1 00:00:02,711 --> 00:00:04,087 - FEMALE NARRATOR: When a young socialite goes missing, 2 00:00:05,171 --> 00:00:08,174 her family vows to bring her home. 3 00:00:08,216 --> 00:00:10,552 - DAVID HASKINS: Somebody who's from an affluent, 4 00:00:10,593 --> 00:00:14,639 well-known, well-respected family, doesn't just disappear. 5 00:00:14,681 --> 00:00:18,935 - JOANN GOODHOPE: Well, she had the so-called perfect life. 6 00:00:18,977 --> 00:00:23,231 When she went missing, that was unusual. 7 00:00:23,273 --> 00:00:25,191 - NARRATOR: The search for answers will lead 8 00:00:25,233 --> 00:00:28,570 investigators to uncover a disturbing scam 9 00:00:28,611 --> 00:00:31,406 by a master manipulator... 10 00:00:36,828 --> 00:00:39,247 - NARRATOR: And turn the case of a missing person... 11 00:00:39,289 --> 00:00:42,000 into a hunt for a killer. 12 00:00:42,042 --> 00:00:45,045 - DAVID H.: She had no moral compass. 13 00:00:45,086 --> 00:00:48,173 There was no such thing as true or false to her. 14 00:00:48,214 --> 00:00:50,592 - JAMES RANDOLPH: He was gonna do whatever he could do 15 00:00:50,633 --> 00:00:52,677 to help protect her. 16 00:00:52,719 --> 00:00:56,473 - HOWARD GATCH: The coldness is beyond my understanding. 17 00:00:56,514 --> 00:00:58,767 - This is one of the rare cases I've ever seen. 18 00:00:58,808 --> 00:01:01,394 You've got the state using their two key witnesses, 19 00:01:01,436 --> 00:01:03,355 one of them is honestly one of the craziest people 20 00:01:03,396 --> 00:01:05,190 I've ever seen in my life. 21 00:01:05,231 --> 00:01:08,860 - JOANNE: Why would you murder your best friend for love? 22 00:01:08,902 --> 00:01:10,820 - Some people in the world are evil. 23 00:01:13,823 --> 00:01:19,204 - * 24 00:01:19,245 --> 00:01:21,748 - [muffled scream, gasp] 25 00:01:21,790 --> 00:01:23,416 - ** 26 00:01:25,502 --> 00:01:27,420 - NARRATOR: Charleston, South Carolina 27 00:01:27,462 --> 00:01:30,173 is a prominent port city known for its charm 28 00:01:30,215 --> 00:01:32,133 and southern hospitality. 29 00:01:33,635 --> 00:01:37,305 - JOANN: Charleston life is very laid back, very welcoming. 30 00:01:37,347 --> 00:01:39,391 Sit on your front porch with your neighbor, 31 00:01:39,432 --> 00:01:42,560 or a stranger, and have a glass of iced tea. 32 00:01:42,602 --> 00:01:47,524 - JAMES: Life in Charleston is one of a slow pace. 33 00:01:47,565 --> 00:01:51,778 There's a rich culture and heritage here uh in Charleston, 34 00:01:51,820 --> 00:01:53,530 uh lot of history. 35 00:01:55,532 --> 00:01:57,784 - NARRATOR: And Katherine Waring, known as Kate 36 00:01:57,826 --> 00:02:02,747 to friends and family, was a true daughter of Charleston. 37 00:02:02,789 --> 00:02:04,582 - HOWARD: Kate and her family, 38 00:02:04,624 --> 00:02:07,794 they were multi-generational Charlestonians. 39 00:02:07,836 --> 00:02:12,465 She was like eighth or ninth generation here in Charleston. 40 00:02:12,507 --> 00:02:16,177 Kate had a very good family. Her dad is uh, an attorney. 41 00:02:16,219 --> 00:02:19,180 She grew up downtown Charleston. 42 00:02:19,222 --> 00:02:22,517 She and her family, her father and her grandfather 43 00:02:22,559 --> 00:02:27,105 and great grandfathe,r has been champions for the underdogs. 44 00:02:27,147 --> 00:02:29,482 Even though she lived in the high society, 45 00:02:29,524 --> 00:02:32,235 along the Battery, you know, they were very humbled 46 00:02:32,277 --> 00:02:35,155 and down-to-earth people. 47 00:02:35,196 --> 00:02:41,036 Kate was extremely smart, caring, compassionate. 48 00:02:41,077 --> 00:02:44,122 She was college-educated. 49 00:02:44,164 --> 00:02:46,875 She was a phenomenal writer, you know? 50 00:02:46,916 --> 00:02:50,879 She had things published in the papers and so forth. 51 00:02:50,920 --> 00:02:54,674 She loved to travel. She spoke multiple languages. 52 00:02:54,716 --> 00:02:59,888 Went to Alaska with her father on a trip that she really loved. 53 00:03:01,139 --> 00:03:03,433 - SHAWNTEZ COMMODORE: If she didn't want to be in one place, 54 00:03:03,475 --> 00:03:06,644 she would leave, and she would take trips all the time. 55 00:03:06,686 --> 00:03:09,522 - NARRATOR: In 2009, Kate returned to school, 56 00:03:09,564 --> 00:03:11,483 and her parents supported her, 57 00:03:11,524 --> 00:03:14,402 as she made plans for her future. 58 00:03:14,444 --> 00:03:17,572 - HOWARD: Kate re-enrolled in college to study Russian. 59 00:03:17,614 --> 00:03:21,785 She loved Russia, she just came back from a trip from Russia. 60 00:03:21,826 --> 00:03:24,537 - NARRATOR: But life for the 28-year-old jetsetter 61 00:03:24,579 --> 00:03:27,749 would take a strange and unsettling turn 62 00:03:27,791 --> 00:03:30,543 in the summer of 2009. 63 00:03:35,173 --> 00:03:38,426 On June 15th, police in Charleston receive 64 00:03:38,468 --> 00:03:42,514 a concerning phone call from Kate Waring's parents. 65 00:03:44,307 --> 00:03:46,685 - JAMES: In the summer, the Waring family would live 66 00:03:46,726 --> 00:03:49,729 in their summer home or their beach home 67 00:03:49,771 --> 00:03:53,900 over on the Isle of Palms. And Kate would occupy 68 00:03:53,942 --> 00:03:56,361 the house there on the Battery. 69 00:03:56,403 --> 00:03:59,239 She would be independent, could take care of herself. 70 00:03:59,280 --> 00:04:02,033 But, she would contact her family and her parents 71 00:04:02,075 --> 00:04:06,287 on an everyday basis to let them know she's doing well. 72 00:04:07,789 --> 00:04:09,749 - NARRATOR: The Waring's tell police that the last time 73 00:04:09,791 --> 00:04:13,503 they'd spoken to Kate was the afternoon of Friday, June 12th, 74 00:04:13,545 --> 00:04:16,339 when she called to check in. 75 00:04:17,590 --> 00:04:19,384 - ASHLEI STEVENS: It was a normal conversation 76 00:04:19,426 --> 00:04:20,802 with her parents. 77 00:04:20,844 --> 00:04:22,512 They said there was nothing out of the ordinary. 78 00:04:22,554 --> 00:04:24,180 She'd planned to go to the gym, 79 00:04:24,222 --> 00:04:25,807 as she pretty much does every day. 80 00:04:25,849 --> 00:04:28,268 Stop by the pharmacy to pick up a prescription, 81 00:04:28,309 --> 00:04:29,978 and she mentioned she had dinner plans 82 00:04:30,020 --> 00:04:32,022 with her friend Ethan Mack. 83 00:04:32,063 --> 00:04:34,941 - DAVID AYLOR: Kate and Ethan were extremely close friends. 84 00:04:34,983 --> 00:04:37,485 This was no different than any other uh, night 85 00:04:37,527 --> 00:04:39,529 that they would have together, in that they would 86 00:04:39,571 --> 00:04:43,074 a lot of times go out for dinner and drinks uh, socialize. 87 00:04:44,409 --> 00:04:45,994 - NARRATOR: According to Kate's parents, 88 00:04:46,036 --> 00:04:49,497 nothing seemed amiss when they spoke to their daughter. 89 00:04:51,791 --> 00:04:54,919 When she hadn't called in two days, however, 90 00:04:54,961 --> 00:04:57,672 her parents began to worry. 91 00:04:59,341 --> 00:05:01,259 - BILL SHARPE: Her father drove into Charleston, 92 00:05:01,301 --> 00:05:03,011 where Kate was staying. 93 00:05:03,053 --> 00:05:06,765 Kate wasn't in the house, but the lights were on. 94 00:05:06,806 --> 00:05:10,685 And he thought maybe that meant she was coming back home. 95 00:05:13,646 --> 00:05:16,816 - The Warings knew Kate didn't go out of town, 96 00:05:16,858 --> 00:05:20,570 because there was just too many things that were still 97 00:05:20,612 --> 00:05:24,657 at the house of her personal belongings. 98 00:05:24,699 --> 00:05:29,662 There was medication that was still in her room, unused. 99 00:05:29,704 --> 00:05:33,375 Her credit cards were not being used. 100 00:05:33,416 --> 00:05:37,921 And she relied on her parents for monetary needs, 101 00:05:37,962 --> 00:05:41,883 so once all the communication and lines of communication 102 00:05:41,925 --> 00:05:45,887 had been cut and stopped, then the Waring's knew 103 00:05:45,929 --> 00:05:48,390 that Kate had to have been missing. 104 00:05:52,560 --> 00:05:54,979 - NARRATOR: After taking the missing persons report, 105 00:05:55,021 --> 00:05:58,191 Charleston police begin reaching out to Kate's friends, 106 00:05:58,233 --> 00:06:01,236 hoping to track her down. 107 00:06:01,277 --> 00:06:04,739 They start with her best friend, Ethan Mack. 108 00:06:06,533 --> 00:06:08,868 - Police confirmed that Ethan lived on Johns Island 109 00:06:08,910 --> 00:06:12,414 with his mother, so they sent a detective out to talk to him. 110 00:06:12,455 --> 00:06:15,291 - SHAWNTEZ: Ethan was Kate's friend. 111 00:06:15,333 --> 00:06:17,460 He would always talk about her. 112 00:06:17,502 --> 00:06:19,587 They were always really close. 113 00:06:21,965 --> 00:06:24,384 - JOANN: They pretty much were two amigos 114 00:06:24,426 --> 00:06:25,760 that hung out together. 115 00:06:25,802 --> 00:06:28,388 They shared everything in their lives, 116 00:06:28,430 --> 00:06:30,140 on a friendship level. 117 00:06:32,517 --> 00:06:35,145 - NARRATOR: Police learn like Kate, 30-year-old Ethan 118 00:06:35,186 --> 00:06:36,855 was a Charleston native, 119 00:06:36,896 --> 00:06:40,275 but he grew up far from "The Battery." 120 00:06:40,316 --> 00:06:43,069 - SHAWNTEZ: We grew up on Johns Island, 121 00:06:43,111 --> 00:06:45,697 back then it was quiet. It was nice and peaceful 122 00:06:45,739 --> 00:06:48,575 and country, if that, that describes it. 123 00:06:48,616 --> 00:06:51,703 It wasn't, it wasn't no city life. 124 00:06:51,745 --> 00:06:53,913 - NARRATOR: Despite their different upbringings, 125 00:06:53,955 --> 00:06:56,124 when Kate met Ethan as a young adult, 126 00:06:56,166 --> 00:07:01,212 she was drawn to his strong values and caring nature. 127 00:07:01,254 --> 00:07:05,258 - HOWARD: Kate really loved Ethan, and Ethan loved Kate. 128 00:07:05,300 --> 00:07:08,428 They were like brothers and sisters. 129 00:07:08,470 --> 00:07:11,431 - Kate was the godparent of Ethan's nephew. 130 00:07:11,473 --> 00:07:13,308 She loved the Mack family. 131 00:07:13,350 --> 00:07:15,185 She would do anything for them. 132 00:07:15,226 --> 00:07:18,480 It's like they adopted her and she adopted them. 133 00:07:21,608 --> 00:07:23,109 - NARRATOR: Ethan tells detectives 134 00:07:23,151 --> 00:07:26,029 that he had last seen Kate on the evening of June 12th... 135 00:07:26,071 --> 00:07:29,324 when he and his fiance Heather Angelica Kamp 136 00:07:29,366 --> 00:07:31,910 had met Kate for dinner. 137 00:07:31,951 --> 00:07:35,538 - BILL S.: Heather was a pediatric surgeon up at MUSC, 138 00:07:35,580 --> 00:07:37,791 the Medical University of South Carolina. 139 00:07:38,917 --> 00:07:41,628 - ASHLEI: On June 12th, they were all celebrating 140 00:07:41,670 --> 00:07:44,756 because Heather had just found out she was pregnant. 141 00:07:46,007 --> 00:07:48,218 - JAMES: Ethan Mack picked up Kate from her house, 142 00:07:48,259 --> 00:07:52,597 along with, uh, Heather Kamp and then they drove 143 00:07:52,639 --> 00:07:55,642 over to The Wasabi's Restaurant. 144 00:07:55,684 --> 00:07:58,311 Said that he had dropped Kate Waring back home 145 00:07:58,353 --> 00:08:00,689 after 11 pm. 146 00:08:03,525 --> 00:08:05,735 - NARRATOR: Upon learning that Kate is missing, 147 00:08:05,777 --> 00:08:09,948 Ethan tells police he's worried for his friend. 148 00:08:09,989 --> 00:08:12,075 - JAMES: Where's Kate from there? 149 00:08:12,117 --> 00:08:18,164 Was it a situation where she decided to leave her home 150 00:08:18,206 --> 00:08:20,250 and fall off the grid? 151 00:08:20,291 --> 00:08:23,336 Or was it a situation where something nefarious 152 00:08:23,378 --> 00:08:25,213 happened to her? 153 00:08:28,258 --> 00:08:29,509 - NARRATOR: Coming up, 154 00:08:29,551 --> 00:08:32,595 police track down their first lead 155 00:08:32,637 --> 00:08:36,599 when they uncover skeletons in Kate's closet. 156 00:08:36,641 --> 00:08:38,018 - BILL CAPPS: There had been 157 00:08:38,059 --> 00:08:40,520 some previous romantic relationship. 158 00:08:40,562 --> 00:08:43,565 His wife had recently found out. 159 00:08:43,606 --> 00:08:47,318 She was very unhappy and she had what a lot of people 160 00:08:47,360 --> 00:08:49,696 described as a fiery temperament. 161 00:08:49,738 --> 00:08:51,990 - NARRATOR: And a disturbing revelation will shine 162 00:08:52,032 --> 00:08:55,952 a spotlight on someone close to the missing woman. 163 00:08:55,994 --> 00:08:58,163 - She was essentially a con artist. 164 00:09:10,800 --> 00:09:12,969 - NARRATOR: Police in Charleston, South Carolina 165 00:09:13,011 --> 00:09:15,847 are searching for 28-year-old Kate Waring, 166 00:09:15,889 --> 00:09:21,019 after her parents reported her missing in June 2009. 167 00:09:21,061 --> 00:09:23,855 After learning from Kate's friend, Ethan Mack, 168 00:09:23,897 --> 00:09:27,067 that she was last seen sometime before midnight 169 00:09:27,108 --> 00:09:30,612 on June 12th, police begin reconstructing her movements 170 00:09:30,653 --> 00:09:32,864 earlier in the day. 171 00:09:32,906 --> 00:09:36,159 - That particular, uh, day of Kate's disappearance, 172 00:09:36,201 --> 00:09:40,038 Kate had took the Black Cat Cab Company to the gym. 173 00:09:40,080 --> 00:09:44,000 And at some point in time, the taxi cab brought Kate 174 00:09:44,042 --> 00:09:49,714 to the CVS pharmacy, where she picked up her prescription. 175 00:09:49,756 --> 00:09:52,801 - We saw her on video at the CVS pharmacy downtown. 176 00:09:56,971 --> 00:10:00,100 - She gets the prescription, she comes out of the pharmacy. 177 00:10:00,141 --> 00:10:02,268 She has no contact with anybody else. 178 00:10:04,896 --> 00:10:07,232 - NARRATOR: When police reach out to Kate's gym, 179 00:10:07,273 --> 00:10:10,902 the manager confirms that Kate had been there, 180 00:10:10,944 --> 00:10:14,322 but he informs detectives that Kate had been involved 181 00:10:14,364 --> 00:10:16,783 in a troubling altercation. 182 00:10:18,118 --> 00:10:21,663 - BILL S.: Witnesses told them on the day that Kate disappeared 183 00:10:21,705 --> 00:10:23,915 they said she was on the stairmaster 184 00:10:23,957 --> 00:10:28,378 when a woman approaches her and starts yelling. 185 00:10:28,420 --> 00:10:32,215 - JAMES: There was a confrontation in regards to her 186 00:10:32,257 --> 00:10:35,468 believing that Kate was having an affair with her husband. 187 00:10:37,971 --> 00:10:40,223 - NARRATOR: Detectives learn the woman is married 188 00:10:40,265 --> 00:10:44,185 to a gym employee and MMA instructor named Howard Gatch. 189 00:10:47,397 --> 00:10:48,940 - BILL C.: There had been 190 00:10:48,982 --> 00:10:51,109 some previous romantic relationship. 191 00:10:51,151 --> 00:10:53,987 His wife had recently found out. 192 00:10:56,156 --> 00:10:59,075 Needless to say, she was very unhappy and she had 193 00:10:59,117 --> 00:11:02,078 what people describe as a fiery temperament. 194 00:11:04,497 --> 00:11:06,291 She had some words for Kate, 195 00:11:06,332 --> 00:11:11,046 "Stay away from Howard, I'm his wife," and she left. 196 00:11:14,674 --> 00:11:17,510 - NARRATOR: Police quickly track down Howard Gatch's wife 197 00:11:17,552 --> 00:11:21,181 and ask her to come to the station for an interview. 198 00:11:21,222 --> 00:11:23,683 - ASHLEI: She came in freely to talk to police, 199 00:11:23,725 --> 00:11:25,310 she was questioned at length. 200 00:11:25,352 --> 00:11:27,312 She did admit that she was in the middle of 201 00:11:27,354 --> 00:11:28,980 a contentious divorce. 202 00:11:29,022 --> 00:11:32,275 And she saw Kate as a distraction to that process. 203 00:11:32,317 --> 00:11:34,527 She did admit that they had a confrontation at the gym, 204 00:11:34,569 --> 00:11:37,822 but by all means, she had absolutely nothing to do 205 00:11:37,864 --> 00:11:40,450 with her disappearance. 206 00:11:40,492 --> 00:11:42,911 - She said, "I had nothing to do with any of this. 207 00:11:42,952 --> 00:11:44,329 Don't bother me." 208 00:11:44,371 --> 00:11:46,122 - JAMES: She provided information about 209 00:11:46,164 --> 00:11:50,502 who she was with, her friend she was with, where she was, 210 00:11:50,543 --> 00:11:54,047 and those all panned out. 211 00:11:54,089 --> 00:11:57,759 So, Ms. Gatch was eliminated as a suspect 212 00:11:57,801 --> 00:12:01,513 in doing anything to have harmed Kate. 213 00:12:01,554 --> 00:12:04,432 - NARRATOR: When police ask Mrs. Gatch about her husband, 214 00:12:04,474 --> 00:12:06,101 they're surprised to learn 215 00:12:06,142 --> 00:12:08,436 that he'd recently left the country, 216 00:12:08,478 --> 00:12:12,607 the day before Kate was reported missing. 217 00:12:12,649 --> 00:12:16,986 - He ended up going on a, uh, on a cruise to the Bahamas. 218 00:12:21,032 --> 00:12:23,201 - NARRATOR: Detectives' attempts to contact Howard 219 00:12:23,243 --> 00:12:26,162 go straight to voicemail... which only adds fuel 220 00:12:26,204 --> 00:12:28,998 to their growing suspicions. 221 00:12:31,334 --> 00:12:35,213 A week later, detectives finally get a call back... 222 00:12:35,255 --> 00:12:37,882 - HOWARD: When I returned, I had a message 223 00:12:37,924 --> 00:12:40,176 from the police department. 224 00:12:40,218 --> 00:12:43,304 They asked me if I'd be willing to come in and talk to them. 225 00:12:43,346 --> 00:12:46,808 I said, "Yep, I'll be there immediately." 226 00:12:46,850 --> 00:12:50,228 From the police perspective, it doesn't take 227 00:12:50,270 --> 00:12:52,814 a rocket scientist to figure out this does not look good 228 00:12:52,856 --> 00:12:57,110 for you Howard, but my trip had been planned for six months. 229 00:13:00,363 --> 00:13:01,906 - NARRATOR: When police sit down with Howard 230 00:13:01,948 --> 00:13:03,408 for a formal interview, 231 00:13:03,450 --> 00:13:07,620 they press him about his relationship with Kate. 232 00:13:07,662 --> 00:13:11,583 He doesn't deny the affair, but he claims he and his wife 233 00:13:11,624 --> 00:13:14,961 were already separated when he began dating Kate 234 00:13:15,003 --> 00:13:17,255 a month earlier. 235 00:13:17,297 --> 00:13:20,425 - Kate and I first met at a gym when I worked out 236 00:13:20,467 --> 00:13:24,387 and she came in, and we just sort of hit it off 237 00:13:24,429 --> 00:13:27,515 and started training, and we just became best friends 238 00:13:27,557 --> 00:13:29,267 from there on out. 239 00:13:29,309 --> 00:13:31,978 I cared deeply for Kate. I loved Kate. 240 00:13:33,646 --> 00:13:35,774 - NARRATOR: Howard tells police he spoke to Kate 241 00:13:35,815 --> 00:13:38,610 several times on June 12th. 242 00:13:38,651 --> 00:13:41,071 - HOWARD: Kate and I were together that afternoon. 243 00:13:41,112 --> 00:13:43,740 We saw each other at the gym, 244 00:13:43,782 --> 00:13:46,618 and we talked at 10pm. 245 00:13:46,659 --> 00:13:50,497 She was like, "Yeah, I'm riding around with Heather and Ethan." 246 00:13:51,748 --> 00:13:53,124 - NARRATOR: According to Howard, 247 00:13:53,166 --> 00:13:55,960 he received one last message from Kate's phone 248 00:13:56,002 --> 00:13:58,672 late that same night. 249 00:13:58,713 --> 00:14:01,591 - HOWARD: I got a weird text around midnight. 250 00:14:01,633 --> 00:14:03,426 She sent me a text and said, 251 00:14:03,468 --> 00:14:06,513 "I'm going to Greenville to pick up some lovely." 252 00:14:06,554 --> 00:14:08,890 I'm like, "What is lovely? 253 00:14:08,932 --> 00:14:11,017 And why are you going to Greenville?" 254 00:14:12,769 --> 00:14:15,980 That next morning, I woke up and I looked at my phone 255 00:14:16,022 --> 00:14:18,441 and she hadn't texted me back. 256 00:14:18,483 --> 00:14:20,568 I was busy 'cause I was getting ready to leave 257 00:14:20,610 --> 00:14:22,779 to go out of the country. 258 00:14:22,821 --> 00:14:24,656 And then the following morning, 259 00:14:24,698 --> 00:14:28,493 I got a call from Mr. Waring, you know, Kate's dad. 260 00:14:28,535 --> 00:14:32,664 And he asked me, he said, "Have you seen or talked to Kate?" 261 00:14:32,706 --> 00:14:35,000 And I said, "No, Mr. Waring." 262 00:14:35,041 --> 00:14:37,752 When I got that call from him, 263 00:14:37,794 --> 00:14:39,504 I knew something was wrong, 264 00:14:39,546 --> 00:14:44,175 because I knew for a fact that Kate admired and adored her dad 265 00:14:44,217 --> 00:14:47,012 and she spoke with him daily. 266 00:14:47,053 --> 00:14:49,597 One of the things that really struck me is like, 267 00:14:49,639 --> 00:14:53,727 my God, not knowing what happened to someone. 268 00:14:53,768 --> 00:14:56,730 And I'm only her boyfriend. 269 00:14:56,771 --> 00:15:00,150 What is her father and her mother 270 00:15:00,191 --> 00:15:03,069 and her brothers g--going through? 271 00:15:03,111 --> 00:15:05,363 Unimaginable. 272 00:15:05,405 --> 00:15:08,408 - NARRATOR: Investigators find it suspicious that Howard 273 00:15:08,450 --> 00:15:11,911 would leave town knowing his girlfriend was missing. 274 00:15:11,953 --> 00:15:17,125 But Howard is adamant that he does not know where Kate is now. 275 00:15:17,167 --> 00:15:20,712 - They asked me if I'd be willing to take a polygraph 276 00:15:20,754 --> 00:15:22,380 and I said absolutely. 277 00:15:22,422 --> 00:15:24,549 - BILL S.: He passed the polygraph test, 278 00:15:24,591 --> 00:15:28,219 and his alibi checked out for the most part by police, 279 00:15:28,261 --> 00:15:30,722 and Howard seemed genuinely concerned 280 00:15:30,764 --> 00:15:33,767 about where Kate was. 281 00:15:33,808 --> 00:15:37,103 - JAMES: He had, uh, an alibi about where he was, 282 00:15:37,145 --> 00:15:41,191 so he was eliminated as a suspect. 283 00:15:43,651 --> 00:15:46,446 - NARRATOR: As police continue talking to Kate's friends, 284 00:15:46,488 --> 00:15:49,157 they learn others had received a similar text 285 00:15:49,199 --> 00:15:53,286 from her around midnight on June 13th. 286 00:15:53,328 --> 00:15:57,332 - SHAWNTEZ: I received a text message from Kate's phone, 287 00:15:57,374 --> 00:16:00,251 saying that she was going out of town for a while. 288 00:16:00,293 --> 00:16:02,295 Some business she had to handle. 289 00:16:02,337 --> 00:16:05,173 And I thought it was strange, because she never contacted me 290 00:16:05,215 --> 00:16:07,759 letting me know when she was going out of town 291 00:16:07,801 --> 00:16:09,844 or why like that. 292 00:16:09,886 --> 00:16:11,471 It just didn't seem like her words. 293 00:16:11,513 --> 00:16:14,307 I texted her back and I got no response. 294 00:16:14,349 --> 00:16:16,810 - Kate's friends knew that she would just not up and leave 295 00:16:16,851 --> 00:16:18,478 without any explanation. 296 00:16:18,520 --> 00:16:21,940 Her family also knew she would not just up and leave. 297 00:16:21,981 --> 00:16:23,483 The more days that went by, 298 00:16:23,525 --> 00:16:25,402 police were certainly concerned 299 00:16:25,443 --> 00:16:27,237 that the more difficult it might be 300 00:16:27,278 --> 00:16:29,322 to bring her home safely. 301 00:16:40,875 --> 00:16:42,794 - NARRATOR: It's been a week since the family 302 00:16:42,836 --> 00:16:45,255 of Kate Waring reported her missing 303 00:16:45,296 --> 00:16:47,424 in Charleston, South Carolina, 304 00:16:47,465 --> 00:16:50,093 and local police are no closer to finding 305 00:16:50,135 --> 00:16:52,971 the 28-year-old socialite. 306 00:16:56,057 --> 00:16:59,394 Without any solid evidence that Kate's been harmed, 307 00:16:59,436 --> 00:17:02,272 police must consider that she may have left town 308 00:17:02,313 --> 00:17:05,025 without telling anyone. 309 00:17:05,066 --> 00:17:07,402 - There was no indication that she was in danger. 310 00:17:07,444 --> 00:17:09,404 There was no indication she was gonna harm herself. 311 00:17:09,446 --> 00:17:11,322 With adult missing persons, 312 00:17:11,364 --> 00:17:13,324 if there's no indication of foul play 313 00:17:13,366 --> 00:17:15,702 or they're in danger, nothing really happens. 314 00:17:18,079 --> 00:17:21,124 - NARRATOR: Weeks pass with no word from Kate Waring, 315 00:17:21,166 --> 00:17:24,419 and the case to find her grows cold. 316 00:17:24,461 --> 00:17:28,840 Her parents become increasingly afraid-- and frustrated. 317 00:17:31,217 --> 00:17:34,554 - Once the family members were frustrated 318 00:17:34,596 --> 00:17:37,223 with the police's mode of operation, 319 00:17:37,265 --> 00:17:39,976 Andy Savage was put on notice. 320 00:17:40,018 --> 00:17:43,980 - BILL C.: Andy Savage is one of, if not the best, 321 00:17:44,022 --> 00:17:47,150 criminal defense attorney in the Charleston area. 322 00:17:47,192 --> 00:17:50,445 - JAMES: I was a very good investigator 323 00:17:50,487 --> 00:17:52,614 and hard-nosed police officer 324 00:17:52,655 --> 00:17:54,657 on the City of Charleston Police Department. 325 00:17:54,699 --> 00:17:57,369 And once we met, I started working for Andy. 326 00:17:57,410 --> 00:17:59,871 We formed a pretty good team. 327 00:18:01,581 --> 00:18:03,667 - BILL S.: They had worked on other important cases 328 00:18:03,708 --> 00:18:06,670 in the past, and they were considered so good 329 00:18:06,711 --> 00:18:10,799 they were called, unofficially, The A-Team. 330 00:18:10,840 --> 00:18:13,385 - NARRATOR: When Kate's family reaches out to the team, 331 00:18:13,426 --> 00:18:16,930 Andy Savage is quick to offer his assistance. 332 00:18:18,556 --> 00:18:20,725 - JAMES: Andy made contact with me and said, 333 00:18:20,767 --> 00:18:23,186 "Let's put our heads together and figure out how 334 00:18:23,228 --> 00:18:25,772 "we can help this family resolve the issue 335 00:18:25,814 --> 00:18:28,149 of their child being missing." 336 00:18:29,317 --> 00:18:31,319 - NARRATOR: Private investigators Bill Capps 337 00:18:31,361 --> 00:18:34,239 and James Randolph begin building their own case 338 00:18:34,280 --> 00:18:36,866 outside the police investigation. 339 00:18:36,908 --> 00:18:40,870 They quickly come to the same conclusion as Kate's family. 340 00:18:42,956 --> 00:18:45,625 - JAMES: Kate would not have left town 341 00:18:45,667 --> 00:18:49,421 and leave all of her medications, 342 00:18:51,589 --> 00:18:55,176 cut off communication with her cell phones, 343 00:18:55,218 --> 00:18:57,053 not use her credit card, 344 00:18:57,095 --> 00:19:00,265 not contact her parents. 345 00:19:00,306 --> 00:19:03,977 That in itself was very troubling. 346 00:19:07,272 --> 00:19:08,732 - NARRATOR: When private investigators 347 00:19:08,773 --> 00:19:11,109 obtain Kate's cell phone records, however, 348 00:19:11,151 --> 00:19:14,279 they're able to track her movements out of Charleston 349 00:19:14,320 --> 00:19:17,032 on the night of June 12th. 350 00:19:17,073 --> 00:19:19,325 - BILL C.: She had been downtown all evening, 351 00:19:19,367 --> 00:19:21,995 because all the activity using her phone had been 352 00:19:22,037 --> 00:19:24,622 using towers downtown. 353 00:19:24,664 --> 00:19:27,751 She went out to dinner, down in the market area. 354 00:19:27,792 --> 00:19:31,004 About the time that they left the restaurant, 355 00:19:31,046 --> 00:19:35,300 shortly thereafter her signal changed. 356 00:19:35,342 --> 00:19:37,135 - JAMES: She used her cell phone 357 00:19:37,177 --> 00:19:43,099 sometime after 11 pm, and the records from the towers 358 00:19:43,141 --> 00:19:48,396 of the cell phone showed her phone transmitting 359 00:19:48,438 --> 00:19:51,816 from the James Island area. 360 00:19:53,526 --> 00:19:54,986 - NARRATOR: The investigative team begins 361 00:19:55,028 --> 00:19:57,572 canvassing the island, hoping that someone 362 00:19:57,614 --> 00:20:00,033 may have seen Kate Waring. 363 00:20:03,495 --> 00:20:05,663 Within days, they get a promising tip 364 00:20:05,705 --> 00:20:07,707 from a local landlord. 365 00:20:09,125 --> 00:20:11,461 - BILL C.: The owner of the property said, 366 00:20:11,503 --> 00:20:13,672 "Hey this guy told the police that he's living 367 00:20:13,713 --> 00:20:15,757 "at his mama's house on John's Island. 368 00:20:15,799 --> 00:20:17,967 "He's not, he's renting the little house 369 00:20:18,009 --> 00:20:20,220 right behind my house here on James Island." 370 00:20:23,098 --> 00:20:26,017 - JAMES: One of our investigative team members 371 00:20:26,059 --> 00:20:28,520 was able to come up with the information 372 00:20:28,561 --> 00:20:31,564 that Ethan Mack was living on James Island. 373 00:20:33,108 --> 00:20:34,943 - NARRATOR: Private investigators Bill Capps 374 00:20:34,984 --> 00:20:37,779 and James Randolph begin building their own case 375 00:20:37,821 --> 00:20:41,116 outside the police investigation. 376 00:20:41,157 --> 00:20:45,161 - They knew that Kate's phone had last pinged on James Island. 377 00:20:45,203 --> 00:20:48,289 And now they're learning that Ethan lived on James Island 378 00:20:48,331 --> 00:20:50,458 with his fiancé, Heather Kamp. 379 00:20:50,500 --> 00:20:52,961 So, why would Ethan hide this information 380 00:20:53,003 --> 00:20:55,046 in the wake of Kate's disappearance? 381 00:20:56,923 --> 00:20:58,591 - NARRATOR: While investigators begin 382 00:20:58,633 --> 00:21:01,469 surveilling Ethan and Heather, they dig deeper 383 00:21:01,511 --> 00:21:04,681 into the couple's life. 384 00:21:04,723 --> 00:21:07,851 They learn Kate Waring had introduced them 385 00:21:07,892 --> 00:21:11,312 after Kate befriended Heather in May 2009. 386 00:21:13,523 --> 00:21:16,860 - JOANN: Heather Kamp had claimed that she had 387 00:21:16,901 --> 00:21:20,822 some sort of medical degree, that she was a doctor, 388 00:21:20,864 --> 00:21:23,450 and she could take care of sick people. 389 00:21:23,491 --> 00:21:27,037 Kate Waring offered to get her a job here. 390 00:21:27,078 --> 00:21:31,332 She offered her her home, she offered her friendship. 391 00:21:33,209 --> 00:21:36,880 - BILL C.: Ethan was the best friend that Kate had 392 00:21:36,921 --> 00:21:40,550 in the world um and now she meets this new person 393 00:21:40,592 --> 00:21:41,968 uh Heather. 394 00:21:42,010 --> 00:21:45,221 And so Kate's thinking, "Well listen you know 395 00:21:45,263 --> 00:21:48,224 "I've got my two best friends, 396 00:21:48,266 --> 00:21:51,186 "let me introduce them to each other, because, 397 00:21:51,227 --> 00:21:53,938 "maybe they'll hit it off, maybe they'll be good for each other, 398 00:21:53,980 --> 00:21:57,025 you know, Ethan needs somebody, Heather needs somebody." 399 00:21:57,067 --> 00:21:59,361 Ethan and Heather hit it off immediately 400 00:21:59,402 --> 00:22:01,321 once Kate introduced the two of them. 401 00:22:01,363 --> 00:22:04,115 They were inseparable. It was love at first sight. 402 00:22:05,742 --> 00:22:07,202 - NARRATOR: But the private investigators 403 00:22:07,243 --> 00:22:10,080 quickly discover that Heather isn't the person 404 00:22:10,121 --> 00:22:12,248 she had claimed to be. 405 00:22:13,750 --> 00:22:16,252 - BILL S.: Police began digging into Heather Kamp's life. 406 00:22:16,294 --> 00:22:20,006 They found out she had a pretty lengthy rap sheet, 407 00:22:20,048 --> 00:22:22,801 including being charged with three counts 408 00:22:22,842 --> 00:22:27,055 of armed robbery in 2000. 409 00:22:27,097 --> 00:22:29,808 - DAVID: By 2006, she was arrested 410 00:22:29,849 --> 00:22:33,311 for forging her grandmother's name on a check. 411 00:22:33,353 --> 00:22:37,649 Forgery was a... a running theme with pretty much everybody 412 00:22:37,691 --> 00:22:41,486 that she came into contact with. 413 00:22:41,528 --> 00:22:43,738 - Heather was essentially a con artist. 414 00:22:45,740 --> 00:22:47,409 - NARRATOR: The private investigators know that 415 00:22:47,450 --> 00:22:50,704 Ethan had told police that he lived on Johns Island, 416 00:22:50,745 --> 00:22:53,832 more than 10 miles away. 417 00:22:53,873 --> 00:22:57,961 - Heather would portray herself as either a doctor or a nurse. 418 00:22:58,003 --> 00:23:01,923 That was a ruse she had used several times. 419 00:23:04,676 --> 00:23:06,886 - Heather could convince most people 420 00:23:06,928 --> 00:23:08,972 of pretty much anything she wanted to. 421 00:23:11,891 --> 00:23:13,977 - NARRATOR: Investigators decide to focus 422 00:23:14,019 --> 00:23:16,938 on Kate Waring's financial records. 423 00:23:16,980 --> 00:23:19,232 That's when Kate's father tells them about 424 00:23:19,274 --> 00:23:22,360 a suspicious transaction that had occurred 425 00:23:22,402 --> 00:23:26,156 three days after Kate went missing. 426 00:23:26,197 --> 00:23:29,701 - On June 15, someone tried to cash a check 427 00:23:29,743 --> 00:23:33,455 for $4,500, signed by Kate Waring, 428 00:23:33,496 --> 00:23:35,206 and dated June 12. 429 00:23:35,248 --> 00:23:37,834 They only failed because Kate had less than $200 430 00:23:37,876 --> 00:23:40,003 in her bank account. 431 00:23:41,379 --> 00:23:44,758 - JAMES: You have some very smart and observant tellers 432 00:23:44,799 --> 00:23:47,677 who know the Waring family. 433 00:23:47,719 --> 00:23:52,974 Know that the transaction that was--ah being made-- 434 00:23:53,016 --> 00:23:57,729 ah was out of character for Kate's checkbook. 435 00:23:57,771 --> 00:24:00,899 So, you have the teller who observed that 436 00:24:00,940 --> 00:24:04,903 that particular check was not written by Kate Waring. 437 00:24:04,944 --> 00:24:06,946 - BILL C.: Once we became aware of this, 438 00:24:06,988 --> 00:24:08,948 I contacted an acquaintance of mine, uh, 439 00:24:08,990 --> 00:24:10,992 who was in charge of security 440 00:24:11,034 --> 00:24:13,536 for the South Carolina Federal Credit Union, 441 00:24:13,578 --> 00:24:16,998 and I said, "Listen, can you check your James Island branch 442 00:24:17,040 --> 00:24:19,250 "off Foley Road, and see if you have any video 443 00:24:19,292 --> 00:24:22,253 of anybody trying to cash this forged check?" 444 00:24:22,295 --> 00:24:24,214 And I gave him the time and date, and he-- 445 00:24:24,255 --> 00:24:27,175 he sat in his office looking at his system and he says, 446 00:24:27,217 --> 00:24:30,178 "Hey, I can send you a couple of screenshots right now." 447 00:24:30,220 --> 00:24:32,889 And there was Ethan Mack on camera, 448 00:24:32,931 --> 00:24:37,102 standing there, trying to cash that $4,500 forged check. 449 00:24:40,939 --> 00:24:43,900 - When you see someone on a camera 450 00:24:43,942 --> 00:24:46,903 cashing a check, a forged check, 451 00:24:46,945 --> 00:24:48,822 of a woman who just went missing, 452 00:24:48,863 --> 00:24:51,408 he looks very obviously fully guilty. 453 00:24:54,452 --> 00:24:55,912 - NARRATOR: Coming up: 454 00:24:55,954 --> 00:24:57,914 as investigators zero in on their suspects, 455 00:24:57,956 --> 00:25:01,918 an unexpected affair comes into focus. 456 00:25:01,960 --> 00:25:03,795 - She is straightening up her clothes 457 00:25:03,837 --> 00:25:05,922 there's only the two of them in there. 458 00:25:05,964 --> 00:25:08,008 - She goes from town to town destroying things. 459 00:25:08,049 --> 00:25:11,177 She creates this fantasy world. 460 00:25:11,219 --> 00:25:13,763 - HOWARD: He got caught up, he got manipulated, 461 00:25:13,805 --> 00:25:15,974 and it destroyed his life. 462 00:25:18,143 --> 00:25:20,103 - * 463 00:25:27,360 --> 00:25:30,030 - NARRATOR: Two months after Kate Waring went missing 464 00:25:30,071 --> 00:25:33,450 from her Charleston home, a team of private investigators 465 00:25:33,491 --> 00:25:36,202 have found evidence that Kate's best friend, 466 00:25:36,244 --> 00:25:39,372 Ethan Mack, and his fiance, Heather Kamp, 467 00:25:39,414 --> 00:25:41,916 had attempted to cash a forged check 468 00:25:41,958 --> 00:25:45,253 three days after her disappearance. 469 00:25:47,213 --> 00:25:49,966 - JAMES: In order for the handwriting expert 470 00:25:50,008 --> 00:25:52,802 to determine that the check was not written 471 00:25:52,844 --> 00:25:56,181 by Kate Waring, we needed exemplar writings 472 00:25:56,222 --> 00:26:00,518 from Ethan Mack, Heather Kamp to figure out whether or not 473 00:26:00,560 --> 00:26:03,897 they were actually the ones that had signed the check 474 00:26:03,938 --> 00:26:05,982 that Mack was trying to cash. 475 00:26:08,193 --> 00:26:10,236 - NARRATOR: In order to keep their suspects in the dark, 476 00:26:10,278 --> 00:26:12,989 the private investigators decide to contact 477 00:26:13,031 --> 00:26:15,867 Ethan and Heather's landlord to see if he can obtain 478 00:26:15,909 --> 00:26:18,078 a handwriting sample... 479 00:26:18,119 --> 00:26:20,872 They learn that the couple is several months behind 480 00:26:20,914 --> 00:26:22,957 on their rent. 481 00:26:22,999 --> 00:26:26,961 - Their rent was in serious arrears, 482 00:26:27,003 --> 00:26:32,425 so their landlord was in the process of evicting them. 483 00:26:32,467 --> 00:26:35,345 We would lose sight of them if they were evicted. 484 00:26:35,387 --> 00:26:38,598 We wouldn't have a way of knowing where they was 485 00:26:38,640 --> 00:26:41,017 and then they could scatter. 486 00:26:42,310 --> 00:26:44,646 - We concocted a plan for the, uh, landlord to have them 487 00:26:44,688 --> 00:26:47,691 handwrite out a document, using both their handwritings 488 00:26:47,732 --> 00:26:50,735 and agreeing, you know, to give them some more time 489 00:26:50,777 --> 00:26:54,447 to pay on the rent. 490 00:26:54,489 --> 00:26:57,325 - The plan worked. Ethan and Heather both signed 491 00:26:57,367 --> 00:27:00,120 individual promissory notes that had their signatures 492 00:27:00,161 --> 00:27:02,664 on them and gave those to their landlord. 493 00:27:03,915 --> 00:27:05,917 - BILL C.: And he turned that over to us, 494 00:27:05,959 --> 00:27:07,627 which we asked him to do. 495 00:27:07,669 --> 00:27:09,963 So, we had all the exemplars we needed for, uh, 496 00:27:10,005 --> 00:27:11,715 for the handwriting expert. 497 00:27:15,010 --> 00:27:17,178 - NARRATOR: When the note is forensically examined, 498 00:27:17,220 --> 00:27:19,681 the expert confirms a match. 499 00:27:22,183 --> 00:27:23,727 - He looked at it and immediately said, 500 00:27:23,768 --> 00:27:26,146 "Yeah, no question." 501 00:27:26,187 --> 00:27:29,691 - JAMES: That handwriting was done by Heather Kamp. 502 00:27:34,029 --> 00:27:36,406 - NARRATOR: As investigators continue to surveil 503 00:27:36,448 --> 00:27:39,617 Ethan and Heather, they catch a surprise break. 504 00:27:41,411 --> 00:27:43,329 - There were two houses in total 505 00:27:43,371 --> 00:27:45,999 behind the landlord's house on James Island 506 00:27:46,041 --> 00:27:47,459 where they were living. 507 00:27:47,500 --> 00:27:48,918 A gentleman by the name of "Terry Williams" 508 00:27:48,960 --> 00:27:50,128 was living there. 509 00:27:50,170 --> 00:27:52,047 He was an a, I guess an old friend, 510 00:27:52,088 --> 00:27:54,341 an acquaintance perhaps of, uh, of Ethan's. 511 00:27:54,382 --> 00:27:56,676 - While Ethan is at work one day, they spot 512 00:27:56,718 --> 00:28:00,764 Heather sneaking over into their neighbor's apartment. 513 00:28:00,805 --> 00:28:05,310 So, investigators decide to focus their attention on Terry. 514 00:28:08,188 --> 00:28:11,107 - BILL C.: The next day, we knocked on Terry's door 515 00:28:11,149 --> 00:28:13,651 uh Terry came to the door. 516 00:28:13,693 --> 00:28:16,696 - JAMES: We started talkin' to, Terry and said, 517 00:28:16,738 --> 00:28:19,574 "Hey, listen man, you live close to these folks. 518 00:28:19,616 --> 00:28:22,285 "They come and go in your spot all the time, 519 00:28:22,327 --> 00:28:26,247 we know you have a good idea of what happened." 520 00:28:26,289 --> 00:28:29,042 While we're talkin' to Terry Williams, 521 00:28:29,084 --> 00:28:32,295 the door to the bedroom open up, 522 00:28:32,337 --> 00:28:35,048 and come flying out is Heather Kamp, 523 00:28:35,090 --> 00:28:37,217 yelling and screaming. 524 00:28:37,258 --> 00:28:38,885 - BILL C.: She's straightening up her clothes, 525 00:28:38,927 --> 00:28:41,137 there's only the two of them in there. 526 00:28:41,179 --> 00:28:44,933 Apparently, Heather was also romantically involved 527 00:28:44,974 --> 00:28:47,102 with Terry Williams. 528 00:28:48,478 --> 00:28:52,399 - NARRATOR: That's when Heather makes a telling admission. 529 00:28:52,440 --> 00:28:55,610 - JAMES: She makes a call to Ethan Mack, said, 530 00:28:55,652 --> 00:28:58,530 "Hey, Andy Savage's investigators are here 531 00:28:58,571 --> 00:29:02,117 tryin' to get Terry to roll on us." 532 00:29:03,410 --> 00:29:06,955 When she said, "roll on us," in our mind 533 00:29:06,996 --> 00:29:11,084 that was a confession of guilt. 534 00:29:11,126 --> 00:29:13,128 We knew for Terry to roll on you, 535 00:29:13,169 --> 00:29:15,755 you had to have done something for Terry to roll. 536 00:29:19,300 --> 00:29:21,177 - NARRATOR: Sensing the private investigators 537 00:29:21,219 --> 00:29:26,307 are closing in, Heather Kamp makes an unexpected move. 538 00:29:26,349 --> 00:29:29,185 - She actually called the Charleston Police Department 539 00:29:29,227 --> 00:29:31,938 soon after, and told the detective in charge of the case 540 00:29:31,980 --> 00:29:33,857 she wanted to talk to him. 541 00:29:35,775 --> 00:29:37,360 - NARRATOR: On August 17th, 542 00:29:37,402 --> 00:29:40,113 10 weeks after Kate Waring vanished, 543 00:29:40,155 --> 00:29:43,241 Heather Kamp meets with Charleston police. 544 00:29:43,283 --> 00:29:46,536 She begins her statement by admitting that she and Ethan 545 00:29:46,578 --> 00:29:50,582 had been stealing from Kate for several weeks. 546 00:29:50,623 --> 00:29:53,335 - BILL C.: Kate was aware that her and Ethan 547 00:29:53,376 --> 00:29:56,671 had been stealing checks out of her checkbook. 548 00:29:56,713 --> 00:29:59,799 - She and Ethan knew that Kate had found out 549 00:29:59,841 --> 00:30:02,927 about all the forged checks they were attempting to cash 550 00:30:02,969 --> 00:30:04,637 from her account. 551 00:30:04,679 --> 00:30:08,224 And that Heather had taken out a credit card in Kate's name. 552 00:30:11,519 --> 00:30:14,064 Kate told them she would not press charges, 553 00:30:14,105 --> 00:30:16,649 but that they must return the money. 554 00:30:18,693 --> 00:30:24,240 - Mack felt pressured because Kate was putting her parents 555 00:30:24,282 --> 00:30:27,660 on notice that there's some moneys here being taken 556 00:30:27,702 --> 00:30:31,539 without my permission. That infuriated Mack. 557 00:30:35,251 --> 00:30:36,586 - NARRATOR: According to Heather, 558 00:30:36,628 --> 00:30:40,006 on the night of June 12th, Ethan had invited Kate 559 00:30:40,048 --> 00:30:42,759 to dinner so he could confront her. 560 00:30:42,801 --> 00:30:45,011 - DAVID A.: Once they completed their meal 561 00:30:45,053 --> 00:30:48,348 and left the downtown area, they returned uh, to the home 562 00:30:48,390 --> 00:30:51,184 that uh, Ethan was sharing with Heather. 563 00:30:51,226 --> 00:30:52,519 Uh, this, again, was something 564 00:30:52,560 --> 00:30:55,021 that would be pretty normal, uh, to occur. 565 00:30:55,063 --> 00:30:57,190 - DAVID H.: She claimed that once in Ethan's apartment, 566 00:30:57,232 --> 00:30:58,775 they were drinking. 567 00:30:58,817 --> 00:31:03,279 There was an argument and Ethan attacked Kate 568 00:31:03,321 --> 00:31:06,241 and hit her in the head with a wine bottle. 569 00:31:08,952 --> 00:31:12,622 He then filled up the bathtub, took Kate to the bathtub, 570 00:31:12,664 --> 00:31:14,582 and drowned her. 571 00:31:18,086 --> 00:31:20,547 - BILL C.: Heather said that she didn't try and stop it 572 00:31:20,588 --> 00:31:23,258 because she was afraid that the same thing 573 00:31:23,299 --> 00:31:26,428 would happen to her if she did not cooperate 574 00:31:26,469 --> 00:31:29,431 with Ethan while he was killing Kate. 575 00:31:31,474 --> 00:31:33,768 - NARRATOR: Police press Heather about the location 576 00:31:33,810 --> 00:31:37,063 of Kate's body, but she claims she doesn't know 577 00:31:37,105 --> 00:31:40,692 where Ethan left the body. 578 00:31:40,734 --> 00:31:44,195 Still, police place Heather under arrest for forgery 579 00:31:44,237 --> 00:31:46,573 and obstruction of justice, 580 00:31:46,614 --> 00:31:49,659 and take Ethan Mack into custody. 581 00:32:06,468 --> 00:32:08,762 - BILL S.: He wouldn't talk without an attorney. 582 00:32:08,803 --> 00:32:11,431 He only admitted to forging a check, 583 00:32:11,473 --> 00:32:16,311 but he claimed he never knew what happened to Kate Waring. 584 00:32:16,353 --> 00:32:18,688 - NARRATOR: Without a body, prosecutors are unable 585 00:32:18,730 --> 00:32:21,691 to charge Heather and Ethan with murder. 586 00:32:23,318 --> 00:32:26,029 Looking for a break, the private investigation team 587 00:32:26,071 --> 00:32:29,991 pay Heather a jailhouse visit and get a surprise opportunity 588 00:32:30,033 --> 00:32:32,702 that convinces Heather to talk. 589 00:32:34,579 --> 00:32:38,124 - It was an open bay area, they happened to bring Ethan 590 00:32:38,166 --> 00:32:42,754 out at the same time to be interviewed by law enforcement. 591 00:32:42,796 --> 00:32:45,507 - JAMES: We immediately tell Heather Kamp, 592 00:32:45,548 --> 00:32:49,969 "Hey those investigators from the police department, 593 00:32:50,011 --> 00:32:52,639 "and Mack's rollin' on you. 594 00:32:52,681 --> 00:32:56,643 He's telling the cops all about you over there." 595 00:32:56,685 --> 00:32:58,395 - BILL C.: "Ethan's giving you up," 596 00:32:58,436 --> 00:33:01,481 I think was our term. Telling them that you did it all 597 00:33:01,523 --> 00:33:03,650 and it was all on you. 598 00:33:03,692 --> 00:33:06,778 She could see Ethan over there, and she's trying 599 00:33:06,820 --> 00:33:09,197 to get his attention, so I'm standing in between 600 00:33:09,239 --> 00:33:11,658 the two of them, so he can't see her. 601 00:33:11,700 --> 00:33:13,201 - JAMES: We've planted a seed that, 602 00:33:13,243 --> 00:33:14,828 "Hey, Mack's rollin' on you now. 603 00:33:14,869 --> 00:33:16,788 "He's got the cops in there and he's tellin' 604 00:33:16,830 --> 00:33:19,958 everything he know." So, at that point in time, 605 00:33:20,000 --> 00:33:23,545 Heather said, "Hey, I know where Kate body is, 606 00:33:23,586 --> 00:33:27,757 I was there when Ethan dumped her body." 607 00:33:30,760 --> 00:33:32,512 - DAVID A.: Heather Kamp stated that 608 00:33:32,554 --> 00:33:36,057 Ethan and Heather together took Kate's body, 609 00:33:36,099 --> 00:33:39,310 and went out to an island neighboring James Island 610 00:33:39,352 --> 00:33:41,396 called Wadmalaw Island. 611 00:33:41,438 --> 00:33:43,356 - BILL C.: We went back again to interview her, 612 00:33:43,398 --> 00:33:45,775 and this time I had used Google earth. 613 00:33:45,817 --> 00:33:47,819 I blew the map up of that area. 614 00:33:47,861 --> 00:33:50,280 In much better detail, she was able to indicate 615 00:33:50,321 --> 00:33:52,866 to us where we could find Kate. 616 00:33:56,578 --> 00:33:59,831 We went out the next morning, uh after notifying 617 00:33:59,873 --> 00:34:02,959 one of the detectives at the police department. 618 00:34:03,001 --> 00:34:05,086 - JAMES: Wadmalaw's a pretty remote island, 619 00:34:05,128 --> 00:34:09,632 lot of property, with, uh, not as many homes on it. 620 00:34:09,674 --> 00:34:14,554 Heather Kamp had vividly recalled when Kate's body 621 00:34:14,596 --> 00:34:19,059 was placed, it was close to the water. 622 00:34:20,435 --> 00:34:22,437 As they were scouring the area, 623 00:34:22,479 --> 00:34:26,733 the team saw some skeletal remains. 624 00:34:30,445 --> 00:34:31,988 Immediately, we put 625 00:34:32,030 --> 00:34:35,408 the Charleston County Police Department on notice. 626 00:34:35,450 --> 00:34:38,453 We immediately backed out of the area. 627 00:34:38,495 --> 00:34:41,831 This is an actual crime scene that doesn't belong 628 00:34:41,873 --> 00:34:44,125 to us any longer. 629 00:34:44,167 --> 00:34:48,630 We were positive that those remains was that of Kate Waring. 630 00:34:58,932 --> 00:35:01,851 - NARRATOR: On October 10th, 2009, 631 00:35:01,893 --> 00:35:05,313 nearly four months after Kate Waring went missing 632 00:35:05,355 --> 00:35:07,732 in Charleston, South Carolina, 633 00:35:07,774 --> 00:35:11,319 authorities believe they have just found her remains 634 00:35:11,361 --> 00:35:14,155 on neighboring Wadmalaw Island. 635 00:35:15,865 --> 00:35:18,284 - Charleston police took control of the crime scene. 636 00:35:18,326 --> 00:35:21,621 Other than the skeletal remains, there wasn't much evidence 637 00:35:21,663 --> 00:35:25,834 to be found, and the state of decay was so extreme 638 00:35:25,875 --> 00:35:28,962 the coroner couldn't determine the cause of death. 639 00:35:32,132 --> 00:35:34,467 - NARRATOR: Once the coroner officially confirms 640 00:35:34,509 --> 00:35:37,012 the remains belong to Kate Waring, 641 00:35:37,053 --> 00:35:39,848 both Ethan Mack and Heather Kamp 642 00:35:39,889 --> 00:35:42,475 are charged with her murder... 643 00:35:42,517 --> 00:35:45,228 prompting Heather to cut a deal. 644 00:35:47,022 --> 00:35:48,898 - BILL C.: She had accepted a reduced sentence, 645 00:35:48,940 --> 00:35:52,152 as long as she fully and honestly cooperated. 646 00:35:53,820 --> 00:35:55,780 - DAVID H.: Heather changed her story so many times. 647 00:35:55,822 --> 00:35:59,617 She had different scenarios on why, ah, 648 00:35:59,659 --> 00:36:01,703 somebody was after Kate. 649 00:36:01,745 --> 00:36:03,830 She claimed that she had family in Puerto Rico 650 00:36:03,872 --> 00:36:05,623 that was gonna get Kate. 651 00:36:05,665 --> 00:36:07,667 She claimed that there was some drug dealer 652 00:36:07,709 --> 00:36:10,628 that was after Kate for something. 653 00:36:10,670 --> 00:36:12,964 She had no barometer for truth. 654 00:36:13,006 --> 00:36:15,258 There was no such thing as true or false to her. 655 00:36:15,300 --> 00:36:19,346 It was just whatever she is going to say 656 00:36:19,387 --> 00:36:21,848 to take her to the next step. 657 00:36:23,808 --> 00:36:26,186 - NARRATOR: On October 5th, 2010, 658 00:36:26,227 --> 00:36:29,522 nearly a year and a half after Kate's murder, 659 00:36:29,564 --> 00:36:32,984 Ethan Mack goes on trial. 660 00:36:33,026 --> 00:36:36,237 Ethan's defense team doesn't deny Ethan was present 661 00:36:36,279 --> 00:36:38,573 when Kate died. 662 00:36:38,615 --> 00:36:41,868 Instead, they claim Heather was the killer. 663 00:36:44,037 --> 00:36:45,955 - JAMES: The perspective that Ethan Mack, 664 00:36:45,997 --> 00:36:48,708 laid out at trial was one that-- 665 00:36:48,750 --> 00:36:52,587 he was a facilitator, but he didn't actually do 666 00:36:52,629 --> 00:36:56,925 what Heather Kamp alleged that he did. 667 00:36:56,966 --> 00:37:01,680 Uh, he played a role in getting Kate there to the house, 668 00:37:01,721 --> 00:37:04,683 but then said it was Heather Kamp that had 669 00:37:04,724 --> 00:37:08,978 did the bludgeoning with the bottle, 670 00:37:09,020 --> 00:37:13,024 and that he went in another room and covered his ears. 671 00:37:13,066 --> 00:37:17,153 - Let's look at motive. Who's got motive in this case? 672 00:37:17,195 --> 00:37:19,989 Heather's a person that creates her own worlds. 673 00:37:20,031 --> 00:37:22,534 She creates places where she's important. 674 00:37:22,575 --> 00:37:24,577 She goes from town to town. 675 00:37:24,619 --> 00:37:26,079 She's like a cancer, to be honest. 676 00:37:26,121 --> 00:37:28,540 She goes from town to town, destroying things. 677 00:37:28,581 --> 00:37:31,960 But what she does originally, she creates this fantasy world. 678 00:37:33,336 --> 00:37:35,588 - NARRATOR: Ethan's attorney claims that like Kate, 679 00:37:35,630 --> 00:37:38,758 Ethan was victimized by Heather Kamp. 680 00:37:40,802 --> 00:37:43,388 - JAMES: Ethan Mack never had a girlfriend. 681 00:37:43,430 --> 00:37:48,059 He never had a one-on-one relationship with someone 682 00:37:48,101 --> 00:37:50,937 that he loved or loved him. 683 00:37:50,979 --> 00:37:53,189 Heather Kamp had him smitten. 684 00:37:55,525 --> 00:37:58,778 - He fell for Heather Kamp hook, line, and sinker. 685 00:38:00,071 --> 00:38:02,323 - DAVID H.: Heather convinced Ethan that 686 00:38:02,365 --> 00:38:04,868 she was carrying his baby. 687 00:38:04,909 --> 00:38:09,581 And so, he believed that, you know, his child was coming. 688 00:38:09,622 --> 00:38:13,960 She told him that she eventually lost the baby in jail, 689 00:38:14,002 --> 00:38:16,254 but there was never any medical evidence 690 00:38:16,296 --> 00:38:19,090 that she was pregnant with his child. 691 00:38:20,675 --> 00:38:22,969 - ASHLEI: It's mind blowing that Ethan, 692 00:38:23,011 --> 00:38:25,680 who was described by friends as very reliable, 693 00:38:25,722 --> 00:38:28,516 dependable, a good mannered guy, 694 00:38:28,558 --> 00:38:30,935 would betray his best friend, Kate, 695 00:38:30,977 --> 00:38:33,646 and it really goes to show just how powerful 696 00:38:33,688 --> 00:38:36,107 Heather's manipulation over Ethan was. 697 00:38:40,362 --> 00:38:42,280 - NARRATOR: When Heather Kamp takes the stand 698 00:38:42,322 --> 00:38:45,283 for the prosecution, Ethan's defense team 699 00:38:45,325 --> 00:38:49,037 uses her testimony to their benefit. 700 00:38:50,914 --> 00:38:54,084 - David Aylor crossed Heather Kamp on the stand 701 00:38:54,125 --> 00:38:57,045 for a day and a half in court, 702 00:38:57,087 --> 00:39:00,173 and it was basically a clown show. 703 00:39:01,716 --> 00:39:03,468 - I caught her lying on the stand, um 704 00:39:03,510 --> 00:39:05,720 more times than I can count. 705 00:39:05,762 --> 00:39:07,514 A lot of witnesses are flawed 706 00:39:07,555 --> 00:39:11,101 but she was probably one of the worst I've ever seen. 707 00:39:11,142 --> 00:39:15,063 - Again, Ms. Kamp, I'm gonna ask you about some statements, 708 00:39:15,105 --> 00:39:17,107 and I would like you to tell me if, 709 00:39:17,148 --> 00:39:19,317 whether or not you made those statements. 710 00:39:19,359 --> 00:39:22,153 - I don't recall saying any, but I mean, 711 00:39:22,195 --> 00:39:25,907 it's possible I said any, but I don't recall. 712 00:39:25,949 --> 00:39:27,826 - LAWYER: Could it be that you told so many lies 713 00:39:27,867 --> 00:39:29,327 you couldn't remember what they all were? 714 00:39:29,369 --> 00:39:30,870 - No. 715 00:39:30,912 --> 00:39:32,622 - LAWYER: Well then why couldn't you recall what you'd said? 716 00:39:32,664 --> 00:39:34,541 - Because it's been a while to... 717 00:39:34,582 --> 00:39:37,210 - LAWYER: It'd been a while? Since October to January 718 00:39:37,252 --> 00:39:39,504 was a while? 719 00:39:39,546 --> 00:39:41,589 - Yeah, for me it is. 720 00:39:43,383 --> 00:39:46,177 - The only part that had any credibility whatsoever 721 00:39:46,219 --> 00:39:49,055 was that she knew the location of Kate's body. 722 00:39:51,307 --> 00:39:52,851 - NARRATOR: In their closing statements, 723 00:39:52,892 --> 00:39:57,105 the defense's message to the jury is clear. 724 00:39:57,147 --> 00:39:59,315 - Heather must have been involved, 725 00:39:59,357 --> 00:40:02,318 but you cannot trust what she's saying about Ethan. 726 00:40:04,404 --> 00:40:06,573 - NARRATOR: After three days of testimony, 727 00:40:06,614 --> 00:40:09,451 the case goes to the jury. 728 00:40:11,453 --> 00:40:14,873 After nearly 14 hours of deliberation, 729 00:40:14,914 --> 00:40:17,292 the jury announces their verdict. 730 00:40:19,085 --> 00:40:21,046 - MALE FOREMAN: We the jury, by unanimous consent, 731 00:40:21,087 --> 00:40:25,216 find the defendant guilty of obstruction of justice. 732 00:40:25,258 --> 00:40:27,427 We the jury, by unanimous consent, 733 00:40:27,469 --> 00:40:30,138 find the defendant guilty of forgery. 734 00:40:32,223 --> 00:40:34,434 - BILL S.: Ethan was found guilty 735 00:40:34,476 --> 00:40:36,519 of forgery and obstruction of justice, 736 00:40:36,561 --> 00:40:39,939 but the jury deadlocked on the murder charge. 737 00:40:39,981 --> 00:40:42,150 - DAVID A.: The trial was hung, so essentially, 738 00:40:42,192 --> 00:40:43,943 it's considered a mistrial, 739 00:40:43,985 --> 00:40:46,613 because the jury has to be unanimous. 740 00:40:48,490 --> 00:40:51,368 - The two jurors who voted not guilty told us 741 00:40:51,409 --> 00:40:55,330 that they voted that way because they saw Heather Kamp, 742 00:40:55,372 --> 00:40:57,957 they saw how deceptive she was. 743 00:41:00,085 --> 00:41:03,588 - NARRATOR: Prosecutors announce plans to try Ethan again, 744 00:41:03,630 --> 00:41:05,965 but they never get the chance. 745 00:41:07,967 --> 00:41:10,220 - BILL C: His mother went to talk to him, 746 00:41:10,261 --> 00:41:12,764 and she told him, basically as I understand it, 747 00:41:12,806 --> 00:41:14,557 "I didn't raise you like this. 748 00:41:14,599 --> 00:41:16,351 You need to do the right thing." 749 00:41:16,393 --> 00:41:17,727 And he did. 750 00:41:19,312 --> 00:41:22,524 - NARRATOR: On April 1st, 2011, nearly two years 751 00:41:22,565 --> 00:41:25,860 after the death of his best friend Kate Waring, 752 00:41:25,902 --> 00:41:28,446 Ethan Mack accepts a plea bargain. 753 00:41:29,823 --> 00:41:31,449 - DAVID: He plead under an Alford plea, 754 00:41:31,491 --> 00:41:35,161 which essentially means that he's not admitting guilt, 755 00:41:35,203 --> 00:41:37,539 but he is saying that he believes 756 00:41:37,580 --> 00:41:39,207 he would be found guilty. 757 00:41:41,084 --> 00:41:43,878 Ethan did express remorse and apologize 758 00:41:43,920 --> 00:41:46,214 directly to the family of the victim 759 00:41:46,256 --> 00:41:48,216 at the time of his plea. 760 00:41:48,258 --> 00:41:50,427 He was sentenced to 25 years. 761 00:41:53,513 --> 00:41:57,851 - NARRATOR: Heather Kamp, however, is denied any bargain. 762 00:41:57,892 --> 00:42:01,312 She is sentenced to 39 years in prison. 763 00:42:03,940 --> 00:42:06,192 - She had made a deal for leniency 764 00:42:06,234 --> 00:42:08,570 for her cooperation, and then she continued 765 00:42:08,611 --> 00:42:11,865 to lie to them about pretty much everything. 766 00:42:11,906 --> 00:42:14,451 So she lost her plea deal. 767 00:42:17,620 --> 00:42:22,751 In my opinion, had Kate not met Heather Kamp, 768 00:42:22,792 --> 00:42:25,378 she might still be with us today. 769 00:42:26,921 --> 00:42:29,841 Six weeks from the time they met, 770 00:42:29,883 --> 00:42:33,303 Kate was deceased. 771 00:42:33,345 --> 00:42:36,723 Six weeks. And she'd known Ethan for years. 772 00:42:39,225 --> 00:42:42,520 - SHAWNTEZ: Ethan was Kate's friend. 773 00:42:42,562 --> 00:42:45,190 Ethan was supposed to be the one to protect her, 774 00:42:45,231 --> 00:42:46,608 not, not hurt her. 775 00:42:47,942 --> 00:42:50,195 It is greed. 776 00:42:50,236 --> 00:42:53,948 Greed makes, uh, people change, and it made Ethan change. 777 00:42:53,990 --> 00:42:57,285 He killed his friend for it. 778 00:42:57,327 --> 00:43:01,498 - JOANNE: If I could talk to Ethan and say one thing, 779 00:43:01,539 --> 00:43:03,625 why? 780 00:43:03,667 --> 00:43:07,504 Why would you murder your best friend for love? 781 00:43:10,423 --> 00:43:12,384 - HOWARD: Kate really cared for him, 782 00:43:12,425 --> 00:43:16,554 and he got caught up and he got manipulated, 783 00:43:16,596 --> 00:43:21,476 and it destroyed his life, Kate's life, 784 00:43:21,518 --> 00:43:25,146 Kate's family's life, and his family's life. 785 00:43:30,276 --> 00:43:38,743 - *