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How much has
this case affected you?

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I think about it every day.

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I believe she met a monster
that morning.

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She was by herself in a remote
part of the parking lot.

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Next thing you know,
the guy's at her door

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with a handgun.

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I saw the suspect making
his way into my sister's car

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and driving her car away.

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My heart sank immediately.

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[Erik] I felt like every second
Naomi was slipping away from us.

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Time was of the essence.

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[Casey] We had public searches.

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The whole community was there.

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It means so much.

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Our family could not
go through this without them.

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I never let myself doubt
that she wasn't still with us.

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They got a break in the case
when her car was found.

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[officer 1] I saw it
sitting there,

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so I came back around
and then...

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In my opinion,
the suspect put it out there

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for law enforcement to find it.

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I think it was just
part of his sick game.

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What was your greatest fear
as you approached her car?

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That her body would be in there.

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It's like...

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standing on the edge
of the abyss.

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[suspenseful music]

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Hi, I'm Paula Zahn,

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and tonight we're "On The Case"
in Fernley, Nevada.

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The peaceful suburb
about 40-miles east of Reno

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seemed an unlikely setting
for a terrifying crime

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until 18-year-old Naomi Irion
mysteriously vanished.

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As police began
their investigation,

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a disturbing picture
slowly came into focus

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with each frame of video
evidence they discovered.

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Every clue revealed another part
of a cold and calculated plot,

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one detectives feared
would end with Naomi dead

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and her family heartbroken.

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[suspenseful music]

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March 13th, 2022.

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It was early
on a chilly Sunday morning,

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and Casey Valley was filled
with a nervous tension.

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He couldn't locate
his sister, Naomi,

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who had failed
to return home after work.

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[suspenseful music
intensifies and ends]

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When was the last time
you saw your sister?

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[Casey]
It was a Friday night.

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I told her that the dome
light was on in her car,

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to which she gave me
a very characteristic

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teenager eye roll,

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and we both went
to bed after that.

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[Paula] Naomi had been living
with her older brother

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for less than a year

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while her parents were
overseas on a diplomatic mission

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for the U.S. State Department.

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Naomi had her own car
and a good job

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at the Panasonic plant
in Sparks, Nevada.

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Was she supposed
to work the next day?

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Yes.

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[soft music]

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[Paula]
The diligent 18-year-old

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left for her shift
before five every morning.

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When did you expect to see
her the next time?

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I expected to see
her Saturday night,

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but sometimes she didn't
come straight home.

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So when I went to bed
at eight o'clock and she wasn't

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home yet,
it wasn't that strange.

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But I fully expected
to see her the next day.

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When did you realize
she was actually missing?

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On that Sunday,

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I texted her a couple times.

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I didn't hear from her,

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I started getting
really worried.

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[Paula] Casey tried to be
patient, but within a few hours,

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he shared the unsettling
news with his parents.

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I called my mom.
She hadn't heard from her...

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since Friday night.
That was odd.

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We started reaching
out to friends

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that also hadn't heard from her.

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That point we knew
that there was a problem

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and I called
the police department.

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[eerie music]

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[Paula] But the officer
Casey spoke with wasn't ready

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to launch an official
missing persons investigation.

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Did he say why?

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He said that there
wasn't enough to go on.

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He said that she's an adult

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she's allowed to not
answer her phone.

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Were you angry?

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I was very upset,

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and he refused
to take my report,

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didn't send out
a be-on-the-lookout,
or anything.

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[suspenseful music]

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[Paula] Casey turned
his frustration into action.

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He began retracing his sister's
last known movements

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on his own, starting with
a call to the Panasonic plant.

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Did she ever show up
for work on Saturday?

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No, she did not.

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Had she ever missed
a day of work before?

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No, never.

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[suspenseful music]

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We didn't know
what was going on.

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This is not like her.

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[suspenseful music builds]

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[Paula]
As Casey's concern grew,

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he considered
other possibilities.

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Could something
have happened to Naomi

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on the way to the plant?

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He called hospitals
and even the local jail.

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Then he raced
to the Walmart parking lot,

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where his sister
caught the shuttle bus

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to work every morning.

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What was your plan when
you headed to Walmart?

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The plan was to find
the security people

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and asked them to help
us look for her car.

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[Paula] Naomi's car
wasn't in the lot,

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and the desperation
in his voice

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convinced the reluctant
security team

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to let him review
surveillance video.

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They focused on the time frame
between 4:40 and 5 AM

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when Naomi would
have gotten there.

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Took us close to an hour
to find the right footage.

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We eventually did find it.

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[eerie music]

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[Paula] Casey watched in silence
as Naomi's car pulled into

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and parked
in the dimly-lit lot.

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My sister was driving
a '91 Mercury Sable,

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which has
a very long headlight

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across the entire front
of the car.

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Pretty easy to pick out
in a grainy surveillance video.

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[Paula] What the cameras
captured next

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will remain etched
in his memory forever.

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What did you actually see?

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That's when I saw the first
video clip of the suspect.

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My heart sank immediately.

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[Paula] To most observers,
the way the man walked across

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the lot may have
looked fairly innocent.

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But Casey was certain

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that something
terrible was happening.

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He did a circle around the car,

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and then he circled back
to the car.

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Was it possible that it
was someone she knew?

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No, it looked like
he brandished something.

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[Paula] Casey then watched
in horror as the unknown man

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entered his sister's car

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and drove out
of the parking lot

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with Naomi trapped inside.

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It was hard to breathe.

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That's when I knew
that she was really taken.

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[suspenseful music]

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I called 911 and told them that
I had evidence of a kidnapping.

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[Paula] Detective Erik Kusmerz
was assigned to the case.

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He was alarmed by the evidence
Casey had uncovered.

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After you talked with Casey,
was there any doubt

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in your mind that Naomi
had been kidnapped?

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The minute I got off
the phone with Casey,

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I believed she had
been kidnapped.

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I sent out a text to all
the other detectives,

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and I was like, "This is real."

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What was their reaction?

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They immediately went to work,
headed up to Fernley,

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started gathering
video surveillance,

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and starting the investigation.

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[Paula] Detective Kusmerz
raced to the Walmart

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and viewed every angle
of the video himself.

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He also spoke with several
potential witnesses.

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Give me a sense of how many
people took the shuttle to work

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from that parking lot.

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There's approximately 20 to 30
people that ride the shuttles,

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[Paula] But none
of Naomi's co-workers

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had seen nor heard anything.

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Did you find that odd,
that they wouldn't have noticed

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anything unusual happening?
-[Erik] No.

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Most of the employees were
likely on their cell phones,

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not paying attention
to their surroundings.

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[Paula] And even if someone
had looked up from their phone,

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there was nothing on the video
that indicated that Naomi

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had struggled with her abductor.

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So there were
no signs of resistance?

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That's correct.

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[suspenseful music]

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[Paula] It was clear
to Lieutenant Ty Joyner

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that even Naomi hadn't
realized what was happening

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until it was too late.

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Did her abductor look like
someone who didn't seem to be

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living in fear that
he was gonna get caught?

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Yes, he looked comfortable
in the parking lot.

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He looked like he had
a plan and was executing it.

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What happened
as he approached the car?

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He basically goes
directly to her car.

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He nonchalantly
opened the door.

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We assume that
she's likely in the dark,

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looking at her cellphone,

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and next thing you know,
the guy's at her door

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with a handgun.

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[Paula] Naomi's abductor
then slid behind the wheel

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and calmly drove her car
out of the parking lot.

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Vehicle leaves
with no headlights on.

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It was very clear
that something happened.

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How long after Naomi was
abducted did the bus show up?

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Less than a minute.

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What did you make
of that timing?

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It definitely appeared
to be a planned out kidnapping.

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[ominous music]

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[Paula] Everyone on the case
was now certain

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that Naomi Irion
was in imminent danger.

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And they were almost
48 hours behind her abductor.

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How acutely did you feel
the race against time?

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[Erik] Extremely.

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I felt like every second,
Naomi was slipping away from us.

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Time was of the essence.

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[sirens wailing]

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[Paula]
Police in Fernley, Nevada
were desperate for a lead

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that might help
them find Naomi Irion

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before it was too late.

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For her loved ones,
it was a dark time

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filled with desperation.

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[suspenseful music]

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What did you do
to search for her?

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Anybody that she'd even
mentioned to me in passing,

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I tracked them down.

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I talked to everybody
that she'd ever

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really had contact with.

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[Paula]
Talking with everyone Naomi
knew was not as big of a job

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as it might have been
with a typical teenager.

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Naomi had
a much smaller social circle

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after spending years
abroad with her parents.

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[Casey] They moved to Moscow
while she was in middle school,

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and then they were in Germany
for a couple of years.

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She finished out
her high school in South Africa.

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What was it
that had your family

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moving around so frequently?

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My stepdad working for the
State Department as a diplomat.

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[Paula] Naomi enjoyed
the globetrotting.

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She was exposed to
new music, art, and culture,

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but in her heart, the teenager
longed to be back home.

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When did the two
of you develop a plan

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for her to move in with you?

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We started talking about
it about a year before

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she graduated high school.

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Naomi was all on board,

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really excited to come
to the States and get job,

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get car, and work her way
through community college.

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[Paula]
But now, Casey feared

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that all of Naomi's future plans
were in jeopardy.

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[Paula] As police search
the area for the teenager

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and her missing car,

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they hope that cellphone
records might provide a lead.

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Were you able to track
Naomi's cellphone activity?

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Yes, we were able
to see her cellphone leave

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her residence and go
to the Walmart parking lot.

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And then we were able
to see it leave the parking lot

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and travel
to the west side of Fernley

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before it completely
stopped communicating

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with the cellphone towers.

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What did you think that meant?

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The phone was
damaged or destroyed.

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We had no way
of tracking where she was at.

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00:13:50,667 --> 00:13:54,667
[Paula] Still, investigators
pursued the only clue they had.

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We went to the location where
her cellphone was last active,

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and there was
approximately 50 cops

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from all over Northern Nevada

263
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that came
and searched that area.

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00:14:04,968 --> 00:14:06,167
Did you find any clues?

265
00:14:06,334 --> 00:14:09,100
Nothing that ended up being
relevant to this case.

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[ominous music]

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[Paula] Police had barely
finished that grid search

268
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when a Fernley patrol officer
called in a shocking report.

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He had located Naomi's car
parked in an empty dirt lot.

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[police] It's like, just driving
all over looking for it.

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And, as I was getting off here,

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I saw it sitting there.

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[Paula] Lieutenant Ty Joyner
raced to the scene.

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How far away was that
from the Walmart parking lot?

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About three quarters of a mile
from the Walmart parking lot.

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[ominous music]

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[Paula]
Detectives and CSI teams

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from around the state responded
to the lightly traveled roadway.

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[officer #1] I just parked
here and I walked over

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and then walked away.
-[officer #2] All right.

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[camera clicking]

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[Paula]
Rumors of the police activity

283
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led Naomi's brother
to head there too.

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What was your greatest
fear as you approached her car?

285
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That her body would be in there.

286
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It's like...

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standing on the edge
of the abyss.

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[Paula] There was no sign of
Naomi in the front or back seat.

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Then came the moment of truth.

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They finally opened
the trunk of the car.

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What did they tell you?

292
00:15:30,934 --> 00:15:32,767
[suspenseful music]

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That uh...

294
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she's not there.

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[Paula] For a few moments,
Casey was incredibly relieved.

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But finding Naomi's car without
a clue as to her whereabouts

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forced him to consider

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how the search
for his sister might end.

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Was it hard
to hold on to hope...

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that she was still alive?

301
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I never let myself doubt
that she wasn't still with us.

302
00:16:08,367 --> 00:16:11,567
[Paula] Although detectives knew
that Naomi's car being returned

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without her was a bad sign,

304
00:16:14,234 --> 00:16:18,100
they also believed it was
still possible she was alive.

305
00:16:18,267 --> 00:16:21,501
Was there any evidence of
a struggle inside the car?

306
00:16:21,667 --> 00:16:23,834
No, not that we found.

307
00:16:24,767 --> 00:16:26,934
[suspenseful music]

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[Paula]
Investigators scoured the area

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for a clue that might lead
them to Naomi

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or the suspect
who had kidnapped her.

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Were you able to find any
surveillance video around

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the area where
the car was found?

313
00:16:43,100 --> 00:16:45,200
Yes, we were able to capture

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her vehicle being parked
on video surveillance.

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[eerie music]

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Could you make out who
had been driving the car?

317
00:16:55,434 --> 00:16:57,033
[Erik] No,
the video surveillance shows

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Naomi's vehicle being parked
off a dirt road,

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out of sight
of video surveillance.

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[Paula]
The timestamp on the video

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added another chilling detail.

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What time was
the car left there?

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It was around 4:30-5 o'clock
the same afternoon

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after she was abducted.

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[Paula] Just 12 hours after
abducting Naomi,

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her kidnapper had
brazenly abandoned

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her car less than a mile
from the Walmart

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where he had kidnapped her.

329
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Why do you think
her abductor chose that spot?

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In my opinion,
he put it out there

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for law enforcement to find it.

332
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-Why?
-I think it was just part of
his sick game.

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[suspenseful music]

334
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[Paula] As police
study the troubling clues

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00:17:57,200 --> 00:17:59,200
in Naomi Irion's disappearance,

336
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it seemed that her abductor
might be engaging them

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in a deadly game
of cat and mouse.

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What kind of perpetrator did you
think you were now looking for?

339
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Somebody who definitely
knew what they were doing.

340
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He was very calculated
in his plan.

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Someone who perhaps
had done this before?

342
00:18:20,634 --> 00:18:21,567
Very possible.

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[ominous music]

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[Paula] Detectives had
no leads on a suspect

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until Naomi's brother
mentioned a new detail.

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The night before
the kidnapping,

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the teenager had
gone out on a first date

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with a man she had met online.

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What did she tell
you about how it went?

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They had an OK time,

351
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and...she wasn't sure if she
was gonna see him again or not,

352
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but she wasn't against it.

353
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I did give whatever info I had
about that guy

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to law enforcement.

355
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[action music]

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[Paula]
Police jumped on the lead.

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They met on a social
media dating website.

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We found him and started
looking into his whereabouts

359
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during her kidnapping.

360
00:19:08,267 --> 00:19:10,300
He was definitely
a person of interest.

361
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Where did they go for that date?

362
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She drove from Fernley
to Reno and met with him.

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They went shopping
at a clothing store

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and had some food.

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[Paula]
Investigators were intrigued.

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The young man had
likely seen Naomi's car,

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and she could have
told him where and when

368
00:19:28,267 --> 00:19:29,734
she took the shuttle to work.

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[ominous music]

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When they brought
him in for questioning,

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they pressed
him for information.

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What was his demeanor

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when he was asked
about her disappearance?

374
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He seemed very concerned.

375
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Did he have any contact with
her after they left each other?

376
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He said he did not.

377
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[Paula]
Police were skeptical

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until they confirmed
that Naomi's date

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could not have been
at the Walmart parking lot

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the next morning.

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He was in Reno, Nevada,
during her kidnapping.

382
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He had a strong alibi.

383
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He was not involved
in Naomi's abduction.

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[Paula]
After quickly eliminating
that potential suspect,

385
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forensic analysis
of the Walmart video

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00:20:19,234 --> 00:20:23,100
provided investigators with some
physical characteristics

387
00:20:23,267 --> 00:20:25,934
of the man who
had kidnapped Naomi.

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00:20:26,100 --> 00:20:27,167
[Erik] From the video
surveillance,

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we were able
to do a triangulation,

390
00:20:30,300 --> 00:20:33,167
and based off that,
we believed he was 6'2''.

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[Paula]
Investigators also shuttled

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through hours of footage

393
00:20:37,033 --> 00:20:39,667
from other businesses
that might have captured

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Naomi's abductor
abandoning her car.

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And their hard work led
to the next break in the case.

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[Lt. Ty] Upon reviewing
video surveillance,

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we observed that there was
a truck that parked nearby.

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A male subject exited the truck,

399
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disappeared out
of the camera view.

400
00:21:02,634 --> 00:21:03,767
A short time later,

401
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her car is seen driving
back into the camera view.

402
00:21:06,767 --> 00:21:09,000
[Paula]
Investigators were stunned.

403
00:21:09,167 --> 00:21:11,567
When you compared
that image to the image

404
00:21:11,734 --> 00:21:13,601
at the Walmart parking lot,

405
00:21:13,767 --> 00:21:15,167
was there any doubt in your mind

406
00:21:15,334 --> 00:21:16,567
you were looking
at the same man?

407
00:21:16,734 --> 00:21:18,067
It was hard to say
from that distance,

408
00:21:18,234 --> 00:21:20,300
but there's a solo person

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00:21:20,467 --> 00:21:22,400
that entered her vehicle
in the Walmart parking lot.

410
00:21:22,567 --> 00:21:25,501
Now, there's a solo male subject
where her vehicle was parked.

411
00:21:30,667 --> 00:21:33,934
[Paula] Although police still
couldn't identify the driver,

412
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the clear images of
the pickup truck he was driving

413
00:21:38,033 --> 00:21:41,000
were now the best lead they had.

414
00:21:43,467 --> 00:21:46,300
That piece of video was where
we really got our starting point

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to start looking
for something real.

416
00:21:48,868 --> 00:21:51,667
That subject was somehow
involved in her disappearance.

417
00:21:56,067 --> 00:21:59,868
[Paula] While forensic experts
worked on enhancing the video,

418
00:22:00,100 --> 00:22:02,133
detectives tried to make sense

419
00:22:02,300 --> 00:22:04,567
of the suspect's
puzzling actions.

420
00:22:06,467 --> 00:22:10,601
It appeared he had initially
abandoned Naomi's car outside

421
00:22:10,767 --> 00:22:15,367
of camera range
and then returned to move it.

422
00:22:15,534 --> 00:22:17,267
How far away
were the two spots?

423
00:22:17,434 --> 00:22:18,968
Probably 100 yards.

424
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[Paula] The inexplicable
decision left police

425
00:22:23,901 --> 00:22:26,067
with another
tormenting question.

426
00:22:28,133 --> 00:22:30,300
Why do you think
he went back to her car?

427
00:22:30,467 --> 00:22:32,567
All of law enforcement
was speculating that he left

428
00:22:32,734 --> 00:22:34,267
evidence in the vehicle,

429
00:22:34,434 --> 00:22:36,000
forgot something,

430
00:22:36,167 --> 00:22:38,734
wanted to wipe it down
for prints one more time.

431
00:22:38,901 --> 00:22:41,100
In my opinion,
I think he made a mistake.

432
00:22:54,367 --> 00:22:58,267
[Paula] Just over a week after
Naomi Irion's disappearance,

433
00:22:58,434 --> 00:23:01,667
police were still analyzing
a massive amount of video

434
00:23:01,834 --> 00:23:04,501
they hoped would
lead them to her abductor.

435
00:23:06,968 --> 00:23:10,167
Meanwhile, the Fernley
community was rallying

436
00:23:10,334 --> 00:23:11,667
around the teenager's family.

437
00:23:13,934 --> 00:23:17,067
Did you feel
the support of the community?

438
00:23:17,234 --> 00:23:19,167
Absolutely.
It was fantastic.

439
00:23:20,567 --> 00:23:24,000
When we had public searches,
the whole community was there.

440
00:23:24,167 --> 00:23:26,567
When we had our vigil,

441
00:23:26,734 --> 00:23:29,634
there was thousands
of people there.

442
00:23:32,100 --> 00:23:34,267
[Paula] Naomi's
heartbroken parents,

443
00:23:34,434 --> 00:23:36,367
who had flown back
from South Africa,

444
00:23:36,534 --> 00:23:39,868
were overwhelmed by
the outpouring of goodwill.

445
00:23:40,033 --> 00:23:44,567
The love of the community
has been, it means so much,

446
00:23:44,734 --> 00:23:46,000
so much.

447
00:23:46,000 --> 00:23:50,501
I know our family could not
go through this without them.

448
00:23:50,667 --> 00:23:52,200
[Paula]
Naomi's loved ones pleaded

449
00:23:52,367 --> 00:23:56,033
with the public to come forward
with any information they had.

450
00:23:56,200 --> 00:23:59,033
They knew that it might
be the smallest of clues

451
00:23:59,200 --> 00:24:01,501
that ultimately solved the case.

452
00:24:01,667 --> 00:24:04,033
It's like putting
together a puzzle.

453
00:24:06,400 --> 00:24:08,267
Every piece is important.

454
00:24:10,267 --> 00:24:11,767
[Paula]
Police agreed.

455
00:24:11,934 --> 00:24:14,167
And as they connected
the pieces of video

456
00:24:14,334 --> 00:24:17,000
from different surveillance
cameras in the area,

457
00:24:17,167 --> 00:24:20,167
they were inching
closer to identifying the man

458
00:24:20,334 --> 00:24:21,767
who had abducted Naomi.

459
00:24:23,467 --> 00:24:26,667
Perhaps the most
important images were the ones

460
00:24:26,834 --> 00:24:29,834
of the blue truck
the suspect had fled in

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00:24:30,000 --> 00:24:32,033
after abandoning Naomi's car.

462
00:24:33,000 --> 00:24:37,767
What did you learn by looking at
that portion of the videotape?

463
00:24:37,934 --> 00:24:39,267
We took still shots

464
00:24:39,434 --> 00:24:41,467
that showed the truck
drive past the business.

465
00:24:41,634 --> 00:24:44,767
The local Chevrolet dealerships
were able to identify

466
00:24:44,934 --> 00:24:46,767
what make and model
the truck was.

467
00:24:46,934 --> 00:24:50,033
It was a 2500 or 3500 Chevy.

468
00:24:52,033 --> 00:24:53,567
Is that a popular
truck in the area?

469
00:24:53,734 --> 00:24:55,567
It is a popular
truck in the area.

470
00:24:55,734 --> 00:24:59,000
The Department of Motor Vehicles
sent us a list of all

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2020 to 2022
Chevrolet 2500 to 3500 trucks.

472
00:25:05,501 --> 00:25:08,501
[Paula] The DMV records
didn't note color,

473
00:25:08,667 --> 00:25:11,467
so the total number
of trucks was staggering.

474
00:25:13,300 --> 00:25:16,033
You're basically getting
every Chevy truck registered

475
00:25:16,200 --> 00:25:17,400
in the state of Nevada.

476
00:25:17,400 --> 00:25:21,000
How daunting of a task
was it to narrow down that list?

477
00:25:21,167 --> 00:25:22,400
It was gonna be very difficult.

478
00:25:22,567 --> 00:25:25,367
We planned on looking at every
single truck on that list

479
00:25:25,534 --> 00:25:26,734
until we found the right one.

480
00:25:26,901 --> 00:25:28,968
[Paula] Investigators
went to work,

481
00:25:29,133 --> 00:25:31,367
trying to zero
in on their target.

482
00:25:31,534 --> 00:25:34,033
They carefully
studied the photograph

483
00:25:34,200 --> 00:25:37,167
and cataloged all of the details
that could be used

484
00:25:37,334 --> 00:25:40,267
to identify
that particular truck.

485
00:25:40,434 --> 00:25:43,167
There were several features,
such as chrome door handles,

486
00:25:43,334 --> 00:25:45,767
chrome running boards,
color-matched bumpers.

487
00:25:45,934 --> 00:25:47,868
It had roof-mounted
marker lights.

488
00:25:48,033 --> 00:25:50,868
[Erik] It had a sunroof,
rear sliding window,

489
00:25:51,033 --> 00:25:53,767
the emblem of the Chevy bowtie
on the front of the truck.

490
00:25:57,601 --> 00:25:58,968
[suspenseful music]

491
00:25:59,133 --> 00:26:01,667
[Paula] Police were able
to eliminate hundreds of trucks

492
00:26:01,834 --> 00:26:05,267
based on their color alone,
using insurance information

493
00:26:05,434 --> 00:26:07,868
and license plate
reader cameras.

494
00:26:08,033 --> 00:26:10,501
But even after
that huge effort,

495
00:26:10,667 --> 00:26:13,267
there were still dozens
of trucks left to check.

496
00:26:15,300 --> 00:26:17,400
What did you think
the chances were

497
00:26:17,567 --> 00:26:22,033
that they'd actually be able
to find out who owned the truck

498
00:26:22,200 --> 00:26:23,567
on the surveillance tape?

499
00:26:23,734 --> 00:26:25,834
Just going through that list,

500
00:26:26,000 --> 00:26:28,467
I thought it was a slim chance
that they would find the truck.

501
00:26:28,634 --> 00:26:31,200
[Paula]
The work was time consuming

502
00:26:31,367 --> 00:26:36,267
and required an officer to do an
in-person review of each truck.

503
00:26:36,434 --> 00:26:39,667
Investigators were out driving
and trying to find the vehicles.

504
00:26:39,834 --> 00:26:41,734
It just took a lot
of groundwork.

505
00:26:45,667 --> 00:26:48,167
[Paula] Slowly, a pattern
began to emerge.

506
00:26:49,167 --> 00:26:51,834
Looking at these
trucks for several days,

507
00:26:52,000 --> 00:26:54,834
which normally costs
between $60,000 and $80,000,

508
00:26:55,000 --> 00:26:56,734
we noticed that the residents
these trucks were parked

509
00:26:56,901 --> 00:26:58,467
at were nicer homes,

510
00:26:58,634 --> 00:26:59,767
nicer neighborhoods.

511
00:27:00,567 --> 00:27:03,100
[Paula] All of the addresses
fit that description,

512
00:27:03,267 --> 00:27:04,501
except for one.

513
00:27:05,200 --> 00:27:08,100
The address just did not match
the rest of the residences

514
00:27:08,267 --> 00:27:09,267
we had been looking at.

515
00:27:09,434 --> 00:27:11,067
The property was run down.

516
00:27:11,234 --> 00:27:12,934
[Paula]
And most importantly,

517
00:27:13,100 --> 00:27:16,467
there was no Chevy
pickup parked out front.

518
00:27:16,634 --> 00:27:18,667
Lieutenant Joyner
could have just moved on

519
00:27:18,834 --> 00:27:20,467
to the next truck on his list,

520
00:27:20,634 --> 00:27:24,100
but his instincts told
him to do a deeper dive.

521
00:27:24,267 --> 00:27:26,567
That's when I started
trying to research

522
00:27:26,734 --> 00:27:28,467
the registered owner,
Troy Edward Driver.

523
00:27:30,934 --> 00:27:32,400
[Paula] When
Lieutenant Joyner received

524
00:27:32,567 --> 00:27:37,601
Troy Driver's DMV records,
his hunch became a lead.

525
00:27:37,767 --> 00:27:40,501
His driver's license said
he was 6'2'' inches tall.

526
00:27:40,667 --> 00:27:44,167
[Paula]
That made Troy Driver
a physical match

527
00:27:44,334 --> 00:27:46,601
to the triangulation done
of the suspect

528
00:27:46,767 --> 00:27:48,133
in the Walmart parking lot.

529
00:27:50,033 --> 00:27:53,033
Lieutenant Joyner
immediately contacted

530
00:27:53,200 --> 00:27:57,067
District Attorney Steve Rye
for more information.

531
00:27:57,234 --> 00:27:59,868
What did you learn
about Troy Driver?

532
00:28:00,100 --> 00:28:01,567
Yeah, I learned
that he had spent

533
00:28:01,734 --> 00:28:03,767
a significant time in prison

534
00:28:03,934 --> 00:28:05,868
for some violent crimes,

535
00:28:06,033 --> 00:28:09,167
that he had gotten out
of prison and moved to Nevada,

536
00:28:09,334 --> 00:28:12,067
and that he had
gotten a job in construction

537
00:28:12,234 --> 00:28:14,567
and had moved up
to a management position.

538
00:28:14,734 --> 00:28:17,934
[Paula] Those details
convinced Lieutenant Joyner.

539
00:28:18,100 --> 00:28:21,667
The investigation
was on the right track.

540
00:28:21,834 --> 00:28:23,767
They told me that
he was a registered ex-felon.

541
00:28:24,767 --> 00:28:25,934
[ominous music]

542
00:28:26,100 --> 00:28:28,834
His criminal
history was extensive.

543
00:28:29,000 --> 00:28:31,200
That 100% piqued my interest.

544
00:28:31,367 --> 00:28:34,267
We decided we needed
to find that truck immediately.

545
00:28:36,734 --> 00:28:38,267
[Paula]
Drivers' insurance records

546
00:28:38,434 --> 00:28:40,200
provided the updated answer.

547
00:28:41,167 --> 00:28:42,300
Where was the truck
at that time?

548
00:28:42,467 --> 00:28:44,133
The truck was located
in Fallon, Nevada.

549
00:28:44,300 --> 00:28:46,834
I contacted some
Churchill County detectives,

550
00:28:47,000 --> 00:28:47,968
which is the neighboring county.

551
00:28:48,133 --> 00:28:49,467
They were able
to drive by the address,

552
00:28:49,634 --> 00:28:51,267
get some long range
surveillance photos.

553
00:28:51,434 --> 00:28:52,834
[camera clicking]

554
00:28:53,000 --> 00:28:54,300
And we were able
to look at that truck.

555
00:28:54,467 --> 00:28:57,667
[Paula] As police studied
the photos, they were stunned.

556
00:28:57,834 --> 00:29:01,367
The truck they were looking at
had all of the different

557
00:29:01,534 --> 00:29:03,834
dealer add-ons
they had identified

558
00:29:04,000 --> 00:29:05,567
in the surveillance stills.

559
00:29:06,501 --> 00:29:07,567
His truck matched everything

560
00:29:07,734 --> 00:29:09,167
that we were looking for
on the suspect truck.

561
00:29:09,334 --> 00:29:10,868
Where did the investigation
go from there?

562
00:29:11,033 --> 00:29:13,667
That was enough to start
applying for search warrants.

563
00:29:15,367 --> 00:29:16,767
[suspenseful music]

564
00:29:16,934 --> 00:29:19,367
The investigation
was heating up,

565
00:29:19,534 --> 00:29:21,767
and the FBI provided detectives

566
00:29:21,934 --> 00:29:24,267
with more fuel
for their suspicions.

567
00:29:24,434 --> 00:29:27,968
They had found video
of that same truck being parked

568
00:29:28,133 --> 00:29:31,767
near the Walmart just
before Naomi was abducted.

569
00:29:31,934 --> 00:29:33,868
When Naomi was kidnapped,

570
00:29:34,033 --> 00:29:36,167
we didn't know where
he had parked his truck.

571
00:29:36,334 --> 00:29:39,267
The FBI reviewed hours
and hours of footage

572
00:29:39,434 --> 00:29:41,868
and ultimately located
the truck being parked

573
00:29:42,033 --> 00:29:44,467
the morning of March 12th.

574
00:29:44,634 --> 00:29:48,167
[Paula] Identifying where
the suspect had left his truck

575
00:29:48,334 --> 00:29:50,000
prior to the abduction,

576
00:29:50,167 --> 00:29:54,300
allowed investigators to create
a map of the likely route

577
00:29:54,467 --> 00:29:56,067
the abductor had traveled.

578
00:29:58,167 --> 00:30:00,033
They searched
for cameras

579
00:30:00,200 --> 00:30:02,133
between that area
and the Walmart,

580
00:30:02,300 --> 00:30:06,467
as well as the dirt lot where
he had abandoned Naomi's car.

581
00:30:07,501 --> 00:30:10,934
We now can try to narrow down
the focus of video surveillance

582
00:30:11,100 --> 00:30:15,033
to try to see him going
to the truck or to the car.

583
00:30:17,200 --> 00:30:20,501
[Paula] The building blocks
of the case against Troy Driver

584
00:30:20,667 --> 00:30:22,601
seemed to have
fallen into place.

585
00:30:23,567 --> 00:30:26,834
Did you have enough
to arrest him at that point?

586
00:30:27,000 --> 00:30:27,934
Not at that point.

587
00:30:29,400 --> 00:30:30,734
Our district attorney's
office wanted

588
00:30:30,901 --> 00:30:32,200
just one more piece of evidence.

589
00:30:32,367 --> 00:30:33,667
What did you think
that could be?

590
00:30:33,834 --> 00:30:36,400
We couldn't say for certain,
so we pushed the panic button,

591
00:30:36,567 --> 00:30:38,167
trying everything
with search warrants

592
00:30:38,334 --> 00:30:39,667
and video surveillance footage.

593
00:30:40,667 --> 00:30:42,167
[Paula]
But none of them realized

594
00:30:42,334 --> 00:30:46,400
that the clue that might bring
Troy Driver to justice

595
00:30:46,567 --> 00:30:48,734
was hidden in plain sight.

596
00:31:02,501 --> 00:31:05,267
[Paula] Police had
zeroed in on a suspect

597
00:31:05,434 --> 00:31:08,567
in the Naomi Irion
abduction case.

598
00:31:08,734 --> 00:31:11,367
His name was Troy Driver.

599
00:31:11,534 --> 00:31:13,734
Investigators believe
they had linked

600
00:31:13,901 --> 00:31:16,300
the 41-year-old's
blue Chevy truck

601
00:31:16,467 --> 00:31:19,000
to the kidnapping
through surveillance video.

602
00:31:20,734 --> 00:31:23,601
But police still didn't have
enough to make an arrest.

603
00:31:24,968 --> 00:31:27,100
You never know if it's
the owner driving the truck.

604
00:31:27,267 --> 00:31:29,067
The video is too far away.

605
00:31:35,834 --> 00:31:38,467
[Paula] Detectives hope
the GPS data from either

606
00:31:38,634 --> 00:31:41,667
Driver's work or personal phone
would provide

607
00:31:41,834 --> 00:31:44,868
the smoking gun that placed
him at the crime scene.

608
00:31:45,934 --> 00:31:49,467
Was there any
cellphone activity on his phone

609
00:31:49,634 --> 00:31:51,601
before Naomi was kidnapped?

610
00:31:51,767 --> 00:31:53,167
No, Troy driver's cellphones

611
00:31:53,334 --> 00:31:55,934
were actively connected
to towers,

612
00:31:56,100 --> 00:31:58,167
but they were at his residence
in Fallon, Nevada.

613
00:31:59,133 --> 00:32:01,167
The day that Naomi
was kidnapped,

614
00:32:01,334 --> 00:32:02,767
there was zero activity
on either phone.

615
00:32:02,934 --> 00:32:04,267
What do you think that
actually meant?

616
00:32:04,434 --> 00:32:06,167
That his phones were
specifically left at home,

617
00:32:06,334 --> 00:32:07,400
so he couldn't be tracked.

618
00:32:12,567 --> 00:32:14,467
[Paula]
Investigators were frustrated.

619
00:32:14,634 --> 00:32:16,467
They could only hope

620
00:32:16,634 --> 00:32:18,834
that the elusive piece
of evidence they needed

621
00:32:19,000 --> 00:32:21,367
had been captured
on video somewhere

622
00:32:21,534 --> 00:32:23,400
near one of their
two crime scenes --

623
00:32:23,567 --> 00:32:26,234
the Walmart where
Naomi was abducted

624
00:32:26,400 --> 00:32:29,367
or the dirt lot where
her car was found.

625
00:32:29,534 --> 00:32:32,767
-Did additional surveillance
video ever surface?
-Yes.

626
00:32:34,934 --> 00:32:37,000
On the afternoon
Naomi was kidnapped,

627
00:32:37,167 --> 00:32:39,567
Troy Driver returned
to the area in her car

628
00:32:39,734 --> 00:32:42,267
and walked from her car
directly to his truck.

629
00:32:43,267 --> 00:32:44,501
He made a huge mistake

630
00:32:44,501 --> 00:32:47,167
and he walked past a camera
mounted on a pole at a bank.

631
00:32:48,267 --> 00:32:52,567
[Paula] The bank's video showed
Troy Driver with his hood down.

632
00:32:52,734 --> 00:32:54,467
[Erik] It was super clear
video surveillance,

633
00:32:54,634 --> 00:32:55,868
and you could
clearly see the face.

634
00:32:57,834 --> 00:32:58,767
What was your reaction?

635
00:32:58,934 --> 00:33:00,601
It was definitely
a "gotcha" moment.

636
00:33:02,100 --> 00:33:05,567
[Paula] The video placed
Troy Driver at the crime scene

637
00:33:05,734 --> 00:33:08,567
minutes after
Naomi's car was abandoned.

638
00:33:11,033 --> 00:33:13,567
It was the final
piece of the puzzle.

639
00:33:16,834 --> 00:33:19,968
Describe to me how
his arrest unfolded.

640
00:33:20,133 --> 00:33:21,667
He was at work in Reno, Nevada.

641
00:33:23,234 --> 00:33:24,767
As he exited work for the day,

642
00:33:24,934 --> 00:33:27,167
law enforcement jumped
out and took him into custody.

643
00:33:28,367 --> 00:33:29,934
-[officer #3] Troy Driver?
-[Troy] Yes.

644
00:33:30,100 --> 00:33:31,267
-[handcuffs click]
-[officer #3] Don't move.

645
00:33:32,567 --> 00:33:35,067
[Paula] Police hoped
that Driver would confess

646
00:33:35,234 --> 00:33:38,367
when he was confronted with
the case police had compiled.

647
00:33:38,534 --> 00:33:41,601
[officer #3] So, we have
our suspect in custody.

648
00:33:41,767 --> 00:33:43,300
[Paula]
Once he was in custody,

649
00:33:43,467 --> 00:33:47,267
did he reveal anything
about Naomi's abduction?

650
00:33:47,434 --> 00:33:49,033
No, he lawyered up.

651
00:33:51,300 --> 00:33:53,367
How frustrated
was law enforcement

652
00:33:53,534 --> 00:33:55,133
when he decided to lawyer up

653
00:33:55,300 --> 00:33:58,767
without giving you any
information about her abduction?

654
00:33:58,934 --> 00:34:00,234
Very frustrating.

655
00:34:00,234 --> 00:34:02,367
I was hoping he'd lead us
to where we could find Naomi.

656
00:34:06,667 --> 00:34:08,868
[Paula] Investigators
went back to work,

657
00:34:09,033 --> 00:34:13,100
determined to find answers to
all of the remaining questions,

658
00:34:13,267 --> 00:34:15,567
no matter how
painful they might be.

659
00:34:15,734 --> 00:34:19,300
And conversations
with Troy Driver's girlfriend

660
00:34:19,467 --> 00:34:23,501
moved them one step
closer to their goal.

661
00:34:23,667 --> 00:34:26,467
You spoke with Driver's
girlfriend after his arrest.

662
00:34:26,634 --> 00:34:28,934
What did she tell
you that alarmed you?

663
00:34:29,100 --> 00:34:32,300
Driver had told her that he was
going camping that weekend,

664
00:34:32,467 --> 00:34:34,734
and he left the night
before Naomi was kidnapped.

665
00:34:34,901 --> 00:34:37,167
When he got home,
he was not acting normal.

666
00:34:37,334 --> 00:34:38,934
She started piecing
everything together.

667
00:34:39,100 --> 00:34:42,000
I think she came to the
realization that he had done it.

668
00:34:45,100 --> 00:34:47,100
[soft suspenseful music]

669
00:34:47,267 --> 00:34:49,267
[Paula] Headlines
about Driver's arrest

670
00:34:49,434 --> 00:34:51,167
also raised the suspicions

671
00:34:51,334 --> 00:34:53,067
of one of Driver's co-workers.

672
00:34:53,234 --> 00:34:56,767
He said he had delivered
an excavator to Driver

673
00:34:56,934 --> 00:34:58,467
at an abandoned job site

674
00:34:58,634 --> 00:35:01,167
in the weeks leading
up to Naomi's abduction.

675
00:35:01,334 --> 00:35:04,934
Detectives discovered
that Driver often worked alone

676
00:35:05,100 --> 00:35:06,734
in the remote location.

677
00:35:07,767 --> 00:35:09,400
Based on that information,

678
00:35:09,567 --> 00:35:11,767
a sergeant from the
Pershing County Sheriff's Office

679
00:35:11,934 --> 00:35:13,367
drove our there, looked around,

680
00:35:13,534 --> 00:35:15,734
and found a spot
that looked abnormal --

681
00:35:15,901 --> 00:35:17,267
a patch of fresh dirt.

682
00:35:19,000 --> 00:35:21,934
[Paula] One look
at that disturbed ground

683
00:35:22,100 --> 00:35:25,667
left Lieutenant Joyner
convinced it was time to begin

684
00:35:25,834 --> 00:35:28,000
the grimmest job
in law enforcement.

685
00:35:29,133 --> 00:35:31,167
[Lt. Ty] We started
marking the area,

686
00:35:31,334 --> 00:35:33,467
and we started to dig
into that dirt

687
00:35:33,634 --> 00:35:34,868
to see if there was
something in there.

688
00:35:36,667 --> 00:35:38,267
How long did the process take?

689
00:35:38,434 --> 00:35:40,567
20 to 30 minutes
before we started getting

690
00:35:40,734 --> 00:35:43,167
an odor of decomposition.

691
00:35:43,334 --> 00:35:45,467
We had called for
forensic technicians to come in,

692
00:35:45,634 --> 00:35:48,234
and they're out there
for probably 15, 20 hours

693
00:35:48,400 --> 00:35:50,834
when we actually saw
a flash of skin in the dirt.

694
00:35:53,300 --> 00:35:57,968
[Paula] A closer look revealed
that the victim was Naomi Irion.

695
00:36:01,167 --> 00:36:03,567
What condition was her body in?

696
00:36:03,734 --> 00:36:04,868
Her body was well preserved.

697
00:36:05,033 --> 00:36:07,067
It was still cold outside,

698
00:36:07,234 --> 00:36:08,868
and she was buried
several feet in the ground.

699
00:36:10,000 --> 00:36:11,968
[Paula]
Naomi was naked,

700
00:36:12,133 --> 00:36:13,968
and the cause
of her death was clear.

701
00:36:15,000 --> 00:36:18,033
Medical examiner determined
that Naomi had been shot twice,

702
00:36:18,200 --> 00:36:19,267
once in the back of the head,

703
00:36:21,400 --> 00:36:23,100
one more time
through the chest.

704
00:36:25,567 --> 00:36:27,601
Was the murder
weapon ever found?

705
00:36:27,767 --> 00:36:30,534
No, the murder
weapon was not found.

706
00:36:33,000 --> 00:36:36,601
[Paula] For her loved ones,
the discovery of Naomi's body

707
00:36:36,767 --> 00:36:39,400
extinguished their
last glimmer of hope.

708
00:36:40,567 --> 00:36:44,734
How did you all
confront this terrible,

709
00:36:45,767 --> 00:36:46,667
tragic news?

710
00:36:46,834 --> 00:36:48,868
I was trying
to comfort my mother.

711
00:36:49,033 --> 00:36:51,167
She passed out.
Everybody cried.

712
00:36:51,334 --> 00:36:52,667
It was horrible.

713
00:36:53,667 --> 00:36:55,767
I was very upset.

714
00:36:56,968 --> 00:36:59,133
I was beside myself.

715
00:37:01,667 --> 00:37:04,000
[Paula] But within all
the anger and heartbreak,

716
00:37:04,167 --> 00:37:06,767
there was a small
sense of relief as well.

717
00:37:06,934 --> 00:37:08,267
Naomi was home.

718
00:37:12,300 --> 00:37:15,400
And the evidence police
found left little doubt

719
00:37:15,567 --> 00:37:19,834
that Troy Driver would
face justice for her murder.

720
00:37:20,000 --> 00:37:21,934
During the autopsy,
a sexual assault exam

721
00:37:22,100 --> 00:37:24,234
was conducted on Naomi,

722
00:37:24,400 --> 00:37:25,834
and DNA swabs were collected.

723
00:37:26,000 --> 00:37:29,834
Those DNA swabs showed
positive for Troy Driver's DNA.

724
00:37:33,100 --> 00:37:35,367
[Paula]
The investigation had exposed

725
00:37:35,534 --> 00:37:38,267
Driver's entire sadistic plot.

726
00:37:40,367 --> 00:37:41,934
[Lt. Ty] Troy Driver
waited in the dark.

727
00:37:42,100 --> 00:37:44,934
He saw a single young
female pull in by herself

728
00:37:46,000 --> 00:37:47,868
and park in a remote
part of the parking lot.

729
00:37:48,868 --> 00:37:52,267
He was able to stalk up to her
car without being seen by her.

730
00:37:53,667 --> 00:37:55,968
He opened her car door,
brandished a weapon,

731
00:37:56,133 --> 00:37:58,234
and got into the driver's seat.

732
00:37:58,400 --> 00:37:59,868
He drove out of
the parking lot,

733
00:38:02,033 --> 00:38:04,734
and then he drove her out
to his pre-designated location

734
00:38:04,901 --> 00:38:07,667
to sexually assault
and murder her.

735
00:38:09,367 --> 00:38:10,400
It was absolutely horrific.

736
00:38:10,400 --> 00:38:12,300
Nobody should ever have
to go through that.

737
00:38:13,767 --> 00:38:16,133
And you saw it all play out,
with the exception

738
00:38:16,300 --> 00:38:18,300
of the murder, on tape.

739
00:38:18,467 --> 00:38:19,400
Yeah, seeing her leave

740
00:38:19,567 --> 00:38:21,033
that Walmart parking lot
was very tragic.

741
00:38:22,968 --> 00:38:25,033
How would you
characterize someone

742
00:38:25,200 --> 00:38:27,667
who can come up with
a sadistic plan like that?

743
00:38:27,834 --> 00:38:30,167
Psychopath, I can't think
of any other way

744
00:38:30,334 --> 00:38:31,300
to characterize it.

745
00:38:34,868 --> 00:38:37,267
She met a monster that morning.

746
00:38:42,767 --> 00:38:45,834
[Paula] But before the mountain
of evidence that documented

747
00:38:46,000 --> 00:38:48,467
his crime could be
presented to a jury,

748
00:38:48,634 --> 00:38:51,767
Troy Driver committed suicide
in his jail cell

749
00:38:51,934 --> 00:38:54,133
while awaiting trial.

750
00:38:54,300 --> 00:38:57,100
How disappointed were
you when you found out

751
00:38:57,267 --> 00:39:00,467
that Driver had
managed to kill himself?

752
00:39:00,634 --> 00:39:02,267
I was disappointed the family

753
00:39:02,434 --> 00:39:04,567
wouldn't get to see
him get convicted in court.

754
00:39:05,667 --> 00:39:07,868
Do you have any doubt
that Driver would have been

755
00:39:08,033 --> 00:39:10,567
convicted had he not
committed suicide?

756
00:39:10,734 --> 00:39:11,834
I have no doubt at all.

757
00:39:15,868 --> 00:39:17,100
[Paula]
Naomi's family agrees,

758
00:39:18,100 --> 00:39:20,501
and they even found
a shred of solace

759
00:39:20,667 --> 00:39:23,601
in Driver's final
act of cowardice.

760
00:39:23,767 --> 00:39:27,734
He's never gonna hurt
anybody again, and that's good.

761
00:39:27,901 --> 00:39:30,267
It was hard to think
of him as human.

762
00:39:31,267 --> 00:39:32,534
He was just an animal.

763
00:39:34,467 --> 00:39:38,367
[Paula] Today, Naomi's loved
ones remain committed to finding

764
00:39:38,534 --> 00:39:40,501
a way to move forward,

765
00:39:40,667 --> 00:39:43,934
while never forgetting
what they have lost.

766
00:39:44,868 --> 00:39:49,000
How has this tragedy forever
changed your family?

767
00:39:49,167 --> 00:39:50,067
I mean,

768
00:39:51,234 --> 00:39:52,734
there's always someone missing.

769
00:39:52,901 --> 00:39:54,868
There's definitely
a big hole there.

770
00:39:57,367 --> 00:39:59,767
Her room is still intact.

771
00:39:59,934 --> 00:40:02,100
Sometimes I just sit
in there and think about her.

772
00:40:03,100 --> 00:40:05,667
And...we think about her a lot.

773
00:40:06,601 --> 00:40:08,300
It's brutal.

774
00:40:14,667 --> 00:40:17,601
Naomi's family is
grateful for the amazing work

775
00:40:17,767 --> 00:40:20,267
of law enforcement
and the community,

776
00:40:20,434 --> 00:40:23,501
whose outpouring of love
they feel to this day.

777
00:40:24,567 --> 00:40:25,868
I'm Paula Zahn.

778
00:40:25,868 --> 00:40:29,934
Please join us again next time
when we're back "On The Case."

779
00:40:31,167 --> 00:40:33,234
[Paula] On an all-new season
of On the Case...

780
00:40:33,400 --> 00:40:35,667
She was in a remote part
of the parking lot,

781
00:40:35,834 --> 00:40:38,367
next thing you know the guys
is at her door with a handgun.

782
00:40:39,367 --> 00:40:41,400
I believe she met
a monster that morning.

783
00:40:42,567 --> 00:40:44,100
I said, "I honestly don't
believe this girl

784
00:40:44,267 --> 00:40:45,467
is coming home alive."

785
00:40:45,467 --> 00:40:49,267
Can you even imagine him walking
in to that nightmare?

786
00:40:49,434 --> 00:40:52,868
It was horrifying
and it made me feel sick.

787
00:40:53,033 --> 00:40:55,133
I ran through
the house screaming

788
00:40:55,300 --> 00:40:58,667
"No, no, no, no, no!
It can't be true."

789
00:41:00,367 --> 00:41:03,067
\{Paula] Where the victim's voice
is never silenced.

790
00:41:03,234 --> 00:41:05,100
I believe any case
can be solved.

791
00:41:05,267 --> 00:41:07,267
It's not a matter of if,
it's a matter of when.

792
00:41:08,267 --> 00:41:10,167
We hit some dead ends, but we
were not going to give up.

793
00:41:10,334 --> 00:41:13,400
[caller on the phone]
All I see is blood on the
ground. Please hurry!

794
00:41:15,400 --> 00:41:17,000
She's stabbed and set on fire.

795
00:41:17,167 --> 00:41:19,367
Who could do something like this
to a young mother?

796
00:41:19,534 --> 00:41:21,767
[Paula] What did you
realistically think

797
00:41:21,934 --> 00:41:24,133
were the chances
of solving this case?

798
00:41:24,300 --> 00:41:25,868
I knew we'd find something.

799
00:41:26,033 --> 00:41:28,601
If it is you. I'm coming.