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THIS IS THE STORY

OF AN ORDINARY
BLUE-COLLAR FAMILY...

IT WAS A VERY HAPPY TIME
IN OUR LIFE.

WE WERE JUST STARTING OUT
TOGETHER AS A FAMILY OF FIVE.

...LIVING
THE ALL-AMERICAN DREAM...

THE ONLY THING THAT WAS MISSING
WAS THE WHITE PICKET FENCE.

...WHEN THEIR WORLD IS DESTROYED

BY COLD-BLOODED MURDER.

THE ONLY INTEREST WAS TO KILL.

THIS HUMAN BEING'S LIFE
WAS QUITE LITERALLY IN MY HANDS.

THE POLICE HAD THE WRONG MAN.

IT WAS A MISTAKE,
A COMPLETE MISTAKE.

THEIR HOME MOVIES
COULD BE THE DIFFERENCE

BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH.

MY ATTITUDE WAS,
"HA-HA-HA, SCREW YOU.

HERE.
HERE'S YOUR EVIDENCE."

WHAT ARE YOU ALL LOOKING AT?
GET OFF MY LAWN! GET OFF!

LITTLE DO THEY KNOW

THAT SOMEWHERE IN THE SHADOWS
HIDES A MONSTER.

DEEP WITHIN THIS INDIVIDUAL
IS A HEART OF DARKNESS.

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IT'S AUGUST 1993,

AND THE DOWLING FAMILY
ARE ON THE TRIP OF A LIFETIME.

THAT VOICE BEHIND THE CAMERA
IS 35-YEAR-OLD KEVIN DOWLING.

WITH HIM ARE HIS DAUGHTERS
AMANDA AND KATHLEEN.

I'M GOING TO ZOOM IN ON HER.

HERE'S MOMMY EATING
AMANDA'S HOT DOG.

THIS IS HIS WIFE,
STAY-AT-HOME MOM, JOANNE.

JOANNE AND KEVIN HAVE BEEN
TOGETHER FOR NINE YEARS NOW.

KEVIN AND I FIRST MET IN 1984.

OUR RELATIONSHIP WAS
A WHIRLWIND RELATIONSHIP.

KEVIN SWEPT ME OFF MY FEET.

HE REALLY MADE ME FEEL
WANTED AND CARED FOR.

KEVIN IS A KEEN VIDEOGRAPHER.

AT JOANNE'S REQUEST, WE BLURRED
THE FACES OF HER CHILDREN.

KEVIN REALLY ENJOYED VIDEOTAPING

SPECIAL EVENTS
AND FAMILY EVENTS...

...JUST VIDEOTAPING LIFE
AS IT WENT BY IN HIS HOME

WITH HIS CHILDREN AND HIS WIFE,
JUST DAILY ACTIVITIES.

IT'S TAKEN KEVIN
AND JOANNE MONTHS

TO SAVE UP FOR THIS TRIP.

KEVIN, IN PARTICULAR, WANTS TO
MAKE SURE IT'S ONE THE KIDS

ARE NEVER GOING TO FORGET.

HE WAS A GOOD FATHER.

HE MADE SURE THAT THE KIDS
WANTED FOR NOTHING.

WHEN HE SPENT TIME
WITH HIS CHILDREN,

IT WAS A GREAT DAY FOR THE KIDS.

IT'S NOW JANUARY 15, 1994,

AND IT'S AMANDA'S
8th BIRTHDAY PARTY.

AS ALWAYS, KEVIN AND JOANNE
ARE FRONT AND CENTER

MAKING SURE THEIR DAUGHTERS

AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD KIDS ARE
HAVING THE TIME OF THEIR LIVES.

IT WAS A VERY HAPPY TIME
FOR ALL OF US.

KEVIN WAS A VERY GOOD PROVIDER.

HE WORKED VERY HARD TO MAKE SURE
THAT MYSELF AND OUR CHILDREN

HAD WHAT WE NEEDED
AND WANTED IN LIFE.

WE NEVER HAD TO DO
WITHOUT, EVER.

AS HAPPY AS THEY ARE,

THERE'S ONE THING MISSING
FROM THEIR FAMILY.

WE HAD TWO BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTERS,
BUT HE REALLY WANTED A SON.

THAT'S REALLY WHAT MADE HIM
FEEL COMPLETE AS A MAN,

WAS HAVING HIS SON,
SOMEONE TO CARRY ON HIS NAME.

KEVIN DOESN'T
HAVE TO WAIT LONG

FOR HIS DREAM TO COME TRUE.

BY NOVEMBER 1995,
JOANNE IS HEAVILY PREGNANT.

DO YOU WANT...
SHOULD WE PUT HOT CHOCOLATE?

NAH.

WITH JOANNE DUE
TO GIVE BIRTH ANY DAY NOW,

IT'S UP TO KEVIN
TO ENTERTAIN THE KIDS.

GET OUT OF THERE!
HEY!

GET OUT OF THERE!

HOLD ON.
HOLD ON.

OH.

JUST TWO DAYS
AFTER THIS FOOTAGE WAS TAKEN,

BABY SEAN ARRIVES.

AS ALWAYS, KEVIN WANTS TO RECORD
EVERY MAGICAL MOMENT.

THAT WAS THE ONE THING KEVIN
WANTED THE MOST, WAS A SON.

EVEN THOUGH HE LOVED
HIS DAUGHTERS,

HE REALLY WANTED A SON.

IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL DAY
BRINGING OUR SON INTO THE WORLD.

WE WANT TO SEE HIM.

LOOK AT YOUR SISTERS.

YOU GUYS DON'T WANT
TO HOLD YOUR BROTHER?

- I'M SCARED.
- I'LL BREAK HIM.

NOW, AS A FAMILY OF FIVE,

IT'S TIME FOR THE DOWLINGS
TO MOVE ON

TO THE NEXT STAGE
OF THEIR LIVES.

IN 1995, WE MOVED TO
EAST PETERSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

THAT'S WHERE WE PURCHASED
OUR FIRST HOME.

IT WAS VERY EXCITING BECAUSE
WE GOT TO PICK OUR CARPET

AND LINOLEUM AND COUNTERTOPS

AND ALL OUR APPLIANCES.

SO WE LITERALLY GOT TO WATCH OUR
FUTURE BEING BUILT BEFORE US.

THE ONLY THING THAT WAS MISSING
WAS THE WHITE PICKET FENCE.

- AAH!
- YEAH!

THIS IS THE FIRST TIME

THESE VIDEOS HAVE BEEN SEEN
OUTSIDE THE FAMILY,

AND IT'S CLEAR THAT LIFE

FOR THE DOWLINGS
COULDN'T BE HAPPIER.

WAH!

WE FELT THAT WE HAD EVERYTHING
TOGETHER AS A FAMILY.

WE WERE REALLY COMING TOGETHER.

OUR LIFE WAS TURNING AROUND,
AND WE WERE FINALLY

GETTING WHAT
WE WANTED OUT OF LIFE.

GIRLS, WAIT. NO.

CHRISTMAS MORNING, 1995.

ALL RIGHT.

LIKE MILLIONS OF OTHER HOMES
ACROSS THE COUNTRY,

THE DOWLING HOUSEHOLD
IS A HOTBED OF EXCITEMENT.

WHOO!

CHRISTMAS MORNING.

AT CHRISTMASTIME,
IT WOULD BE WONDERFUL.

WE'D GET UP WITH THE KIDS.

THEY WERE ALL EXCITED
TO GO OPEN THEIR PRESENTS.

THANK YOU.

OKAY.
THAT'S ALL.

THANKS.
I GOT THIS, TOO.

OH, CHRISTMAS CARDS.
THEY'RE SO FUN.

AMANDA.

AS THE NEW YEAR BEGINS,

JOANNE CAN'T WAIT
TO SEE WHAT'S IN STORE

FOR HER AND HER FAMILY.

IT WAS A TIME THAT WE
WERE LOOKING FORWARD TO

AS A FAMILY OF FIVE.

BUT WHAT JOANNE
DOESN'T REALIZE IS THAT

IN LESS THAN A YEAR'S TIME,

EVERYTHING IS GOING TO CHANGE.

I LITERALLY DID NOT KNOW

WHAT WAS COMING TO TEAR
OUR FAMILY APART.

IT'S THE SUMMER OF 1996.

CALM DOWN.

HELLO.

AT THE SAME TIME
THAT JOANNE DOWLING

AND HER YOUNG CHILDREN
ARE SHOOTING THIS VIDEO...

...43-YEAR-OLD JENNIFER MYERS

IS HAVING A QUIET DAY
AT THE TAIL FEATHERS

ART GALLERY 30 MILES AWAY
IN WEST MANCHESTER.

JENNIFER MYERS WAS ALONE
IN HER GALLERY.

AN INDIVIDUAL CAME IN.

HE PROCEEDED TO PULL OUT A GUN
AND HOLD HER AT GUNPOINT...

WHAT DO YOU WANT?
WHAT DO YOU WANT?

I'VE GOT MONEY.

I'VE GOT MONEY.
I'VE GOT MONEY.

PLEASE DON'T.

AAH!

...AND WAS ATTEMPTING
TO SEXUALLY ASSAULT HER.

PLEASE, PLEASE,
PLEASE, PLEASE.

PLEASE.

LUCKILY FOR JENNIFER,

AN EVERYDAY DELIVERY
PROVES A LIFESAVER.

THE DELIVERY MAN CAME IN,
AND THE ASSAILANT LEFT.

CLEARLY, THIS WAS SOMETHING
THAT HAD BEEN PLANNED OUT.

THIS WAS AN INDIVIDUAL WHO KNEW
THAT SHE WORKED ALONE,

WHO KNEW HER WORK HOURS,

KNEW WHERE TO PARK
FOR A QUICK GETAWAY.

SOMEONE THOUGHT THIS OUT,
PLANNED IT OUT

AND PROBABLY HAD

IDENTIFIED HER VERY SPECIFICALLY

AS AN INDIVIDUAL
THAT HE WANTED TO RAPE.

A MAN LIKE THAT LOOSE
ON THE STREETS IS A THREAT

TO THE WHOLE COMMUNITY.

THE POLICE NEED TO TRACK HIM
DOWN AND QUICKLY.

OH, GOOD BOY, SETTLE DOWN.

MEANWHILE, 30 MILES
AWAY IN EAST PETERSBURG,

THE DOWLINGS ARE
BLISSFULLY UNAWARE

THAT THERE'S AN ATTACKER
ON THE LOOSE.

WHOA, WHOA.

CALM DOWN.
CALM DOWN.

THREE MONTHS AFTER
THIS FOOTAGE IS TAKEN,

THE DOWLING FAMILY
CATCH ANOTHER BREAK.

KEVIN WAS OFFERED A POSITION
AT A CONVENIENCE STORE,

SHEETZ, AS A MANAGER.

HE WAS VERY EXCITED
ABOUT HIS NEW JOB.

THIS WAS HIS DREAM JOB.

- BYE, GIRLS!
- SEE YOU LATER.

BYE.

THIS WAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY
FOR KEVIN

AS HE WOULD HAVE
HAD BETTER WAGES

AND BETTER HOURS,
WHICH MEANT THAT KEVIN

WOULD HAVE BEEN HOME
WITH HIS FAMILY IN THE EVENING.

AS THIS HOME MOVIE
CLEARLY SHOWS,

FAMILY MEANS EVERYTHING
TO KEVIN.

30 MILES AWAY,
LIFE FOR JENNIFER MYERS

COULDN'T BE MORE DIFFERENT.

SORRY, HONEY.
YOU OKAY?

YEAH.

IT'S NOW NOVEMBER 1996,

AND THE POLICE ARE NO CLOSER
TO CATCHING THE PERPETRATOR.

JENNIFER MYERS WALKED
INTO A CONVENIENCE STORE.

SHE WALKED UP
TO THE CASH REGISTER,

AND THE PERSON
WHO TOOK HER MONEY

FROM HER TURNED TO HER.

WITH THAT BE ALL, MA'AM?

I'M SORRY.
WHAT DID YOU SAY?

I SAID, "WILL THAT
BE ALL, MA'AM?"

IT WAS HIS VOICE MORE THAN
ANYTHING ELSE SHE IDENTIFIED.

JENNIFER BELIEVES

THAT THE MAN
BEHIND THE CASH REGISTER

IS THE SAME MAN
THAT ATTACKED HER.

OUT IN EAST PETERSBURG,
JOANNE DOWLING IS AT HOME.

HELLO?

IT WAS JUST A TYPICAL,
NORMAL DAY,

AND I WAS PREPARING DINNER.

AND THE PHONE RANG AND I
PICKED IT UP, AND IT WAS KEVIN.

AND HE SAID, "JOANNE,
WE HAVE A PROBLEM."

OH, YEAH?

WHAT KIND OF PROBLEM
DO WE HAVE?

MY FIRST THOUGHT WAS THAT
SOMETHING HAD HAPPENED TO HIM.

THERE WAS A CAR ACCIDENT
OR SOMETHING

AT THE STORE
HE WAS WORKING AT.

I've been arrested.

ARRESTED?

WHAT FOR?

THE MAN BEHIND
THE COUNTER IS KEVIN DOWLING.

I WAS SHELL-SHOCKED
AND THOUGHT, "THERE IS NO WAY.

THIS HAD TO HAVE BEEN
MISTAKEN IDENTITY."

CAN SOMEONE PLEASE TELL ME
WHAT'S GOING ON?

THIS WAS A COMPLETELY
RANDOM WOMAN.

IT WAS NOT A WOMAN IN OUR TOWN,
EVEN LOCALLY.

IT WAS A COMPLETELY
DIFFERENT COUNTY.

I REALLY DID NOT BELIEVE THAT
KEVIN COULD HAVE COMMITTED THIS.

KEVIN IS A SWEET
GOOFBALL OF A HUSBAND

WHO PLAYS GAMES WITH THE KIDS

AND VOLUNTEERS TO HOST TEA
PARTIES FOR HIS DAUGHTERS.

THEY WERE WRONG, AND I WAS
CONVINCED THEY WERE WRONG,

AND MY HUSBAND WAS INNOCENT.

KEVIN IS BAILED,

AND THE TRIAL DATE IS SET
FOR OCTOBER 1997.

THE TRIAL WAS GOING
TO INVOLVE JENNIFER

GETTING ON THE WITNESS STAND,
LOOKING AT KEVIN DOWLING,

LOOKING AT THAT FACE AND SAYING,

"THAT IS THE MAN
WHO ATTEMPTED TO RAPE ME."

THE THOUGHT OF MY HUSBAND
BEING IN PRISON FOR A CRIME

HE DID NOT COMMIT
WAS JUST SICKENING TO ME.

IT JUST INFURIATED ME.

I WANTED TO JUST SCREAM,

JUST TO SCREAM AT THE POLICE,

"GO OUT AND FIND
THE REAL PERSON.

LEAVE US ALONE.
HE DID NOT DO THIS."

AFTER HIS ARREST,

KEVIN IS FIRED
FROM HIS POSITION AT SHEETZ,

AND IT FALLS ON JOANNE
TO SUPPORT THE FAMILY.

SHE GETS A JOB AT
A LOCAL CONVENIENCE STORE

WORKING AS AN INVENTORY MANAGER.

KEVIN IS NO LONGER THE CAREFREE
AND FUN-LOVING MAN HE WAS

JUST A FEW YEARS PREVIOUSLY.

KEVIN WITHDREW INTO HIMSELF.

HE DID NOT WANT
TO GO OUT IN THE YARD

AND PLAY OR GO TO THE PARK
OR GO TO THE BEACH.

HE DID NOT WANT TO DO ANYTHING
LIKE THAT ANYMORE

WITH THE CHILDREN.

THE THREAT
OF A LOOMING TRIAL

MAKES IT HARD FOR KEVIN
TO EVEN GET OUT OF BED.

KEVIN.

KEVIN.
LOOK AT ME.

SAY, "GOOD MORNING."

MONTHS GO BY
BEFORE KEVIN CAN EVEN FIND

A PART-TIME JOB
TO HELP SUPPORT HIS FAMILY.

IT MADE ME EXTREMELY ANGRY

TO WATCH MY HUSBAND
DETERIORATE INTO A PERSON

THAT JUST IT WASN'T
KEVIN ANYMORE,

AND I BLAMED
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT

FOR DOING THIS TO OUR FAMILY.

JOANNE DOESN'T KNOW IT YET,

BUT LIFE FOR HER AND HER FAMILY
IS ABOUT TO GET EVEN WORSE.

THE DOWLINGS
ARE A CLOSE-KNIT FAMILY

IN EAST PETERSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

BUT TWO YEARS AFTER THIS
TOUCHING VIDEO IS TAKEN,

DAD, KEVIN,
IS ABOUT TO STAND TRIAL

FOR ATTEMPTED RAPE
OF A COMPLETE STRANGER.

WE'D JUST STARTED
OUR LIFE AS A FAMILY.

THIS WAS NOT THE MAN THAT COULD
COMMIT SUCH A HORRIBLE THING.

IN THE FALL OF 1997,

JUST ONE DAY BEFORE THE TRIAL
IS DUE TO BEGIN,

KEVIN DECIDES TO TAKE A TRIP
TO NEARBY MUDDY RUN LAKE.

IT WAS JUST A NORMAL,
TYPICAL OCTOBER MORNING.

KEVIN HAD HIS FISHING GEAR,
AND HE PLANNED ON

SPENDING THE DAY
OUT ON THE LAKE FISHING.

BUT THIS FISHING TRIP

IS GOING
TO BE A LITTLE DIFFERENT.

SO HERE WE ARE IN MUDDY RUN.

WHY DON'T WE GO FISHING?

KEVIN WANTS
TO MAKE A VIDEO DIARY

FOR HIS CHILDREN.

LET'S MOVE THE BOAT
HERE IN A SECOND,

KEEP DRIFTING TO THE SHORE.

KEVIN TOLD ME HE PLANNED
ON MAKING A VIDEOTAPE

OF THE FISHING TRIP
FOR THE KIDS,

FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO WATCH IT
AND, SORT OF A GIFT.

I THOUGHT THAT WAS

A VERY SWEET GESTURE
ON KEVIN'S PART,

MAKING THIS VIDEOTAPE

SO THE CHILDREN WOULD KEEP HIM
IN THEIR LIVES,

SO DADDY WASN'T GOING
TO BE A STRANGER

WHEN HE WALKED THROUGH THE DOOR.

THAT SAME AFTERNOON,
40 MILES AWAY,

SEXUAL-ASSAULT VICTIM
JENNIFER MYERS

IS ALSO DREADING
THE UPCOMING TRIAL.

OUT ON MUDDY RUN LAKE,

KEVIN IS STILL FILMING
HIS VIDEO DIARY.

THE FISH AREN'T
BITING MUCH TODAY,

BUT HE DOESN'T SEEM TO MIND.

JEN, IT'S ME.

TWO HOURS LATER,
JENNIFER MYERS' HUSBAND, STEVEN,

STOPS BY TO CHECK UP ON HER.

JEN!

- JENNIFER MYERS...
- JENNIFER!

...HAS BEEN BRUTALLY MURDERED.

BABY!
OH, MY GOD!

JEN!

HE'S THE ONE
THAT CALLED 911.

AT THE SAME TIME

STEVEN IS
ON THE PHONE WITH POLICE,

KEVIN WRAPS THINGS UP
ON THE LAKE.

40 MILES AWAY,

THE GALLERY
IS A HIVE OF ACTIVITY.

IT'S OBVIOUS TO DETECTIVES
THAT THIS IS NO ROBBERY.

THIS IS AN EXECUTION.

IT WAS CLEAR THAT AN INDIVIDUAL
HAD THE SPECIFIC INTENT

TO GO IN THERE
AND KILL JENNIFER MYERS.

THERE'S NO SIGN OF
THE MURDER WEAPON AT THE SCENE,

BUT THE CRIME UNIT
DOES FIND SOME USEFUL CLUES.

THEY RECOVERED SHELL CASINGS,

AND THEY ALSO HAD
BULLET FRAGMENTS

FROM JENNIFER MYERS.

THE MURDER WEAPON
SEEMS TO BE

A .38 OR .357-CALIBER HANDGUN.

YES, SIR.
CAN I HELP YOU?

DESPITE THE LACK OF EVIDENCE,

THE POLICE DO HAVE
ONE OBVIOUS SUSPECT.

THERE IS ONE PERSON
WHO HAS AN INCREDIBLE NEED

TO MAKE SURE

THAT JENNIFER MYERS
NO LONGER LIVES,

SOMEONE WHO'S LOOKING
AT SUBSTANTIAL STATE TIME,

SOMEONE WHOSE LIFE IS GOING
TO CHANGE IRREVOCABLY.

THAT INDIVIDUAL IS
KEVIN DOWLING.

HELLO?

I WAS IN BED,
AND I ANSWERED THE PHONE,

AND THE GENTLEMAN ON THE OTHER
END SAID HE WAS A DETECTIVE,

AND HE'D LIKE TO SPEAK TO ME

BECAUSE JENNIFER MYERS
WAS FOUND MURDERED.

KEVIN IS STILL OUT WORKING

THE NIGHT SHIFT
WHEN THE COPS ARRIVE.

NO, I WAS SO UPSET.

THEY TOLD ME THAT KEVIN WAS
THE PRIME SUSPECT IN THE MURDER.

NO.
YOU DON'T THINK THAT KEVIN

HAS ANYTHING
TO DO WITH THIS?

THE POLICE NEED
THE CLOTHES

KEVIN WAS WEARING THAT DAY
TO TAKE FOR TESTING.

ABSOLUTELY.

I WAS WILLING TO DO ANYTHING
TO SHOW THEM

THAT THEY WERE WRONG
AND TO PROVE THAT MY HUSBAND

WAS NOT THE MAN
THEY WERE PORTRAYING.

OH, I MEAN,
KEVIN WAS OUT FISHING.

AND THAT'S NOT THE ONLY THING

JOANNE WANTS TO SHARE
WITH THE POLICE.

HE MADE A TAPE.

WE HAD VIDEO OF HIM
AT THAT TIME FISHING

IN THE MIDDLE OF THE LAKE,

SO IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE
FOR IT TO BE HIM.

MY ATTITUDE WAS,
"HA-HA-HA, SCREW YOU.

HERE. HERE'S YOUR EVIDENCE.
HE'S INNOCENT!"

BABE, YOU'RE DOING IT.

FAMILY MAN
AND HOME-MOVIE ENTHUSIAST

KEVIN DOWLING...

HI.
MY NAME IS SEAN.

...HAS MADE A VIDEO THAT
MIGHT JUST SAVE HIS LIFE.

HE WAS DUE TO STAND TRIAL

FOR THE SEXUAL ASSAULT
OF JENNIFER MYERS,

BUT SHE HAS BEEN
FOUND SHOT DEAD.

KEVIN IS THE NUMBER-ONE SUSPECT
EXCEPT HE HAS THE PERFECT ALIBI.

KEVIN DOWLING
WAS OUT FISHING

DURING, BEFORE AND AFTER
THE RELEVANT PERIOD OF TIME

WHEN JENNIFER MYERS WAS KILLED.

I FELT HORRIBLE
FOR JENNIFER MYERS,

BUT I KNEW IT WASN'T MY HUSBAND.

AND MY HEART WENT OUT TO HER
AND HER FAMILY,

AND THEY NEEDED
TO FIND THE PERSON

THAT ACTUALLY
COMMITTED THIS CRIME.

KEVIN IS THE PERFECT
SUSPECT AND, THEREFORE,

ALSO A PERFECT PATSY
FOR ANYONE ELSE

WHO WANTS TO GET AWAY
WITH MURDER.

THE SPOTLIGHT FALLS
ON THE ONE PERSON

WHO POLICE FOUND
AT THE SCENE,

JENNIFER'S HUSBAND, STEVEN.

NOW, MR. MYERS,
WE JUST WANTED

TO ASK YOU
A FEW QUESTIONS.

AND IN CASES SUCH
AS THIS, PREDOMINANTLY,

IT'S GOING TO BE A LOVED ONE,
FAMILY MEMBER,

ET CETERA, WHO'S FOUND
TO HAVE BEEN INVOLVED.

SOMEONE HAS TO KNOW
JENNIFER MYERS

TO WANT TO KILL JENNIFER MYERS.

WE'VE IDENTIFIED THE WEAPON

THAT WAS USED
IN YOUR WIFE'S MURDER.

IT WAS EITHER A .38
OR A .357-CALIBER MAGNUM.

POOR JENNIFER.

SIR, DO YOU OWN
A HANDGUN?

THEY ASKED JENNIFER'S HUSBAND,
MR. MYERS,

WHETHER OR NOT
HE OWNED A FIREARM.

YEAH, YEAH, .357.

IT JUST SO HAPPENED
THAT THE FIREARM THAT HE OWNED

WAS THE CALIBER MATCH
WITH THE SHELL CASINGS.

IT'S A STUNNING REVELATION.

IS IT POSSIBLE DETECTIVES
HAVE BEEN CHASING THE WRONG MAN

THIS WHOLE TIME?

SIR, DID YOU AND YOUR WIFE
HAVE ANY ARGUMENTS

BEFORE ANY
OF THIS HAPPENED?

I HEARD RUMORS THAT THE POLICE

WERE INVESTIGATING
JENNIFER MYERS' HUSBAND

AS ONE OF THE PRIME SUSPECTS
IN HER MURDER.

THE DETECTIVES TAKE
THE GUN FOR TESTING.

IF THE BARREL MARKS FROM THE
BULLET FIRED FROM STEVEN'S GUN

MATCH THE BULLETS RECOVERED
FROM THE CRIME SCENE,

THEN THE DETECTIVES COULD BE
LOOKING AT THEIR KILLER.

BACK IN EAST PETERSBURG,

THE MURDER HAS MADE LIFE
FOR THE DOWLINGS UNBEARABLE.

TO SEE MY HUSBAND'S PICTURE
ON THE FRONT PAGE OF THE PAPER

BEING ACCUSED OF MURDER

IS LIKE A PUNCH
IN THE STOMACH.

YOU ACTUALLY LOSE YOUR BREATH.

YOU CAN'T BREATHE FOR A MOMENT.

IT FELT LIKE EVERYBODY KNEW
AND EVERYBODY POINTED

AND EVERYBODY WHISPERED
NO MATTER WHERE I WENT.

KEVIN WAS NOT THE MAN
THAT COMMITTED THIS CRIME.

THEY ARE WRONG.
THEY'VE GOT THE WRONG PERSON.

AND NOTHING THAT THEY WERE
GOING TO SAY OR SHOW

WAS GOING TO PROVE ME
TO CHANGE MY MIND.

I WAS STICKING BY HIM.

A FEW DAYS LATER,

THE TEST RESULTS
ON STEVEN'S GUN ARE IN.

OKAY.
THANKS FOR LETTING US KNOW.

THE GUN THAT WAS
PROVIDED BY MR. MYERS,

IT WAS SPECIFICALLY EXCLUDED

AS A POSSIBLE FIREARM
USED TO KILL JENNIFER MYERS.

STEVEN IS RULED OUT
AS HIS WIFE'S KILLER.

DETECTIVES ARE FORCED
TO GO BACK

AND RE-EXAMINE
KEVIN'S FISHING VIDEO.

FIRST OF ALL, IT'S VERY SHORT.

I THINK IT'S, LIKE,
15 MINUTES LONG.

IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE
SPANNING THE ENTIRE DAY.

IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE MEMORIALIZING

HIS LAST DAY OF FISHING,
BUT IT'S REALLY ONLY 15 MINUTES.

IT'S NOT JUST
THE TAPE'S DURATION

THAT IS PUZZLING POLICE.

IT'S ALSO KEVIN'S BEHAVIOR.

HIS BOAT DOESN'T MOVE VERY MUCH
DURING THE COURSE

OF THESE VARIOUS ENTRIES.

HE IS INCESSANTLY
CHECKING HIS WATCH,

WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT
NO FISHERMAN WOULD EVER DO

BECAUSE THE WATCH
WOULD HAVE BEEN TAKEN OFF.

"I'M FISHING."
IT'S RELAXATION.

THERE ARE OTHER THINGS AS WELL.

YOU NEVER SEE ANY FISH.

THERE'S A LOT OF ODD
THINGS IN THE TAPE

THAT JUST AREN'T CONSISTENT

WITH WHAT IT WAS
PURPORTED TO BE.

BUT THE TIME STAMP

SHOWS THE EXACT SAME TIME
THAT JENNIFER WAS KILLED.

THE POLICE KNOW THAT THERE'S A
TIME CODE PUT INTO THE VIDEO.

IT'S A FEATURE
THAT CAN BE SET

TO ANY TIME
AND DATE BY THE USER.

HOW HARD IS IT
TO FAKE THAT?

THE POLICE KNOW

THAT IT IS EASY
TO CHANGE THE TIME STAMP

ON A TAPE, OKAY?

THE PROBLEM IS, IT'S VERY
DIFFICULT TO PROVE

THAT IT WAS, IN FACT, CHANGED.

THE POLICE
NEED TO FIND A WAY

TO SHOW THE TIME OF DAY
IS DIFFERENT

TO THE TIME
SHOWING ON THE SCREEN.

I'M ONLY GOING TO SHUT THE
CAMERA OFF FOR A SECOND, GUYS.

I'VE GOT TO MOVE THE BOAT.

AND THAT WILL NEED AN EXPERT

NOT NORMALLY FOUND
AT THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.

THOUGH I AM AN ASTRONOMER,
I'M TRAINED TO DO SCIENCE.

I'M TRAINED TO ANALYZE
THE ATMOSPHERES OF PLANETS.

THE POLICE CONTACT
NASA CONSULTANT,

PROFESSOR ROBERT BOYLE.

I DON'T USUALLY GET CALLED IN
ON A CRIMINAL CASE.

IT SHOULD BE POSSIBLE
FOR PROFESSOR BOYLE

TO CALCULATE
THE EXACT TIME OF DAY

FROM THE SHADOWS CAST
BY KEVIN IN THE BOAT.

AND I WOULD BE USING
ESSENTIALLY THE SAME PRINCIPLE

THAT WE USE FOR A SUNDIAL,

WHERE THE LENGTH OF THE SHADOW

AND THE DIRECTION
OF THE SHADOW ON A SUNDIAL

COULD BE USED TO,
IN FACT, TELL TIME.

IT SOUNDS SIMPLE ENOUGH,

BUT WHEN THE PROFESSOR
WATCHES THE VIDEO,

HE REALIZES THERE'S A PROBLEM.

MY HEART SANK BECAUSE
IT WAS CLEAR THAT

THIS WAS A MUCH MORE
COMPLICATED PROBLEM.

MY SUNDIAL, AS IT WERE,
WAS IN MOTION.

SOMETIMES HE WAS FACING
TO THE PROW OF THE BOAT.

SOMETIMES HE WAS FACING
TO THE LEFT,

SOMETIMES FACING TO THE RIGHT.

THE BOAT ITSELF
WAS MOVING IN THE LAKE.

ITS ORIENTATION WAS CHANGING
IN THE LAKE, AND FURTHERMORE,

WHERE IT WAS
ON THE LAKE WAS CHANGING.

THE BOAT WAS TILTING, AT TIMES,
FROM SIDE TO SIDE,

AND CONSEQUENTLY, THE LENGTHS

AND DIRECTIONS
OF SHADOWS ON OBJECTS

ON THE BOAT WOULD CHANGE.

THE FUTURE OF THE
DOWLING FAMILY RESTS HEAVILY

ON THE SHOULDERS
OF PROFESSOR BOYLE.

IT WAS JUST AS LIKELY
THAT MY DATA

WOULD PROVE THIS MAN INNOCENT
AS IT WOULD PROVE HIM GUILTY.

THIS HUMAN BEING'S LIFE
WAS QUITE LITERALLY IN MY HANDS.

KEVIN DOWLING
IS THE PRIME SUSPECT

IN A BRUTAL MURDER.

ARE YOU GOING
TO GIVE ME A SMILE?

HUH?

WELL, HERE WE ARE AGAIN.

HIS ALIBI IS A FISHING VIDEO,

BUT POLICE ARE NOT CONVINCED.

IT'S PRETTY NICE OUT HERE.

THERE'S A STRONG POSSIBILITY
THAT KEVIN DOWLING

HAD MANIPULATED THE TAPE
AND THE TIME STAMPS.

THE POLICE HAVE
DRAFTED AN ASTRONOMER,

PROFESSOR ROBERT BOYLE,
TO HELP CRACK THE CASE.

ASTRONOMERS USUALLY DON'T
HELP INVESTIGATE MURDERS.

WE TEND TO LEAD
PRETTY STAID LIVES.

THE PROFESSOR NEEDS TO
KNOW THE ORIENTATION OF THE BOAT

IN ORDER TO WORK OUT
THE DIRECTION OF THE SUN.

WITHOUT THAT INFORMATION,
I HAD NO HOPE OF CALCULATING,

FROM THE DIRECTION OF
THE SHADOWS ON THE BOAT,

THE DIRECTION OF THE SUN
IN THE SKY.

PROFESSOR BOYLE
SELECTS EIGHT SPECIFIC FRAMES

OF THE VIDEO

IN WHICH HE THINKS
THE BOAT'S POSITION

CAN BE ACCURATELY CONFIRMED.

I MADE PRINTOUTS
OF THOSE CLIPS.

I GAVE THEM TO THE STATE POLICE.

I SAID, "GO TAKE THESE.
GO OUT TO THE BOAT.

ORIENT THE BOAT
AS BEST AS YOU CAN.

MATCH THESE CLIPS,
AND THEN GIVE ME

THE COMPASS HEADING OF THE PROW
OF THE BOAT."

WITH THE PRINTOUTS IN HAND,

THE INVESTIGATION TEAM
TAKES TO THE WATER.

IT TAKES SEVERAL TRIPS
FOR DETECTIVES TO LOCK DOWN

THE EXACT COMPASS HEADINGS
IN EACH OF THE EIGHT STILLS.

NOW PROFESSOR BOYLE
CAN GET TO WORK.

I ACTUALLY USED
AN ARTIST'S FIGURINE,

AND I WOULD ORIENT THE FIGURINE

AS CLOSE AS POSSIBLE

TO THE BODY ORIENTATION
OF THE MAN ON THE BOAT.

AND I WOULD THEN SHINE
A LIGHT SOURCE

SO THAT THE SHADOWS
ON THE FIGURINE

MATCHED THE SHADOWS
ON THE VIDEO.

BY SHINING A LIGHT
ON THIS FIGURINE,

I COULD TELL THE TIME
BY THE ORIENTATION

OF THE SUN IN THE SKY.

AS THE PROFESSOR
RUNS HIS CALCULATIONS,

ONE THING WEIGHS
HEAVILY ON HIS MIND.

IT WAS QUITE CLEAR TO ME
THAT THE POLICE WERE CONVINCED

THAT THEY HAD THE RIGHT MAN,
BUT I WAS QUITE AWARE

THAT IT WAS CERTAINLY
POSSIBLE THE TIME STAMPS

COULD COME OUT CONFIRMING
THIS MAN'S ALIBI.

IT TAKES SIX WHOLE MONTHS,

BUT PROFESSOR BOYLE FINALLY
COMPLETES HIS CALCULATIONS.

IT WAS BEFORE HALLOWEEN.

I HAD JUST GOTTEN HOME
FROM WORK,

AND WE WERE IN THE KITCHEN
AND COOKING DINNER TOGETHER.

THERE WAS A KNOCK AT THE DOOR.

AND KEVIN WALKED TO THE DOOR,

AND I HEARD, "COULD YOU STEP
OUT HERE, PLEASE?"

AND I LOOKED OUTSIDE,
AND OUR ENTIRE STREET

WAS JUST FULL OF POLICE CARS

AND DETECTIVES STANDING
OUT ON OUR LAWNS.

I WAS FURIOUS WITH
THE WHOLE SITUATION.

I WAS FURIOUS WITH THE POLICE

FOR NOT ONLY PUTTING
KEVIN THROUGH THIS,

BUT THEN PUTTING
EVERYBODY THROUGH THIS.

I AM HUMILIATED.

YOU HAVE HUMILIATED ME IN FRONT
OF MY NEIGHBORS, MY HOME.

GET OFF, ALL OF YOU!

GET OFF, ALL OF YOU!

GET OFF MY LAWN!

MY LEVEL OF ANGER
JUST WENT THROUGH THE ROOF.

WHAT ARE YOU ALL LOOKING AT?
GET OFF MY LAWN!

GET OFF MY LAWN!
GET OFF MY LAWN!

I LOST MY FAITH
IN THE JUSTICE SYSTEM.

MY HUSBAND, HE'S INNOCENT.

HE DID NOT COMMIT THIS CRIME.
IT WAS CRAZY.

THIS IS WHERE MY CHILDREN SLEEP.
GET OUT!

THIS IS WHERE MY CHILDREN PLAY.

DETECTIVES EXPLAIN TO JOANNE

EXACTLY WHAT
THEY HAVE DISCOVERED.

THE DETECTIVES CAME IN
AND SAT ME DOWN,

WAITED TILL I CALMED DOWN
AND THEN SHOWED ME

THE EVIDENCE
THEY HAD ON KEVIN.

MRS. DOWLING, I'M JUST
GOING TO NEED YOU

TO PLEASE HAVE
A LOOK AT THAT.

WHAT IS THIS?

IT WAS PRETTY MIND-BOGGLING

BECAUSE THEN I HAD
TO FACE THE FACT

THAT IT WAS INDEED MY HUSBAND

WHO MURDERED JENNIFER MYERS.

I'M SORRY.

MY WORLD JUST LITERALLY
CAME CRASHING DOWN.

I WAS A STAY-AT-HOME MOM
FOR 13 YEARS.

I DIDN'T DRIVE.
I DIDN'T WORK.

MY WHOLE LIFE SUPPORT WAS GONE.

I MEAN, IT FELT LIKE
MY WHOLE LIFE WAS GONE.

THE MAN THAT I PUT MY LIFE
INTO HIS HANDS

AND OUR CHILDREN'S LIFE
IN OUR HAND HAD GONE,

AND I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.

I WAS COMPLETELY LOST.
I WAS DEVASTATED.

ON OCTOBER 29, 1997,

KEVIN DOWLING IS CHARGED

WITH THE MURDER
OF JENNIFER MYERS.

DURING THE TRIAL, PROSECUTORS

USED PROFESSOR BOYLE'S
CALCULATIONS

TO LAY OUT A TIMELINE

OF WHAT THEY THINK
REALLY HAPPENED.

KEVIN WAS FISHING THAT MORNING
UNTIL ABOUT 10:47 A.M.

FOR THE FIRST THREE
CLIPS, THE TIME STAMPS

WERE PRETTY MUCH CLOSE
TO THE TIMES

THAT I WOULD INFER BY LOOKING

AT THE EAST-WEST
POSITION OF THE SUN.

WELL, I'M JUST NOT
HITTING IN THIS SPOT,

SO WHY DON'T WE MOVE IT
A LITTLE BIT?

I'M GOING TO PAUSE
THE FILM RIGHT NOW.

BUT THEN KEVIN CUT THE VIDEO.

AND SO FAR, JUST A COUPLE
OF NIBBLES, BUT NOTHING,

DIDN'T CATCH ANYTHING YET.

WHEN THE TAPE RESTARTS,

IT APPEARS TO BE
36 MINUTES LATER.

I WAS ABSOLUTELY
CONVINCED, AS AN ASTRONOMER,

THAT THE TIME STAMPS
ON THOSE CLIPS

WERE NOT CORRECT,

THAT, IN FACT,
IN ALL LIKELIHOOD,

THOSE CLIPS
WERE TAKEN MUCH LATER

THAN THE TIME STAMPS
ON THE VIDEO.

DETECTIVES BELIEVE
THAT AT THIS TIME,

KEVIN RETURNED TO SHORE,

HID HIS BOAT,
DROVE INTO TOWN

AND MURDERED JENNIFER MYERS.

WE WERE ABLE TO SAY,
"THIS TAPE

THAT IS YOUR ALIBI,
KEVIN, IS A FORGERY.

AND NOT ONLY THAT,
YOU'VE GOT ENTRIES

THAT ARE WRONG THAT ARE RIGHT
IN THE TIME PERIOD

THAT JENNIFER MYERS WAS KILLED."

THEY CALCULATE THAT
KEVIN GOT BACK TO THE LAKE

AT AROUND 2:00 P.M.

THIS IS THE MOMENT WHEN KEVIN
RESETS THE CAMERA TIME STAMPS

TO 11:24 A.M.
TO MAKE IT APPEAR

THAT HE WAS STILL FISHING
ON THE LAKE THAT MORNING,

WHICH MEANS THIS SERENE MOMENT
AND ALL THAT FOLLOW

ARE ACTUALLY JUST AFTER
HE EXECUTED JENNIFER MYERS.

IT'S KIND OF A WINDY MORNING.

MOVE THE BOAT HERE IN A SECOND,
KEEP DRIFTING TO THE SHORE.

LET'S MOVE OUT OF HERE.

KEVIN DOWLING
WAS FOUND GUILTY

OF FIRST-DEGREE MURDER.

THE JURY DETERMINED
THAT KEVIN DOWLING

SHOULD RECEIVE
THE DEATH PENALTY.

SO UNTIL NEXT TIME, HOPEFULLY,
WE'RE ALL TOGETHER AS A FAMILY,

AND HOPEFULLY, WE'LL BE ABLE
TO GO FISHING.

I WILL NEVER, EVER,
EVER FORGIVE

WHAT KEVIN HAS DONE
TO SO MANY PEOPLE,

NOT JUST JENNIFER MYERS' FAMILY,

WHAT HE'S DONE
TO OUR FAMILY AS WELL.

AND I WILL NEVER
FORGIVE HIM FOR THAT.

SEE YOU THEN.