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A Division of TIME WARNER
ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY, L.P.
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( female narrator )
IN DECEMBER OF 1990,
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THE PEOPLE OF TORONTO
WERE PREPARING TO CELEBRATE
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THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS.
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BUT AS THEY WENT ABOUT SHOPPING
FOR THEIR LOVED ONES,
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THEY COULD NOT FORGET
ABOUT THE 12 YOUNG WOMEN
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WHO HAD BEEN BRUTALLY RAPED
IN THE PAST THREE YEARS.
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THEY WERE ALSO
WELL AWARE
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THAT THE MAN WHO HAD COMMITTED
THESE TERRIBLE CRIMES
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WAS STILL OUT THERE.
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AT THEIR HOME
IN SCARBOROUGH,
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A SUBURB OF TORONTO,
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THE HOMOLKA FAMILY
WAS THROWING A PARTY
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FOR THEIR DAUGHTER
KARLA.
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SHE HAD BECOME ENGAGED
TO PAUL BERNARDO.
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GOOD LOOKING AND BRIGHT,
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KARLA'S PARENTS FOUND HIM
TO BE THE PERFECT SON-IN-LAW.
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HER SISTER,
15-YEAR-OLD TAMMY HOMOLKA
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WAS ALLOWED TO STAY UP
LATE THAT NIGHT.
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PAUL, IN LOVE WITH
HIS NEW VIDEO CAMERA
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WAS TAKING PICTURES
ALL NIGHT LONG.
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( Paul )
OH, HERE WE GO.
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OKAY, OKAY, WHOA.
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THAT'S SO CUTE,
EXTREME CLOSE-UP.
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WHOA !
WHOA !
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( narrator )
LATER THAT EVENING,
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WHEN KARLA'S MOTHER AND FATHER
HAD GONE TO BED...
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KARLA AND PAUL
CONTINUED TO CELEBRATE.
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HER SISTER TAMMY
STAYED UP WITH THEM.
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AND SHE ALSO
CONTINUED TO DRINK.
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( phone ringing )
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AROUND TWO A.M.
THAT MORNING,
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A FRIEND OF KARLA'S RECEIVED
A STARTLING PHONE CALL.
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WE GOT A PHONE CALL,
IT WAS KARLA,
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SHE WAS CALLING,
SHE SOUNDED DISTRAUGHT,
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SHE DID SAY THAT
HER SISTER HAD DIED
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AND SHE
STARTED CRYING.
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IT WAS VERY UNCLEAR
HOW SHE DIED.
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( narrator )
KARLA TOLD POLICE...
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LATER THAT NIGHT,
TAMMY'S BODY WAS TAKEN
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TO HAMILTON GENERAL HOSPITAL
TO BE AUTOPSIED.
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THE LOCAL PATHOLOGIST
SAID THAT IN HIS OPINION
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THE YOUNG WOMAN
HAD DIED FROM ASPHYXIA.
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SHE HAD CHOKED
ON HER OWN VOMIT.
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IT WAS SPECULATED THAT
THE HUGE BURN ON HER FACE
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HAD PROBABLY BEEN
CAUSED BY STOMACH ACID.
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THE NEXT DAY
A FUNERAL WAS HELD
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FOR 15-YEAR-OLD
TAMMY HOMOLKA.
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HER FRIENDS AND FAMILY
WERE VISIBLY SHOCKED
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AT THE YOUNG GIRL'S
TRAGIC ACCIDENT.
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PAUL WOULD NOT
LEAVE HER SIDE,
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HE KEPT CALLING HER,
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"THIS IS MY ANGEL,
SHE'S MY ANGEL,
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OH, SHE'S GONNA
BE OUR ANGEL",
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AND HE WOULD PLAY
WITH HER HAIR.
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HE WOULDN'T
LEAVE HER ALONE.
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IT WAS VERY DRAMATIC.
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IT WAS QUITE
A POWERFUL EVENING.
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( narrator )
ABOUT TWO MONTHS
AFTER THE FUNERAL,
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A BEREAVED KARLA AND PAUL
RENTED A HOUSE
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IN THE TOWN
OF PORT DALHOUSIE.
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THEY SEEMED HAPPY,
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BUT SUDDENLY THEIR FRIENDS
BEGAN TO NOTICE
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A CHANGE
IN PAUL'S BEHAVIOR.
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PAUL WAS GETTING
MORE AND MORE BIZARRE
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AS TIME WENT ON.
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THE LAST TIME
HE CAME OVER,
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HE WAS VERY, VERY DRUNK
AND HE LOOKED AT ME,
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AND I SAID,
"PAUL, WHAT DO YOU DO ?"
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AND HE LOOKED AT ME
WITH THE CRAZIEST LOOK,
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HE SAID TO ME,
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"YOU WOULDN'T BELIEVE
WHAT I DID IF I TOLD YOU,
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YOU WOULDN'T BELIEVE
WHAT I CAN DO."
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I FELT IT DOWN INTO MY HEART,
SOMETHING JUST SO EVIL.
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IT WAS FRIGHTENING.
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( narrator )
IN APRIL,
ANOTHER YOUNG WOMAN
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WAS ATTACKED
LEAVING HER SCHOOL.
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BUT UNLIKE THE OTHERS,
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SHE WAS ABLE TO GIVE
A PARTIAL DESCRIPTION
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OF THE MAN
WHO RAPED HER.
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SHE DESCRIBED HIM
AS A TALL, BLOND MAN,
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IN HIS 20s.
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PAUL BERNARDO, LIKE HUNDREDS
OF OTHER YOUNG MEN
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SEEMED TO FIT
THE DESCRIPTION.
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SO, HE WAS BROUGHT DOWN
TO R.C.M.P. HEADQUARTERS.
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THERE HE WAS INTERVIEWED
AND LEFT A SAMPLE OF HIS BLOOD.
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POLICE FELT THAT
HE WAS COOPERATIVE
AND FORTHCOMING,
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AND DID NOT CONSIDER HIM
A SUSPECT.
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IN JUNE OF 1991,
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WHEN EVERYTHING
HAD SETTLED DOWN.
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PAUL AND KARLA
FINALLY GOT MARRIED.
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THEY WERE JUST SO CRAZY
ABOUT EACH OTHER.
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SHE WAS TOTALLY
INFATUATED WITH HIM.
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WE REALLY KIND OF
UNDERSTOOD THAT THEY WERE
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THIS DONALD AND IVANA TRUMP
KIND OF COUPLE,
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THAT HE WAS
TO BE THE PROVIDER,
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AND SHE WAS GONNA
BE TAKEN CARE OF,
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AND THEY BOTH SEEMED
TO LIKE THAT ROLE.
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( narrator )
BUT ON THE VERY DAY
OF THEIR WEDDING,
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IN ANOTHER PART OF TOWN,
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THE BODY OF
A TEENAGE GIRL WAS FOUND.
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SHE HAD BEEN DISMEMBERED.
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AND HER HANDS, LEGS,
AND EVEN HER HEAD
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HAD BEEN REMOVED
FROM HER TORSO,
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AND PLACED IN BLOCKS
OF CEMENT.
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SHE WAS LATER IDENTIFIED
AS A 15-YEAR-OLD GIRL
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NAMED
LESLIE MAHAFFY.
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THE SEXUAL ATTACK SHOWED
THE SAME PATTERN OF BEHAVIOR
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AS ALL THE OTHERS,
EXCEPT FOR ONE DETAIL.
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THE RAPIST WHO HAD BEEN
PROWLING THE STREETS
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FOR OVER FOUR YEARS,
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HAD NOW TURNED
TO COLD-BLOODED MURDER.
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AFTER THEIR WEDDING,
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PAUL AND KARLA WENT TO HAWAII
FOR THEIR HONEYMOON.
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IT WAS A ROMANTIC TRIP.
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THEIR VIDEOS SHOW A COUPLE
INFATUATED WITH ONE ANOTHER.
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SHORTLY AFTER THEY RETURNED
TO THEIR HOME IN PORT DALHOUSIE,
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ANOTHER BRUTAL MURDER
TOOK PLACE.
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THE BODY OF 15-YEAR-OLD
KRISTEN FRENCH
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WAS FOUND IN THE WOODS.
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SHE HAD BEEN CHOKED TO DEATH
WITH AN ELECTRICAL CORD.
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BUT SHE WOULD BE
THE LAST VICTIM.
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ON FEBRUARY 1st, 1993,
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AFTER TWO YEARS,
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AN OVERWHELMED
AND UNDERSTAFFED FORENSIC LAB,
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FINALLY SENT POLICE THE RESULTS
OF THEIR BLOOD TESTS.
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THE DNA EVIDENCE
MATCHED ONE PERSON,
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THE 28-YEAR-OLD,
PAUL BERNARDO.
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BUT THE AUTHORITIES STILL HAD
UNFINISHED BUSINESS.
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THEY WERE SURE
THAT PAUL BERNARDO
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HAD KILLED LESLIE MAHAFFY
AND KRISTEN FRENCH,
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BUT DID NOT HAVE
THE EVIDENCE TO PROVE IT.
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UNTIL HIS WIFE, KARLA,
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WALKED INTO THE METROPOLITAN
POLICE STATION.
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THERE SHE TOLD DETECTIVES
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THAT SHE WAS FRIGHTENED
FOR HER LIFE.
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HOSPITAL PICTURES SHOWED
THAT PAUL BERNARDO
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HAD BEATEN HER
UNMERCIFULLY.
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SHE TOLD DETECTIVES
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THAT HE MADE HER COMMIT
UNSPEAKABLE ACTS,
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AND THAT
IF SHE DIDN'T,
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HE THREATENED
TO KILL HER.
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IT WAS JUST
A MATTER OF DAYS,
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BEFORE IT WAS
APPARENT TO THE POLICE,
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AT LEAST AT METRO,
THAT SHE COULD GIVE THEM
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A LOT MORE THEN EVIDENCE
OF HER BEING BATTERED AS A WIFE.
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( narrator )
THE POLICE MADE
A DEAL WITH KARLA,
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THEY SAID,
"TELL US ALL YOU KNOW,
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"AND HELP US CONVICT
PAUL BERNARDO FOR MURDER,
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AND WE WILL GIVE YOU
A BREAK IN YOUR SENTENCE."
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KARLA AGREED AND SPENT
THE NEXT FIVE DAYS
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GIVING A VIDEOTAPED
CONFESSION.
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IN THIS TAPE, KARLA TALKS ABOUT
THE MURDER OF LESLIE MAHAFFY.
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THE DEAL IS DEPENDENT
ON HER REVEALING EVERYTHING
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OF HER WRONGDOINGS
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IN CONNECTION
WITH PAUL BERNARDO.
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AND THAT WOULD INCLUDE
THE DEATH OF HER SISTER.
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HI.
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CAN YOU SEE ME ?
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( narrator )
THE POLICE LEARNED
FOR THE FIRST TIME
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WHAT REALLY HAPPENED
TO TAMMY HOMOLKA.
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KARLA TELLS THEM THAT AS
A CHRISTMAS GIFT TO HER HUSBAND,
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SHE PERMITTED
PAUL BERNARDO
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TO RAPE
HER OWN SISTER.
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AFTER KARLA'S CONFESSION,
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THE CHIEF CORONER
OF ONTARIO
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ORDERED THE EXHUMATION
OF TAMMY'S BODY
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FROM THE ST. CHARLES CEMETERY.
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IN THE TOXICOLOGY REPORT
FOLLOWING THE SECOND AUTOPSY,
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THE CONCLUSION
WAS THAT IN FACT,
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THE HALCION HAD BEEN USED
TO MAKE TAMMY SLEEPY.
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FROM THAT POINT THEN
KARLA AND PAUL HAD USED
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A DRUG CALLED HALOTHANE
WHICH IS A GENERAL ANESTHETIC,
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AND PUT TAMMY
TO SLEEP.
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WITH AN UNPROTECTED AIRWAY
ONE WOULD VOMIT INTO THE LUNGS,
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AND THAT IN AND BY ITSELF
CAN CAUSE CARDIAC ARREST.
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( narrator )
UNFORTUNATELY,
THE TWO DRUGS,
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HALCION AND HALOTHANE,
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WERE NOT PART OF THE DRUG TEST
IN THE FIRST AUTOPSY.
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DISCOVERY OF EITHER ONE
OF THESE DRUGS
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WOULD'VE BEEN THE RED FLAG
INDICATING FOUL PLAY.
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ON MAY 19th, 1995,
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IN A TRIAL THAT WOULD SHOCK
ALL OF CANADA,
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PAUL BERNARDO WAS TRIED
FOR THE MURDER OF LESLIE MAHAFFY
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AND KRISTEN FRENCH.
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IT WAS IN COURT
THAT A HORRIFIED JURY
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LEARNED FOR
THE FIRST TIME,
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THAT PAUL AND KARLA
HAD VIDEOTAPED
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THE RAPED AND TORTURE
OF THEIR VICTIMS.
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BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY
THE JURY REALIZED THAT KARLA
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WAS NOT JUST
AN ABUSED WIFE,
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BUT SEEMED TO BE
A WILLING PARTICIPANT.
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ONE OF THE FIRST TAPES
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THAT WE ULTIMATELY
HAD TO DEAL WITH,
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WAS PAUL AND KARLA,
IN KARLA'S AREA IN THE BASEMENT
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IN FRONT OF THE FIREPLACE
HAVING SEX.
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AND HERE IS KARLA DRESSED IN
TAMMY HOMOLKA'S SCHOOL CLOTHES,
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AND SHE PERFORMS
ORAL SEX ON HIM.
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SO SHE'S PLAYING
AT BEING TAMMY,
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TWO OR THREE WEEKS
AFTER HER SISTER'S DEAD.
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YOU COULD SEE THAT
SHE WAS PART AND PARCEL,
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IN MY OPINION,
OF WHAT WENT ON.
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I THINK THAT
BY HERSELF,
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KARLA HOMOLKA WOULD NEVER
HAVE COMMITTED THESE
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OR ANY CRIMES
APPROACHING THEM.
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THESE TWO, IN COMBINATION,
FORMED A PERSONALITY
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THAT WAS CAPABLE OF COMMITTING
THIS SERIES OF ACTS,
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AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY
WHAT HAPPENED HERE.
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( narrator )
PAUL BERNARDO WAS SENTENCED
TO LIFE IN PRISON
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WITHOUT POSSIBILITY
OF PAROLE.
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BUT KARLA WHO HAD MADE
HER DEAL WITH THE POLICE
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BEFORE ANYONE EVER SAW
THE INCRIMINATING VIDEOTAPES,
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RECEIVED ONLY
12 YEARS IN PRISON,
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AND IS DUE TO BE RELEASED
IN THE YEAR 2005.
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I GUESS I'VE COME TO
THE CONCLUSION IN MY OWN MIND,
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THAT IT WAS PROBABLY
A 50/50 THING.
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JUST A MATCH
MADE IN HEAVEN, I GUESS.
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( narrator )
GEORGE AND DENISE ECKERSLEY
LIVED IN THIS BRICK HOUSE
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ON COLENSO ROAD
IN LEEDS, ENGLAND.
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THEY HAD BEEN MARRIED
FOR FOUR YEARS,
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LIVING QUIET
AND UNEVENTFUL LIVES.
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BUT IN 1999
THEY PURCHASED A SMALL CAR
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THAT THEY PLANNED TO USE
ON THEIR TRIP TO EUROPE.
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BUT THEY NEVER
WENT ON THAT TRIP.
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JUST BEFORE THEY
WERE ABOUT TO LEAVE,
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THE POLICE RECEIVED A PHONE CALL
FROM GEORGE ECKERSLEY,
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WHO TOLD THEM
THAT HIS WIFE,
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AND HIS CAR
WERE MISSING.
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( narrator )
HER FAMILY PLACED HER PICTURE
IN STORE WINDOWS,
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AND LOCAL NEWSPAPERS
IN THE AREA,
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HOPING THAT SOMEONE
MIGHT RECOGNIZE HER.
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SEVERAL PEOPLE RESPONDED
TO THE MISSING PERSON POSTERS.
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IN FACT,
AN AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHER
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SAID THAT HE HAD SHOT VIDEO
OF A STRANGE-LOOKING WOMAN
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WANDERING AROUND THE RESORT TOWN
OF NEARBY CLEETHORPES.
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IN ADDITION, A SECURITY CAMERA
AT A LOCAL BANK
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RECORDED THE SAME WOMAN USING
DENISE ECKERSLEY'S CREDIT CARD
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TO TAKE OUT
SOME MONEY.
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THIS LED GEORGE ECKERSLEY
TO GO ON RADIO,
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TO PLEAD FOR HIS WIFE
TO COME HOME.
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A FEW DAYS LATER,
MRS. EKERSLEY SENT A LETTER
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TO HER FAMILY
IN WHICH SHE ADMITTED...
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DENISE EKERSLEY
SOUNDED LIKE A WOMAN
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WHO WANTED TO DIE.
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THEN ONE MORNING,
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A MAN FOUND HER SWEATER
FLOATING IN THE OCEAN.
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POLICE LATER
FOUND HER POCKETBOOK,
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ALONG WITH AN EMPTY
BOTTLE OF VODKA ON THE BEACH.
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AUTHORITIES WERE SURE
THAT SHE HAD TAKEN HER OWN LIFE
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BY DROWNING.
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BUT HER DAUGHTER INSISTED THAT
THE SUICIDE NOTE WAS A FAKE,
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THAT IT WASN'T
HER MOTHER'S HANDWRITING.
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SO, THE CRIMINALISTS
EXAMINED THE ENVELOPE
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FOR TRACES OF DNA,
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THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN
LEFT BY THE SALIVA.
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THEY CUT OFF A SMALL
SECTION OF THE FLAP,
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HEATED IT,
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THEN PLACED THAT PIECE
IN A CENTRIFUGE,
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IN ORDER TO ISOLATE
THE DNA.
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FINALLY, THEY PLACED
THE SAMPLE IN A MACHINE
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CALLED
"A DNA SEQUENCER",
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WHICH IDENTIFIES
AN INDIVIDUAL'S DNA.
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AFTER TWO HOURS
THEY DISCOVERED,
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MUCH TO THEIR SURPRISE,
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THAT THE DNA
FOUND ON THE ENVELOPE
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WAS A MATCH NOT FOR DENISE,
BUT FOR HER HUSBAND GEORGE.
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IT WAS HE,
NOT SHE,
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WHO HAD WRITTEN AND MAILED
THE SUICIDE NOTE TO HER FAMILY.
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POLICE EVENTUALLY
FOUND GEORGE ECKERSLEY
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AT THE LOCAL AIRPORT,
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WHERE HE WAS ABOUT TO BOARD
A PLANE FOR AMSTERDAM
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TO START A NEW LIFE.
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CONFRONTED WITH THE EVIDENCE,
GEORGE ADMITTED HIS GUILT.
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HE SAID
HE HIT HIS WIFE
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OVER THE HEAD
WITH A CANDLESTICK,
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CUT HER UP,
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TOOK HER BODY TO THE FACTORY
WHERE HE WORKED,
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AND THEN DROPPED HER
IN A SMELTER,
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WHERE HE
INCINERATED HER.
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( narrator )
THE STRANGE WOMAN
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SEEN WANDERING AROUND
THE TOWN OF CLEETHORPES,
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WAS NONE OTHER
THAN GEORGE ECKERSLEY,
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DRESSED IN
HIS WIFE'S CLOTHING.
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IT WAS
AN ELABORATE SCHEME
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TO MAKE PEOPLE THINK
SHE WAS STILL ALIVE,
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WHILE HE WAS WRITING
HER SUICIDE NOTE.
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00:19:52,066 --> 00:19:54,700
HE PRESENTS HIMSELF AS A VERY
MILD-MANNERED FAMILY MAN,
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00:19:54,700 --> 00:19:57,533
BUT CLEARLY
HE WAS CAPABLE
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OF ONE OF THE MOST
EVILEST OF CRIMES.
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00:19:59,333 --> 00:20:02,000
THE DECEPTION
THAT HE PRACTICED,
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PARTICULARLY ON THE FAMILY
WAS VERY, VERY CRUEL.
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GEORGE ECKERSLEY
HAD TAKEN EVERY PRECAUTION,
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EXCEPT FOR ONE.
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HE NEVER REALIZED THAT
BY LICKING THAT ENVELOPE,
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HE PUT HIMSELF
IN PRISON
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FOR THE REST
OF HIS LIFE.
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IN 1997, A MAN NAMED
ANTHONY TURNER
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WAS ARRESTED FOR THE RAPE
OF THREE WOMEN.
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ONE OF HIS VICTIMS
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SAID SHE WAS
STANDING AT A BUS STOP,
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WHEN A MAN CAME
FROM BEHIND HER,
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00:20:56,033 --> 00:20:58,133
AND PUT A KNIFE
TO HER THROAT.
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SHE SAID HE DRAGGED HER
INTO AN ALLEY,
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00:21:01,467 --> 00:21:04,200
AND THEN RAPED HER
REPEATEDLY.
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NOT ONLY DID
SHE IDENTIFY TURNER,
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BUT HIS DNA MATCHED
THE DNA SAMPLES,
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FOUND ON
THE OTHER TWO VICTIMS.
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00:21:17,767 --> 00:21:20,400
BUT HE INSISTED THAT THE POLICE
HAD MADE A MISTAKE.
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HE SAID,
"I DIDN'T DO IT !
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"THERE MUST BE
SOMEBODY OUT THERE,
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WHO LOOKS LIKE ME
AND HAS MY DNA."
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THE POLICE REALIZED
THAT WAS VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE,
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AND THREW HIM
IN JAIL.
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( narrator )
SEVERAL MONTHS LATER,
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WHILE TURNER WAS SITTING
IN HIS JAIL CELL,
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ANOTHER WOMAN
IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD
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CAME TO THE POLICE
AND SAID
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THAT SHE ALSO HAD BEEN
ATTACKED AND RAPED.
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WHEN POLICE CHECKED
THE SEMEN SAMPLES,
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THAT THEY HAD TAKEN
FROM THE YOUNG WOMAN,
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THEY WERE SURPRISED
TO FIND
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THAT THE DNA WAS
A PERFECT MATCH FOR TURNER,
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00:21:58,567 --> 00:22:00,700
BUT THAT
WAS IMPOSSIBLE,
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HE HAD BEEN SITTING
IN A JAIL CELL
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00:22:02,967 --> 00:22:04,867
WHEN ALL OF THIS
HAD HAPPENED.
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00:22:04,867 --> 00:22:07,600
( narrator )
BUT AFTER BEING INTERVIEWED
FOR SEVERAL HOURS,
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THE YOUNG WOMAN
BECAME FRIGHTENED,
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00:22:09,967 --> 00:22:12,300
AND CONFESSED
TO THE POLICE,
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00:22:12,300 --> 00:22:15,033
THAT SHE HAD REALLY
NEVER BEEN RAPED.
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SHE HAD
MADE IT ALL UP.
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00:22:18,867 --> 00:22:21,100
SHE SAID
THAT TURNER
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00:22:21,100 --> 00:22:23,467
HAD MAILED HER A SAMPLE
OF HIS OWN SEMEN,
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00:22:23,467 --> 00:22:26,266
IN A SMALL PLASTIC
KETCHUP PACKET,
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00:22:26,266 --> 00:22:29,266
AND THAT SHE HAD BEEN PAID $50
BY TURNER'S FAMILY
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TO PLACE THE SEMEN
SOMEWHERE ON HER BODY
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00:22:32,967 --> 00:22:35,700
AND TO MAKE UP A STORY
THAT SHE'D BEEN RAPED.
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SHE SAID
IT WAS ALL A LIE.
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( narrator )
TURNER HAD MADE A FUTILE ATTEMPT
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AT FOOLING THE POLICE,
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00:22:44,467 --> 00:22:47,266
BUT HE WAS CAUGHT
AND ULTIMATELY CONVICTED
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FOR THE THREE RAPES
AND RECEIVED A SENTENCE
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OF 120 YEARS IN PRISON.
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00:22:53,266 --> 00:22:56,033
HE DIDN'T REALIZE
THAT THE ODDS
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OF TWO PEOPLE
HAVING THE SAME DNA
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00:22:58,700 --> 00:23:02,900
IS ALMOST
THREE TRILLION TO ONE.
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00:23:13,166 --> 00:23:16,266
( dog barking )
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00:23:23,834 --> 00:23:26,734
( narrator )
ON THE MORNING
OF DECEMBER 22nd, 1999,
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AT A DINER
IN DEARBORN, MICHIGAN,
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00:23:29,900 --> 00:23:33,600
CUSTOMERS BEGAN COMPLAINING
ABOUT A HORRIBLE ODOR
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00:23:33,600 --> 00:23:37,500
COMING FROM THE GREASE DUMPSTER
BEHIND THE RESTAURANT,
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00:23:37,500 --> 00:23:41,000
THEY SAID THAT IT
SMELLED LIKE ROTTING MEAT.
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00:23:42,467 --> 00:23:45,066
WHEN DETECTIVES ARRIVED
AND LOOKED IN THE BIN,
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00:23:45,066 --> 00:23:49,767
THEY FOUND PLASTIC BAGS
CONTAINING HUMAN ARMS AND LEGS
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00:23:49,767 --> 00:23:52,233
THAT WERE BEGINNING
TO DECAY.
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00:23:54,400 --> 00:23:57,200
WHEN I ARRIVED
AT THE RESTAURANT,
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00:23:57,200 --> 00:23:59,600
I LOOKED INTO THE BAG.
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00:23:59,600 --> 00:24:01,200
I SAW THE LIMBS.
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00:24:01,200 --> 00:24:04,633
AND IT'S HARD TO
DESCRIBE YOUR FEELING
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00:24:04,633 --> 00:24:07,533
WHEN YOU SEE
SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
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00:24:07,533 --> 00:24:11,133
I HAVE BEEN A POLICE OFFICER
FOR 35 YEARS.
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00:24:11,133 --> 00:24:13,800
I HAVE NEVER
SEEN A PERSON
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CUT APART
LIKE THAT BEFORE.
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( narrator )
THE TORSO,
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00:24:19,433 --> 00:24:21,467
AS WELL AS THE HEAD,
WERE MISSING.
368
00:24:21,467 --> 00:24:25,900
AND THE FINGERTIPS
HAD BEEN SLICED OFF.
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00:24:26,266 --> 00:24:29,266
THERE WAS NO WAY
TO IDENTIFY THE BODY.
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00:24:31,333 --> 00:24:33,400
SO, POLICE,
AFTER TAKING BLOOD SAMPLES,
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00:24:33,400 --> 00:24:37,533
STORED THE BODY PARTS IN
THE FREEZER OF A LOCAL MORGUE.
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00:24:41,000 --> 00:24:43,200
SEVERAL DAYS LATER,
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00:24:43,200 --> 00:24:45,333
ON A FARM LOCATED
OVER 60 MILES AWAY,
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00:24:45,333 --> 00:24:49,266
A FARMER FOUND
ANOTHER PLASTIC BAG
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00:24:49,266 --> 00:24:51,967
CONTAINING
A DISMEMBERED BODY.
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00:24:54,200 --> 00:24:57,133
WHEN PATHOLOGISTS BROUGHT
THE TORSO BACK TO THE LAB,
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00:24:57,133 --> 00:25:00,000
THEY FOUND THAT IT
AND THE ARMS AND LEGS
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00:25:00,000 --> 00:25:03,800
FOUND IN THE DUMPSTER
HAD COME FROM THE SAME PERSON.
379
00:25:03,800 --> 00:25:06,834
BUT THE POLICE
STILL HAD NO HEAD,
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00:25:06,834 --> 00:25:09,934
AND MORE IMPORTANTLY,
NO LEADS.
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00:25:13,166 --> 00:25:15,934
THE STORY OF THE MURDER
QUICKLY DISAPPEARED
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00:25:15,934 --> 00:25:17,533
FROM THE LOCAL NEWSPAPERS.
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00:25:17,533 --> 00:25:20,266
AND THE POLICE LOST HOPE
OF EVER FINDING THE PERSON
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00:25:20,266 --> 00:25:22,967
WHO HAD COMMITTED
THIS HORRIBLE CRIME.
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00:25:25,000 --> 00:25:27,266
BUT SEVERAL WEEKS LATER,
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00:25:27,266 --> 00:25:29,867
THEY RECEIVED A PHONE CALL
FROM A WOMAN IN ENGLAND,
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00:25:29,867 --> 00:25:32,166
NAMED ANITA ROSS,
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00:25:32,166 --> 00:25:34,633
WHO SAID THAT
SHE HAD BEEN FRANTICALLY
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00:25:34,633 --> 00:25:37,600
TRYING TO REACH
HER SISTER, TRACY.
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00:25:38,400 --> 00:25:40,667
SHE SAID TRACY
HAD GONE TO AMERICA
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00:25:40,667 --> 00:25:44,333
TO VISIT HER HUSBAND
AND THEIR CHILDREN
FOR CHRISTMAS.
392
00:25:45,233 --> 00:25:47,533
BUT MRS. ROSS SAID
THAT SHE NEVER HEARD
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00:25:47,533 --> 00:25:49,633
FROM HER SISTER AGAIN.
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00:25:51,266 --> 00:25:54,300
HER HUSBAND,
DR. AZIZUL ISLAM,
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00:25:54,300 --> 00:25:57,633
WAS A WELL-RESPECTED
BIOCHEMIST.
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00:25:58,000 --> 00:26:02,767
HE AND TRACY HAD BEEN
HAPPILY MARRIED FOR 17 YEARS.
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00:26:03,934 --> 00:26:08,533
HERE THEY'RE CELEBRATING
THEIR DAUGHTERS 19th BIRTHDAY.
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00:26:10,467 --> 00:26:12,367
BUT JUST
ONE YEAR LATER,
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00:26:12,367 --> 00:26:14,867
TRACY AND HER HUSBAND
SEPARATED.
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00:26:15,633 --> 00:26:18,667
HE ASSUMED RESPONSIBILITY
FOR THE KIDS
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00:26:18,667 --> 00:26:22,467
AND SHE WENT BACK TO ENGLAND
TO STAY WITH HER SISTER.
402
00:26:28,867 --> 00:26:31,266
WHEN DETECTIVES WENT
TO THE HOME OF DR. ISLAM,
403
00:26:31,266 --> 00:26:34,400
HE TOLD THEM THAT
HE AND HIS WIFE HAD
HAD AN ARGUMENT,
404
00:26:34,400 --> 00:26:38,667
AND THAT SHE LEFT
FOR ENGLAND THE NEXT DAY.
405
00:26:39,333 --> 00:26:41,800
COMMANDER CARROLL AND I
ASKED DR. ISLAM,
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00:26:41,800 --> 00:26:44,967
IF HE WOULD LIKE US
TO CHECK HIS HOUSE,
407
00:26:44,967 --> 00:26:49,100
TO SEE IF, IN FACT, SOMEBODY
HAD BROKEN INTO THE HOUSE,
408
00:26:49,100 --> 00:26:52,233
AND HE REQUESTED
THAT WE DID DO THAT.
409
00:26:56,967 --> 00:26:59,700
( narrator )
DETECTIVES SEARCHED HIS HOUSE,
410
00:26:59,700 --> 00:27:04,166
BUT FOUND NOTHING
OUT OF THE ORDINARY.
411
00:27:05,567 --> 00:27:09,033
THEN THEY WENT
DOWN TO THE BASEMENT.
412
00:27:13,433 --> 00:27:16,066
THE BASEMENT FLOOR
HAD BEEN FRESHLY PAINTED,
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00:27:16,066 --> 00:27:19,300
BUT ONLY
IN CERTAIN AREAS,
414
00:27:19,300 --> 00:27:21,600
WHERE THE WASHER
AND DRYER SAT,
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00:27:21,600 --> 00:27:23,767
THE FLOOR HAD BEEN PAINTED
AROUND THOSE ITEMS.
416
00:27:23,767 --> 00:27:26,834
THERE WAS A ROLLER
AND A PAINT TRAY
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00:27:26,834 --> 00:27:28,800
WITH FRESH PAINT
STILL ON IT,
418
00:27:28,800 --> 00:27:32,300
AND WE ASKED THE DOCTOR ABOUT
WHEN THE FLOOR WAS PAINTED.
419
00:27:32,300 --> 00:27:35,767
HE STATED THAT HE HAD
BEGUN PAINTING THE FLOOR
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00:27:35,767 --> 00:27:37,367
AFTER HIS RETURN
FROM NEW YORK.
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00:27:37,367 --> 00:27:38,934
AND THE REASON
HE WAS PAINTING IT,
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00:27:38,934 --> 00:27:41,633
WAS BECAUSE HE WANTED
TO SELL THE HOUSE,
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00:27:41,633 --> 00:27:44,467
AND HE WANTED
TO MOVE TO NEW YORK.
424
00:27:44,467 --> 00:27:44,533
( narrator )
DETECTIVES DID NOT
BELIEVE HIS STORY.
425
00:27:47,800 --> 00:27:50,834
THEY FELT THAT
THE FRESH PAINT ON THE FLOOR
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00:27:50,834 --> 00:27:54,467
INDICATED THAT HE WAS
COVERING SOMETHING UP.
427
00:27:55,467 --> 00:28:00,533
FORENSIC PATHOLOGISTS
RECOMMENDED THAT
THEY CALL ON EAGLE,
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00:28:00,533 --> 00:28:03,567
A CADAVER DOG
THAT WAS WORLD RENOWNED
429
00:28:03,567 --> 00:28:05,633
FOR HIS TALENT
IN DETECTING BLOOD
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00:28:05,633 --> 00:28:07,633
AND HUMAN REMAINS.
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00:28:10,867 --> 00:28:13,333
EAGLE HAD RECENTLY
BEEN IN PANAMA,
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00:28:13,333 --> 00:28:15,533
WHERE HE HELPED THE GOVERNMENT
LOCATE VICTIMS
433
00:28:15,533 --> 00:28:18,834
THAT WERE MURDERED AND BURIED
BY THE NOREIGA GOVERNMENT.
434
00:28:21,633 --> 00:28:24,066
SO, EAGLE AND HIS TRAINER,
SANDY ANDERSON,
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00:28:24,066 --> 00:28:25,633
WERE CALLED
INTO THE CASE.
436
00:28:25,633 --> 00:28:27,667
FROM THE MINUTE
WE WALKED INTO THAT HOUSE
437
00:28:27,667 --> 00:28:31,133
THAT DOG WAS HEADED
FOR A STAIRWAY.
438
00:28:32,767 --> 00:28:35,633
THAT STAIRWAY BELONGED
TO THE BASEMENT.
439
00:28:37,033 --> 00:28:39,266
FROM THE TIME
WE HIT THAT BASEMENT,
440
00:28:39,266 --> 00:28:42,500
HE WOULD DOWN
AND BARK AND TOUCH.
441
00:28:43,834 --> 00:28:45,967
AND THE MATTER OF FACT,
ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS
442
00:28:45,967 --> 00:28:47,367
HE HIT ON
WAS A PAINT ROLLER,
443
00:28:47,367 --> 00:28:48,867
IN A PAINT TRAY,
IN PAINT.
444
00:28:48,867 --> 00:28:50,600
AND THERE WERE
OTHER PAINT TRAYS AROUND IT,
445
00:28:50,600 --> 00:28:52,667
BUT HE DIDN'T FOCUS ON THOSE,
HE ONLY FOCUSED ON THIS ONE
446
00:28:52,667 --> 00:28:54,767
PARTICULAR PAINT TRAY
WITH SOME WET PAINT.
447
00:28:54,767 --> 00:28:57,066
AND THEN A PAINT CAN
AND THEN THE FLOOR,
448
00:28:57,066 --> 00:28:59,467
HE WAS HITTING
ALL OVER THE FLOOR.
449
00:29:00,333 --> 00:29:02,333
AND HE STARTED
HITTING ON A MOP,
450
00:29:02,333 --> 00:29:05,433
AND A SHOPVAC.
451
00:29:05,433 --> 00:29:07,066
HE WAS OBSESSED
WITH THE SHOPVAC.
452
00:29:07,066 --> 00:29:08,967
WE HAD TO PULL HIM
OFF OF IT.
453
00:29:08,967 --> 00:29:11,100
AND I TURNED
TO THE DETECTIVE
454
00:29:11,100 --> 00:29:13,233
WITH THE FIRST INDICATION
AND SAID,
455
00:29:13,233 --> 00:29:15,600
"MY DOG SAYS THERE IS
HUMAN REMAINS IN HERE,
456
00:29:15,600 --> 00:29:19,033
"MY ASSUMPTION IS,
BASED ON MY EXPERIENCE
457
00:29:19,033 --> 00:29:21,834
AND HIS INDICATION,
THAT IT'S HUMAN BLOOD."
458
00:29:24,066 --> 00:29:26,467
( narrator )
DETECTIVES RETURNED
WITH A SEARCH WARRANT,
459
00:29:26,467 --> 00:29:28,533
AND SPRAYED THE BASEMENT
WITH LUMINOL,
460
00:29:28,533 --> 00:29:32,266
A CHEMICAL THAT IS USED
TO DETECT THE PRESENCE OF BLOOD.
461
00:29:36,000 --> 00:29:37,800
WHEN THEY WERE DONE,
462
00:29:37,800 --> 00:29:40,433
THE LUMINOL PROVED
THAT EAGLE WAS RIGHT,
463
00:29:40,433 --> 00:29:44,767
IT REVEALED THE PRESENCE
OF TINY DROPLETS OF BLOOD
464
00:29:44,767 --> 00:29:47,734
ON THE PAINT ROLLER
AND ON THE FLOOR.
465
00:29:48,800 --> 00:29:50,600
THE AMAZING THING
WAS THE DOG LOCATED
466
00:29:50,600 --> 00:29:53,734
NOT REALLY LARGE QUANTITIES
OF BLOOD UNDER THE PAINT,
467
00:29:53,734 --> 00:29:55,834
BUT SMALL
QUANTITIES OF BLOOD.
468
00:29:55,834 --> 00:29:58,734
SOMEBODY HAD MADE AN EFFORT
TO DO A VERY GOOD CLEAN-UP JOB.
469
00:29:58,734 --> 00:30:01,467
SAME THING WITH THE MOP,
SAME THING WITH THE WALL,
470
00:30:01,467 --> 00:30:03,367
SAME THING
WITH THE SHOPVAC.
471
00:30:03,367 --> 00:30:05,200
WE WEREN'T TALKING
ABOUT BLOOD SPILLS,
472
00:30:05,200 --> 00:30:07,533
WE WERE TALKING ABOUT
BLOOD SPLATTER EVIDENCE,
473
00:30:07,533 --> 00:30:10,333
AND ALL OF THIS
HAD BEEN CONCEALED
474
00:30:10,333 --> 00:30:13,467
EITHER WITH CLEANING FLUIDS
OR PAINT.
475
00:30:14,066 --> 00:30:16,133
BUT THERE WAS PLENTY THERE
TO OBTAIN,
476
00:30:16,133 --> 00:30:18,567
AND PLENTY THERE TO PROVE,
THAT IT WAS INDEED
477
00:30:18,567 --> 00:30:21,033
DR. ISLAM'S
MISSING WIFE.
478
00:30:22,233 --> 00:30:24,767
( narrator )
PATHOLOGISTS FOUND
THAT THE DNA IN THE BLOOD
479
00:30:24,767 --> 00:30:27,567
MATCHED THE DNA FOUND
480
00:30:27,567 --> 00:30:29,934
IN HIS WIFE'S
DISMEMBERED BODY.
481
00:30:30,500 --> 00:30:32,734
EAGLE HAD UNCOVERED
THE EVIDENCE
482
00:30:32,734 --> 00:30:34,433
THAT WOULD SEND
DR. ISLAM TO JAIL
483
00:30:34,433 --> 00:30:36,867
FOR THE REST
OF HIS LIFE.
484
00:30:37,934 --> 00:30:40,300
SANDRA ANDERSON
AND EAGLE,
485
00:30:40,300 --> 00:30:43,934
WERE THE MAIN PLAYERS
IN SOLVING THE HOMICIDE
486
00:30:43,934 --> 00:30:46,867
OF TRACY ISLAM.
487
00:30:46,867 --> 00:30:49,467
WITHOUT EAGLE,
WE WOULD'VE NEVER
OBTAINED THE SEARCH WARRANT,
488
00:30:49,467 --> 00:30:51,700
AND WITHOUT
THE SEARCH WARRANT,
489
00:30:51,700 --> 00:30:54,700
DR. ISLAM WOULD NOT
HAVE BEEN BROUGHT TO TRIAL.
490
00:31:05,967 --> 00:31:07,967
( narrator )
52-YEAR-OLD KAY SYBERS
491
00:31:07,967 --> 00:31:10,934
LAY DEAD ON
AN EMBALMING TABLE.
492
00:31:11,133 --> 00:31:15,567
SHE WAS BEING PREPARED
FOR HER FUNERAL.
493
00:31:16,934 --> 00:31:21,000
HER BLOOD WAS SLOWLY
BEING REPLACED WITH FORMALIN,
494
00:31:22,667 --> 00:31:25,867
SO THAT HER BODY
WOULD NOT IMMEDIATELY DECAY.
495
00:31:27,467 --> 00:31:30,100
THE PROCEDURE
WAS ROUTINE,
496
00:31:30,100 --> 00:31:33,934
BUT APPARENTLY
HER DEATH WAS NOT.
497
00:31:45,500 --> 00:31:47,300
DR. WILLIAM SYBERS,
498
00:31:47,300 --> 00:31:50,000
CHIEF MEDICAL EXAMINER
OF NORTH WEST FLORIDA,
499
00:31:50,000 --> 00:31:51,633
AND HIS WIFE, KAY,
500
00:31:51,633 --> 00:31:54,633
HAD BEEN MARRIED
FOR OVER 30 YEARS.
501
00:31:56,233 --> 00:31:58,467
BUT ON THE MORNING
OF MAY 30th, 1991,
502
00:31:58,467 --> 00:32:02,533
KAY SYBERS
SUDDENLY DIED.
503
00:32:05,467 --> 00:32:07,800
DR. SYBERS TOLD POLICE
504
00:32:07,800 --> 00:32:10,033
THAT AT 5:00 THAT MORNING,
505
00:32:10,033 --> 00:32:12,967
HIS WIFE SUDDENLY
AWOKE FROM HER SLEEP.
506
00:32:13,667 --> 00:32:15,900
DR. SYBERS SAID
HIS WIFE HAD WOKE HIM UP,
507
00:32:15,900 --> 00:32:18,834
AND WAS COMPLAINING
OF CHEST PAINS,
508
00:32:18,834 --> 00:32:21,433
AND PAINS RADIATING
DOWN HER LEFT ARM.
509
00:32:21,433 --> 00:32:24,900
HE SAID THAT HE TRIED
TO DRAW BLOOD FROM HER,
510
00:32:24,900 --> 00:32:28,567
TO PROVE TO HER
THAT SHE HAD DIABETES
511
00:32:28,567 --> 00:32:31,400
AND THAT
SHE NEEDED TO GO
512
00:32:31,400 --> 00:32:34,467
TO A PHYSICIAN
TO CHECK THAT.
513
00:32:36,400 --> 00:32:37,967
( narrator )
DR. SYBERS WENT ON TO SAY
514
00:32:37,967 --> 00:32:39,533
THAT AFTER A FEW HOURS,
515
00:32:39,533 --> 00:32:43,200
HIS WIFE WAS FEELING BETTER,
SO, HE LEFT TO GO TO WORK.
516
00:32:44,800 --> 00:32:47,166
HE CALLED ONE OF
HIS INVESTIGATORS
517
00:32:47,166 --> 00:32:49,433
WHO WORKS FOR HIM AS
A MEDICAL EXAMINER INVESTIGATOR,
518
00:32:49,433 --> 00:32:51,934
TO GO CHECK
ON HIS WIFE.
519
00:32:53,834 --> 00:32:56,700
( narrator )
BY THE TIME THEY ARRIVED
AT THE SYBERS HOME,
520
00:32:56,700 --> 00:32:58,367
SOME THREE HOURS LATER,
521
00:32:58,367 --> 00:33:01,133
KAY SYBERS WAS DEAD.
522
00:33:03,166 --> 00:33:06,934
AS SOON AS HE WAS TOLD
BY THE PEOPLE
523
00:33:06,934 --> 00:33:09,633
HE HAD SENT OUT
TO CHECK ON MRS. SYBERS
524
00:33:09,633 --> 00:33:12,300
THAT MRS. SYBERS
WAS DEAD,
525
00:33:12,300 --> 00:33:14,834
HIS FIRST WORDS
WERE "NO AUTOPSY".
526
00:33:14,834 --> 00:33:16,900
( narrator )
DR. SYBERS EXPLAINED
527
00:33:16,900 --> 00:33:18,700
THAT HIS WIFE HAD SAID
ON MANY OCCASIONS,
528
00:33:18,700 --> 00:33:22,200
THAT SHE NEVER WANTED
TO BE AUTOPSIED.
529
00:33:23,567 --> 00:33:25,767
SO, LATER THAT DAY,
ON HER HUSBAND'S ORDERS,
530
00:33:25,767 --> 00:33:29,033
MRS. SYBERS' BODY WAS SENT
TO THE SOUTHERLAND FUNERAL HOME
531
00:33:29,033 --> 00:33:31,233
TO BE EMBALMED.
532
00:33:38,333 --> 00:33:40,467
I KNEW KAY SYBERS
VERY WELL,
533
00:33:40,467 --> 00:33:43,600
OVER 10 YEARS OF ASSOCIATION
WITH HER HUSBAND.
534
00:33:43,600 --> 00:33:46,000
FREQUENTLY ATE DINNER
WITH HER,
535
00:33:46,000 --> 00:33:49,633
AND STILL KNEW HER
TO BE IN GOOD HEALTH.
536
00:33:49,633 --> 00:33:52,066
AND I WAS SHOCKED
THAT SHE DIED
537
00:33:52,066 --> 00:33:54,033
OF A MASSIVE HEART ATTACK.
538
00:33:54,900 --> 00:33:56,734
( narrator )
AUTHORITIES WERE DISTURBED
539
00:33:56,734 --> 00:33:58,900
THAT WILLIAM SYBERS
DID NOT FOLLOW PROTOCOL
540
00:33:58,900 --> 00:34:01,033
AND HAVE
HIS WIFE AUTOPSIED.
541
00:34:03,367 --> 00:34:05,934
SO, ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS
OF STATE MEDICAL EXAMINERS
542
00:34:05,934 --> 00:34:08,533
AND DESPITE
HER HUSBAND'S PROTEST,
543
00:34:08,533 --> 00:34:11,333
MRS. SYBERS' BODY
WAS SENT TO THE MORGUE
544
00:34:11,333 --> 00:34:15,533
AT SACRED HEART HOSPITAL
TO BE EXAMINED BY A PATHOLOGIST.
545
00:34:17,567 --> 00:34:21,367
AT THE AUTOPSY,
IT WAS FOUND THAT MRS. SYBERS
546
00:34:21,367 --> 00:34:24,500
DID INDEED HAVE
NEEDLE MARKS IN HER ARM,
547
00:34:24,500 --> 00:34:27,633
SUPPORTING
SYBERS' STORY.
548
00:34:27,633 --> 00:34:31,333
BUT WHEN THE PATHOLOGIST
REMOVED THE HEART,
549
00:34:31,333 --> 00:34:34,000
THEY FOUND THAT
IT WAS PERFECTLY NORMAL,
550
00:34:34,000 --> 00:34:37,100
NORMAL IN SIZE,
NORMAL IN SHAPE,
551
00:34:37,100 --> 00:34:41,000
THE CORONARY ARTERIES
WERE WIDELY OPEN,
552
00:34:41,000 --> 00:34:43,767
THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE
OF A HEART ATTACK.
553
00:34:43,767 --> 00:34:47,200
THE BLOOD IN THE BODY
HAD ALREADY BEEN REPLACED
554
00:34:47,200 --> 00:34:49,400
BY EMBALMING FLUID,
555
00:34:49,400 --> 00:34:52,000
SO IT WAS VERY
DIFFICULT TO GATHER
556
00:34:52,000 --> 00:34:55,333
ANY EVIDENCE
FOR TOXICOLOGY.
557
00:34:56,200 --> 00:34:58,700
BUT BECAUSE HER DEATH
WAS STILL A MYSTERY,
558
00:34:58,700 --> 00:35:00,834
THE PATHOLOGIST
REMOVED HER HEART
559
00:35:00,834 --> 00:35:03,400
AND PORTIONS
OF HER LIVER,
560
00:35:03,400 --> 00:35:06,133
AND PUT THEM IN JARS
FILLED WITH FORMALIN,
561
00:35:06,133 --> 00:35:10,166
IN ORDER TO PRESERVE THEM
FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION.
562
00:35:10,734 --> 00:35:12,767
WHEN THE AUTOPSY
WAS FINISHED,
563
00:35:12,767 --> 00:35:15,400
THE PATHOLOGIST,
OUT OF FRUSTRATION,
564
00:35:15,400 --> 00:35:18,133
PUT DOWN ON
THE DEATH CERTIFICATE,
565
00:35:18,133 --> 00:35:23,266
"SUDDEN UNEXPECTED DEATH
DUE TO UNDETERMINED CAUSES".
566
00:35:23,266 --> 00:35:24,900
IN OTHER WORDS,
567
00:35:24,900 --> 00:35:28,567
HE COULDN'T FIGURE OUT
WHAT THE CAUSE OF DEATH WAS.
568
00:35:29,633 --> 00:35:31,800
( narrator )
BUT THE POLICE
GREW MORE SUSPICIOUS
569
00:35:31,800 --> 00:35:33,533
WHEN THEY LEARNED THAT
FOR THE PAST SIX MONTHS
570
00:35:33,533 --> 00:35:36,233
DR. SYBERS HAD BEEN
HAVING AN AFFAIR
571
00:35:36,233 --> 00:35:38,867
WITH A WOMAN
NAMED JUDY RAY.
572
00:35:39,767 --> 00:35:42,033
BUT WITHOUT
A CAUSE OF DEATH,
573
00:35:42,033 --> 00:35:44,567
AUTHORITIES
STILL HAD NO CASE.
574
00:35:44,567 --> 00:35:46,400
THERE WAS STILL
NO EVIDENCE
575
00:35:46,400 --> 00:35:49,433
THAT A CRIME
HAD EVEN BEEN COMMITTED.
576
00:35:51,100 --> 00:35:54,400
A YEAR LATER,
SYBERS MARRIED MS. RAY,
577
00:35:54,400 --> 00:35:56,767
AND THEY MOVED
TO BRITISH COLUMBIA
578
00:35:56,767 --> 00:35:58,467
TO BEGIN A NEW LIFE.
579
00:35:59,633 --> 00:36:02,066
BUT TIMOTHY SYBERS,
THE YOUNGEST SON,
580
00:36:02,066 --> 00:36:05,200
NEVER GOT OVER
HIS MOTHER'S DEATH.
581
00:36:06,633 --> 00:36:12,133
AND ON FEBRUARY 21st, 1993,
AT HIS HOME IN WISCONSIN,
582
00:36:12,133 --> 00:36:14,700
HE TOOK
HIS OWN LIFE.
583
00:36:15,600 --> 00:36:17,400
DR. SYBERS' SON,
584
00:36:17,400 --> 00:36:19,433
WHILE ON THE PHONE
WITH HIS GIRLFRIEND
585
00:36:19,433 --> 00:36:20,734
MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT
586
00:36:20,734 --> 00:36:23,000
THAT HE COULD
NOT LIVE WITH THE FACT
587
00:36:23,000 --> 00:36:25,200
THAT HIS FATHER
HAD KILLED HIS MOTHER.
588
00:36:26,567 --> 00:36:28,800
I BELIEVED THAT HE HAD PLACED
THE SHOT GUN IN HIS MOUTH.
589
00:36:35,333 --> 00:36:38,967
( narrator )
BUT KAY SYBERS' DEATH
WOULD NOT BE FORGOTTEN.
590
00:36:40,233 --> 00:36:42,533
THROUGH THE YEARS
FORENSIC EXPERTS
591
00:36:42,533 --> 00:36:44,700
WOULD CONTINUE
TO EXAMINE THE TISSUES
592
00:36:44,700 --> 00:36:46,734
THAT WERE PRESERVED
FROM THE AUTOPSY,
593
00:36:46,734 --> 00:36:50,633
LOOKING FOR
A CAUSE OF DEATH.
594
00:36:54,500 --> 00:36:57,734
FINALLY,
IN THE YEAR 2000,
595
00:36:57,734 --> 00:37:01,000
AT THE NATIONAL MEDICAL SERVICES
LABORATORY IN PENNSYLVANIA,
596
00:37:01,000 --> 00:37:04,166
SCIENTISTS
ARMED WITH NEW
597
00:37:04,166 --> 00:37:06,333
AND MORE SENSITIVE
TESTING PROCEDURES
598
00:37:06,333 --> 00:37:08,767
MADE AN INCREDIBLE
DISCOVERY.
599
00:37:08,767 --> 00:37:10,567
WHAT WE FOUND
IN THESE TISSUES
600
00:37:10,567 --> 00:37:15,133
WAS THE UNEQUIVOCAL PRESENCE OF
SUCCINYLMONOCHOLINE.
601
00:37:15,133 --> 00:37:20,066
THE LEVELS THAT WE SAW
IN THE KIDNEY AND THE BRAIN
602
00:37:20,066 --> 00:37:22,400
WOULD BE ENOUGH
TO PARALYZE SOMEONE,
603
00:37:22,400 --> 00:37:24,667
WHICH IN TURN,
IF SOMEONE IS PARALYZED,
604
00:37:24,667 --> 00:37:26,800
HAS THEIR
DIAPHRAGM PARALYZED,
605
00:37:26,800 --> 00:37:28,467
AND THEY'RE NOT
ON A RESPIRATOR,
606
00:37:28,467 --> 00:37:30,433
THEY SUFFOCATE
TO DEATH.
607
00:37:30,433 --> 00:37:32,600
BUT IT'S NOT PARTICULARLY
DIFFICULT TO OBTAIN,
608
00:37:32,600 --> 00:37:35,600
PARTICULARLY IN
A HOSPITAL SETTING.
609
00:37:37,100 --> 00:37:39,500
( narrator )
NINE YEARS AFTER HER DEATH,
610
00:37:39,500 --> 00:37:42,367
THE RIDDLE OF
WHY KAY SYBERS DIED
611
00:37:42,367 --> 00:37:45,133
HAD FINALLY BEEN SOLVED.
612
00:37:45,967 --> 00:37:48,000
HER HUSBAND,
DR. WILLIAM SYBERS
613
00:37:48,000 --> 00:37:52,033
HAD INJECTED HER WITH
AN OVERDOSE OF SUCCINYLCHOLINE,
614
00:37:52,033 --> 00:37:55,300
PUTTING HER
TO SLEEP FOREVER.
615
00:37:56,800 --> 00:38:00,166
ON MARCH 23rd, 2001,
616
00:38:00,166 --> 00:38:03,033
DR. WILLIAM SYBERS
FINALLY STOOD BEFORE A JUDGE,
617
00:38:03,033 --> 00:38:07,333
WITH HIS NEW WIFE,
JUDY RAY, LOOKING ON.
618
00:38:07,333 --> 00:38:10,066
( female )
WE, THE JURY,
FIND THE DEFENDANT GUILTY
619
00:38:10,066 --> 00:38:12,934
OF FIRST DEGREE MURDER,
AS CHARGED IN THE INDICTMENT.
620
00:38:14,400 --> 00:38:17,867
( sobbing )
621
00:38:30,000 --> 00:38:32,000
WHAT IS IRONIC
ABOUT THIS CASE,
622
00:38:32,000 --> 00:38:35,133
IS THAT DR. SYBERS,
A FORENSIC PATHOLOGIST,
623
00:38:35,133 --> 00:38:40,567
BELIEVED THAT EMBALMING WOULD
DESTROY THE SUCCINYLCHOLINE
624
00:38:40,567 --> 00:38:42,734
THAT HE HAD USED
TO KILL HIS WIFE,
625
00:38:42,734 --> 00:38:46,567
BUT INSTEAD, THE EMBALMING
HAD PRESERVED THE DRUG,
626
00:38:46,567 --> 00:38:51,100
SO THAT IT COULD BE DISCOVERED
10 YEARS LATER.
627
00:38:52,867 --> 00:38:55,333
( narrator )
IT TOOK 10 YEARS
AND FORENSIC SCIENCE
628
00:38:55,333 --> 00:38:58,066
TO BRING DR. WILLIAM SYBERS
TO JUSTICE,
629
00:38:58,066 --> 00:39:01,367
BUT ONLY FOUR HOURS
FOR THE JURY TO CONVICT HIM,
630
00:39:01,367 --> 00:39:04,900
AND HAND DOWN THE VERDICT
OF LIFE IN PRISON.
631
00:39:28,100 --> 00:39:31,633
IN 1931,
IN LOS ANGELES,
632
00:39:31,633 --> 00:39:34,333
A 72-YEAR-OLD WOMAN
NAMED ESTHER CARLSON
633
00:39:34,333 --> 00:39:36,033
WENT ON TRIAL
634
00:39:36,033 --> 00:39:39,133
FOR POISONING A MAN
NAMED AUGUST LINDSTROM.
635
00:39:41,734 --> 00:39:44,767
BUT NO ONE KNEW MUCH
ABOUT THIS WOMAN,
636
00:39:44,767 --> 00:39:47,900
NOR JUST HOW EVIL
SHE REALLY WAS.
637
00:39:59,667 --> 00:40:03,233
OUR STORY BEGINS
IN THE YEAR 1900,
638
00:40:03,233 --> 00:40:07,300
WITH A 41-YEAR-OLD WOMAN
NAMED BELLE SORENSON.
639
00:40:09,433 --> 00:40:11,467
SHE AND
HER HUSBAND MADS,
640
00:40:11,467 --> 00:40:15,000
HAD BEEN MARRIED
FOR ONLY SIX YEARS
WHEN HE DIED.
641
00:40:16,233 --> 00:40:17,967
TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE,
642
00:40:17,967 --> 00:40:20,600
SHE HAD ALREADY LOST
TWO OF HER CHILDREN
643
00:40:20,600 --> 00:40:22,400
TO WHAT DOCTORS DESCRIBED
644
00:40:22,400 --> 00:40:25,700
AS A MYSTERIOUS
INTESTINAL DISEASE.
645
00:40:27,166 --> 00:40:30,600
IN NOVEMBER OF 1901,
SHE TOOK HER INSURANCE MONEY,
646
00:40:30,600 --> 00:40:33,633
AND HER TWO REMAINING CHILDREN,
LUCY AND MYRTLE,
647
00:40:33,633 --> 00:40:37,934
AND MOVED TO A FARM
IN LA PORTE, INDIANA.
648
00:40:38,900 --> 00:40:40,567
TO SUPPORT HERSELF
649
00:40:40,567 --> 00:40:43,667
BELLE BEGAN TO RAISE
AND SLAUGHTER HOGS.
650
00:40:45,333 --> 00:40:48,934
AT OVER SIX FEET,
AND WEIGHING OVER 200 POUNDS,
651
00:40:48,934 --> 00:40:51,567
SHE WAS
A POWERFUL WOMAN.
652
00:40:52,767 --> 00:40:54,767
TWO YEARS LATER,
SHE REMARRIED,
653
00:40:54,767 --> 00:40:58,367
THIS TIME TO A MAN
NAMED PETER GUNNESS.
654
00:40:59,500 --> 00:41:02,834
BUT ONCE AGAIN TRAGEDY
SEEMED TO BE
655
00:41:02,834 --> 00:41:05,300
A CLOSE COMPANION
TO BELLE.
656
00:41:05,300 --> 00:41:09,100
IN 1902 PETER
WAS FOUND DEAD,
657
00:41:09,100 --> 00:41:11,734
LYING UNDER
A LARGE MEAT GRINDER.
658
00:41:11,734 --> 00:41:15,200
IT HAD APPARENTLY
FALLEN ON HIS HEAD,
659
00:41:15,200 --> 00:41:17,166
CRUSHING HIS SKULL.
660
00:41:18,867 --> 00:41:21,767
BELLE WAS
ONCE AGAIN ALONE.
661
00:41:23,000 --> 00:41:25,133
VERY SOON AFTER
PETER'S DEATH,
662
00:41:25,133 --> 00:41:28,367
THE WIDOW BEGAN
LOOKING FOR A MAN.
663
00:41:29,033 --> 00:41:32,533
A MAN WITH MONEY...
664
00:41:33,600 --> 00:41:37,200
ONE GENTLEMAN WHO ANSWERED
HER AD WAS RALPH LITTLETON,
665
00:41:37,200 --> 00:41:41,734
WHO AFTER A SHORT VISIT
WAS NEVER HEARD FROM AGAIN.
666
00:41:42,867 --> 00:41:45,233
ANOTHER WAS
ANDREW HEGELEIN,
667
00:41:45,233 --> 00:41:47,100
WHO LIKE THE OTHERS
THAT FOLLOWED
668
00:41:47,100 --> 00:41:50,300
JUST SEEMED TO DISAPPEAR
INTO THIN AIR.
669
00:41:51,667 --> 00:41:56,066
IN 1907 HER PIG FARM
HAD GROWN IN SIZE,
670
00:41:56,066 --> 00:41:59,700
SO SHE HIRED A MAN
NAMED RAY LAMPHERE
671
00:41:59,700 --> 00:42:01,934
TO HELP
WITH THE CHORES.
672
00:42:02,867 --> 00:42:04,467
BUT THE NEXT YEAR,
673
00:42:04,467 --> 00:42:08,000
MISFORTUNE ONCE AGAIN
CAUGHT UP WITH HER.
674
00:42:12,000 --> 00:42:14,367
A FIRE BROKE OUT
ON THE FARM,
675
00:42:14,367 --> 00:42:17,033
AND CONSUMED
ALL OF THE BUILDINGS
676
00:42:17,033 --> 00:42:18,867
IN AN ENORMOUS BLAZE.
677
00:42:21,900 --> 00:42:24,667
SEVERAL DAYS LATER
THE SHERIFF AND HIS MEN
678
00:42:24,667 --> 00:42:27,934
CAME TO LOOK FOR HER BODY
IN THE RUBBLE.
679
00:42:28,667 --> 00:42:32,533
BUT WHAT THEY FOUND
SHOCKED THEM.
680
00:42:33,700 --> 00:42:35,633
THEY BEGAN
TO DIG UP BODIES,
681
00:42:35,633 --> 00:42:37,166
LOTS OF THEM.
682
00:42:37,166 --> 00:42:40,266
THEY FOUND HER BOYFRIEND
ANDREW HEGELEIN.
683
00:42:40,266 --> 00:42:44,133
THEY IDENTIFIED JENNIE OLSON,
ONE OF HER DAUGHTERS.
684
00:42:44,133 --> 00:42:46,900
WHEN THEY WERE DONE,
685
00:42:46,900 --> 00:42:49,400
THEY HAD COLLECTED
10 BODIES IN ALL.
686
00:42:49,400 --> 00:42:52,934
THE MEN DID FIND THE BODY
OF A HEADLESS WOMAN,
687
00:42:52,934 --> 00:42:55,800
AND A SET
OF FALSE TEETH.
688
00:42:55,800 --> 00:43:00,700
BUT NO ONE COULD BE SURE
IF BELLE HAD DIED,
689
00:43:00,700 --> 00:43:02,867
BECAUSE THE HEIGHT
AND WEIGHT OF THAT BODY
690
00:43:02,867 --> 00:43:04,767
DIDN'T MATCH BELLE.
691
00:43:05,800 --> 00:43:08,633
EVEN THOUGH THE DENTIST
SAID THAT THE FALSE TEETH
692
00:43:08,633 --> 00:43:11,233
BELONGED TO HER.
693
00:43:12,500 --> 00:43:15,633
WHEN THE STOMACHS
OF THE VICTIMS WERE EXAMINED,
694
00:43:15,633 --> 00:43:19,300
THE TOXICOLOGIST FOUND
THAT THEY ALL CONTAINED
695
00:43:19,300 --> 00:43:22,500
LARGE AMOUNTS OF
STRYCHNINE AND ARSENIC.
696
00:43:22,500 --> 00:43:25,734
WHICH MEANT THAT BELLE
HAD MURDERED ALL OF SUITORS,
697
00:43:25,734 --> 00:43:27,700
AND ALL
OF HER CHILDREN,
698
00:43:27,700 --> 00:43:30,200
SO THAT SHE COULD COLLECT
THE INSURANCE MONEY
699
00:43:30,200 --> 00:43:32,400
ON ALL OF THEM.
700
00:43:34,800 --> 00:43:37,300
( narrator )
EYEWITNESSES SAID
THAT THEY HAD SEEN RAY LAMPHERE
701
00:43:37,300 --> 00:43:42,033
WITH A GALLON OF KEROSENE
RUNNING AWAY FROM THE FIRE.
702
00:43:43,433 --> 00:43:46,166
AND IN 1908,
HE WAS CONVICTED OF ARSON,
703
00:43:46,166 --> 00:43:49,200
AND SENT TO PRISON
FOR STARTING THE BLAZE,
704
00:43:49,200 --> 00:43:52,500
BUT WAS NOT IMPLICATED
IN THE MURDERS.
705
00:43:54,033 --> 00:43:56,500
RIGHT BEFORE
HE WAS SENT TO PRISON, HE SAID,
706
00:43:56,500 --> 00:43:58,533
"BELLE MUST
HAVE LOVED ME,
707
00:43:58,533 --> 00:44:01,700
"BECAUSE I AM THE ONLY MAN
SHE NEVER KILLED.
708
00:44:03,400 --> 00:44:06,100
"SHE SAID SHE
WOULD'VE MARRIED ME
709
00:44:06,100 --> 00:44:08,066
"IF I HAD HAD
ANY LIFE INSURANCE.
710
00:44:08,066 --> 00:44:10,834
ONE THING I DO KNOW,"
HE ADDED,
711
00:44:10,834 --> 00:44:13,400
"I KNOW SHE IS
STILL ALIVE !"
712
00:44:16,967 --> 00:44:20,800
THE POLICE SPENT THE NEXT
23 YEARS LOOKING FOR BELLE,
713
00:44:20,800 --> 00:44:23,133
BUT NEVER FOUND HER.
714
00:44:26,166 --> 00:44:30,166
WHICH BRINGS US BACK TO 1931
AND ESTHER CARLSON.
715
00:44:30,166 --> 00:44:33,367
RIGHT BEFORE ESTHER
WAS TO BE TRIED FOR MURDER,
716
00:44:33,367 --> 00:44:35,800
SHE DIED.
717
00:44:36,300 --> 00:44:38,767
A NEIGHBOR FROM HER
HOMETOWN OF LA PORTE,
718
00:44:38,767 --> 00:44:40,600
RECOGNIZED HER PICTURE
IN THE PAPER,
719
00:44:40,600 --> 00:44:45,000
AND IDENTIFIED HER
AS BELLE GUNNESS.
720
00:44:46,233 --> 00:44:48,367
WHEN POLICE
SEARCHED HER ROOM,
721
00:44:48,367 --> 00:44:50,333
THEY FOUND
AN OLD STEAMER TRUNK,
722
00:44:50,333 --> 00:44:54,166
AND INSIDE WAS A PICTURE
OF BELLE'S LITTLE GIRLS,
723
00:44:54,166 --> 00:44:56,633
MYRTLE AND LUCY.
724
00:44:59,800 --> 00:45:01,767
IT WAS ESTIMATED
THAT BELLE GUNNESS
725
00:45:01,767 --> 00:45:05,100
HAD BUTCHERED
MORE THAN 20 PEOPLE
IN HER LIFETIME.
726
00:45:05,100 --> 00:45:08,367
SOME SAY THAT A GREAT
MANY OF THESE VICTIMS
727
00:45:08,367 --> 00:45:11,767
BECAME FOOD
FOR HER BELOVED PIGS.
728
00:45:13,233 --> 00:45:15,166
SHE WAS SO EVIL
729
00:45:15,166 --> 00:45:17,667
THAT SHE BECAME
A LEGEND IN HER OWN TIME.
730
00:45:17,667 --> 00:45:23,100
IN FACT, IN 1938
THEY WROTE A SONG ABOUT HER,
731
00:45:23,100 --> 00:45:26,834
IT GOES
SOMETHING LIKE THIS...
732
00:45:26,834 --> 00:45:32,033
♪ IN OLD INDIANA,
NOT FAR FROM LA PORTE ♪
733
00:45:32,033 --> 00:45:36,700
♪ THERE ONCE LIVED A WOMAN,
A HOME-LOVING SORT ♪
734
00:45:36,700 --> 00:45:42,066
♪ BELLE WANTED A HUSBAND,
SHE WANTED ONE BAD ♪
735
00:45:42,066 --> 00:45:47,834
♪ SHE PLACED IN THE PAPERS
A LONELY HEARTS AD ♪
736
00:45:47,834 --> 00:45:51,633
♪ MEN CAME
TO BELLE GUNNESS ♪
737
00:45:51,633 --> 00:45:54,233
♪ TO SHARE FOOD
AND BED ♪
738
00:45:54,233 --> 00:45:58,233
♪ NOT KNOWIN' THAT SOON
THEY'D BE KNOCKED IN THE HEAD ♪
739
00:45:58,233 --> 00:46:03,266
♪ BUT WHILE THEY WERE SLEEPIN',
SHE'D LIFT THE DOOR LATCH ♪
740
00:46:03,266 --> 00:46:07,400
♪ SHE'D KILL THEM
AND PLANT THEM ♪
741
00:46:07,400 --> 00:46:10,166
♪ IN HER 'TATER PATCH ♪
742
00:46:17,600 --> 00:46:19,266
( narrator )
WHETHER DEATH
OCCURRED YESTERDAY
743
00:46:19,266 --> 00:46:21,867
OR HUNDREDS
OF YEARS AGO,
744
00:46:21,867 --> 00:46:25,500
THE DEAD'S
LONG SILENT VOICES
745
00:46:25,500 --> 00:46:27,767
RETURN TO ANSWER
THE QUESTIONS
746
00:46:27,767 --> 00:46:30,900
PUT TO THEM
BY THE FORENSIC PATHOLOGIST.
747
00:46:31,867 --> 00:46:33,667
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748
00:46:33,667 --> 00:46:36,767
AND UNDERSTANDS
THEIR LANGUAGE.
749
00:46:37,467 --> 00:46:40,700
FOR HIM DEATH IS NOT
THE END OF THE STORY,
750
00:46:40,700 --> 00:46:43,467
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THE BEGINNING.
751
00:46:46,567 --> 00:46:49,333
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761
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