1 00:00:02,350 --> 00:00:04,961 [audio logo] 2 00:00:05,135 --> 00:00:07,964 [crickets chirping] 3 00:00:08,138 --> 00:00:10,923 [water lapping] 4 00:00:11,098 --> 00:00:14,492 [discordant music] 5 00:00:20,933 --> 00:00:24,153 [unsettling music] 6 00:00:24,154 --> 00:00:25,721 There's nothing 7 00:00:25,938 --> 00:00:30,030 in the human language to describe what they did to her. 8 00:00:30,204 --> 00:00:32,206 BRAD PINCE: They had an opportunity to help her 9 00:00:32,423 --> 00:00:34,425 or to let her go. 10 00:00:34,643 --> 00:00:37,167 And none of them stepped up to do that. 11 00:00:37,385 --> 00:00:38,908 [sirens wailing] 12 00:00:39,082 --> 00:00:42,694 BRAD PINCE: The cell phone was located at a hotel. 13 00:00:42,912 --> 00:00:45,174 The police had the place surrounded. 14 00:00:45,175 --> 00:00:47,351 These people were very, very dangerous. 15 00:00:47,569 --> 00:00:48,657 [dramatic music] 16 00:00:48,874 --> 00:00:51,355 BRAD PINCE: They used tear gas. 17 00:00:51,573 --> 00:00:52,574 There was a lot 18 00:00:52,791 --> 00:00:55,402 of finger pointing going on. 19 00:00:55,403 --> 00:00:58,362 Detectives knew there was more to the story. 20 00:00:58,580 --> 00:01:01,017 - I photographed his hands. 21 00:01:01,191 --> 00:01:03,324 I saw some calluses. 22 00:01:03,541 --> 00:01:05,326 We knew they were from digging the grave. 23 00:01:08,416 --> 00:01:09,721 MICHAEL DOWNES: It was an utterly 24 00:01:09,939 --> 00:01:11,462 horrendous, heartless crime. 25 00:01:14,552 --> 00:01:16,424 That's what wakes you up at night. 26 00:01:16,641 --> 00:01:19,122 The jeopardy is that you mess it up, 27 00:01:19,340 --> 00:01:20,950 and these people walk free. 28 00:01:21,124 --> 00:01:24,475 [unsettling music] 29 00:01:25,433 --> 00:01:28,392 [theme music] 30 00:01:33,789 --> 00:01:37,271 [wind blowing gently] 31 00:01:45,627 --> 00:01:49,196 BRAD PINCE: Along Highway 2, 32 00:01:49,413 --> 00:01:55,115 over the mountains into Eastern Washington, is Gold Bar. 33 00:01:55,332 --> 00:01:57,639 [eerie music] 34 00:01:59,510 --> 00:02:01,121 - It's one of the last towns 35 00:02:01,338 --> 00:02:04,298 you come to before you get out to the middle of nowhere. 36 00:02:04,515 --> 00:02:07,127 [bird chattering] 37 00:02:07,344 --> 00:02:10,782 MICHAEL DOWNES: Very small, narrow dirt roads, 38 00:02:11,000 --> 00:02:13,350 streams flowing across the road. 39 00:02:18,660 --> 00:02:22,011 - There is absolutely no one around that 40 00:02:22,185 --> 00:02:24,622 could hear anything that was going on. 41 00:02:27,712 --> 00:02:31,412 It was early in the morning, nine days after a missing girl 42 00:02:31,629 --> 00:02:34,110 was last seen by her family. 43 00:02:34,284 --> 00:02:37,113 A 17-year-old high school kid took 44 00:02:37,287 --> 00:02:40,812 the detectives down a small road that goes 45 00:02:41,030 --> 00:02:44,207 into this old forestry area. 46 00:02:44,425 --> 00:02:46,644 It was very remote. 47 00:02:46,862 --> 00:02:50,909 Investigators searched the ground, looking for bullets. 48 00:02:51,127 --> 00:02:57,177 One of the detectives arrived and grabbed a shovel 49 00:02:57,394 --> 00:03:00,049 and started scraping away some dirt. 50 00:03:03,139 --> 00:03:05,054 Towards the end of the day, 51 00:03:05,228 --> 00:03:09,101 they had found a portion of a leg. 52 00:03:09,276 --> 00:03:11,930 [ominous music] 53 00:03:13,671 --> 00:03:15,195 MICHAEL DOWNES: They uncovered the body. 54 00:03:15,369 --> 00:03:18,023 She was face down in this hole. 55 00:03:18,198 --> 00:03:23,464 She had several gunshot wounds to the back of the head, wounds 56 00:03:23,681 --> 00:03:28,120 on her fingers, no clothes on. 57 00:03:28,295 --> 00:03:31,036 This woman was small, 4 foot 11, 58 00:03:31,211 --> 00:03:32,429 weighed less than 100 pounds. 59 00:03:32,647 --> 00:03:34,214 Brutally murdered? 60 00:03:34,388 --> 00:03:36,084 There's no question in my mind. 61 00:03:36,085 --> 00:03:38,043 You can't stop looking. 62 00:03:38,218 --> 00:03:42,396 You cannot stop asking questions. 63 00:03:42,613 --> 00:03:45,399 We have to find those responsible for her murder. 64 00:03:45,616 --> 00:03:49,011 [unsettling music] 65 00:03:57,889 --> 00:04:01,371 [atmospheric music] 66 00:04:07,856 --> 00:04:10,641 - Snohomish County, it's a rural part 67 00:04:10,859 --> 00:04:13,904 of Western Washington. 68 00:04:13,905 --> 00:04:16,342 It's beautiful. 69 00:04:16,343 --> 00:04:17,909 Anybody who loves nature 70 00:04:18,127 --> 00:04:20,738 or outdoors, it's paradise-- 71 00:04:20,956 --> 00:04:27,832 beautiful trees, Puget Sound, rivers, lakes, and mountains. 72 00:04:39,191 --> 00:04:41,716 ALI TAYLOR: Growing up in Snohomish County 73 00:04:41,933 --> 00:04:43,848 was really, really sweet. 74 00:04:44,066 --> 00:04:46,373 We played a lot of sports. 75 00:04:46,590 --> 00:04:51,334 We would go to the beaches, lots of bonfires with friends. 76 00:04:54,424 --> 00:04:57,427 [bright piano music] 77 00:04:57,645 --> 00:04:58,820 MEGHAN BURKHEIMER: My sister Rachel 78 00:04:59,037 --> 00:05:01,910 and I were three years apart. 79 00:05:02,127 --> 00:05:04,215 I remember when she came home from the hospital, 80 00:05:04,216 --> 00:05:06,044 she was my baby. 81 00:05:06,262 --> 00:05:09,744 It was my job to look out for her and protect her. 82 00:05:09,961 --> 00:05:15,662 We were super, super close. 83 00:05:15,663 --> 00:05:18,360 Our parents divorced when Rachel was probably 84 00:05:18,361 --> 00:05:20,537 six years old, and I was nine. 85 00:05:20,755 --> 00:05:24,889 Her and I spent countless nights with my dad. 86 00:05:25,107 --> 00:05:27,762 ALI TAYLOR: Her laugh was just contagious. 87 00:05:27,979 --> 00:05:30,112 She definitely stood out. 88 00:05:30,330 --> 00:05:35,683 She was amazing, beautiful, gorgeous, just a lot of energy. 89 00:05:35,900 --> 00:05:39,121 I always really admired the relationship 90 00:05:39,339 --> 00:05:41,819 she had with her father, Bill. 91 00:05:42,037 --> 00:05:43,343 My dad, he was 92 00:05:43,560 --> 00:05:44,953 an athlete when he grew up. 93 00:05:45,170 --> 00:05:48,304 So he was really in on coaching her. 94 00:05:48,478 --> 00:05:50,045 It was something that bonded them. 95 00:05:52,656 --> 00:05:54,310 Rachel was a total jock. 96 00:05:54,484 --> 00:05:57,531 We always would describe her as a 4' 11" 97 00:05:57,748 --> 00:06:04,407 giant because she was small in stature, but she was mighty. 98 00:06:05,234 --> 00:06:06,496 [pensive music] 99 00:06:06,714 --> 00:06:07,801 MEGHAN BURKHEIMER: Being super athletic, 100 00:06:07,802 --> 00:06:09,412 she still loved being all done up. 101 00:06:09,630 --> 00:06:12,545 We had even talked about perhaps working in the beauty 102 00:06:12,546 --> 00:06:13,373 industry together. 103 00:06:18,029 --> 00:06:21,118 As Rachel grew into her teen years, 104 00:06:21,119 --> 00:06:23,557 she was definitely Miss Popular. 105 00:06:23,774 --> 00:06:26,516 People were just so drawn to her. 106 00:06:26,734 --> 00:06:31,216 In high school, Rachel and Corey were very close. 107 00:06:31,391 --> 00:06:34,132 Corey was definitely her best friend. 108 00:06:34,350 --> 00:06:37,135 He meant the world to her. 109 00:06:40,225 --> 00:06:47,276 On August 5, 2001, Corey was in a fatal car crash. 110 00:06:48,625 --> 00:06:51,019 ALI TAYLOR: It really shook the entire school. 111 00:06:51,236 --> 00:06:55,023 It shook all of our friends. 112 00:06:55,240 --> 00:06:58,505 MEGHAN BURKHEIMER: Rachel had survivor's guilt. 113 00:06:58,722 --> 00:07:01,290 She was [clears throat] supposed to be in that car. 114 00:07:05,642 --> 00:07:07,122 And that's where everything changed. 115 00:07:09,559 --> 00:07:12,040 She went into a heavy depression. 116 00:07:12,257 --> 00:07:14,346 She dropped out of school. 117 00:07:14,521 --> 00:07:17,437 She was self-medicating, partying 118 00:07:17,611 --> 00:07:23,138 and doing drugs recreationally, trying to fill a void. 119 00:07:23,355 --> 00:07:24,834 [OFF] CAROLYN OSSORIO: She kind of 120 00:07:24,835 --> 00:07:26,707 started losing herself a little bit, started hanging out 121 00:07:26,924 --> 00:07:29,274 with people that she may not have 122 00:07:29,449 --> 00:07:30,754 been hanging out with before. 123 00:07:30,972 --> 00:07:34,192 Rachel was vulnerable. 124 00:07:34,410 --> 00:07:35,845 JUDY HO: Because of her own trauma, 125 00:07:35,846 --> 00:07:39,110 Rachel really, in essence, chose a lifestyle where 126 00:07:39,328 --> 00:07:43,201 she's walking on razor's edge. 127 00:07:43,419 --> 00:07:46,335 MEGHAN BURKHEIMER: Then, one day, she tells me, 128 00:07:46,509 --> 00:07:47,989 yeah, I met this new guy. 129 00:07:48,206 --> 00:07:49,338 His name is Diggy. 130 00:07:49,512 --> 00:07:50,731 He was a bad boy. 131 00:07:50,948 --> 00:07:53,647 And they met at a high school party. 132 00:07:53,864 --> 00:07:57,301 Luckily, they had only dated for about six months 133 00:07:57,302 --> 00:07:59,609 before they broke up. 134 00:07:59,827 --> 00:08:04,440 After that, Rachel had this resurgence. 135 00:08:04,614 --> 00:08:06,747 [soft music] 136 00:08:06,964 --> 00:08:09,140 ALI TAYLOR: She knew that she needed 137 00:08:09,358 --> 00:08:13,188 to pull her life together and start thinking 138 00:08:13,405 --> 00:08:15,364 about finishing school. 139 00:08:18,280 --> 00:08:20,151 And one day, she 140 00:08:20,369 --> 00:08:21,935 was really, really excited. 141 00:08:21,936 --> 00:08:25,852 She told my dad that she met a new friend named Maurice. 142 00:08:25,853 --> 00:08:27,898 They made a pact that they were going 143 00:08:28,116 --> 00:08:30,335 to graduate high school together 144 00:08:30,510 --> 00:08:31,815 and turn their lives around. 145 00:08:36,472 --> 00:08:39,301 September 23, 2002. 146 00:08:39,519 --> 00:08:42,043 [suspenseful music] 147 00:08:42,260 --> 00:08:43,739 [OFF] MEGHAN BURKHEIMER: I remember 148 00:08:43,740 --> 00:08:46,526 turning around and looking at the kitchen counter. 149 00:08:46,700 --> 00:08:49,224 She always made to-do lists. 150 00:08:49,441 --> 00:08:53,533 So I looked at her list, and it said, "Be home tonight." 151 00:08:53,707 --> 00:08:54,882 And I thought, OK, good. 152 00:08:55,099 --> 00:08:56,448 Like, I'll see her tonight. 153 00:08:59,539 --> 00:09:02,411 By the time I got home from work that evening, 154 00:09:02,585 --> 00:09:03,891 I had been calling her. 155 00:09:04,108 --> 00:09:05,413 I had left voicemails. 156 00:09:05,414 --> 00:09:07,329 There was just no communication. 157 00:09:10,419 --> 00:09:13,857 The next morning, I wake up, and I don't see her. 158 00:09:14,075 --> 00:09:15,205 I'm looking through her room. 159 00:09:15,206 --> 00:09:16,599 All of her belongings are there-- 160 00:09:16,817 --> 00:09:20,211 all of her clothes, all of her makeup. 161 00:09:20,429 --> 00:09:24,214 If she had planned on being gone for any period of time, 162 00:09:24,215 --> 00:09:26,043 she would have taken her things. 163 00:09:26,261 --> 00:09:27,784 I remember my dad said, maybe she 164 00:09:28,002 --> 00:09:29,220 just stayed at a friend's house, 165 00:09:29,438 --> 00:09:30,570 and she'll be back later. 166 00:09:36,488 --> 00:09:37,228 The next morning-- 167 00:09:37,446 --> 00:09:38,620 [phone ringing] 168 00:09:38,621 --> 00:09:39,709 MEGHAN BURKHEIMER: - I'm up at 6:00 AM, 169 00:09:39,927 --> 00:09:42,886 and the home phone is ringing. 170 00:09:43,104 --> 00:09:44,017 It's her friend, Carrie. 171 00:09:44,018 --> 00:09:44,975 And I said, what's going on? 172 00:09:45,193 --> 00:09:46,629 You haven't seen my sister? 173 00:09:46,847 --> 00:09:48,282 [ominous music] 174 00:09:48,283 --> 00:09:49,370 MEGHAN BURKHEIMER: She said, no, I've been trying 175 00:09:49,371 --> 00:09:51,678 to reach her since Monday. 176 00:09:51,895 --> 00:09:56,726 And I just completely panicked. 177 00:09:56,944 --> 00:10:01,209 I'm getting very freaked out. 178 00:10:01,426 --> 00:10:04,342 I grabbed my dad, and I told him. 179 00:10:04,560 --> 00:10:07,171 He just went white as a ghost. 180 00:10:07,389 --> 00:10:11,175 He knew there was something really bad going on. 181 00:10:11,393 --> 00:10:13,264 That's when he called the police 182 00:10:13,482 --> 00:10:15,005 and reported her missing. 183 00:10:17,529 --> 00:10:19,009 Our patrol officers 184 00:10:19,227 --> 00:10:24,449 responded to his address and took the initial report. 185 00:10:24,624 --> 00:10:26,234 We are pleading with them. 186 00:10:26,451 --> 00:10:27,975 And we're telling them, her things are here. 187 00:10:28,192 --> 00:10:29,716 This is out of character. 188 00:10:29,933 --> 00:10:31,630 BRAD PINCE: The information 189 00:10:31,631 --> 00:10:35,809 that I got from her father is she was kind of a party girl. 190 00:10:36,026 --> 00:10:39,639 Her ex-boyfriend at the time was Diggy. 191 00:10:39,856 --> 00:10:42,076 His real name was John Anderson. 192 00:10:42,293 --> 00:10:47,342 Her father said when Diggy and Rachel broke up, 193 00:10:47,559 --> 00:10:49,344 she started dating this guy, JJ. 194 00:10:52,434 --> 00:10:55,393 [suspenseful music] 195 00:10:56,656 --> 00:10:58,440 BRAD PINCE: After we took the report, 196 00:10:58,658 --> 00:11:02,444 we run a criminal history check on Diggy. 197 00:11:02,662 --> 00:11:08,668 We learn Diggy had done some time in prison for a robbery. 198 00:11:08,842 --> 00:11:10,887 JUDY HO: Police were trying to piece all of 199 00:11:11,105 --> 00:11:12,583 this together. 200 00:11:12,584 --> 00:11:15,109 They're already starting to think maybe Diggy or JJ 201 00:11:15,326 --> 00:11:18,895 know what happened to Rachel. 202 00:11:19,113 --> 00:11:21,028 MEGHAN BURKHEIMER: After we reported her missing, 203 00:11:21,245 --> 00:11:25,553 we got every single friend, family member, church member 204 00:11:25,554 --> 00:11:27,077 on board. 205 00:11:27,295 --> 00:11:30,907 We are doing our own searches, searching for her car, 206 00:11:31,125 --> 00:11:32,647 searching for anything. 207 00:11:32,648 --> 00:11:36,608 We were checking the morgues, checking the hospitals. 208 00:11:36,783 --> 00:11:41,048 We are posting up missing posters all across the state. 209 00:11:41,265 --> 00:11:44,660 [crickets chirping] 210 00:11:49,056 --> 00:11:50,840 MEGHAN BURKHEIMER: Then, on September 30, 211 00:11:51,058 --> 00:11:54,235 I found Rachel's car. 212 00:11:54,452 --> 00:11:57,281 It's parked at an apartment complex. 213 00:11:57,499 --> 00:11:59,980 First thing I notice when I look at the car 214 00:12:00,197 --> 00:12:03,635 is that it's backed into a parking spot. 215 00:12:03,810 --> 00:12:06,987 My sister didn't back in anywhere. 216 00:12:07,204 --> 00:12:12,905 The car was unlocked and her wallet, with her ID 217 00:12:12,906 --> 00:12:15,735 and $80 cash, is on the seat. 218 00:12:15,952 --> 00:12:19,390 The driver's seat is really far back. 219 00:12:19,608 --> 00:12:21,305 And she's short. 220 00:12:21,523 --> 00:12:24,308 My sister wouldn't have been able to reach the pedals. 221 00:12:24,526 --> 00:12:26,571 My sister didn't park this car. 222 00:12:26,746 --> 00:12:29,487 Whoever did something to her, they parked this car. 223 00:12:29,705 --> 00:12:31,707 [unsettling music] 224 00:12:31,881 --> 00:12:34,231 BRAD PINCE: We knew that everybody on the other side 225 00:12:34,449 --> 00:12:36,973 of the duplex was lying to us. 226 00:12:37,191 --> 00:12:39,497 JUDY HO: He felt like she had been torturing him, 227 00:12:39,715 --> 00:12:42,196 and he just wanted to hurt her. 228 00:12:42,413 --> 00:12:43,762 BRAD PINCE: He broke down. 229 00:12:43,763 --> 00:12:47,636 He told us Rachel was taken out of the Jeep 230 00:12:47,810 --> 00:12:51,074 and that he just heard some shots. 231 00:12:51,292 --> 00:12:54,164 [theme music] 232 00:13:04,261 --> 00:13:07,787 [train rattling] 233 00:13:11,791 --> 00:13:14,663 MEGHAN BURKHEIMER: On September 30, 234 00:13:14,837 --> 00:13:16,839 I found Rachel's car. 235 00:13:17,057 --> 00:13:19,146 [ominous music] 236 00:13:20,016 --> 00:13:21,801 The driver's seat 237 00:13:21,975 --> 00:13:24,368 is really far back. 238 00:13:24,586 --> 00:13:25,979 And she's short. 239 00:13:26,196 --> 00:13:28,024 My sister didn't park this car. 240 00:13:28,242 --> 00:13:32,507 Whoever did something to her, they parked this car. 241 00:13:32,724 --> 00:13:37,425 We call the police, and the police come out. 242 00:13:37,642 --> 00:13:39,035 BRAD PINCE: One of our deputies learned 243 00:13:39,253 --> 00:13:41,821 that an ex-boyfriend of Rachel's 244 00:13:41,995 --> 00:13:46,826 by the name of JJ lived in that apartment complex. 245 00:13:47,043 --> 00:13:49,002 Officers interviewed him. 246 00:13:49,219 --> 00:13:52,788 JJ insisted he had no idea where Rachel was 247 00:13:52,962 --> 00:13:55,138 or what happened to her. 248 00:13:55,356 --> 00:13:58,141 He didn't know why Rachel's vehicle was there 249 00:13:58,359 --> 00:14:00,448 in that apartment complex. 250 00:14:00,665 --> 00:14:05,714 We learned JJ had some outstanding arrest warrants. 251 00:14:05,888 --> 00:14:08,369 At that point, officers arrested JJ. 252 00:14:14,810 --> 00:14:17,247 We knew there might be evidence of what 253 00:14:17,465 --> 00:14:20,729 happened in Rachel's car. 254 00:14:20,903 --> 00:14:23,558 We processed that car thoroughly. 255 00:14:26,648 --> 00:14:29,738 We didn't find any fingerprints. 256 00:14:29,912 --> 00:14:34,308 Rachel's car was clean. 257 00:14:34,525 --> 00:14:35,309 The next day-- 258 00:14:35,526 --> 00:14:36,658 [somber music] 259 00:14:36,876 --> 00:14:38,486 BRAD PINCE:--I arranged for the family 260 00:14:38,703 --> 00:14:41,141 to come into my office. 261 00:14:41,358 --> 00:14:45,013 They were all very, very concerned. 262 00:14:45,014 --> 00:14:49,018 MEGHAN BURKHEIMER: I had found a stack of love letters. 263 00:14:49,236 --> 00:14:51,934 They were from Diggy to Rachel. 264 00:14:52,152 --> 00:14:54,545 He's really obsessive. 265 00:14:54,763 --> 00:14:59,028 Like, I can't live without you, talking about if she ever needs 266 00:14:59,246 --> 00:15:01,770 protection, he's there, and, no one's ever 267 00:15:01,944 --> 00:15:04,468 going to love you like I do. 268 00:15:04,686 --> 00:15:07,123 BRAD PINCE: We determined that it was important for us 269 00:15:07,341 --> 00:15:09,909 to locate Diggy. 270 00:15:10,126 --> 00:15:13,782 And then Rachel's dad received information 271 00:15:13,956 --> 00:15:17,568 from one of Rachel's friends. 272 00:15:17,786 --> 00:15:22,138 They told us where Diggy was staying, 273 00:15:22,356 --> 00:15:24,488 the extended stay in Everett. 274 00:15:24,706 --> 00:15:28,492 [tense music] 275 00:15:31,582 --> 00:15:33,149 BRAD PINCE: Diggy did allow 276 00:15:33,367 --> 00:15:35,325 us to look through his hotel room 277 00:15:35,543 --> 00:15:39,721 to make sure that Rachel wasn't there. 278 00:15:39,939 --> 00:15:42,811 Nobody was in the room at the time. 279 00:15:45,901 --> 00:15:51,515 Diggy said he believed that Rachel was hanging out with JJ. 280 00:15:51,733 --> 00:15:55,911 We learned after Rachel and Diggy broke up, 281 00:15:56,085 --> 00:16:01,438 Diggy considered JJ as an enemy when she started dating JJ. 282 00:16:01,656 --> 00:16:04,224 Nothing that took place at the hotel 283 00:16:04,441 --> 00:16:07,357 ruled Diggy, John Anderson out. 284 00:16:07,575 --> 00:16:09,533 [phone ringing] 285 00:16:09,751 --> 00:16:11,971 BRAD PINCE: That afternoon, we got a call 286 00:16:12,145 --> 00:16:15,104 from a female who had information that Rachel had 287 00:16:15,322 --> 00:16:19,413 been at her duplex a few days before with this group of guys 288 00:16:19,630 --> 00:16:21,589 that hung around with Diggy. 289 00:16:21,806 --> 00:16:26,202 They fancied themselves as hardcore gang members. 290 00:16:26,420 --> 00:16:30,032 She was suspicious that there was a problem. 291 00:16:30,250 --> 00:16:33,775 She provided us with some background information 292 00:16:33,993 --> 00:16:38,127 on one of Rachel's friends, Yusef Jihad. 293 00:16:38,345 --> 00:16:42,653 Yusef Jihad was living next door in this duplex 294 00:16:42,871 --> 00:16:44,438 with Trissa Conner. 295 00:16:47,528 --> 00:16:51,836 We run a criminal history check. 296 00:16:52,011 --> 00:16:53,272 JUDY HO: The police discover 297 00:16:53,273 --> 00:16:55,275 Yusef Jihad is the ringleader of a group 298 00:16:55,492 --> 00:16:58,495 called the Northwest Mafia. 299 00:16:58,713 --> 00:17:00,932 Most of the other individuals involved 300 00:17:01,107 --> 00:17:03,544 were between the ages of about 16 to 18. 301 00:17:03,761 --> 00:17:07,287 The second in line was Diggy Anderson, who was 20. 302 00:17:18,037 --> 00:17:22,389 BRAD PINCE: On October 2, we went to the duplex. 303 00:17:22,606 --> 00:17:24,869 A Black male came out, identified 304 00:17:25,044 --> 00:17:27,133 himself as Yusef Jihad. 305 00:17:27,350 --> 00:17:30,440 I told him that we were looking for 18-year-old 306 00:17:30,658 --> 00:17:32,225 Rachel Burkheimer. 307 00:17:32,442 --> 00:17:35,358 He admitted that he knew Rachel. 308 00:17:35,576 --> 00:17:36,837 They were friends. 309 00:17:36,838 --> 00:17:39,841 He provided us with information that he 310 00:17:40,059 --> 00:17:42,278 was supposed to meet with Rachel the weekend 311 00:17:42,496 --> 00:17:44,367 before she had disappeared. 312 00:17:44,585 --> 00:17:49,329 He had last seen Rachel at a hotel party in Everett. 313 00:17:49,546 --> 00:17:54,943 Rachel actually invited Diggy and Yusef Jihad to the party. 314 00:17:55,117 --> 00:17:59,513 They saw her with some people that they felt threatened by, 315 00:17:59,730 --> 00:18:00,949 so they left. 316 00:18:01,123 --> 00:18:02,384 [ominous music] 317 00:18:02,385 --> 00:18:05,388 BRAD PINCE: Then, at that same location, 318 00:18:05,606 --> 00:18:07,782 I identified John Whitaker. 319 00:18:07,999 --> 00:18:12,656 He was a very close associates of Diggy and Yusef Jihad. 320 00:18:12,874 --> 00:18:18,314 He also had last seen Rachel at a hotel party in Everett. 321 00:18:18,532 --> 00:18:19,794 [faint laughter] 322 00:18:22,057 --> 00:18:24,277 BRAD PINCE: Finally, we met Trissa Conner. 323 00:18:24,494 --> 00:18:28,107 Trissa actually owned the duplex. 324 00:18:28,281 --> 00:18:32,894 And her to-be husband was Yusef Jihad. 325 00:18:33,112 --> 00:18:36,941 Trissa told us that she didn't know Rachel. 326 00:18:37,116 --> 00:18:41,163 And she did allow detectives to walk through her side 327 00:18:41,381 --> 00:18:42,643 of the duplex. 328 00:18:44,775 --> 00:18:49,258 We located a locked door inside the duplex. 329 00:18:49,476 --> 00:18:51,695 Trissa Conner told us that that is the door 330 00:18:51,913 --> 00:18:53,132 that leads into the garage. 331 00:18:53,349 --> 00:18:54,436 It was locked. 332 00:18:54,437 --> 00:18:56,961 And she didn't have a key to it. 333 00:18:57,136 --> 00:19:00,051 One of the things that we noticed about the locked door 334 00:19:00,226 --> 00:19:03,881 is that it was turned to where you could lock the garage, 335 00:19:04,099 --> 00:19:06,232 and nobody from the house could get in there. 336 00:19:06,449 --> 00:19:09,539 That was rather unusual. 337 00:19:09,757 --> 00:19:11,802 To me, that was telling me that there was something 338 00:19:12,020 --> 00:19:13,195 going on in that garage. 339 00:19:15,545 --> 00:19:18,199 Then, Jeffrey Barth, another gang member, 340 00:19:18,200 --> 00:19:22,073 actually came out of the other side of the duplex. 341 00:19:22,248 --> 00:19:25,686 He confronted me, wanting me to leave the property. 342 00:19:25,903 --> 00:19:29,255 We had nothing to arrest anybody on, 343 00:19:29,472 --> 00:19:31,866 so we packed our stuff and left. 344 00:19:34,825 --> 00:19:36,305 Something's going on. 345 00:19:36,523 --> 00:19:40,048 But we did not have any solid information 346 00:19:40,222 --> 00:19:41,571 that they were involved in anything 347 00:19:41,789 --> 00:19:43,094 that happened to Rachel. 348 00:19:45,923 --> 00:19:48,796 The day after we'd made contact at the duplex-- 349 00:19:49,013 --> 00:19:50,144 [phone ringing] 350 00:19:50,145 --> 00:19:51,190 BRAD PINCE: - we got a phone call 351 00:19:51,407 --> 00:19:53,279 from one of the neighbors. 352 00:19:53,496 --> 00:19:56,195 She said after we had left the duplex, 353 00:19:56,369 --> 00:19:58,284 things started going a little crazy. 354 00:19:58,501 --> 00:20:01,809 She told us that she'd heard some of the neighbors talking. 355 00:20:02,026 --> 00:20:05,073 Rachel had, in fact, been at that duplex. 356 00:20:07,858 --> 00:20:13,516 Rachel had been tied up and placed in the garage. 357 00:20:13,734 --> 00:20:16,519 We needed to get inside that garage. 358 00:20:16,737 --> 00:20:18,129 [intense music] 359 00:20:19,043 --> 00:20:21,524 [theme music] 360 00:20:30,446 --> 00:20:34,362 [wind blowing] 361 00:20:34,363 --> 00:20:38,846 [ominous music] 362 00:20:41,936 --> 00:20:43,764 BRAD PINCE: Detectives got a phone call 363 00:20:43,981 --> 00:20:46,113 from one of the neighbors. 364 00:20:46,114 --> 00:20:49,639 She told us she'd heard some of the other kids 365 00:20:49,857 --> 00:20:55,036 say that Rachel had, in fact, been at that duplex. 366 00:20:55,254 --> 00:20:59,954 She had been tied up and placed in the garage. 367 00:21:00,171 --> 00:21:03,740 She said Rachel had been taken out of the duplex 368 00:21:03,958 --> 00:21:07,222 and put in the back of a Jeep. 369 00:21:07,396 --> 00:21:10,791 She also felt it was important that we knew that everybody 370 00:21:11,008 --> 00:21:13,750 in the duplex was lying to us. 371 00:21:13,968 --> 00:21:17,493 We knew that background of some of these people. 372 00:21:17,711 --> 00:21:20,975 They thought they were hotshot little gangsters. 373 00:21:21,192 --> 00:21:23,456 I took the information and started 374 00:21:23,673 --> 00:21:25,719 working on a search warrant affidavit 375 00:21:25,936 --> 00:21:27,677 for that side of the duplex. 376 00:21:30,245 --> 00:21:33,770 Several people needed to be interviewed. 377 00:21:33,988 --> 00:21:37,992 We located a teenager named Maurice Rivas. 378 00:21:38,209 --> 00:21:40,995 Rachel's dad had pointed out that Maurice 379 00:21:41,212 --> 00:21:44,781 was encouraging Rachel to go back to school, 380 00:21:44,999 --> 00:21:47,044 get her life back on track. 381 00:21:47,262 --> 00:21:48,785 We located him. 382 00:21:49,003 --> 00:21:52,833 He admitted that he knew Rachel and Diggy. 383 00:21:53,050 --> 00:21:55,226 Maurice said he was trying to disassociate 384 00:21:55,401 --> 00:21:57,272 himself with Diggy. 385 00:21:57,446 --> 00:22:01,058 He was supposed to meet with Rachel the weekend before she 386 00:22:01,276 --> 00:22:03,626 had disappeared, but that was the last time 387 00:22:03,844 --> 00:22:06,020 that he'd seen her. 388 00:22:06,237 --> 00:22:08,849 He said he didn't know what was going on. 389 00:22:09,066 --> 00:22:11,199 He was worried about Rachel. 390 00:22:11,373 --> 00:22:13,854 [tense music] 391 00:22:14,071 --> 00:22:15,551 - That night, during the process 392 00:22:15,769 --> 00:22:18,424 of the search warrant, we made arrangements 393 00:22:18,641 --> 00:22:21,340 for FBI crime scene team to come 394 00:22:21,514 --> 00:22:24,952 out and process the duplex. 395 00:22:25,169 --> 00:22:27,868 But when we arrived at the duplex, 396 00:22:28,085 --> 00:22:31,872 there was nobody in there. 397 00:22:32,089 --> 00:22:35,397 Trissa was next door. 398 00:22:35,615 --> 00:22:38,139 She was nervous that we were there. 399 00:22:38,357 --> 00:22:42,143 She told us that there was nobody inside that unit, 400 00:22:42,361 --> 00:22:44,493 and she didn't have a key to it. 401 00:22:44,711 --> 00:22:49,977 We forcefully entered the duplex 402 00:22:50,194 --> 00:22:54,155 and cleared it to make sure there wasn't anybody inside. 403 00:22:54,373 --> 00:23:00,466 Then we turned the duplex over to the FBI crime lab for them 404 00:23:00,683 --> 00:23:03,599 to process it for any evidence. 405 00:23:03,817 --> 00:23:06,036 When we processed the scene, there 406 00:23:06,254 --> 00:23:09,562 was evidence that the scene had been cleaned up. 407 00:23:09,779 --> 00:23:13,609 But we did not locate any blood or hair that we 408 00:23:13,827 --> 00:23:16,307 could associate with Rachel. 409 00:23:16,482 --> 00:23:21,400 Detectives were interviewing Trissa Conner. 410 00:23:21,574 --> 00:23:24,881 When she was confronted with the witnesses' story 411 00:23:25,099 --> 00:23:27,884 that Rachel had been in the garage, 412 00:23:28,102 --> 00:23:32,584 we discovered Trissa had been holding back. 413 00:23:32,585 --> 00:23:37,416 She told us that at one point, she gets home from work. 414 00:23:37,633 --> 00:23:41,202 She knows that something's going on. 415 00:23:41,420 --> 00:23:42,943 There's people in her garage. 416 00:23:43,160 --> 00:23:47,208 Yusef Jihad is being very evasive with her. 417 00:23:47,426 --> 00:23:50,124 She tried to get into the garage. 418 00:23:50,341 --> 00:23:52,735 Diggy tried to keep her out of there. 419 00:23:52,953 --> 00:23:56,870 She pushed her way into the garage 420 00:23:57,087 --> 00:24:02,745 and found Rachel taped up there and was on the carpet. 421 00:24:02,963 --> 00:24:05,618 Trissa told us that Barth, Diggy, 422 00:24:05,835 --> 00:24:09,839 and Whitaker were there, and a 17-year-old high 423 00:24:10,057 --> 00:24:12,146 school guy named Matt Durham. 424 00:24:12,363 --> 00:24:15,366 Rachel had been beat up. 425 00:24:15,541 --> 00:24:17,543 Trissa runs upstairs. 426 00:24:17,760 --> 00:24:23,549 Yusef followed her to make sure she wasn't going to call 911. 427 00:24:23,766 --> 00:24:27,814 A short time later, Rachel was taken out of the garage 428 00:24:28,031 --> 00:24:30,469 in Matt Durham's Jeep. 429 00:24:30,686 --> 00:24:35,125 We established probable cause to secure the Jeep that 430 00:24:35,343 --> 00:24:36,475 belonged to Matthew Durham. 431 00:24:39,565 --> 00:24:40,783 MICHAEL DOWNES: Detectives went 432 00:24:41,001 --> 00:24:42,306 to Matthew Durham's house. 433 00:24:42,481 --> 00:24:45,005 They talked in the detectives' car. 434 00:24:45,222 --> 00:24:49,836 Matthew gave them a story which lacked significant detail. 435 00:24:50,053 --> 00:24:51,664 BRAD PINCE: He told detectives 436 00:24:51,881 --> 00:24:57,321 Rachel was taken out of the Jeep and that he drove away. 437 00:24:57,496 --> 00:25:00,324 We took the Jeep for processing. 438 00:25:00,499 --> 00:25:02,064 [OFF] MICHAEL DOWNES: The detective 439 00:25:02,065 --> 00:25:05,155 said, Matthew, there seems to be more to the story here 440 00:25:05,373 --> 00:25:07,854 than what you told us. 441 00:25:08,071 --> 00:25:09,419 You've got a little sister. 442 00:25:09,420 --> 00:25:11,074 If something happened to your sister, Matthew, 443 00:25:11,292 --> 00:25:13,207 wouldn't you want to know? 444 00:25:13,424 --> 00:25:14,425 JUDY HO: The detectives really 445 00:25:14,600 --> 00:25:16,165 made him think of his family. 446 00:25:16,166 --> 00:25:19,039 That's when he was really able to let the consequences 447 00:25:19,256 --> 00:25:21,171 of his actions sink in. 448 00:25:21,389 --> 00:25:23,217 BRAD PINCE: He broke down. 449 00:25:23,434 --> 00:25:26,394 He told us that he was sure that Rachel had been killed. 450 00:25:26,568 --> 00:25:28,744 [unsettling music] 451 00:25:28,962 --> 00:25:30,529 [sirens wailing] 452 00:25:30,746 --> 00:25:33,096 - The SWAT team had the place surrounded. 453 00:25:33,314 --> 00:25:36,491 They were very, very dangerous. 454 00:25:36,665 --> 00:25:39,668 - And they start turning on each other. 455 00:25:39,886 --> 00:25:40,800 Said, this is 456 00:25:41,017 --> 00:25:43,411 where she was shot and buried. 457 00:25:43,585 --> 00:25:45,761 - It's just your worst nightmare. 458 00:25:45,979 --> 00:25:48,851 [theme music] 459 00:25:57,991 --> 00:26:00,907 [birds chirping] 460 00:26:01,124 --> 00:26:04,954 [train rattling] 461 00:26:05,172 --> 00:26:06,869 BRAD PINCE: It's been approximately 462 00:26:07,087 --> 00:26:09,524 nine days after Rachel Burkheimer 463 00:26:09,698 --> 00:26:11,918 was last seen by her family. 464 00:26:12,135 --> 00:26:15,443 [somber music] 465 00:26:15,617 --> 00:26:17,140 MEGHAN BURKHEIMER: With every day, 466 00:26:17,358 --> 00:26:23,103 you just start losing hope and becoming even more 467 00:26:23,320 --> 00:26:26,933 shrouded in terror each day. 468 00:26:31,067 --> 00:26:33,853 [grim music] 469 00:26:34,070 --> 00:26:38,553 - We had one subject in custody, 470 00:26:38,727 --> 00:26:42,122 17-year-old Matthew Durham. 471 00:26:42,339 --> 00:26:44,820 He admitted to detectives that Rachel 472 00:26:45,038 --> 00:26:48,824 had been killed and buried at a remote location 473 00:26:49,042 --> 00:26:51,610 in Eastern Snohomish County. 474 00:26:54,656 --> 00:26:56,658 MICHAEL DOWNES: And that was a major break in the case, 475 00:26:56,876 --> 00:26:59,879 the first major piece of evidence that set 476 00:27:00,096 --> 00:27:02,795 into motion everything else. 477 00:27:03,012 --> 00:27:04,623 BRAD PINCE: Durham told us 478 00:27:04,840 --> 00:27:08,148 that he had received a call from Diggy, 479 00:27:08,365 --> 00:27:11,455 asking him to bring Rachel to the duplex, 480 00:27:11,630 --> 00:27:13,632 Yusef Jihad's place. 481 00:27:13,806 --> 00:27:17,070 When they got there, Yusef, Whitaker, 482 00:27:17,287 --> 00:27:22,466 and Tony Williams, who was Trissa's cousin, were there. 483 00:27:22,641 --> 00:27:26,514 Jeff Barth and Maurice Rivas both eventually arrived. 484 00:27:26,688 --> 00:27:28,298 They're playing video games. 485 00:27:28,516 --> 00:27:29,603 There's laughter. 486 00:27:29,604 --> 00:27:33,564 Then the energy completely changed. 487 00:27:33,739 --> 00:27:35,436 BRAD PINCE: Rachel was beat up 488 00:27:35,654 --> 00:27:40,397 and taken out of the garage and put in the Jeep. 489 00:27:40,615 --> 00:27:43,357 They drove her out to the Gold Bar area. 490 00:27:43,574 --> 00:27:46,708 Matthew Durham said Rachel was taken out of the Jeep 491 00:27:46,926 --> 00:27:50,712 and that he drove away and just heard some shots. 492 00:27:50,930 --> 00:27:52,671 [gunshots] 493 00:27:52,845 --> 00:27:55,064 BRAD PINCE: Based on the information that Matthew Durham 494 00:27:55,282 --> 00:27:57,979 provided, we had probable cause to arrest 495 00:27:57,980 --> 00:28:03,551 Diggy, John Whitaker, Yusef Jihad, and Jeffrey Barth. 496 00:28:03,725 --> 00:28:08,121 But we didn't know, at the time, who shot her. 497 00:28:08,338 --> 00:28:10,384 It was determined that I would go ahead 498 00:28:10,601 --> 00:28:14,518 and book Matthew Durham for kidnapping. 499 00:28:14,693 --> 00:28:17,086 We couldn't prove a murder because we 500 00:28:17,304 --> 00:28:18,697 hadn't found the body yet. 501 00:28:18,871 --> 00:28:20,786 But we had enough information that we 502 00:28:21,003 --> 00:28:23,353 could arrest these guys. 503 00:28:23,571 --> 00:28:27,140 I met with Prosecutor Downes and briefed him. 504 00:28:27,357 --> 00:28:30,709 We knew we needed to find the body. 505 00:28:30,883 --> 00:28:34,321 Matthew Durham agreed to take them to the location 506 00:28:34,538 --> 00:28:36,845 where Rachel was buried. 507 00:28:37,063 --> 00:28:38,194 Matthew Durham took 508 00:28:38,412 --> 00:28:40,631 the detectives up to Gold Bar. 509 00:28:40,806 --> 00:28:43,722 [ominous music] 510 00:28:46,115 --> 00:28:48,727 BRAD PINCE: It's a small little road 511 00:28:48,901 --> 00:28:51,077 that goes into this old forestry 512 00:28:51,294 --> 00:28:54,254 area over the mountains, into Eastern Washington. 513 00:28:59,781 --> 00:29:02,392 It was early in the morning when Matthew Durham showed 514 00:29:02,610 --> 00:29:09,356 us where the gravesite was. 515 00:29:09,573 --> 00:29:12,925 [intense music] 516 00:29:18,408 --> 00:29:20,367 BRAD PINCE: We secured the gravesite 517 00:29:20,584 --> 00:29:24,763 and brought in the crime scene team. 518 00:29:24,980 --> 00:29:27,591 A detective grabbed a shovel and started 519 00:29:27,766 --> 00:29:30,029 scraping away some dirt. 520 00:29:30,246 --> 00:29:33,684 On October 4, at approximately 5 o'clock 521 00:29:33,859 --> 00:29:39,168 in the afternoon, that's when they located what 522 00:29:39,386 --> 00:29:42,432 appeared to be human remains. 523 00:29:42,650 --> 00:29:44,260 MICHAEL DOWNES: They found an exposed part 524 00:29:44,478 --> 00:29:47,786 of one of the victim's legs. 525 00:29:47,960 --> 00:29:49,700 BRAD PINCE: They uncovered the body. 526 00:29:49,875 --> 00:29:55,881 She was 5-foot-tall, maybe 90 pounds, face down in this hole. 527 00:29:56,098 --> 00:29:59,580 She had several gunshot wounds to the back 528 00:29:59,798 --> 00:30:02,409 and to the back of the head. 529 00:30:02,626 --> 00:30:05,804 She had some wounds on her hands or fingers, no 530 00:30:05,978 --> 00:30:08,328 clothes on. 531 00:30:08,545 --> 00:30:12,811 Once the medical examiner was able to remove her remains, 532 00:30:12,985 --> 00:30:19,730 detectives continued to process below and around the grave. 533 00:30:19,905 --> 00:30:23,822 They recovered bullet fragments inside the grave 534 00:30:24,039 --> 00:30:25,606 and several spent casings. 535 00:30:28,696 --> 00:30:32,395 The next day, I drove to Bill Burkheimer's house. 536 00:30:32,613 --> 00:30:34,789 [somber music] 537 00:30:34,963 --> 00:30:37,139 BRAD PINCE: I told him that the tattoos match 538 00:30:37,357 --> 00:30:40,664 and that it was Rachel. 539 00:30:40,839 --> 00:30:42,579 MEGHAN BURKHEIMER: It was afternoon time. 540 00:30:42,797 --> 00:30:44,712 Detective Pince showed up. 541 00:30:44,886 --> 00:30:47,584 I'll just never forget-- 542 00:30:47,802 --> 00:30:48,846 so silent. 543 00:30:48,847 --> 00:30:51,327 I mean, you could hear a pin drop. 544 00:30:51,545 --> 00:30:53,808 [crying] 545 00:30:56,593 --> 00:30:58,291 MEGHAN BURKHEIMER: After about a few minutes, 546 00:30:58,508 --> 00:31:00,554 all the tears started just coming. 547 00:31:00,771 --> 00:31:01,729 Everybody's crying. 548 00:31:05,864 --> 00:31:09,302 It's just your worst nightmare. 549 00:31:09,519 --> 00:31:12,827 [unsettling music] 550 00:31:15,699 --> 00:31:17,745 And at that point, 551 00:31:17,919 --> 00:31:19,312 you know there's evidence out there, 552 00:31:19,529 --> 00:31:20,530 and you've got to get it. 553 00:31:20,748 --> 00:31:22,402 And you keep pushing through. 554 00:31:22,619 --> 00:31:25,361 We had to get all of the people that were involved. 555 00:31:25,579 --> 00:31:27,059 They were very dangerous. 556 00:31:27,276 --> 00:31:31,106 That's when the hunt started. 557 00:31:31,324 --> 00:31:33,674 [theme music] 558 00:31:40,115 --> 00:31:43,597 [birds chirping] 559 00:31:48,950 --> 00:31:52,345 MICHAEL DOWNES: Nine days after Rachel has disappeared, 560 00:31:52,562 --> 00:31:56,958 her remains are found in a shallow grave in the Cascade 561 00:31:57,176 --> 00:31:58,698 Mountain foothills. 562 00:31:58,699 --> 00:32:02,877 The police are now proceeding to find and arrest those 563 00:32:03,051 --> 00:32:04,705 responsible for her murder. 564 00:32:04,923 --> 00:32:07,012 [grim music] 565 00:32:07,229 --> 00:32:08,491 BRAD PINCE: We knew that Rachel 566 00:32:08,709 --> 00:32:11,190 had been shot several times. 567 00:32:11,407 --> 00:32:16,717 Detectives were working to locate the gun. 568 00:32:16,935 --> 00:32:19,067 The evening of the 5th, Matthew Durham 569 00:32:19,285 --> 00:32:21,504 showed us where the pond was that 570 00:32:21,722 --> 00:32:24,290 the gun had been disposed of. 571 00:32:27,380 --> 00:32:31,471 We had members of our dive team out there. 572 00:32:31,688 --> 00:32:34,996 It took them several hours to find the handgun. 573 00:32:41,437 --> 00:32:45,746 At this point, Matt Durham was in custody. 574 00:32:45,964 --> 00:32:50,359 He identified several suspects that we were able to tie 575 00:32:50,577 --> 00:32:53,144 to Rachel's murder. 576 00:32:53,145 --> 00:32:55,799 We had established probable cause 577 00:32:55,974 --> 00:32:58,846 to arrest Maurice Rivas, Diggy Anderson, 578 00:32:59,020 --> 00:33:03,677 as well as John Whitaker, Yusef Jihad, and Jeffrey Barth. 579 00:33:06,723 --> 00:33:10,466 I received a call from a witness. 580 00:33:10,684 --> 00:33:14,427 He had information that there was this juvenile party going 581 00:33:14,644 --> 00:33:16,559 on at an address in Lynwood. 582 00:33:16,777 --> 00:33:21,129 They saw Maurice Rivas and Diggy Anderson at this party. 583 00:33:21,347 --> 00:33:22,783 [sirens wailing] 584 00:33:23,001 --> 00:33:25,264 - I put out information to our patrol 585 00:33:25,481 --> 00:33:27,788 officers that this party was taking place, 586 00:33:28,006 --> 00:33:30,747 and that Diggy and Rivas were supposed to be there. 587 00:33:30,965 --> 00:33:32,227 They arrived. 588 00:33:32,445 --> 00:33:36,275 One of our deputies saw somebody in the house 589 00:33:36,492 --> 00:33:40,322 that he identified as Diggy. 590 00:33:40,540 --> 00:33:44,761 My supervisor made the decision to call out the SWAT team. 591 00:33:44,979 --> 00:33:49,549 There was lots of young adults, 19, 20 years old there. 592 00:33:49,766 --> 00:33:51,812 The deputies had the place surrounded. 593 00:33:52,030 --> 00:33:54,815 And eventually, they talked many of the people 594 00:33:55,033 --> 00:33:56,730 inside into coming out. 595 00:33:56,947 --> 00:33:58,906 One of those persons that came out 596 00:33:59,080 --> 00:34:01,474 was identified as Maurice Rivas. 597 00:34:01,691 --> 00:34:03,606 They arrested him. 598 00:34:03,824 --> 00:34:06,957 We got information from the people inside the house 599 00:34:07,132 --> 00:34:09,264 that Diggy had gone up in the attic. 600 00:34:09,482 --> 00:34:11,484 [ominous music] 601 00:34:11,701 --> 00:34:12,963 - We knew he was in there, 602 00:34:13,138 --> 00:34:16,750 and he wasn't coming out. 603 00:34:16,967 --> 00:34:19,796 The SWAT team filled the house full of tear gas. 604 00:34:20,014 --> 00:34:22,799 They pulled some sheetrock down, and they located John 605 00:34:23,017 --> 00:34:24,975 "Diggy" Anderson in the attic. 606 00:34:25,150 --> 00:34:27,848 He gave himself up, and he was taken into custody. 607 00:34:32,200 --> 00:34:34,376 He was very uncooperative. 608 00:34:34,594 --> 00:34:37,553 I saw some calluses. 609 00:34:37,771 --> 00:34:41,949 I photographed his hands. 610 00:34:42,123 --> 00:34:44,343 It was proof of what happened. 611 00:34:44,560 --> 00:34:46,432 They were from digging the grave. 612 00:34:46,649 --> 00:34:50,349 Then I took him to the jail and booked him for murder. 613 00:34:53,439 --> 00:34:58,052 At this point, we needed to arrest John Whitaker, Yusef 614 00:34:58,226 --> 00:35:00,750 Jihad, and Jeffrey Barth. 615 00:35:00,968 --> 00:35:02,752 We didn't know where they were at. 616 00:35:02,970 --> 00:35:06,104 We developed information that they 617 00:35:06,278 --> 00:35:09,977 probably had fled the state. 618 00:35:10,151 --> 00:35:13,937 Barth had his mother's cell phone. 619 00:35:14,112 --> 00:35:17,115 We were able to locate that cell 620 00:35:17,332 --> 00:35:24,122 phone as it was going down the coast in the California area. 621 00:35:24,296 --> 00:35:28,648 A day later, we had information that the cell phone was located 622 00:35:28,865 --> 00:35:32,042 in the LA area at a hotel. 623 00:35:32,217 --> 00:35:35,829 We contacted the LA authorities. 624 00:35:36,046 --> 00:35:39,963 They determined which room Yusef Jihad was in. 625 00:35:40,138 --> 00:35:43,141 [sirens wailing] 626 00:35:46,231 --> 00:35:48,276 BRAD PINCE: All three were arrested 627 00:35:48,494 --> 00:35:49,973 and taken into custody. 628 00:35:50,148 --> 00:35:51,932 [dramatic music] 629 00:35:53,325 --> 00:35:56,197 [wind blowing] 630 00:35:57,590 --> 00:35:59,722 BRAD PINCE: Whitaker and Jihad 631 00:35:59,940 --> 00:36:03,378 both gave statements to the FBI, 632 00:36:03,596 --> 00:36:05,859 downplaying their involvement. 633 00:36:06,076 --> 00:36:10,167 Jeffrey Barth was not as cooperative. 634 00:36:10,168 --> 00:36:13,171 Back in Snohomish County, I had a couple 635 00:36:13,345 --> 00:36:17,566 other detectives come in and do the interview on Maurice. 636 00:36:17,784 --> 00:36:20,830 We were sure that he knew what happened that night. 637 00:36:21,048 --> 00:36:23,833 The detectives that had dealt with Maurice 638 00:36:24,051 --> 00:36:29,056 had discovered that he had some calluses on his hands as well. 639 00:36:29,230 --> 00:36:31,624 [ominous music] 640 00:36:34,104 --> 00:36:37,064 JUDY HO: It was one of those physical reminders 641 00:36:37,238 --> 00:36:42,200 of how much he really was a part of this crime. 642 00:36:42,374 --> 00:36:43,983 BRAD PINCE: At that point, 643 00:36:43,984 --> 00:36:47,030 Maurice realized the horror of what he was involved in. 644 00:36:47,205 --> 00:36:51,034 He said he was ready to come clean. 645 00:36:51,209 --> 00:36:52,861 [OFF] MICHAEL DOWNES: The next step 646 00:36:52,862 --> 00:36:55,648 is to take Maurice's statement and assess whether you have 647 00:36:55,865 --> 00:36:59,217 sufficient information to take it in front of a jury 648 00:36:59,434 --> 00:37:01,958 and persuade the jury beyond a reasonable doubt 649 00:37:02,176 --> 00:37:04,091 that these people did it. 650 00:37:04,265 --> 00:37:06,441 But the jeopardy is that you mess it up, 651 00:37:06,659 --> 00:37:08,791 and these people walk free. 652 00:37:09,009 --> 00:37:12,230 [ominous music] 653 00:37:12,447 --> 00:37:14,797 [theme music] 654 00:37:25,286 --> 00:37:27,984 MICHAEL DOWNES: After Rachel Burkheimer's remains are 655 00:37:28,202 --> 00:37:31,510 found, there is no question in my mind 656 00:37:31,727 --> 00:37:35,035 seven people were involved in Rachel Burkheimer's death. 657 00:37:35,253 --> 00:37:37,994 [tense music] 658 00:37:38,995 --> 00:37:40,693 BRAD PINCE: At that point, 659 00:37:40,910 --> 00:37:46,264 we had Durham, Maurice, Diggy, Whitaker, Jihad, Jeffrey Barth, 660 00:37:46,481 --> 00:37:50,572 and Tony Williams in custody. 661 00:37:50,790 --> 00:37:54,184 Yusef Jihad's girlfriend, Trissa, is never arrested. 662 00:37:54,359 --> 00:37:56,361 We determined that it would be better 663 00:37:56,578 --> 00:37:59,494 just to use her as a witness. 664 00:37:59,712 --> 00:38:03,803 We needed to interview everybody involved in it. 665 00:38:04,020 --> 00:38:05,065 Basically, they 666 00:38:05,283 --> 00:38:07,023 start turning on each other. 667 00:38:07,241 --> 00:38:10,810 Ultimately, Maurice told the detectives the core of what 668 00:38:11,027 --> 00:38:12,290 actually happened. 669 00:38:15,336 --> 00:38:17,643 MICHAEL DOWNES: According to Maurice Rivas, 670 00:38:17,860 --> 00:38:24,432 Diggy had asked Matthew to bring Rachel to the house. 671 00:38:24,650 --> 00:38:26,956 Diggy appears, and he's really angry. 672 00:38:27,174 --> 00:38:29,916 He gets into it with Jeff Barth. 673 00:38:30,133 --> 00:38:32,092 And they're both waving guns around and getting 674 00:38:32,310 --> 00:38:35,051 in each other's faces. 675 00:38:35,269 --> 00:38:38,228 JUDY HO: Diggy felt like she had been torturing him, 676 00:38:38,403 --> 00:38:40,840 dangling her happiness around him when they weren't 677 00:38:41,057 --> 00:38:42,102 together anymore. 678 00:38:42,320 --> 00:38:44,800 And he just wanted to hurt her. 679 00:38:45,018 --> 00:38:48,195 MICHAEL DOWNES: Rachel headed for the door. 680 00:38:48,369 --> 00:38:51,938 Diggy grabbed her, punched her in the face. 681 00:38:52,155 --> 00:38:54,636 John Whitaker started kicking her. 682 00:38:54,854 --> 00:38:58,118 BRAD PINCE: Tony Williams turned up the stereo 683 00:38:58,336 --> 00:39:01,643 to drown out her screams. 684 00:39:01,861 --> 00:39:02,949 MICHAEL DOWNES: They taped her up 685 00:39:03,166 --> 00:39:05,995 and put Rachel in the garage. 686 00:39:06,213 --> 00:39:09,825 At some point, Trissa Conner came home. 687 00:39:10,043 --> 00:39:12,959 And she was told to get out of there. 688 00:39:13,176 --> 00:39:16,266 Then Rachel was put in a black hockey 689 00:39:16,441 --> 00:39:19,313 bag in Matthew Durham's Jeep and taken 690 00:39:19,487 --> 00:39:22,447 up to Gold Bar, Washington. 691 00:39:22,664 --> 00:39:26,276 BRAD PINCE: While Rachel was in the bag at the trailhead 692 00:39:26,451 --> 00:39:30,106 with Maurice, Maurice unzipped the bag 693 00:39:30,324 --> 00:39:34,589 and took the tape off so she could talk. 694 00:39:34,807 --> 00:39:36,939 Rachel pleaded to him. 695 00:39:37,157 --> 00:39:41,335 He put the tape back on and zipped her up. 696 00:39:41,509 --> 00:39:43,511 Maurice was her friend. 697 00:39:43,729 --> 00:39:46,949 They had plans to go back to high school together. 698 00:39:47,167 --> 00:39:49,256 And she's terrified. 699 00:39:49,430 --> 00:39:52,999 In that moment, he could have just let her go. 700 00:39:53,216 --> 00:39:55,697 And he chose not to. 701 00:39:55,915 --> 00:39:57,394 MICHAEL DOWNES: John Whitaker, 702 00:39:57,395 --> 00:40:00,006 Matthew Durham, John "Diggy" Anderson, and Maurice 703 00:40:00,223 --> 00:40:03,096 Rivas dig out a grave. 704 00:40:03,313 --> 00:40:05,098 Diggy proceeds to shoot her seven 705 00:40:05,315 --> 00:40:09,407 times, three times in the head and four times in the back. 706 00:40:12,497 --> 00:40:15,238 And she was buried. 707 00:40:18,328 --> 00:40:21,114 BRAD PINCE: And Diggy reminded everybody in the ride 708 00:40:21,331 --> 00:40:23,856 back that loose ends get clipped. 709 00:40:28,034 --> 00:40:30,384 [birds chirping] 710 00:40:30,558 --> 00:40:32,386 - The prosecutor's office, 711 00:40:32,560 --> 00:40:35,607 they worked day and night on this case. 712 00:40:35,824 --> 00:40:38,740 They finally decided to go to trial. 713 00:40:38,958 --> 00:40:40,306 [OFF] MICHAEL DOWNES: The jury was 714 00:40:40,307 --> 00:40:43,092 persuaded in all three trials that the murder 715 00:40:43,310 --> 00:40:46,182 was premeditated. 716 00:40:46,400 --> 00:40:47,879 BRAD PINCE: Diggy, John Anderson, 717 00:40:47,880 --> 00:40:52,101 and John Whitaker were convicted of aggravated murder. 718 00:40:52,319 --> 00:40:54,974 And their sentencing was life without parole. 719 00:40:55,191 --> 00:40:58,891 Yusef Jihad was convicted of first-degree murder 720 00:40:59,108 --> 00:41:03,199 and received 37 years. 721 00:41:03,417 --> 00:41:09,684 Durham and Maurice Rivas received 26 years. 722 00:41:09,902 --> 00:41:12,557 Tony Williams got a 10-year sentence. 723 00:41:14,950 --> 00:41:16,778 - And any number of people could have 724 00:41:16,996 --> 00:41:19,651 stopped this, but they didn't. 725 00:41:19,868 --> 00:41:22,392 JUDY HO: This is a poignant illustration of what 726 00:41:22,567 --> 00:41:24,220 groupthink can be like. 727 00:41:24,438 --> 00:41:26,832 They were too afraid to speak up 728 00:41:27,049 --> 00:41:28,747 and to be humiliated by their peers 729 00:41:28,964 --> 00:41:30,531 or to be kicked out of this group. 730 00:41:30,749 --> 00:41:33,578 As a result, Rachel was killed. 731 00:41:33,795 --> 00:41:35,101 MICHAEL DOWNES: The Burkheimer family 732 00:41:35,318 --> 00:41:37,843 went through a living hell. 733 00:41:38,060 --> 00:41:39,627 Getting a conviction was important, 734 00:41:39,845 --> 00:41:41,323 but that doesn't fix it. 735 00:41:41,324 --> 00:41:44,414 Absolutely nothing that we ever did could fix it. 736 00:41:44,589 --> 00:41:46,895 [foghorn honking] 737 00:41:47,113 --> 00:41:49,376 [somber music] 738 00:41:49,550 --> 00:41:51,204 MEGHAN BURKHEIMER: Everyone that was in her life-- 739 00:41:51,421 --> 00:41:57,732 friends, family-- she left us with so much love. 740 00:41:57,950 --> 00:42:01,301 She extracted every drop out of every minute, out of every day. 741 00:42:01,519 --> 00:42:03,564 And that's something that most of us 742 00:42:03,782 --> 00:42:06,524 never achieve in a lifetime. 743 00:42:06,698 --> 00:42:08,787 I know that she knows I was looking out for her, 744 00:42:09,004 --> 00:42:15,097 and I'm so grateful that I got lucky enough to be her sister. 745 00:42:15,315 --> 00:42:16,446 Like, I hit the jackpot. 746 00:42:24,193 --> 00:42:26,021 [poignant music] 747 00:42:32,288 --> 00:42:34,464 [pensive music] 748 00:42:39,208 --> 00:42:41,254 [audio logo]