1 00:00:05,588 --> 00:00:07,047 [reporter 1] Few details are being released in what deputies 2 00:00:07,048 --> 00:00:08,341 are now calling a homicide. 3 00:00:08,466 --> 00:00:10,509 Several women are ripped from their loved ones 4 00:00:10,510 --> 00:00:11,886 by an unknown suspect. 5 00:00:13,513 --> 00:00:17,933 He wrapped a belt around her neck and submerged her 6 00:00:17,934 --> 00:00:19,686 in a half-filled tub. 7 00:00:19,811 --> 00:00:22,564 [911 operator and caller speaking] 8 00:00:22,689 --> 00:00:26,025 Somebody waited for the right opportunity to make their move. 9 00:00:26,026 --> 00:00:29,695 The subject was trying to not leave any DNA behind. 10 00:00:29,696 --> 00:00:31,530 [Heather] Who do you think did this? 11 00:00:31,531 --> 00:00:33,407 I have no idea. 12 00:00:33,408 --> 00:00:35,117 [reporter 2] Officials are now working together 13 00:00:35,118 --> 00:00:37,286 to see if any links exist between the deaths 14 00:00:37,287 --> 00:00:39,246 of an elderly couple in North Carolina 15 00:00:39,247 --> 00:00:40,914 and a woman in Florida. 16 00:00:40,915 --> 00:00:44,126 There were similarities between these cases. 17 00:00:44,127 --> 00:00:48,214 She was dating this man. I was very concerned. 18 00:00:48,339 --> 00:00:50,591 [Denise] He had said, "I got away with it once before, 19 00:00:50,592 --> 00:00:51,885 I could get away with it again." 20 00:00:58,850 --> 00:01:01,436 [reporter 3 speaking] 21 00:01:01,686 --> 00:01:04,397 [theme music plays ] 22 00:01:31,841 --> 00:01:33,175 This story hits close to home 23 00:01:33,176 --> 00:01:34,886 for me, because I grew up in Florida. 24 00:01:36,930 --> 00:01:39,139 I think about my grandmother and my mother, 25 00:01:39,140 --> 00:01:41,142 who could have been targeted by this killer. 26 00:01:42,477 --> 00:01:44,521 And that is especially haunting. 27 00:01:53,863 --> 00:01:55,615 [Jacquline] This picture does mean a lot. 28 00:01:55,740 --> 00:01:59,119 I believe I was around 30, so that makes her almost 50 29 00:01:59,244 --> 00:02:01,120 in this picture. 30 00:02:01,121 --> 00:02:03,705 She wanted to get her high school diploma 31 00:02:03,706 --> 00:02:06,167 because she had never done that. 32 00:02:06,292 --> 00:02:09,129 And so she went to night school. 33 00:02:09,254 --> 00:02:11,631 She felt like she succeeded at something. 34 00:02:11,756 --> 00:02:15,968 We were really proud of her that she was able to do that. 35 00:02:15,969 --> 00:02:17,804 My name is Jacquline Byrd. 36 00:02:17,929 --> 00:02:21,056 I'm the daughter of Judith O'Steen. 37 00:02:21,057 --> 00:02:26,854 I've never spoken publicly about my mom on television. 38 00:02:26,855 --> 00:02:30,900 It was, I guess, kind of a traumatic experience. 39 00:02:32,402 --> 00:02:34,988 My mom was 17 when she had me. 40 00:02:35,113 --> 00:02:38,866 We kinda grew up together, I believe, 41 00:02:38,867 --> 00:02:41,661 because my mother was a young mother. 42 00:02:41,786 --> 00:02:44,413 I did not know my real father, 43 00:02:44,414 --> 00:02:47,167 so she was extremely close to me. 44 00:02:47,292 --> 00:02:49,334 She loved with all of her heart 45 00:02:49,335 --> 00:02:51,837 the people that she really cared about. 46 00:02:51,838 --> 00:02:54,591 My mom would give you the shirt off of her back. 47 00:02:55,800 --> 00:02:58,427 [Nick] Still as close as ever, in the early 2000s, 48 00:02:58,428 --> 00:03:01,389 Jackie is 36 years old and living in Jacksonville, 49 00:03:01,514 --> 00:03:04,183 while her mom, Judith, lives a couple hours away 50 00:03:04,184 --> 00:03:05,727 in remote Dixie County. 51 00:03:13,693 --> 00:03:16,612 [Barcia] Dixie County is a very rural part of Florida. 52 00:03:16,613 --> 00:03:18,113 It's about 800 square miles. 53 00:03:18,114 --> 00:03:21,033 A lot of it is not habited by people. 54 00:03:21,034 --> 00:03:23,745 It's a lot of waterways, swampy woods. 55 00:03:28,833 --> 00:03:31,919 In the 2000s, my mom met Charles Carr, 56 00:03:31,920 --> 00:03:35,422 owned his own business, Carr's Furniture. 57 00:03:35,423 --> 00:03:38,425 They started dating, and it wasn't long 58 00:03:38,426 --> 00:03:40,887 before she ended up moving with him, 59 00:03:41,012 --> 00:03:43,722 right there where the furniture store was. 60 00:03:43,723 --> 00:03:45,933 So she helped him with his business, 61 00:03:45,934 --> 00:03:49,395 and she was very happy with him. 62 00:03:50,396 --> 00:03:52,105 He always looked out for her. 63 00:03:52,106 --> 00:03:55,067 He wanted to make sure that she was OK. 64 00:03:55,068 --> 00:03:58,737 In 2004, she was his fiance. 65 00:03:58,738 --> 00:04:01,406 Even though they had not gotten married, 66 00:04:01,407 --> 00:04:05,036 Charles felt as if she was his spouse. 67 00:04:07,330 --> 00:04:09,707 That was before everything happened. 68 00:04:14,754 --> 00:04:18,590 [Harden speaking] 69 00:04:18,591 --> 00:04:21,761 and said, "We'd had a homicide at Carr's Furniture". 70 00:04:23,972 --> 00:04:25,765 A male by the name of Jimmy Lawrence 71 00:04:25,890 --> 00:04:28,142 was burglarizing Carr's Furniture. 72 00:04:29,769 --> 00:04:36,608 [Harden speaking] 73 00:04:36,609 --> 00:04:38,945 And when he went in, he was gunned down. 74 00:04:44,200 --> 00:04:47,620 Judith O'Steen, his fiancé, called the sheriff's office. 75 00:05:06,306 --> 00:05:10,017 The next morning, I turned on my phone. 76 00:05:10,018 --> 00:05:14,187 I had a ton of messages from my mother, very upset, 77 00:05:14,188 --> 00:05:15,732 telling me what had happened. 78 00:05:17,650 --> 00:05:20,569 Driving as fast as I could to get to Old Town 79 00:05:20,570 --> 00:05:22,030 to be with her. 80 00:05:23,865 --> 00:05:26,241 It was a really tough situation. 81 00:05:26,242 --> 00:05:28,161 It was traumatic for her. 82 00:05:30,455 --> 00:05:34,459 It was hard to even acknowledge that that had just happened. 83 00:05:37,128 --> 00:05:40,672 My mother stayed with me for a little while 84 00:05:40,673 --> 00:05:42,257 in Jacksonville, 85 00:05:42,258 --> 00:05:45,345 and she was trying to get through the trauma of it. 86 00:05:45,470 --> 00:05:47,722 And then she wanted to move back. 87 00:05:50,141 --> 00:05:54,062 I was very concerned, but she felt safe. 88 00:05:55,688 --> 00:05:59,233 Once she was settled in, she had her older sister, 89 00:05:59,359 --> 00:06:01,235 Catherine, come move in with her. 90 00:06:02,320 --> 00:06:05,364 [Jacquline] My Aunt Catherine was the oldest. 91 00:06:05,365 --> 00:06:08,617 She was a little developmentally delayed. 92 00:06:08,618 --> 00:06:12,120 My mom knew that her older sister needed a place to stay, 93 00:06:12,121 --> 00:06:16,417 and she wanted to help her with her health needs. 94 00:06:17,668 --> 00:06:20,629 [Nick] It takes years, but by December 2007, 95 00:06:20,630 --> 00:06:23,423 60-year-old Judith has gotten into a routine, 96 00:06:23,424 --> 00:06:26,718 taking care of her sister and focusing on her business, 97 00:06:26,719 --> 00:06:29,805 buying and selling antiques at local flea markets. 98 00:06:29,806 --> 00:06:31,557 She even starts dating again. 99 00:06:31,682 --> 00:06:32,767 [buzzing] 100 00:06:33,434 --> 00:06:35,227 [Jacquline] I talked to her on the phone. 101 00:06:35,228 --> 00:06:38,898 I just remember that she was excited because the guy 102 00:06:39,023 --> 00:06:41,401 that she was dating was coming to see her. 103 00:06:41,526 --> 00:06:43,402 I mean, that's-- that's the last time 104 00:06:43,403 --> 00:06:45,238 I remember talking to her. 105 00:06:46,572 --> 00:06:48,574 [sirens wailing ] 106 00:06:48,699 --> 00:06:52,953 [Barcia] In the early morning hours of December 16, 2007, 107 00:06:52,954 --> 00:06:56,164 one of our deputies responded to a gas station 108 00:06:56,165 --> 00:06:57,417 in reference to an abduction. 109 00:06:58,584 --> 00:07:02,129 [Baker] When deputies arrived, they find Catherine, 110 00:07:02,130 --> 00:07:06,259 who was terrified and has a head injury. 111 00:07:06,384 --> 00:07:09,344 She's with a woman, Judith had hired to come 112 00:07:09,345 --> 00:07:12,848 and clean the house who had arrived at the home, 113 00:07:12,849 --> 00:07:16,769 and she found Catherine in her room hiding. 114 00:07:21,858 --> 00:07:24,317 She took Catherine to the gas station, 115 00:07:24,318 --> 00:07:28,530 down the street from their house to call for help. 116 00:07:28,531 --> 00:07:32,492 Catherine reported that a man came into their house 117 00:07:32,493 --> 00:07:34,954 and took the night before. 118 00:07:36,122 --> 00:07:38,791 Catherine said she was laying in bed asleep 119 00:07:38,916 --> 00:07:42,253 and Judith was in her bedroom next door. 120 00:07:46,507 --> 00:07:49,468 Catherine said she was awoken to this man 121 00:07:49,469 --> 00:07:52,680 that she did not know, pulling on her... leg. 122 00:07:56,267 --> 00:07:57,809 He drug her out of bed, 123 00:07:57,810 --> 00:08:00,187 and she hit her head on the table. 124 00:08:00,188 --> 00:08:01,314 [thud] 125 00:08:02,648 --> 00:08:06,735 Catherine screamed for help, and Judith came into the room 126 00:08:06,736 --> 00:08:09,947 and told the intruder to leave Catherine alone. 127 00:08:11,782 --> 00:08:15,827 The intruder picked her up and carried Judith out the door. 128 00:08:15,828 --> 00:08:17,580 Just walked right out with her. 129 00:08:19,665 --> 00:08:23,585 [Harden speaking] 130 00:08:23,586 --> 00:08:27,131 And that's the last she's seen of Judith. 131 00:08:30,843 --> 00:08:34,346 Catherine said the man told her that he'd be back for her, 132 00:08:34,347 --> 00:08:36,641 he would kill her and feed her to the gators. 133 00:08:37,975 --> 00:08:41,228 Catherine was terrified. She didn't know what to do. 134 00:08:41,229 --> 00:08:42,563 Her sister took care of her. 135 00:08:43,689 --> 00:08:45,565 So she hid for the rest of the night 136 00:08:45,566 --> 00:08:47,985 until the early morning when the housekeeper arrives. 137 00:08:50,279 --> 00:08:52,739 [Nick] Detectives press Catherine for a description 138 00:08:52,740 --> 00:08:55,116 of her attacker, but still in shock, 139 00:08:55,117 --> 00:08:57,703 she is only able to give a general description of the man. 140 00:08:57,828 --> 00:09:00,706 He's white, middle-aged, and with a large build, 141 00:09:00,831 --> 00:09:03,167 and she's never seen him before. 142 00:09:04,877 --> 00:09:08,129 I'm driving, and there's a phone call 143 00:09:08,130 --> 00:09:09,215 from Scott Harden, 144 00:09:09,340 --> 00:09:11,551 Dixie County Sheriff's Department. 145 00:09:11,676 --> 00:09:14,971 He told me that my mother had been abducted. 146 00:09:17,890 --> 00:09:20,101 It was hard for me to grasp. 147 00:09:23,980 --> 00:09:26,064 I went to see my Aunt Catherine, 148 00:09:26,065 --> 00:09:29,235 and she was devastated, because of what had happened, 149 00:09:29,360 --> 00:09:31,445 and she was scared. 150 00:09:32,363 --> 00:09:35,991 [Barcia] The investigators had a statement, and that's it. 151 00:09:35,992 --> 00:09:38,910 I mean, you don't have a lot to go off of. 152 00:09:38,911 --> 00:09:41,998 The best thing to do is to go to where the crime happened. 153 00:09:44,208 --> 00:09:47,169 Scott, back in '07, was this Judith's driveway? 154 00:09:52,925 --> 00:09:54,885 [Barcia] So you could see their house from the road? 155 00:09:56,345 --> 00:10:00,682 [Harden speaking] 156 00:10:00,683 --> 00:10:02,267 [Barcia] There was no forced entry or anything? 157 00:10:02,268 --> 00:10:04,061 [Harden speaking] 158 00:10:09,400 --> 00:10:12,027 [Barcia] OK. There was furniture and stuff. 159 00:10:12,028 --> 00:10:13,029 Yep. 160 00:10:28,419 --> 00:10:29,836 [Barcia] It really is. 161 00:10:29,837 --> 00:10:32,173 Any evidence that something took place? 162 00:10:40,431 --> 00:10:42,557 [Barcia] She just completely disappeared. 163 00:10:42,558 --> 00:10:44,351 We don't know what happened to her, 164 00:10:44,352 --> 00:10:46,144 where she went when she left the house, 165 00:10:46,145 --> 00:10:47,271 who she went with. 166 00:10:48,773 --> 00:10:51,984 She just was here one minute and gone the next. 167 00:11:01,494 --> 00:11:05,121 There was a lot of evidence recovered from Judith's home. 168 00:11:05,122 --> 00:11:09,919 They collected light switches, cigarette butts, soda cans. 169 00:11:10,044 --> 00:11:11,836 All of those were sent to the lab 170 00:11:11,837 --> 00:11:13,839 to see if we get any DNA matches. 171 00:11:14,965 --> 00:11:17,092 Investigators also take Judith's computer 172 00:11:17,093 --> 00:11:19,844 to look into her recent communications. 173 00:11:19,845 --> 00:11:21,680 Nothing in the house immediately points 174 00:11:21,681 --> 00:11:24,266 to who could have abducted Judith. 175 00:11:24,392 --> 00:11:26,017 They looked around the yard. 176 00:11:26,018 --> 00:11:28,979 There were no tire tracks. There were no footprints. 177 00:11:30,314 --> 00:11:33,608 The next step was a grid search of the local area. 178 00:11:33,609 --> 00:11:35,819 There's always a chance that you might find 179 00:11:35,820 --> 00:11:37,863 Judith injured in the woods. 180 00:11:41,867 --> 00:11:43,993 We stomped the woods out, 181 00:11:43,994 --> 00:11:45,787 you know, all behind the property, 182 00:11:45,788 --> 00:11:47,330 all around the property. 183 00:11:47,331 --> 00:11:49,874 I was frantic, very upset. 184 00:11:49,875 --> 00:11:53,295 Some of the family members had all come to that house 185 00:11:53,421 --> 00:11:55,672 to help look for her. 186 00:11:55,673 --> 00:11:57,299 We walked the property. 187 00:11:57,425 --> 00:12:02,053 We went near the lakes to see if we could find anything. 188 00:12:02,054 --> 00:12:05,515 But we didn't see anything or hear anything 189 00:12:05,516 --> 00:12:08,811 of her whereabouts. She was just gone. 190 00:12:12,148 --> 00:12:15,483 Now police really start to take a deep look 191 00:12:15,484 --> 00:12:18,320 at what is on Judith's computer. 192 00:12:19,655 --> 00:12:20,905 [Barcia] The investigators, 193 00:12:20,906 --> 00:12:23,491 they went through her online history, 194 00:12:23,492 --> 00:12:25,910 emails, phone calls, 195 00:12:25,911 --> 00:12:30,498 and discovered that she had been going to a website 196 00:12:30,499 --> 00:12:32,542 called Adult Friend Finder, 197 00:12:32,543 --> 00:12:35,004 and meeting men online. 198 00:12:36,547 --> 00:12:39,549 She lost her fiancé. She was lonely, 199 00:12:39,550 --> 00:12:41,342 and Dixie County just doesn't have, 200 00:12:41,343 --> 00:12:42,927 you know, a lot to do here. 201 00:12:42,928 --> 00:12:46,307 The Internet brought a whole new world to Judith. 202 00:12:47,266 --> 00:12:49,685 [Harden speaking] 203 00:12:49,810 --> 00:12:52,437 attention was back then to Internet safety, 204 00:12:52,438 --> 00:12:55,441 and probably telling your kids to, you know, be careful... 205 00:12:59,570 --> 00:13:03,532 The investigators ended up with over a dozen names 206 00:13:03,657 --> 00:13:05,950 of people she had recently been in contact with, 207 00:13:05,951 --> 00:13:09,246 and these people weren't in Dixie County. 208 00:13:10,748 --> 00:13:13,124 [Nick] With the clock ticking and a potential pool of suspects 209 00:13:13,125 --> 00:13:16,294 extending far beyond the Dixie County line, 210 00:13:16,295 --> 00:13:18,672 investigators need to narrow their gaze. 211 00:13:20,299 --> 00:13:22,467 They show the list of names to Judith's family, 212 00:13:22,468 --> 00:13:25,136 and one of the men stands out. 213 00:13:25,137 --> 00:13:28,057 [Jacquline] I met with the police and told them 214 00:13:28,182 --> 00:13:30,642 that she was dating this man, 215 00:13:30,643 --> 00:13:34,270 and he was actually supposed to come and see my mom 216 00:13:34,271 --> 00:13:38,107 on the 17th, the day after she was abducted. 217 00:13:38,108 --> 00:13:41,569 The man had come from Pennsylvania. 218 00:13:41,570 --> 00:13:43,905 We wanna know if this guy flew into Jacksonville 219 00:13:43,906 --> 00:13:45,241 at any point in time, 220 00:13:45,366 --> 00:13:47,784 surrounding those days of the abduction. 221 00:13:47,785 --> 00:13:49,411 [Harden speaking] 222 00:13:52,331 --> 00:13:53,624 Still didn't rule him out completely, 223 00:13:53,749 --> 00:13:55,291 because he could have driven down here. 224 00:13:55,292 --> 00:13:57,753 He could have flown into... Orlando or anywhere else. 225 00:14:01,215 --> 00:14:04,592 They were able to confirm through his phone records 226 00:14:04,593 --> 00:14:06,845 and other resources that he wasn't in the area 227 00:14:06,846 --> 00:14:08,889 at the time Judith disappeared. 228 00:14:10,891 --> 00:14:13,601 He's ruled out, so where do we start now on this list 229 00:14:13,602 --> 00:14:17,105 of... females and acquaintances? 230 00:14:17,106 --> 00:14:20,441 [Barcia] The investigators would determine where these men lived, 231 00:14:20,442 --> 00:14:21,943 and they got their bank records 232 00:14:21,944 --> 00:14:23,612 to see if they had been traveling. 233 00:14:23,737 --> 00:14:26,489 And then they would contact law enforcement 234 00:14:26,490 --> 00:14:28,449 in the jurisdiction where these men lived 235 00:14:28,450 --> 00:14:31,369 and ask them if local law enforcement 236 00:14:31,370 --> 00:14:32,787 could place them at home 237 00:14:32,788 --> 00:14:34,331 at the time Judith's crime occurred. 238 00:14:35,583 --> 00:14:38,711 They were able to clear all of them. 239 00:14:44,049 --> 00:14:46,801 [Nick] As the days pass and investigators are able 240 00:14:46,802 --> 00:14:49,179 to rule out all of Judith's recent contacts, 241 00:14:49,305 --> 00:14:52,473 detectives turn their attention to Judith's past 242 00:14:52,474 --> 00:14:54,643 to see if she has any possible enemies. 243 00:14:55,978 --> 00:15:00,231 Jimmy Lawrence had been put away in prison. 244 00:15:00,232 --> 00:15:03,986 My mother had to testify against him. 245 00:15:04,111 --> 00:15:07,572 The investigators looked at, could this be a retaliation 246 00:15:07,573 --> 00:15:11,368 against Judith for her part in his conviction? 247 00:15:18,292 --> 00:15:20,418 ...to see if any of these people 248 00:15:20,419 --> 00:15:22,338 that he'd been in communication with... 249 00:15:26,175 --> 00:15:29,637 And there's nothing tying him... to this. 250 00:15:32,264 --> 00:15:34,725 The investigators worked really hard, 251 00:15:34,850 --> 00:15:36,852 but they weren't able to find any connection. 252 00:15:38,812 --> 00:15:42,191 At that point, they were left with basically a blank canvas. 253 00:15:44,109 --> 00:15:46,945 But you just do everything in your power 254 00:15:46,946 --> 00:15:49,990 to try to find out who did this to Judith. 255 00:15:54,495 --> 00:15:56,245 [Nick] But then there's a twist in the case 256 00:15:56,246 --> 00:15:58,707 on New Year's Day 2008. 257 00:15:58,832 --> 00:16:01,584 400 miles north in a state park in Georgia, 258 00:16:01,585 --> 00:16:04,545 a woman disappears while she's out for a hike, 259 00:16:04,546 --> 00:16:06,631 and a man named Gary Hilton is arrested 260 00:16:06,632 --> 00:16:08,717 for her murder several days later. 261 00:16:08,842 --> 00:16:10,386 Shortly after his arrest, 262 00:16:10,511 --> 00:16:14,138 he's linked to several other crimes in the region. 263 00:16:14,139 --> 00:16:17,141 [reporter 2] Officials from Georgia, Florida, and North Carolina 264 00:16:17,142 --> 00:16:19,477 are now working together to see if any links exist 265 00:16:19,478 --> 00:16:21,729 between the killing in Georgia and the deaths 266 00:16:21,730 --> 00:16:24,274 of both an elderly couple in North Carolina, 267 00:16:24,400 --> 00:16:26,442 and a woman in Florida. 268 00:16:26,443 --> 00:16:27,902 [Barcia] Gary Hilton, 269 00:16:27,903 --> 00:16:29,487 at the time was a suspected serial killer 270 00:16:29,488 --> 00:16:31,906 who had committed a homicide 271 00:16:31,907 --> 00:16:35,577 in Leon County, in December 2007, 272 00:16:36,495 --> 00:16:39,580 and then traveled to Columbia County, Florida, 273 00:16:39,581 --> 00:16:41,583 where he had been camping. 274 00:16:41,709 --> 00:16:45,920 Dixie County is between those two areas. 275 00:16:45,921 --> 00:16:48,506 So at the time that Judith went missing, 276 00:16:48,507 --> 00:16:51,385 he would've been in our area and possibly in our county. 277 00:16:52,928 --> 00:16:56,014 The investigators went out to his campsite, 278 00:16:56,015 --> 00:16:59,642 which was an hour drive from Dixie County. 279 00:16:59,643 --> 00:17:03,647 They collected everything that was left behind. 280 00:17:03,772 --> 00:17:07,609 Police scour Gary Hilton's campsite for any clue 281 00:17:07,735 --> 00:17:10,945 that he had anything to do with Judith O'Steen. 282 00:17:10,946 --> 00:17:12,031 They find nothing. 283 00:17:14,158 --> 00:17:17,953 His attacks were taking place there on the trail. 284 00:17:21,915 --> 00:17:23,292 ...it didn't fit. 285 00:17:23,417 --> 00:17:26,961 [Baker] Hilton generally won't talk with law enforcement, 286 00:17:26,962 --> 00:17:28,797 unless there's a plea deal on the table, 287 00:17:28,922 --> 00:17:31,633 so they don't get anywhere with him. 288 00:17:31,759 --> 00:17:34,969 Unfortunately, they could never link Gary Hilton 289 00:17:34,970 --> 00:17:38,098 to Judith O'Steen's disappearance. 290 00:17:39,183 --> 00:17:41,517 I actually called Scott and asked him, 291 00:17:41,518 --> 00:17:45,522 "Had there been any updated information on my mom?" 292 00:17:46,648 --> 00:17:48,983 But there was no new information. 293 00:17:48,984 --> 00:17:51,319 So it was devastating for me, 294 00:17:51,320 --> 00:17:54,406 thinking that my mom was gone. 295 00:17:56,450 --> 00:17:58,826 My Aunt Catherine was eventually moved 296 00:17:58,827 --> 00:18:02,080 to a nursing home where she would be safe 297 00:18:02,081 --> 00:18:04,707 if the man came looking for her. 298 00:18:04,708 --> 00:18:06,876 But she was very scared 299 00:18:06,877 --> 00:18:09,754 and nervous about the whole situation, 300 00:18:09,755 --> 00:18:13,216 because her sister was taken in front of her 301 00:18:13,217 --> 00:18:14,468 and never came back. 302 00:18:16,220 --> 00:18:19,848 [Baker] Weeks later, detectives get all of that evidence back 303 00:18:19,973 --> 00:18:22,683 from the crime lab, and they're really dismayed 304 00:18:22,684 --> 00:18:24,519 to find there are no hits. 305 00:18:24,520 --> 00:18:27,022 The case is at a standstill. 306 00:18:28,065 --> 00:18:32,027 So now police are thinking, "OK, let's go back to Catherine, 307 00:18:32,152 --> 00:18:33,903 our only eyewitness, 308 00:18:33,904 --> 00:18:36,115 and let's do something maybe out of the box." 309 00:18:37,533 --> 00:18:40,536 [Barcia] When the investigations absolutely ran out of leads, 310 00:18:40,661 --> 00:18:44,038 the investigators took Judith's sister, Catherine, 311 00:18:44,039 --> 00:18:48,251 to see an agent in the Florida Department of Law Enforcement 312 00:18:48,252 --> 00:18:51,796 that had a specialty in hypnosis. 313 00:18:51,797 --> 00:18:53,965 While she was under partial hypnosis, 314 00:18:53,966 --> 00:18:56,927 she was able to provide enough information 315 00:18:57,052 --> 00:19:01,390 for the FDLE agent to sketch out a drawing of the suspect. 316 00:19:02,683 --> 00:19:06,978 The completed sketch was of a heavyset man in his 40s 317 00:19:06,979 --> 00:19:09,064 with bushy eyebrows and a round face. 318 00:19:10,983 --> 00:19:12,234 Once we had the sketch, 319 00:19:12,359 --> 00:19:15,278 we were able to take it to the family and friends, 320 00:19:15,279 --> 00:19:16,904 really, the entire county. 321 00:19:16,905 --> 00:19:18,157 "Can someone ID this guy?" 322 00:19:21,493 --> 00:19:25,122 Unfortunately, we weren't able to identify anybody 323 00:19:25,247 --> 00:19:26,957 just based on the drawing. 324 00:19:28,208 --> 00:19:30,168 Detectives send out the sketch 325 00:19:30,169 --> 00:19:32,921 to other sheriff's offices across Florida 326 00:19:33,046 --> 00:19:34,965 but no one recognizes him. 327 00:19:40,137 --> 00:19:41,763 [Jacquline] I had dreams for a few months 328 00:19:41,889 --> 00:19:43,307 that my mom was shot. 329 00:19:44,766 --> 00:19:47,852 I would go out by myself, sit by the lake, 330 00:19:47,853 --> 00:19:51,606 trying to... just stay calm. 331 00:19:51,607 --> 00:19:54,984 It was a very tough thing for me to deal with. 332 00:19:54,985 --> 00:19:58,864 But over time, I realized that she probably was murdered. 333 00:19:59,698 --> 00:20:02,618 And that, you know, we may never see her again. 334 00:20:15,130 --> 00:20:18,966 [Baker] Years pass with no further leads in the case, 335 00:20:18,967 --> 00:20:20,801 but then in 2018, 336 00:20:20,802 --> 00:20:23,679 Major Scott Harden gets a call from an agent 337 00:20:23,680 --> 00:20:27,350 at the Florida Department of Law Enforcement... 338 00:20:27,351 --> 00:20:28,894 with a new potential lead. 339 00:20:42,449 --> 00:20:44,326 I'm like, "Who's Michael Porter?" 340 00:20:44,451 --> 00:20:46,744 Now, 58-year-old Michael Porter was arrested 341 00:20:46,745 --> 00:20:49,205 after a Gilchrist County Sheriff's Office investigation 342 00:20:49,206 --> 00:20:52,333 in August of 2013 for a murder, 343 00:20:52,334 --> 00:20:55,003 sexual battery, and burglary in Bell. 344 00:20:57,881 --> 00:21:01,051 ...the one that's like, "Man, the shoe fits." 345 00:21:07,099 --> 00:21:09,351 ...except Michael Porter. 346 00:21:18,026 --> 00:21:20,319 [Barcia] When I heard about Michael Porter, 347 00:21:20,320 --> 00:21:24,365 I did pull his picture of what he looked like in 2007, 348 00:21:24,366 --> 00:21:30,247 and he did resemble the sketch that was made with FDLE. 349 00:21:31,790 --> 00:21:34,959 Just the fuller face, you know, the full chin here, 350 00:21:34,960 --> 00:21:37,044 kinda tucked-away ears. 351 00:21:37,045 --> 00:21:38,796 [Nick] When Harden gets the tip, 352 00:21:38,797 --> 00:21:42,968 58-year-old Michael Porter is awaiting trial for a 2013 crime. 353 00:21:43,093 --> 00:21:45,971 It was the home invasion and murder of 55-year-old 354 00:21:46,096 --> 00:21:50,308 Joyce Burrow in nearby Gilchrist County, Florida. 355 00:21:50,309 --> 00:21:52,102 You know, Catherine was not well, 356 00:21:55,564 --> 00:21:57,858 as the crow flies, 357 00:21:57,983 --> 00:22:00,152 it's probably less than ten miles' distance 358 00:22:00,277 --> 00:22:02,154 between Judith O'Steen and Joyce Burrow. 359 00:22:03,697 --> 00:22:06,241 It was just like a ray of hope. Here we go. 360 00:22:16,835 --> 00:22:18,003 [Denise] This is probably the last picture 361 00:22:18,128 --> 00:22:20,379 of all three of us girls together. 362 00:22:20,380 --> 00:22:23,175 It's Joyce, myself, and Diane. 363 00:22:23,300 --> 00:22:26,136 She was so happy to finally get a grandchild. 364 00:22:28,472 --> 00:22:29,890 Diane was the oldest sister, 365 00:22:30,015 --> 00:22:32,558 and then Joyce was seven years older than me. 366 00:22:32,559 --> 00:22:34,894 She was the responsible one. 367 00:22:34,895 --> 00:22:38,357 And I was probably the wild child. 368 00:22:38,482 --> 00:22:42,443 We were a very close family. We did everything together. 369 00:22:42,444 --> 00:22:45,112 [Heather] Joyce was a big West Virginia fan. 370 00:22:45,113 --> 00:22:48,367 They were all big West Virginia fans, [chuckles]. 371 00:22:48,492 --> 00:22:51,035 When I met my husband John's family, 372 00:22:51,036 --> 00:22:54,706 I right away noticed the closeness. 373 00:22:54,831 --> 00:22:57,375 When they were together, they were hysterical. 374 00:22:57,376 --> 00:22:59,378 I mean, all they did was laugh. 375 00:22:59,503 --> 00:23:01,379 Joyce was John's aunt, 376 00:23:01,380 --> 00:23:04,216 and she was just the most kind-hearted person 377 00:23:04,341 --> 00:23:06,050 I had ever met. 378 00:23:06,051 --> 00:23:09,220 She wanted to always give back, give back to the community, 379 00:23:09,221 --> 00:23:11,263 give back to her family. 380 00:23:11,264 --> 00:23:14,892 Joyce and I, we always had a closeness. 381 00:23:14,893 --> 00:23:17,144 In 2013, we found out 382 00:23:17,145 --> 00:23:18,897 that we were gonna have another baby. 383 00:23:19,022 --> 00:23:21,273 Joyce decided that she was just gonna move 384 00:23:21,274 --> 00:23:24,735 right next door to John and I to help us with the baby. 385 00:23:24,736 --> 00:23:26,821 She was filling that void 386 00:23:26,822 --> 00:23:30,283 of both mother, mother-in-law, you know, aunt as well. 387 00:23:35,789 --> 00:23:37,582 When I was actually awoken 388 00:23:37,707 --> 00:23:40,377 to what sounded like someone doing donuts, 389 00:23:42,754 --> 00:23:44,255 there was just something about that noise 390 00:23:44,256 --> 00:23:46,841 that I knew something wasn't right. 391 00:23:46,842 --> 00:23:48,135 I patted John and I said, 392 00:23:48,260 --> 00:23:50,220 "Something is going on outside." 393 00:23:52,347 --> 00:23:55,350 He quickly jumped up and he grabbed his pistol. 394 00:23:56,351 --> 00:24:00,730 I remember holding the house phone in my hand, just waiting. 395 00:24:03,400 --> 00:24:06,778 John came to the door and he said, "Call 911. 396 00:24:06,903 --> 00:24:08,280 Joyce has been raped." 397 00:24:11,283 --> 00:24:15,661 So I immediately dialed 911 and...[clears throat] 398 00:24:15,662 --> 00:24:18,330 [with trembling voice] ...continued to run outside. 399 00:24:18,331 --> 00:24:20,542 She was laying in the middle of the road. 400 00:24:23,879 --> 00:24:25,546 So I approached her... 401 00:24:25,547 --> 00:24:26,548 and... 402 00:24:27,924 --> 00:24:29,259 laid in the road with her. 403 00:24:36,224 --> 00:24:37,976 [Heather cries] 404 00:24:42,772 --> 00:24:44,857 [Heather] She didn't have any clothing on 405 00:24:44,858 --> 00:24:47,318 except for a nightgown around her neck, 406 00:24:47,319 --> 00:24:49,320 and it was tied tight. 407 00:24:49,321 --> 00:24:52,991 I pulled that article away from her neck as much as I could 408 00:24:53,116 --> 00:24:55,368 to allow her to continue to talk and breathe. 409 00:25:02,876 --> 00:25:03,877 [Heather cries] 410 00:25:40,413 --> 00:25:42,081 [siren wailing] 411 00:25:42,082 --> 00:25:43,542 [Heather] At that point, you couldn't really understand 412 00:25:43,667 --> 00:25:44,959 what she was saying. 413 00:25:44,960 --> 00:25:47,879 But it wasn't long after that, EMS had arrived. 414 00:25:48,004 --> 00:25:49,047 They took over from there. 415 00:25:50,882 --> 00:25:53,759 I arrived at the hospital and they immediately took me 416 00:25:53,760 --> 00:25:56,096 into a family counseling room. 417 00:25:56,221 --> 00:25:57,805 I sat there waiting on... 418 00:25:57,806 --> 00:25:59,306 uh, someone to come and talk to me 419 00:25:59,307 --> 00:26:01,308 and tell me what was going on. 420 00:26:01,309 --> 00:26:04,061 [Baker] As doctors do everything they can 421 00:26:04,062 --> 00:26:05,564 to save Joyce's life, 422 00:26:05,689 --> 00:26:08,775 deputies from the Gilchrist County Sheriff's Office 423 00:26:08,900 --> 00:26:12,278 and agents from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement 424 00:26:12,279 --> 00:26:13,405 arrive at her house. 425 00:26:15,490 --> 00:26:17,408 [Schultz] When you're looking at the crime scene, 426 00:26:17,409 --> 00:26:19,953 you're listening to what's she has said on the 911 call, 427 00:26:20,078 --> 00:26:21,663 you're trying to piece together what happened. 428 00:26:23,415 --> 00:26:25,833 It was apparent that Joyce 429 00:26:25,834 --> 00:26:28,628 was trying to get to John and Heather, her family, 430 00:26:28,753 --> 00:26:30,296 to get help. 431 00:26:30,297 --> 00:26:32,965 And the suspect had seen what was going on 432 00:26:32,966 --> 00:26:36,176 and hit her with a vehicle. 433 00:26:36,177 --> 00:26:40,014 There was tire tracks in the yard of her residence. 434 00:26:40,015 --> 00:26:43,101 Some of the tire tracks showed down the dirt road, 435 00:26:43,226 --> 00:26:46,353 then into the yard, almost like it was turning around. 436 00:26:46,354 --> 00:26:49,858 And after hitting her, come back and hit her again. 437 00:26:52,569 --> 00:26:55,696 Seeing the tire tracks, we noticed that the tires 438 00:26:55,697 --> 00:26:59,116 on the suspect's vehicle did not match each other. 439 00:26:59,117 --> 00:27:00,993 [Schultz] These tire tracks wouldn't be just 440 00:27:00,994 --> 00:27:03,163 any type of vehicle. We were looking 441 00:27:03,288 --> 00:27:05,998 for a vehicle that had some distinguishing tread 442 00:27:05,999 --> 00:27:08,292 and mismatching tires. 443 00:27:08,293 --> 00:27:10,629 So we knew what we was looking for. 444 00:27:11,713 --> 00:27:14,299 Just south of the residence, there was evidence of a vehicle 445 00:27:14,424 --> 00:27:16,801 being parked there with some fresh cigarette butts, 446 00:27:16,926 --> 00:27:19,011 which led investigators to believe 447 00:27:19,012 --> 00:27:21,847 that somebody was watching her and waited 448 00:27:21,848 --> 00:27:24,184 for the right opportunity to make their move. 449 00:27:26,144 --> 00:27:28,896 Inside, all matched what she was saying. 450 00:27:28,897 --> 00:27:31,982 But whatever happened in the residence at that point, 451 00:27:31,983 --> 00:27:35,528 somebody was trying to clean up the crime scene. 452 00:27:37,530 --> 00:27:39,531 [Douglas] The subject responsible 453 00:27:39,532 --> 00:27:42,826 was trying to not leave any DNA behind. 454 00:27:42,827 --> 00:27:45,663 But investigators found some sheets, 455 00:27:45,664 --> 00:27:49,208 some underwear, lingerie and a sponge. 456 00:27:49,209 --> 00:27:51,711 That's all taken straight to be processed. 457 00:27:54,339 --> 00:27:57,508 At the hospital, I remember John was calling Denise 458 00:27:57,509 --> 00:28:00,427 and just telling them that something bad had happened. 459 00:28:00,428 --> 00:28:02,096 [Denise] My husband answers his phone, 460 00:28:02,097 --> 00:28:03,389 and he says, "it's Heather. 461 00:28:03,390 --> 00:28:06,684 Something's happened to Joyce, and it's bad." 462 00:28:06,685 --> 00:28:08,936 And then we started getting a little bit more details. 463 00:28:08,937 --> 00:28:12,272 When I finally realized that she had been raped, 464 00:28:12,273 --> 00:28:14,942 I just, ugh, you never think something like that's 465 00:28:14,943 --> 00:28:16,569 gonna happen in your family, never. 466 00:28:17,779 --> 00:28:20,364 [Heather] We waited for what felt like hours. 467 00:28:20,365 --> 00:28:23,242 Eventually, the doctors tell us that... 468 00:28:23,243 --> 00:28:25,662 they had-- they weren't able to save her. 469 00:28:29,207 --> 00:28:30,709 They told us that we couldn't leave the room, 470 00:28:30,834 --> 00:28:34,878 and then I was surrounded by investigators. 471 00:28:34,879 --> 00:28:38,717 They were asking us questions. "Who do you think did this?" 472 00:28:38,842 --> 00:28:40,719 I couldn't even think of one person 473 00:28:40,844 --> 00:28:42,262 that would do this to Joyce. 474 00:28:45,181 --> 00:28:48,726 When I returned home that day, I was scared to death. 475 00:28:48,727 --> 00:28:51,730 I had a fear that this person was watching me... 476 00:28:53,606 --> 00:28:56,860 that this person was gonna come back and harm one of us. 477 00:29:06,202 --> 00:29:07,536 [reporter 1] Few details are being released 478 00:29:07,537 --> 00:29:09,831 in what deputies are now calling a homicide. 479 00:29:09,956 --> 00:29:12,375 55-year-old Joyce Burrow was found dead 480 00:29:12,500 --> 00:29:14,335 near her home, early Wednesday. 481 00:29:14,461 --> 00:29:16,504 [Schultz] It's not a sprint, but it's a marathon, 482 00:29:16,629 --> 00:29:19,047 and we're going to exhaust any and all resources 483 00:29:19,048 --> 00:29:20,300 that are available. 484 00:29:22,302 --> 00:29:23,927 [Nick] Just a week after the murder, 485 00:29:23,928 --> 00:29:26,764 investigators get a DNA hit on the yellow sponge they found 486 00:29:26,765 --> 00:29:28,099 in Joyce's home. 487 00:29:29,768 --> 00:29:31,435 [Schultz] The DNA came back to somebody who had 488 00:29:31,436 --> 00:29:34,563 previously had law enforcement interaction, 489 00:29:34,564 --> 00:29:36,524 and his name was Michael Porter. 490 00:29:37,484 --> 00:29:40,235 We found out that he had a sexual assault case 491 00:29:40,236 --> 00:29:42,112 in South Florida. 492 00:29:42,113 --> 00:29:43,906 Quickly, we're pulling up everything 493 00:29:43,907 --> 00:29:46,367 that they possibly can on this person. 494 00:29:46,493 --> 00:29:49,286 [Baker] Michael Porter is a truck driver, 495 00:29:49,287 --> 00:29:52,040 and in 2013, he's 53 years old. 496 00:29:52,165 --> 00:29:55,543 As it turns out, he works 20 minutes 497 00:29:55,668 --> 00:29:58,171 from where Joyce Burrow lives. 498 00:29:59,047 --> 00:30:02,383 Drove to a trucking company outside of Branford, Florida, 499 00:30:02,509 --> 00:30:05,469 where we learned that Michael Porter's vehicle 500 00:30:05,470 --> 00:30:07,638 was parked at. 501 00:30:07,639 --> 00:30:10,766 As we arrived, we walked around to the back 502 00:30:10,767 --> 00:30:14,937 and identified Michael Porter's late-model Ford truck. 503 00:30:14,938 --> 00:30:16,563 I walked over to the vehicle 504 00:30:16,564 --> 00:30:19,817 and noticed the tire tracks matched identical 505 00:30:19,818 --> 00:30:22,445 to the tire tracks left at the crime scene. 506 00:30:23,905 --> 00:30:27,157 There was some mismatched tire tread from the crime scene. 507 00:30:27,158 --> 00:30:30,245 This had oddball tires on the truck as well. 508 00:30:31,329 --> 00:30:33,414 This is the vehicle. We were looking for it. 509 00:30:35,667 --> 00:30:38,419 With no sign of Porter near his personal vehicle, 510 00:30:38,545 --> 00:30:42,089 officers across Florida are on the hunt for a 16-wheeler. 511 00:30:42,090 --> 00:30:44,759 [sirens wailing] 512 00:30:44,884 --> 00:30:47,928 Finally, on the afternoon of August 3, 2013, 513 00:30:47,929 --> 00:30:49,639 agents from the Florida Department 514 00:30:49,764 --> 00:30:52,100 of Law Enforcement intercept Michael Porter 515 00:30:52,225 --> 00:30:55,061 at a truck stop near the Florida-Georgia state line. 516 00:31:07,824 --> 00:31:09,700 [Heather] I remember my phone ringing, 517 00:31:09,701 --> 00:31:12,703 and it was the sheriff. They asked us 518 00:31:12,704 --> 00:31:15,789 if we knew a person by the name of Michael Porter. 519 00:31:15,790 --> 00:31:17,625 I have no idea. 520 00:31:17,750 --> 00:31:20,253 Never even heard that name ever in my life. 521 00:31:22,005 --> 00:31:25,716 [Nick] Michael Porter is arrested for the murder of Joyce Burrow, 522 00:31:25,717 --> 00:31:27,467 but it turns out he had actually been arrested 523 00:31:27,468 --> 00:31:29,971 for a similar attack years before. 524 00:31:32,056 --> 00:31:34,309 [reporter 4] An investigation into his criminal record 525 00:31:34,434 --> 00:31:36,977 revealed Michael Porter was convicted in 1988 526 00:31:36,978 --> 00:31:39,689 of several charges, including sexual battery, 527 00:31:39,814 --> 00:31:41,565 in Pasco County. 528 00:31:41,566 --> 00:31:44,693 [Baker] On June 26, 1987, 529 00:31:44,694 --> 00:31:47,488 50-year-old woman named Morton Young 530 00:31:47,614 --> 00:31:51,241 was watching TV in her bedroom at the LaRue Motel 531 00:31:51,242 --> 00:31:53,494 in Holiday, Florida. 532 00:31:53,620 --> 00:31:56,163 At about 11:30, when she heard a noise, 533 00:31:56,164 --> 00:31:58,207 she went to see what was going on, 534 00:31:58,333 --> 00:32:01,752 and she was shocked to find a man standing there. 535 00:32:01,753 --> 00:32:05,255 He wrapped a belt around her neck 536 00:32:05,256 --> 00:32:08,383 and raped her while he submerged her 537 00:32:08,384 --> 00:32:11,179 in a half-filled tub. 538 00:32:11,304 --> 00:32:15,349 When he's done, he orders her to wait 30 minutes. 539 00:32:15,350 --> 00:32:17,100 The man leaves, 540 00:32:17,101 --> 00:32:21,396 and then she runs for help to a nearby gas station. 541 00:32:21,397 --> 00:32:24,024 A deputy sheriff found a Marlboro cigarette 542 00:32:24,025 --> 00:32:27,027 on the floor where she had been attacked. 543 00:32:27,028 --> 00:32:29,237 And as it turns out, 544 00:32:29,238 --> 00:32:32,951 Porter's DNA was found on that cigarette butt. 545 00:32:40,166 --> 00:32:43,961 ...gets his conviction overturned and gets released. 546 00:32:43,962 --> 00:32:46,546 [Reporter 5] In 2002, Porter was set free 547 00:32:46,547 --> 00:32:49,216 when an appeals court found his due process rights 548 00:32:49,217 --> 00:32:51,385 were violated when several police reports 549 00:32:51,386 --> 00:32:53,221 were not given to him during the trial. 550 00:32:54,389 --> 00:32:57,432 In the decade after his release in 2002, 551 00:32:57,433 --> 00:33:00,477 Michael Porter faces domestic violence charges 552 00:33:00,478 --> 00:33:03,106 and pleads guilty to an assault and battery case. 553 00:33:04,190 --> 00:33:07,109 Porter does serve time in prison during this period, 554 00:33:07,110 --> 00:33:09,069 but he is out when Judith O'Steen 555 00:33:09,070 --> 00:33:10,738 is abducted from her home. 556 00:33:10,863 --> 00:33:14,409 There were similarities between these cases. 557 00:33:14,534 --> 00:33:17,245 They were committed against women of a similar age. 558 00:33:18,121 --> 00:33:22,750 And there had been entry made into the woman's home. 559 00:33:24,335 --> 00:33:26,129 In the Judith O'Steen case, 560 00:33:31,426 --> 00:33:34,303 And then out pops Judith, which is like, 561 00:33:34,429 --> 00:33:35,972 "Now you've disrupted..." 562 00:33:40,643 --> 00:33:41,769 ...and off we go. 563 00:33:48,776 --> 00:33:52,112 What's the odds of having more than one serial rapist 564 00:33:52,113 --> 00:33:54,198 that liked to rape older women? 565 00:33:55,533 --> 00:33:58,035 [Nick] Investigators don't have any physical evidence 566 00:33:58,036 --> 00:34:00,954 connecting him to the abduction of Judith O'Steen. 567 00:34:00,955 --> 00:34:03,040 But prosecutors in Gilchrist County 568 00:34:03,041 --> 00:34:05,625 move forward to try him for the rape and murder 569 00:34:05,626 --> 00:34:06,794 of Joyce Burrow. 570 00:34:09,255 --> 00:34:12,799 [Heather] It was five years after Joyce's murder. 571 00:34:12,800 --> 00:34:15,636 The time was coming that we were gonna have a trial. 572 00:34:16,345 --> 00:34:19,973 And knowing what we know about his past, 573 00:34:19,974 --> 00:34:23,978 I was scared to death that he was gonna get off. 574 00:34:24,103 --> 00:34:27,314 [Nick] As the trial starts, the judge issues a decision. 575 00:34:27,315 --> 00:34:30,358 There should be no mention of the 1988 trial 576 00:34:30,359 --> 00:34:32,986 involving 50-year-old Morton Young before the jury, 577 00:34:32,987 --> 00:34:34,530 as the case had been expunged. 578 00:34:37,200 --> 00:34:40,202 When I saw Porter the first time in court, 579 00:34:40,203 --> 00:34:42,662 my heart was pounding. 580 00:34:42,663 --> 00:34:46,500 All I could think of was what joy thinking that night. 581 00:34:46,501 --> 00:34:48,002 I couldn't even hardly look at him. 582 00:34:49,629 --> 00:34:51,047 [Nick] On the second day of testimony, 583 00:34:51,172 --> 00:34:53,633 the trial takes an unexpected turn. 584 00:34:55,259 --> 00:34:57,844 They put one of Michael Porter's cellmates 585 00:34:57,845 --> 00:35:02,015 on the stand, and he had said that Porter told him, 586 00:35:02,016 --> 00:35:05,727 "I got away with it once before, I could get away with it again." 587 00:35:05,728 --> 00:35:08,396 But he wasn't supposed to mention the first case, 588 00:35:08,397 --> 00:35:11,776 because it had been a sponge, that resulted in a mistrial. 589 00:35:13,653 --> 00:35:16,030 [Heather] I was just... heartbroken, 590 00:35:16,155 --> 00:35:18,406 thinking that he's gonna get off. 591 00:35:18,407 --> 00:35:20,535 Finally, a new trial for Michael Porter 592 00:35:20,660 --> 00:35:22,453 is scheduled for October. 593 00:35:24,747 --> 00:35:26,623 [Denise] We went back for the trial, 594 00:35:26,624 --> 00:35:30,086 hopeful this time that everything would go well. 595 00:35:30,211 --> 00:35:34,757 Porter would look at us, smile at us, wink at us. 596 00:35:39,387 --> 00:35:42,055 [Denise] Made us very uncomfortable. 597 00:35:42,056 --> 00:35:43,766 He was so cocky sitting there. 598 00:35:50,606 --> 00:35:54,234 First time I heard the 911 call was at the trial. 599 00:35:54,235 --> 00:35:57,487 Heather asked Joyce questions, "What happened?" 600 00:35:57,488 --> 00:36:00,867 And you could hear Joyce say, "He ran over me." 601 00:36:10,626 --> 00:36:15,589 I do remember the gasp in the room from the jury. 602 00:36:15,590 --> 00:36:17,674 She was a witness to her own murder 603 00:36:17,675 --> 00:36:19,594 and was able to speak at her own trial. 604 00:36:21,262 --> 00:36:22,346 That was huge. 605 00:36:32,690 --> 00:36:35,234 Testimony wraps, and both sides rest their case, 606 00:36:35,359 --> 00:36:38,069 and the jury begins deliberations. 607 00:36:38,070 --> 00:36:39,363 [Heather] We were nervous 608 00:36:39,488 --> 00:36:42,033 that there wouldn't be justice for Joyce's murder. 609 00:36:43,451 --> 00:36:46,537 The jury, they deliberated for four hours, 610 00:36:46,662 --> 00:36:49,748 and we got a call that they had a verdict. 611 00:36:49,749 --> 00:36:52,375 58-year-old Michael Porter was accused of killing 612 00:36:52,376 --> 00:36:56,088 55-year-old Joyce Burrow back in 2013, 613 00:36:56,214 --> 00:36:59,634 and tonight a jury has found him guilty. 614 00:37:06,807 --> 00:37:08,141 I'm not gonna say it's closure, 615 00:37:08,142 --> 00:37:10,895 because there's no such thing as closure. 616 00:37:11,020 --> 00:37:13,772 I was, I was so glad I didn't have to look at his face again, 617 00:37:13,773 --> 00:37:16,650 and that none of us had to go through that again. 618 00:37:16,651 --> 00:37:17,943 It was a relief, 619 00:37:17,944 --> 00:37:21,030 but not a closure. There's no such thing. 620 00:37:23,574 --> 00:37:26,618 [Nick] Five years after Joyce Burroughs' murder, 621 00:37:26,619 --> 00:37:28,620 Michael D. Porter is sentenced to life in prison 622 00:37:28,621 --> 00:37:30,622 on charges of first degree murder, 623 00:37:30,623 --> 00:37:33,251 burglary, assault, and sexual battery. 624 00:37:34,543 --> 00:37:36,754 [Heather] There's always still that fear. 625 00:37:36,879 --> 00:37:39,339 He'll file for an appeal and get off. 626 00:37:39,340 --> 00:37:41,259 But I think justice was served. 627 00:37:42,927 --> 00:37:44,929 [Denise] I just hope everyone will remember Joyce 628 00:37:45,054 --> 00:37:49,976 as just the wonderful, kind-hearted person she was. 629 00:37:52,061 --> 00:37:53,520 I miss her. 630 00:37:53,521 --> 00:37:56,106 Life is not the same without her. 631 00:37:56,107 --> 00:37:58,149 Your family stories, 632 00:37:58,150 --> 00:37:59,652 I've got no one to share them with, 633 00:38:00,861 --> 00:38:02,321 because we thought we was gonna grow, 634 00:38:02,446 --> 00:38:04,198 be old ladies together. 635 00:38:06,575 --> 00:38:08,327 So I miss-- I just miss her. 636 00:38:12,790 --> 00:38:15,458 [Baker] Police still don't have any evidence 637 00:38:15,459 --> 00:38:17,168 linking Michael Porter 638 00:38:17,169 --> 00:38:20,338 to Judith O'Steen's disappearance. 639 00:38:20,339 --> 00:38:22,591 So everything's still in question. 640 00:38:24,010 --> 00:38:27,012 I think Porter is a habitual rapist. 641 00:38:27,013 --> 00:38:29,973 I think he's done it before he did Joyce. 642 00:38:29,974 --> 00:38:32,143 I think it might be many people out there. 643 00:38:39,859 --> 00:38:44,447 But with Michael Porter, it seems like shoe sure fits. 644 00:38:45,990 --> 00:38:48,241 Michael Porter remains a person of interest, 645 00:38:48,242 --> 00:38:49,702 and "People Magazine Investigates" 646 00:38:49,827 --> 00:38:51,911 has reached out for an interview. 647 00:38:51,912 --> 00:38:54,373 But to date, he has not yet responded. 648 00:38:55,750 --> 00:38:57,167 [Barcia] There's enough similarities 649 00:38:57,168 --> 00:38:58,710 between the two cases, 650 00:38:58,711 --> 00:39:01,672 and the fact that he does resemble the sketch 651 00:39:01,797 --> 00:39:04,550 makes him someone that we wanna talk to now. 652 00:39:08,888 --> 00:39:13,558 I retired from the Dixie County Sheriff's Office in 2021. 653 00:39:13,559 --> 00:39:17,187 [Barcia] Right now, I'm the lead investigator on the case. 654 00:39:17,188 --> 00:39:20,231 And with me coming in 17 years later, 655 00:39:20,232 --> 00:39:22,193 everybody's fresh to me. 656 00:39:23,903 --> 00:39:27,364 This is the evidence that was on file at the sheriff's office 657 00:39:27,365 --> 00:39:29,574 for the Judith O'Steen case. 658 00:39:29,575 --> 00:39:31,910 There was DNA that was collected at the house 659 00:39:31,911 --> 00:39:33,912 from various locations. 660 00:39:33,913 --> 00:39:35,914 There's some doorknob swabs 661 00:39:35,915 --> 00:39:39,584 and cigarette butts that are all housed in here. 662 00:39:39,585 --> 00:39:42,546 They have already been sent and processed through lab. 663 00:39:44,423 --> 00:39:46,425 [Nick] So far, none of the DNA from the scene 664 00:39:46,550 --> 00:39:48,301 has been matched to Michael Porter 665 00:39:48,302 --> 00:39:50,221 or any of the other suspects. 666 00:39:51,639 --> 00:39:55,642 [Barcia] Investigators never forget their previous cases, 667 00:39:55,643 --> 00:39:57,310 and it's the same with the cold cases. 668 00:39:57,311 --> 00:40:00,898 Once you open that box, it's your case. 669 00:40:01,023 --> 00:40:04,150 You don't ever let it really get too far out of your mind. 670 00:40:04,151 --> 00:40:07,153 I hope that people remember Judith, 671 00:40:07,154 --> 00:40:10,116 and I hope we can find out what happened to Judith. 672 00:40:12,952 --> 00:40:15,120 My mom was a wonderful person, 673 00:40:15,121 --> 00:40:16,830 a good person. 674 00:40:16,831 --> 00:40:19,332 At the end of the day, she saved her sister's life 675 00:40:19,333 --> 00:40:21,835 to give up her home. 676 00:40:21,836 --> 00:40:25,130 My Aunt Catherine, she's no longer with us. 677 00:40:25,131 --> 00:40:27,799 She had Alzheimer's at the nursing home, 678 00:40:27,800 --> 00:40:28,801 before she passed. 679 00:40:31,595 --> 00:40:35,807 There's so much that has been taken away from our family. 680 00:40:35,808 --> 00:40:40,438 How do you deal with the fact that your mom has been abducted 681 00:40:40,563 --> 00:40:43,732 and murdered, and it's never going to leave your mind? 682 00:40:45,860 --> 00:40:48,153 After all of these years, 683 00:40:48,154 --> 00:40:50,989 I wish I could find out exactly what happened to her, 684 00:40:50,990 --> 00:40:53,951 because we don't have anything concrete. 685 00:40:55,619 --> 00:40:58,830 So I just pray that someone will come forward 686 00:40:58,831 --> 00:41:02,376 and give some information that can help solve this case.