Original subtitles

>> Narrator: JAMIE FRALEY

DISAPPEARED ON THURSDAY,

APRIL 9, 2008.

WHEN A PERSON DISAPPEARS WITHOUT

A TRACE, OFTEN THE MOST CRITICAL

INFORMATION IS HIDDEN IN THEIR

ACTIONS AND WORDS FROM THE DAYS

BEFORE THEY VANISHED.

JAMIE FRALEY'S LAST KNOWN

WHEREABOUTS MAY HOLD THE CLUES

TO WHAT HAPPENED TO HER.

AFTER A LIFETIME OF STRUGGLE,

22-YEAR-OLD JAMIE FRALEY WAS ON

THE BRINK OF ACHIEVING ALL HER

LIFE'S GOALS.

>> SHE WAS THRIVING AND SHE JUST

SEEMED LIKE SHE WAS REALLY GOING

DOWN A GOOD PATH.

SHE WAS IN LOVE, AND SHE WAS

VERY HAPPY.

>> Narrator: BUT THEN JAMIE

MISSES AN IMPORTANT APPOINTMENT

NEAR HER GASTON, NORTH CAROLINA,

HOME AND IS NEVER HEARD FROM

AGAIN.

>> THE DAY WE WENT INTO JAMIE'S

APARTMENT AND SAW HER POCKETBOOK

AND KEYS, I KNEW SOMETHING WAS

WRONG.

>> Narrator: DID JAMIE WALK OUT

ON HER NEW LIFE?

>> THERE WAS NO SIGN OF FORCED

ENTRY, ANYTHING LEAVING

INDIVIDUALS TO BELIEVE THAT

WHEREVER SHE HAD GONE, SHE HAD

GONE WILLINGLY.

>> Narrator: OR WAS THERE A MORE

SINISTER MOTIVE BEHIND HER

DISAPPEARANCE?

>> HIS OBSESSION WITH JAMIE WAS

MORE SEXUAL IN HIS MIND.

>> Narrator: JUST WHEN POLICE

THINK THEY'RE CLOSE TO CRACKING

THE CASE, A GRUESOME DISCOVERY

CHANGES EVERYTHING.

>> DID NOT SEE ANYTHING LIKE

THIS COMING.

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>> Narrator: GASTON,

NORTH CAROLINA, IS A QUIET

COMMUNITY, LOCATED IN ONE OF THE

GREENEST, RESOURCE-RICH CORNERS

OF THE COUNTRY.

AND FOR GASTON COUNTY NATIVE

JAMIE FRALEY, 2008 IS SHAPING UP

TO BE THE BEST YEAR OF HER LIFE.

STANDING AT ONLY 4'9", JAMIE

SEEMS POISED TO GET EVERYTHING

SHE'S EVER WANTED.

>> JAMIE WAS A VERY SMALL,

PETITE GIRL, BUT HER PERSONALITY

WAS LIKE A PIECE OF DYNAMITE.

>> Narrator: THE DIMINUTIVE

22-YEAR-OLD IS LIVING ON HER OWN

AND STUDYING TO PURSUE A CAREER

SHE IS PASSIONATE ABOUT.

>> JAMIE WANTED TO HELP PEOPLE

THAT WERE ON DRUGS, AND SHE

THOUGHT THAT SHE COULD SAVE THE

WORLD.

>> Narrator: EVEN BETTER, JAMIE

HAS MET THE BOY OF HER DREAMS --

RICKY SIMONDS JR.

>> JAMIE LOVED RICKY SO MUCH.

JAMIE WAS JUST RICKY DALE CRAZY.

I MEAN, SHE WAS JUST HEAD OVER

HEELS IN LOVE WITH HIM.

>> Narrator: SHE EVEN REFERS TO

HERSELF AS "MRS. SIMONDS" ON HER

MySpace PAGE.

>> SHE WAS IN LOVE, AND SHE WAS

VERY HAPPY.

SHE NEVER LET ME EVEN THINK THAT

SOMETHING WAS WRONG IN HER LIFE.

I WOULD JUST HAVE NEVER THOUGHT

THAT.

>> Narrator: BUT LIFE HADN'T

ALWAYS BEEN SO HAPPY FOR JAMIE.

>> JAMIE HAD HEALTH ISSUES FROM

THE TIME THAT SHE WAS BORN.

I HAD A REALLY HARD TIME

BRINGING HER INTO THE WORLD, AND

WE BOTH ALMOST DIED.

>> JAMIE WAS ACTUALLY

CLINICALLY DEAD WHEN SHE WAS

BORN.

THEY HAD TO DO CPR ON HER.

THEN THEY SAID JAMIE WOULDN'T

LIVE, AND THEN SHE MADE IT A

YEAR.

THEN THEY SAID SHE WOULDN'T MAKE

IT TO 3, AND SHE JUST BEAT THE

ODDS.

SHE WAS A MIRACLE.

>> Narrator: AS SHE GOT OLDER,

JAMIE CONTINUED TO SURPASS THE

DOCTORS' EXPECTATIONS.

BUT SHE STILL STRUGGLED WITH

HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENTAL ISSUES

ASSOCIATED WITH HER DIFFICULT

BIRTH.

>> SHE COULDN'T GAIN WEIGHT FOR

A LONG TIME.

SHE WAS FRAIL AND DEPENDENT.

>> Narrator: THEN, WHEN SHE

TURNED 18, JAMIE WAS DIAGNOSED

AS BIPOLAR.

>> SHE REALLY DIDN'T TAKE IT

SERIOUSLY.

SHE WASN'T TAKING HER MEDICINE.

SHE TOOK IT AT FIRST, AND THEN

SHE TOLD ME THAT IT MADE HER

FEEL FUNNY.

SHE WASN'T TAKING IT ANYMORE.

>> Narrator: BIPOLAR DISORDER,

ALONG WITH HER OTHER HEALTH

ISSUES, MADE IT DIFFICULT FOR

JAMIE TO PASS HER

DRIVER'S-LICENSE TEST, AND SO

SHE FELT SHE HAD NO CHOICE BUT

TO LIVE AT HOME WITH HER MOTHER.

>> JAMIE DEPENDED ON ME FOR

EVERYTHING BECAUSE SHE HAD HAD

SO MANY ISSUES IN HER LIFE.

>> Narrator: BUT AS SHE GOT

OLDER, JAMIE LONGED FOR

INDEPENDENCE, AND WHEN SHE TURNS

21, SHE SETS OUT TO GET IT.

>> WHEN SHE GOT OLDER AND SHE

WAS ON SOCIAL SECURITY

SUPPLEMENTARY INCOME, JAMIE WAS

ASSIGNED A PROVIDER TO HELP HER

WITH HER BILLS, SHOW HER HOW TO

KEEP HER BANK ACCOUNT, TAKE HER

TO WHERE SHE NEEDED TO GO, TO

HER DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENTS.

>> AND IT WAS HARD FOR US, THE

WHOLE FAMILY, TO LET HER GO AND

TRY TO MAKE IT ON HER OWN.

>> Narrator: HAVING NEVER

FINISHED HIGH SCHOOL, JAMIE

ENROLLS IN NEARBY GASTON COLLEGE

TO STUDY FOR HER G.E.D. AND

START PLANNING HER FUTURE.

>> SHE HAD REALLY, REALLY CAME

A LONG WAY.

SHE WAS THRIVING.

AND SHE JUST SEEMED LIKE SHE WAS

REALLY GOING DOWN A GOOD PATH.

>> SHE WAS DOING GREAT.

SHE WAS JUST DOING HER EVERYDAY

LIFE.

SHE WAS INVOLVED IN CHURCH REAL

HEAVY.

>> Narrator: IT'S WHILE

ATTENDING CHURCH THAT JAMIE

DISCOVERS WHAT SHE WANTS TO DO

WITH HER LIFE.

>> THERE WAS A PROGRAM THERE ON

FRIDAY NIGHTS FOR ADDICTION.

JAMIE HAD A FRIEND THAT HAD

GOTTEN BAD INTO DRUGS.

IT WAS SOMEONE THAT WE KNEW

SINCE JAMIE WAS A LITTLE GIRL.

JAMIE GOT CLOSE TO HER BECAUSE

SHE WANTED TO HELP HER TO GET

OFF DRUGS.

AND THAT'S WHERE THAT STARTED.

AND THEN SHE STARTED GOING TO

THE CHURCH, GETTING AN IDEA OF

HOW IT WORKED.

>> Narrator: BY 2007, EVERYTHING

IN JAMIE'S LIFE SEEMS TO BE ON

TRACK.

AND JUST WHEN IT LOOKS LIKE

THINGS CAN'T GET ANY BETTER, SHE

MEETS RICKY DALE SIMONDS JR.

>> SHE HAD GOT IN AN ALTERCATION

WITH SOMEONE, AND RICKY JR. CAME

TO HER DEFENSE.

>> AND HE STEPPED IN AND SAVED

HER, YOU KNOW?

SO THAT, TO HER -- "WELL, HE'S

MY -- HE'S MY HERO."

>> Narrator: THE SON OF HER

APARTMENT BUILDING'S MAINTENANCE

MAN, RICKY JR. SEEMS JUST AS

CRAZY ABOUT JAMIE AS SHE IS

ABOUT HIM.

>> JAMIE CALLED ME AND TOLD ME

SHE HAD A NEW BOYFRIEND, AND,

YOU KNOW, THAT THEY WERE

PLANNING ON GETTING MARRIED.

>> JAMIE SOUNDED VERY HAPPY AT

THE TIME WHEN SHE TOLD ME ABOUT

HER GETTING MARRIED.

I WAS HAPPY FOR HER.

>> JAMIE WAS JUST ECSTATIC OVER

RICKY.

I'VE NOT EVER HEARD HER SPEAK OF

ANYONE ELSE THAT WAY.

>> Narrator: BUT IN EARLY

JANUARY 2007, RICKY IS CONVICTED

OF FELONY LARCENY.

BECAUSE OF A LENGTHY RECORD OF

PREVIOUS LARCENY CHARGES, RICKY

IS SENT AWAY TO PRISON FOR

15 MONTHS.

>> WHEN SHE SAID THAT HE WAS IN

JAIL, IT REALLY BOTHERED ME,

DISTURBED ME.

AND I ASKED HER, I SAID, "JAMIE,

YOU REALLY WANT TO THINK ABOUT

THIS.

YOU DON'T WANT TO JUMP INTO

THIS."

>> RICKY JR. DOES HAVE DRUG

ISSUES.

IF YOU GO BACK AND LOOK AT

RICKY JR.'s CRIMINAL RECORD --

POSSESSION OF STOLEN GOOD,

LARCENY, THINGS LIKE THAT --

USED TO BUY THE DRUGS WITH,

THAT'S A PROBLEM.

>> Narrator: DESPITE HER

FAMILY'S RESERVATIONS, JAMIE IS

RESOLUTE IN HER LOVE FOR RICKY.

>> NOTHING YOU COULD SAY OR DO

TO STOP HER.

DON'T SAY ANYTHING BAD ABOUT

HIM.

>> SHE WROTE HIM EVERY DAY FOR

15 MONTHS STRAIGHT, EVERY SINGLE

DAY.

AND EVERY TIME I'D VISIT HER,

SHE'D BE WRITING, AND SHE'D HAVE

THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF

PIECES OF PAPER SCATTERED

EVERYWHERE BECAUSE SHE WANTED IT

TO BE PERFECT TO SEND TO RICKY

IN JAIL.

>> Narrator: JAMIE SPENDS MOST

OF THE TIME WAITING FOR

RICKY JR.'s RETURN WITH HIS

FATHER, RICK SR., AND HIS

GIRLFRIEND, KIM SPRENGER.

>> WHEN THEY WERE LIVING ALL AT

THE APARTMENT COMPLEX, THEY WERE

VERY CLOSE.

THEY HUNG OUT A LOT TOGETHER.

JAMIE WENT OVER TO THEIR

APARTMENT A LOT, AND THEY WOULD

COOK TOGETHER.

>> JAMIE MENTIONED THAT HE WOULD

JUST TAKE HER PLACES.

IT WAS RICKY JR.'s FATHER, AND

IT WAS ONE DAY GONNA BE HER

FATHER-IN-LAW.

HE LOOKED AFTER JAMIE SOMEWHAT.

HE WOULD RUN HER TO THE STORE.

JAMIE DIDN'T HAVE A DRIVER'S

LICENSE.

HE WOULD BE THERE FOR HER IF SHE

CALLED HIM.

SHE CAME DEPENDENT ON RICK.

WHEN RICK JR. WAS LOCKED UP, SHE

BECAME VERY DEPENDENT ON HIM.

>> Narrator: ON THE MORNING OF

APRIL 8, 2008, JAMIE WAKES UP

WITH A TERRIBLE STOMACHACHE.

AS THE MORNING PROGRESSES, THE

PAIN IN HER STOMACH INTENSIFIES,

AND SHE CALLS HER PROVIDER TO

DRIVE HER TO THE E.R.

AT THE HOSPITAL, SHE IS

DIAGNOSED WITH THE FLU AND SENT

HOME.

>> JAMIE CALLED ME ON APRIL

THE 8th.

I WAS AT MY SISTER'S HOUSE.

I TALKED TO HER.

SHE SAID SHE WASN'T FEELING

WELL, THAT THEY HAD GAVE HER

SOME MEDICATION AT THE HOSPITAL.

JAMIE SOUNDED LIKE SHE WAS KIND

OF FRUSTRATED.

SHE THOUGHT THE HOSPITAL HAD

GAVE HER THE WRONG DIAGNOSIS.

>> Narrator: JAMIE SPENDS THE

REST OF THE DAY IN BED, BUT HER

STOMACHACHE ONLY GETS WORSE.

DESPITE FEELING SO SICK, JAMIE

STILL FULFILLS HER COMMITMENT TO

TAKE CARE OF KIM SPRENGER'S DOG.

KIM HAS RECENTLY SPLIT UP WITH

RICK SR.

>> KIM WOULD BRING HER DOG OVER

JAMIE TO BABYSIT.

>> Narrator: WHEN KIM ARRIVES IN

THE EARLY AFTERNOON TO PICK UP

THE DOG, SHE FINDS JAMIE SICK IN

BED.

AFTER TAKING SOME TIME TO MAKE

HER MORE COMFORTABLE, SHE OFFERS

TO DROP OFF JAMIE'S

PRESCRIPTION AT THE DRUGSTORE.

JAMIE NEVER PICKS UP THE

MEDICATION.

AND BY THE TIME NIGHT FALLS,

JAMIE IS SO SICK, SHE DECIDES

SHE NEEDS TO GO BACK TO THE

HOSPITAL.

>> SHE HAD RICK TO TAKE HER BACK

TO THE HOSPITAL, AND JAMIE WAS

IMPATIENT, AND THERE WAS LIKE A

THREE- OR FOUR-HOUR WAIT, AND SO

SHE DECIDED SHE WASN'T GONNA

WAIT.

>> Narrator: BUT WHEN SHE CALLS

RICK SR. TO PICK HER UP, HE DOES

NOT ANSWER HIS CELLPHONE, SO

JAMIE HAS TO GET ANOTHER FRIEND

TO BRING HER HOME.

>> I CALLED HER.

I'M WANTING TO SAY IT WAS CLOSE

TO MIDNIGHT.

SHE SAID THAT SHE HAD BEEN

THROWING UP, AND SHE TOLD ME

THAT, YOU KNOW, SHE KIND OF HAD

THE CHILLS.

>> Narrator: JAMIE'S MOTHER

OFFERS TO PICK HER UP AND BRING

HER TO HER HOUSE AN HOUR AWAY.

BUT JAMIE IS DETERMINED TO KEEP

AN APPOINTMENT SHE HAD THE

FOLLOWING MORNING, CLOSE TO HER

APARTMENT.

>> SHE SAID, "NO, I DON'T WANT

TO COME SPEND THE NIGHT OVER

THERE BECAUSE I HAVE AN

APPOINTMENT IN THE MORNING WITH

THE SOCIAL-SECURITY OFFICE THAT

I CAN'T MISS."

AND, YOU KNOW, WELL, "CALL US IF

YOU NEED US.

AND, UM...

I LOVE YOU.

BYE."

AND THAT'S THE LAST TIME I SPOKE

TO HER.

>> Narrator: AFTER HANGING UP

WITH HER MOTHER, JAMIE CONTINUES

TO CALL FRIENDS AND WRITE

E-MAILS, INCLUDING A QUICK NOTE

TO HER FRIEND LINDA'S SON.

>> HE WAS IN IRAQ AT THE TIME,

AND HE JUST DESCRIBED TO ME

THAT SHE WANTED TO KNOW HOW HE

WAS DOING.

THERE WAS NOTHING IN THAT E-MAIL

THAT WOULD GIVE HIM A HINT THAT

ANYTHING WAS WRONG AT ALL.

>> Narrator: THIS IS THE LAST

E-MAIL JAMIE SENDS BEFORE SHE

DISAPPEARS.

COMING UP...

AN OMINOUS CALL FROM JAMIE'S

PROVIDER SENDS HER FAMILY INTO A

PANIC.

>> HER PROVIDER CALLS ME AND

SAYS, "I CAN'T GET HER TO THE

DOOR, AND I CAN'T GET HER ON THE

PHONE."

>> Narrator: AFTER A CHILDHOOD

FRAUGHT WITH HEALTH ISSUES,

22-YEAR-OLD JAMIE FRALEY SEEMED

TO BE ON HER WAY TO HAVING IT

ALL -- LOVE, INDEPENDENCE, AND A

CAREER SHE WAS PASSIONATE ABOUT.

BUT ON APRIL 8, 2008, SHE COMES

DOWN WITH A HORRIBLE STOMACH

ACHE THAT SENDS HER TO THE

HOSPITAL TWICE.

>> JAMIE WAS SICK, BUT I BELIEVE

SHE THOUGHT SHE WOULD BE BETTER

IN THE MORNING, AND SHE WANTED

TO MAKE SURE SHE MADE THAT

APPOINTMENT.

>> Narrator: THE APPOINTMENT AT

THE SOCIAL SECURITY OFFICE

REPRESENTED ANOTHER MILESTONE IN

JAMIE'S PROGRESS.

>> JAMIE'S APPOINTMENT FOR THE

SOCIAL SECURITY WAS TO SEE IF

MONEY COULD BE TURNED OVER TO

HER, SEEING THAT SHE WAS TRYING

INDEPENDENT LIVING AND THAT SHE

COULD HANDLE HER OWN MONEY.

>> Narrator: WHEN JAMIE'S FAMILY

DOESN'T HEAR FROM HER THE

MORNING OF HER APPOINTMENT, THEY

ASSUME SHE'S FEELING BETTER.

>> THE NEXT MORNING, I'M

THINKING JAMIE'S AT THE SOCIAL

SECURITY OFFICE.

>> WE DID NOT CALL JAMIE THE

NEXT DAY.

IT WASN'T UNUSUAL TO GO A LITTLE

WHILE WITHOUT TALKING TO HER.

>> Narrator: ON THE MORNING OF

APRIL 10th, JAMIE'S MOTHER

RECEIVES A TROUBLING CALL.

>> HER PROVIDER, WHO WAS

SUPPOSED TO PICK HER UP FOR HER

APPOINTMENT, CALLS ME AND SAYS,

"I WENT TO PICK JAMIE UP FOR HER

APPOINTMENT YESTERDAY, AND I

COULDN'T GET HER TO THE DOOR,

AND I CAN'T GET HER ON THE

PHONE."

SHE WAITED A WHOLE DAY TO TELL

ME THIS.

>> Narrator: ACCORDING TO THE

PROVIDER, SHE HAD KNOCKED

REPEATEDLY ON JAMIE'S DOOR AND

AFTER FAILING TO GET A RESPONSE

EVENTUALLY LEFT.

>> SHE'S LIKE, "WELL, WHAT DO

YOU WANT ME TO DO?"

I SAID, "WE'RE GONNA CALL THE

POLICE."

BECAUSE SHE HAD BEEN SICK, YOU

KNOW, WE'RE THINKING, SHE CAN'T

GET UP OR BE HURT.

YOU KNOW, SHE IS BIPOLAR.

SHE'S BEEN SICK.

>> THE POLICE SEND AN OFFICER TO

JAMIE'S APARTMENT TO DO A

WELFARE CHECK AND MAKE SURE

JAMIE ISN'T HURT.

>> WE WERE CONTACTED BY JAMIE'S

MOTHER, KIM FRALEY.

ADVISED THAT SHE HADN'T SPOKEN

TO JAMIE IN POSSIBLY TWO DAYS.

PATROL UNITS WENT OUT AND

CHECKED HER APARTMENT.

DID NOT SEE ANYTHING THAT SEEMED

OUT OF THE ORDINARY.

>> Narrator: POLICE MAKE NOTE OF

HER BIPOLAR DISORDER BUT SURMISE

THAT JAMIE JUST STEPPED OUT FOR

A BIT AND WILL SHOW UP LATER.

>> THERE WAS NO SIGN OF FORCED

ENTRY OR ANYTHING, LEADING

INDIVIDUALS TO BELIEVE THAT

WHEREVER SHE HAD GONE, SHE HAD

GONE WILLINGLY.

AND THERE WAS NO SIGNS OF A

STRUGGLE OR ANYTHING THAT WOULD

INDICATE OTHERWISE.

>> Narrator: BUT DESPITE THE

OFFICERS' CLAIM THAT NOTHING

LOOKS AMISS, JAMIE'S MOTHER,

AUNT AND COUSIN DECIDE TO HEAD

TO THE APARTMENT AND LOOK AROUND

FOR THEMSELVES.

>> WE WENT TO THE APARTMENT.

THE APARTMENT WAS LOCKED, BUT

HER HOUSE KEYS AND PURSE WERE

STILL SITTING IN THE APARTMENT.

SHE HAD A HABIT OF GOING

OUTSIDE, STICKING HER CELLPHONE

IN HER BACK POCKET, JUST TO GO

OVER TO THE NEIGHBOR'S OR

SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

YOU KNOW, IF SHE WAS JUST GOING

SOMEWHERE SHORTLY, YOU KNOW, BUT

IT WAS UNUSUAL.

>> Narrator: NEXT, THE WOMEN

MAKE THEIR WAY TO THE BEDROOM.

>> YOU KNEW THAT SHE HAD BEEN

SICK ON HER STOMACH.

IT WAS EVERYWHERE.

>> Narrator: AFTER SEEING JUST

HOW SICK JAMIE WAS THAT NIGHT,

HER MOTHER IS EVEN MORE ALARMED

BY JAMIE'S ABSENCE.

>> I DON'T SEE JAMIE WALKING IN

THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT BY

HERSELF, SICK AND THROWING UP.

NO. I DON'T SEE IT.

>> Narrator: AND THERE ARE A FEW

OTHER SUBTLE CLUES IN THE

APARTMENT THAT REINFORCE HER

MOTHER'S FEELING THAT SOMETHING

ISN'T RIGHT.

>> AT THE TOP OF HER STAIRS,

THERE WAS NO SHOE LACES IN THE

SHOES.

AND THAT JUST -- IT SEEMED

REALLY, REALLY WEIRD.

THAT WAS THE SHOES JAMIE ALWAYS

WEARS, BESIDES HER FLIP-FLOPS.

NEVER KNOWN HER TO NOT WEAR

LACES IN HER SHOES.

>> Narrator: THE WOMEN

IMMEDIATELY CALL THE POLICE

BACK.

>> WE WERE CONTACTED AGAIN BY

JAMIE'S FAMILY AT THAT TIME.

PATROL UNITS WENT BACK OUT TO

THE RESIDENCE, CHECKED HER

APARTMENT AGAIN WITH HER AUNT.

IT DIDN'T SUGGEST ANYTHING OF

FOUL PLAY OR FOUL NATURE TOOK

PLACE.

>> THEY TOLD US THAT SHE WAS AN

ADULT, SHE COULD GO MISSING IF

SHE WANTED TO, AND THAT SHE

WOULD PROBABLY RETURN HOME.

>> Narrator: WHILE THE POLICE

ARE SEARCHING THE APARTMENT, THE

WOMEN WAIT IN THE PARKING LOT

AND CONTINUE TO CALL JAMIE'S

CELLPHONE.

>> WE TRIED TO CALL HER, BUT I

DIDN'T GET AN ANSWER.

>> Narrator: BUT FINALLY,

SOMEONE PICKS UP.

UNFORTUNATELY, THE VOICE ON THE

OTHER END ISN'T JAMIE'S.

>> AND A MAN ANSWERED IT.

AND WE'RE LIKE, "WHO ARE YOU,

AND WHY DO YOU HAVE HER PHONE?"

>> Narrator: COMING UP...

INVESTIGATORS DISCOVER JAMIE WAS

KEEPING A SECRET.

>> WHAT REALLY GOT ME WAS THAT

JAMIE KNEW AND DID NOT TELL US.

>> Narrator: JAMIE FRALEY HASN'T

BEEN SEEN OR HEARD FROM IN TWO

DAYS.

WHILE THE PETITE 22-YEAR-OLD'S

APARTMENT DOESN'T DISPLAY ANY

OVERT SIGNS OF FOUL PLAY, HER

FAMILY IS SURE THAT SOMETHING

HAS HAPPENED TO JAMIE.

>> THE DAY WE WENT INTO JAMIE'S

APARTMENT AND SAW HER POCKETBOOK

AND KEYS, I KNEW SOMETHING WAS

WRONG.

>> Narrator: HER FAMILY HAS

REPEATEDLY TRIED TO CALL HER

CELLPHONE WITH NO LUCK.

BUT ON APRIL 10, 2008, SOMEONE

FINALLY PICKS UP.

>> WE KEPT CALLING HER PHONE,

AND A MAN ANSWERED IT.

HE'S LIKE, "I'M THE CABLE MAN."

I'M OVER HERE WORKING ON A CABLE

WIRES, AND I HEARD THIS PHONE

RINGING DOWN ON THE GROUND, AND

I JUST PICKED IT UP."

WHEN I HEARD THAT -- IT'S LIKE

YOU AUTOMATICALLY KNOW SOMETHING

IS NOT RIGHT, YOU KNOW.

AND I JUST FELL DOWN INTO THE

PARKING LOT AND STARTED

SCREAMING.

>> Narrator: AN OFFICER IS

IMMEDIATELY SENT OUT TO RECOVER

THE PHONE.

>> THE PHONE WAS FOUND IN THE

ROADWAY, THE NORTH/SOUTH LANE

OFF OF SOUTH NEW HOPE.

IT WAS FOUND IN THE MIDDLE OF

THE ROADWAY, SCUFFED UP.

>> Narrator: BY ALL ACCOUNTS,

JAMIE WAS NEVER WITHOUT HER

CELLPHONE.

>> THE FIRST THING I THOUGHT

WHEN THE PHONE WAS FOUND ON THE

SIDE OF THE ROAD, I WAS LIKE,

"THAT AIN'T JAMIE."

AT ONE TIME, SHE DID HAVE TWO

HOUSE PHONES AND TWO CELLPHONES

JUST SO LITTLE RICK CAN CALL HER

FROM PRISON.

IT AIN'T LIKE JAMIE.

>> SPEAKING WITH FAMILY AND

FRIENDS, JAMIE ALWAYS HAD HER

CELLPHONE WITH HER.

SO IT LED US TO BELIEVE THAT

EITHER SHE LOST THE PHONE,

TOSSED THE PHONE, OR SOMEONE

MIGHT HAVE TOSSED THE PHONE THAT

WAS NOT JAMIE.

>> Narrator: THREE DAYS AFTER

JAMIE IS LAST SEEN, POLICE

CONDUCT A FULL-SCALE SEARCH OF

THE WOODED AREA WHERE JAMIE'S

PHONE WAS FOUND.

>> THE AREA AROUND THE PHONE WAS

SEARCHED MULTIPLE TIMES.

CANINES HAD BEEN USED.

AREAS AROUND THE APARTMENT

COMPLEX HAD BEEN SEARCHED AS

WELL AS BODIES OF WATER.

>> THERE WAS NO TRACE OF JAMIE

ANYWHERE BESIDES JUST HER PHONE.

>> Narrator: OFFICERS ALSO

QUESTION NEIGHBORS TO SEE IF

THEY HAD NOTICED ANYTHING WRONG

IN THE DAYS LEADING UP TO HER

DISAPPEARANCE.

>> THEY GAVE ME A GENERAL

OVERVIEW OF JAMIE -- THAT SHE'S

A NICE PERSON, LIVED ALONE, THAT

SHE DIDN'T DRIVE, THAT SHE

REQUIRED A RIDE WHEN SHE WENT TO

GO TO PLACES.

WE ACTUALLY SPOKE TO A NEIGHBOR,

WHO ADVISED THAT THEY SAW HER

WALKING TO HER RESIDENCE AROUND

MIDNIGHT, AND THAT WAS THE LAST

PERSON WE FOUND TO SAY THEY SAW

JAMIE ALIVE.

THERE'S NOTHING THAT WE'VE

COLLECTED FROM FRIENDS, FAMILY,

AND NEIGHBORS THAT WOULD SUGGEST

THAT ANYTHING ELSE WAS WRONG

THAT NIGHT.

>> Narrator: ONE THING

EVERYTHING COMMENTS ON IS THAT

RICK SIMONDS SR. AND JAMIE

SPENT A LOT OF TIME TOGETHER.

>> WELL, ACCORDING TO THE

INVESTIGATION, THEY WERE QUITE

FRIENDLY.

THEY LIVED TWO DOORS DOWN FROM

EACH OTHER.

SHE WAS DATING MR. SIMONDS

SR.'S

SON, WHO WAS INCARCERATED AT THE

TIME.

AND SO THE FAMILY CONNECTION WAS

FAIRLY OBVIOUS.

>> PEOPLE SAID THAT

RICK SIMONDS SR. HELPED JAMIE A

GOOD BIT WITH RIDES AND THINGS

OF THAT NATURE.

>> Narrator: INVESTIGATORS

IMMEDIATELY ASK RICK SR. COME TO

THE STATION FOR AN INTERVIEW.

>> IN MY CONVERSATION WITH

RICK SR., FOUND HIM TO BE VERY

COLD, MANIPULATIVE.

DIDN'T GIVE MUCH INFORMATION.

BUT HE WAS COOPERATIVE IN

TALKING WITH US.

>> Narrator: WHEN HE DOES A

ROUTINE BACKGROUND CHECK,

DETECTIVE BLOOM DISCOVERS THAT

RICK SR. HAS A VIOLENT CRIMINAL

PAST.

>> RICK SR. WAS AN INDIVIDUAL

THAT'S GOTTEN IN SOME TROUBLE

WITH THE LAW THROUGH DRUG USE,

PETTY CRIMES.

HE WAS ALSO CHARGED WITH MURDER

OF A GIRLFRIEND YEARS PREVIOUS.

>> Narrator: AFTER SERVING JUST

SIX YEARS ON A MANSLAUGHTER

CONVICTION FOR STRANGLING HIS

EX-GIRLFRIEND TO DEATH, RICK SR.

HAD BEEN RELEASED FROM PRISON

FOR GOOD BEHAVIOR.

BUT EVEN AFTER HE GETS OUT, HE

CONTINUES TO BE A REGULAR

PRESENCE AT THE POLICE STATION.

>> RICKY SIMONDS SR. DID HAVE A

LONG HISTORY OF DRUG USE AND

CRIMES SUCH AS LARCENY,

BURGLARIES, PETTY THEFT, THAT

SORT OF THING.

DRUGS DID HAVE A LARGE IMPACT ON

HIS LIFE.

SO HE SOUGHT THEM OUT ON A

REGULAR BASIS, AND IN ORDER TO

SUPPORT THAT TYPE OF ACTIVITY,

HE HAD TO BE INVOLVED IN SOME

CRIMINAL ACTIVITY.

>> I WAS SURPRISED WHEN I FOUND

OUT ABOUT RICKY SR.'S

BACKGROUND.

I JUST WASN'T AWARE OF HIS DRUG

USE OR HIS CRIMINAL BACKGROUND

AT ALL.

>> Narrator: WHILE HER FAMILY

MAY HAVE BEEN SURPRISED, IT

APPEARS THAT JAMIE KNEW ABOUT

RICK SR.'S PAST.

>> ABOUT EIGHT OR NINE MONTHS

BEFORE JAMIE DISAPPEARED IS WHEN

I FOUND OUT ABOUT RICK SR.

KILLING SOMEONE, ABOUT HIS PAST.

I DIDN'T KNOW WHETHER TO BELIEVE

HER OR -- I JUST DIDN'T KNOW

WHAT TO SAY TO HER.

SHE SEEMED LIKE SHE DIDN'T WANT

TO BELIEVE IT, LIKE SHE DIDN'T

BELIEVE IT HERSELF.

SHE STILL PUT ALL THIS TRUST

INTO BIG RICK AND...

YOU KNOW, DEPENDED ON HIM SO

MUCH.

>> AND I KNOW WHY JAMIE DIDN'T

TELL US -- BECAUSE THAT WAS

RICKY JR.'S FATHER.

JAMIE GAVE EVERYBODY THE BENEFIT

OF THE DOUBT.

YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY CAN CHANGE,

YOU KNOW.

THAT WAS HER WAY OF THINKING.

>> Narrator: AND RICK SR.'S PAST

WASN'T THE ONLY THING JAMIE WAS

KEEPING FROM HER FAMILY.

SHE WAS ALSO NOT TELLING THEM

EVERYTHING ABOUT HIS PRESENT

SITUATION.

>> SAY IT WAS MONTHS BEFORE

JAMIE DISAPPEARED, KIM AND

RICK'S RELATIONSHIP STARTED

FALLING APART.

>> SHE HAD MOVED OUT.

THEY HAD A VOLATILE

RELATIONSHIP.

>> Narrator: AND ACCORDING TO

REPORTS, THE

BREAKDOWN OF RICK SR. AND

KIM SPRENGER'S RELATIONSHIP MAY

HAVE HAD A LOT TO DO WITH JAMIE.

>> SHE WOULD COME HOME FROM

WORK, AND JAMIE WOULD BE IN THE

HOUSE ALONE WITH RICK SR.

>> Narrator: COMING UP...

WAS RICK SR. GETTING TOO CLOSE

TO HIS SON'S GIRLFRIEND?

>> HIS OBSESSION WITH JAMIE --

IT DIDN'T SEEM FATHERLY.

IT WAS MORE SEXUAL IN HIS MIND.

>> Narrator: GET MORE

"DISAPPEARED" ONLINE AT...

>> Narrator: 22-YEAR-OLD

JAMIE FRALEY HASN'T BEEN SEEN OR

HEARD FROM IN DAYS.

>> WE DETERMINED THAT NO

FINANCIAL ACTIVITY HAS OCCURRED

SINCE JAMIE WENT MISSING ON ANY

OF HER CREDIT AND HER FINANCIAL

RESOURCES.

IT DOES RAISE THE LEVEL OF

CONCERN IN AN INVESTIGATION SUCH

AS THIS AS TO JAMIE'S STATUS.

>> Narrator: DETECTIVES SCRAMBLE

TO FIND A REASON FOR THE FRAIL

YOUNG WOMAN'S DISAPPEARANCE.

INTERVIEWS WITH NEIGHBORS AT

JAMIE'S APARTMENT COMPLEX POINT

DETECTIVES IN AN UNEXPECTED

DIRECTION.

>> WE'RE DOING, OF COURSE, AN

INVESTIGATION TO COLLECT THE

STATEMENTS THAT RICK SIMONDS

SR.

SAID THINGS ABOUT JAMIE AND TO

JAMIE THAT WERE MORE OF A SEXUAL

NATURE THAT SHOWED THAT HE HAD

AN INTEREST IN HER.

>> Narrator: IT SEEMS

JAMIE FRALEY MAY HAVE PLAYED A

CENTRAL ROLE IN THE DEMISE OF

HER FUTURE FATHER-IN-LAW'S

RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS

GIRLFRIEND, KIM SPRENGER.

>> WHEN I WAS AROUND JAMIE AND

RICK SR. BOTH, I COULD TELL,

LIKE, HE WAS OBSESSED WITH

JAMIE.

RICK SR. IS PAYING MORE

ATTENTION TO HIS DAUGHTER-IN-LAW

THAN HE IS HIS GIRLFRIEND.

>> MISS SPRENGER DID EXPLAIN TO

US THAT THAT WAS AN ISSUE DURING

HER RELATIONSHIP WITH

SIMONDS SR.

AND SHE EXPLAINED THAT TO RICK.

MISS SPRENGER SAID THAT THAT WAS

A PROBLEM.

>> Narrator: RICK SR. HAD MET

KIM SPRENGER WHEN HER HUSBAND, A

WEALTHY ARCHITECT, HAD HIRED

HIM TO DO SOME MAINTENANCE WORK

FOR THEIR HOME-DESIGN BUSINESS.

THEIR CONNECTION INTENSIFIED,

AND TWO YEARS LATER, KIM WALKED

OUT ON HER HUSBAND AND THREE

CHILDREN TO MOVE IN WITH RICK IN

THE APARTMENT NEXT DOOR TO

JAMIE'S.

>> HE WAS AN INTELLIGENT MAN.

AS FAR AS ANIMAL MAGNETISM THAT

WOMEN FELT TOWARDS HIM AND

SPEAKING WITH PEOPLE WHO HAD --

FEMALES WHO HAD DEALINGS WITH

HIM, IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS

UNEXPLAINABLE.

BUT HE DID HAVE THAT ABILITY AND

THAT CONTROL OVER WOMEN.

>> Narrator: AND THERE IS A

DARKER BOND TYING KIM SPRENGER

TO RICK SR.

>> BOTH RICK SR. AND

KIM SPRENGER WERE ADDICTS.

>> Narrator: JAMIE TRIES TO HELP

RICK SR. AND KIM OVERCOME THEIR

ADDICTION.

>> SHE'D TELL THEM, "YOU'RE

HURTING YOURSELF.

HOW COULD YOU DO THIS TO

YOURSELF?

YOU'RE PUTTING YOURSELF DOWN.

YOU'RE HURTING YOUR BODY."

THEY WOULD IGNORE HER ALL THE

TIME.

>> Narrator: BUT JAMIE DOESN'T

GIVE UP TRYING TO REHAB THE

COUPLE AND IS A REGULAR PRESENCE

AT RICK SR. AND KIM'S HOUSE.

ACCORDING TO INVESTIGATORS,

AFTER HIS SON IS SENT TO PRISON,

RICK SR. BEGINS TO ACT

INAPPROPRIATELY TOWARD JAMIE.

>> RICK SR., YOU KNOW, HE WOULD

JUST MAKE THESE JOKES AROUND ME

AND JAMIE THAT WOULD GIVE ME

THIS WEIRD VIBE OFF OF HIM.

JUST REALLY PERVERTED JOKES.

HE WOULD COMMENT ON, YOU KNOW,

WHAT SHE WAS WEARING, HOW SHORT

HER SHORTS WERE, HOW LOW HER TOP

WAS.

BUT HE WOULD COMMENT IT AS IF HE

LIKED IT, YOU KNOW.

I'M PRETTY SURE THAT HE PROBABLY

MADE MOVES ON JAMIE WHEN JR.

LEFT.

>> HE COMMENTED ON SOME COMMENTS

THAT HE MIGHT HAVE MADE THAT MAY

HAVE BEEN UNCOMFORTABLE.

HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS SON

WASN'T THE BEST RELATIONSHIP IN

THE WORLD.

THEY DID NOT SEE EYE TO EYE ON

MANY OCCASIONS.

>> Narrator: THEN IN LATE 2007,

SIX MONTHS BEFORE JAMIE

DISAPPEARS, KIM DECIDES TO END

THE RELATIONSHIP.

>> RUMORS AND ALLEGATIONS DID

PLAY SOME ROLE.

BUT I BELIEVE IT WAS THE DRUG

USE ALSO THAT PLAYED A MAJOR

ROLE IN THEIR SEPARATION.

KIM TOLD THE POLICE THAT SHE WAS

TRYING TO RECOVER FROM HER

ADDICTION, AND RICK SR. WAS

NOT AT THAT POINT IN HIS LIFE

WHERE HE WANTED TO STOP DOING

DRUGS.

>> Narrator: ACCORDING TO FAMILY

MEMBERS, ONCE KIM SPRENGER MOVES

OUT, RICK SR. PAYS JAMIE MORE

ATTENTION THAN EVER.

>> JAMIE, YOU KNOW, JUST LAUGHED

AT HIS JOKES, PUT IT OFF LIKE IT

DIDN'T BOTHER HER, BUT IF YOU

LOOKED INTO HER EYES, YOU KNOW,

YOU CAN TELL.

SHE FELT LIKE, "I CAN HANDLE

HIM," YOU KNOW.

>> Narrator: THREE DAYS AFTER

JAMIE DISAPPEARS, AS DETECTIVES

DISCOVER THE COMPLEXITY OF HER

RELATIONSHIP WITH RICK SR., THE

RESULTS OF HER CELLPHONE

ANALYSIS RETURN.

JAMIE'S CELLPHONE WAS HANDLED

BY TOO MANY PEOPLE TO LIFT ANY

VIABLE PRINTS, BUT PHONE RECORDS

SHOW THAT THE LAST TIME ANYONE

SPOKE TO JAMIE WAS AROUND

MIDNIGHT ON APRIL 8th.

>> DURING ONE OF HER LAST PHONE

CALLS, SHE SPOKE TO A FRIEND IN

ALBEMARLE.

THAT FRIEND IN ALBEMARLE SAID

THAT JAMIE WAS BEING PICKED UP

BY SOMEONE IN A TRUCK, AND FROM

THERE, THAT WAS THE LAST

CONVERSATION THAT WE KNOW OF.

>> Narrator: RICK SR. HAD

ALREADY CONFIRMED THAT HE HAD

TAKEN JAMIE TO THE HOSPITAL ONCE

THAT DAY.

POLICE WONDER, COULD HE HAVE

BEEN THE RIDE JAMIE SPOKE OF?

>> RICK SR. ACTUALLY DROVE A

WHITE-PANEL VAN THAT CAN BE

REFERRED TO AS A TRUCK.

>> Narrator: POLICE SPECULATE

THAT IF RICK SR. GAVE JAMIE A

RIDE THAT NIGHT, THEN HE WOULD

HAVE BEEN THE LAST PERSON TO SEE

HER BEFORE SHE DISAPPEARED.

THEN DETECTIVES GET A CALL ABOUT

A STRANGE ROADSIDE DISCOVERY

CLOSE TO JAMIE'S APARTMENT

COMPLEX.

>> DURING THE INVESTIGATION, WE

HAD A PHONE CALL ABOUT A BAG OF

TRASH THAT WAS LOCATED

APPROXIMATELY 2 1/2 MILES FROM

JAMIE FRALEY'S APARTMENT

COMPLEX.

PATROL OFFICERS RESPOND TO THAT

SCENE DURING THE INVESTIGATION,

IDENTIFY THAT TRASH BAG AS

BELONGING TO RICKY SIMONDS SR.

>> MR. SIMONDS ADVISED THAT HE

HAD A FLAT TIRE, AND HE REMOVED

THE TRASH IN ORDER TO GET TO HIS

SPARE.

I DEFINITELY THOUGHT IT WAS ODD.

>> Narrator: THE BAG IS LOCATED

A MILE AND A HALF FROM WHERE

JAMIE'S CELLPHONE WAS DISCARDED.

>> IF YOU CONNECTED THE

CELLPHONE, THE BAG OF TRASH, AND

THE APARTMENT COMPLEX, YOU WOULD

HAVE A PERFECT TRIANGLE ALMOST.

SO IT INDICATES THE MODE OF

TRAVEL OR PATH OF TRAVEL THAT

MR. SIMONDS SR. MAY HAVE BEEN

TAKING.

>> Narrator: DETECTIVES AREN'T

QUITE SURE WHAT TO MAKE OF THE

TRASH BAG.

BUT AS THEY GATHER MORE

INFORMATION, IT SEEMS

INCREASINGLY CLEAR TO

INVESTIGATORS THAT RICK SR. HAD

SOMETHING TO DO WITH JAMIE'S

DISAPPEARANCE.

>> MR. SIMONDS SR. WAS PROBABLY

THE STRONGEST PERSON OF INTEREST

AT THIS POINT OF THE

INVESTIGATION.

>> WHEN THE POLICE SAID RICK WAS

THE MAIN PERSON OF INTEREST IN

THE CASE, I WAS CONFUSED ABOUT

IT.

BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT TO BELIEVE

THAT, BECAUSE I KNEW THAT THEY

WERE SUPPOSEDLY FRIENDS.

I MEAN, HE SPENT SO MUCH TIME

WITH HER, YOU KNOW, AND THEY

WERE CLOSE.

AND WHY WOULD HE WANT TO HURT

HER?

I COULD NOT FATHOM A REASON OF

WHY HE WOULD WANT TO HURT HER.

>> Narrator: WHEN RICK JR. GETS

OUT OF PRISON THREE WEEKS AFTER

JAMIE GOES MISSING, HE IS

DEVASTATED.

>> RICKY JR. RESPONDED TO

JAMIE'S DISAPPEARANCE HARD.

HE HAD NO FAMILY MEMBER TO GO

PICK HIM UP.

SO ME AND MY SISTER AND MY

BROTHER-IN-LAW WENT AND PICKED

HIM UP AND TOOK HIM IN.

HE WAS OUT DAILY LOOKING FOR

JAMIE.

I BELIEVE RICKY JR. WAS SERIOUS

ABOUT MARRYING JAMIE.

>> Narrator: HE IS FURIOUS TO

LEARN HIS FATHER IS THE MAIN

PERSON OF INTEREST IN THE

DISAPPEARANCE OF THE GIRL HE

LOVES.

>> WHEN RICKY JR. FOUND OUT THAT

HIS FATHER WAS THE MAIN PERSON

OF INTEREST, HE WAS EXTREMELY

ANGRY AT HIS FATHER.

HE COOPERATED WITH THE POLICE

AND WHATEVER THEY NEEDED TO KNOW

ABOUT HIS FATHER.

AFTER JAMIE WENT MISSING, HE

ARGUED WITH HIS FATHER

CONSTANTLY.

RICK SR. AND RICKY JR.'S

RELATIONSHIP WAS BAD.

>> WHILE RICK SR. IS COOPERATIVE

AND COMES IN FOR AN OFFICIAL

INTERVIEW, DETECTIVES ARE NOT

CONVINCED HE'S TELLING THEM

EVERYTHING.

THEY HAVE PROBABLE CAUSE TO

OBTAIN A WARRANT THAT ALLOWS

THEM TO TRACK RICK SR.'S

MOVEMENTS.

>> A SEARCH WARRANT WAS ISSUED

AND GRANTED FOR RICKY DALE SR.'S

VEHICLE TO BE TRACKED.

IT WAS TRACKED FOR, I BELIEVE,

ABOUT A MONTH.

FROM THERE, WE WENT BACK AND

CHECKED THE LOCATIONS WHERE

MR. SIMONDS VISITED AND

SEARCHED THOSE AREAS.

>> Narrator: DETECTIVES HOPE

THAT IF THEY FOLLOW RICK SR., HE

WILL SOMEHOW LEAD THEM TO JAMIE.

INSTEAD, THEY FIND WHAT THEY

THINK IS A DISTURBING PATTERN TO

HIS MOVEMENTS.

>> DURING THE TIME THAT WE WERE

TRACKING RICK SR.'S VEHICLE, HE

WAS IN AREAS NEAR KIM SPRENGER'S

RESIDENCE.

IT APPEARED THAT HE WAS

FOLLOWING MISS SPRENGER,

STALKING HER, IF YOU WILL.

>> Narrator: POLICE IMMEDIATELY

NOTIFY KIM SPRENGER THAT HER

EX-BOYFRIEND RICK SR. IS

STALKING HER.

>> SHE WAS ADVISED TO TAKE OUT A

RESTRAINING ORDER AGAINST HIM.

>> HE WAS KNOWN TO HAVE BROKEN

INTO HER VEHICLE.

>> Narrator: THE DAY AFTER THE

POLICE WARN HER THAT RICK SR. IS

WATCHING HER, KIM SPRENGER FILES

A RESTRAINING ORDER.

>> FIRST THING I THOUGHT, I WAS

LIKE, YOU KNOW, HE PROBABLY DID

HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH THIS.

AND KIM KNOWS SOMETHING.

AND HE'S PROBABLY GONNA KILL

HER.

THAT'S WHAT CAME TO MY MIND.

>> Narrator: COMING UP...

A HORRIFYING DISCOVERY TURNS THE

INVESTIGATION ON ITS HEAD.

>> I DID NOT SEE ANYTHING LIKE

THIS COMING.

>> Narrator: 22-YEAR-OLD

NORTH CAROLINA NATIVE

JAMIE FRALEY HAS BEEN MISSING

FOR NEARLY TWO MONTHS.

INVESTIGATORS THINK

RICKY DALE SIMONDS SR., THE

FATHER OF JAMIE'S BOYFRIEND, MAY

HAVE HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH

HER DISAPPEARANCE AND HAVE HIM

UNDER SURVEILLANCE.

>> WE WERE ABLE TO IDENTIFY

RICKY SIMONDS SR.'S TRAVELS, AND

THROUGH IDENTIFYING THOSE AREAS

OF TRAVEL AND METHODS OF TRAVEL

AND WHERE HE FREQUENTED HELPED

LEAD US TO AREAS OF INTEREST

WHEN IT COMES TO JAMIE'S

DISAPPEARANCE.

>> Narrator: BUT POLICE ARE

ALARMED WHEN THEY DISCOVER WHAT

THEY BELIEVE TO BE AN OMINOUS

PATTERN TO THE PLACES HE

FREQUENTS.

>> RICKY SIMONDS SR. HAD BEEN

STALKING KIM SPRENGER.

>> Narrator: THEY WARN

KIM SPRENGER, WHO OBTAINS A

RESTRAINING ORDER AGAINST

RICK SR.

A MONTH AFTER TAKING OUT THE

RESTRAINING ORDER, KIM IS

RUNNING ERRANDS WHEN SHE NOTICES

A STRANGE SMELL WAFTING THROUGH

THE CAR.

>> MISS SPRENGER DID NOTICE

SOMETHING UNUSUAL, A SMELL IN

HER VEHICLE, BUT WASN'T ABLE TO

PINPOINT WHAT THAT WAS.

>> Narrator: THROUGHOUT THE

WEEKEND, KIM IS BOTHERED BY THE

SMELL.

BUT IT ISN'T UNTIL SUNDAY

AFTERNOON THAT SHE THINKS TO

LOOK IN THE TRUNK.

SHE SCREAMS IN HORROR WHEN SHE

REALIZES THE SOURCE OF THE

SMELL.

IT'S RICK SR.'S DECOMPOSING

BODY.

>> WE WERE ADVISED THAT

MR. SIMONDS WAS FOUND IN THE

TRUNK AREA OF MISS SPRENGER'S

VEHICLE.

>> WHEN I FOUND OUT ABOUT

RICK SR.'S DEATH, I JUST WENT

INTO TOTAL...

SHOCK.

I MEAN, I JUST STARTED

SQUALLING.

I MEAN, I WAS JUST -- I WAS

DEVASTATED.

I WASN'T DEVASTATED BECAUSE OF

WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM.

I WAS DEVASTATED BECAUSE IF HE

HAD ANY ANSWERS, I KNEW RIGHT

THEN WE WOULD NEVER KNOW.

>> Narrator: POLICE SPECULATE

THAT RICK SR., KIM'S

EX-BOYFRIEND, HAD BEEN DEAD IN

THE TRUNK FOR NEARLY TWO DAYS

BEFORE HE WAS DISCOVERED.

>> RICKY SIMONDS SR. WAS

DETERMINED TO HAVE DIED BY

HYPERTHERMIA -- BASICALLY HEAT

EXHAUSTION OR OVERHEATED IN THE

TRUNK OF THE CAR.

>> HE WAS INTOXICATED, ALSO HAD

DRUGS IN HIS SYSTEM.

>> UNDERNEATH THE BODY, POLICE

MAKE ANOTHER DISTURBING FIND.

>> PERSONAL BELONGINGS OF

MISS SPRENGER'S THAT HAD BEEN

TAKEN PREVIOUSLY FROM HER

VEHICLE WERE FOUND IN HIS

POSSESSION AS WELL AS A WEAPON.

A KNIFE WAS FOUND INSIDE THE

VEHICLE WITH MR. SIMONDS SR.

>> INVESTIGATORS WONDER IF

RICK SR. PLANNED TO ATTACK

KIM SPRENGER BUT GOT DISORIENTED

AND ACCIDENTALLY LOCKED HIMSELF

IN THE TRUNK DUE TO THE

COMBINATION OF DRUGS IN HIS

SYSTEM AND THE EXTREME HEAT OF

THE DAY.

>> PRIOR TO MR. SIMONDS' DEATH,

HE MADE COMMENTS TO FRIENDS THAT

HE WAS GONNA GIVE KIM SPRENGER

THE SURPRISE OF HER LIFE.

>> WE WOULD THEORIZE OR

SPECULATE THAT RICKY SIMONDS SR.

WAS THERE TO CAUSE MISS SPRENGER

HARM.

>> Narrator: THE DEATH OF

RICK SIMONDS SR. IS A MAJOR

SETBACK TO THE INVESTIGATION

INTO WHAT HAPPENED TO JAMIE.

>> I TALKED TO RICK SR. ON THE

PHONE A COUPLE OF TIMES.

AND THE ONLY THING THAT STUCK

OUT TO ME, AND STILL TO THIS

DAY, IT STICKS WITH ME, IS A

CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD, AND HE

SAID HE HAD BEEN DOING SOME

SEARCHING HIMSELF, AND HE SAID,

"WELL, YOU KNOW, MAYBE

SOMEBODY'S GOT HER AND JUST

DOESN'T WANT TO GIVE HER BACK."

THAT HAS HAUNTED ME EVER SINCE.

>> MR. SIMONDS SR.'S DEATH

CLOSES OUT A SOURCE OF

INFORMATION AND QUITE POSSIBLY

A SOURCE WHO MAY HAVE HAD THE

LAST CONTACT WITH JAMIE, AND SO

HIS DEATH DOES HAVE A LARGE

IMPACT ON THIS INVESTIGATION.

>> Narrator: BUT TIPS FROM OTHER

SOURCES KEEP COMING IN, AND

DETECTIVES ARE OPTIMISTIC THAT

ONE DAY THEY WILL FIND OUT WHAT

HAPPENED TO JAMIE.

>> WE HAVE SEARCHED WITH CANINE,

WITH OTHER INVESTIGATIVE

GROUND-PENETRATING DEVICES,

WOODED AREAS AROUND THE

PROPERTY, ACROSS FROM THE

PROPERTY, AS WELL AS MILES AWAY

FROM THE PROPERTY.

I THINK TOTAL WE'VE SEARCHED

PROBABLY 15, 16 SQUARE MILES IF

NOT MORE AND SEVERAL DIFFERENT

AREAS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.

BUT WE'LL KEEP MOVING FORWARD

AND WORK TOWARDS SOLVING IT AND

BRING CLOSURE TO IT.

>> A COPY OF JAMIE FRALEY'S

ACTIVE CASE FILE RESIDES ON MY

DESK AND STAYS ON MY DESK SO

THAT I CAN SEE IT DAILY.

I DO THINK WE WILL FIND

JAMIE FRALEY AT SOME POINT.

>> Narrator: IT'S DIFFICULT TO

GAUGE RICK JR.'S REACTION TO HIS

FATHER'S PASSING.

>> I DON'T BELIEVE THAT

RICKY JR. HAD A FATHER-SON

RELATIONSHIP.

HIS FATHER WAS NOT AROUND AND

DID NOT REALLY PLAY A ROLE IN

HIS GROWTH.

>> I DID LET HIM STAY WITH US

FOR A WHILE.

AND HE DID GOOD FOR A WHILE.

HE WENT...

AND GOT BACK ON DRUGS AND...

BACK DOWN THE SAME...

SAME PATH.

>> Narrator: FOR JAMIE'S MOTHER,

EVERY DAY IS A STRUGGLE.

>> SOME PEOPLE SAY DON'T

QUESTION GOD, BUT, YOU KNOW, I

HAD A HARD TIME BRINGING HER

INTO THE WORLD, YOU KNOW.

WHY WOULD YOU TAKE HER FROM ME?

AND I WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THERE

TO PROTECT HER.

[ SNIFFLES ]

AND I HAVEN'T GOT PAST THAT.

IT MAKES YOU FEEL LIKE I'M A BAD

MOTHER.

WONDERING, WELL, WHEN YOU GO TO

EAT, I THINK, "WELL, I CAN'T."

BECAUSE WHAT IF SHE'S NOT

GETTING TO EAT?

OR YOU GO TO SLEEP...

[ SNIFFLES ]

I CAN'T.

WHAT IF SHE'S NOT GETTING TO

SLEEP?

[ SNIFFLES ]

WHY SHOULD I HAVE THE RIGHT TO

EAT OR SLEEP?

[ SNIFFLES ]

>> Narrator: HER FAMILY IS

COMMITTED TO FINDING JAMIE AND

BRINGING HER HOME AT ANY COST.

>> AT THIS POINT IN TIME, I

MEAN, I JUST WANT JAMIE TO COME

HOME.

I HOPE THAT SHE'S STILL ALIVE.

THE ODDS ARE AGAINST US RIGHT

NOW.

BUT WE CAN'T GIVE UP HOPE.

I'LL NEVER GIVE UP ON JAMIE.

NEVER.

>> JUST WHEN I CLOSE MY EYES, I

CAN REMEMBER HER LAUGH, HER

SMILE...

THE LIGHT IN HER EYES.

SHE'S A...

SHE'S MY ANGEL.