1 00:00:01,653 --> 00:00:03,524 [gentle music] 2 00:00:03,568 --> 00:00:05,352 [Narrator] An ambitious, popular young restaurant manager. 3 00:00:05,396 --> 00:00:07,615 She was a tremendous young person 4 00:00:07,659 --> 00:00:10,749 who had unlimited potential. 5 00:00:10,792 --> 00:00:14,187 We always thought she'd just light the world on fire. 6 00:00:14,231 --> 00:00:18,104 [Narrator] Is found beaten, stabbed and suffocated. 7 00:00:18,148 --> 00:00:20,411 The person who did this absolutely wanted 8 00:00:20,454 --> 00:00:22,369 to guarantee that she was dead. 9 00:00:22,413 --> 00:00:24,676 Whoever did it ransacked the safe. 10 00:00:24,719 --> 00:00:28,462 Something that brutal had to be more than just a robbery. 11 00:00:28,506 --> 00:00:30,551 [Narrator] Detectives uncover a history 12 00:00:30,595 --> 00:00:32,205 of workplace conflict. 13 00:00:32,249 --> 00:00:34,164 He didn't like to be told what to do. 14 00:00:34,207 --> 00:00:37,602 He scared me, I was uncomfortable around him. 15 00:00:37,645 --> 00:00:39,821 For me, that was a red flag. 16 00:00:39,865 --> 00:00:41,823 [Narrator] With the community on edge, 17 00:00:41,867 --> 00:00:45,262 another attack leaves them living in fear. 18 00:00:45,305 --> 00:00:46,741 It was such a similar homicide, 19 00:00:46,785 --> 00:00:50,180 a lone female employee and the use of a knife. 20 00:00:50,223 --> 00:00:52,573 You don't know if somebody is lurking out there, 21 00:00:52,617 --> 00:00:55,098 and they're gonna do it again. 22 00:00:55,141 --> 00:00:56,316 [Narrator] And new evidence 23 00:00:56,360 --> 00:00:59,189 confirms disturbing suspicions. 24 00:00:59,232 --> 00:01:02,148 The lab informed me that there was a match. 25 00:01:02,192 --> 00:01:04,759 I just couldn't believe what was happening. 26 00:01:04,803 --> 00:01:06,805 Like, when am I gonna wake up? 27 00:01:06,848 --> 00:01:09,329 Terri's murder wasn't what it appeared to be. 28 00:01:10,809 --> 00:01:13,812 [suspenseful music] 29 00:01:17,642 --> 00:01:19,209 [gentle music] 30 00:01:19,252 --> 00:01:20,384 [Narrator] Falls Township, Pennsylvania 31 00:01:20,427 --> 00:01:21,646 is a family friendly 32 00:01:21,689 --> 00:01:23,865 suburb with blue collar roots. 33 00:01:23,909 --> 00:01:25,780 Falls Township is a community 34 00:01:25,824 --> 00:01:27,608 in lower Bucks County, Pennsylvania. 35 00:01:27,652 --> 00:01:32,178 It was built up around the U.S. steel mill in the 1950s. 36 00:01:32,222 --> 00:01:33,571 Steel workers moved out here 37 00:01:33,614 --> 00:01:36,182 from different parts of the country 38 00:01:36,226 --> 00:01:39,229 and it was a nice community. 39 00:01:39,272 --> 00:01:41,579 Although we're a suburb of Philadelphia 40 00:01:41,622 --> 00:01:43,450 and we're right across the river from Trenton, 41 00:01:43,494 --> 00:01:46,584 violent crime is relatively unusual in the Falls. 42 00:01:46,627 --> 00:01:48,803 [Narrator] That all changes one Saturday morning 43 00:01:48,847 --> 00:01:52,242 with a gruesome discovery at a fast food restaurant. 44 00:01:52,285 --> 00:01:55,158 On the morning of February 4th, 1984, 45 00:01:55,201 --> 00:01:57,595 the manager arrived to open the restaurant 46 00:01:57,638 --> 00:01:59,292 and upon entering discovered 47 00:01:59,336 --> 00:02:01,773 that someone was laying outside the kitchen area 48 00:02:01,816 --> 00:02:03,166 and obviously deceased. 49 00:02:04,515 --> 00:02:06,343 [Narrator] The manager recognizes the woman 50 00:02:06,386 --> 00:02:08,475 as the restaurant's night shift manager, 51 00:02:08,519 --> 00:02:11,304 25-year-old Terri Brooks. 52 00:02:11,348 --> 00:02:14,177 He observed Terri Brooks laying on the floor 53 00:02:14,220 --> 00:02:17,267 in a pool of blood with a knife stuck in her neck. 54 00:02:17,310 --> 00:02:20,487 And he phoned the dispatcher and stayed on the phone 55 00:02:20,531 --> 00:02:22,402 until officers got there. 56 00:02:23,882 --> 00:02:25,840 I was told that they had a homicide 57 00:02:25,884 --> 00:02:29,192 at the Roy Rogers restaurant on Route one. 58 00:02:29,235 --> 00:02:32,195 So I was there pretty quickly. 59 00:02:32,238 --> 00:02:34,632 Her body was positioned near the kitchen, 60 00:02:34,675 --> 00:02:37,243 it was a butcher knife sticking out of her neck. 61 00:02:38,897 --> 00:02:41,465 She had black and blue marks and bruises everywhere. 62 00:02:41,508 --> 00:02:43,684 And it looked like hand marks around her neck 63 00:02:43,728 --> 00:02:45,860 like she had been strangled. 64 00:02:45,904 --> 00:02:48,733 It was thought that she was still alive 65 00:02:48,776 --> 00:02:50,865 until the bag was put over her head. 66 00:02:50,909 --> 00:02:54,347 Because of the moisture in it from her breath. 67 00:02:54,391 --> 00:02:57,350 She looked like she had blood under her fingernails 68 00:02:57,394 --> 00:03:00,223 and blood on her hand and that was wrapped 69 00:03:00,266 --> 00:03:02,442 in an evidence bag and secured. 70 00:03:04,009 --> 00:03:06,403 There was a rectangular kitchen prep area, 71 00:03:06,446 --> 00:03:08,535 that's where you can see both her shoes 72 00:03:08,579 --> 00:03:10,320 that were against the wall. 73 00:03:10,363 --> 00:03:12,235 To my mind, 74 00:03:12,278 --> 00:03:14,846 that was probably the first act of violence that took place, 75 00:03:14,889 --> 00:03:18,241 that she was literally pushed right out of her shoes 76 00:03:18,284 --> 00:03:20,286 and that a struggle had taken place right there. 77 00:03:21,940 --> 00:03:25,291 Moving around the corner is where the body was found. 78 00:03:25,335 --> 00:03:28,860 It looked like her body had been dragged on the floor 79 00:03:28,903 --> 00:03:30,601 to where she laid. 80 00:03:30,644 --> 00:03:32,559 Terri had her winter coat on 81 00:03:32,603 --> 00:03:34,518 and her bag was also on the floor 82 00:03:34,561 --> 00:03:36,737 like she was getting ready to leave. 83 00:03:36,781 --> 00:03:38,565 [Narrator] Further examination 84 00:03:38,609 --> 00:03:41,568 of the scene reveals evidence of another crime. 85 00:03:41,612 --> 00:03:43,657 In the office, the safe was open. 86 00:03:43,701 --> 00:03:46,921 There was a register drawer on the desk. 87 00:03:46,965 --> 00:03:49,794 The coins were scattered all over the floor. 88 00:03:49,837 --> 00:03:53,928 It just appeared that whoever did it ransacked the safe. 89 00:03:53,972 --> 00:03:55,582 There was money taken. 90 00:03:55,626 --> 00:03:57,932 It had all the earmarks of a robbery homicide. 91 00:03:59,499 --> 00:04:00,935 It was fairly easy for the restaurant 92 00:04:00,979 --> 00:04:02,285 to get a count of what was missing. 93 00:04:02,328 --> 00:04:04,504 And it was around $2,500. 94 00:04:04,548 --> 00:04:06,376 [Narrator] Looking for more clues, 95 00:04:06,419 --> 00:04:09,901 detectives speak to the manager who discovered Terri's body. 96 00:04:09,944 --> 00:04:11,468 When the manager of the restaurant 97 00:04:11,511 --> 00:04:12,904 arrived around 6:00 in the morning, 98 00:04:12,947 --> 00:04:15,602 he found the inner vestibule door locked. 99 00:04:15,646 --> 00:04:18,605 The door to the interior of the building was locked. 100 00:04:18,649 --> 00:04:21,869 But the drive thru window was partially open. 101 00:04:21,913 --> 00:04:23,610 It appeared that the killer had left 102 00:04:23,654 --> 00:04:25,482 through the drive thru window, 103 00:04:25,525 --> 00:04:27,875 because the metal pipe that was laid in the track 104 00:04:27,919 --> 00:04:29,921 as the kind of security measure to lock it up, 105 00:04:29,964 --> 00:04:31,966 had been removed and laid to the side. 106 00:04:32,010 --> 00:04:34,795 But there was no sign of forced entry in the restaurant. 107 00:04:34,839 --> 00:04:36,667 [Narrator] Police believe Terri was killed 108 00:04:36,710 --> 00:04:40,714 sometime after midnight when the restaurant had closed. 109 00:04:40,758 --> 00:04:43,935 As detectives continue to process the crime scene, 110 00:04:43,978 --> 00:04:45,458 Terri's family discovers 111 00:04:45,502 --> 00:04:48,069 that she never returned home from work. 112 00:04:48,113 --> 00:04:50,855 The morning of the murder, Scott, the victim's fiancee, 113 00:04:50,898 --> 00:04:53,466 knocks on the door to the Brooks family home. 114 00:04:53,510 --> 00:04:55,990 At the time, Terri lived with her parents. 115 00:04:56,034 --> 00:04:58,384 We hear a banging at the door. 116 00:04:58,428 --> 00:05:00,995 And it was Scott standing there, 117 00:05:01,039 --> 00:05:04,608 and he's like, Terri's car's not in the driveway. 118 00:05:05,957 --> 00:05:07,524 He tells them that he was driving 119 00:05:07,567 --> 00:05:09,613 by their house on his way to work 120 00:05:09,656 --> 00:05:12,442 and that he noticed Terri's car wasn't there. 121 00:05:12,485 --> 00:05:15,053 They then looked in her room and saw that, 122 00:05:15,096 --> 00:05:17,011 in fact, she wasn't home. 123 00:05:17,055 --> 00:05:18,448 And then Scott picked up the phone 124 00:05:18,491 --> 00:05:20,711 and dialed the Roy Rogers. 125 00:05:20,754 --> 00:05:23,496 And he goes, "This is George Brooks, 126 00:05:23,540 --> 00:05:25,368 Terri Brooks's father. 127 00:05:25,411 --> 00:05:28,675 She didn't come home last night, is she okay?" 128 00:05:28,719 --> 00:05:33,550 And they said, no, she's not, she has been murdered. 129 00:05:34,986 --> 00:05:37,641 I was shocked they told him over the phone. 130 00:05:39,033 --> 00:05:42,123 I just couldn't believe what was happening. 131 00:05:42,167 --> 00:05:43,690 When am I gonna wake up, 132 00:05:44,691 --> 00:05:47,694 it's a horrible thing. 133 00:05:47,738 --> 00:05:49,653 [dramatic music] 134 00:05:49,696 --> 00:05:52,960 I was getting ready to go to work when my phone rang. 135 00:05:53,004 --> 00:05:55,615 I was getting a call from her stepmother to tell me 136 00:05:55,659 --> 00:05:57,617 so that I wouldn't see it on the news 137 00:05:57,661 --> 00:06:00,925 and my heart just sunk. 138 00:06:02,013 --> 00:06:03,536 [gentle music] 139 00:06:03,580 --> 00:06:05,495 [Narrator] Terri brooks grew up 140 00:06:05,538 --> 00:06:08,411 in Warminster, Pennsylvania, the oldest of four children. 141 00:06:08,454 --> 00:06:13,024 My mom and dad divorced, Terri was in eighth grade 142 00:06:13,067 --> 00:06:18,072 and she took over the mother role after that happened. 143 00:06:19,857 --> 00:06:22,555 Out of all of us she was probably the most ambitious. 144 00:06:22,599 --> 00:06:25,602 We always thought, Terri would have her own business one day 145 00:06:25,645 --> 00:06:28,169 and just light the world on fire. 146 00:06:30,041 --> 00:06:32,173 [Narrator] Terri took jobs in the restaurant industry, 147 00:06:32,217 --> 00:06:35,176 and earned a reputation as a hard worker. 148 00:06:35,220 --> 00:06:38,571 I worked with Terri at an Italian restaurant. 149 00:06:38,615 --> 00:06:41,618 In the beginning, she was a server, I tended bar. 150 00:06:41,661 --> 00:06:45,099 She became management after working there for a while. 151 00:06:45,143 --> 00:06:48,015 She really, really took pride in her work 152 00:06:48,059 --> 00:06:50,583 and how she dealt with people. 153 00:06:50,627 --> 00:06:52,455 [Narrator] Soon after her promotion, 154 00:06:52,498 --> 00:06:55,458 she began a yearlong romance with her co-worker, 155 00:06:55,501 --> 00:06:56,850 Scott Keefe. 156 00:06:56,894 --> 00:06:58,156 She met Scott at the restaurant. 157 00:06:58,199 --> 00:07:00,550 He was the head chef. 158 00:07:00,593 --> 00:07:02,813 They had a good time together. 159 00:07:02,856 --> 00:07:05,772 Terri just came home one day with a ring on her finger 160 00:07:05,816 --> 00:07:08,122 and we were all like, oh, my God. 161 00:07:08,166 --> 00:07:10,037 [Vicki giggles] 162 00:07:10,081 --> 00:07:11,474 [Narrator] While Terri planned her dream wedding 163 00:07:11,517 --> 00:07:12,823 for the upcoming summer, 164 00:07:12,866 --> 00:07:15,695 her career also started to take off. 165 00:07:15,739 --> 00:07:17,175 It was her dream to move forward 166 00:07:17,218 --> 00:07:20,483 to bigger things in the hotel business. 167 00:07:20,526 --> 00:07:22,963 And she had looked into getting a job 168 00:07:23,007 --> 00:07:25,531 with the Marriott Corporation. 169 00:07:25,575 --> 00:07:29,013 The position she accepted with the Marriott was 170 00:07:29,056 --> 00:07:33,234 to be a manager of a Roy Rogers restaurant. 171 00:07:34,975 --> 00:07:36,977 I first met Terri 172 00:07:37,021 --> 00:07:40,546 when I started working at the Roy Rogers, she was my boss. 173 00:07:40,590 --> 00:07:43,070 She was always happy. 174 00:07:43,114 --> 00:07:44,811 She was very excited about her wedding 175 00:07:44,855 --> 00:07:47,510 and she was excited to go dress shopping. 176 00:07:47,553 --> 00:07:49,076 I know she put the down payment 177 00:07:49,120 --> 00:07:51,644 on the honeymoon to Hawaii, 178 00:07:51,688 --> 00:07:55,648 and she was talking about the bridesmaid dresses. 179 00:07:55,692 --> 00:07:58,695 Terri and Scott were apartment hunting. 180 00:07:58,738 --> 00:08:00,087 There was a lot to do. 181 00:08:00,131 --> 00:08:01,698 It was at a time when 182 00:08:01,741 --> 00:08:04,570 all new things were happening in her life. 183 00:08:07,704 --> 00:08:09,270 [suspenseful music] 184 00:08:09,314 --> 00:08:11,142 [Narrator] Now, detectives must determine 185 00:08:11,185 --> 00:08:13,144 who could have killed this ambitious young woman 186 00:08:13,187 --> 00:08:15,233 just a few months before her wedding. 187 00:08:16,756 --> 00:08:18,671 They ask the family about Terri's movements 188 00:08:18,715 --> 00:08:20,978 in the hours leading up to her murder. 189 00:08:21,021 --> 00:08:23,763 Mr. and Mrs. Brooks last saw Terri the day before, 190 00:08:23,807 --> 00:08:27,811 Friday, February 3rd, 1984, when she left for work. 191 00:08:27,854 --> 00:08:30,857 Usually her fiance Scott would make sure 192 00:08:30,901 --> 00:08:33,686 that he went and closed with her every night. 193 00:08:33,730 --> 00:08:36,863 And her father was glad that Scott would go 194 00:08:36,907 --> 00:08:39,562 and close with her and be there to keep her safe. 195 00:08:40,911 --> 00:08:42,739 Scott was worried about Terri's security 196 00:08:42,782 --> 00:08:43,870 at the restaurant. 197 00:08:43,914 --> 00:08:45,306 He would go and sit with her 198 00:08:45,350 --> 00:08:48,614 while she finished everything up. 199 00:08:48,658 --> 00:08:50,050 [Narrator] Scott tells police 200 00:08:50,094 --> 00:08:52,575 he wasn't with Terri the night before. 201 00:08:52,618 --> 00:08:55,142 He had stayed home because he was working the early shift 202 00:08:55,186 --> 00:08:57,188 the following morning. 203 00:08:57,231 --> 00:09:00,713 Neither Scott nor Terri's parents are able to provide police 204 00:09:00,757 --> 00:09:02,628 with any leads. 205 00:09:02,672 --> 00:09:05,892 The family was really cooperative with the investigation. 206 00:09:05,936 --> 00:09:09,722 And it was just nothing that they could volunteer or give us 207 00:09:09,766 --> 00:09:14,118 that would indicate that they knew anything about the case. 208 00:09:14,161 --> 00:09:16,120 It was completely out of the blue. 209 00:09:16,163 --> 00:09:17,948 There was no reason for them to feel 210 00:09:17,991 --> 00:09:21,081 that she was in any danger or in any jeopardy. 211 00:09:21,125 --> 00:09:26,130 I couldn't think of anybody who really disliked Terri 212 00:09:27,958 --> 00:09:30,090 and I can't imagine anybody would dislike her that much 213 00:09:30,134 --> 00:09:31,918 to kill her. 214 00:09:31,962 --> 00:09:33,703 [Narrator] Investigators turn their attention 215 00:09:33,746 --> 00:09:35,661 to Terri's coworkers. 216 00:09:35,705 --> 00:09:39,752 It looked like it could possibly be a robbery. 217 00:09:39,796 --> 00:09:42,276 But the deeper we looked into to see 218 00:09:42,320 --> 00:09:44,148 how brutally she was murdered, 219 00:09:44,191 --> 00:09:46,803 it had to be more than just a robbery. 220 00:09:48,065 --> 00:09:49,675 [Narrator] Detectives wanna know 221 00:09:49,719 --> 00:09:52,243 how Terri was thought of by her colleagues. 222 00:09:52,286 --> 00:09:56,334 Terry was a young woman who was very staunch 223 00:09:56,377 --> 00:10:01,295 about the procedures, and she enforced them strictly. 224 00:10:01,339 --> 00:10:03,297 She was a buy the book person. 225 00:10:03,341 --> 00:10:05,299 And as long as you did your work 226 00:10:05,343 --> 00:10:08,651 the way you were supposed to, there were no problems. 227 00:10:08,694 --> 00:10:10,304 [Narrator] When police ask 228 00:10:10,348 --> 00:10:13,090 if Terri's management style made her any enemies, 229 00:10:13,133 --> 00:10:15,658 one name keeps coming up. 230 00:10:15,701 --> 00:10:17,311 Steve Daly was an employee, 231 00:10:17,355 --> 00:10:20,271 that didn't adhere to the procedures. 232 00:10:20,314 --> 00:10:22,186 He was a little hotheaded. 233 00:10:22,229 --> 00:10:24,841 Steve scared me, to be honest. 234 00:10:24,884 --> 00:10:27,844 He was very rough, quick to anger. 235 00:10:27,887 --> 00:10:29,889 I was uncomfortable around him. 236 00:10:29,933 --> 00:10:31,325 [Narrator] Detectives learn 237 00:10:31,369 --> 00:10:33,240 that just weeks before the murder, 238 00:10:33,284 --> 00:10:37,288 the tension between Terri and Steve hit a breaking point. 239 00:10:37,331 --> 00:10:41,901 He ended up getting fired and wasn't too happy about it. 240 00:10:43,468 --> 00:10:47,167 You've got this former employee who had a clear animus 241 00:10:47,211 --> 00:10:50,910 towards the victim and is fired by the victim. 242 00:10:50,954 --> 00:10:53,173 And add to that, here's an employee 243 00:10:53,217 --> 00:10:55,001 who knows how the restaurant operates, 244 00:10:55,045 --> 00:10:57,090 who knows the security procedures. 245 00:10:57,134 --> 00:10:58,352 He's got the kind of knowledge 246 00:10:58,396 --> 00:11:00,877 to be able to commit this crime. 247 00:11:00,920 --> 00:11:03,793 So this is somebody who now rises to the top of the list. 248 00:11:06,796 --> 00:11:10,103 [Narrator] Coming up, police zero in on a suspect. 249 00:11:10,147 --> 00:11:12,845 Fingerprints were found on one of the murder weapons. 250 00:11:12,889 --> 00:11:14,281 At that point, 251 00:11:14,325 --> 00:11:16,762 he admitted he took the money from the office. 252 00:11:16,806 --> 00:11:18,372 [Narrator] But conflicting statements 253 00:11:18,416 --> 00:11:20,200 frustrate detectives. 254 00:11:20,244 --> 00:11:23,377 It was completely a misdirection, a diversion. 255 00:11:23,421 --> 00:11:26,206 How could somebody do this and get away with it? 256 00:11:26,250 --> 00:11:27,947 [Narrator] Until the investigation 257 00:11:27,991 --> 00:11:30,254 takes a jaw-dropping turn. 258 00:11:30,297 --> 00:11:32,212 The polygraph operator said he was lying. 259 00:11:32,256 --> 00:11:34,432 It caught me by surprise. 260 00:11:34,475 --> 00:11:38,001 I remember him all of a sudden blowing up. 261 00:11:38,044 --> 00:11:41,091 It was the turning point in the investigation. 262 00:11:42,788 --> 00:11:45,748 [suspenseful music] 263 00:11:47,750 --> 00:11:49,403 [suspenseful music] 264 00:11:49,447 --> 00:11:51,318 [Narrator] Police investigating the fatal stabbing 265 00:11:51,362 --> 00:11:55,192 of 25-year-old restaurant manager Terri Brooks have learned 266 00:11:55,235 --> 00:11:58,195 that a disgruntled coworker lashed out at Terri 267 00:11:58,238 --> 00:12:00,371 before he was fired. 268 00:12:00,414 --> 00:12:02,808 If you threatened somebody and they end up dead, 269 00:12:02,852 --> 00:12:06,681 you'd have to look at them and look at them seriously. 270 00:12:06,725 --> 00:12:08,683 Steve Daly, was a former Marine 271 00:12:08,727 --> 00:12:10,424 and had a difficult personality. 272 00:12:10,468 --> 00:12:12,383 He didn't like to be told what to do. 273 00:12:12,426 --> 00:12:14,385 [Narrator] Just weeks before the murder, 274 00:12:14,428 --> 00:12:17,257 Terri and Steve had a major blowout. 275 00:12:17,301 --> 00:12:18,911 There was an occasion at work 276 00:12:18,955 --> 00:12:22,654 where Steve Daly was told to make a hamburger for a customer 277 00:12:22,697 --> 00:12:25,613 and he had just closed out that workspace. 278 00:12:25,657 --> 00:12:27,964 So he didn't wanna reopen the workspace. 279 00:12:28,007 --> 00:12:32,882 And I remember him all of a sudden blowing up. 280 00:12:32,925 --> 00:12:35,885 Steve lost his temper, was screaming and yelling. 281 00:12:35,928 --> 00:12:37,669 He became explosive, at one point, 282 00:12:37,712 --> 00:12:39,802 even calling Terri a bitch. 283 00:12:39,845 --> 00:12:43,849 Terri was alarmed by Daly's behavior. 284 00:12:43,893 --> 00:12:48,723 Terri, in a situation like what happened with Steve, 285 00:12:48,767 --> 00:12:50,769 she wouldn't tolerate it. 286 00:12:50,813 --> 00:12:52,423 She didn't waver. 287 00:12:52,466 --> 00:12:54,338 So I think that was the frustrating thing 288 00:12:54,381 --> 00:12:56,035 for Steve is he couldn't break her. 289 00:12:57,645 --> 00:12:59,865 And she was like, you need to go home. 290 00:12:59,909 --> 00:13:01,519 You are done for the night 291 00:13:01,562 --> 00:13:04,435 and you will talk to the boss the next morning. 292 00:13:05,915 --> 00:13:07,525 Daly storms out of the restaurant. 293 00:13:07,568 --> 00:13:09,875 And the next day, Terri talks to her manager, 294 00:13:09,919 --> 00:13:11,529 tells him what had happened. 295 00:13:11,572 --> 00:13:14,575 Which, of course, led to Daly being fired. 296 00:13:14,619 --> 00:13:15,925 [Narrator] That did little 297 00:13:15,968 --> 00:13:18,275 to stop Steve's aggressive behavior. 298 00:13:18,318 --> 00:13:19,754 Even after he was fired, 299 00:13:19,798 --> 00:13:21,365 Daly would return to the restaurant 300 00:13:21,408 --> 00:13:24,281 and buy food and have meals there. 301 00:13:24,324 --> 00:13:27,588 He went back just to annoy her, just, here I am. 302 00:13:27,632 --> 00:13:29,460 You can't throw me out now. 303 00:13:29,503 --> 00:13:31,984 It was very upsetting to her. 304 00:13:32,028 --> 00:13:34,421 So given his personality and his conduct, 305 00:13:34,465 --> 00:13:36,641 that certainly seems to provide a motive. 306 00:13:36,684 --> 00:13:39,383 [Narrator] Did Steve Daly's harassment escalate 307 00:13:39,426 --> 00:13:41,646 into a fatal act of revenge? 308 00:13:41,689 --> 00:13:44,040 Police bring him in for an interview. 309 00:13:44,083 --> 00:13:45,955 When we tracked Daly down, 310 00:13:45,998 --> 00:13:47,913 one of the first things he tells us, 311 00:13:47,957 --> 00:13:49,741 that he knew at some point the police would be coming 312 00:13:49,784 --> 00:13:51,308 to talk to him. 313 00:13:51,351 --> 00:13:53,788 Daly said that he didn't get along with Terri 314 00:13:53,832 --> 00:13:55,660 that they clashed often, in fact, 315 00:13:55,703 --> 00:13:58,097 he said that if she'd been a man he would have punched her. 316 00:13:59,664 --> 00:14:01,709 Daly's excuse for why he was going back 317 00:14:01,753 --> 00:14:04,495 to the restaurant was that he was dating somebody 318 00:14:04,538 --> 00:14:06,410 who worked there. 319 00:14:06,453 --> 00:14:08,978 I don't know that I buy that, but that's the reason he gave. 320 00:14:09,021 --> 00:14:10,675 [Narrator] Investigators ask 321 00:14:10,718 --> 00:14:12,764 where Steve was the night of the murder. 322 00:14:12,807 --> 00:14:15,941 He says that he was trying to get into a club, 323 00:14:15,985 --> 00:14:18,726 and that he was not permitted access to the club. 324 00:14:18,770 --> 00:14:21,686 So then he just drove around for several hours. 325 00:14:21,729 --> 00:14:23,079 Investigators go to the club, 326 00:14:23,122 --> 00:14:24,994 they look at the security footage, 327 00:14:25,037 --> 00:14:27,822 they can't find any footage of Daly being denied entry 328 00:14:27,866 --> 00:14:30,521 so this is not a hard alibi that can allow you to say, 329 00:14:30,564 --> 00:14:32,044 okay, this person's eliminated. 330 00:14:32,088 --> 00:14:33,002 Just the opposite. 331 00:14:34,612 --> 00:14:36,527 [Narrator] With no way to prove his whereabouts 332 00:14:36,570 --> 00:14:40,879 when Terri was killed, police ask Steve to take a polygraph. 333 00:14:40,923 --> 00:14:43,534 So a polygraph is a useful investigative tool. 334 00:14:43,577 --> 00:14:45,492 It can help us rule people in or out. 335 00:14:46,885 --> 00:14:48,887 So Daly agrees to take the polygraph, 336 00:14:48,931 --> 00:14:51,063 and without question, he passed. 337 00:14:52,586 --> 00:14:54,066 This guy looks like a good suspect. 338 00:14:54,110 --> 00:14:56,634 So when you have momentum build like that 339 00:14:56,677 --> 00:14:59,593 and then it crashes to a halt, it's hard to swallow. 340 00:14:59,637 --> 00:15:02,466 [Narrator] Police can't verify Steve's alibi, 341 00:15:02,509 --> 00:15:05,730 but with no evidence against him, he's free to go. 342 00:15:05,773 --> 00:15:10,039 Steven Daly was pushed down lower on the list of suspects. 343 00:15:10,082 --> 00:15:12,563 But you never eliminate somebody 344 00:15:12,606 --> 00:15:15,958 until you make sure that they are completely not involved. 345 00:15:17,611 --> 00:15:19,091 [Narrator] Investigators turn their focus 346 00:15:19,135 --> 00:15:21,833 on the Roy Rogers staff who worked with Terri 347 00:15:21,876 --> 00:15:23,095 the night of the murder. 348 00:15:23,139 --> 00:15:24,749 During the investigation, 349 00:15:24,792 --> 00:15:27,012 we knew that we had to interview the employees 350 00:15:27,056 --> 00:15:30,494 to see what the atmosphere was when they left, 351 00:15:30,537 --> 00:15:32,409 if there was any arguments. 352 00:15:32,452 --> 00:15:35,978 Everybody consented to have their fingerprints taken. 353 00:15:37,501 --> 00:15:39,416 The evening that Terri was murdered, 354 00:15:39,459 --> 00:15:42,027 there were four employees that she was working with, 355 00:15:42,071 --> 00:15:45,074 Patricia, Ron, Barb and Dan. 356 00:15:45,117 --> 00:15:47,641 And each of those employees was identified 357 00:15:47,685 --> 00:15:49,078 and interviewed separately. 358 00:15:49,121 --> 00:15:50,949 [Narrator] Patricia tells investigators 359 00:15:50,993 --> 00:15:52,646 that just before closing, 360 00:15:52,690 --> 00:15:54,779 Terri discovered that money had gone missing 361 00:15:54,822 --> 00:15:56,868 from Barb's cash register. 362 00:15:56,911 --> 00:15:59,001 The employees got in an argument 363 00:15:59,044 --> 00:16:03,048 and there was $40 that was supposedly missing. 364 00:16:03,092 --> 00:16:04,876 Terri was gonna get to the bottom of this. 365 00:16:04,919 --> 00:16:06,051 It wasn't a minor event. 366 00:16:06,095 --> 00:16:08,010 She took it very seriously. 367 00:16:08,053 --> 00:16:10,621 She began questioning different employees. 368 00:16:10,664 --> 00:16:11,752 Where did it go? 369 00:16:11,796 --> 00:16:13,493 Why is it missing? 370 00:16:13,537 --> 00:16:15,756 Terri played everything by the book. 371 00:16:15,800 --> 00:16:17,758 If there's any money missing 372 00:16:17,802 --> 00:16:19,499 and you are caught being the person 373 00:16:19,543 --> 00:16:21,893 that's been hitting the till. 374 00:16:21,936 --> 00:16:24,591 There's no tolerance for stealing. 375 00:16:24,635 --> 00:16:26,854 Terri cared about her employees 376 00:16:26,898 --> 00:16:28,813 but some people didn't like her 377 00:16:28,856 --> 00:16:32,034 because she could be tough when she needed to be tough. 378 00:16:32,077 --> 00:16:34,688 Patricia, indicated that this wasn't the first time 379 00:16:34,732 --> 00:16:36,473 something like this had happened, 380 00:16:36,516 --> 00:16:38,127 and if you're stealing money from Roy Rogers 381 00:16:38,170 --> 00:16:39,954 and you're an employee there, that's a fireable offense. 382 00:16:39,998 --> 00:16:42,044 So did this provide a motive for murder? 383 00:16:43,828 --> 00:16:46,483 [Narrator] As Terri attempted to unmask the thief, 384 00:16:46,526 --> 00:16:49,138 the employees began to point fingers. 385 00:16:49,181 --> 00:16:52,097 Barb told Terri that she thought Ron did it. 386 00:16:52,141 --> 00:16:54,143 So he's now being confronted with the idea 387 00:16:54,186 --> 00:16:55,840 that he took this money 388 00:16:55,883 --> 00:16:57,494 and he actually turned his pockets inside out 389 00:16:57,537 --> 00:16:59,974 to prove that he didn't have any cash on him. 390 00:17:00,018 --> 00:17:02,499 [Narrator] Could Ron have killed Terri in a rage 391 00:17:02,542 --> 00:17:04,196 after being accused of stealing? 392 00:17:05,850 --> 00:17:07,982 As detectives look closer at Ron, 393 00:17:08,026 --> 00:17:11,247 fingerprint analysis provides crucial new evidence. 394 00:17:11,290 --> 00:17:13,858 The employees who worked that night clean up 395 00:17:13,901 --> 00:17:15,773 before they closed. 396 00:17:15,816 --> 00:17:18,080 Working the later shift you had to clean up everything, 397 00:17:18,123 --> 00:17:20,778 wash all the equipment, sweep and mop the floors, 398 00:17:20,821 --> 00:17:23,520 wipe down all the tables, stuff like that. 399 00:17:23,563 --> 00:17:27,698 So I thought that whoever was in there after closing 400 00:17:27,741 --> 00:17:29,830 could have possibly left fingerprints. 401 00:17:31,310 --> 00:17:33,138 We began matching up fingerprints that they'd lifted 402 00:17:33,182 --> 00:17:36,141 from different surfaces to elimination prints they'd taken 403 00:17:36,185 --> 00:17:38,665 from different employees, and it was discovered 404 00:17:38,709 --> 00:17:41,886 that Ron's fingerprints were found on the drive thru window 405 00:17:41,929 --> 00:17:45,716 and on the trash bag that was wrapped around Terri's face. 406 00:17:45,759 --> 00:17:47,152 Here we go. 407 00:17:47,196 --> 00:17:49,067 This is somebody that we need to look at. 408 00:17:51,069 --> 00:17:54,072 [suspenseful music] 409 00:17:56,205 --> 00:17:57,467 [suspenseful music] 410 00:17:57,510 --> 00:17:59,338 [Narrator] Investigators working 411 00:17:59,382 --> 00:18:01,688 to solve the Terri Brooks homicide have just got a match 412 00:18:01,732 --> 00:18:04,517 for fingerprints left at the crime scene. 413 00:18:04,561 --> 00:18:06,650 The evening that Terri was murdered, 414 00:18:06,693 --> 00:18:09,653 there were four employees that she was working with, 415 00:18:09,696 --> 00:18:12,351 including an employee named Ron, 416 00:18:12,395 --> 00:18:16,225 and Ron's fingerprints were found on the drive thru window 417 00:18:16,268 --> 00:18:19,358 and on the trash bag that was wrapped around Terri's face. 418 00:18:20,838 --> 00:18:22,318 [Narrator] Detectives ask Ron 419 00:18:22,361 --> 00:18:24,058 how his fingerprints ended up 420 00:18:24,102 --> 00:18:26,365 on the bag used to suffocate Terri, 421 00:18:26,409 --> 00:18:28,280 and on the drive thru window, 422 00:18:28,324 --> 00:18:30,369 the killer's likely escape route. 423 00:18:30,413 --> 00:18:32,632 Ron said that one of his responsibilities 424 00:18:32,676 --> 00:18:35,374 at the restaurant was to take care of the trash 425 00:18:35,418 --> 00:18:37,463 so his fingerprints would have been on that bag 426 00:18:37,507 --> 00:18:40,205 because that was part of his job there. 427 00:18:40,249 --> 00:18:43,426 Ron also said that he had covered for some other employees 428 00:18:43,469 --> 00:18:45,210 for their break time at the drive thru. 429 00:18:45,254 --> 00:18:48,082 So that's why his print was there on the window. 430 00:18:48,126 --> 00:18:50,084 [Narrator] Police aren't able to determine 431 00:18:50,128 --> 00:18:52,739 if the window had been properly cleaned at closing, 432 00:18:52,783 --> 00:18:55,394 so Ron's excuse is plausible. 433 00:18:55,438 --> 00:18:58,397 Still, detectives wanna know his whereabouts 434 00:18:58,441 --> 00:19:00,138 after he left work. 435 00:19:00,182 --> 00:19:02,184 Ron said that he left the restaurant shortly 436 00:19:02,227 --> 00:19:04,403 after 1:00 in the morning with coworkers 437 00:19:04,447 --> 00:19:06,362 and that he got home about 1:15 438 00:19:06,405 --> 00:19:09,103 and talked to his mom before he went to bed. 439 00:19:09,147 --> 00:19:10,583 We checked out Ron's alibi, 440 00:19:10,627 --> 00:19:12,803 discovered that he had indeed gotten home 441 00:19:12,846 --> 00:19:14,457 and stayed home all night. 442 00:19:14,500 --> 00:19:16,763 [Narrator] With Ron all but cleared, 443 00:19:16,807 --> 00:19:20,724 police get new details from another employee about the money 444 00:19:20,767 --> 00:19:23,596 that had gone missing from Barb's cash register. 445 00:19:23,640 --> 00:19:27,383 We learned the $40 that was supposedly missing, 446 00:19:27,426 --> 00:19:29,559 it was found at a later time. 447 00:19:29,602 --> 00:19:32,431 [Narrator] The missing money had mysteriously reappeared 448 00:19:32,475 --> 00:19:34,259 in the drop safe. 449 00:19:34,303 --> 00:19:36,130 I think it's fair to say that Terri might have thought 450 00:19:36,174 --> 00:19:38,437 that it was Barb who had taken this money. 451 00:19:38,481 --> 00:19:41,614 My impression was that Terri was suspicious of Barb. 452 00:19:41,658 --> 00:19:44,313 [Narrator] Police also learn that it was Barb's duty 453 00:19:44,356 --> 00:19:46,358 to close down the drive thru. 454 00:19:46,402 --> 00:19:49,143 Those two things combined, the missing $40 455 00:19:49,187 --> 00:19:51,798 and the fact that it was Barb's responsibility 456 00:19:51,842 --> 00:19:54,236 to lock that drive thru window 457 00:19:54,279 --> 00:19:55,759 and that ultimately it's found unlocked 458 00:19:55,802 --> 00:19:58,283 and it's believed to be where the killer left, 459 00:19:58,327 --> 00:20:00,329 puts her at the top of the suspect list. 460 00:20:00,372 --> 00:20:02,244 [Narrator] According to the work schedule, 461 00:20:02,287 --> 00:20:04,637 Barb and Terri were the last two employees 462 00:20:04,681 --> 00:20:06,291 at the restaurant. 463 00:20:06,335 --> 00:20:08,162 The policy of Roy Rogers for employees 464 00:20:08,206 --> 00:20:09,860 that we're gonna work past the end 465 00:20:09,903 --> 00:20:11,688 of their shift was that they would lock the doors 466 00:20:11,731 --> 00:20:14,430 and that there would be a minimum of two employees there. 467 00:20:14,473 --> 00:20:16,606 [Narrator] Could an argument between Terri and Barb 468 00:20:16,649 --> 00:20:19,478 over the missing money have turned deadly? 469 00:20:19,522 --> 00:20:22,916 Barb said that she was sent home early by Terri. 470 00:20:22,960 --> 00:20:26,398 And she was insistent that she closed the window 471 00:20:26,442 --> 00:20:29,183 and placed the pipe in the track to lock. 472 00:20:29,227 --> 00:20:30,881 And in looking into Barb's whereabouts, 473 00:20:30,924 --> 00:20:33,187 we discovered that she was picked up by her boyfriend, 474 00:20:33,231 --> 00:20:34,276 so she had an alibi. 475 00:20:35,886 --> 00:20:37,888 So it's conceivable that Terri was alone in the restaurant, 476 00:20:37,931 --> 00:20:40,543 working into the early hours of February 4th, 477 00:20:40,586 --> 00:20:41,544 doing inventory. 478 00:20:42,893 --> 00:20:44,721 [Narrator] Police later confirm the alibis 479 00:20:44,764 --> 00:20:47,593 of every employee who worked the night of the murder. 480 00:20:48,681 --> 00:20:50,727 When the autopsy report arrives, 481 00:20:50,770 --> 00:20:53,860 investigators hope it will give them a new lead. 482 00:20:53,904 --> 00:20:58,343 The pathologist found that Terri had been strangled 483 00:20:58,387 --> 00:21:01,564 and the bone in the back of her neck was severed 484 00:21:01,607 --> 00:21:02,782 from the stab wound. 485 00:21:04,349 --> 00:21:06,220 There was serious brain hemorrhage 486 00:21:06,264 --> 00:21:07,613 that was the result of her head being repeatedly banged 487 00:21:07,657 --> 00:21:09,528 against that hard concrete floor 488 00:21:09,572 --> 00:21:12,270 and looking at that stab wound to her spine 489 00:21:12,314 --> 00:21:15,317 it was likely she was conscious but paralyzed 490 00:21:15,360 --> 00:21:17,884 when the plastic trash bag was wrapped around her head. 491 00:21:17,928 --> 00:21:19,973 [Narrator] The autopsy report lists each 492 00:21:20,017 --> 00:21:23,629 of Terri's severe injuries as potentially fatal, 493 00:21:23,673 --> 00:21:27,503 but indicates asphyxiation as the likely cause of death. 494 00:21:27,546 --> 00:21:28,982 There was no indication 495 00:21:29,026 --> 00:21:30,897 that Terri had been sexually assaulted. 496 00:21:30,941 --> 00:21:33,552 You can't help but look at the way that Terri was killed 497 00:21:33,596 --> 00:21:35,989 and not think that the person who did this 498 00:21:36,033 --> 00:21:38,557 had such a high level of rage 499 00:21:38,601 --> 00:21:41,604 that they absolutely wanted to guarantee that she was dead. 500 00:21:42,866 --> 00:21:45,608 Material was collected from the knife 501 00:21:45,651 --> 00:21:47,479 that was left lodged in Terry's throat, 502 00:21:47,523 --> 00:21:49,394 and under Terri's right ring finger 503 00:21:49,438 --> 00:21:52,702 where the pathologist had identified a defensive wound. 504 00:21:52,745 --> 00:21:54,834 At the time of this murder in 1984, 505 00:21:54,878 --> 00:21:57,271 there was no DNA technology, 506 00:21:57,315 --> 00:22:00,840 analysis of blood was really relegated to blood typing. 507 00:22:00,884 --> 00:22:03,800 By today's standards, the evidence was limited. 508 00:22:05,367 --> 00:22:06,933 [Narrator] As the investigation continues, 509 00:22:06,977 --> 00:22:09,545 Terri's loved ones struggle to make sense 510 00:22:09,588 --> 00:22:11,416 of her violent death. 511 00:22:11,460 --> 00:22:14,985 The funeral home called the morning of the viewing. 512 00:22:15,028 --> 00:22:18,292 And they said, could somebody come down 513 00:22:18,336 --> 00:22:20,425 and take a look at Terri. 514 00:22:21,774 --> 00:22:23,602 And they had her laid out in the casket, 515 00:22:23,646 --> 00:22:27,563 and she didn't look good. 516 00:22:27,606 --> 00:22:29,782 You could see the cut marks in her neck. 517 00:22:29,826 --> 00:22:33,003 And you could see the bruises on the back of her hand 518 00:22:33,046 --> 00:22:36,659 and they had makeup on her too and you could still see. 519 00:22:38,008 --> 00:22:39,488 It didn't look like Terri. 520 00:22:41,490 --> 00:22:42,795 I said when I got home to my dad, 521 00:22:42,839 --> 00:22:44,797 I think we should keep the casket closed, 522 00:22:44,841 --> 00:22:49,498 we didn't want people to remember her looking like that. 523 00:22:51,369 --> 00:22:52,936 [Narrator] As the Brooks family prepares 524 00:22:52,979 --> 00:22:55,329 to bury their eldest daughter, 525 00:22:55,373 --> 00:22:56,983 Falls Township lives in fear 526 00:22:57,027 --> 00:22:59,725 of a brutal killer still at large. 527 00:22:59,769 --> 00:23:02,641 It was a young person that was killed at her job. 528 00:23:02,685 --> 00:23:05,339 So I think the community as a whole regarded this 529 00:23:05,383 --> 00:23:08,038 as a frightening homicide. 530 00:23:08,081 --> 00:23:11,041 It caused quite a bit of fear due to the fact 531 00:23:11,084 --> 00:23:12,651 that it was so violent. 532 00:23:12,695 --> 00:23:15,001 And most people in this area would think, 533 00:23:15,045 --> 00:23:17,482 this shouldn't happen in our town. 534 00:23:17,526 --> 00:23:19,658 I just really just thought 535 00:23:19,702 --> 00:23:23,009 yeah, it probably was a robbery. 536 00:23:23,053 --> 00:23:24,663 Unfortunately, they killed her 537 00:23:24,707 --> 00:23:26,491 instead of just robbing the place. 538 00:23:26,535 --> 00:23:30,800 But you don't know if somebody is lurking out there, 539 00:23:30,843 --> 00:23:32,889 and they're gonna do it again. 540 00:23:32,932 --> 00:23:35,718 [Narrator] Less than two weeks after Terri's murder, 541 00:23:35,761 --> 00:23:37,850 the town's worst fear appears 542 00:23:37,894 --> 00:23:40,462 to become a horrifying reality. 543 00:23:40,505 --> 00:23:41,767 At another Roy Rogers, 544 00:23:41,811 --> 00:23:43,116 an assistant manager was attacked 545 00:23:43,160 --> 00:23:44,596 coming out of the bathroom. 546 00:23:44,640 --> 00:23:46,424 She was hit in the head. 547 00:23:46,468 --> 00:23:47,860 She fell to the floor 548 00:23:47,904 --> 00:23:51,560 and the actor ran away before she can identify. 549 00:23:51,603 --> 00:23:54,388 [Narrator] The restaurant manager survives. 550 00:23:54,432 --> 00:23:56,913 But just a week later in nearby Scranton, 551 00:23:56,956 --> 00:23:59,089 there's another brutal attack. 552 00:23:59,132 --> 00:24:01,395 A male attacker waited in the parking lot 553 00:24:01,439 --> 00:24:03,136 until there was a lone female employee, 554 00:24:03,180 --> 00:24:05,399 then made entry into the restaurant. 555 00:24:05,443 --> 00:24:07,967 But the money from the restaurant had already been dropped 556 00:24:08,011 --> 00:24:09,534 into the safe. 557 00:24:09,578 --> 00:24:11,710 So he took the female employee's money 558 00:24:11,754 --> 00:24:13,886 and then stabbed her to death. 559 00:24:13,930 --> 00:24:16,628 [Narrator] Detectives fear they have a serial killer 560 00:24:16,672 --> 00:24:18,543 on the loose. 561 00:24:18,587 --> 00:24:20,502 When you take a community that was already stressed, 562 00:24:20,545 --> 00:24:21,764 it made it even worse. 563 00:24:21,807 --> 00:24:24,027 And if you've got an individual 564 00:24:24,070 --> 00:24:25,898 who's going from restaurant to restaurant 565 00:24:25,942 --> 00:24:29,119 and just robbing people and they have no personal connection 566 00:24:29,162 --> 00:24:32,557 to the victim, it's terrifying, it took it up a notch. 567 00:24:32,601 --> 00:24:35,604 [suspenseful music] 568 00:24:37,562 --> 00:24:39,390 [suspenseful music] 569 00:24:39,433 --> 00:24:41,435 [Narrator] Three weeks after the murder of Terri Brooks, 570 00:24:41,479 --> 00:24:44,221 police have learned another restaurant employee 571 00:24:44,264 --> 00:24:47,267 has been stabbed to death in nearby Scranton. 572 00:24:47,311 --> 00:24:49,879 Scranton is just up the turnpike 573 00:24:49,922 --> 00:24:52,229 and it's not really that far from us. 574 00:24:52,272 --> 00:24:57,147 So anything that would indicate a violent armed robbery, 575 00:24:57,190 --> 00:24:59,236 we would have to look into. 576 00:24:59,279 --> 00:25:00,890 It was such a similar homicide, 577 00:25:00,933 --> 00:25:03,414 a lone female employee inside a restaurant, 578 00:25:03,457 --> 00:25:06,417 a male attacker and the use of a knife. 579 00:25:06,460 --> 00:25:08,027 [Narrator] Investigators learn 580 00:25:08,071 --> 00:25:10,421 that a suspect has already been arrested. 581 00:25:10,464 --> 00:25:13,250 Could he also be Terri Brooks' killer? 582 00:25:13,293 --> 00:25:14,904 The person that committed this homicide 583 00:25:14,947 --> 00:25:17,950 in Scranton was a man named Steve Duffy. 584 00:25:17,994 --> 00:25:20,344 We sent investigators to go to Scranton 585 00:25:20,387 --> 00:25:22,433 to attempt to interview Duffy. 586 00:25:22,476 --> 00:25:25,915 And by the time we arrive, he has lawyered up. 587 00:25:25,958 --> 00:25:28,918 But we got a warrant to obtain his fingerprints 588 00:25:28,961 --> 00:25:31,660 and compare them to the fingerprints from the scene. 589 00:25:31,703 --> 00:25:34,924 But in the end, the fingerprint comparison indicated 590 00:25:34,967 --> 00:25:38,536 no connection to the homicide at our Roy Rogers. 591 00:25:38,580 --> 00:25:41,626 [Narrator] Police are also unable to identify a suspect 592 00:25:41,670 --> 00:25:43,280 in the assault of the manager 593 00:25:43,323 --> 00:25:45,978 at the other Roy Rogers location. 594 00:25:46,022 --> 00:25:48,981 You go through this cycle of building momentum 595 00:25:49,025 --> 00:25:50,635 and then you hit a wall. 596 00:25:50,679 --> 00:25:52,245 It's disheartening. 597 00:25:52,289 --> 00:25:53,638 [Narrator] It's been a month 598 00:25:53,682 --> 00:25:55,640 since Terri Brooks was found dead, 599 00:25:55,684 --> 00:25:58,512 and the killer is still at large. 600 00:25:58,556 --> 00:26:01,472 Something that brutal and that terrifying, 601 00:26:01,515 --> 00:26:05,302 you have to try to solve it no matter how long it takes. 602 00:26:05,345 --> 00:26:09,523 But when the leads start running out, you get awful upset. 603 00:26:09,567 --> 00:26:13,092 As weeks turned to months and you identify suspects 604 00:26:13,136 --> 00:26:15,268 and then eliminate them over and over again, 605 00:26:15,312 --> 00:26:16,269 the case went cold. 606 00:26:18,097 --> 00:26:20,230 An investigator by necessity has to move on to other cases. 607 00:26:20,273 --> 00:26:22,667 But for a family that loses a loved one to a homicide, 608 00:26:22,711 --> 00:26:23,625 they don't move on. 609 00:26:25,365 --> 00:26:27,280 When it first happened, 610 00:26:27,324 --> 00:26:30,544 you just assumed that it was gonna be solved. 611 00:26:30,588 --> 00:26:32,503 You think, oh, how could somebody do this 612 00:26:32,546 --> 00:26:34,461 and get away with it? 613 00:26:34,505 --> 00:26:38,117 My dad's hair turned white within a year. 614 00:26:38,161 --> 00:26:39,379 He lost weight. 615 00:26:39,423 --> 00:26:43,296 He just, it just destroyed him. 616 00:26:43,340 --> 00:26:45,690 It was hard for Terri's family having 617 00:26:45,734 --> 00:26:49,651 to process the heartache of losing their daughter 618 00:26:49,694 --> 00:26:52,697 and not having closure over it. 619 00:26:52,741 --> 00:26:55,569 I couldn't imagine not having answers. 620 00:26:57,397 --> 00:26:59,008 [Narrator] There are no significant developments 621 00:26:59,051 --> 00:27:03,142 in the investigation for nearly 14 years. 622 00:27:03,186 --> 00:27:04,274 [suspenseful music] 623 00:27:04,317 --> 00:27:06,406 [Narrator] Then, in 1998, 624 00:27:06,450 --> 00:27:10,193 Falls Township's new police chief orders a fresh look 625 00:27:10,236 --> 00:27:11,716 at the Terri Brooks murder, 626 00:27:11,760 --> 00:27:15,372 and a local prosecutor is assigned to the case. 627 00:27:15,415 --> 00:27:17,766 One of the primary reasons 628 00:27:17,809 --> 00:27:22,553 that the police chief put this renewed focus on this case, 629 00:27:22,596 --> 00:27:24,555 was that there had been developments 630 00:27:24,598 --> 00:27:28,559 in DNA technology during the 1990s 631 00:27:28,602 --> 00:27:31,562 and part of the point of my assignment 632 00:27:31,605 --> 00:27:36,045 to have someone come in with a fresh point of view. 633 00:27:36,088 --> 00:27:40,397 It was just a matter of reviewing all of those reports 634 00:27:40,440 --> 00:27:43,313 and reviewing all the physical evidence. 635 00:27:43,356 --> 00:27:47,665 It caught me by surprise a bit when I opened up the bag 636 00:27:47,709 --> 00:27:49,798 that contained Terri's wallet. 637 00:27:49,841 --> 00:27:54,541 I found that you could still clearly smell Terri's perfume. 638 00:27:54,585 --> 00:27:56,587 And because I wasn't expecting it, 639 00:27:56,630 --> 00:28:00,504 it's one of those things that sort of triggers your emotions 640 00:28:00,547 --> 00:28:04,116 and brings you closer to the victim. 641 00:28:04,160 --> 00:28:05,378 [Narrator] A team is assembled 642 00:28:05,422 --> 00:28:07,424 for the renewed investigation. 643 00:28:07,467 --> 00:28:10,470 Lori said take a look at this homicide. 644 00:28:10,514 --> 00:28:12,342 And she asked me what I thought 645 00:28:12,385 --> 00:28:14,648 and apparently my answers were well enough 646 00:28:14,692 --> 00:28:16,607 to get me assigned to work on it. 647 00:28:16,650 --> 00:28:19,175 At the time that the homicide occurred, 648 00:28:19,218 --> 00:28:21,699 other robberies at fast food restaurants 649 00:28:21,743 --> 00:28:25,094 in the area caused law enforcement 650 00:28:25,137 --> 00:28:27,096 to form the initial theory 651 00:28:27,139 --> 00:28:30,577 that it was likely to have been a robbery. 652 00:28:30,621 --> 00:28:32,449 We had the advantage of knowing 653 00:28:32,492 --> 00:28:33,842 that the robbery homicide track didn't work out. 654 00:28:33,885 --> 00:28:36,845 So, we could start with a different theory. 655 00:28:36,888 --> 00:28:38,760 There were two things that really jumped out, 656 00:28:38,803 --> 00:28:41,458 one, that we could conduct victimology interviews 657 00:28:41,501 --> 00:28:43,242 and talk to some people who weren't interviewed 658 00:28:43,286 --> 00:28:45,114 back at the time. 659 00:28:45,157 --> 00:28:47,899 And two, develop some forensic signature for the killer. 660 00:28:49,771 --> 00:28:51,729 [Narrator] As the lab works to extract the killer's DNA 661 00:28:51,773 --> 00:28:53,600 from crime scene evidence, 662 00:28:53,644 --> 00:28:57,430 investigators learn more about the victim, Terri Brooks. 663 00:28:57,474 --> 00:28:59,476 Victimology essentially means, 664 00:28:59,519 --> 00:29:02,740 learning everything you possibly can about the victim. 665 00:29:04,524 --> 00:29:08,180 Everybody who we spoke to described Terri Brooks 666 00:29:08,224 --> 00:29:11,575 as intelligent, ambitious, friendly, 667 00:29:11,618 --> 00:29:14,534 well-loved by her family and friends. 668 00:29:16,362 --> 00:29:18,669 Detective Whitney spent a lot of time with the family 669 00:29:18,712 --> 00:29:21,367 to gain their trust and to reassure them 670 00:29:21,411 --> 00:29:24,762 that we were working on the case diligently. 671 00:29:24,806 --> 00:29:28,853 Nelson and Lori did seemed like the power couple. 672 00:29:28,897 --> 00:29:31,160 Both of them are extremely intelligent 673 00:29:31,203 --> 00:29:35,468 and they were driven to get this solved. 674 00:29:35,512 --> 00:29:37,819 [Narrator] Detectives hope new interviews will bring 675 00:29:37,862 --> 00:29:41,561 to light crucial details that could help the case. 676 00:29:41,605 --> 00:29:43,389 You just never know 677 00:29:43,433 --> 00:29:45,261 when you're going to get some new piece of information 678 00:29:45,304 --> 00:29:48,177 that's gonna put us on a track to identify who did this. 679 00:29:48,220 --> 00:29:51,223 Some of the people who we spoke to, 680 00:29:51,267 --> 00:29:54,444 they were quite young when this homicide occurred, 681 00:29:54,487 --> 00:29:57,534 in their late teens or early 20s. 682 00:29:57,577 --> 00:30:01,625 And having more life experience were a bit more open 683 00:30:01,668 --> 00:30:05,934 than they might have felt they could be in the 1980s. 684 00:30:05,977 --> 00:30:07,892 [Narrator] Detectives reach out to people 685 00:30:07,936 --> 00:30:11,461 who weren't interviewed in the 1984 investigation, 686 00:30:11,504 --> 00:30:13,376 including those who worked with Terri 687 00:30:13,419 --> 00:30:16,379 before her employment at Roy Rogers. 688 00:30:16,422 --> 00:30:19,208 I got a call from Falls Township Police. 689 00:30:19,251 --> 00:30:22,298 They wanted to speak to me about the Terri Brooks murder 690 00:30:22,341 --> 00:30:24,387 and they just said to me, 691 00:30:24,430 --> 00:30:26,389 we'd like to hear your thoughts on it. 692 00:30:27,303 --> 00:30:28,739 Cindy knew Terri well. 693 00:30:28,782 --> 00:30:30,610 They worked together. 694 00:30:30,654 --> 00:30:32,917 And Cindy laid out what was going on in the victim's life. 695 00:30:34,701 --> 00:30:35,964 [Narrator] During her interview with investigators, 696 00:30:36,007 --> 00:30:38,575 Cindy drops a bombshell. 697 00:30:38,618 --> 00:30:41,621 What Cindy told us presented a completely different image 698 00:30:41,665 --> 00:30:42,796 of this homicide. 699 00:30:44,624 --> 00:30:46,931 It turned out Terri's murder wasn't what it appeared to be. 700 00:30:46,975 --> 00:30:48,802 And now you couldn't help 701 00:30:48,846 --> 00:30:51,849 but conclude everything is pointing to one person. 702 00:30:53,982 --> 00:30:56,941 [suspenseful music] 703 00:30:59,074 --> 00:31:00,945 [suspenseful music] 704 00:31:00,989 --> 00:31:03,382 [Narrator] 14 years after the murder of Terri Brooks, 705 00:31:03,426 --> 00:31:05,950 cold case investigators have just received 706 00:31:05,994 --> 00:31:08,387 shocking new information from a friend 707 00:31:08,431 --> 00:31:10,781 and former coworker of Terri's. 708 00:31:10,824 --> 00:31:12,783 We asked what things did Terri share 709 00:31:12,826 --> 00:31:15,046 with Cindy as a friend? 710 00:31:15,090 --> 00:31:18,484 And I said to them, Terri and her fiance Scott, 711 00:31:18,528 --> 00:31:20,138 their upcoming wedding 712 00:31:21,792 --> 00:31:24,751 at first was exciting for Terri. 713 00:31:24,795 --> 00:31:26,231 But I proceeded to tell them 714 00:31:26,275 --> 00:31:28,277 that the week before Terri had been murdered, 715 00:31:28,320 --> 00:31:30,801 she wanted to call off the wedding. 716 00:31:30,844 --> 00:31:33,021 She just realized that's not what she wanted. 717 00:31:34,892 --> 00:31:37,416 We knew Terri and Scott had just put down a deposit 718 00:31:37,460 --> 00:31:40,767 on their honeymoon and their wedding was upcoming, 719 00:31:40,811 --> 00:31:43,031 and in the initial investigation, 720 00:31:43,074 --> 00:31:44,946 the officers that conducted it came away 721 00:31:44,989 --> 00:31:47,774 with the impression that they were a happy couple. 722 00:31:47,818 --> 00:31:49,385 There hadn't really been anything 723 00:31:49,428 --> 00:31:53,128 in the reports that indicated there were any problems 724 00:31:53,171 --> 00:31:56,870 in Terri Brooks' relationship with Scott Keefe. 725 00:31:56,914 --> 00:32:00,091 But we did learn that Terri confided 726 00:32:00,135 --> 00:32:04,052 to some of her friends that she wasn't entirely sure 727 00:32:04,095 --> 00:32:08,273 she was going to go through with getting married. 728 00:32:08,317 --> 00:32:10,493 Mr. and Mrs. Brooks felt close to Scott. 729 00:32:10,536 --> 00:32:13,496 He was the young man that was going to marry their daughter. 730 00:32:13,539 --> 00:32:17,804 To her parents, Scott was this loving, caring fiancee 731 00:32:17,848 --> 00:32:20,329 who would check on Terri and drive by 732 00:32:20,372 --> 00:32:24,072 to make sure she was safe and give her rides. 733 00:32:24,115 --> 00:32:25,551 [Narrator] Some of Terri's friends 734 00:32:25,595 --> 00:32:28,424 had a very different impression of Scott. 735 00:32:28,467 --> 00:32:32,341 Cindy Bradney told us that there had been some problems 736 00:32:32,384 --> 00:32:33,559 in the relationship. 737 00:32:34,865 --> 00:32:37,302 For me, that was a red flag. 738 00:32:37,346 --> 00:32:40,958 I think through time and her changing jobs, 739 00:32:41,002 --> 00:32:43,526 and the fact that she was moving on and going for her dream 740 00:32:43,569 --> 00:32:48,574 and he was stuck where he was, his jealousy became an issue 741 00:32:49,880 --> 00:32:51,229 and he was very possessive. 742 00:32:51,273 --> 00:32:53,884 Scott would not let Terri stay alone. 743 00:32:55,538 --> 00:32:57,844 She was afraid to tell him she didn't wanna be married. 744 00:32:57,888 --> 00:32:59,324 She was afraid to call it off. 745 00:32:59,368 --> 00:33:01,848 She didn't know what she was going to do, 746 00:33:01,892 --> 00:33:03,894 to the point where she was in tears. 747 00:33:05,243 --> 00:33:07,202 [Narrator] Police get further insight 748 00:33:07,245 --> 00:33:10,074 into Terri and Scott's relationship from Terri's siblings. 749 00:33:10,118 --> 00:33:12,076 When she started dating Scott, 750 00:33:12,120 --> 00:33:14,992 we were all scratching our heads like, 751 00:33:15,036 --> 00:33:17,081 what is she doing with him? 752 00:33:17,125 --> 00:33:20,563 He was just not the kind of guy she always dated. 753 00:33:20,606 --> 00:33:22,173 He wasn't fun loving, 754 00:33:22,217 --> 00:33:24,567 all he wanted to do is sit there and drink, 755 00:33:24,610 --> 00:33:26,612 and that was just unlike her. 756 00:33:26,656 --> 00:33:30,051 It just seemed like he wanted to keep us away 757 00:33:30,094 --> 00:33:32,183 from her and him. 758 00:33:32,227 --> 00:33:34,446 It just makes you think back 759 00:33:34,490 --> 00:33:37,623 like maybe he did have signs 760 00:33:37,667 --> 00:33:40,104 of an abusive person. 761 00:33:40,148 --> 00:33:44,065 But at the time, I just really thought it was a robbery 762 00:33:44,108 --> 00:33:47,459 and she was killed during the robbery. 763 00:33:47,503 --> 00:33:50,549 [Narrator] Detectives have a new perspective on Scott, 764 00:33:50,593 --> 00:33:53,509 and how the supposedly grieving fiancee 765 00:33:53,552 --> 00:33:57,078 might have avoided suspicion at the time of Terri's death. 766 00:33:57,121 --> 00:34:00,081 My dad thought Scott really loved Terri 767 00:34:00,124 --> 00:34:05,086 and he thought if she loved him, I'll love him too. 768 00:34:06,435 --> 00:34:09,002 Mr. Brooks was a very kind man and in fact, 769 00:34:09,046 --> 00:34:10,482 George bought Scott the suit 770 00:34:10,526 --> 00:34:12,180 that he wore to Terri's funeral. 771 00:34:13,572 --> 00:34:15,139 Her father just had such a big heart 772 00:34:15,183 --> 00:34:17,098 that I don't think he believed 773 00:34:17,141 --> 00:34:20,013 that someone that his daughter fell in love with 774 00:34:20,057 --> 00:34:21,537 could harm her. 775 00:34:21,580 --> 00:34:23,626 And I believe Scott played on that. 776 00:34:25,628 --> 00:34:30,546 Scott becomes someone that we think may have done this. 777 00:34:30,589 --> 00:34:32,983 Examining the crime scene through the lens 778 00:34:33,026 --> 00:34:35,420 of what if Scott did this? 779 00:34:35,464 --> 00:34:37,118 Okay, that's how he got in. 780 00:34:37,161 --> 00:34:38,031 She let him in. 781 00:34:39,424 --> 00:34:41,209 We were told that he had a practice 782 00:34:41,252 --> 00:34:43,167 of going to the restaurant and sitting with her 783 00:34:43,211 --> 00:34:45,126 while she worked after hours. 784 00:34:45,169 --> 00:34:48,346 And it's personal, it's rage. 785 00:34:48,390 --> 00:34:52,133 And then the action of placing that bag over her face 786 00:34:52,176 --> 00:34:54,352 to kind of depersonalize her 787 00:34:54,396 --> 00:34:57,486 is a telltale mark of what someone does 788 00:34:57,529 --> 00:35:00,489 when they've killed somebody that they're close to. 789 00:35:00,532 --> 00:35:03,448 Now it becomes a priority for us to see 790 00:35:03,492 --> 00:35:07,017 if the forensic track, if the evidence points that way. 791 00:35:08,584 --> 00:35:10,412 [Narrator] Investigators hope the killer's DNA 792 00:35:10,455 --> 00:35:13,415 can be extracted from the crime scene evidence collected 793 00:35:13,458 --> 00:35:15,330 back in 1984. 794 00:35:15,373 --> 00:35:17,245 It was a potential concern 795 00:35:17,288 --> 00:35:22,032 that they might not be able to find any usable DNA due 796 00:35:22,075 --> 00:35:24,687 to the amount of time that had gone by. 797 00:35:26,558 --> 00:35:29,344 Luckily, the knife that was left lodged in Terry's throat, 798 00:35:29,387 --> 00:35:31,389 and the material collected 799 00:35:31,433 --> 00:35:33,304 from under Terri's right ring finger 800 00:35:33,348 --> 00:35:35,524 where the pathologist had identified a defensive wound 801 00:35:35,567 --> 00:35:39,180 to that area yielded an unknown male DNA profile. 802 00:35:41,051 --> 00:35:44,185 It was highly unlikely under the circumstances that 803 00:35:44,228 --> 00:35:46,491 that DNA material would have come 804 00:35:46,535 --> 00:35:49,364 from anyone other than the perpetrator. 805 00:35:51,235 --> 00:35:54,195 The next thing we had to do was obtain a DNA sample 806 00:35:54,238 --> 00:35:56,109 from our suspect. 807 00:35:56,153 --> 00:35:59,374 Scott Keefe did not have a criminal record at that time. 808 00:35:59,417 --> 00:36:02,464 He didn't have any DNA samples on file 809 00:36:02,507 --> 00:36:06,250 with an agency such as the FBI. 810 00:36:06,294 --> 00:36:10,559 One of the things that we learned from the laboratory expert 811 00:36:10,602 --> 00:36:15,259 was that cigarette butts are an excellent, potential source 812 00:36:15,303 --> 00:36:19,524 of DNA because they have saliva on them. 813 00:36:19,568 --> 00:36:22,223 And at that point, we actually knew 814 00:36:22,266 --> 00:36:25,356 what kind of cigarettes Keefe smoked 815 00:36:25,400 --> 00:36:27,402 and we knew where he lived. 816 00:36:27,445 --> 00:36:30,579 [Narrator] Police hatch a plan to secretly obtain a sample 817 00:36:30,622 --> 00:36:32,711 of Scott Keefe's DNA. 818 00:36:32,755 --> 00:36:37,542 We didn't at that point want to obtain a subpoena 819 00:36:37,586 --> 00:36:41,111 to obtain DNA from him directly 820 00:36:41,154 --> 00:36:44,245 because we wanted to interview him first. 821 00:36:44,288 --> 00:36:46,247 We wanted to set that up 822 00:36:46,290 --> 00:36:48,814 in the most advantageous possible way. 823 00:36:48,858 --> 00:36:51,730 And we were concerned that he was a flight risk. 824 00:36:53,341 --> 00:36:55,343 It was very important to us to be very careful 825 00:36:55,386 --> 00:36:57,606 about who knew he was a suspect 826 00:36:57,649 --> 00:36:59,738 and who we shared that information with. 827 00:36:59,782 --> 00:37:01,349 And it was also very important to us 828 00:37:01,392 --> 00:37:03,873 to not be caught doing surveillance. 829 00:37:05,701 --> 00:37:08,399 In 1998, Scott's life had kind of come full circle 830 00:37:08,443 --> 00:37:10,314 from where it was in 1984. 831 00:37:10,358 --> 00:37:12,708 In 1984, he was living at home with his parents. 832 00:37:12,751 --> 00:37:16,189 He had gone on to live with a girlfriend and then marry. 833 00:37:16,233 --> 00:37:17,669 They'd had a child together, 834 00:37:17,713 --> 00:37:19,584 but then they split up and got divorced. 835 00:37:19,628 --> 00:37:22,326 And in 1998, he was back home living with his mom. 836 00:37:23,414 --> 00:37:24,807 Under Pennsylvania law, 837 00:37:24,850 --> 00:37:28,637 trash was considered to be abandoned property 838 00:37:28,680 --> 00:37:32,641 once it was put out in front of the house for collection. 839 00:37:34,338 --> 00:37:37,863 So Detective Whitney immediately took custody of it, 840 00:37:37,907 --> 00:37:40,605 took it directly to the laboratory 841 00:37:40,649 --> 00:37:43,739 that was doing the DNA analysis. 842 00:37:43,782 --> 00:37:46,132 I knew I was gonna get a definitive answer one way 843 00:37:46,176 --> 00:37:47,482 or the other. 844 00:37:47,525 --> 00:37:48,874 It could be him, could be somebody else. 845 00:37:48,918 --> 00:37:51,137 It was that anticipation 846 00:37:51,181 --> 00:37:53,270 of I'm going to get a final result here 847 00:37:53,314 --> 00:37:56,229 that's going to matter a great deal in this investigation. 848 00:37:57,405 --> 00:38:00,364 [suspenseful music] 849 00:38:02,366 --> 00:38:04,107 [suspenseful music] 850 00:38:04,150 --> 00:38:06,239 [Narrator] Police investigating the 1984 murder 851 00:38:06,283 --> 00:38:10,069 of Terri Brooks have secretly collected a DNA sample 852 00:38:10,113 --> 00:38:13,072 from her fiancee, Scott Keefe. 853 00:38:13,116 --> 00:38:17,250 We had to obtain a DNA sample from our suspect. 854 00:38:17,294 --> 00:38:21,951 So we collected cigarette butts that were in the trash. 855 00:38:21,994 --> 00:38:23,344 [Narrator] The sample is compared 856 00:38:23,387 --> 00:38:26,172 to DNA found on Terri's body. 857 00:38:26,216 --> 00:38:27,826 I'll never forget the phone call I got 858 00:38:27,870 --> 00:38:30,699 where the doctor at the lab informed me 859 00:38:30,742 --> 00:38:33,658 that there was a match from Scott's cigarettes 860 00:38:33,702 --> 00:38:35,007 to the crime scene evidence. 861 00:38:36,835 --> 00:38:39,360 It was the turning point in the investigation. 862 00:38:39,403 --> 00:38:43,233 That was the point at which we knew we would be able 863 00:38:43,276 --> 00:38:47,368 to prove that Scott Keefe was the killer. 864 00:38:49,152 --> 00:38:53,374 Although, we had very solid physical evidence against Keefe. 865 00:38:53,417 --> 00:38:58,379 It's always better if you have an incriminating statement 866 00:38:59,380 --> 00:39:01,164 from the defendant. 867 00:39:01,207 --> 00:39:03,732 We asked Mr. Keefe to come to the police station 868 00:39:03,775 --> 00:39:07,126 as one of the friends and family members 869 00:39:07,170 --> 00:39:11,653 that we were interviewing as part of our investigation. 870 00:39:11,696 --> 00:39:14,046 We believed that he would cooperate with us. 871 00:39:14,090 --> 00:39:17,180 We believed that he would come across as wanting to help, 872 00:39:17,223 --> 00:39:18,790 that he would try to sell us the same story, 873 00:39:18,834 --> 00:39:20,357 that he was the grieving fiancee, 874 00:39:20,401 --> 00:39:22,838 that he'd been telling people for 15 years. 875 00:39:22,881 --> 00:39:24,187 [Narrator] As predicted, 876 00:39:24,230 --> 00:39:27,320 Scott agrees to cooperate with police. 877 00:39:27,364 --> 00:39:30,019 We had a strategy to conduct that interview 878 00:39:30,062 --> 00:39:32,674 on the anniversary date of the murder. 879 00:39:32,717 --> 00:39:35,024 People pay attention to dates. 880 00:39:35,067 --> 00:39:37,330 It could raise a person's anxiety level 881 00:39:37,374 --> 00:39:40,682 and make them more apt to make mistakes. 882 00:39:40,725 --> 00:39:42,118 [Narrator] The interview begins 883 00:39:42,161 --> 00:39:44,990 and Scott tells a familiar tale. 884 00:39:45,034 --> 00:39:47,863 He told us the same story that he had told others 885 00:39:47,906 --> 00:39:50,039 over the years that they were happy, 886 00:39:50,082 --> 00:39:51,954 this was the love of his life 887 00:39:51,997 --> 00:39:54,304 and that somebody else had taken her away from him. 888 00:39:54,347 --> 00:39:56,393 If we came on too hard, 889 00:39:56,437 --> 00:39:59,265 if we were too aggressive in our questioning, 890 00:39:59,309 --> 00:40:01,442 we felt he would lawyer up and stop the interview. 891 00:40:01,485 --> 00:40:05,054 So slowly we built towards the question 892 00:40:05,097 --> 00:40:06,882 of whether Scott had anything to do with this 893 00:40:06,925 --> 00:40:08,231 or any knowledge of it. 894 00:40:08,274 --> 00:40:10,320 And once we got to that point, 895 00:40:10,363 --> 00:40:13,062 we asked Scott if he would take a polygraph. 896 00:40:13,105 --> 00:40:15,847 You can never force anyone 897 00:40:15,891 --> 00:40:20,112 to undergo a polygraph examination, but he agreed to that. 898 00:40:20,156 --> 00:40:22,114 The polygraph operator said he was lying. 899 00:40:22,158 --> 00:40:25,161 So now Scott started to say things like, 900 00:40:26,554 --> 00:40:28,730 I didn't mean for this to happen, 901 00:40:28,773 --> 00:40:31,036 and then he caught himself and said, but I didn't do it. 902 00:40:31,080 --> 00:40:33,996 But over time, that culminated at one point in him saying, 903 00:40:34,039 --> 00:40:36,955 she came at me first and that was the first time 904 00:40:36,999 --> 00:40:38,348 he put himself at the scene. 905 00:40:40,132 --> 00:40:42,004 [Narrator] Investigators keep the pressure on, 906 00:40:42,047 --> 00:40:45,007 and finally Scott breaks. 907 00:40:45,050 --> 00:40:49,751 He admitted that she essentially told him 908 00:40:49,794 --> 00:40:51,970 that she wanted to break up with him. 909 00:40:52,014 --> 00:40:54,495 And he was enraged because of that. 910 00:40:55,974 --> 00:40:57,933 At one point he punched her in the face. 911 00:40:57,976 --> 00:41:01,414 They struggled for a while in that kitchen prep area. 912 00:41:01,458 --> 00:41:03,895 A knife had fallen onto the floor 913 00:41:05,201 --> 00:41:07,464 and he knocked her down and straddled her, 914 00:41:07,508 --> 00:41:09,814 choking her and banging her head repeatedly 915 00:41:09,858 --> 00:41:11,468 against the floor. 916 00:41:11,512 --> 00:41:14,427 But then he grabbed the knife and stabbed her with it 917 00:41:14,471 --> 00:41:16,473 and it stuck in her throat. 918 00:41:16,517 --> 00:41:20,042 Then, in his words, he bent over to make sure she was dead. 919 00:41:20,085 --> 00:41:22,305 He saw that she was still breathing. 920 00:41:22,348 --> 00:41:26,788 So he grabbed the trash can liner to wrap around her face, 921 00:41:26,831 --> 00:41:29,007 to make sure that she would, in fact, die. 922 00:41:29,051 --> 00:41:30,835 And he said he didn't wanna look at her face. 923 00:41:31,967 --> 00:41:33,359 At that point, 924 00:41:33,403 --> 00:41:36,145 he admitted he took the money from the office. 925 00:41:36,188 --> 00:41:38,321 He said he exited through the drive thru window 926 00:41:38,364 --> 00:41:40,497 to make it look like a robbery. 927 00:41:40,541 --> 00:41:43,979 Scott told us that the reason he went 928 00:41:44,022 --> 00:41:47,460 to the Brooks family home the morning of the murder was 929 00:41:47,504 --> 00:41:49,506 to make him look innocent. 930 00:41:49,550 --> 00:41:52,291 So he's surrounded by her family 931 00:41:52,335 --> 00:41:55,468 when the crime is supposedly discovered. 932 00:41:57,035 --> 00:41:58,559 It was completely a misdirection, 933 00:41:58,602 --> 00:42:01,213 a diversion that worked for 15 years for him. 934 00:42:02,998 --> 00:42:05,435 [Narrator] Scott is charged with first-degree murder. 935 00:42:06,392 --> 00:42:08,177 I was elated. 936 00:42:08,220 --> 00:42:11,354 I was like, thank God, they finally nailed him. 937 00:42:11,397 --> 00:42:14,836 We waited a long time getting the answers 938 00:42:14,879 --> 00:42:17,229 of who killed my sister 939 00:42:17,273 --> 00:42:21,016 really gave my dad some comfort. 940 00:42:21,059 --> 00:42:24,280 But I think he was still in disbelief that Scott did it. 941 00:42:25,890 --> 00:42:28,501 We were just so happy we could tell her family 942 00:42:28,545 --> 00:42:31,940 that the person who had killed their daughter was in prison 943 00:42:31,983 --> 00:42:35,552 and we were confident he was going to be convicted. 944 00:42:35,596 --> 00:42:39,164 [Narrator] At trial, Scott Keefe is found guilty 945 00:42:39,208 --> 00:42:42,124 and sentenced to life in prison. 946 00:42:42,167 --> 00:42:44,561 Terri was a tremendous young person 947 00:42:44,605 --> 00:42:47,346 who had unlimited potential. 948 00:42:47,390 --> 00:42:49,958 She had good relationships with her family. 949 00:42:50,001 --> 00:42:54,049 It's really a terrible tragedy that her life ended this way. 950 00:42:55,485 --> 00:42:57,052 [gentle music] 951 00:42:57,095 --> 00:43:00,229 It's just so sad that somebody so young 952 00:43:00,272 --> 00:43:03,014 because of standing up for themselves 953 00:43:03,058 --> 00:43:04,973 and wanting to move forward in their lives 954 00:43:05,016 --> 00:43:06,365 gets their life cut short. 955 00:43:07,932 --> 00:43:10,195 Terri would have had a very bright future, 956 00:43:10,239 --> 00:43:12,415 and I'm sure she would have had a ton of kids 957 00:43:12,458 --> 00:43:14,983 and we'd be hanging out right now. 958 00:43:16,593 --> 00:43:18,551 Terri would love to be remembered with those big eyes 959 00:43:18,595 --> 00:43:21,598 that smile, her kindness in her heart. 960 00:43:21,642 --> 00:43:23,556 And a person with a goal. 961 00:43:25,036 --> 00:43:27,952 She was truly a lovely, lovely person.