:00:57,803
NOW THAT HE'S COME CLEAN,
866
01:00:57,827 --> 01:01:01,079
DETECTIVE ALLEN HAS QUESTIONS.
867
01:01:01,103 --> 01:01:02,980
I WANTED TO HEAR WHAT
SAM LITTLE HAD TO SAY.
868
01:01:03,004 --> 01:01:07,010
IF HE HAD CONFESSED TO A MURDER
THAT OCCURRED IN ALACHUA COUNTY,
869
01:01:07,034 --> 01:01:09,458
I WANTED TO CONFRONT HIM
WITH THAT,
870
01:01:09,482 --> 01:01:12,219
WHETHER THE CASE HAD GONE
TO TRIAL OR NOT.
871
01:01:12,243 --> 01:01:15,341
RANGER HOLLAND ALWAYS
MAKES INTRODUCTIONS.
872
01:01:36,310 --> 01:01:39,410
LITTLE REMEMBERS PATRICIA WELL.
873
01:02:25,620 --> 01:02:29,320
WHEN HE SAW HER THROAT,
WHEN HE SAW HER NECK,
874
01:02:29,344 --> 01:02:31,700
HE KNEW WHAT HE WANTED,
AND HE KNEW IF HE COULD,
875
01:02:31,724 --> 01:02:34,700
HE WAS GONNA TAKE IT THAT NIGHT.
876
01:02:34,724 --> 01:02:37,700
LITTLE DROVE PATRICIA
AROUND FOR A WHILE
877
01:02:37,724 --> 01:02:40,454
BEFORE PARKING IN A HAYFIELD.
878
01:03:16,517 --> 01:03:18,458
36 YEARS LATER,
879
01:03:18,482 --> 01:03:22,872
ALLEN FINALLY HAS
THE CONFESSION HE NEEDS.
880
01:03:22,896 --> 01:03:24,286
HE WAS COOPERATIVE.
881
01:03:24,310 --> 01:03:28,803
I FOUND HIM EASY TO TALK TO.
882
01:03:28,827 --> 01:03:32,665
SAMUEL LITTLE IS
AN ENGAGING PERSON.
883
01:03:32,689 --> 01:03:34,838
HE CAN BE VERY CHARISMATIC.
884
01:03:34,862 --> 01:03:37,734
HE'S FUNNY. HE'S WITTY.
885
01:03:37,758 --> 01:03:40,251
HE'S A GREAT STORYTELLER.
886
01:03:40,275 --> 01:03:42,700
YOU KNOW, YOU MIGHT GO
INTO AN INTERVIEW,
887
01:03:42,724 --> 01:03:45,981
YOU KNOW, ANTICIPATING YOU'RE
SITTING ACROSS FROM A MONSTER.
888
01:03:46,005 --> 01:03:50,320
AND HE DID MONSTROUS THINGS,
NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT.
889
01:03:50,344 --> 01:03:52,771
BUT THE HUMAN BEING
THAT I INTERVIEWED
890
01:03:52,795 --> 01:03:56,355
WAS VERY FORTHRIGHT AND OPEN.
891
01:03:56,379 --> 01:04:00,113
YOU BEGIN TO SEE
HOW HE COULD CHARM THESE WOMEN
892
01:04:00,137 --> 01:04:02,389
INTO GOING WITH HIM.
893
01:04:02,413 --> 01:04:04,500
ALL THESE WOMEN,
THEY WENT WITH HIM WILLINGLY
894
01:04:04,524 --> 01:04:09,182
'CAUSE HE WAS CHARMING
AND ATTRACTIVE IN HIS DAY.
895
01:04:09,206 --> 01:04:10,976
AND HE TOOK ADVANTAGE
OF THESE WOMEN
896
01:04:11,000 --> 01:04:14,590
THAT THOUGHT HE WAS SOMEONE FUN
TO HANG OUT WITH.
897
01:04:19,275 --> 01:04:22,769
MONTHS AFTER FIRST
HEARING FROM THE FBI TEAM,
898
01:04:22,793 --> 01:04:26,872
OHIO PROSECUTOR RICK BELL
AND A COLD-CASE INVESTIGATOR
899
01:04:26,896 --> 01:04:29,665
ARRIVE FOR THEIR TURN
WITH LITTLE.
900
01:04:29,689 --> 01:04:31,946
BEFORE THEIR INTERVIEW
WITH THE KILLER,
901
01:04:31,970 --> 01:04:34,838
THEY GET DIRECTIONS
FROM HOLLAND.
902
01:04:34,862 --> 01:04:38,941
HE TOLD US TO STAY AWAY
FROM SUGGESTING TO LITTLE
903
01:04:38,965 --> 01:04:41,596
THAT HE HAD RAPED THESE WOMEN.
904
01:04:41,620 --> 01:04:47,286
HE WANTED US TO BE CAREFUL
ABOUT IMPLODING OUR INTERVIEW.
905
01:04:47,310 --> 01:04:50,830
BUT THERE ARE SOME THINGS
YOU JUST CAN'T PREPARE FOR.
906
01:05:49,689 --> 01:05:51,079
AFTER LISTENING TO DOZENS
907
01:05:51,103 --> 01:05:53,493
OF SAMUEL LITTLE'S CONFESSIONS,
908
01:05:53,517 --> 01:05:57,976
CHRISTIE PALAZZOLO AND ANGELA
WILLIAMSON RETURN TO THE FBI,
909
01:05:58,000 --> 01:06:00,907
BUT THE INVESTIGATION
FORGES AHEAD.
910
01:06:00,931 --> 01:06:03,668
I WOULD GO HOME AT NIGHT,
ON THE WEEKENDS,
911
01:06:03,692 --> 01:06:05,803
LOOKING AT NEWSPAPER ARTICLES,
912
01:06:05,827 --> 01:06:07,907
TRYING TO FIND THINGS
THAT MATCHED UP,
913
01:06:07,931 --> 01:06:10,286
SO ALWAYS SEARCHING.
914
01:06:16,620 --> 01:06:19,357
OHIO PROSECUTOR
RICK BELL TAKES HIS TURN
915
01:06:19,381 --> 01:06:21,320
IN THE INTERVIEW ROOM
916
01:06:21,344 --> 01:06:23,951
AND QUESTIONS LITTLE
ABOUT THREE COLD CASES
917
01:06:23,975 --> 01:06:26,355
FROM THE CLEVELAND AREA.
918
01:06:26,379 --> 01:06:28,217
THE MOST IMPORTANT THING
919
01:06:28,241 --> 01:06:30,878
WHEN YOU'RE INTERROGATING
SOMEBODY LIKE LITTLE
920
01:06:30,902 --> 01:06:34,527
IS JUST TO BE NON-JUDGMENTAL.
921
01:06:34,551 --> 01:06:37,217
WELL, I WASN'T
IN MY SUIT AND TIE.
922
01:06:37,241 --> 01:06:41,010
WE DIDN'T WANT HIM
SEEING ME AS A LAWYER.
923
01:06:41,034 --> 01:06:44,872
I STARTED TALKING ABOUT
THE BROWNS, THE NEW QUARTERBACK.
924
01:06:44,896 --> 01:06:48,596
WE TALKED ABOUT LORAIN
AND GROWING UP IN CLEVELAND,
925
01:06:48,620 --> 01:06:51,596
YOU DEFINITELY NOTICED
HIS HANDS.
926
01:06:51,620 --> 01:06:53,734
HE HAS VERY LARGE HANDS.
927
01:06:58,551 --> 01:07:00,638
BELL AND HIS INVESTIGATORS START
928
01:07:00,662 --> 01:07:04,305
WITH THE 1984 KILLING
OF MARY JO PEYTON.
929
01:07:26,103 --> 01:07:30,182
WE COULD ACTUALLY MAKE
SURE THAT HE WAS DESCRIBING
930
01:07:30,206 --> 01:07:32,838
THE WAY THAT
THE BUILDING LOOKED,
931
01:07:32,862 --> 01:07:35,527
WHERE HIS CAR
WOULD HAVE BEEN PARKED,
932
01:07:35,551 --> 01:07:36,838
WHAT SIDE OF THE BUILDING
933
01:07:36,862 --> 01:07:39,242
HE WOULD HAVE EVENTUALLY
HAVE DUMPED HER ON.
934
01:07:58,862 --> 01:08:01,734
WHAT'S MOST IMPORTANT
IS WHETHER OR NOT
935
01:08:01,758 --> 01:08:06,286
HE COULD DESCRIBE THE WAY
THAT HER BODY WAS LAYING
936
01:08:06,310 --> 01:08:09,100
AT THE BOTTOM OF THE STAIRWELL.
937
01:08:30,620 --> 01:08:35,458
LITTLE CONFIRMS
MARY JO'S RESTING PLACE,
938
01:08:35,482 --> 01:08:39,631
SOMETHING ONLY
THE KILLER WOULD KNOW.
939
01:08:39,655 --> 01:08:43,375
NEXT, THEY TURN
TO THE ROSE EVANS CASE.
940
01:09:25,068 --> 01:09:27,389
LITTLE REMEMBERS THESE YEARS
941
01:09:27,413 --> 01:09:29,941
BY THE CARS THAT HE'S DRIVING.
942
01:09:29,965 --> 01:09:33,275
HE'S INFATUATED WITH CARS.
943
01:09:34,965 --> 01:09:39,389
THEY WERE IN THIS VAN,
AND HE WAS IN THE BACK
944
01:09:39,413 --> 01:09:42,670
TRYING TO GET HER TO COME
FROM THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT
945
01:09:42,694 --> 01:09:44,665
TO THE BACK WITH HIM.
946
01:09:44,689 --> 01:09:47,495
AND SHE WAS SAYING
THAT SHE WAS NOT GOING TO
947
01:09:47,519 --> 01:09:48,769
GET IN THE BACK WITH HIM
948
01:09:48,793 --> 01:09:52,596
BECAUSE SHE KNEW
THAT HE WOULD KILL HER.
949
01:09:52,620 --> 01:09:54,941
AND TO US, HE LAUGHED...
950
01:09:56,379 --> 01:09:58,803
...AS, "LITTLE DID SHE KNOW
951
01:09:58,827 --> 01:10:01,337
THAT I WAS GOING TO DO
JUST THAT."
952
01:10:03,034 --> 01:10:07,665
AND HE DID EVENTUALLY GET HER
TO COME IN THE BACK,
953
01:10:07,689 --> 01:10:09,458
AND HE STRANGLED HER TO DEATH.
954
01:10:16,517 --> 01:10:18,596
THE LAST VICTIM BELL ASKS ABOUT
955
01:10:18,620 --> 01:10:21,044
IS A JANE DOE.
956
01:10:21,068 --> 01:10:25,182
LITTLE CONFIRMS HE KILLED
A THIRD WOMAN IN THE AREA,
957
01:10:25,206 --> 01:10:27,236
BUT CAN'T HELP IDENTIFY HER.
958
01:10:59,103 --> 01:11:02,217
BELL AND HIS INVESTIGATOR
KEEP LITTLE TALKING
959
01:11:02,241 --> 01:11:05,211
IN HOPES OF UNEARTHING
NEW CLUES IN THE CASE.
960
01:11:32,172 --> 01:11:35,148
SUDDENLY,
THE DISTURBING INTERVIEW
961
01:11:35,172 --> 01:11:38,079
TAKES AN EVEN DARKER TURN.
962
01:11:38,103 --> 01:11:40,600
HE STARTED TALKING ABOUT
PUTTING HIS HANDS
963
01:11:40,624 --> 01:11:44,000
ON THE THROATS OF WOMEN.
964
01:12:12,862 --> 01:12:16,113
AND AS HE WAS DESCRIBING THAT,
965
01:12:16,137 --> 01:12:19,872
HE ALSO HAD STARTED
MOVING HIS HANDS
966
01:12:19,896 --> 01:12:22,320
UNDERNEATH THE TABLE,
967
01:12:22,344 --> 01:12:25,010
PLEASING HIMSELF.
968
01:12:25,034 --> 01:12:28,671
I DIDN'T RECOGNIZE THIS,
BUT I KNOW MY INVESTIGATOR DID.
969
01:12:28,695 --> 01:12:34,734
HE CONTINUES TO BE
SEXUALLY STIMULATED BY VIOLENCE
970
01:12:34,758 --> 01:12:38,079
AND BY RELIVING THESE THINGS
OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
971
01:12:38,103 --> 01:12:41,562
WE CAN ABSOLUTELY ASSUME
THAT WHEN HE FANTASIZES
972
01:12:41,586 --> 01:12:44,148
ABOUT SEX,
WHEN HE FANTASIZES ABOUT WOMEN,
973
01:12:44,172 --> 01:12:48,172
HE IS STILL FANTASIZING
ABOUT HIS VICTIMS.
974
01:12:50,413 --> 01:12:54,044
LUCKILY,
BELL HAS EVERYTHING HE NEEDS.
975
01:12:54,068 --> 01:12:57,044
WE HAD ENOUGH EVIDENCE
AT THAT TIME TO CHARGE HIM
976
01:12:57,068 --> 01:12:58,355
AND TO FEEL COMFORTABLE
977
01:12:58,379 --> 01:13:01,424
THAT THE PROSECUTION
WAS GOING TO BE STRONG.
978
01:13:01,448 --> 01:13:05,596
WE TALKED ABOUT HOW WE'D NEVER
SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS,
979
01:13:05,620 --> 01:13:08,976
SOMEBODY THIS CALLOUS,
980
01:13:09,000 --> 01:13:10,872
ALSO COOPERATIVE,
981
01:13:10,896 --> 01:13:13,562
TO TELL YOU EVERYTHING
THAT HE HAD DONE.
982
01:13:13,586 --> 01:13:18,458
YOU CAME TO THE REALIZATION
OF JUST HOW UGLY THIS ALL IS.
983
01:13:18,482 --> 01:13:21,527
AND IT'S VERY HARD,
VERY DIFFICULT,
984
01:13:21,551 --> 01:13:25,389
TO HAVE SOME TYPE OF MEANING
WITH ALL OF THIS.
985
01:13:31,344 --> 01:13:33,601
NONETHELESS, ON A VIDEO FEED
986
01:13:33,625 --> 01:13:36,182
LINKED TO A COURT IN OHIO,
987
01:13:36,206 --> 01:13:38,458
LITTLE DOES FACE JUSTICE
FOR MURDERING
988
01:13:38,482 --> 01:13:42,286
MARY JO PEYTON AND ROSE EVANS.
989
01:13:42,310 --> 01:13:44,667
THE DEFENDANT WILL BE AGREEING
TO PLEAD GUILTY
990
01:13:44,691 --> 01:13:47,527
TO COUNTS ONE AND SIX
WITH THE UNDERSTANDING
991
01:13:47,551 --> 01:13:50,808
THAT THEY ARE TO BE SERVED
CONSECUTIVELY TO EACH OTHER.
992
01:13:50,832 --> 01:13:53,700
SIR, HOW DO YOU PLEAD
TO COUNT ONE,
993
01:13:53,724 --> 01:13:58,458
THE AGGRAVATED MURDER CHARGE
CAUSING THE DEATH WITH PURPOSE
994
01:13:58,482 --> 01:14:02,803
AND PRIOR CALCULATION AND DESIGN
OF MARY JO PEYTON, SIR?
995
01:14:02,827 --> 01:14:06,458
HOW DO YOU PLEAD?
GUILTY OR NOT GUILTY?
996
01:14:06,482 --> 01:14:08,412
GUILTY.
997
01:14:10,172 --> 01:14:12,665
THE EFFECT OF YOUR ACTIONS,
998
01:14:12,689 --> 01:14:16,286
THE HEINOUS CRIMES THAT YOU
COMMITTED AGAINST THESE WOMEN
999
01:14:16,310 --> 01:14:20,320
ALL ACROSS THE UNITED STATES,
HAVE LEFT MANY PEOPLE
1000
01:14:20,344 --> 01:14:23,424
WITH WHAT I WOULD SAY,
A HOLE IN THEIR LIVES
1001
01:14:23,448 --> 01:14:27,734
BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE
AN OPPORTUNITY FOR CLOSURE.
1002
01:14:27,758 --> 01:14:30,148
PALAZZOLO
AND WILLIAMSON WON'T REST
1003
01:14:30,172 --> 01:14:34,907
UNTIL ALL THE VICTIMS' FAMILIES
HAVE ANSWERS.
1004
01:14:34,931 --> 01:14:37,010
THERE ALWAYS IS SOMEONE
WHO WANTS TO KNOW,
1005
01:14:37,034 --> 01:14:40,951
SOMEONE WHO'S YEARNING FOR THAT
LITTLE PIECE OF INFORMATION,
1006
01:14:40,975 --> 01:14:43,976
JUST SO THEY HAVE
SOME KIND OF RESOLUTION.
1007
01:15:49,482 --> 01:15:51,734
IN DECEMBER 2018,
1008
01:15:51,758 --> 01:15:55,424
LIEUTENANT DARREN VERSIGA
IS BACK IN TEXAS
1009
01:15:55,448 --> 01:15:59,596
FOR ANOTHER GO AT SAMUEL LITTLE.
1010
01:15:59,620 --> 01:16:01,527
LITTLE CONFESSED
TO KILLING A WOMAN
1011
01:16:01,551 --> 01:16:06,389
NEAR PASCAGOULA, MISSISSIPPI,
IN THE 1970s.
1012
01:16:06,413 --> 01:16:12,113
VERSIGA BELIEVES HER SKELETAL
REMAINS WERE FOUND IN 1977.
1013
01:16:12,137 --> 01:16:14,769
ONE OF THE SIGNIFICANT THINGS
ABOUT HER
1014
01:16:14,793 --> 01:16:17,286
WAS THAT SHE HAD A GOLD TOOTH
1015
01:16:17,310 --> 01:16:20,148
WITH A TRIANGLE
ON THE GOLD TOOTH
1016
01:16:20,172 --> 01:16:23,838
AND THAT HER HAIR WAS PLAITED
AND IT WAS SUGGESTIVE OF A WIG,
1017
01:16:23,862 --> 01:16:25,838
IS WHAT THE ANTHROPOLOGIST SAID.
1018
01:16:25,862 --> 01:16:29,527
THE REMAINS THEN ARE SENT UP
TO A RECONSTRUCTIONIST
1019
01:16:29,551 --> 01:16:33,976
BACK IN 1977, '78,
1020
01:16:34,000 --> 01:16:37,010
AND THEY DO
A CLAY RECONSTRUCTION.
1021
01:16:37,034 --> 01:16:39,187
AND THIS PARTICULAR
FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGIST
1022
01:16:39,211 --> 01:16:40,320
DID VERY GOOD WORK.
1023
01:16:40,344 --> 01:16:43,493
SHE WAS BASICALLY A SCULPTOR.
1024
01:16:43,517 --> 01:16:48,044
THE JANE DOE'S FACE
WAS PUBLICIZED IN 1978,
1025
01:16:48,068 --> 01:16:50,838
BUT NO ONE EVER IDENTIFIED HER.
1026
01:16:50,862 --> 01:16:52,639
THAT TENDED TO MAKE ME BELIEVE
1027
01:16:52,663 --> 01:16:54,493
THAT SHE WAS A PROSTITUTE.
1028
01:16:54,517 --> 01:16:56,355
THE FAMILY HAS EITHER
DISOWNED HER,
1029
01:16:56,379 --> 01:16:59,286
OR SHE IS OF AGE NOW THAT
ALL HER RELATIVES ARE DEAD
1030
01:16:59,310 --> 01:17:03,148
AND NOBODY KNOWS SHE'S MISSING
OR WAS EVER MISSING.
1031
01:17:03,172 --> 01:17:05,355
ALL THESE YEARS LATER,
1032
01:17:05,379 --> 01:17:08,527
LITTLE REMEMBERS HER WELL.
1033
01:17:08,551 --> 01:17:12,498
HE SAID HE PICKED HER
UP IN GULFPORT, MISSISSIPPI,
1034
01:17:12,522 --> 01:17:14,941
BROUGHT HER TO PASCAGOULA,
1035
01:17:14,965 --> 01:17:16,872
WHERE THEY WENT EAT
AT A RESTAURANT.
1036
01:17:16,896 --> 01:17:19,943
AND THEN FROM THERE, HE SAID
HE DROVE HER ABOUT A MILE
1037
01:17:19,967 --> 01:17:21,700
AND THEN STRANGLES HER
1038
01:17:21,724 --> 01:17:25,424
AND THEN THROWS HER OUT
INTO WHAT HE CALLED A WASH-OUT
1039
01:17:25,448 --> 01:17:27,907
NEXT TO A TELEPHONE POLE.
1040
01:17:27,931 --> 01:17:30,668
VERSIGA ZEROES IN
ON ONE KEY DETAIL
1041
01:17:30,692 --> 01:17:33,527
THAT ONLY THE KILLER COULD KNOW.
1042
01:17:33,551 --> 01:17:35,638
HE SAID THAT
WHEN HE'S STRANGLING HER
1043
01:17:35,662 --> 01:17:39,803
IN THE BACK SEAT OF THE CAR,
HER WIG FALLS OFF.
1044
01:17:39,827 --> 01:17:41,527
AND WHEN IT FALLS OFF,
1045
01:17:41,551 --> 01:17:43,635
HE SAYS THAT THE HAIR
WAS PLAITED,
1046
01:17:43,659 --> 01:17:45,838
WHICH THE ONLY TIME
I'VE EVER HEARD THAT
1047
01:17:45,862 --> 01:17:47,320
WAS FROM SAM LITTLE'S MOUTH
1048
01:17:47,344 --> 01:17:51,631
AND FROM THE ANTHROPOLOGIST
ON THE 1977 CASE.
1049
01:17:51,655 --> 01:17:55,803
HE PULLS OUT PHOTOS
OF THE FACIAL RECONSTRUCTION.
1050
01:17:55,827 --> 01:17:57,493
WE BROUGHT ALL THESE PICTURES,
1051
01:17:57,517 --> 01:18:00,389
ALL THESE DIFFERENT ANGLES
AND ALL THESE DIFFERENT WIGS
1052
01:18:00,413 --> 01:18:02,355
AND OPEN MOUTH, CLOSED MOUTH.
1053
01:18:02,379 --> 01:18:03,907
SO I'M ROLLING THROUGH
THESE PICTURES,
1054
01:18:03,931 --> 01:18:06,734
AND HE SAID, "NOPE, NOPE, NOPE."
1055
01:18:06,758 --> 01:18:10,562
HE SAID, "WAIT. THAT ONE.
THAT LOOKS MORE LIKE HER."
1056
01:18:10,586 --> 01:18:13,838
AND THEN WHAT HE DOES IS
THE PHOTO...
1057
01:18:13,862 --> 01:18:17,010
HE DRAWS ON IT AND CORRECTS IT
1058
01:18:17,034 --> 01:18:21,389
AND THEN TRIES TO CONVINCE
HIMSELF THAT IT'S HIS CASE.
1059
01:18:21,413 --> 01:18:23,044
THAT MADE ME THINK,
1060
01:18:23,068 --> 01:18:25,805
"NO, HE'S JUST TRYING TO TAKE
CREDIT FOR THIS."
1061
01:18:25,829 --> 01:18:29,665
THEN VERSIGA SHOWS
LITTLE A SKETCH OF THE AREA.
1062
01:18:29,689 --> 01:18:32,941
I HAD THE DIAGRAM
OFF A LITTLE BIT,
1063
01:18:32,965 --> 01:18:34,493
AND HE CORRECTED IT.
1064
01:18:34,517 --> 01:18:36,355
AND THEN I THOUGHT HE WAS
FULL OF AGAIN
1065
01:18:36,379 --> 01:18:37,596
UNTIL I LOOKED AT IT,
AND I WENT,
1066
01:18:37,620 --> 01:18:40,527
"WELL, HELL, HE'S RIGHT.
I WAS WRONG."
1067
01:18:40,551 --> 01:18:43,047
AND I SAID, "HE'S GOT TO BE
THE REAL DEAL.
1068
01:18:43,071 --> 01:18:46,700
MAN, THIS GUY IS JUST SOMETHING
I'VE NEVER RUN ACROSS."
1069
01:18:46,724 --> 01:18:48,665
THE CASES MATCH,
1070
01:18:48,689 --> 01:18:51,562
THOUGH THE VICTIM
STILL HAS NO NAME.
1071
01:18:51,586 --> 01:18:53,872
WE'RE STILL TRYING TO
GET HER IDENTIFIED.
1072
01:18:53,896 --> 01:18:55,872
I THINK WE'RE ON
THE RIGHT TRACK.
1073
01:19:06,793 --> 01:19:08,840
IDENTIFYING ALL
OF LITTLE'S VICTIMS
1074
01:19:08,864 --> 01:19:11,599
IS ANGELA WILLIAMSON
AND CHRISTIE PALAZZOLO'S
1075
01:19:11,623 --> 01:19:13,734
TOP PRIORITY.
1076
01:19:13,758 --> 01:19:17,217
THEY'VE ALREADY HELPED CLOSE
MORE THAN 60 CASES,
1077
01:19:17,241 --> 01:19:19,568
AND ADDITIONAL CASES
ARE AWAITING DECISIONS
1078
01:19:19,592 --> 01:19:22,838
ON NEXT STEPS FROM LOCAL
AND STATE PROSECUTORS.
1079
01:19:22,862 --> 01:19:25,739
AND THEN THERE'S
PROBABLY ABOUT ANOTHER DOZEN
1080
01:19:25,763 --> 01:19:30,838
REMAINING VICTIMS
THAT WE JUST CAN'T FIND
1081
01:19:30,862 --> 01:19:34,010
THE CASE THAT MATCHES BACK
TO HIS CONFESSION.
1082
01:19:34,034 --> 01:19:35,911
THE FRUSTRATING
THING IS NOW THAT WE KNOW
1083
01:19:35,935 --> 01:19:38,255
HOW TRUTHFUL HE IS,
HOW ACCURATE HE IS,
1084
01:19:38,279 --> 01:19:40,872
AND HOW HARD IT'S BEEN
TO FIND SOME OF HIS OTHER CASES,
1085
01:19:40,896 --> 01:19:44,148
WE KNOW THERE'S A GOOD REASON
FOR WHY WE'RE NOT FINDING IT.
1086
01:19:44,172 --> 01:19:46,359
JIM HAS INTERVIEWED
HIM A NUMBER OF TIMES
1087
01:19:46,383 --> 01:19:47,665
ABOUT EACH ONE,
1088
01:19:47,689 --> 01:19:52,113
AND ESPECIALLY THE ONES
THAT REMAIN UNMATCHED.
1089
01:19:52,137 --> 01:19:54,010
HE'S GONE BACK AT HIM
OVER AND OVER AGAIN
1090
01:19:54,034 --> 01:19:56,976
TRYING TO GET MORE DETAILS.
1091
01:19:57,000 --> 01:20:01,044
ONE IN PARTICULAR
STILL HAUNTS THE TEAM.
1092
01:20:01,068 --> 01:20:06,941
LITTLE CONFESSED TO KILLING
A BLACK FEMALE IN LAS VEGAS.
1093
01:20:06,965 --> 01:20:11,217
HE THOUGHT THE YEAR WAS 1993,
AND ON THIS ONE,
1094
01:20:11,241 --> 01:20:14,945
WE THINK THAT THAT ACTUALLY IS
A PRETTY ACCURATE TIME FRAME.
1095
01:20:14,969 --> 01:20:17,389
THE PART THAT REALLY
RESONATES WITH ME
1096
01:20:17,413 --> 01:20:20,256
IS HE TALKED ABOUT MEETING HER
AND TALKING TO HER,
1097
01:20:20,280 --> 01:20:21,941
AND WHEN HE FIRST MET HER,
1098
01:20:21,965 --> 01:20:26,838
SHE POINTED TO ANOTHER MAN
STANDING ON THE STREET AND SAID,
1099
01:20:26,862 --> 01:20:28,382
"THAT'S MY SON."
1100
01:20:45,896 --> 01:20:47,527
WHETHER HE KNOWS IT OR NOT,
1101
01:20:47,551 --> 01:20:52,320
HER SON ACTUALLY MET THE PERSON
WHO KILLED HIS MOTHER.
1102
01:20:52,344 --> 01:20:55,458
LITTLE'S FOCUS WASN'T THE SON.
1103
01:20:55,482 --> 01:20:59,117
IT WAS HOW HE WAS GONNA GET
THAT WOMAN AWAY FROM THE SON,
1104
01:20:59,141 --> 01:21:02,010
HOW HE WAS GONNA CONVINCE HER
TO GO WITH HIM.
1105
01:21:02,034 --> 01:21:03,811
SINCE WE HAVEN'T BEEN
ABLE TO MATCH THAT CASE,
1106
01:21:03,835 --> 01:21:06,424
IT'S STILL AN UNSOLVED HOMICIDE.
1107
01:21:06,448 --> 01:21:10,044
I WRESTLE WITH THAT EVERY DAY.
1108
01:21:10,068 --> 01:21:11,945
THE FBI TURNS TO THE PUBLIC
1109
01:21:11,969 --> 01:21:14,907
FOR HELP IDENTIFYING
THESE WOMEN.
1110
01:21:14,931 --> 01:21:16,496
AND INVESTIGATORS PLEAD
FOR YOUR HELP
1111
01:21:16,520 --> 01:21:18,634
AS THEY TRY TO IDENTIFY
A WOMAN MURDERED
1112
01:21:18,658 --> 01:21:22,079
BY THE MOST PROLIFIC
SERIAL KILLER IN THE COUNTRY.
1113
01:21:22,103 --> 01:21:24,668
INVESTIGATORS NEED YOUR HELP
TO CONNECT A CRIME SCENE
1114
01:21:24,692 --> 01:21:27,527
STRETCHING FROM FLORIDA
ALL THE WAY TO CALIFORNIA.
1115
01:21:27,551 --> 01:21:29,357
THE FBI IS ASKING ANYONE
WHO BELIEVES
1116
01:21:29,381 --> 01:21:31,875
THAT THEY MAY HAVE INFORMATION
ABOUT A RELATED CRIME
1117
01:21:31,899 --> 01:21:33,113
TO CALL THEIR TIP LINE.
1118
01:21:33,137 --> 01:21:34,458
WE NEED THOSE TIPS,
1119
01:21:34,482 --> 01:21:38,079
ESPECIALLY IF THAT CASE WAS
NEVER RULED A HOMICIDE,
1120
01:21:38,103 --> 01:21:40,010
NEVER INVESTIGATED
AS A HOMICIDE.
1121
01:21:40,034 --> 01:21:41,389
THIS IS THE ONLY WAY
1122
01:21:41,413 --> 01:21:42,840
THAT WE'RE EVER
GONNA BE ABLE TO FIND IT.
1123
01:21:42,864 --> 01:21:44,342
WE NEED THE PUBLIC'S HELP.
1124
01:21:45,275 --> 01:21:48,475
THEY'VE EVEN SHARED
GLIMPSES OF LITTLE HIMSELF.
1125
01:22:10,103 --> 01:22:15,493
FAMILY MEMBERS STILL HAVE
SO MANY UNANSWERED QUESTIONS.
1126
01:22:15,517 --> 01:22:18,700
WE HAD THE RESOLUTION
OF BEING ABLE TO BURY HER,
1127
01:22:18,724 --> 01:22:21,601
AND THERE'S MANY THAT NEVER
EVEN FOUND OUT WHAT HAPPENED.
1128
01:22:21,625 --> 01:22:25,217
YOU KNOW,
IT'S JUST A DISAPPEARANCE.
1129
01:22:25,241 --> 01:22:27,428
PAUL STEVENS, WHOSE SISTER NANCY
1130
01:22:27,452 --> 01:22:29,424
WAS LITTLE'S FINAL VICTIM,
1131
01:22:29,448 --> 01:22:33,734
REMEMBERS GETTING THE CALL
FROM JIM HOLLAND IN 2018.
1132
01:22:33,758 --> 01:22:37,389
HE SAID, "WE HAVE FOUND THE MAN
THAT MURDERED YOUR SISTER."
1133
01:22:37,413 --> 01:22:38,810
I SAID, "ARE YOU SURE?"
1134
01:22:38,834 --> 01:22:42,251
HE SAID, "YES, BECAUSE
ONLY THE TWO INVESTIGATORS
1135
01:22:42,275 --> 01:22:45,217
AND HIM KNEW THE DETAILS
OF THIS CASE,
1136
01:22:45,241 --> 01:22:48,148
SO WE WERE 100% SURE."
1137
01:22:48,172 --> 01:22:51,700
MY MAMA JUST ALWAYS SAID
SHE JUST HOPED THAT
1138
01:22:51,724 --> 01:22:53,803
BEFORE SHE LEAVE THIS WORLD,
1139
01:22:53,827 --> 01:22:56,907
THAT SHE WOULD FIND OUT
WHO DONE THIS TO OUR DAUGHTER.
1140
01:22:56,931 --> 01:22:59,769
AND ON THAT DAY WHEN
THAT TEXAS RANGER CALLED ME,
1141
01:22:59,793 --> 01:23:01,290
YOU KNOW, THAT WAS A...
1142
01:23:01,314 --> 01:23:05,217
THAT WAS A GLORIOUS DAY FOR US,
YOU KNOW?
1143
01:23:05,241 --> 01:23:11,286
UNLESS YOU HAVE EXPERIENCED
THIS KIND OF A LOSS
1144
01:23:11,310 --> 01:23:15,941
AND A BRUTAL, VIOLENT END
TO THE LIFE
1145
01:23:15,965 --> 01:23:19,010
OF SOMEBODY YOU LOVE,
1146
01:23:19,034 --> 01:23:22,113
I DON'T REALLY HAVE WORDS
FOR IT.
1147
01:23:22,137 --> 01:23:23,838
THE FACT THAT HE'S FINALLY
OFF THE STREETS
1148
01:23:23,862 --> 01:23:27,251
AND NOT KILLING PEOPLE
IS JUSTICE.
1149
01:23:27,275 --> 01:23:30,655
THE FACT THAT IT TOOK SO
DAMN LONG IS NOT JUSTICE.
1150
01:23:32,931 --> 01:23:36,458
IF I HAD ANYTHING
TO SAY TO SAMUEL LITTLE,
1151
01:23:36,482 --> 01:23:38,312
I'D PROBABLY SAY, "ENJOY HELL."
1152
01:23:41,620 --> 01:23:43,700
IN THE FALL OF 2018,
1153
01:23:43,724 --> 01:23:46,665
AFTER 49 DAYS OF INTERVIEWS,
1154
01:23:46,689 --> 01:23:51,941
SAMUEL LITTLE IS SENT BACK
TO PRISON IN CALIFORNIA.
1155
01:23:51,965 --> 01:23:54,976
HE'S BEEN ALLOWED TO KEEP
HIS ART SUPPLIES
1156
01:23:55,000 --> 01:23:58,044
AND CONTINUES
DRAWING HIS VICTIMS,
1157
01:23:58,068 --> 01:24:02,286
INCLUDING THOSE
WHO HAVE NEVER BEEN FOUND.
1158
01:24:02,310 --> 01:24:04,117
THIS WEEK,
RANGER HOLLAND IS WITH HIM,
1159
01:24:04,141 --> 01:24:07,113
AND I CAN'T WAIT TO GET
MORE INFORMATION OUT OF HIM.
1160
01:24:07,137 --> 01:24:10,320
THAT REINVIGORATES OUR SEARCHES
TO TRY AND FIND THESE,
1161
01:24:10,344 --> 01:24:13,599
AND IT MAY BE SOMETHING WE CAN
PUT OUT TO THE PUBLIC AS WELL.
1162
01:24:13,623 --> 01:24:16,047
WITHOUT
THE EXTRAORDINARY COLLABORATION
1163
01:24:16,071 --> 01:24:19,079
OF ANGELA WILLIAMSON,
CHRISTIE PALAZZOLO,
1164
01:24:19,103 --> 01:24:21,251
AND JIM HOLLAND,
1165
01:24:21,275 --> 01:24:25,424
SAMUEL LITTLE MIGHT NEVER
HAVE SHARED HIS PAST.
1166
01:24:25,448 --> 01:24:28,148
WHAT TRULY MAKES ME UPSET
IS THAT LITTLE
1167
01:24:28,172 --> 01:24:29,941
COULD HAVE DIED IN PRISON.
1168
01:24:29,965 --> 01:24:33,010
WITHOUT HIM TELLING US THIS,
WE'D HAVE NOTHING.
1169
01:24:33,034 --> 01:24:35,051
THESE FAMILIES
WOULD HAVE NO ANSWERS.
1170
01:24:35,075 --> 01:24:37,941
THIS IS NOT ABOUT SAMUEL LITTLE.
1171
01:24:37,965 --> 01:24:42,182
THIS IS ABOUT THOSE WOMEN
THAT HE KILLED
1172
01:24:42,206 --> 01:24:46,872
AND MAKING SURE THAT
WE'VE DONE EVERYTHING
1173
01:24:46,896 --> 01:24:51,941
TO BRING WHAT JUSTICE,
WHAT CLOSURE WE CAN
1174
01:24:51,965 --> 01:24:53,631
TO THEIR CASES
1175
01:24:53,655 --> 01:24:55,976
AND ANSWERS TO THEIR FAMILIES.
1176
01:25:02,504 --> 01:25:04,504
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