1 00:00:12,112 --> 00:00:12,579 - I'm Craig Melvin, 2 00:00:13,446 --> 00:00:16,916 and this is 3 00:00:13,446 --> 00:00:16,916 "Dateline: Secrets Uncovered." 4 00:00:16,916 --> 00:00:19,119 - He said, 5 00:00:16,916 --> 00:00:19,119 "Christy has been murdered." 6 00:00:19,119 --> 00:00:21,554 She was taken so soon-- 7 00:00:19,119 --> 00:00:21,554 - Yeah. 8 00:00:21,554 --> 00:00:24,657 - --and so violently. 9 00:00:21,554 --> 00:00:24,657 I couldn't stop shaking. 10 00:00:24,657 --> 00:00:27,827 - A young teacher 11 00:00:24,657 --> 00:00:27,827 leaving for school 12 00:00:27,827 --> 00:00:30,764 murdered before she 13 00:00:27,827 --> 00:00:30,764 could get out the door. 14 00:00:30,764 --> 00:00:33,600 - This was a horrific scene. 15 00:00:30,764 --> 00:00:33,600 - It was a nightmare scene. 16 00:00:33,600 --> 00:00:35,802 She had Christmas presents 17 00:00:33,600 --> 00:00:35,802 that she was taking 18 00:00:35,802 --> 00:00:37,437 to her students 19 00:00:35,802 --> 00:00:37,437 that day. 20 00:00:37,437 --> 00:00:40,407 - I was petrified. 21 00:00:37,437 --> 00:00:40,407 I just thought, who? Why? 22 00:00:40,407 --> 00:00:43,977 - We looked at suspect, 23 00:00:40,407 --> 00:00:43,977 after suspect, after suspect. 24 00:00:43,977 --> 00:00:46,880 - The crime 25 00:00:43,977 --> 00:00:46,880 was a mystery for decades. 26 00:00:46,880 --> 00:00:48,848 - We were still 27 00:00:46,880 --> 00:00:48,848 with no answer. 28 00:00:48,848 --> 00:00:50,830 - I mean, 29 00:00:48,848 --> 00:00:50,830 this poor family. 30 00:00:50,830 --> 00:00:52,786 We thought we might 31 00:00:50,830 --> 00:00:52,786 be able to solve this case. 32 00:00:52,786 --> 00:00:56,122 - Could cutting-edge science 33 00:00:52,786 --> 00:00:56,122 yield a new clue? 34 00:00:56,122 --> 00:00:57,824 - This was a huge lead. 35 00:00:56,122 --> 00:00:57,824 - Absolutely. 36 00:00:57,824 --> 00:00:59,759 This wasn't someone 37 00:00:57,824 --> 00:00:59,759 that they had had a reason 38 00:00:59,759 --> 00:01:01,594 to look at 39 00:00:59,759 --> 00:01:01,594 or talk to before. 40 00:01:01,594 --> 00:01:03,363 - He was here. 41 00:01:01,594 --> 00:01:03,363 He was here the whole time. 42 00:01:03,363 --> 00:01:05,965 - You are literally talking 43 00:01:03,363 --> 00:01:05,965 to Christy's killer. 44 00:01:05,965 --> 00:01:08,801 - Right, 45 00:01:05,965 --> 00:01:08,801 face to face. 46 00:01:08,801 --> 00:01:11,805 - Evil comes in all packages. 47 00:01:08,801 --> 00:01:11,805 - It certainly does. 48 00:01:11,805 --> 00:01:20,113 ** 49 00:01:20,113 --> 00:01:23,717 - Hello and welcome to 50 00:01:20,113 --> 00:01:23,717 "Dateline: Secrets Uncovered." 51 00:01:23,717 --> 00:01:25,852 Schoolteacher 52 00:01:23,717 --> 00:01:25,852 Christy Mirack treasured 53 00:01:25,852 --> 00:01:27,887 three things 54 00:01:25,852 --> 00:01:27,887 in her life-- 55 00:01:27,887 --> 00:01:31,624 her students, her friends, 56 00:01:27,887 --> 00:01:31,624 and her family. 57 00:01:31,624 --> 00:01:34,227 All were stunned 58 00:01:31,624 --> 00:01:34,227 when that life 59 00:01:34,227 --> 00:01:36,329 was brutally taken 60 00:01:34,227 --> 00:01:36,329 one December morning. 61 00:01:36,329 --> 00:01:39,299 The case went cold 62 00:01:36,329 --> 00:01:39,299 for decades 63 00:01:39,299 --> 00:01:42,268 until a breakthrough 64 00:01:39,299 --> 00:01:42,268 in DNA analysis 65 00:01:42,268 --> 00:01:44,170 revealed 66 00:01:42,268 --> 00:01:44,170 the killer's secret. 67 00:01:44,170 --> 00:01:48,341 He had been hiding 68 00:01:44,170 --> 00:01:48,341 in plain sight the whole time. 69 00:01:48,341 --> 00:01:51,911 Here's Andrea Canning 70 00:01:48,341 --> 00:01:51,911 with "Facing the Music." 71 00:01:54,514 --> 00:01:56,649 - They were having 72 00:01:54,514 --> 00:01:56,649 so much fun, 73 00:01:56,649 --> 00:02:00,787 a group of girlfriends hitting 74 00:01:56,649 --> 00:02:00,787 the town one Saturday night, 75 00:02:00,787 --> 00:02:03,490 lost in the music. 76 00:02:03,490 --> 00:02:05,580 - We would go 77 00:02:03,490 --> 00:02:05,580 to different clubs, 78 00:02:05,580 --> 00:02:07,926 and we probably 79 00:02:05,580 --> 00:02:07,926 made ourselves known. 80 00:02:07,926 --> 00:02:10,930 We're here. Come look at us, 81 00:02:07,926 --> 00:02:10,930 in a fun way. 82 00:02:10,930 --> 00:02:14,467 - This was a playground 83 00:02:10,930 --> 00:02:14,467 they knew by heart. 84 00:02:14,467 --> 00:02:17,337 This was the home 85 00:02:14,467 --> 00:02:17,337 where they felt safe. 86 00:02:17,337 --> 00:02:19,606 They were invincible. 87 00:02:19,606 --> 00:02:21,207 - You were in this bubble. 88 00:02:19,606 --> 00:02:21,207 You're 25. 89 00:02:21,207 --> 00:02:23,209 Like, nothin' 90 00:02:21,207 --> 00:02:23,209 is gonna happen to you. 91 00:02:23,209 --> 00:02:26,913 - And then, less than 92 00:02:23,209 --> 00:02:26,913 48 hours later, 93 00:02:26,913 --> 00:02:31,251 one of them was gone, 94 00:02:26,913 --> 00:02:31,251 murdered, 95 00:02:31,251 --> 00:02:33,720 and the killer 96 00:02:31,251 --> 00:02:33,720 was at large. 97 00:02:33,720 --> 00:02:36,890 - And I remember 98 00:02:33,720 --> 00:02:36,890 being paralyzed, 99 00:02:36,890 --> 00:02:38,191 like not being able 100 00:02:36,890 --> 00:02:38,191 to leave the house. 101 00:02:38,191 --> 00:02:39,692 - This not only stole 102 00:02:38,191 --> 00:02:39,692 your friend. 103 00:02:39,692 --> 00:02:40,927 It stole 104 00:02:39,692 --> 00:02:40,927 your innocence. 105 00:02:40,927 --> 00:02:43,263 - Yeah, it so did. It did. 106 00:02:40,927 --> 00:02:43,263 - Mm-hmm. 107 00:02:43,263 --> 00:02:47,434 - It would take another 25 years 108 00:02:43,263 --> 00:02:47,434 to find the killer, 109 00:02:47,434 --> 00:02:51,103 a most unlikely suspect, 110 00:02:47,434 --> 00:02:51,103 always there, 111 00:02:51,103 --> 00:02:53,906 watching them, 112 00:02:51,103 --> 00:02:53,906 daring them. 113 00:02:53,906 --> 00:02:56,409 You are literally talking 114 00:02:53,906 --> 00:02:56,409 to Christy's killer. 115 00:02:56,409 --> 00:02:57,410 - Mm-hmm. 116 00:02:56,409 --> 00:02:57,410 - Right. 117 00:02:57,410 --> 00:02:58,978 And I kept thinking, 118 00:02:57,410 --> 00:02:58,978 after the fact. 119 00:02:58,978 --> 00:03:00,947 I'm like he had to have 120 00:02:58,978 --> 00:03:00,947 known who I was 121 00:03:00,947 --> 00:03:02,182 when I was standing 122 00:03:00,947 --> 00:03:02,182 in front of him. 123 00:03:02,182 --> 00:03:03,249 - Oh, absolutely. 124 00:03:02,182 --> 00:03:03,249 - Mm-hmm. 125 00:03:03,249 --> 00:03:06,386 - He had to have known 126 00:03:03,249 --> 00:03:06,386 who I was. 127 00:03:06,386 --> 00:03:09,422 - Some things 128 00:03:06,386 --> 00:03:09,422 are so life altering 129 00:03:09,422 --> 00:03:12,926 you can't forget them 130 00:03:09,422 --> 00:03:12,926 no matter how hard you try. 131 00:03:12,926 --> 00:03:15,628 For Harry Goodman, 132 00:03:12,926 --> 00:03:15,628 that moment came 133 00:03:15,628 --> 00:03:19,265 the morning 134 00:03:15,628 --> 00:03:19,265 of December 21, 1992. 135 00:03:19,265 --> 00:03:21,968 Harry was the principal 136 00:03:19,265 --> 00:03:21,968 of an elementary school 137 00:03:21,968 --> 00:03:23,937 in Lancaster County, 138 00:03:21,968 --> 00:03:23,937 Pennsylvania. 139 00:03:23,937 --> 00:03:27,807 His star teacher, 140 00:03:23,937 --> 00:03:27,807 25-year-old Christy Mirack, 141 00:03:27,807 --> 00:03:29,275 was late for work. 142 00:03:29,275 --> 00:03:32,278 - Christy was there every 143 00:03:29,275 --> 00:03:32,278 morning right around 8 o'clock. 144 00:03:32,278 --> 00:03:37,829 - When 8:00 became 8:30, 145 00:03:32,278 --> 00:03:37,829 Harry grew uneasy. 146 00:03:37,829 --> 00:03:39,853 - And the kids had started 147 00:03:37,829 --> 00:03:39,853 to come into the classroom. 148 00:03:39,853 --> 00:03:43,957 So, I called her apartment 149 00:03:39,853 --> 00:03:43,957 about five times. 150 00:03:43,957 --> 00:03:45,910 Nothing. 151 00:03:45,910 --> 00:03:47,930 - He contacted 152 00:03:45,910 --> 00:03:47,930 her family 153 00:03:47,930 --> 00:03:49,329 who lived 154 00:03:47,930 --> 00:03:49,329 about a two hour drive north. 155 00:03:49,329 --> 00:03:51,564 Christy's brother, 156 00:03:49,329 --> 00:03:51,564 Vince Mirack. 157 00:03:51,564 --> 00:03:53,366 - We got the phone call 158 00:03:51,564 --> 00:03:53,366 from her school 159 00:03:53,366 --> 00:03:55,502 that she wasn't there. 160 00:03:53,366 --> 00:03:55,502 She didn't show up for work. 161 00:03:55,502 --> 00:03:57,404 You know, was she home 162 00:03:55,502 --> 00:03:57,404 this weekend? 163 00:03:57,404 --> 00:04:00,407 Was she delayed coming back? 164 00:03:57,404 --> 00:04:00,407 Maybe she got stuck in traffic. 165 00:04:00,407 --> 00:04:02,776 I think we were 166 00:04:00,407 --> 00:04:02,776 in panic mode. 167 00:04:02,776 --> 00:04:04,440 The kind of person she was, 168 00:04:04,440 --> 00:04:06,379 we just thought 169 00:04:04,440 --> 00:04:06,379 something was wrong. 170 00:04:06,379 --> 00:04:08,281 It was that gut feeling. 171 00:04:08,281 --> 00:04:09,816 - The family told Harry 172 00:04:09,816 --> 00:04:12,520 they hadn't heard 173 00:04:09,816 --> 00:04:12,520 from Christy that morning. 174 00:04:12,520 --> 00:04:14,120 Harry couldn't wait 175 00:04:12,520 --> 00:04:14,120 any longer. 176 00:04:14,120 --> 00:04:16,589 He knew she lived nearby 177 00:04:14,120 --> 00:04:16,589 with a friend. 178 00:04:16,589 --> 00:04:18,591 So, you decide 179 00:04:16,589 --> 00:04:18,591 to jump in your car 180 00:04:18,591 --> 00:04:20,660 to go see what's going on 181 00:04:18,591 --> 00:04:20,660 with Christy. 182 00:04:20,660 --> 00:04:22,128 - I was prepared 183 00:04:20,660 --> 00:04:22,128 to go down 184 00:04:22,128 --> 00:04:25,231 and, um, change a tire 185 00:04:22,128 --> 00:04:25,231 along the interstate. 186 00:04:25,231 --> 00:04:26,599 - That's what you 187 00:04:25,231 --> 00:04:26,599 were expecting. 188 00:04:26,599 --> 00:04:28,680 - That's what I 189 00:04:26,599 --> 00:04:28,680 was expecting. 190 00:04:28,680 --> 00:04:29,736 - You thought, okay, 191 00:04:28,680 --> 00:04:29,736 her car is broken down. 192 00:04:29,736 --> 00:04:30,970 - Right. 193 00:04:30,970 --> 00:04:32,906 - But it wasn't. 194 00:04:32,906 --> 00:04:36,443 And when he eventually pulled up 195 00:04:32,906 --> 00:04:36,443 to Christy's apartment complex. 196 00:04:36,443 --> 00:04:38,478 - I saw 197 00:04:36,443 --> 00:04:38,478 her car there, 198 00:04:38,478 --> 00:04:41,181 and it was iced over. 199 00:04:38,478 --> 00:04:41,181 - Mm-hmm. 200 00:04:41,181 --> 00:04:44,183 - And then I started 201 00:04:41,181 --> 00:04:44,183 to freak out. 202 00:04:44,183 --> 00:04:45,618 - Her front door 203 00:04:44,183 --> 00:04:45,618 was open. 204 00:04:45,618 --> 00:04:48,221 He went inside and looked 205 00:04:45,618 --> 00:04:48,221 to his left. 206 00:04:48,221 --> 00:04:51,825 He saw her in the living room, 207 00:04:48,221 --> 00:04:51,825 lifeless on the floor. 208 00:04:51,825 --> 00:04:55,562 He ran to call 911. 209 00:04:51,825 --> 00:04:55,562 - I was a total mess. 210 00:04:55,562 --> 00:04:57,297 I mean, I was-- 211 00:04:57,297 --> 00:05:01,501 I was in hysterics, 212 00:05:01,501 --> 00:05:04,504 in total shock. 213 00:05:04,504 --> 00:05:07,273 - It-it was pretty apparent 214 00:05:04,504 --> 00:05:07,273 that she had been murdered. 215 00:05:07,273 --> 00:05:08,908 - Craig Stedman 216 00:05:07,273 --> 00:05:08,908 went on to become 217 00:05:08,908 --> 00:05:10,944 the Lancaster County 218 00:05:08,908 --> 00:05:10,944 District Attorney, 219 00:05:10,944 --> 00:05:14,470 but back in the early '90s, 220 00:05:10,944 --> 00:05:14,470 he was a young prosecutor. 221 00:05:14,470 --> 00:05:16,216 This was a horrific scene. 222 00:05:14,470 --> 00:05:16,216 - Yeah. 223 00:05:16,216 --> 00:05:18,510 It's a-- 224 00:05:16,216 --> 00:05:18,510 it was a nightmare scene. 225 00:05:18,510 --> 00:05:21,588 Um, you know, not only 226 00:05:18,510 --> 00:05:21,588 the fact that you had 227 00:05:21,588 --> 00:05:23,923 this young-young teacher 228 00:05:21,588 --> 00:05:23,923 who was brutally murdered, 229 00:05:23,923 --> 00:05:26,626 but she had been sexually 230 00:05:23,923 --> 00:05:26,626 assaulted on top of that. 231 00:05:26,626 --> 00:05:31,564 - Did it seem clear, at least 232 00:05:26,626 --> 00:05:31,564 at first glance, how she died? 233 00:05:31,564 --> 00:05:33,533 - No, other than 234 00:05:31,564 --> 00:05:33,533 there had been-- 235 00:05:33,533 --> 00:05:34,968 there had been 236 00:05:33,533 --> 00:05:34,968 a brutal struggle. 237 00:05:34,968 --> 00:05:38,371 - The medical examiner 238 00:05:34,968 --> 00:05:38,371 would later determine that, 239 00:05:38,371 --> 00:05:40,540 in addition to being 240 00:05:38,371 --> 00:05:40,540 sexually assaulted, 241 00:05:40,540 --> 00:05:43,843 Christy had been beaten 242 00:05:40,540 --> 00:05:43,843 and strangled to death, 243 00:05:43,843 --> 00:05:45,645 likely that 244 00:05:43,843 --> 00:05:45,645 very morning. 245 00:05:45,645 --> 00:05:46,946 - I mean, 246 00:05:45,645 --> 00:05:46,946 she had her gloves on. 247 00:05:46,946 --> 00:05:48,748 So, most people, when they're 248 00:05:46,946 --> 00:05:48,748 getting ready to go to work, 249 00:05:48,748 --> 00:05:50,830 it's the last thing 250 00:05:48,748 --> 00:05:50,830 you do, 251 00:05:50,830 --> 00:05:51,584 is you put your gloves on 252 00:05:50,830 --> 00:05:51,584 beforehand. 253 00:05:51,584 --> 00:05:53,386 She had Christmas presents 254 00:05:51,584 --> 00:05:53,386 that she was taking 255 00:05:53,386 --> 00:05:54,888 to her students 256 00:05:53,386 --> 00:05:54,888 that day, 257 00:05:54,888 --> 00:05:58,491 um, that were strewn about 258 00:05:54,888 --> 00:05:58,491 as-as part of the struggle. 259 00:05:58,491 --> 00:06:01,127 - So brazen, too, 260 00:05:58,491 --> 00:06:01,127 that this would happen 261 00:06:01,127 --> 00:06:04,230 at that-that hour 262 00:06:01,127 --> 00:06:04,230 of the morning 263 00:06:04,230 --> 00:06:06,166 when people are 264 00:06:04,230 --> 00:06:06,166 going to work, 265 00:06:06,166 --> 00:06:07,334 to school. 266 00:06:06,166 --> 00:06:07,334 - Yeah. 267 00:06:07,334 --> 00:06:10,303 - And those places 268 00:06:07,334 --> 00:06:10,303 are close together, 269 00:06:10,303 --> 00:06:12,939 and there's a lotta cars 270 00:06:10,303 --> 00:06:12,939 around there and people. 271 00:06:12,939 --> 00:06:15,175 - A lotta people around. 272 00:06:12,939 --> 00:06:15,175 The number of witnesses 273 00:06:15,175 --> 00:06:16,242 that could 274 00:06:15,175 --> 00:06:16,242 have been there, I mean, 275 00:06:16,242 --> 00:06:18,445 some-- that person 276 00:06:16,242 --> 00:06:18,445 was very determined 277 00:06:18,445 --> 00:06:21,881 to do whatever 278 00:06:18,445 --> 00:06:21,881 he wanted to do. 279 00:06:21,881 --> 00:06:24,417 - Police collected 280 00:06:21,881 --> 00:06:24,417 crime scene evidence, 281 00:06:24,417 --> 00:06:27,530 including DNA 282 00:06:24,417 --> 00:06:27,530 the killer left behind 283 00:06:27,530 --> 00:06:28,555 during the sexual assault, 284 00:06:28,555 --> 00:06:31,257 and they canvased 285 00:06:28,555 --> 00:06:31,257 the neighborhood for witnesses. 286 00:06:31,257 --> 00:06:34,894 Her brother, Vince, says he 287 00:06:31,257 --> 00:06:34,894 had no idea what was happening 288 00:06:34,894 --> 00:06:37,970 until he arrived 289 00:06:34,894 --> 00:06:37,970 at the police station. 290 00:06:37,970 --> 00:06:39,566 - The session 291 00:06:37,970 --> 00:06:39,566 was started with, you know, 292 00:06:39,566 --> 00:06:42,202 "There was an accident. 293 00:06:39,566 --> 00:06:42,202 She passed away." 294 00:06:42,202 --> 00:06:44,237 And, of course, obviously, 295 00:06:42,202 --> 00:06:44,237 we said, "What happened?" 296 00:06:44,237 --> 00:06:48,707 And that's when they told us. 297 00:06:44,237 --> 00:06:48,707 She was murdered. 298 00:06:48,707 --> 00:06:51,544 - Christy's roommate, Mary, 299 00:06:48,707 --> 00:06:51,544 got a call from police 300 00:06:51,544 --> 00:06:53,646 asking to meet back 301 00:06:51,544 --> 00:06:53,646 at the apartment, 302 00:06:53,646 --> 00:06:56,649 something about Christy 303 00:06:53,646 --> 00:06:56,649 being in trouble. 304 00:06:56,649 --> 00:06:59,686 When she arrived, 305 00:06:56,649 --> 00:06:59,686 a detective approached her. 306 00:06:59,686 --> 00:07:02,789 - And he brought me 307 00:06:59,686 --> 00:07:02,789 into his car, and he said, 308 00:07:02,789 --> 00:07:06,260 um, "Christy has been murdered." 309 00:07:02,789 --> 00:07:06,260 And I just remember, 310 00:07:06,260 --> 00:07:11,131 like-like, being doubled over 311 00:07:06,260 --> 00:07:11,131 just trying to stop the shaking. 312 00:07:11,131 --> 00:07:13,366 - Mary explained that she 313 00:07:11,131 --> 00:07:13,366 left the apartment 314 00:07:13,366 --> 00:07:14,868 around 7:00 315 00:07:13,366 --> 00:07:14,868 that morning. 316 00:07:14,868 --> 00:07:17,337 Christy was still 317 00:07:14,868 --> 00:07:17,337 getting ready for work. 318 00:07:17,337 --> 00:07:19,506 - I was driving away, 319 00:07:17,337 --> 00:07:19,506 and I'm like, 320 00:07:19,506 --> 00:07:21,107 "Oh, I should go back 321 00:07:19,506 --> 00:07:21,107 and get my lunch," and I'm like, 322 00:07:21,107 --> 00:07:23,743 "Oh, I'm already this far. 323 00:07:21,107 --> 00:07:23,743 I'm just gonna keep going." 324 00:07:23,743 --> 00:07:25,745 - That meant 325 00:07:23,743 --> 00:07:25,745 Christy was murdered 326 00:07:25,745 --> 00:07:29,490 sometime between 7 327 00:07:25,745 --> 00:07:29,490 and just after 9 that morning 328 00:07:29,490 --> 00:07:30,717 when Harry Goodman 329 00:07:29,490 --> 00:07:30,717 found her. 330 00:07:30,717 --> 00:07:34,521 Investigators asked Mary to do 331 00:07:30,717 --> 00:07:34,521 a walkthrough of the apartment. 332 00:07:34,521 --> 00:07:38,925 Right away, she saw scuff marks 333 00:07:34,521 --> 00:07:38,925 on and near the front door. 334 00:07:38,925 --> 00:07:41,461 - Uh, there's somethin' 335 00:07:38,925 --> 00:07:41,461 from his shoes or her shoes. 336 00:07:41,461 --> 00:07:44,640 She dug in, 337 00:07:41,461 --> 00:07:44,640 is-is-is what I thought. 338 00:07:44,640 --> 00:07:46,800 She, like, just dug in. 339 00:07:44,640 --> 00:07:46,800 Like, he was drag-- 340 00:07:46,800 --> 00:07:50,103 like she was dragged. 341 00:07:46,800 --> 00:07:50,103 And then there was just a lot-- 342 00:07:50,103 --> 00:07:52,205 there's a lot of blood 343 00:07:50,103 --> 00:07:52,205 on the carpet. 344 00:07:52,205 --> 00:07:55,275 - And you had to see that. 345 00:07:52,205 --> 00:07:55,275 - Yeah. 346 00:07:55,275 --> 00:07:57,711 - Just has to be 347 00:07:55,275 --> 00:07:57,711 so traumatizing. 348 00:07:57,711 --> 00:08:01,181 - Yeah, it was. 349 00:08:01,181 --> 00:08:05,352 - Investigators believed Christy 350 00:08:01,181 --> 00:08:05,352 opened the door to leave 351 00:08:05,352 --> 00:08:07,721 only to have the killer 352 00:08:05,352 --> 00:08:07,721 drag her back in. 353 00:08:07,721 --> 00:08:09,756 - I think she was overpowered 354 00:08:07,721 --> 00:08:09,756 pretty quickly. 355 00:08:09,756 --> 00:08:13,426 I mean, where she was murdered 356 00:08:09,756 --> 00:08:13,426 was not very far away from-- 357 00:08:13,426 --> 00:08:15,595 at all from-- 358 00:08:13,426 --> 00:08:15,595 from the entry point. 359 00:08:15,595 --> 00:08:17,731 - Did it appear that it had 360 00:08:15,595 --> 00:08:17,731 all kind of taken place 361 00:08:17,731 --> 00:08:19,466 in one area 362 00:08:17,731 --> 00:08:19,466 of the apartment? 363 00:08:19,466 --> 00:08:21,901 - Yeah, right from the foyer 364 00:08:19,466 --> 00:08:21,901 in-into the-- 365 00:08:21,901 --> 00:08:25,380 into the, uh, living room. 366 00:08:21,901 --> 00:08:25,380 Those were the rooms that-that-- 367 00:08:25,380 --> 00:08:27,774 where it seemed like 368 00:08:25,380 --> 00:08:27,774 the struggle had taken place. 369 00:08:27,774 --> 00:08:29,909 - Something else caught 370 00:08:27,774 --> 00:08:29,909 the detective's attention, 371 00:08:29,909 --> 00:08:32,746 Mary's final conversation 372 00:08:29,909 --> 00:08:32,746 with Christy. 373 00:08:32,746 --> 00:08:34,246 - Before I left, 374 00:08:32,746 --> 00:08:34,246 I went and said, 375 00:08:34,246 --> 00:08:35,881 "Hey, we're gonna 376 00:08:34,246 --> 00:08:35,881 meet up later," 377 00:08:35,881 --> 00:08:39,552 and she sounded distant, 378 00:08:35,881 --> 00:08:39,552 and I said, "Are you okay?" 379 00:08:39,552 --> 00:08:42,155 And I said-- and she's like, 380 00:08:39,552 --> 00:08:42,155 "No, I'm fine." 381 00:08:42,155 --> 00:08:44,391 So, then 382 00:08:42,155 --> 00:08:44,391 I just went to work. 383 00:08:44,391 --> 00:08:46,826 - What do you think it was? 384 00:08:44,391 --> 00:08:46,826 - I don't know. 385 00:08:46,826 --> 00:08:48,628 I don't know if she was 386 00:08:46,826 --> 00:08:48,628 just thinking about the day 387 00:08:48,628 --> 00:08:50,930 or just she 388 00:08:48,628 --> 00:08:50,930 was preoccupied. 389 00:08:50,930 --> 00:08:53,867 - Christy had 390 00:08:50,930 --> 00:08:53,867 something on her mind 391 00:08:53,867 --> 00:08:56,136 and only moments 392 00:08:53,867 --> 00:08:56,136 to live. 393 00:08:56,136 --> 00:09:01,408 Investigators had to find out 394 00:08:56,136 --> 00:09:01,408 if the two were connected. 395 00:09:01,408 --> 00:09:04,100 - Did Christy sense 396 00:09:01,408 --> 00:09:04,100 she was in danger, 397 00:09:04,100 --> 00:09:06,613 and did she know 398 00:09:04,100 --> 00:09:06,613 her attacker? 399 00:09:06,613 --> 00:09:08,248 Detectives dove 400 00:09:06,613 --> 00:09:08,248 into the young teacher's 401 00:09:08,248 --> 00:09:10,884 personal life 402 00:09:08,248 --> 00:09:10,884 for answers. 403 00:09:12,452 --> 00:09:16,489 Clues to a mystery, 404 00:09:12,452 --> 00:09:16,489 a boyfriend. 405 00:09:16,489 --> 00:09:19,250 - She had told me 406 00:09:16,489 --> 00:09:19,250 that things were ending. 407 00:09:19,250 --> 00:09:22,729 - And a mysterious visitor 408 00:09:19,250 --> 00:09:22,729 at Christy's school. 409 00:09:22,729 --> 00:09:24,898 - I thought 410 00:09:22,729 --> 00:09:24,898 I-I may have just been 411 00:09:24,898 --> 00:09:26,466 face to face 412 00:09:24,898 --> 00:09:26,466 with the killer. 413 00:09:26,566 --> 00:09:37,610 ** 414 00:09:38,578 --> 00:09:41,681 - Lancaster County 415 00:09:38,578 --> 00:09:41,681 is Pennsylvania Amish Country, 416 00:09:41,681 --> 00:09:46,486 a place where old ways 417 00:09:41,681 --> 00:09:46,486 and modern suburban sprawl meet. 418 00:09:46,486 --> 00:09:48,855 The brutal murder 419 00:09:46,486 --> 00:09:48,855 of a schoolteacher 420 00:09:48,855 --> 00:09:53,793 just before Christmas, 1992, 421 00:09:48,855 --> 00:09:53,793 upset that sense of peace. 422 00:09:53,793 --> 00:09:55,128 - A lot of people 423 00:09:53,793 --> 00:09:55,128 in Lancaster County, 424 00:09:55,128 --> 00:09:57,130 particularly back then, they 425 00:09:55,128 --> 00:09:57,130 just didn't lock their doors. 426 00:09:57,130 --> 00:09:59,990 They didn't lock their cars. 427 00:09:57,130 --> 00:09:59,990 A very trusting community. 428 00:09:59,990 --> 00:10:02,736 - And yet D.A. Craig Stedman 429 00:09:59,990 --> 00:10:02,736 says Christy Mirack's killing 430 00:10:02,736 --> 00:10:04,804 didn't have the mark 431 00:10:02,736 --> 00:10:04,804 of a stranger. 432 00:10:04,804 --> 00:10:08,341 - 7-7:30 in the morning, 433 00:10:04,804 --> 00:10:08,341 a home invasion sexual assault-- 434 00:10:08,341 --> 00:10:10,643 it would be highly unusual 435 00:10:08,341 --> 00:10:10,643 for something like that 436 00:10:10,643 --> 00:10:12,812 to take place 437 00:10:10,643 --> 00:10:12,812 at that time of day 438 00:10:12,812 --> 00:10:15,348 in someone's apartment 439 00:10:12,812 --> 00:10:15,348 just at random. 440 00:10:15,348 --> 00:10:18,418 - Police wanted to know 441 00:10:15,348 --> 00:10:18,418 if Christy had any enemies. 442 00:10:18,418 --> 00:10:20,320 The answer was no. 443 00:10:20,320 --> 00:10:23,690 Her brother, Vince, says 444 00:10:20,320 --> 00:10:23,690 his sister had tons of friends. 445 00:10:23,690 --> 00:10:26,526 She was kind, 446 00:10:23,690 --> 00:10:26,526 caring, and focused. 447 00:10:26,526 --> 00:10:28,428 From the time 448 00:10:26,526 --> 00:10:28,428 she was a little girl, 449 00:10:28,428 --> 00:10:30,960 she wanted 450 00:10:28,428 --> 00:10:30,960 to be a teacher. 451 00:10:30,960 --> 00:10:33,660 - We had a little thing 452 00:10:30,960 --> 00:10:33,660 set up in our-in our garage 453 00:10:33,660 --> 00:10:34,968 where she was 454 00:10:33,660 --> 00:10:34,968 the schoolteacher. 455 00:10:34,968 --> 00:10:38,400 Now, it's the summer, 456 00:10:34,968 --> 00:10:38,400 and kids wanna go out and play, 457 00:10:38,400 --> 00:10:40,473 and my sister is pullin' 458 00:10:38,400 --> 00:10:40,473 them in to teach them. 459 00:10:40,473 --> 00:10:42,342 - When she wasn't 460 00:10:40,473 --> 00:10:42,342 playing school, 461 00:10:42,342 --> 00:10:45,378 she was goofing around 462 00:10:42,342 --> 00:10:45,378 like a normal kid. 463 00:10:45,378 --> 00:10:46,646 - You can ask anybody, 464 00:10:46,646 --> 00:10:48,181 and they'll tell you 465 00:10:46,646 --> 00:10:48,181 the same thing. 466 00:10:48,181 --> 00:10:49,983 She always was 467 00:10:48,181 --> 00:10:49,983 laughin', smilin', 468 00:10:49,983 --> 00:10:53,887 um, just a good-good, um-- 469 00:10:49,983 --> 00:10:53,887 having a good time. 470 00:10:53,887 --> 00:10:57,230 - After high school, 471 00:10:53,887 --> 00:10:57,230 she took her work-play ethic 472 00:10:57,230 --> 00:10:59,459 to Millersville University 473 00:10:57,230 --> 00:10:59,459 in Lancaster 474 00:10:59,459 --> 00:11:03,930 where she met her other family. 475 00:10:59,459 --> 00:11:03,930 Were you all like sisters? 476 00:11:03,930 --> 00:11:05,865 - Yeah. 477 00:11:03,930 --> 00:11:05,865 - Absolutely. 478 00:11:05,865 --> 00:11:09,736 - Christy's circle included 479 00:11:05,865 --> 00:11:09,736 that roommate, Mary Franciscus, 480 00:11:09,736 --> 00:11:14,507 Chris Walter, Lisa Bailey, 481 00:11:09,736 --> 00:11:14,507 and Marianne Taylor. 482 00:11:14,507 --> 00:11:16,576 - We've shared clothes. 483 00:11:14,507 --> 00:11:16,576 We've shared hair products. 484 00:11:16,576 --> 00:11:18,545 We share everything. 485 00:11:16,576 --> 00:11:18,545 - Everything. 486 00:11:18,545 --> 00:11:19,746 - Yeah. 487 00:11:18,545 --> 00:11:19,746 - I don't think 488 00:11:19,746 --> 00:11:22,549 there's anything about 489 00:11:19,746 --> 00:11:22,549 each other that we don't know, 490 00:11:22,549 --> 00:11:25,352 and that's 491 00:11:22,549 --> 00:11:25,352 such a rare friendship. 492 00:11:25,352 --> 00:11:28,880 - And when it came 493 00:11:25,352 --> 00:11:28,880 to Christy, her friends knew 494 00:11:28,880 --> 00:11:31,458 she could hold her own, 495 00:11:28,880 --> 00:11:31,458 especially when they'd go out. 496 00:11:31,458 --> 00:11:33,727 - If someone came up, 497 00:11:31,458 --> 00:11:33,727 and she wasn't interested, 498 00:11:33,727 --> 00:11:38,331 she had no problem 499 00:11:33,727 --> 00:11:38,331 telling people, 500 00:11:38,331 --> 00:11:41,167 "Hit the road. 501 00:11:38,331 --> 00:11:41,167 I'm not interested." 502 00:11:41,167 --> 00:11:43,503 - She was also protective 503 00:11:41,167 --> 00:11:43,503 of her friends. 504 00:11:43,503 --> 00:11:46,106 When they graduated, 505 00:11:43,503 --> 00:11:46,106 a few of them set up house 506 00:11:46,106 --> 00:11:49,943 in that apartment complex just 507 00:11:46,106 --> 00:11:49,943 outside downtown Lancaster. 508 00:11:49,943 --> 00:11:53,380 - Christy was always 509 00:11:49,943 --> 00:11:53,380 a very safe person. 510 00:11:53,380 --> 00:11:56,149 Like, lock your doors. 511 00:11:53,380 --> 00:11:56,149 Always leave with a buddy. 512 00:11:56,149 --> 00:11:57,984 - And we did feel safe. 513 00:11:56,149 --> 00:11:57,984 There was no time-- 514 00:11:57,984 --> 00:11:59,619 - Mm-hmm. 515 00:11:57,984 --> 00:11:59,619 It was in the middle of nowhere. 516 00:11:59,619 --> 00:12:01,721 I mean, our backyard 517 00:11:59,619 --> 00:12:01,721 was an Amish farm. 518 00:12:01,721 --> 00:12:04,157 - Mm-hmm. 519 00:12:01,721 --> 00:12:04,157 - It was a dairy farm. 520 00:12:04,157 --> 00:12:05,959 - By then, Christy 521 00:12:04,157 --> 00:12:05,959 had already landed 522 00:12:05,959 --> 00:12:08,728 her dream job 523 00:12:05,959 --> 00:12:08,728 as a teacher. 524 00:12:08,728 --> 00:12:11,798 Here she is leading 525 00:12:08,728 --> 00:12:11,798 a 6th grade class in science. 526 00:12:11,798 --> 00:12:15,235 - These are the ways we would 527 00:12:11,798 --> 00:12:15,235 classify any type of animal. 528 00:12:15,235 --> 00:12:17,804 - Harry Goodman saw 529 00:12:15,235 --> 00:12:17,804 something special in her. 530 00:12:17,804 --> 00:12:20,940 - She wasn't satisfied with 531 00:12:17,804 --> 00:12:20,940 just being a good teacher. 532 00:12:20,940 --> 00:12:22,742 She wanted to be 533 00:12:20,940 --> 00:12:22,742 a great teacher. 534 00:12:22,742 --> 00:12:24,577 - What do you think 535 00:12:22,742 --> 00:12:24,577 it was about Christy's 536 00:12:24,577 --> 00:12:27,147 ability to connect 537 00:12:24,577 --> 00:12:27,147 with the kids? 538 00:12:27,147 --> 00:12:30,884 - She was creative, and she 539 00:12:27,147 --> 00:12:30,884 had the kids motivated. 540 00:12:30,884 --> 00:12:32,619 They were captivated. 541 00:12:32,619 --> 00:12:35,455 Some people would drag 542 00:12:32,619 --> 00:12:35,455 themselves into work. 543 00:12:35,455 --> 00:12:38,258 Christy didn't 544 00:12:35,455 --> 00:12:38,258 look at it as work. 545 00:12:38,258 --> 00:12:39,559 - If only you 546 00:12:38,258 --> 00:12:39,559 could bottle that. 547 00:12:39,559 --> 00:12:40,927 - Oh, my gosh. 548 00:12:39,559 --> 00:12:40,927 - And sell it. 549 00:12:40,927 --> 00:12:43,296 - Yeah. 550 00:12:40,927 --> 00:12:43,296 Tell me. 551 00:12:43,296 --> 00:12:46,833 - But investigators did find 552 00:12:43,296 --> 00:12:46,833 one loose thread in her life. 553 00:12:46,833 --> 00:12:48,635 - Mm-hmm. 554 00:12:46,833 --> 00:12:48,635 - She loved him, 555 00:12:48,635 --> 00:12:51,104 um, so loyal to him. 556 00:12:48,635 --> 00:12:51,104 - Mm-hmm. 557 00:12:51,104 --> 00:12:55,375 - Christy had fallen for a man 558 00:12:51,104 --> 00:12:55,375 who went by the nickname Dagger. 559 00:12:55,375 --> 00:12:58,845 He wasn't exactly 560 00:12:55,375 --> 00:12:58,845 her friends' idea of a catch. 561 00:12:58,845 --> 00:13:03,650 Christy was 25, and he was not. 562 00:12:58,845 --> 00:13:03,650 - We-- he was old. 563 00:13:03,650 --> 00:13:05,218 I remember thinking 564 00:13:03,650 --> 00:13:05,218 how old he was. 565 00:13:05,218 --> 00:13:07,887 [laughing] Uh, because 566 00:13:05,218 --> 00:13:07,887 he was 20 years older. 567 00:13:07,887 --> 00:13:09,489 - Yeah. 568 00:13:07,887 --> 00:13:09,489 - Yeah. 569 00:13:09,489 --> 00:13:12,580 - Almost twice Christy's age 570 00:13:09,489 --> 00:13:12,580 but he had a good job 571 00:13:12,580 --> 00:13:17,630 as president of the local 572 00:13:12,580 --> 00:13:17,630 Teamsters, and he was generous. 573 00:13:17,630 --> 00:13:19,332 - I think she 574 00:13:17,630 --> 00:13:19,332 felt cared for. 575 00:13:19,332 --> 00:13:23,136 I don't even know exactly how, 576 00:13:19,332 --> 00:13:23,136 whether that was financially 577 00:13:23,136 --> 00:13:27,730 or what, but I think 578 00:13:23,136 --> 00:13:27,730 she felt cared for. 579 00:13:27,730 --> 00:13:29,442 - Christy didn't divulge 580 00:13:27,730 --> 00:13:29,442 much about her boyfriend 581 00:13:29,442 --> 00:13:32,145 or his past, 582 00:13:29,442 --> 00:13:32,145 but her friends could tell 583 00:13:32,145 --> 00:13:34,414 he was in no rush 584 00:13:32,145 --> 00:13:34,414 to the altar. 585 00:13:34,414 --> 00:13:37,830 They thought that bothered 586 00:13:34,414 --> 00:13:37,830 Christy, especially 587 00:13:37,830 --> 00:13:40,353 as the friends started 588 00:13:37,830 --> 00:13:40,353 moving out and getting married. 589 00:13:40,353 --> 00:13:45,492 - Maybe having just been to 590 00:13:40,353 --> 00:13:45,492 Chris' wedding that September-- 591 00:13:45,492 --> 00:13:48,995 I'm thinking maybe that's-- 592 00:13:45,492 --> 00:13:48,995 that she was realizing 593 00:13:48,995 --> 00:13:51,131 that's the life 594 00:13:48,995 --> 00:13:51,131 I deserve, too. 595 00:13:51,131 --> 00:13:52,298 - Mm-hmm. 596 00:13:51,131 --> 00:13:52,298 - Right. 597 00:13:52,298 --> 00:13:55,402 - Two days before she 598 00:13:52,298 --> 00:13:55,402 was killed, that Saturday, 599 00:13:55,402 --> 00:13:57,470 Christy had come 600 00:13:55,402 --> 00:13:57,470 to a decision. 601 00:13:57,470 --> 00:14:00,940 - She had told me 602 00:13:57,470 --> 00:14:00,940 that things were ending 603 00:14:00,940 --> 00:14:05,780 with Dagger, and she was 604 00:14:00,940 --> 00:14:05,780 finally ready to move on. 605 00:14:05,780 --> 00:14:06,713 - This was a big deal 606 00:14:05,780 --> 00:14:06,713 because she 607 00:14:06,713 --> 00:14:08,448 had been with him for years, 608 00:14:06,713 --> 00:14:08,448 at this point. 609 00:14:08,448 --> 00:14:09,949 - Mm-hmm. 610 00:14:08,448 --> 00:14:09,949 - Years, mm-hmm. 611 00:14:09,949 --> 00:14:16,523 She looked happy, 612 00:14:09,949 --> 00:14:16,523 and we saw Christy back, 613 00:14:16,523 --> 00:14:21,161 bubbly, happy, ready 614 00:14:16,523 --> 00:14:21,161 to get out there and live. 615 00:14:21,161 --> 00:14:23,129 - And that night, she did. 616 00:14:23,129 --> 00:14:26,266 The friends went out 617 00:14:23,129 --> 00:14:26,266 downtown hitting the clubs. 618 00:14:26,266 --> 00:14:28,868 Now, police had to consider 619 00:14:26,266 --> 00:14:28,868 whether Christy 620 00:14:28,868 --> 00:14:31,404 told Dagger 621 00:14:28,868 --> 00:14:31,404 she wanted to break up. 622 00:14:31,404 --> 00:14:34,140 If so, 623 00:14:31,404 --> 00:14:34,140 had he taken it badly? 624 00:14:34,140 --> 00:14:37,277 Was that on Christy's mind 625 00:14:34,140 --> 00:14:37,277 the morning she was murdered, 626 00:14:37,277 --> 00:14:39,446 or had Christy 627 00:14:37,277 --> 00:14:39,446 angered someone else 628 00:14:39,446 --> 00:14:43,917 from that Saturday night? 629 00:14:39,446 --> 00:14:43,917 Police wanted to know more. 630 00:14:43,917 --> 00:14:46,152 - Where did you eat? 631 00:14:43,917 --> 00:14:46,152 Where did you go dancing? 632 00:14:46,152 --> 00:14:51,224 Where did you go after that? 633 00:14:46,152 --> 00:14:51,224 Who was there? 634 00:14:51,224 --> 00:14:55,395 - Then something bizarre. 635 00:14:51,224 --> 00:14:55,395 The day after Christy's murder, 636 00:14:55,395 --> 00:14:57,630 a man walked 637 00:14:55,395 --> 00:14:57,630 into her school. 638 00:14:57,630 --> 00:14:59,899 He clearly didn't 639 00:14:57,630 --> 00:14:59,899 belong there. 640 00:14:59,899 --> 00:15:03,937 - I approached him and 641 00:14:59,899 --> 00:15:03,937 said, uh, "May I help you?" 642 00:15:03,937 --> 00:15:07,507 - Bob Wildasin was an assistant 643 00:15:03,937 --> 00:15:07,507 school superintendent. 644 00:15:07,507 --> 00:15:11,845 - He said, "Oh, I'm just here 645 00:15:07,507 --> 00:15:11,845 to see Christy Mirack." 646 00:15:11,845 --> 00:15:14,681 I said, "Well, unfortunately, 647 00:15:11,845 --> 00:15:14,681 you're gonna have to leave. 648 00:15:14,681 --> 00:15:20,530 Uh, Christy, 649 00:15:14,681 --> 00:15:20,530 uh, has passed." 650 00:15:20,530 --> 00:15:23,356 - The mysterious visitor 651 00:15:20,530 --> 00:15:23,356 said he hadn't heard the news. 652 00:15:23,356 --> 00:15:27,427 He claimed he was Christy's 653 00:15:23,356 --> 00:15:27,427 friend. Then he left. 654 00:15:27,427 --> 00:15:29,620 - It was hard 655 00:15:27,427 --> 00:15:29,620 to believe that anyone 656 00:15:29,620 --> 00:15:34,534 in Lancaster County 657 00:15:29,620 --> 00:15:34,534 would not have heard about it. 658 00:15:34,534 --> 00:15:37,637 - Bob Wildasin's mind raced. 659 00:15:34,534 --> 00:15:37,637 He'd heard stories 660 00:15:37,637 --> 00:15:39,506 of investigations 661 00:15:37,637 --> 00:15:39,506 where the criminal 662 00:15:39,506 --> 00:15:42,842 seemed eager to catch 663 00:15:39,506 --> 00:15:42,842 the attention of police. 664 00:15:42,842 --> 00:15:46,112 - Immediately after that, 665 00:15:42,842 --> 00:15:46,112 is when I called the police. 666 00:15:46,112 --> 00:15:50,350 I thought I-I may have just been 667 00:15:46,112 --> 00:15:50,350 face to face with the killer. 668 00:15:50,350 --> 00:15:53,486 - Whoever that mystery man 669 00:15:50,350 --> 00:15:53,486 was, police knew 670 00:15:53,486 --> 00:15:57,724 they had to find him, 671 00:15:53,486 --> 00:15:57,724 immediately. 672 00:15:57,724 --> 00:15:59,292 - Coming up. 673 00:15:59,292 --> 00:16:03,863 A surprise was in store 674 00:15:59,292 --> 00:16:03,863 about that surprise visitor. 675 00:16:03,863 --> 00:16:05,565 - It was something 676 00:16:03,863 --> 00:16:05,565 to do with him. 677 00:16:05,565 --> 00:16:08,680 - There was no other 678 00:16:05,565 --> 00:16:08,680 logical explanation. 679 00:16:08,680 --> 00:16:09,636 - We were terrified. 680 00:16:09,736 --> 00:16:22,782 ** 681 00:16:23,683 --> 00:16:26,653 - Bob Wildasin was one 682 00:16:23,683 --> 00:16:26,653 of Christy's colleagues. 683 00:16:26,653 --> 00:16:28,822 He was certain the man 684 00:16:26,653 --> 00:16:28,822 who'd shown up at school 685 00:16:28,822 --> 00:16:32,580 a day after the murder 686 00:16:28,822 --> 00:16:32,580 claiming to be her friend 687 00:16:32,580 --> 00:16:35,762 had instead 688 00:16:32,580 --> 00:16:35,762 been her killer. 689 00:16:35,762 --> 00:16:39,933 - I was convinced. 690 00:16:35,762 --> 00:16:39,933 In fact, I said, 691 00:16:39,933 --> 00:16:43,636 "We're gonna get the guy 692 00:16:39,933 --> 00:16:43,636 who did this, right now, today." 693 00:16:43,636 --> 00:16:46,473 - He called police, 694 00:16:43,636 --> 00:16:46,473 told them the story, 695 00:16:46,473 --> 00:16:48,475 and gave 696 00:16:46,473 --> 00:16:48,475 them the man's name. 697 00:16:48,475 --> 00:16:51,811 Turned out it was 698 00:16:48,475 --> 00:16:51,811 no random visitor at all. 699 00:16:51,811 --> 00:16:56,915 It was none other than Dagger, 700 00:16:51,811 --> 00:16:56,915 Christy's longtime boyfriend. 701 00:16:56,915 --> 00:16:59,219 Police brought him 702 00:16:56,915 --> 00:16:59,219 in for questioning. 703 00:16:59,219 --> 00:17:03,790 They found out Dagger 704 00:16:59,219 --> 00:17:03,790 had a secret. He had a wife. 705 00:17:03,790 --> 00:17:06,792 - He was married, so he was 706 00:17:03,790 --> 00:17:06,792 pretty high on the suspect list. 707 00:17:06,792 --> 00:17:08,161 And I can tell you, 708 00:17:06,792 --> 00:17:08,161 just even talking 709 00:17:08,161 --> 00:17:10,829 to the investigators, 710 00:17:08,161 --> 00:17:10,829 they were absolutely convinced, 711 00:17:10,829 --> 00:17:14,367 um, that, you know, 712 00:17:10,829 --> 00:17:14,367 that he-- this was him. 713 00:17:14,367 --> 00:17:17,203 - But Dagger 714 00:17:14,367 --> 00:17:17,203 insisted it wasn't. 715 00:17:17,203 --> 00:17:20,400 He said when Christy died, 716 00:17:17,203 --> 00:17:20,400 he was hundreds of miles away 717 00:17:20,400 --> 00:17:23,676 in Virginia where he'd 718 00:17:20,400 --> 00:17:23,676 recently moved with his wife. 719 00:17:23,676 --> 00:17:25,944 Christy's friends 720 00:17:23,676 --> 00:17:25,944 were stunned. 721 00:17:25,944 --> 00:17:28,782 She never mentioned 722 00:17:25,944 --> 00:17:28,782 Dagger was married. 723 00:17:28,782 --> 00:17:31,351 They weren't sure 724 00:17:28,782 --> 00:17:31,351 she even knew. 725 00:17:31,351 --> 00:17:34,421 Now, they had to wonder if her 726 00:17:31,351 --> 00:17:34,421 decision to break things off 727 00:17:34,421 --> 00:17:38,525 with him two days before 728 00:17:34,421 --> 00:17:38,525 her death had doomed her. 729 00:17:38,525 --> 00:17:41,394 He might not have liked that. 730 00:17:38,525 --> 00:17:41,394 - Oh, she was, I mean, 731 00:17:41,394 --> 00:17:42,796 she was devoted to him. 732 00:17:41,394 --> 00:17:42,796 - Mm-hmm. 733 00:17:42,796 --> 00:17:45,650 - And I'm sure that would be 734 00:17:42,796 --> 00:17:45,650 a loss for him to not 735 00:17:45,650 --> 00:17:46,599 have that in his life anymore. 736 00:17:45,650 --> 00:17:46,599 - Mm-hmm. 737 00:17:46,599 --> 00:17:47,701 - And it was years. 738 00:17:47,701 --> 00:17:49,736 I mean, you don't 739 00:17:47,701 --> 00:17:49,736 just cut that tie 740 00:17:49,736 --> 00:17:52,305 and have it not mean anything. 741 00:17:49,736 --> 00:17:52,305 - Right, right. 742 00:17:52,305 --> 00:17:54,107 - And when they heard 743 00:17:52,305 --> 00:17:54,107 he'd shown up 744 00:17:54,107 --> 00:17:57,770 at Christy's school, 745 00:17:54,107 --> 00:17:57,770 their suspicions grew. 746 00:17:57,770 --> 00:18:00,880 - We were all thinking he 747 00:17:57,770 --> 00:18:00,880 was trying to establish 748 00:18:00,880 --> 00:18:07,200 some kind of alibi or to show 749 00:18:00,880 --> 00:18:07,200 that he had no involvement. 750 00:18:07,200 --> 00:18:10,230 Look how much I love her. 751 00:18:07,200 --> 00:18:10,230 I'm ready to make it public. 752 00:18:10,230 --> 00:18:13,526 - And it was so odd because 753 00:18:10,230 --> 00:18:13,526 it-it was everywhere 754 00:18:13,526 --> 00:18:15,261 that she 755 00:18:13,526 --> 00:18:15,261 had been murdered. 756 00:18:15,261 --> 00:18:17,630 I mean, everywhere in Lancaster. 757 00:18:15,261 --> 00:18:17,630 - Mm-hmm. 758 00:18:17,630 --> 00:18:20,100 - So, I just never understood 759 00:18:17,630 --> 00:18:20,100 how he didn't know, 760 00:18:20,100 --> 00:18:22,802 and he-- it was 761 00:18:20,100 --> 00:18:22,802 very uncharacteristic of him 762 00:18:22,802 --> 00:18:24,270 to show up at the school. 763 00:18:24,270 --> 00:18:28,410 I think it would 764 00:18:24,270 --> 00:18:28,410 have been shocking 765 00:18:28,410 --> 00:18:30,477 to her to see him 766 00:18:28,410 --> 00:18:30,477 come in that building. 767 00:18:30,477 --> 00:18:33,113 Like, it would have 768 00:18:30,477 --> 00:18:33,113 been unnerving for her 769 00:18:33,113 --> 00:18:36,883 to have her worlds 770 00:18:33,113 --> 00:18:36,883 collide like that. 771 00:18:36,883 --> 00:18:40,320 - But the idea 772 00:18:36,883 --> 00:18:40,320 that Dagger did it fell apart. 773 00:18:40,320 --> 00:18:42,255 Police confirmed 774 00:18:40,320 --> 00:18:42,255 his alibi. 775 00:18:42,255 --> 00:18:45,725 He had been in Virginia at 776 00:18:42,255 --> 00:18:45,725 the time of the murder. 777 00:18:45,725 --> 00:18:48,428 They also tested his DNA 778 00:18:45,725 --> 00:18:48,428 against the DNA 779 00:18:48,428 --> 00:18:51,197 the killer left during 780 00:18:48,428 --> 00:18:51,197 the sexual assault. 781 00:18:51,197 --> 00:18:52,532 - He was eliminated 782 00:18:51,197 --> 00:18:52,532 through alibi, 783 00:18:52,532 --> 00:18:54,234 as well 784 00:18:52,532 --> 00:18:54,234 as scientifically. 785 00:18:54,234 --> 00:18:56,269 - Still, her friends 786 00:18:54,234 --> 00:18:56,269 wondered if he might 787 00:18:56,269 --> 00:18:59,739 have been involved 788 00:18:56,269 --> 00:18:59,739 in Christy's death somehow. 789 00:18:59,739 --> 00:19:03,276 To them, Dagger had 790 00:18:59,739 --> 00:19:03,276 always been a man of mystery. 791 00:19:03,276 --> 00:19:05,879 He didn't talk 792 00:19:03,276 --> 00:19:05,879 about his life or work. 793 00:19:05,879 --> 00:19:09,816 Their imaginations ran wild. 794 00:19:05,879 --> 00:19:09,816 - He either hired a hitman. 795 00:19:09,816 --> 00:19:10,884 - Right. 796 00:19:09,816 --> 00:19:10,884 - [both] Mm-hmm. 797 00:19:10,884 --> 00:19:12,585 - Or it was revenge. 798 00:19:12,585 --> 00:19:14,254 - It was something 799 00:19:12,585 --> 00:19:14,254 to do with him. 800 00:19:14,254 --> 00:19:15,555 - Mm-hmm. 801 00:19:14,254 --> 00:19:15,555 - It was somebody 802 00:19:15,555 --> 00:19:17,691 that wanted to get back 803 00:19:15,555 --> 00:19:17,691 at him for whatever reason. 804 00:19:17,691 --> 00:19:19,250 - Mm-hmm. 805 00:19:17,691 --> 00:19:19,250 - Yeah. 806 00:19:19,250 --> 00:19:22,295 There was no other logical 807 00:19:19,250 --> 00:19:22,295 explanation for us at the time. 808 00:19:22,295 --> 00:19:23,229 - Mm-hmm. 809 00:19:22,295 --> 00:19:23,229 - Uh-uh. 810 00:19:23,229 --> 00:19:24,931 We were terrified. 811 00:19:24,931 --> 00:19:28,340 - But investigators 812 00:19:24,931 --> 00:19:28,340 didn't buy the hitman angle. 813 00:19:28,340 --> 00:19:29,569 - Professional hitmen 814 00:19:28,340 --> 00:19:29,569 do not usually get into 815 00:19:29,569 --> 00:19:32,339 hand to hand physical combat 816 00:19:29,569 --> 00:19:32,339 with their victim, 817 00:19:32,339 --> 00:19:34,207 uh, and they 818 00:19:32,339 --> 00:19:34,207 certainly don't leave, 819 00:19:34,207 --> 00:19:37,944 um, multiple DNA 820 00:19:34,207 --> 00:19:37,944 samples, uh, behind. 821 00:19:37,944 --> 00:19:39,346 You wouldn't think 822 00:19:37,944 --> 00:19:39,346 that anyone would do it 823 00:19:39,346 --> 00:19:41,147 at 7:15 in the morning 824 00:19:39,346 --> 00:19:41,147 in her apartment. 825 00:19:41,147 --> 00:19:43,650 There'd be way better 826 00:19:41,147 --> 00:19:43,650 ways to do this. 827 00:19:43,650 --> 00:19:47,530 It's just not consistent 828 00:19:43,650 --> 00:19:47,530 with a professional type hit. 829 00:19:47,530 --> 00:19:49,289 - So, police needed to 830 00:19:47,530 --> 00:19:49,289 consider other men 831 00:19:49,289 --> 00:19:51,291 Christy might have crossed. 832 00:19:51,291 --> 00:19:53,259 Her friends 833 00:19:51,291 --> 00:19:53,259 did mention one incident 834 00:19:53,259 --> 00:19:55,328 from that 835 00:19:53,259 --> 00:19:55,328 Saturday night. 836 00:19:55,328 --> 00:19:59,650 They ran into someone who dated 837 00:19:55,328 --> 00:19:59,650 another one of their friends. 838 00:19:59,650 --> 00:20:03,103 - He was not a good guy, 839 00:19:59,650 --> 00:20:03,103 and we called him out on it. 840 00:20:03,103 --> 00:20:06,339 - They believed the man had 841 00:20:03,103 --> 00:20:06,339 been abusive to their friend-- 842 00:20:06,339 --> 00:20:08,908 had even 843 00:20:06,339 --> 00:20:08,908 killed her dog. 844 00:20:08,908 --> 00:20:10,243 - I think we yelled, 845 00:20:08,908 --> 00:20:10,243 "Puppy killer." 846 00:20:10,243 --> 00:20:12,445 - "Puppy killer." 847 00:20:10,243 --> 00:20:12,445 - Oh, my gosh, how did he react? 848 00:20:12,445 --> 00:20:17,830 - He was scary. 849 00:20:12,445 --> 00:20:17,830 - Yeah. He was a sociopath. 850 00:20:17,830 --> 00:20:19,352 - Big, scary. 851 00:20:17,830 --> 00:20:19,352 - Yeah. Mm-hmm. 852 00:20:19,352 --> 00:20:21,321 - So, did you tell the police 853 00:20:19,352 --> 00:20:21,321 about him, as well? 854 00:20:21,321 --> 00:20:22,489 - Mm-hmm. 855 00:20:21,321 --> 00:20:22,489 - Mm-hmm. Yeah. 856 00:20:22,489 --> 00:20:23,723 I mean, 857 00:20:22,489 --> 00:20:23,723 talk about a motive. 858 00:20:23,723 --> 00:20:24,891 - Yeah. 859 00:20:23,723 --> 00:20:24,891 - Yes. 860 00:20:24,891 --> 00:20:27,293 - That's something we latched 861 00:20:24,891 --> 00:20:27,293 onto because we thought 862 00:20:27,293 --> 00:20:29,796 Christy angered him 863 00:20:27,293 --> 00:20:29,796 by calling him 864 00:20:29,796 --> 00:20:33,166 this name 865 00:20:29,796 --> 00:20:33,166 in a very public place. 866 00:20:33,166 --> 00:20:36,870 - Police looked into it 867 00:20:33,166 --> 00:20:36,870 but eventually cleared him, too. 868 00:20:36,870 --> 00:20:38,772 In the meantime, 869 00:20:36,870 --> 00:20:38,772 her friends kept trying 870 00:20:38,772 --> 00:20:40,974 to help 871 00:20:38,772 --> 00:20:40,974 with the investigation. 872 00:20:40,974 --> 00:20:42,375 - I mean, they had 873 00:20:40,974 --> 00:20:42,375 her photo albums, 874 00:20:42,375 --> 00:20:44,711 and we would go through all 875 00:20:42,375 --> 00:20:44,711 the guys in the photo album 876 00:20:44,711 --> 00:20:46,112 and give them their names. 877 00:20:44,711 --> 00:20:46,112 - Yeah. 878 00:20:46,112 --> 00:20:48,815 - As it happened, police 879 00:20:46,112 --> 00:20:48,815 were already interested 880 00:20:48,815 --> 00:20:51,985 in someone else. 881 00:20:48,815 --> 00:20:51,985 His connection to Christy 882 00:20:51,985 --> 00:20:55,488 was more recent and compelling 883 00:20:51,985 --> 00:20:55,488 than those old photos, 884 00:20:55,488 --> 00:20:58,580 and he'd practically 885 00:20:55,488 --> 00:20:58,580 driven himself 886 00:20:58,580 --> 00:21:00,727 into the heart 887 00:20:58,580 --> 00:21:00,727 of the case. 888 00:21:00,727 --> 00:21:02,162 - Coming up. 889 00:21:02,162 --> 00:21:04,631 - What? 890 00:21:02,162 --> 00:21:04,631 They think I did this. 891 00:21:04,631 --> 00:21:07,367 - A principal 892 00:21:04,631 --> 00:21:07,367 under the microscope. 893 00:21:07,367 --> 00:21:09,302 - What's their tone? 894 00:21:07,367 --> 00:21:09,302 What kind of questions 895 00:21:09,302 --> 00:21:12,706 are they asking you? 896 00:21:09,302 --> 00:21:12,706 - Extremely accusatory-- 897 00:21:12,706 --> 00:21:15,375 first question, 898 00:21:12,706 --> 00:21:15,375 did you murder Christy Mirack? 899 00:21:15,475 --> 00:21:25,285 ** 900 00:21:26,219 --> 00:21:28,955 Welcome back to 901 00:21:26,219 --> 00:21:28,955 "Dateline: Secrets Uncovered." 902 00:21:28,955 --> 00:21:30,457 I'm Craig Melvin. 903 00:21:30,457 --> 00:21:33,727 Just days after ending 904 00:21:30,457 --> 00:21:33,727 a long-term relationship, 905 00:21:33,727 --> 00:21:35,261 schoolteacher 906 00:21:33,727 --> 00:21:35,261 Christy Mirack 907 00:21:35,261 --> 00:21:38,631 was found strangled 908 00:21:35,261 --> 00:21:38,631 and beaten to death. 909 00:21:38,631 --> 00:21:41,901 Her ex-lover, Dagger, 910 00:21:38,631 --> 00:21:41,901 was high on the suspect list, 911 00:21:41,901 --> 00:21:44,871 but his alibi 912 00:21:41,901 --> 00:21:44,871 checked out. 913 00:21:44,871 --> 00:21:47,173 Now, detectives were 914 00:21:44,871 --> 00:21:47,173 about to turn up the heat 915 00:21:47,173 --> 00:21:51,211 on someone else you 916 00:21:47,173 --> 00:21:51,211 might not expect. 917 00:21:51,211 --> 00:21:54,981 Once again, here's Andrea 918 00:21:51,211 --> 00:21:54,981 Canning with "Facing the Music." 919 00:21:57,250 --> 00:22:00,553 - After Christy Mirack's murder, 920 00:21:57,250 --> 00:22:00,553 her principal, Harry Goodman, 921 00:22:00,553 --> 00:22:03,757 says he got a phone call to come 922 00:22:00,553 --> 00:22:03,757 down to the police station. 923 00:22:03,757 --> 00:22:05,692 - And they said, 924 00:22:03,757 --> 00:22:05,692 "We wanna talk to you 925 00:22:05,692 --> 00:22:08,428 and ask you questions 926 00:22:05,692 --> 00:22:08,428 about Christy's teaching 927 00:22:08,428 --> 00:22:10,630 and those kinda--" 928 00:22:08,428 --> 00:22:10,630 So, I walk in. 929 00:22:10,630 --> 00:22:12,198 - He thought they would ask 930 00:22:10,630 --> 00:22:12,198 routine questions 931 00:22:12,198 --> 00:22:15,735 about Christy's background. 932 00:22:12,198 --> 00:22:15,735 He was wrong. 933 00:22:15,735 --> 00:22:17,700 - I walk in the door, 934 00:22:15,735 --> 00:22:17,700 and they start to 935 00:22:17,700 --> 00:22:18,104 fingerprint me. 936 00:22:18,104 --> 00:22:21,741 I'm thinking, what? 937 00:22:18,104 --> 00:22:21,741 They think I did this. 938 00:22:21,741 --> 00:22:26,179 I'm mourning the loss of 939 00:22:21,741 --> 00:22:26,179 our teacher and our friend, 940 00:22:26,179 --> 00:22:29,816 and, all of the sudden, 941 00:22:26,179 --> 00:22:29,816 I'm being interrogated. 942 00:22:29,816 --> 00:22:31,651 - Why do you think 943 00:22:29,816 --> 00:22:31,651 they zeroed in on you? 944 00:22:31,651 --> 00:22:34,888 - I found her. 945 00:22:31,651 --> 00:22:34,888 - And that's it? 946 00:22:34,888 --> 00:22:36,890 - Yeah. 947 00:22:36,890 --> 00:22:37,190 - That one moment in time is-- 948 00:22:36,890 --> 00:22:37,190 - That one thing-- 949 00:22:37,190 --> 00:22:38,558 I found her. 950 00:22:38,558 --> 00:22:40,794 - Actually, there was 951 00:22:38,558 --> 00:22:40,794 a bit more. 952 00:22:40,794 --> 00:22:43,496 The D.A. said investigators 953 00:22:40,794 --> 00:22:43,496 found Harry's drive 954 00:22:43,496 --> 00:22:47,467 to check on his employee 955 00:22:43,496 --> 00:22:47,467 that morning very strange. 956 00:22:47,467 --> 00:22:49,536 A lot of bosses, 957 00:22:47,467 --> 00:22:49,536 when someone is only, 958 00:22:49,536 --> 00:22:52,238 you know, 30-40 minutes late, 959 00:22:49,536 --> 00:22:52,238 they don't jump in their car, 960 00:22:52,238 --> 00:22:56,109 you know, to go-- to go 961 00:22:52,238 --> 00:22:56,109 see if someone is okay. 962 00:22:56,109 --> 00:22:58,978 Why did you feel the need 963 00:22:56,109 --> 00:22:58,978 to-to do that? 964 00:22:58,978 --> 00:23:00,313 - That's just who I am. 965 00:23:00,313 --> 00:23:02,115 I-I knew something 966 00:23:00,313 --> 00:23:02,115 was wrong. 967 00:23:02,115 --> 00:23:04,551 I thought Christy 968 00:23:02,115 --> 00:23:04,551 might need help. 969 00:23:04,551 --> 00:23:06,519 - He says police asked 970 00:23:04,551 --> 00:23:06,519 where he'd been 971 00:23:06,519 --> 00:23:08,855 in the hours 972 00:23:06,519 --> 00:23:08,855 before her death. 973 00:23:08,855 --> 00:23:10,724 Harry recalled 974 00:23:08,855 --> 00:23:10,724 going to the gym, 975 00:23:10,724 --> 00:23:13,693 coming home to change, 976 00:23:10,724 --> 00:23:13,693 and heading back out to work. 977 00:23:13,693 --> 00:23:14,794 What's their tone? 978 00:23:14,794 --> 00:23:17,330 What kind of questions 979 00:23:14,794 --> 00:23:17,330 are they asking you? 980 00:23:17,330 --> 00:23:21,670 - Extremely accusatory-- 981 00:23:17,330 --> 00:23:21,670 you know, 982 00:23:21,670 --> 00:23:22,602 why would you 983 00:23:21,670 --> 00:23:22,602 have hired her? 984 00:23:22,602 --> 00:23:25,405 What was it about her 985 00:23:22,602 --> 00:23:25,405 that you like so much? 986 00:23:25,405 --> 00:23:27,974 I mean, they were coming 987 00:23:25,405 --> 00:23:27,974 at me with all ends. 988 00:23:27,974 --> 00:23:30,910 - Detectives asked 989 00:23:27,974 --> 00:23:30,910 if he would take a polygraph. 990 00:23:30,910 --> 00:23:32,879 - I'm thinking I've 991 00:23:30,910 --> 00:23:32,879 got nothing to hide. 992 00:23:32,879 --> 00:23:34,214 Hook me up. 993 00:23:34,214 --> 00:23:37,830 First question, 994 00:23:34,214 --> 00:23:37,830 did you murder Christy Mirack? 995 00:23:37,830 --> 00:23:38,985 - Harry told them no. 996 00:23:38,985 --> 00:23:40,954 After answering 997 00:23:38,985 --> 00:23:40,954 all their questions, 998 00:23:40,954 --> 00:23:43,123 he says he passed 999 00:23:40,954 --> 00:23:43,123 the polygraph. 1000 00:23:43,123 --> 00:23:44,858 They later confirmed 1001 00:23:43,123 --> 00:23:44,858 his alibi, 1002 00:23:44,858 --> 00:23:47,761 and his DNA 1003 00:23:44,858 --> 00:23:47,761 was not a match, 1004 00:23:47,761 --> 00:23:51,970 but Harry knew some people 1005 00:23:47,761 --> 00:23:51,970 still suspected him. 1006 00:23:51,970 --> 00:23:53,867 - My teachers would 1007 00:23:51,970 --> 00:23:53,867 always come up to me. 1008 00:23:53,867 --> 00:23:56,269 "Harry, you shoulda heard 1009 00:23:53,867 --> 00:23:56,269 what so and so was saying." 1010 00:23:56,269 --> 00:23:57,737 And I said, 1011 00:23:56,269 --> 00:23:57,737 "Don't tell me. 1012 00:23:57,737 --> 00:23:59,406 I don't wanna know." 1013 00:23:59,406 --> 00:24:01,474 - Police began looking 1014 00:23:59,406 --> 00:24:01,474 elsewhere. 1015 00:24:01,474 --> 00:24:04,210 They even considered 1016 00:24:01,474 --> 00:24:04,210 the possibility that Christy 1017 00:24:04,210 --> 00:24:06,780 might not have known 1018 00:24:04,210 --> 00:24:06,780 her killer. 1019 00:24:06,780 --> 00:24:08,415 That's when her friends 1020 00:24:06,780 --> 00:24:08,415 recalled something 1021 00:24:08,415 --> 00:24:12,520 that had happened months 1022 00:24:08,415 --> 00:24:12,520 earlier at the apartment. 1023 00:24:12,520 --> 00:24:14,154 Back then, 1024 00:24:12,520 --> 00:24:14,154 they brushed it off. 1025 00:24:14,154 --> 00:24:16,560 Now, they wondered. 1026 00:24:16,560 --> 00:24:17,891 You have a bizarre incident 1027 00:24:16,560 --> 00:24:17,891 one night where Dagger 1028 00:24:17,891 --> 00:24:21,861 comes over and sees 1029 00:24:17,891 --> 00:24:21,861 somebody in the bushes. 1030 00:24:21,861 --> 00:24:24,164 They went after 1031 00:24:21,861 --> 00:24:24,164 the stranger. 1032 00:24:24,164 --> 00:24:29,602 - We immediately jumped up 1033 00:24:24,164 --> 00:24:29,602 and started screaming at him, 1034 00:24:29,602 --> 00:24:34,574 and we chased him down here 1035 00:24:29,602 --> 00:24:34,574 and all the way down there. 1036 00:24:34,574 --> 00:24:35,575 - Mm-hmm. 1037 00:24:35,575 --> 00:24:38,780 - And what gave 1038 00:24:35,575 --> 00:24:38,780 you the courage 1039 00:24:38,780 --> 00:24:39,813 to go after 1040 00:24:38,780 --> 00:24:39,813 this person? 1041 00:24:39,813 --> 00:24:41,114 - 'Cause he had 1042 00:24:39,813 --> 00:24:41,114 violated us. 1043 00:24:41,114 --> 00:24:43,149 He was peaking 1044 00:24:41,114 --> 00:24:43,149 in our window. 1045 00:24:43,149 --> 00:24:45,285 - But they never got 1046 00:24:43,149 --> 00:24:45,285 a good look at the guy. 1047 00:24:45,285 --> 00:24:47,754 That wasn't much help 1048 00:24:45,285 --> 00:24:47,754 to police. 1049 00:24:47,754 --> 00:24:50,256 Investigators needed to focus 1050 00:24:47,754 --> 00:24:50,256 on the solid leads 1051 00:24:50,256 --> 00:24:52,359 they did have. 1052 00:24:52,359 --> 00:24:54,694 Neighbors told them 1053 00:24:52,359 --> 00:24:54,694 they'd spotted a white car 1054 00:24:54,694 --> 00:24:58,980 outside Christy's apartment 1055 00:24:54,694 --> 00:24:58,980 just before the murder. 1056 00:24:58,980 --> 00:25:01,301 - There were four, five, 1057 00:24:58,980 --> 00:25:01,301 or six people that saw, 1058 00:25:01,301 --> 00:25:04,104 at some point that morning, 1059 00:25:01,301 --> 00:25:04,104 a white car 1060 00:25:04,104 --> 00:25:07,240 driving around 1061 00:25:04,104 --> 00:25:07,240 that complex. 1062 00:25:07,240 --> 00:25:10,744 - Some thought it was 1063 00:25:07,240 --> 00:25:10,744 a Toyota Celica like this one, 1064 00:25:10,744 --> 00:25:13,380 but one witness, who saw 1065 00:25:10,744 --> 00:25:13,380 a man get out of the car 1066 00:25:13,380 --> 00:25:15,882 near the apartment 1067 00:25:13,380 --> 00:25:15,882 that morning, described 1068 00:25:15,882 --> 00:25:19,386 a different make and model, 1069 00:25:15,882 --> 00:25:19,386 a Dodge Daytona. 1070 00:25:19,386 --> 00:25:22,856 Police decided to focus 1071 00:25:19,386 --> 00:25:22,856 on that type of car. 1072 00:25:22,856 --> 00:25:24,157 - So, they took 1073 00:25:22,856 --> 00:25:24,157 that information, 1074 00:25:24,157 --> 00:25:25,892 and then they put it 1075 00:25:24,157 --> 00:25:25,892 in the registry 1076 00:25:25,892 --> 00:25:28,328 for-for Pennsylvania 1077 00:25:25,892 --> 00:25:28,328 for anyone that had 1078 00:25:28,328 --> 00:25:30,130 a-a similar type vehicle. 1079 00:25:30,130 --> 00:25:31,898 - But her friends 1080 00:25:30,130 --> 00:25:31,898 didn't know anyone 1081 00:25:31,898 --> 00:25:34,670 who drove 1082 00:25:31,898 --> 00:25:34,670 that kind of Dodge. 1083 00:25:34,670 --> 00:25:37,137 They started to worry 1084 00:25:34,670 --> 00:25:37,137 the killer, whoever he was, 1085 00:25:37,137 --> 00:25:39,739 might come back 1086 00:25:37,137 --> 00:25:39,739 for one of them. 1087 00:25:39,739 --> 00:25:42,542 - I remember going 1088 00:25:39,739 --> 00:25:42,542 to go to work, 1089 00:25:42,542 --> 00:25:46,112 and I saw a car that was meeting 1090 00:25:42,542 --> 00:25:46,112 the description of the car 1091 00:25:46,112 --> 00:25:49,783 that they were looking for, 1092 00:25:46,112 --> 00:25:49,783 being paralyzed, 1093 00:25:49,783 --> 00:25:51,484 like not being able 1094 00:25:49,783 --> 00:25:51,484 to leave the house 1095 00:25:51,484 --> 00:25:54,421 'cause he's waiting for me. 1096 00:25:51,484 --> 00:25:54,421 - Mm-hmm. 1097 00:25:54,421 --> 00:25:56,690 - I remember writing 1098 00:25:54,421 --> 00:25:56,690 their license plate number down 1099 00:25:56,690 --> 00:25:59,859 and putting it in my pocket, 1100 00:25:56,690 --> 00:25:59,859 so when they found my body, 1101 00:25:59,859 --> 00:26:01,327 they would have 1102 00:25:59,859 --> 00:26:01,327 this clue. 1103 00:26:01,327 --> 00:26:04,831 - This has to strike fear 1104 00:26:01,327 --> 00:26:04,831 in-into people 1105 00:26:04,831 --> 00:26:07,701 when-when a young girl 1106 00:26:04,831 --> 00:26:07,701 like that is brutally murdered, 1107 00:26:07,701 --> 00:26:11,710 and-and the person 1108 00:26:07,701 --> 00:26:11,710 who did it is at large. 1109 00:26:11,710 --> 00:26:12,105 - Was out there. 1110 00:26:12,105 --> 00:26:14,674 That person was out 1111 00:26:12,105 --> 00:26:14,674 there this whole time. 1112 00:26:14,674 --> 00:26:17,110 - The investigation 1113 00:26:14,674 --> 00:26:17,110 dragged on. 1114 00:26:17,110 --> 00:26:20,513 Weeks became months 1115 00:26:17,110 --> 00:26:20,513 then years. 1116 00:26:20,513 --> 00:26:23,850 Still, police believed 1117 00:26:20,513 --> 00:26:23,850 that white car and the DNA 1118 00:26:23,850 --> 00:26:27,530 from the crime scene would lead 1119 00:26:23,850 --> 00:26:27,530 them to Christy's killer. 1120 00:26:27,530 --> 00:26:29,550 Do you remember how many 1121 00:26:27,530 --> 00:26:29,550 people were tested 1122 00:26:29,550 --> 00:26:30,190 for their DNA? 1123 00:26:30,190 --> 00:26:31,958 - Well, it was 1124 00:26:30,190 --> 00:26:31,958 definitely dozens. 1125 00:26:31,958 --> 00:26:35,862 Um, we looked at suspect 1126 00:26:31,958 --> 00:26:35,862 after suspect after suspect. 1127 00:26:35,862 --> 00:26:38,365 As time went on, 1128 00:26:35,862 --> 00:26:38,365 we started just reaching out 1129 00:26:38,365 --> 00:26:39,866 to just, well, could it be 1130 00:26:38,365 --> 00:26:39,866 this person? 1131 00:26:39,866 --> 00:26:41,968 Could it be 1132 00:26:39,866 --> 00:26:41,968 this person? 1133 00:26:41,968 --> 00:26:45,672 - And when the FBI created 1134 00:26:41,968 --> 00:26:45,672 a national DNA database, 1135 00:26:45,672 --> 00:26:48,575 CODIS, investigators on 1136 00:26:45,672 --> 00:26:48,575 Christy's case 1137 00:26:48,575 --> 00:26:51,244 uploaded a sample 1138 00:26:48,575 --> 00:26:51,244 from the crime scene. 1139 00:26:51,244 --> 00:26:54,948 It didn't match the DNA 1140 00:26:51,244 --> 00:26:54,948 of anyone in the system. 1141 00:26:54,948 --> 00:26:58,218 The waiting was especially 1142 00:26:54,948 --> 00:26:58,218 hard for Christy's mother. 1143 00:26:58,218 --> 00:27:01,154 A decade after the murder, 1144 00:26:58,218 --> 00:27:01,154 she died not knowing 1145 00:27:01,154 --> 00:27:03,156 who killed 1146 00:27:01,154 --> 00:27:03,156 her daughter. 1147 00:27:03,156 --> 00:27:06,326 - I promised her 1148 00:27:03,156 --> 00:27:06,326 that I wouldn't give up, 1149 00:27:06,326 --> 00:27:08,561 you know... 1150 00:27:13,933 --> 00:27:16,136 'Cause I knew it was-- 1151 00:27:13,933 --> 00:27:16,136 you know, she was leaving, 1152 00:27:16,136 --> 00:27:19,172 and we were still 1153 00:27:16,136 --> 00:27:19,172 with no answer. 1154 00:27:19,172 --> 00:27:22,375 - Vince took up the cause, 1155 00:27:19,172 --> 00:27:22,375 staying in touch with police, 1156 00:27:22,375 --> 00:27:26,312 even putting up a billboard, 1157 00:27:22,375 --> 00:27:26,312 looking for any new leads, 1158 00:27:26,312 --> 00:27:27,747 but nothing. 1159 00:27:27,747 --> 00:27:30,417 - Just hitting this dead end 1160 00:27:27,747 --> 00:27:30,417 all the time was just-- 1161 00:27:30,417 --> 00:27:32,152 it was just extremely 1162 00:27:30,417 --> 00:27:32,152 frustrating for us 1163 00:27:32,152 --> 00:27:34,154 as a family. 1164 00:27:34,154 --> 00:27:36,423 - But a breakthrough 1165 00:27:34,154 --> 00:27:36,423 was coming, 1166 00:27:36,423 --> 00:27:39,859 a new way to analyze 1167 00:27:36,423 --> 00:27:39,859 DNA and catch criminals, 1168 00:27:39,859 --> 00:27:44,464 a new way to find 1169 00:27:39,859 --> 00:27:44,464 Christy's killer. 1170 00:27:44,464 --> 00:27:45,699 - Coming up. 1171 00:27:45,699 --> 00:27:48,101 - So, what we're looking for, 1172 00:27:45,699 --> 00:27:48,101 is the pieces of the DNA 1173 00:27:48,101 --> 00:27:50,136 for that person's eye color, 1174 00:27:48,101 --> 00:27:50,136 their hair color, 1175 00:27:50,136 --> 00:27:51,237 their face shape. 1176 00:27:51,237 --> 00:27:54,274 - Could a DNA breakthrough 1177 00:27:51,237 --> 00:27:54,274 break the stalemate 1178 00:27:54,274 --> 00:27:55,775 in Christy's case? 1179 00:27:55,775 --> 00:27:57,770 - He could look 1180 00:27:55,775 --> 00:27:57,770 a lot like this. 1181 00:27:57,770 --> 00:27:58,178 - Right. 1182 00:27:58,278 --> 00:28:09,456 ** 1183 00:28:10,190 --> 00:28:12,325 - Time seems to pass 1184 00:28:10,190 --> 00:28:12,325 more slowly here 1185 00:28:12,325 --> 00:28:16,429 in the rolling farmlands of 1186 00:28:12,325 --> 00:28:16,429 Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. 1187 00:28:16,429 --> 00:28:18,765 But for Christy Mirack's 1188 00:28:16,429 --> 00:28:18,765 loved ones, 1189 00:28:18,765 --> 00:28:21,568 it felt like time 1190 00:28:18,765 --> 00:28:21,568 had stopped altogether. 1191 00:28:21,568 --> 00:28:25,205 Nearly 25 years had gone by 1192 00:28:21,568 --> 00:28:25,205 since her death, 1193 00:28:25,205 --> 00:28:29,109 and investigators were no closer 1194 00:28:25,205 --> 00:28:29,109 to catching her killer. 1195 00:28:29,109 --> 00:28:32,879 It must have bothered you 1196 00:28:29,109 --> 00:28:32,879 knowing that whoever did this 1197 00:28:32,879 --> 00:28:33,913 was getting 1198 00:28:32,879 --> 00:28:33,913 away with it. 1199 00:28:33,913 --> 00:28:34,581 - Yeah. 1200 00:28:33,913 --> 00:28:34,581 - Right. 1201 00:28:34,581 --> 00:28:35,548 Yep. 1202 00:28:34,581 --> 00:28:35,548 - Oh, yeah. 1203 00:28:35,548 --> 00:28:36,516 - Absolutely. 1204 00:28:36,516 --> 00:28:37,217 - They were still out 1205 00:28:36,516 --> 00:28:37,217 walking around. 1206 00:28:37,217 --> 00:28:38,451 - Mm-hmm. 1207 00:28:37,217 --> 00:28:38,451 Where was he? 1208 00:28:38,451 --> 00:28:40,253 I think there were times 1209 00:28:38,451 --> 00:28:40,253 where we thought this person 1210 00:28:40,253 --> 00:28:41,321 could be dead 1211 00:28:40,253 --> 00:28:41,321 by now. 1212 00:28:41,321 --> 00:28:42,188 - Right. 1213 00:28:41,321 --> 00:28:42,188 - Right. 1214 00:28:42,188 --> 00:28:42,889 - Then we'll 1215 00:28:42,188 --> 00:28:42,889 really never know. 1216 00:28:42,889 --> 00:28:44,391 - Right. 1217 00:28:44,391 --> 00:28:47,894 - Still, they wanted to know, 1218 00:28:44,391 --> 00:28:47,894 needed to know, 1219 00:28:47,894 --> 00:28:49,629 who her killer was. 1220 00:28:49,629 --> 00:28:52,650 They just had to wait 1221 00:28:49,629 --> 00:28:52,650 a little longer. 1222 00:28:52,650 --> 00:28:53,867 - Some things in-in 1223 00:28:52,650 --> 00:28:53,867 law enforcement 1224 00:28:53,867 --> 00:28:57,700 are-are just through 1225 00:28:53,867 --> 00:28:57,700 hard work and dedication. 1226 00:28:57,700 --> 00:28:58,571 Some things are 1227 00:28:57,700 --> 00:28:58,571 just through coincidence 1228 00:28:58,571 --> 00:29:00,607 and a little bit 1229 00:28:58,571 --> 00:29:00,607 of luck. 1230 00:29:00,607 --> 00:29:04,411 - In 2016, the D.A.'s office 1231 00:29:00,607 --> 00:29:04,411 heard about a new tool 1232 00:29:04,411 --> 00:29:07,480 that uses DNA to solve 1233 00:29:04,411 --> 00:29:07,480 cold cases. 1234 00:29:07,480 --> 00:29:10,383 Genetic phenotyping allows 1235 00:29:07,480 --> 00:29:10,383 scientists to create 1236 00:29:10,383 --> 00:29:13,486 a composite of a suspect 1237 00:29:10,383 --> 00:29:13,486 using the DNA 1238 00:29:13,486 --> 00:29:15,155 left at a crime scene. 1239 00:29:15,155 --> 00:29:16,623 - So, we're reading 1240 00:29:15,155 --> 00:29:16,623 the information 1241 00:29:16,623 --> 00:29:20,727 out of that DNA that determines 1242 00:29:16,623 --> 00:29:20,727 what that person looked like. 1243 00:29:20,727 --> 00:29:23,830 - Ellen Greytak is 1244 00:29:20,727 --> 00:29:23,830 Director of Bioinformatics 1245 00:29:23,830 --> 00:29:27,133 at a company called Parabon, 1246 00:29:23,830 --> 00:29:27,133 which has helped pioneer 1247 00:29:27,133 --> 00:29:29,936 the use of 1248 00:29:27,133 --> 00:29:29,936 DNA phenotyping. 1249 00:29:29,936 --> 00:29:32,772 - So, that DNA 1250 00:29:29,936 --> 00:29:32,772 built that person, 1251 00:29:32,772 --> 00:29:33,940 and that's what we're 1252 00:29:32,772 --> 00:29:33,940 looking for, 1253 00:29:33,940 --> 00:29:36,142 is the pieces of the DNA 1254 00:29:33,940 --> 00:29:36,142 that coded for 1255 00:29:36,142 --> 00:29:38,440 that person's eye color, 1256 00:29:36,142 --> 00:29:38,440 their hair color, 1257 00:29:38,440 --> 00:29:40,280 their face shape, 1258 00:29:38,440 --> 00:29:40,280 and then we can tell that 1259 00:29:40,280 --> 00:29:41,581 to the detectives. 1260 00:29:41,581 --> 00:29:44,500 - This isn't the first time 1261 00:29:41,581 --> 00:29:44,500 phenotyping has come up 1262 00:29:44,500 --> 00:29:45,952 in one of our stories. 1263 00:29:45,952 --> 00:29:49,222 Previously, Parabon created 1264 00:29:45,952 --> 00:29:49,222 an image from my DNA 1265 00:29:49,222 --> 00:29:51,191 to show how it works. 1266 00:29:51,191 --> 00:29:52,192 Why am I anxious, 1267 00:29:51,191 --> 00:29:52,192 right now? 1268 00:29:52,192 --> 00:29:53,293 What? 1269 00:29:53,293 --> 00:29:55,610 Like, I feel like 1270 00:29:53,293 --> 00:29:55,610 I'm the criminal or something. 1271 00:29:55,610 --> 00:29:57,864 [laughing] 1272 00:29:55,610 --> 00:29:57,864 Let's see it. 1273 00:29:57,864 --> 00:29:59,499 - All right. 1274 00:29:57,864 --> 00:29:59,499 Uh, okay. 1275 00:29:59,499 --> 00:30:00,667 - Oh, wow. 1276 00:30:00,667 --> 00:30:02,969 I felt like, after I got 1277 00:30:00,667 --> 00:30:02,969 my composite sketch 1278 00:30:02,969 --> 00:30:05,605 from Parabon, that if I had of 1279 00:30:02,969 --> 00:30:05,605 committed a crime 1280 00:30:05,605 --> 00:30:07,941 and left my DNA, I would have 1281 00:30:05,605 --> 00:30:07,941 been completely busted. 1282 00:30:07,941 --> 00:30:09,175 - Yeah, absolutely. 1283 00:30:09,175 --> 00:30:12,445 You would have been right 1284 00:30:09,175 --> 00:30:12,445 at the top of that suspect list. 1285 00:30:12,445 --> 00:30:14,247 - And now, 1286 00:30:12,445 --> 00:30:14,247 the Lancaster D.A. 1287 00:30:14,247 --> 00:30:17,417 hoped the company could 1288 00:30:14,247 --> 00:30:17,417 help with Christy's case. 1289 00:30:17,417 --> 00:30:19,986 They analyzed the DNA 1290 00:30:17,417 --> 00:30:19,986 left by her killer, 1291 00:30:19,986 --> 00:30:22,756 trait by trait, 1292 00:30:19,986 --> 00:30:22,756 hair and eye color, 1293 00:30:22,756 --> 00:30:26,920 facial structure, 1294 00:30:22,756 --> 00:30:26,920 even ancestry. 1295 00:30:26,920 --> 00:30:29,596 - We found that he was 1296 00:30:26,920 --> 00:30:29,596 partially of European descent 1297 00:30:29,596 --> 00:30:32,132 but also partially 1298 00:30:29,596 --> 00:30:32,132 of Latino descent. 1299 00:30:32,132 --> 00:30:35,101 So, he was a mix 1300 00:30:32,132 --> 00:30:35,101 of those two ancestries. 1301 00:30:35,101 --> 00:30:37,470 - They came up with 1302 00:30:35,101 --> 00:30:37,470 three composites to reflect 1303 00:30:37,470 --> 00:30:40,730 how he might have aged 1304 00:30:37,470 --> 00:30:40,730 over the years. 1305 00:30:40,730 --> 00:30:41,474 He could look 1306 00:30:40,730 --> 00:30:41,474 a lot like this. 1307 00:30:41,474 --> 00:30:42,275 - Right. 1308 00:30:42,275 --> 00:30:43,476 This may have been 1309 00:30:42,275 --> 00:30:43,476 approximately 1310 00:30:43,476 --> 00:30:46,913 what he looked like 1311 00:30:43,476 --> 00:30:46,913 when the crime was committed. 1312 00:30:46,913 --> 00:30:49,182 - The D.A. asked 1313 00:30:46,913 --> 00:30:49,182 Christy's family and friends 1314 00:30:49,182 --> 00:30:51,384 to take a look, 1315 00:30:49,182 --> 00:30:51,384 but when they actually 1316 00:30:51,384 --> 00:30:53,286 saw the composite. 1317 00:30:53,286 --> 00:30:57,824 - I didn't see anyone I knew, 1318 00:30:53,286 --> 00:30:57,824 and I'm like this is a stranger. 1319 00:30:57,824 --> 00:31:02,295 - In October 2017, the D.A. 1320 00:30:57,824 --> 00:31:02,295 made the composites public 1321 00:31:02,295 --> 00:31:04,164 during a press conference. 1322 00:31:04,164 --> 00:31:06,433 Maybe someone else 1323 00:31:04,164 --> 00:31:06,433 would recognize the person 1324 00:31:06,433 --> 00:31:07,901 in those images. 1325 00:31:07,901 --> 00:31:10,170 - There will be no tip that's 1326 00:31:07,901 --> 00:31:10,170 gonna be a waste of our time. 1327 00:31:10,170 --> 00:31:11,604 We got a lotta calls. 1328 00:31:11,604 --> 00:31:13,306 Some of them seemed 1329 00:31:11,604 --> 00:31:13,306 hopeful, at first, 1330 00:31:13,306 --> 00:31:16,476 uh, but ultimately led to-- 1331 00:31:13,306 --> 00:31:16,476 led to nothing. 1332 00:31:16,476 --> 00:31:19,279 - Oh, that's so frustrating. 1333 00:31:16,476 --> 00:31:19,279 - Yeah. 1334 00:31:19,279 --> 00:31:20,613 This was kind of, 1335 00:31:19,279 --> 00:31:20,613 we had felt like, 1336 00:31:20,613 --> 00:31:24,718 our last shot, our last thing 1337 00:31:20,613 --> 00:31:24,718 that-that we could do. 1338 00:31:24,718 --> 00:31:27,587 - The composite didn't work, 1339 00:31:24,718 --> 00:31:27,587 but it would not be 1340 00:31:27,587 --> 00:31:29,222 their last shot. 1341 00:31:29,222 --> 00:31:32,258 That's because investigators 1342 00:31:29,222 --> 00:31:32,258 working on an unrelated crime 1343 00:31:32,258 --> 00:31:34,894 in California 1344 00:31:32,258 --> 00:31:34,894 came upon another way 1345 00:31:34,894 --> 00:31:36,863 of solving cold cases. 1346 00:31:36,863 --> 00:31:38,998 - Police arresting a man 1347 00:31:36,863 --> 00:31:38,998 they believe is the so-called 1348 00:31:38,998 --> 00:31:42,569 Golden State killer 1349 00:31:38,998 --> 00:31:42,569 discovered using DNA. 1350 00:31:42,569 --> 00:31:44,971 - California detectives 1351 00:31:42,569 --> 00:31:44,971 found their suspect 1352 00:31:44,971 --> 00:31:48,608 after uploading DNA from 1353 00:31:44,971 --> 00:31:48,608 a crime scene to a database 1354 00:31:48,608 --> 00:31:52,278 used by thousands looking 1355 00:31:48,608 --> 00:31:52,278 for lost relatives. 1356 00:31:52,278 --> 00:31:54,681 Their search turned up 1357 00:31:52,278 --> 00:31:54,681 people whose DNA 1358 00:31:54,681 --> 00:31:57,317 had distant matches 1359 00:31:54,681 --> 00:31:57,317 to the killer. 1360 00:31:57,317 --> 00:32:00,920 From there, investigators 1361 00:31:57,317 --> 00:32:00,920 constructed a family tree 1362 00:32:00,920 --> 00:32:03,223 and narrowed it down 1363 00:32:00,920 --> 00:32:03,223 to their man. 1364 00:32:03,223 --> 00:32:05,191 - When you read about it, 1365 00:32:03,223 --> 00:32:05,191 and you see it, 1366 00:32:05,191 --> 00:32:08,610 you just say to yourself, well, 1367 00:32:05,191 --> 00:32:08,610 why didn't I think about this? 1368 00:32:08,610 --> 00:32:11,264 I mean, it's tot-- 1369 00:32:08,610 --> 00:32:11,264 completely brilliant. 1370 00:32:11,264 --> 00:32:13,600 - Parabon's genetic 1371 00:32:11,264 --> 00:32:13,600 genealogists 1372 00:32:13,600 --> 00:32:15,535 did the same thing 1373 00:32:13,600 --> 00:32:15,535 in the hunt for the man 1374 00:32:15,535 --> 00:32:17,700 who murdered Christy. 1375 00:32:17,700 --> 00:32:19,906 Sure enough, they found 1376 00:32:17,700 --> 00:32:19,906 relatives who shared DNA 1377 00:32:19,906 --> 00:32:21,307 with her killer. 1378 00:32:21,307 --> 00:32:24,244 - In a couple of days, 1379 00:32:21,307 --> 00:32:24,244 they're able to take 1380 00:32:24,244 --> 00:32:28,882 these few people who share DNA 1381 00:32:24,244 --> 00:32:28,882 with our unknown killer 1382 00:32:28,882 --> 00:32:31,651 and build to who that person 1383 00:32:28,882 --> 00:32:31,651 could have been. 1384 00:32:31,651 --> 00:32:33,386 - Remember they knew 1385 00:32:31,651 --> 00:32:33,386 the killer had 1386 00:32:33,386 --> 00:32:36,690 European and Latino 1387 00:32:33,386 --> 00:32:36,690 ancestry. 1388 00:32:36,690 --> 00:32:39,726 One man in the family 1389 00:32:36,690 --> 00:32:39,726 tree stood out. 1390 00:32:39,726 --> 00:32:42,829 He matched the ancestry 1391 00:32:39,726 --> 00:32:42,829 and lived near Christy 1392 00:32:42,829 --> 00:32:45,498 when she was murdered, 1393 00:32:42,829 --> 00:32:45,498 but that didn't mean 1394 00:32:45,498 --> 00:32:48,401 investigators in Lancaster 1395 00:32:45,498 --> 00:32:48,401 could make an arrest. 1396 00:32:48,401 --> 00:32:50,737 - We don't arrest people 1397 00:32:48,401 --> 00:32:50,737 on what genetic database 1398 00:32:50,737 --> 00:32:51,905 is saying to us. 1399 00:32:51,905 --> 00:32:54,107 We needed to get his sample, 1400 00:32:51,905 --> 00:32:54,107 and we needed to have it 1401 00:32:54,107 --> 00:32:57,177 confirmed through a-a-- 1402 00:32:54,107 --> 00:32:57,177 the-the state police crime lab. 1403 00:32:57,177 --> 00:33:00,460 - So, they staked him out, 1404 00:32:57,177 --> 00:33:00,460 hoping he'd leave behind 1405 00:33:00,460 --> 00:33:02,515 something with his 1406 00:33:00,460 --> 00:33:02,515 DNA on it. 1407 00:33:02,515 --> 00:33:05,510 - We had a couple undercover 1408 00:33:02,515 --> 00:33:05,510 guys watch him all day long 1409 00:33:05,510 --> 00:33:06,653 to try to see him 1410 00:33:05,510 --> 00:33:06,653 abandon something. 1411 00:33:06,653 --> 00:33:08,555 He abandoned nothing. 1412 00:33:06,653 --> 00:33:08,555 He took everything with him. 1413 00:33:08,555 --> 00:33:10,123 We completely struck out. 1414 00:33:10,123 --> 00:33:11,725 - They tried again. 1415 00:33:11,725 --> 00:33:14,494 State troopers eventually 1416 00:33:11,725 --> 00:33:14,494 followed the man to, 1417 00:33:14,494 --> 00:33:17,630 of all things, an event 1418 00:33:14,494 --> 00:33:17,630 at a public school. 1419 00:33:17,630 --> 00:33:20,100 This time, success. 1420 00:33:20,100 --> 00:33:23,136 - An undercover female, 1421 00:33:20,100 --> 00:33:23,136 uh, trooper befriended him, 1422 00:33:23,136 --> 00:33:26,406 and she was able to get-get 1423 00:33:23,136 --> 00:33:26,406 some things directly from him. 1424 00:33:26,406 --> 00:33:27,374 - What did she get? 1425 00:33:26,406 --> 00:33:27,374 - Uh, she was able to get 1426 00:33:27,374 --> 00:33:30,176 a water bottle and gum 1427 00:33:27,374 --> 00:33:30,176 that he had used. 1428 00:33:30,176 --> 00:33:33,146 - The state crime lab compared 1429 00:33:30,176 --> 00:33:33,146 the DNA from those samples 1430 00:33:33,146 --> 00:33:36,916 to the DNA from the crime scene. 1431 00:33:33,146 --> 00:33:36,916 They matched. 1432 00:33:36,916 --> 00:33:41,870 Now, investigators were 1433 00:33:36,916 --> 00:33:41,870 confident they had their man 1434 00:33:41,870 --> 00:33:43,523 standing right where 1435 00:33:41,870 --> 00:33:43,523 they least expected him, 1436 00:33:43,523 --> 00:33:47,727 in the shadows 1437 00:33:43,523 --> 00:33:47,727 of the dance floor. 1438 00:33:47,727 --> 00:33:49,295 - Coming up... 1439 00:33:49,295 --> 00:33:52,980 - He slept 1440 00:33:49,295 --> 00:33:52,980 on my bed that night. 1441 00:33:52,980 --> 00:33:54,000 You just don't know 1442 00:33:52,980 --> 00:33:54,000 what to think. 1443 00:33:54,000 --> 00:33:56,803 - Who was the man 1444 00:33:54,000 --> 00:33:56,803 who murdered Christy? 1445 00:33:56,803 --> 00:34:01,241 His stunning identity 1446 00:33:56,803 --> 00:34:01,241 revealed at last. 1447 00:34:01,241 --> 00:34:03,476 - You are literally talking 1448 00:34:01,241 --> 00:34:03,476 to Christy's killer. 1449 00:34:03,476 --> 00:34:05,578 - Right, 1450 00:34:03,476 --> 00:34:05,578 face to face. 1451 00:34:05,679 --> 00:34:16,560 ** 1452 00:34:16,822 --> 00:34:20,929 Welcome back. 1453 00:34:16,822 --> 00:34:20,929 Who killed Christy Mirack? 1454 00:34:20,929 --> 00:34:23,763 The deadly secret baffled 1455 00:34:20,929 --> 00:34:23,763 investigators for decades. 1456 00:34:23,763 --> 00:34:27,500 Then a breakthrough. 1457 00:34:23,763 --> 00:34:27,500 Using her killer's DNA, 1458 00:34:27,500 --> 00:34:31,471 they created a family tree, 1459 00:34:27,500 --> 00:34:31,471 singled out a potential suspect, 1460 00:34:31,471 --> 00:34:34,873 and, through 1461 00:34:31,471 --> 00:34:34,873 some amazing policework, 1462 00:34:34,873 --> 00:34:37,409 connected him 1463 00:34:34,873 --> 00:34:37,409 to the crime. 1464 00:34:37,409 --> 00:34:40,580 If detectives thought 1465 00:34:37,409 --> 00:34:40,580 his identity was a bombshell, 1466 00:34:40,580 --> 00:34:45,784 they'd need to brace for impact 1467 00:34:40,580 --> 00:34:45,784 because there were two surprises 1468 00:34:45,784 --> 00:34:48,154 in store. 1469 00:34:45,784 --> 00:34:48,154 Here's Andrea Canning 1470 00:34:48,154 --> 00:34:51,791 with the conclusion 1471 00:34:48,154 --> 00:34:51,791 of "Facing the Music." 1472 00:34:53,726 --> 00:34:55,762 - Detectives believed 1473 00:34:53,726 --> 00:34:55,762 they'd finally found 1474 00:34:55,762 --> 00:34:57,764 Christy Mirack's killer. 1475 00:34:57,764 --> 00:34:59,599 They matched 1476 00:34:57,764 --> 00:34:59,599 his DNA to the crime, 1477 00:34:59,599 --> 00:35:03,169 and they were ready 1478 00:34:59,599 --> 00:35:03,169 to arrest him until... 1479 00:35:03,169 --> 00:35:06,339 You realize he's not even home. 1480 00:35:03,169 --> 00:35:06,339 He's on vacation. 1481 00:35:06,339 --> 00:35:07,907 - We found out that he 1482 00:35:06,339 --> 00:35:07,907 was actually on a trip 1483 00:35:07,907 --> 00:35:09,542 across America with his wife 1484 00:35:07,907 --> 00:35:09,542 and daughter. 1485 00:35:09,542 --> 00:35:14,347 - Now, D.A. Craig Stedman had 1486 00:35:09,542 --> 00:35:14,347 an agonizing decision to make. 1487 00:35:14,347 --> 00:35:16,182 - Do we arrest him 1488 00:35:14,347 --> 00:35:16,182 out there and not have 1489 00:35:16,182 --> 00:35:17,751 our investigators try 1490 00:35:16,182 --> 00:35:17,751 to interview him? 1491 00:35:17,751 --> 00:35:21,721 Do we risk the safety of his 1492 00:35:17,751 --> 00:35:21,721 new wife and adopted daughter? 1493 00:35:21,721 --> 00:35:22,722 - So, 1494 00:35:21,721 --> 00:35:22,722 what do you do? 1495 00:35:22,722 --> 00:35:26,192 - Well, so, I made 1496 00:35:22,722 --> 00:35:26,192 the decision to wait. 1497 00:35:26,192 --> 00:35:28,528 - Thankfully, their man 1498 00:35:26,192 --> 00:35:28,528 returned to Lancaster, 1499 00:35:28,528 --> 00:35:31,831 and, on an early 1500 00:35:28,528 --> 00:35:31,831 summer day in 2018, 1501 00:35:31,831 --> 00:35:35,335 they arrested him 1502 00:35:31,831 --> 00:35:35,335 outside his house. 1503 00:35:35,335 --> 00:35:36,670 What was his reaction? 1504 00:35:36,670 --> 00:35:39,939 - He kind of was 1505 00:35:36,670 --> 00:35:39,939 acting pretty calm. 1506 00:35:39,939 --> 00:35:42,750 "Oh, well, this is, you know, 1507 00:35:39,939 --> 00:35:42,750 kind of a joke, right?" 1508 00:35:42,750 --> 00:35:44,277 And they kept 1509 00:35:42,750 --> 00:35:44,277 telling him, uh, "No. 1510 00:35:44,277 --> 00:35:46,613 "You're arrested 1511 00:35:44,277 --> 00:35:46,613 for criminal homicide 1512 00:35:46,613 --> 00:35:47,814 "of Christy Mirack." 1513 00:35:47,814 --> 00:35:49,516 - He denies it. 1514 00:35:47,814 --> 00:35:49,516 - He denied it. 1515 00:35:49,516 --> 00:35:51,451 He denied 1516 00:35:49,516 --> 00:35:51,451 ever knowing her. 1517 00:35:51,451 --> 00:35:52,819 Today, we are 1518 00:35:51,451 --> 00:35:52,819 announcing the arrest 1519 00:35:52,819 --> 00:35:54,421 of Raymond Charles Rowe 1520 00:35:54,421 --> 00:35:55,655 for the murder 1521 00:35:54,421 --> 00:35:55,655 of Christy Mirack 1522 00:35:55,655 --> 00:35:59,920 from December 21, 1992. 1523 00:35:59,920 --> 00:36:03,830 - Raymond Rowe-- who was he? 1524 00:35:59,920 --> 00:36:03,830 - Never heard of the guy. 1525 00:36:03,830 --> 00:36:06,660 I don't know who 1526 00:36:03,830 --> 00:36:06,660 this person is. 1527 00:36:06,660 --> 00:36:09,736 - Turned out many people knew 1528 00:36:06,660 --> 00:36:09,736 the accused by a different name. 1529 00:36:12,572 --> 00:36:14,400 DJ Freez. 1530 00:36:14,400 --> 00:36:15,842 - All right, 1531 00:36:14,400 --> 00:36:15,842 ladies and gentlemen, 1532 00:36:15,842 --> 00:36:16,843 we have one more show. 1533 00:36:16,843 --> 00:36:18,678 - Christy's friends 1534 00:36:16,843 --> 00:36:18,678 were floored. 1535 00:36:18,678 --> 00:36:22,716 - He was the local DJ 1536 00:36:18,678 --> 00:36:22,716 everyone-everyone wanted. 1537 00:36:22,716 --> 00:36:26,520 He was the guy who went 1538 00:36:22,716 --> 00:36:26,520 to the same church as me. 1539 00:36:26,520 --> 00:36:27,787 - He had been raised 1540 00:36:26,520 --> 00:36:27,787 in Lancaster, 1541 00:36:27,787 --> 00:36:31,570 and he had essentially stayed 1542 00:36:27,787 --> 00:36:31,570 here for his life. 1543 00:36:31,570 --> 00:36:33,590 - Around the time 1544 00:36:31,570 --> 00:36:33,590 of Christy murder, 1545 00:36:33,590 --> 00:36:35,462 Rowe worked 1546 00:36:33,590 --> 00:36:35,462 a warehouse job by day 1547 00:36:35,462 --> 00:36:37,964 and performed 1548 00:36:35,462 --> 00:36:37,964 in clubs at night. 1549 00:36:37,964 --> 00:36:41,670 Aside from a brush 1550 00:36:37,964 --> 00:36:41,670 with the law in 2001, 1551 00:36:41,670 --> 00:36:43,470 disorderly conduct 1552 00:36:41,670 --> 00:36:43,470 and resisting arrest, 1553 00:36:43,470 --> 00:36:45,605 he stayed out of trouble. 1554 00:36:45,605 --> 00:36:47,741 Over the years, 1555 00:36:45,605 --> 00:36:47,741 he married four times 1556 00:36:47,741 --> 00:36:50,910 and built 1557 00:36:47,741 --> 00:36:50,910 a name for himself as a DJ. 1558 00:36:50,910 --> 00:36:52,979 - A lot of our officers 1559 00:36:50,910 --> 00:36:52,979 knew who he was. 1560 00:36:52,979 --> 00:36:55,315 A lot of our officers had been 1561 00:36:52,979 --> 00:36:55,315 at events that he had been at. 1562 00:36:55,315 --> 00:36:56,516 - He was living 1563 00:36:55,315 --> 00:36:56,516 in plain sight. 1564 00:36:56,516 --> 00:36:57,951 - He was living 1565 00:36:56,516 --> 00:36:57,951 in plain sight. 1566 00:36:57,951 --> 00:36:59,652 He had been living 1567 00:36:57,951 --> 00:36:59,652 in plain sight. 1568 00:36:59,652 --> 00:37:01,621 He never hid it. 1569 00:37:01,621 --> 00:37:04,240 - Now, he was 1570 00:37:01,621 --> 00:37:04,240 charged with murder. 1571 00:37:04,240 --> 00:37:06,159 Investigators quickly 1572 00:37:04,240 --> 00:37:06,159 connected him 1573 00:37:06,159 --> 00:37:10,300 to another key piece 1574 00:37:06,159 --> 00:37:10,300 of evidence, that white car. 1575 00:37:10,300 --> 00:37:14,334 In 1992, Rowe owned 1576 00:37:10,300 --> 00:37:14,334 a Toyota Celica similar to this 1577 00:37:14,334 --> 00:37:16,736 that some of Christy's 1578 00:37:14,334 --> 00:37:16,736 neighbors had mentioned, 1579 00:37:16,736 --> 00:37:20,400 not the Dodge Daytona 1580 00:37:16,736 --> 00:37:20,400 police focused on. 1581 00:37:20,400 --> 00:37:24,440 - I had sitting in my office 1582 00:37:20,400 --> 00:37:24,440 a pile about this big 1583 00:37:24,440 --> 00:37:26,379 of all the Dodge Daytonas 1584 00:37:24,440 --> 00:37:26,379 that were registered 1585 00:37:26,379 --> 00:37:28,782 in Pennsylvania 1586 00:37:26,379 --> 00:37:28,782 back at that time. 1587 00:37:28,782 --> 00:37:31,418 - But not the Celica? 1588 00:37:28,782 --> 00:37:31,418 - Not the Celica. 1589 00:37:31,418 --> 00:37:34,554 - Why not go through 1590 00:37:31,418 --> 00:37:34,554 both in the database? 1591 00:37:34,554 --> 00:37:36,656 - I do not have 1592 00:37:34,554 --> 00:37:36,656 an answer for you on that. 1593 00:37:36,656 --> 00:37:38,358 I think 1594 00:37:36,656 --> 00:37:38,358 that they felt like, 1595 00:37:38,358 --> 00:37:42,128 um, based on-on, 1596 00:37:38,358 --> 00:37:42,128 uh, the information they had, 1597 00:37:42,128 --> 00:37:44,397 that the Dodge Daytona 1598 00:37:42,128 --> 00:37:44,397 was the way to go. 1599 00:37:44,397 --> 00:37:47,534 - Investigators now believed 1600 00:37:44,397 --> 00:37:47,534 Rowe drove that car 1601 00:37:47,534 --> 00:37:50,437 past Christy's 1602 00:37:47,534 --> 00:37:50,437 doorstep often. 1603 00:37:50,437 --> 00:37:53,406 - We discovered that he worked 1604 00:37:50,437 --> 00:37:53,406 very, very close proximity 1605 00:37:53,406 --> 00:37:57,477 to where 1606 00:37:53,406 --> 00:37:57,477 Christy's apartment was. 1607 00:37:57,477 --> 00:37:59,679 - Stedman says it's 1608 00:37:57,477 --> 00:37:59,679 even possible Rowe 1609 00:37:59,679 --> 00:38:02,480 was the peeping Tom 1610 00:37:59,679 --> 00:38:02,480 that Christy's friends chased 1611 00:38:02,480 --> 00:38:07,200 just months before her murder. 1612 00:38:02,480 --> 00:38:07,200 The what if haunts them. 1613 00:38:07,200 --> 00:38:09,923 - The thing that bothers me 1614 00:38:07,200 --> 00:38:09,923 is if it would have-- 1615 00:38:09,923 --> 00:38:11,691 like, what if 1616 00:38:09,923 --> 00:38:11,691 it was him? 1617 00:38:11,691 --> 00:38:16,329 If I would have 1618 00:38:11,691 --> 00:38:16,329 caught him, then. 1619 00:38:16,329 --> 00:38:17,530 - It gets you upset, like, 1620 00:38:16,329 --> 00:38:17,530 just thinking 1621 00:38:17,530 --> 00:38:20,467 about it now. 1622 00:38:17,530 --> 00:38:20,467 - Yeah, yeah. 1623 00:38:20,467 --> 00:38:22,769 - Investigators also knew 1624 00:38:20,467 --> 00:38:22,769 that Rowe might have 1625 00:38:22,769 --> 00:38:25,638 spotted Christy in one 1626 00:38:22,769 --> 00:38:25,638 of the downtown clubs, 1627 00:38:25,638 --> 00:38:28,740 like that Saturday 1628 00:38:25,638 --> 00:38:28,740 before her death. 1629 00:38:28,740 --> 00:38:29,576 Was he at the club 1630 00:38:28,740 --> 00:38:29,576 that weekend, 1631 00:38:29,576 --> 00:38:31,440 one of the places 1632 00:38:29,576 --> 00:38:31,440 you went to? 1633 00:38:31,440 --> 00:38:32,780 - We don't know. 1634 00:38:31,440 --> 00:38:32,780 - We don't know. 1635 00:38:32,780 --> 00:38:33,346 - We don't know. 1636 00:38:32,780 --> 00:38:33,346 We didn't know him. 1637 00:38:33,346 --> 00:38:34,681 He-he didn't 1638 00:38:33,346 --> 00:38:34,681 stand out, 1639 00:38:34,681 --> 00:38:36,449 if he was there. 1640 00:38:34,681 --> 00:38:36,449 - Mm-hmm. 1641 00:38:36,449 --> 00:38:40,530 - And yet, the D.A. thinks 1642 00:38:36,449 --> 00:38:40,530 it's likely the two met. 1643 00:38:40,530 --> 00:38:41,388 - I think it was targeted. 1644 00:38:41,388 --> 00:38:44,157 I think that she had encountered 1645 00:38:41,388 --> 00:38:44,157 him at some event beforehand, 1646 00:38:44,157 --> 00:38:48,428 my guess is had spurned him, 1647 00:38:44,157 --> 00:38:48,428 and he saw her out there 1648 00:38:48,428 --> 00:38:50,897 at that apartment, 1649 00:38:48,428 --> 00:38:50,897 at some point. 1650 00:38:50,897 --> 00:38:53,466 - The DJ's connection 1651 00:38:50,897 --> 00:38:53,466 to Christy seemed tenuous, 1652 00:38:53,466 --> 00:38:57,604 but Stedman says the DNA 1653 00:38:53,466 --> 00:38:57,604 proved Rowe killed her. 1654 00:38:57,604 --> 00:38:59,639 In fact, the odds 1655 00:38:57,604 --> 00:38:59,639 of the killer being 1656 00:38:59,639 --> 00:39:02,342 anyone other than him 1657 00:38:59,639 --> 00:39:02,342 on the entire planet 1658 00:39:02,342 --> 00:39:04,744 weren't just one 1659 00:39:02,342 --> 00:39:04,744 in a million. 1660 00:39:04,744 --> 00:39:07,580 - Nonillion, octillion, like, 1661 00:39:04,744 --> 00:39:07,580 a thousand trillion-trillion, 1662 00:39:07,580 --> 00:39:09,716 things like this-- I-I-- 1663 00:39:07,580 --> 00:39:09,716 you can't even actually conceive 1664 00:39:09,716 --> 00:39:12,152 of a number with 27 zeroes 1665 00:39:09,716 --> 00:39:12,152 or 30 zeroes, 1666 00:39:12,152 --> 00:39:13,219 which is what 1667 00:39:12,152 --> 00:39:13,219 we ended up getting. 1668 00:39:13,219 --> 00:39:15,255 - It's remarkable. 1669 00:39:13,219 --> 00:39:15,255 - Uh, it-- I-I just have-- 1670 00:39:15,255 --> 00:39:18,291 I've never heard 1671 00:39:15,255 --> 00:39:18,291 of a case with this much. 1672 00:39:18,291 --> 00:39:20,927 - And remember that composite 1673 00:39:18,291 --> 00:39:20,927 from the killer's DNA? 1674 00:39:20,927 --> 00:39:24,497 Turns out it was 1675 00:39:20,927 --> 00:39:24,497 a pretty good match to Rowe. 1676 00:39:24,497 --> 00:39:27,467 Even then, it was hard 1677 00:39:24,497 --> 00:39:27,467 for some in Lancaster 1678 00:39:27,467 --> 00:39:30,503 to believe Rowe could 1679 00:39:27,467 --> 00:39:30,503 commit such a horrible crime, 1680 00:39:30,503 --> 00:39:35,442 especially this woman. 1681 00:39:30,503 --> 00:39:35,442 - He was the life of the party. 1682 00:39:35,442 --> 00:39:37,444 - Her name 1683 00:39:35,442 --> 00:39:37,444 is Monica Whalen. 1684 00:39:37,444 --> 00:39:40,213 She was engaged to Rowe 1685 00:39:37,444 --> 00:39:40,213 when Christy was killed. 1686 00:39:40,213 --> 00:39:42,515 This was the first time 1687 00:39:40,213 --> 00:39:42,515 she publicly talked 1688 00:39:42,515 --> 00:39:44,551 about their relationship. 1689 00:39:44,551 --> 00:39:45,919 You're learning 1690 00:39:44,551 --> 00:39:45,919 that they believe 1691 00:39:45,919 --> 00:39:50,223 he brutally murdered a woman, 1692 00:39:45,919 --> 00:39:50,223 sexually assaulted her, 1693 00:39:50,223 --> 00:39:54,940 and then came home to you. 1694 00:39:50,223 --> 00:39:54,940 - Yes. 1695 00:39:55,729 --> 00:39:57,931 - How do you process that? 1696 00:39:57,931 --> 00:40:00,166 - You-you just don't 1697 00:39:57,931 --> 00:40:00,166 know what to think. 1698 00:40:00,166 --> 00:40:04,104 I mean, he slept 1699 00:40:00,166 --> 00:40:04,104 on my bed that night. 1700 00:40:04,104 --> 00:40:07,107 You know, we had Christmas 1701 00:40:04,104 --> 00:40:07,107 four days later, 1702 00:40:07,107 --> 00:40:10,343 and we got married 1703 00:40:07,107 --> 00:40:10,343 months later. 1704 00:40:10,343 --> 00:40:13,480 - And you're none the wiser. 1705 00:40:10,343 --> 00:40:13,480 - No. 1706 00:40:13,480 --> 00:40:16,182 - But Monica does remember 1707 00:40:13,480 --> 00:40:16,182 Christy's murder 1708 00:40:16,182 --> 00:40:19,586 being in the news and talking 1709 00:40:16,182 --> 00:40:19,586 to Rowe about it. 1710 00:40:19,586 --> 00:40:22,880 He was concerned about 1711 00:40:19,586 --> 00:40:22,880 your safety after this murder? 1712 00:40:22,880 --> 00:40:23,456 - Yeah. 1713 00:40:23,456 --> 00:40:27,794 - It's outrageous to think that 1714 00:40:23,456 --> 00:40:27,794 he's advising you on your safety 1715 00:40:27,794 --> 00:40:31,398 and worrying about you 1716 00:40:27,794 --> 00:40:31,398 when he was the killer. 1717 00:40:31,398 --> 00:40:35,235 - Mm-hmm. 1718 00:40:31,398 --> 00:40:35,235 Yeah, it is surprising. 1719 00:40:35,235 --> 00:40:38,471 - The couple divorced 1720 00:40:35,235 --> 00:40:38,471 almost six years later. 1721 00:40:38,471 --> 00:40:39,873 There must also 1722 00:40:38,471 --> 00:40:39,873 be a part of you is, 1723 00:40:39,873 --> 00:40:42,475 like, what didn't I see? 1724 00:40:39,873 --> 00:40:42,475 - Yeah, there was that. 1725 00:40:42,475 --> 00:40:45,378 There was, um, it could 1726 00:40:42,475 --> 00:40:45,378 have been me. 1727 00:40:45,378 --> 00:40:49,616 You know, why wasn't it me? 1728 00:40:45,378 --> 00:40:49,616 Why did she have to die? 1729 00:40:49,616 --> 00:40:51,785 - Rowe was now facing trial 1730 00:40:49,616 --> 00:40:51,785 and, if convicted, 1731 00:40:51,785 --> 00:40:55,221 the death penalty, 1732 00:40:51,785 --> 00:40:55,221 but it didn't come to that. 1733 00:40:55,221 --> 00:40:58,191 In January 2019, he pleaded 1734 00:40:55,221 --> 00:40:58,191 guilty to the murder 1735 00:40:58,191 --> 00:41:02,162 and rape of Christy Mirack 1736 00:40:58,191 --> 00:41:02,162 in exchange for a life sentence. 1737 00:41:02,162 --> 00:41:04,197 Citing newly 1738 00:41:02,162 --> 00:41:04,197 discovered evidence, 1739 00:41:04,197 --> 00:41:06,266 he has since petitioned 1740 00:41:04,197 --> 00:41:06,266 the court to withdraw 1741 00:41:06,266 --> 00:41:09,169 his guilty plea 1742 00:41:06,266 --> 00:41:09,169 and go to trial. 1743 00:41:09,169 --> 00:41:10,236 As for Christy's family, 1744 00:41:10,236 --> 00:41:13,673 they felt relieved 1745 00:41:10,236 --> 00:41:13,673 but also cheated. 1746 00:41:13,673 --> 00:41:16,276 - He's been doin' what he wanted 1747 00:41:13,673 --> 00:41:16,276 to do for the last 26 years, 1748 00:41:16,276 --> 00:41:18,978 and she's been dead 1749 00:41:16,276 --> 00:41:18,978 for the last 26-plus years, 1750 00:41:18,978 --> 00:41:21,481 and I still think 1751 00:41:18,978 --> 00:41:21,481 he got off pretty easy. 1752 00:41:21,481 --> 00:41:23,350 - Christy's friends 1753 00:41:21,481 --> 00:41:23,350 are angry that Rowe 1754 00:41:23,350 --> 00:41:25,785 was able to live 1755 00:41:23,350 --> 00:41:25,785 among them for so long, 1756 00:41:25,785 --> 00:41:28,488 never hinting 1757 00:41:25,785 --> 00:41:28,488 at what he'd done. 1758 00:41:28,488 --> 00:41:31,391 - He was the guy I talked 1759 00:41:28,488 --> 00:41:31,391 to when my daughter 1760 00:41:31,391 --> 00:41:34,160 was planning her wedding. 1761 00:41:31,391 --> 00:41:34,160 - No. 1762 00:41:34,160 --> 00:41:37,163 - At a wedding expo, 1763 00:41:34,160 --> 00:41:37,163 face to face, spoke to him. 1764 00:41:37,163 --> 00:41:42,102 - Oh, my gosh, you are literally 1765 00:41:37,163 --> 00:41:42,102 talking to Christy's killer. 1766 00:41:42,102 --> 00:41:43,300 - Mm-hmm. 1767 00:41:42,102 --> 00:41:43,300 - Right, 1768 00:41:43,300 --> 00:41:44,604 and I kept thinking, 1769 00:41:43,300 --> 00:41:44,604 after the fact. 1770 00:41:44,604 --> 00:41:46,600 I'm like, he had 1771 00:41:44,604 --> 00:41:46,600 to have known 1772 00:41:46,600 --> 00:41:47,474 who I was when I was 1773 00:41:46,600 --> 00:41:47,474 standing in front of him. 1774 00:41:47,474 --> 00:41:48,575 - Mm-hmm. 1775 00:41:47,474 --> 00:41:48,575 - Oh, absolutely. 1776 00:41:48,575 --> 00:41:51,544 - He had to have known 1777 00:41:48,575 --> 00:41:51,544 who I was. 1778 00:41:51,544 --> 00:41:53,446 - Now, she'd like 1779 00:41:51,544 --> 00:41:53,446 to have one more chance 1780 00:41:53,446 --> 00:41:56,116 to meet him 1781 00:41:53,446 --> 00:41:56,116 face to face. 1782 00:41:56,116 --> 00:41:59,252 - How did you know her, 1783 00:41:56,116 --> 00:41:59,252 and why did do you do this? 1784 00:41:59,252 --> 00:42:01,254 - I still want 1785 00:41:59,252 --> 00:42:01,254 to drive to the prison 1786 00:42:01,254 --> 00:42:04,190 and see if he'll let me in. 1787 00:42:01,254 --> 00:42:04,190 I just wanna ask him. 1788 00:42:04,190 --> 00:42:06,860 I just don't understand 1789 00:42:04,190 --> 00:42:06,860 why he did this. 1790 00:42:07,761 --> 00:42:09,262 - And they may never know. 1791 00:42:09,262 --> 00:42:10,897 Neither Rowe 1792 00:42:09,262 --> 00:42:10,897 nor his lawyers 1793 00:42:10,897 --> 00:42:15,168 responded to "Dateline's" 1794 00:42:10,897 --> 00:42:15,168 request for comment. 1795 00:42:15,168 --> 00:42:18,905 Through it all, this circle 1796 00:42:15,168 --> 00:42:18,905 of friends has stayed bonded. 1797 00:42:18,905 --> 00:42:21,541 They thank 1798 00:42:18,905 --> 00:42:21,541 Christy for that. 1799 00:42:21,541 --> 00:42:24,770 - I'd like to think Christy 1800 00:42:21,541 --> 00:42:24,770 has kept us together. 1801 00:42:24,770 --> 00:42:26,746 - You almost feel guilty 1802 00:42:24,770 --> 00:42:26,746 that we were able to get married 1803 00:42:26,746 --> 00:42:28,148 and have kids. 1804 00:42:26,746 --> 00:42:28,148 - Yeah. 1805 00:42:28,148 --> 00:42:30,830 - And we still think 1806 00:42:28,148 --> 00:42:30,830 about Christy, 1807 00:42:30,830 --> 00:42:33,860 like, that she never got 1808 00:42:30,830 --> 00:42:33,860 to have that. 1809 00:42:33,860 --> 00:42:35,855 - She was a huge light 1810 00:42:33,860 --> 00:42:35,855 in this world 1811 00:42:35,855 --> 00:42:38,391 that was just 1812 00:42:35,855 --> 00:42:38,391 taken way too soon, 1813 00:42:38,391 --> 00:42:41,828 just way too soon. 1814 00:42:38,391 --> 00:42:41,828 - Mm-hmm. 1815 00:42:44,464 --> 00:42:47,734 That's all for this edition of 1816 00:42:44,464 --> 00:42:47,734 "Dateline: Secrets Uncovered." 1817 00:42:47,734 --> 00:42:50,603 I'm Craig Melvin. 1818 00:42:47,734 --> 00:42:50,603 Thank you for watching.