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IT'S THE MIDDLE OF WINTER ON CHINCOTEAGUE ISLAND,

THE ULTIMATE SMALL TOWN.

-HOW MANY YOU GOT? -JUST ONE.

TESSA VANHART HAD A PIZZA DELIVERY

AS SHE HAD MANY NIGHTS BEFORE.

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SHE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE BACK IN A FEW MINUTES.

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BUT SHE DIDN'T COME BACK.

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Woman: A CALL COMES INTO THE LOCAL POLICE STATION.

Kenda: TESSA VANHART IS MISSING.

[ INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER ]

THEY DRIVE LOOKING FOR THIS WOMAN.

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THEY BECOME CONCERNED.

IT'S AN ISLAND.

HOW COULD SHE BE MISSING?

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THEY SEE A CAR RUNNING.

NO ONE'S BEHIND THE WHEEL.

THEY FIND THAT TO BE EXTREMELY ODD.

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[ SIREN WAILS ]

[ SIREN STOPS ]

[ GEAR SHIFTS ]

[ INDISTINCT POLICE CHATTER ]

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OH, GOD.

AND WHAT THEY SEE IN THE BACK SEAT HORRIFIES THEM.

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I SPENT MY CAREER CLOSING MURDER CASES.

BUT I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO ANSWERED THE CALL.

IT TAKES A RARE BREED TO SOLVE THE UNSOLVABLE,

TO CATCH A RUTHLESS KILLER,

TO FIND JUSTICE FOR THE DEAD.

THAT'S WHAT IT TAKES TO BE AN AMERICAN DETECTIVE.

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MY NAME IS DANNY PLOTT.

I'M A FORMER SPECIAL AGENT

WITH THE VIRGINIA STATE POLICE VIOLENT CRIMES UNIT.

[ TELEPHONE RINGS ]

I RECEIVED A CALL FROM MY SUPERVISOR IN RICHMOND

THAT THERE HAD BEEN A MURDER ON THE ISLAND OF CHINCOTEAGUE.

WHEN THIS CALL CAME IN TO DANNY PLOTT AT HIS HOME,

HE HAD NO WAY OF KNOWING THE FAR REACHING EFFECTS

IT WOULD HAVE ON EVERYONE ON THAT ISLAND.

A REMARKABLE CHAIN OF EVENTS HAS BEEN SET IN MOTION.

HE JUST DIDN'T KNOW HOW REMARKABLE IT WAS.

[ INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER ]

WHEN MY PARTNER AND I, JIM HUDDLE,

ARRIVED ON SCENE,

WE WERE GIVEN DETAILS BY

THE CHINCOTEAGUE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

Kenda: THEY HAVE DETERMINED THIS PERSON IS 23 YEARS OF AGE.

HER NAME IS TESSA VANHART.

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TESSA WAS A BEAUTIFUL YOUNG LADY

WHO HAD A WHOLE FUTURE IN FRONT OF HER.

SHE HAD TWO KIDS, A LOVING HUSBAND.

Shea: SHE WAS BEAUTIFUL. SHE REALLY WAS.

SHE JUST HAD THIS WAY ABOUT HER, YOU KNOW?

SHE WAS QUIET AT FIRST, BUT AS YOU GOT TO KNOW HER,

THERE WAS JUST THIS SPECIAL WAY ABOUT HER.

Kenda: THE OFFICERS REPORT THAT TESSA VANHART

IS EMPLOYED AT THIS PIZZA SHOP.

HER HUSBAND ALSO WORKS THERE.

PLOTT IS ALSO INFORMED THAT HER HUSBAND, WALTER,

REPORTED HER MISSING BY DIALING 911.

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TESSA WAS FOUND IN THE BACK SEAT

WITH TWO GUNSHOT WOUNDS TO THE BACK OF HER HEAD.

THERE WASN'T A LOT OF BLOOD

BECAUSE THE WOUNDS WERE CONTAINED INSIDE HER SKULL.

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PLOTT ALSO OBSERVES GRASS

AND DIRT AND MUD ON THE VICTIM'S KNEES.

SHE OBVIOUSLY DIDN'T GET THAT IN THE BACK SEAT OF THAT CAR.

SO THERE IS ANOTHER CRIME SCENE. THEY JUST DON'T KNOW WHERE.

PIZZA'S STILL HERE.

YEAH, SO IS HER PURSE.

Plott: THERE WAS STILL MONEY IN IT.

SHE WAS NOT ROBBED.

TO THE EXPERIENCED INVESTIGATOR

THAT WOULD INDICATE THAT SOMEBODY IS ONLY INTERESTED

IN THIS VICTIM, NOT IN HER POSSESSIONS.

AND THAT'S VERY DIFFERENT. WHY HER?

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LET'S HAVE FORENSICS TAKE THE CAR BACK TO THE LOT.

YOU WANNA GO TALK TO THE HUSBAND?

YEAH.

-LOCK IT DOWN, STEVE. -YES, SIR.

SO PLOTT HAS LEARNED WHAT HE CAN BY LOOKING AROUND THIS CAR.

NOW IT'S TIME TO TALK TO WALKER.

[ SIREN WAILING ]

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NOTIFYING A FAMILY THEY LOST A LOVED ONE,

I'VE DONE SEVERAL TIMES.

IT'S ALMOST LIKE YOU'RE THE GRIM REAPER.

THIS WAS A YOUNG MAN WHO HAD JUST LOST HIS WIFE

AND NOW WAS A FATHER OF TWO SMALL CHILDREN

AND WAS ALMOST IN SHOCK.

EXCELLENT MOTHER, BEAUTIFUL WOMAN.

SHE WAS MY SOULMATE. I'LL SAY THAT.

Shea: WHEN THEY WERE GONNA GET MARRIED,

YOU JUST KNEW.

HE KNEW FROM THE GET GO THAT SHE WAS RIGHT FOR HIM.

Walter: SHE WAS GREAT MOTHER TO HER KIDS,

WHAT LITTLE BIT OF TIME SHE GOT WITH THEM.

THE HARDEST THING I EVER HAD TO DO IS THE NEXT DAY,

TELL THEM, YOU KNOW, THAT MOM WENT TO HEAVEN.

IT'S THE ONLY WAY I CAN PUT IT, YOU KNOW.

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I THINK THE WORD THAT I GET THE MOST WHEN I ASK PEOPLE

ABOUT MY MOM IS BEAUTIFUL AND SWEET, CARING.

A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE LIKE, "OH, MY GOD,

YOU LOOK JUST LIKE YOUR MOM."

IT'S GOOD TO HEAR.

I THINK IT'S MY FAVORITE COMPLIMENT WHEN I HEAR THAT.

YOU AND TESSA,

YOU WORK TOGETHER IN THE PIZZA SHOP?

YEAH.

Shea: HE WAS IN THE BACK.

HE DID MOST OF THE COOKING AND SHE DID THE DELIVERY.

THE NIGHT EVERYTHING HAPPENED,

SHE CAME IN IN THE AFTERNOON AND DID DELIVERIES AT NIGHT.

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-HOW MANY YOU GOT? -JUST ONE.

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BYE.

-BYE. -LOVE YOU.

HE WATCHED HIS WIFE WALK OUT THE DOOR WITH FULL EXPECTATION

THAT SHE WOULD RETURN BACK.

BUT SHE DIDN'T COME BACK.

AND THE LONGER SHE WAS GONE,

THE MORE ALARMED HE BECAME.

I WAS THINKING SOMETHING HAPPENED TO THE CAR, YOU KNOW.

AND A LITTLE BIT OF TIME WENT BY

AND WE ENDED UP CALLING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT

AND GETTING THEM INVOLVED.

DO YOU KNOW WHERE TESSA WAS SUPPOSED TO BE

DELIVERING THE PIZZA?

NO.

BUT WE SHOULD HAVE IT WRITTEN DOWN AT THE SHOP.

WE FELT LIKE THE BEGINNING OF THIS CRIME

WAS A CALL FOR A PIZZA DELIVERY.

AND IN FACT, THERE WAS A SLIP OF PAPER

THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GAIN

THAT LISTED THE HOUSE THAT SHE WAS SENT TO.

[ INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER ]

Kenda: SO THEY GO OUT TO SEE THIS HOUSE.

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THERE'S NOBODY LIVING HERE RIGHT NOW.

Plott: THE HOUSE THAT SHE WAS SENT TO

WAS A VACATION OR RENTAL HOME.

THIS WAS JANUARY.

MOST OF THE VACATION HOMES ARE RENTED DURING WARM WEATHER

WHEN CHINCOTEAGUE IS FULL OF PEOPLE VISITING.

Kenda: THIS PLACE IS TOTALLY LOCKED UP AND SECURE.

NO LIGHTS, NO POWER, NO ANYTHING HAPPENING.

-GOT LIGHTS ON NEXT DOOR. -LET'S CHECK IT OUT.

Plott: WE THOUGHT THAT MAYBE SOMEONE AT THE PIZZA PLACE

HAD ACCIDENTALLY WRITTEN DOWN THE WRONG ADDRESS.

SO WE BELIEVE TESSA WENT TO THE HOUSE NEAR

WHERE THE PIZZA WAS ORDERED AND ATTEMPTED TO MAKE DELIVERY.

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Kenda: AS THEY'RE APPROACHING THIS OTHER HOME...

LOOK AT THIS!

Kenda: PLOTT SEES SOMETHING IN THE GRASS

THAT DRAWS HIS IMMEDIATE ATTENTION.

THERE WAS A SMALL AMOUNT OF BLOOD

FOUND IN THE BACKYARD OF THIS HOUSE

AND WAS MOST LIKELY WHERE TESSA WAS MURDERED.

Kenda: SO NOW THE FOCUS IS THIS HOUSE.

WHO IS IN THERE WITH THE LIGHTS ON?

BECAUSE THERE SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN A HOMICIDE IN YOUR BACKYARD.

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THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ON CHINCOTEAGUE ISLAND

HAS DISCOVERED A HOMICIDE ON THIS VERY SMALL ISLAND

WHERE THEY'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS.

Plott: CHINCOTEAGUE ISLAND IS A SMALL COMMUNITY

ON VIRGINIA'S EASTERN SHORE.

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IT'S A BEAUTIFUL PLACE.

A LOT OF FAMILIES COME HERE FOR THE SUMMER.

[ BIRDS CALLING ]

[ HORSE BLUSTERS ]

BUT IN THE WINTER,

IT'S A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT PLACE.

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AND NOW, DETECTIVE DANNY PLOT HAS DISCOVERED A CRIME SCENE

IN THE BACKYARD OF AN OCCUPIED HOME.

NOW DETECTIVES NEED TO SPEAK TO WHOEVER IT IS THAT'S IN THERE.

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STATE POLICE OPEN UP.

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WHAT DO YOU WANT?

THE HOUSE WAS OCCUPIED BY A MAN.

HE WAS NOT COOPERATING WITH QUESTIONING.

HE SAID HE DID ORDER A PIZZA.

-GET OFF MY PROPERTY. -SIR, WE --

WE STILL NEED TO ASK YOU A FEW QUESTIONS.

WHEN PLOTT ENCOUNTERS THIS RESISTIVE PERSONALITY

WHO HAS A CRIME SCENE IN HIS BACKYARD,

IT MAKES HIM A PRIME SUSPECT.

YOU DIDN'T SEE OR HEAR ANYTHING THIS EVENING?

THIS EVEN THIS GUY WAS DIFFERENT.

HE WAS HINKY.

NOW THERE IS A STORM AND THAT'S TRUE.

COULD IT HAVE OBSCURED THINGS, NOISE OR HEARING SOMETHING?

YEAH, IT COULD, BUT IT STILL SEEMS RATHER ODD.

IT'S OKAY TO BE ODD.

IT'S ALARMING WHEN YOU'RE ODD STANDING NEXT TO A CRIME SCENE

WHERE SOMEONE HAS BEEN MURDERED.

THAT'S A DIFFERENT PROBLEM.

YOU MIND IF WE SEARCH YOUR YARD FOR EVIDENCE?

BE MY GUEST.

WELL, THAT'S NOT ALL WE'D LIKE TO DO.

A POLYGRAPH WAS SUGGESTED AND I BELIEVE HIS STATEMENT WAS,

"IF I TAKE A POLYGRAPH AND PASS IT,

WILL YOU LEAVE ME ALONE?"

AND OF COURSE, WE SAID ABSOLUTELY.

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AFTER WE ESTABLISHED THIS HOUSE AS A CRIME SCENE,

OUR FORENSIC TECHS DID THE BEST THEY COULD TO EXAMINE IT.

WHEN TESSA HAD BEEN ASSAULTED AND MURDERED,

IT WAS COLD AND IT WAS RAINING.

WE KNEW OUR EVIDENCE COULD BE WASHED AWAY.

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THEY PHOTOGRAPH, THEY MEASURE, THEY DO EVERYTHING THEY CAN DO,

BUT THE CONDITIONS MAKE IT ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE

TO HAVE ANYTHING OF VALUE COME OUT OF THAT EXAMINATION.

HOWEVER, DETECTIVE PLOTT IS NOT GIVING UP.

HE HAS ONE MORE TACTIC HE CAN DEPLOY.

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POLICE CANINES ARE OFTEN USED TO SEARCH CRIME SCENE AREAS,

THE OLFACTORY SENSES OF A DOG ARE 600 TIMES THAT OF A HUMAN.

THEY SMELL THINGS THAT HUMANS DON'T EVEN NOTICE.

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EVERY DOG HAS A DIFFERENT ALERT SIGNAL...

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...WHEN THEY FIND SOMETHING OF INTEREST,

SOMETHING DOESN'T BELONG HERE.

Woman: SIR!

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WE WERE ABLE TO RECOVER A .22 CALIBER SHELL CASING.

WE WEREN'T SURE, BUT WE BELIEVE WAS PART OF THE CRIME.

Kenda: THAT CASING BECOMES VERY IMPORTANT.

IT'S NOW PHYSICAL EVIDENCE

THAT COULD LINK THEM TO A HOMICIDE WEAPON.

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WE TOOK THIS GUY TO OUR HEADQUARTERS

IN CHESAPEAKE, VIRGINIA, WHICH WAS ABOUT TWO HOURS AWAY.

MR. PEREZ IS NOW IN A POLICE STATION

AND NOT THE COMFORT OF HIS OWN HOME.

I DON'T KNOW HOW THE BLOOD GOT IN MY YARD.

I'M BEING HONEST.

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Plott: SO HE TOOK THE POLYGRAPH.

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HE PASSED THE POLYGRAPH.

THERE WAS NO SIGNS THAT HE WAS DECEPTIVE IN ANY WAY.

WHAT SEEMS LIKE A PROMISING LEAD JUST EVAPORATED.

WHAT THAT DOES FOR PLOTT, IT TAKES HIM BACK TO SQUARE ONE.

CAN I ASK YOU ONE MORE THING BEFORE YOU GO?

WHAT?

Plott: WE WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT THE HOUSE NEXT DOOR.

WHO OWNS IT? WAS THERE SOMEONE THERE?

Kenda: PEREZ EXPLAINS HIS NEIGHBORS...

NEIGHBORS ARE ALREADY GONE.

Kenda: ...THEY'RE FROM ANOTHER STATE.

THEY ONLY COME IN THE SUMMER.

HE HASN'T SEEN THEM SINCE LABOR DAY.

NOBODY'S AROUND THAT PROPERTY. THEY DON'T RENT IT OUT.

SOMEBODY DIDN'T ORDER A PIZZA FROM THIS HOUSE.

SO PLOTT'S ELIMINATED TWO THINGS --

THE OWNERS OF THIS PROPERTY AND MR. PEREZ.

NOW WHERE DOES THAT LEAVE PLOTT? AS IF HE WAS JUST ARRIVING.

HE DOESN'T KNOW ANY MORE THAN HE DID.

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THE BEST EVIDENCE NOW CAN BE FOUND

ON THE REMAINS OF THE VICTIM.

Plott: DR. BUSH.

AUTOPSIES ARE EXTREMELY USEFUL.

WHEN YOU FIND A DECEASED PERSON,

WHAT YOU SEE IS NOT ALWAYS WHAT HAPPENED.

WERE THEY SHOT OR STAB SOME PLACE

IS NOT READILY APPARENT?

Kenda: PLOTT LEARNS THIS GIRL HAD BEEN BEATEN.

SHE SHOWS EVIDENCE OF BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA TO THE FACE

AND TO THE CHEST WHERE SHE'S BEEN PUNCHED AND/OR KICKED.

THE CORONER ALSO DETERMINES THAT THERE'S EVIDENCE

OF SEXUAL ASSAULT AND SEMINAL FLUID

HAS BEEN RECOVERED FROM THE VICTIM.

DR. BUSH SAID THAT SHE DIED FROM EITHER

ONE OF TWO GUNSHOT WOUNDS TO THE BACK OF HER HEAD.

BOTH WERE .22 CALIBER ROUNDS,

WHICH WAS WHAT WE FOUND IN THE BACKYARD.

THANKS, DR. BUSH.

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Kenda: SO NOW WE KNOW MORE THAN WE DID KNOW.

SOMEONE ORDERS A PIZZA,

OUR VICTIM ARRIVES TO DELIVER SAME,

ENCOUNTERS HER ATTACKER, WHO THEN RAPES HER,

AND THEN KILLS HER WITH A .22 CALIBER WEAPON.

THIS INDICATES A PLAN.

HE DOESN'T HAVE A WEAPON OF OPPORTUNITY.

HE BRINGS A WEAPON BECAUSE HE INTENDS TO USE IT.

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Plott: WE BEGAN TO LOOK AT ANYONE ON THE ISLAND.

WAS THERE SOMEONE THAT WAS INFATUATED WITH HER?

WAS THERE SOMEONE THAT WAS STALKING HER?

BECAUSE THEY DID NOT HAVE A SUSPECT,

EVERYONE WAS A POSSIBLE PLAYER.

Kenda: SO WHO IS THIS PERSON?

WHO IS THE SHADOW IN THE RAIN?

WE WERE ALMOST POSITIVE THAT SOMEONE HAD TO KNOW

THEIR WAY AROUND THIS ISLAND TO DO THIS,

TO KNOW WHERE TESSA WOULD GO

AND BASICALLY LIE IN WAIT.

WE THOUGHT WE WOULD FIND THIS PERSON PRETTY QUICKLY.

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Kenda: SO LET'S GO BACK TO THE PIZZA SHOP.

LET'S TALK TO ALL THE EMPLOYEES, ALL THE COWORKERS,

AND SEE WHAT CAN BE LEARNED.

YOU WERE WORKING WITH TESSA THE NIGHT OF THE INCIDENT.

YEAH.

THE GIRL THAT TOOK THE CALL WAS JUST WRACKED WITH GUILT

AS IF IT WAS HER THAT SENT TESSA OUT TO BE MURDERED,

WHICH, OF COURSE, SHE HAD NOT.

WE ASK, WHAT'D HE SOUND LIKE?

DID HE SOUND OLD? DID HE SOUND YOUNG?

I DON'T KNOW.

ALL SHE REALLY TOLD US WAS

HE SOUNDED LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE THAT CALLED HERE.

SHE'S TELLING THE TRUTH,

BUT IT'S NOT WHAT YOU WANT TO HEAR.

DID HE ASK FOR TESSA OR IF SHE WAS WORKING?

SEVERAL PEOPLE DELIVERED PIZZAS FROM THAT PLACE.

HOW DID THIS PERSON KNOW THAT TESSA

WAS GOING TO DELIVER THE PIZZA?

SO YOU ALSO DELIVER PIZZA FOR THE SHOP?

WE WENT AS FAR AS TO ASK THE FEMALE DELIVERY DRIVERS,

ESPECIALLY, HAVE YOU EVER BEEN SOMEPLACE

THAT THE HAIR STANDS UP ON THE BACK OF YOUR NECK

WHEN THIS PERSON ANSWERS THE DOOR.

PEOPLE INSTINCTUALLY KNOW SUSPICIOUS BEHAVIOR

WHEN THEY SEE IT.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO EXPLAIN IT. IT DOESN'T FEEL RIGHT.

IT DOESN'T LOOK RIGHT.

IT STRIKES YOU AS A LITTLE BIT SCARY.

THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG WITH THIS.

THERE'S THIS ONE GUY THAT HE'S KIND OF OFF.

SHE HAD DELIVERED A PIZZA TO THIS MAN BEFORE

AND HE TRIED SEVERAL TIMES TO GET HER TO COME INSIDE.

HE JUST GAVE ME THE CREEPS.

WELL, THAT'S INTERESTING, MY DEAR,

BECAUSE WE ARE LOOKING FOR A REALLY CREEPY GUY.

THIS GUY APPEARED TO BE A GOOD SUSPECT.

THIS EMPLOYEE IDENTIFIES A CUSTOMER THAT FRIGHTENED HER,

MADE HER FEEL VULNERABLE,

MADE HER UNCOMFORTABLE TO BE AROUND HIM.

WHAT IF THIS PREDATOR MAKES THESE CALLS ALL THE TIME,

GETTING UP THE NERVE, TRYING TO DECIDE HOW TO DO THIS?

HE'S NOT ASKING TO HAVE A PIZZA DELIVERED.

HE'S ASKING TO HAVE A VICTIM DELIVERED.

WE NEED TO TALK TO THIS GUY.

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DANNY PLOTT OF THE VIRGINIA STATE POLICE IS ON THE SEARCH

FOR A SUSPECT AND A COWORKER OF TESSA VANHART

MAY HAVE JUST PROVIDED ONE.

SHE SAID THIS GUY WAS DIFFERENT, THAT HE GAVE PEOPLE THE CREEPS.

THE EMPLOYEE IDENTIFIES THIS PERSON AS MATTHEW BIRCH.

HE IS A UNITED STATES COAST GUARDSMEN

ASSIGNED TO THE STATION ON CHINCOTEAGUE ISLAND.

Plott: SO WE WENT TO THE COAST GUARD.

THEIR COMMANDS ARE USUALLY VERY COOPERATIVE.

THEY CERTAINLY DON'T WANT ANY MEMBER OF THEIR COMMAND

TO BE INVOLVED IN CRIMINAL ACTIVITY.

MATT, WE APPRECIATE YOU SITTING DOWN WITH US.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU WANT TO TALK TO ME FOR.

I HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING WRONG.

Kenda: BIRCH'S BODY LANGUAGE AND HIS DEMEANOR

POINT OUT THAT HE IS NERVOUS.

HE DOESN'T MAKE EYE CONTACT WITH PLOTT.

WHENEVER WE HAD SOMEONE THAT APPEARED TO BE A GOOD SUSPECT,

WE DID OUR BEST TO REMIND EACH OTHER

NOT TO GET TUNNEL VISION BECAUSE A PERSON FITS A LITTLE BIT.

-YOU LIVE OFF BASE, MATT? -I DO.

YOU DON'T WANT TO ACCUSE ANYBODY OF ANYTHING

BECAUSE THAT MAKES THEM SHUT UP, YOU ASK QUESTIONS.

DO YOU LIKE PIZZA, MR. BIRCH?

DO YOU ORDER PIZZA FROM THE LOCAL SHOP?

YOU HAVE A DIFFERENT MOTIVE THAN PIZZA,

BUT HE DOESN'T KNOW THAT.

WE FINALLY SAID, "HAVE YOU EVER OFFERED

THE PIZZA DELIVERY TO COME INSIDE?"

"WELL, YEAH. YEAH, I OFFERED TO SHARE THE PIZZA WITH THEM."

HOW ABOUT TESSA VANHART?

HAVE YOU EVER ASKED HER TO COME INSIDE?

I DON'T KNOW. PROBABLY. SO WHAT?

HE GOT A LITTLE BIT MORE IRRITATED

AS WE START TO HONE IN ON WHERE WERE YOU?

HE REALIZES, "THEY'RE AFTER ME."

MATT, CAN YOU TELL US WHERE YOU WERE THE NIGHT SHE WAS KILLED?

I WASN'T AROUND. I WAS VISITING SOME FRIENDS IN MARYLAND.

CAN YOU PROVE IT?

I PROBABLY HAVE SOME CREDIT CARD RECEIPTS.

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WE WERE ABLE TO EXCLUDE HIM BECAUSE HE WAS NOT PRESENT

ON THE ISLAND THAT NIGHT.

THERE ARE A LOT OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE IN THE WORLD

AND THIS GUY WAS VERY DIFFERENT, BUT HE WAS NOT TESSA'S KILLER.

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Kenda: SO THEY CONTINUE TO INVESTIGATE.

PLOTT AND HIS ASSOCIATES

PRACTICALLY MOVED ON TO CHINCOTEAGUE ISLAND.

Plott: ...PAPERWORK IN THERE.

WE ESTABLISHED A COMMAND POST

AND WE BROUGHT MULTIPLE SPECIAL AGENTS IN

TO RUN DOWN LEADS AND DO INTERVIEWS.

I WANT YOU AND YOUR TEAM

COVERING THIS ENTIRE NORTH SIDE OF THE ISLAND.

SO BECAUSE IT IS SMALL AND PEOPLE TEND TO KNOW

A LOT ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE,

PLOTT AND OTHER OFFICERS BEGIN TO CANVASS EVERY RESIDENT.

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WE TALK TO SO MANY PEOPLE, SOME EX-BOYFRIENDS.

I'M WITH POLICE DEPARTMENT. MAN, SORRY TO WAKE YOU UP.

I BELIEVE WE TALKED TO AN EX-GIRLFRIEND

OF THE HUSBAND.

GOOD MORNING, MA'AM.

BUT THERE WAS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING THERE.

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WE ARE BACK FROM FORENSICS ABOUT TESSA'S CAR.

FORENSIC TECHNICIANS

WENT THROUGH THE CAR TOP TO BOTTOM

TO TRY TO FIND ANYTHING, BUT THE CAR DID NOT GIVE US

ENOUGH LEADS TO FIND WHO HAD DONE THIS.

IT WAS TERRIBLY FRUSTRATING AND WE FELT PRESSURE.

I THINK IT'S PROBABLY MORE PRESSURE

THAT WE BROUGHT ON OURSELVES

THAT WE NEED TO KNOW WHO KILLED THIS YOUNG MOTHER.

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THERE ARE OCCASIONS WHEN A MURDERER ISN'T SKILLFUL,

ISN'T A CRIMINAL GENIUS.

HE'S JUST LUCKY.

NOBODY HEARS HIM,

NOBODY SEES HIM, AND THEY CAN DISAPPEAR.

THE WORLD IS A BIG PLACE.

AND NOW FEAR IS DEEPENING.

WHAT IF HE HAS HIS EYE ON SOMEONE ELSE ON THIS ISLAND?

WAS THIS JUST THE START OF SOMETHING HORRIBLE?

IF YOU'RE COLD BLOODED ENOUGH TO DO IT ONCE,

WHAT STOPS YOU FROM DOING IT A SECOND TIME?

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THIS CASE REALLY, REALLY DID SCARE EVERYONE.

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ONCE UPON A TIME, WE LEFT OUR DOORS UNLOCKED

AND I AT MY HOUSE STARTED LOCKING MY DOOR,

WHICH WAS SOMETHING I NEVER DID.

THAT'S JUST NOT WHAT THE ISLAND WAS.

AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN IT WAS.

THERE WAS SOMEONE ON THIS ISLAND,

WE BELIEVED, THAT HAD DONE THIS AND MAY HAVE BEEN WATCHING US

THINKING, "THESE GUYS DON'T HAVE A CLUE."

AND UNFORTUNATELY, WE DIDN'T IN A LOT OF WAYS.

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THEY WORKED THIS CASE EVERY DAY FOR MONTHS,

AND THEY HAVE DEVELOPED ABSOLUTELY NOTHING

IN TERMS OF INFORMATION, NOTHING IN TERMS OF A SUSPECT.

THE FAMILY WANTS ANSWERS.

SITTING AND WAITING AND BITING YOUR NAILS A LOT

AND CALLING UP TO THE POLICE STATION TRYING TO GET ANSWERS,

BUT THEY DIDN'T HAVE REALLY THE ANSWERS

THAT I WANTED AT THE TIME.

MM.

HOW DO YOU MOVE FORWARD WITH YOUR LIFE

WITHOUT HAVING ANY ANSWER

AS TO WHY A HUGE PIECE OF YOUR HEART IS NO LONGER THERE?

IT WAS ALWAYS IN THE BACK OF YOUR HEAD IF YOUR PHONE RANG,

SOMEBODY KNOCKED ON YOUR DOOR, WAS THAT GONNA BE THE CALL,

THE ANSWER?

I GOT TWO LITTLE ONES AT HOME I'M TRYING TO TAKE CARE OF.

I HAD TO STEP U, YOU KNOW,

'CAUSE THEY WERE MY INSPIRATION TO KEEP ME GOING.

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Plott: THE LEADS WERE STARTING TO DRY UP.

AT FIRST, WE JUST CAME BACK DURING THE WEEK FOR A WHILE,

THEN WE WOULD COME BACK EVERY OTHER WEEK.

AND THEN FINALLY, THE CASE IS CLASSIFIED AS INACTIVE,

PENDING FURTHER LEADS.

I DON'T KNOW HOW BEST TO DESCRIBE IT.

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IT WAS DISAPPOINTING TO ALL OF US.

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AFTER A WHILE, I HAD BEEN TRANSFERRED

TO THE FUGITIVE APPREHENSION UNIT.

HEY, DANNY.

JIM GRABBED ME ONE DAY IN THE OFFICE.

HE WAS, LIKE, REALLY EXCITED.

FINALLY HAVE SOMETHING.

A PHONE CALL COMES IN THAT CHANGES EVERYTHING.

HE SAID, "WE HAVE A LEAD ON TESSA'S MURDER."

AND I SAID, "NO BLANK."

ALL OF A SUDDEN,

EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS CASE IS BACK ON THE FRONT BURNER.

Kenda: FOR TWO YEARS,

THE MURDER OF 23-YEAR-OLD TESSA VANHART

HAS GONE UNSOLVED.

NOTHING HAS COME OF THIS CASE.

NOW, A PHONE CALL BREATHES NEW LIFE INTO THIS INVESTIGATION.

THE LEAD THAT CAME TO LIGHT WAS A MAN NAMED BRIAN CHERRIX.

Kenda: THIS PERSON IS AN INMATE

CURRENTLY CHARGED IN A NUMBER OF CRIMES.

HE REVEALS A CONFESSION THAT WAS MADE TO HIM

ABOUT THE MURDER OF TESSA VANHART.

MR. CHERRIX WAS WILLING TO GIVE THIS INFORMATION

IF THERE WOULD BE LENIENCY SHOWN IN THE CRIME

HE WAS ACCUSED OF.

THIS IS A COMMON THING THAT HAPPENS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT.

YOU MAKE A DEAL WITH THE DEVIL WHERE SOME INMATE

KNOWS ABOUT A CRIME, WANTS SOMETHING IN RETURN,

KNOWING THEY CAN PROVIDE YOU WITH SOMETHING YOU WANT.

UNFORTUNATELY, THE GREATER PERCENT

OF THEM DON'T EVER PAN OUT.

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[ BUZZER ]

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MY UNDERSTANDING, YOU HAVE SOME INFORMATION FOR US.

I HAD A STANDARD APPROACH IN DEALING WITH PEOPLE

LIKE THAT, I WOULD TELL THEM THIS,

SO YOU HAVE LESS THAN A MINUTE TO TELL ME SOMETHING

I DON'T KNOW.

AND IF YOU CAN'T TELL ME SOMETHING I DON'T KNOW,

YOU'RE OF NO USE TO ME

AND YOU CAN ROT IN THIS PRISON UNTIL YOU DIE.

IT WAS MY COUSIN RYAN BERGMAN.

HOW EXACTLY YOU KNOW THAT?

HE TOLD ME ALL ABOUT IT.

THIS IS BLOOD TO MR. CHERRIX,

NOT SOMEBODY HE RAN ACROSS IN A JAIL SOMEWHERE.

THAT MAKES IT EVEN MORE PROMISING.

YOU WANT A DEAL?

WE'RE GONNA BE A LOT MORE THAN THAT.

I KNOW DETAILS. I KNOW EVERYTHING.

CHERRIX SAID HIS COUSIN TOLD HIM THAT HE HAD

LURED HER TO DELIVER A PIZZA

AND HAD GRABBED HER, SODOMIZED HER,

AND THAT HE HAD SHOT HER WITH A .22 RIFLE.

Kenda: THAT WAS NEVER RELEASED TO THE PRESS.

SO MR. CHERRIX IS IN POSSESSION OF INFORMATION

THAT MATCHES THE PHYSICAL EVIDENCE AT THE SCENE

THAT NO ONE COULD POSSIBLY KNOW UNLESS THEY WERE AT THE SCENE.

SO HE IS MORE THAN PROMISING. HE IS AMAZING AT THIS POINT.

WELL, HE TOLD ME WHERE HE PUT THE GUN.

CHERRIX SAID HIS COUSIN THROWS THAT RIFLE IN A BODY OF WATER

THAT ONLY HE KNOWS WHERE IT IS.

SO PLOTT SAYS TO HIM, "GREAT. WHERE CAN I FIND RYAN BERGMAN?"

AND MR. CHERRIX SAYS SOMETHING THE PLOTT IS SHOCKED AT.

THING IS...

HE'S DEAD. -HE'S DEAD?

HE SAYS HE WAS KILLED IN A CAR WRECK LAST YEAR.

AS ELATED AS I WAS, IT WAS TAMPED DOWN BY THE FACT

THAT THE MAN WHO CHERRIX SAID HAD KILLED TESSA WAS DECEASED.

BUT MAYBE THIS MAN MET HIS DEMISE

BECAUSE HE DESERVED IT AFTER WHAT HE DID.

Kenda: THEY DO DETERMINE BERGMAN WAS, IN FACT,

KILLED IN AN AUTO ACCIDENT, AS CHERRIX SAID.

BUT YOU CANNOT RELY ON THE STATEMENT.

BERGMAN WAS THE PERPETRATOR.

YOU NEED TO ESTABLISH WHETHER OR NOT THAT'S, IN FACT, TRUE.

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THE VIRGINIA STATE POLICE HAVE A WORKING DIVE TEAM STATEWIDE.

TWO DIVERS CAME TO CHINCOTEAGUE

AND THE AREA WHERE THIS WEAPON HAD BEEN THROWN.

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Kenda: WATER DOES BAD THINGS TO METAL OBJECTS, SO IT MAY

OR MAY NOT BE SURVIVABLE AFTER TWO YEARS SUBMERGED.

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BUT IT COULD BE.

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Plott: THE DIVERS USUALLY DO A GRID SEARCH.

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THEY CAME OUT.

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AND THEY COULDN'T FIND THE WEAPON.

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WE SPECULATED THAT THE MAN WHO KILLED HER GO BACK

AND GET THE WEAPON, DID HE PUT IT SOMEWHERE ELSE?

AND SO, CHERRIX WAS INTERVIEWED AGAIN.

WHY CAN'T WE FIND THE WEAPON?

WELL, IT'S OUT THERE.

I COULD GO OUT THERE WITH YOU

AND SHOW YOU EXACTLY WHERE IT WAS THROWN.

Kenda: NOW THAT'S INTERESTING.

HOW EXACTLY WOULD YOU KNOW THAT?

WE BEGAN TO THINK, WAS HE THERE DURING THE CRIME?

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SO WE TOOK HIM UP ON HIS OFFER, YOU KNOW,

POINT US WHERE THIS IS.

THIS IS SOME DISTANCE AWAY FROM THE AREA

HE DESCRIBED AS WHERE IT WAS THROWN INITIALLY.

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THE DIVE TEAM GOES IN THE NEW LOCATION...

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...AND WITHIN A FEW MINUTES...

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...THEY COME OUT OF THE RIVER WITH A .22 CALIBER RIFLE.

RIGHT WHERE I THOUGHT.

ONCE THE RIFLE WAS RECOVERED, WE WERE ECSTATIC.

CAN WE TEST THE MURDER WEAPON FOR BALLISTICS, WHICH WE COULD.

THE PEOPLE IN THE LABORATORY THAT HAVE THIS WEAPON

TELL PLOTT THE SERIAL NUMBER CANNOT BE READ,

BUT THEY WERE ABLE TO MATCH THE CASING TO THE EXTRACTOR

AND EJECTOR ON THE WEAPON.

THAT IS THE MURDER WEAPON.

WE TRIED TO TRACK WHO OWNED THAT RIFLE

AND WHERE THE RIFLE HAD BEEN AND WE WERE STILL TRYING TO TIE

THE COUSIN THAT CHERRIX MENTIONS TO THE MURDER.

Kenda: PLOTT LEARNS THAT CHERRIX'S EX-WIFE

ALSO KNEW MR. BERGMAN.

THANK YOU FOR MEETING WITH US.

PLOTT EXPLAINS THAT HE IS INVESTIGATING MR. BERGMAN

AS A PERSON POTENTIALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CRIME.

I DON'T THINK HE WOULD EVER DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

THE EX-WIFE OF MR. CHERRIX SAYS THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NO WAY.

BERGMAN IS A GENTLE SOUL. HE'S A NICE PERSON.

BESIDES, HE WASN'T EVEN ON THE ISLAND

WHEN THAT GIRL GOT KILLED.

HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT?

I REMEMBER HIM TALKING TO RYAN

ABOUT IT ON THE PHONE THE DAY AFTER IT HAPPENED.

Plott: IT WAS CONCLUDED THAT THE COUSIN

COULD NOT HAVE COMMITTED THIS MURDER.

THAT LEAVES US THINKING

THAT BRIAN LEE CHERRIX KILLED TESSA VANHART.

HOW ABOUT YOUR EX-HUSBAND?

CAN YOU DESCRIBE HIS PERSONALITY FOR ME?

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BRIAN LEE CHERRIX, TO MY KNOWLEDGE,

NEVER CAME UP AS A SUSPECT TO START OUT.

WITH HIS FAMILY WAS WELL-KNOWN AND RESPECTED

ON THE ISLAND OF CHINCOTEAGUE.

WE SEPARATED, BUT...

SHE SAYS WE HAD CHILDREN TOGETHER

AND HE'S NORMAL GUY AND HE WORKED.

SO SHE PAINTS THE PICTURE OF A STANDARD AMERICAN MALE,

NOT SOME WILD-EYED MONSTER.

DID BRIAN OWN ANY WEAPONS?

HE DID. HE OWNED A RIFLE.

DO YOU HAPPEN TO KNOW WHAT KIND OF RIFLE?

I DON'T REALLY KNOW GUNS, BUT I THINK IT WAS A .22?

Kenda: SO PLOTT PULLS A PICTURE OUT OF HIS NOTEBOOK

AND HE SAYS THAT LOOK FAMILIAR TO YOU?

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YEAH.

-YOU'RE CERTAIN? -POSITIVE.

Kenda: NOW, PLOTT KNOWS WITHOUT QUESTION.

THE FRUSTRATION FLIES AWAY AND IT BECOMES EUPHORIC.

THIS SHADOW HAS A NAME AND HIS NAME IS BRIAN CHERRIX.

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Kenda: DANNY PLOTT OF THE VIRGINIA STATE POLICE,

HAS BEEN ENGAGED IN A FRUSTRATING TWO-YEAR LONG

INVESTIGATION OF THE MURDER OF 23-YEAR-OLD TESSA VANHART.

AND HE HAS ARRIVED AT THE IDENTITY OF THE PERPETRATOR,

BRIAN CHERRIX.

WE HAVE THE MURDER WEAPON.

BRIAN'S EX-WIFE IDENTIFIED

THE .22 RIFLE AS BELONGING TO HIM.

WE HAD THE MAN THAT KILLED TESSA VANHART.

Kenda: NOW IT'S TIME TO GET A STATEMENT FROM HIM.

IT'S A SOPHISTICATED GAME OF TAG.

AND MR. CHERRIX IS IT.

WE WENT BACK TO CHERRIX WITH ALL THIS INFORMATION

THAT THE COUSIN COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT,

THAT THAT WAS HIS RIFLE.

I GAVE YOU THE TRUTH.

BUT BRIAN LEE CHERRIX STUCK TO HIS STORY.

BRIAN, I THINK IT'S TIME YOU START BEING HONEST WITH US.

I ALREADY TOLD YOU WHAT HAPPENED.

I ALREADY TOLD YOU I TOSSED IT.

OOH.

SO WHO ARE WE TALKING TO HERE?

BRIAN, YOU HAVE TWO PERSONALITIES?

ONE IS YOUR COUSIN'S AND ONE'S YOURS?

IT WAS VERY TELLING THAT HE WOULD SLIP

FROM SAYING HIS COUSIN'S NAME TO FIRST PERSON.

HE'S UNRAVELING IN THE COURSE OF THIS INTERROGATION.

YOU WANT THIS HANGING OVER YOUR HEAD?

YOU OWE IT TO TESSA'S FAMILY, BRIAN.

THAT'S WHEN BRIAN CHERRIX SUDDENLY HAS A CHANGE OF HEART.

[BLEEP] IT. I DID THAT [BLEEP].

I BELIEVE HE KNEW THAT HE WAS GOING TO BE CHARGED

AND IT'S STRICTLY MY OPINION,

THAT BRIAN LEE CHERRIX WANTED THE CREDIT

FOR GETTING AWAY WITH THIS MURDER FOR SO LONG,

LIKE HE WANTED AN ACCOLADE FOR IT

THAT HE WAS SMARTER THAN US.

HE NOT ONLY CONFESSES, HE CONFESSES IN ENORMOUS DETAIL.

HE WAS FASCINATED AND ATTRACTED TO TESSA VANHART.

HE WOULD ORDER PIZZAS FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE

OF HAVING HER BRING THEM.

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THANK YOU.

AND, UH, IT'S FOR YOU.

OH, MY GOSH, NO, I CAN'T TAKE THAT.

-IT'S TOO MUCH. -NO, NO, YOU CAN.

YOU DESERVE IT.

HE THOUGHT SHE WAS SO BEAUTIFUL

THAT HE WOULD TIP HER $20.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. THAT'S REALLY SWEET OF YOU.

YEAH.

THERE YOU GO.

YOU TAKE CARE.

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Kenda: HIS INFATUATION BECAME AN OBSESSION,

AND WHEN IT BECOMES AN OBSESSION,

THEN YOU WANT YOUR DREAM OF THIS EVENT TO LIVE.

HE WANTED TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN

BY WHATEVER MEANS ARE NECESSARY TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.

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SO BRIAN HAD CONCOCTED A PLAN.

TO LURE TESSA OUT TO THIS ABANDONED HOME.

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SHE ARRIVES TO THIS HOUSE TO JUST DELIVER A PIZZA

AND THERE'S BRIAN LEE CHERRIX

WITH A RIFLE WAITING BEHIND A CHIMNEY.

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HE KNOWS TESSA IS THE ONLY ONE WHO DELIVERS LATE AT NIGHT

BECAUSE THE OTHER EMPLOYEES HAVE GONE HOME.

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SHE IS DRIVING INTO A DEATH TRAP

AND DOESN'T KNOW IT.

SHE SEES A HOUSE WITH A LIGHT ON

IN CLOSE PROXIMITY

AND DECIDES TO WALK OVER THERE AND SEE IF THEY ORDERED A PIZZA.

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THIS IS HIS OPPORTUNITY.

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HEY, TESSA. HEY, IT'S ME.

OH, HI.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE? DID YOU ORDER A PIZZA?

YEAH, BUT IT DOESN'T MATTER.

I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT SOMETHING.

-IT'S OKAY. -JUST WAIT -- WAIT.

I JUST WANNA -- -AAH!

[ BREATHING HEAVILY ]

Kenda: HE ATTACKS HER IN THE GRASS,

FORCES HER TO THE GROUND.

OW! OW, PLEASE!

SOMEONE! PLEASE!

PLEASE DON'T HURT ME. I WON'T TELL ANYONE.

DAMN RIGHT YOU WON'T.

HE ASSAULTED HER, SODOMIZED HER THE WHOLE TIME,

HER BEGGING FOR HER LIFE.

[ BREATHING HEAVILY ]

PLEASE, I DON'T CARE. [ PANTING ]

Kenda: HE HAS HIS RIFLE WITH HIM.

HE BROUGHT THAT WEAPON WITH HIM FOR A REASON.

HE DIDN'T DECIDE THAT ON THE WAY THERE.

THAT WAS PART OF HIS PLAN.

AND THEN FOR WHATEVER REASON...

[ GUNSHOT ]

...HE SHOT HER.

SHE MOVED AFTER HE SHOT HER.

SO TO BE SURE, HE SHOT HER AGAIN.

HOW COLD BLOODED IS THAT?

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Kenda: HE THEN DECIDED HE NEEDED TO GET RID OF HER.

HE DRAGS HER BACK TO HER CAR,

PUTS HER IN THE BACK SEAT.

AND THEN HAS TO DRIVE SOMEWHERE AND ABANDON THE CAR.

HE THEN THROWS HIS RIFLE INTO THE WATER,

KNOWING THAT THAT LINKS HIM TO THIS CRIME

AND GOES ON ABOUT HIS LIFE AS IF NOTHING HAPPENED.

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-WHAT CAN I DO YOU FOR? -YEAH, A SLICE OF CHEESE?

SURE. THAT'LL BE $2.50.

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EVERYONE ON THIS ISLAND IS TALKING ABOUT NOTHING ELSE

BUT THIS CRIME,

AND BRIAN CHERRIX IS RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF ALL OF THEM.

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THANKS, MAN.

AND HE'S THE ONE RESPONSIBLE FOR IT.

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WHILE CONFESSING TO THE MURDER, NONE OF IT SEEMED TO BOTHER HIM.

BRIAN CHERRIX DEMONSTRATES HIMSELF TO BE A TOTALLY COLD,

EMOTIONLESS MONSTER.

MR. CHERRIX WENT TO TRIAL.

HE WAS FOUND TO BE RESPONSIBLE BY 12 OF HIS PEERS

AND A JUDGE SENTENCED MR. CHERRIX TO DEATH.

I WAS REALLY HAPPY OVER THAT ONE

BECAUSE I WANTED JUSTICE SERVED.

Plott: IN 2004, BRIAN LEE CHERRIX

WAS PUT TO DEATH BY LETHAL INJECTION.

AS HIS DEATH SENTENCE DATE APPROACHED,

BRIAN LEE CHERRIX ASKED THAT NO MORE APPEALS

BE PUT FORWARD BY HIS ATTORNEYS.

PERHAPS HE REALIZED HE NEEDED TO PAY FOR THIS HEINOUS CRIME.

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Holmes: PEOPLE STILL TALK ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED IN CHINCOTEAGUE.

THEY STILL TALK ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED TO TESSA VANHART.

THAT WAS MY SOULMATE AND I BELIEVE THAT TO THIS DAY

AND I'LL BELIEVE THAT TO THE DAY I JOIN HER UP IN HEAVEN,

YOU KNOW, THAT WAS MY SOULMATE.

YEAH.

SHE MADE TWO WONDERFUL KIDS

AND THEY GIVE ME A COUPLE OF GRANDKIDS.

AND I THINK SHE'D BE REALLY PROUD OF BOTH OF THEM.

AND MAYBE SHE'D BE A LITTLE PROUD OF ME.

I WAS ABLE TO HELP MOLD THEM SOMEWHAT TO WHAT THEY ARE NOW.

MY MOM, SHE DID HER BEST WITH THE LITTLE TIME THAT SHE HAD.

[ SNIFFLES ]

I TRY TO CARRY ON A LITTLE PIECE OF HER.

I JUST WANT HER TO BE PROUD AND I HOPE I'M DOING THAT.

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FOR THE TWO TO THREE YEARS THAT IT TOOK TO BRING THE KILLER

TO JUSTICE, IT NEVER LEFT MY MIND.

NO ONE WAS MORE RELIEVED

OR HAPPIER THAN I WAS THAT WE FINALLY FOUND THIS PERSON.

THE VIRGINIA STATE POLICE AND A CHINCOTEAGUE

POLICE DEPARTMENT NEVER FAILED TESSA VANHART.

THEY DON'T GIVE UP.

DETECTIVES RESOLVE THINGS

TO THE BEST AS THEY CAN.

THEY CAN'T ANSWER EVERY QUESTION,

BUT THEY CAN CERTAINLY ANSWER WHO, WHAT, WHERE, WHEN, AND HOW.

THE WHY QUESTION IS MUCH MORE DIFFICULT.