1 00:00:01,566 --> 00:00:03,046 [bright music] 2 00:00:03,046 --> 00:00:05,048 [Narrator] A vibrant young woman with a bright future. 3 00:00:05,048 --> 00:00:07,006 She just was like a magnet. 4 00:00:07,006 --> 00:00:09,008 She was very, very pretty, 5 00:00:09,008 --> 00:00:10,879 but also very smart. 6 00:00:10,879 --> 00:00:14,535 [Narrator] Is the victim of a truly disturbing murder. 7 00:00:14,535 --> 00:00:17,190 He'd been struck on the head many times. 8 00:00:17,190 --> 00:00:18,757 It's kind of the horror story. 9 00:00:18,757 --> 00:00:22,282 The body itself appeared to have been washed. 10 00:00:22,282 --> 00:00:25,285 Jewelry had been put on her after the fact. 11 00:00:25,285 --> 00:00:29,028 She had been staged for this suspect's desires. 12 00:00:29,028 --> 00:00:30,160 Who could have done this? 13 00:00:30,160 --> 00:00:31,378 Could it be somebody who likes her, 14 00:00:31,378 --> 00:00:33,554 somebody who has a fantasy over her? 15 00:00:33,554 --> 00:00:36,427 [Narrator] Detectives hunt for a deranged killer. 16 00:00:36,427 --> 00:00:39,169 We noticed bloodied palm print. 17 00:00:39,169 --> 00:00:40,387 Police had collected 18 00:00:40,387 --> 00:00:44,913 about 100 different print impressions. 19 00:00:44,913 --> 00:00:47,960 We could be looking for a serial killer. 20 00:00:47,960 --> 00:00:49,918 [Narrator] Just when it looks like justice 21 00:00:49,918 --> 00:00:51,442 may never be served. 22 00:00:51,442 --> 00:00:54,097 It was extremely frustrating. 23 00:00:54,097 --> 00:00:55,924 [Narrator] A stunning discovery points 24 00:00:55,924 --> 00:00:57,926 to a murderer in their midst. 25 00:00:57,926 --> 00:00:59,754 When we found out who it was, 26 00:00:59,754 --> 00:01:01,408 it was like, are you kidding? 27 00:01:01,408 --> 00:01:02,757 Nobody could believe it. 28 00:01:04,585 --> 00:01:07,806 [tense energetic music] 29 00:01:11,592 --> 00:01:13,028 [bright music] 30 00:01:13,028 --> 00:01:14,726 [Narrator] Less than an hour outside Los Angeles, 31 00:01:14,726 --> 00:01:17,816 Irvine, California is a peaceful community 32 00:01:17,816 --> 00:01:19,339 with a coastal vibe. 33 00:01:19,339 --> 00:01:21,428 Irvine is very, very pretty. 34 00:01:21,428 --> 00:01:24,388 It is pretty much the hub of Orange County. 35 00:01:24,388 --> 00:01:27,042 The ocean's only 10 minutes away. 36 00:01:27,042 --> 00:01:30,089 And this is where everybody wanted to be. 37 00:01:30,089 --> 00:01:31,960 Irvine has always been considered 38 00:01:31,960 --> 00:01:34,398 to be a very safe city and 39 00:01:34,398 --> 00:01:38,315 has not been known for violence. 40 00:01:38,315 --> 00:01:41,144 [Narrator] On May 14th, 1979, 41 00:01:41,144 --> 00:01:43,233 Irvine's sense of safety is shattered 42 00:01:43,233 --> 00:01:45,539 when a man calls 9-1-1 to say 43 00:01:45,539 --> 00:01:48,629 he can't get a hold of his 22-year-old girlfriend, 44 00:01:48,629 --> 00:01:50,196 Savannah Anderson. 45 00:01:50,196 --> 00:01:53,243 Earlier that day, her boyfriend 46 00:01:53,243 --> 00:01:56,202 went over to her residence to meet her 47 00:01:56,202 --> 00:01:58,465 at about six o'clock. 48 00:01:58,465 --> 00:02:01,773 He couldn't get any response at the door. 49 00:02:01,773 --> 00:02:03,209 He went back home for a while. 50 00:02:03,209 --> 00:02:04,906 Couldn't get a hold of her still. 51 00:02:04,906 --> 00:02:10,303 He called the police department about 7:25 p.m. 52 00:02:10,912 --> 00:02:12,784 It was a welfare check. 53 00:02:12,784 --> 00:02:16,875 Her boyfriend indicated that she had not been feeling well, 54 00:02:16,875 --> 00:02:21,184 and so there was a concern that it could be a health issue. 55 00:02:22,315 --> 00:02:24,317 When the officer arrived, 56 00:02:24,317 --> 00:02:27,494 he met her boyfriend, Bill Mills, 57 00:02:27,494 --> 00:02:30,410 and another man, Ken Bergerson, 58 00:02:30,410 --> 00:02:34,284 who identified himself as her boss. 59 00:02:34,284 --> 00:02:37,243 They explained they'd both come to the apartment 60 00:02:37,243 --> 00:02:39,332 to try to find out if she was okay, 61 00:02:39,332 --> 00:02:41,682 'cause nobody'd been able to get a hold of her that day. 62 00:02:41,682 --> 00:02:44,946 I was very fortunate to work with Savannah. 63 00:02:44,946 --> 00:02:50,387 Savannah was always prompt and she didn't come that day. 64 00:02:51,649 --> 00:02:52,606 All day long, it was like trying to get a hold of her. 65 00:02:52,606 --> 00:02:53,564 No answers. 66 00:02:54,608 --> 00:02:56,436 By the end of the day, we were very concerned 67 00:02:56,436 --> 00:02:59,222 something might have happened because that wasn't like her. 68 00:03:00,179 --> 00:03:01,615 The officer found the apartment 69 00:03:01,615 --> 00:03:03,356 was, in fact, locked up tight. 70 00:03:03,356 --> 00:03:06,881 There was no key available from the apartment office. 71 00:03:06,881 --> 00:03:09,362 The officer found out that a bedroom window nearby 72 00:03:09,362 --> 00:03:11,277 was unlocked from the inside. 73 00:03:11,277 --> 00:03:13,497 He was able to open that bedroom window. 74 00:03:14,498 --> 00:03:16,761 When the officer made entry, 75 00:03:16,761 --> 00:03:19,416 he was able to see a woman 76 00:03:19,416 --> 00:03:22,549 with a lot of blood around her, 77 00:03:22,549 --> 00:03:27,772 lying in bed, towels wrapped around her face and head. 78 00:03:28,468 --> 00:03:30,383 She was cold to the touch. 79 00:03:30,383 --> 00:03:32,690 [Narrator] Both Savannah's boyfriend and boss 80 00:03:32,690 --> 00:03:34,909 are taken to the station for questioning, 81 00:03:34,909 --> 00:03:38,261 while homicide investigators are called to the scene. 82 00:03:38,261 --> 00:03:40,437 When I walked in, it appeared to me 83 00:03:40,437 --> 00:03:42,700 that there was a struggle, a fight, 84 00:03:42,700 --> 00:03:47,226 and it was very clear that she was attacked on the bed, 85 00:03:47,226 --> 00:03:50,751 and she laid on the bed for some time 86 00:03:50,751 --> 00:03:55,408 due to the amount of blood that had pooled in that area. 87 00:03:55,408 --> 00:03:57,671 A lot of blood spattering against 88 00:03:57,671 --> 00:04:00,761 the back of the wall and the headboard. 89 00:04:00,761 --> 00:04:03,373 She also had towels over her face. 90 00:04:03,373 --> 00:04:05,157 After the towels were taken off, 91 00:04:05,157 --> 00:04:07,072 her face was found out to be beaten 92 00:04:07,072 --> 00:04:10,031 very severely, excessively. 93 00:04:10,031 --> 00:04:12,730 The towels were significant. 94 00:04:12,730 --> 00:04:17,996 It tells you that the killer may have known her 95 00:04:18,997 --> 00:04:21,826 and didn't want to look at what they have done. 96 00:04:22,783 --> 00:04:24,611 It appeared that the body of the victim 97 00:04:24,611 --> 00:04:27,440 had been beaten with something hard. 98 00:04:27,440 --> 00:04:31,792 She had multiple defensive marks on her arms, 99 00:04:31,792 --> 00:04:37,102 her hands, nail marks around the neck area, 100 00:04:38,538 --> 00:04:40,410 which would indicate that she also had a ligature 101 00:04:40,410 --> 00:04:43,413 that had been placed around her neck. 102 00:04:43,413 --> 00:04:45,110 [Gary] The legs were slightly raised 103 00:04:45,110 --> 00:04:48,592 as if some sexual activity may have occurred there. 104 00:04:48,592 --> 00:04:52,900 Perhaps she was a victim of a sexual assault. 105 00:04:52,900 --> 00:04:54,424 [taut music] 106 00:04:54,424 --> 00:04:58,079 The degree of violence to Savannah's body was unusual. 107 00:04:58,079 --> 00:05:01,082 Did somebody do it because they were angry at her? 108 00:05:01,082 --> 00:05:03,694 If they were angry at her, is that because they knew her, 109 00:05:03,694 --> 00:05:06,305 they loved her, they hated her? 110 00:05:06,305 --> 00:05:07,915 [Narrator] Based on the state of the body, 111 00:05:07,915 --> 00:05:10,483 police believe Savannah was likely killed 112 00:05:10,483 --> 00:05:12,616 in the early hours of the morning. 113 00:05:13,486 --> 00:05:15,749 Looking closer, several details 114 00:05:15,749 --> 00:05:18,709 strike investigators as highly unusual. 115 00:05:18,709 --> 00:05:20,754 Savannah had some jewelry on her. 116 00:05:20,754 --> 00:05:23,104 There was a necklace around her neck 117 00:05:23,104 --> 00:05:25,498 and the clasp was at the front. 118 00:05:25,498 --> 00:05:28,414 There's also a watch on her arm that looked like 119 00:05:28,414 --> 00:05:30,895 it had just been put on there loosely. 120 00:05:30,895 --> 00:05:33,941 We were surprised to see 121 00:05:33,941 --> 00:05:37,380 that those items were still intact on her 122 00:05:37,380 --> 00:05:40,557 based upon the brutality of her attacker. 123 00:05:40,557 --> 00:05:43,560 So it appeared that he may have 124 00:05:43,560 --> 00:05:46,998 just put those items back on her. 125 00:05:46,998 --> 00:05:50,523 The body itself appeared to have been washed 126 00:05:50,523 --> 00:05:52,220 as there's very little blood 127 00:05:52,220 --> 00:05:54,397 on the skin surface of the victim. 128 00:05:55,615 --> 00:06:00,228 We noticed drag marks from the bed onto the carpet, 129 00:06:00,228 --> 00:06:03,580 leading into the bathroom. 130 00:06:03,580 --> 00:06:08,106 Inside the bathroom, there was diluted blood 131 00:06:08,106 --> 00:06:10,935 with water around the sink area 132 00:06:10,935 --> 00:06:13,241 and also the bathtub. 133 00:06:13,241 --> 00:06:14,417 [taut mellow music] 134 00:06:14,417 --> 00:06:15,896 She looked like she had been cleaned up 135 00:06:15,896 --> 00:06:19,726 and set in a particular position on the bed. 136 00:06:19,726 --> 00:06:24,296 It was staged for this suspect's desires. 137 00:06:24,296 --> 00:06:25,906 And I think that was important 138 00:06:25,906 --> 00:06:28,561 to get an idea of what this type of person 139 00:06:28,561 --> 00:06:31,434 was willing to do to Savannah's body, 140 00:06:31,434 --> 00:06:34,480 put things on her, put clothes on her, whatever. 141 00:06:34,480 --> 00:06:37,135 It was very unusual for any type of murder, 142 00:06:37,135 --> 00:06:38,528 in my opinion. 143 00:06:38,528 --> 00:06:40,530 It looks like somebody wanted to make it look like 144 00:06:40,530 --> 00:06:43,097 she was fine and nothing was wrong. 145 00:06:44,447 --> 00:06:46,579 [Narrator] Police find some important clues 146 00:06:46,579 --> 00:06:48,668 the killer left behind. 147 00:06:48,668 --> 00:06:51,410 We noticed bloodied palm print 148 00:06:51,410 --> 00:06:55,588 leading from the bedroom into the bathroom. 149 00:06:55,588 --> 00:07:00,332 Palm prints are identifiable, just like fingerprints. 150 00:07:00,332 --> 00:07:04,510 There were smudged, bloodied fingerprints 151 00:07:04,510 --> 00:07:06,904 on the toilet seat. 152 00:07:06,904 --> 00:07:08,514 They were basically the only way 153 00:07:08,514 --> 00:07:09,602 that we'd be able to find out 154 00:07:09,602 --> 00:07:11,299 who the killer might have been. 155 00:07:11,299 --> 00:07:13,693 There was no DNA at the time. 156 00:07:13,693 --> 00:07:16,174 [Narrator] Detectives find no murder weapon, 157 00:07:16,174 --> 00:07:18,698 or any sign of forced entry. 158 00:07:18,698 --> 00:07:21,701 We made the determination that the killer 159 00:07:21,701 --> 00:07:24,574 may have been known by Savannah 160 00:07:24,574 --> 00:07:27,011 and let him in through the front door. 161 00:07:27,011 --> 00:07:31,537 Another theory was through an unlocked open window. 162 00:07:32,669 --> 00:07:34,497 [Narrator] After finishing up at the scene, 163 00:07:34,497 --> 00:07:37,456 detectives break the news of Savanna's death 164 00:07:37,456 --> 00:07:39,066 to her loved ones. 165 00:07:39,066 --> 00:07:40,981 The parents lived in Utah. 166 00:07:40,981 --> 00:07:43,549 When I spoke to Savannah's mother on the phone, 167 00:07:43,549 --> 00:07:45,159 she was devastated by this. 168 00:07:45,159 --> 00:07:46,639 It was her only child. 169 00:07:46,639 --> 00:07:49,512 It's probably hard for most people to realize, 170 00:07:49,512 --> 00:07:51,775 first of all, what it's like to lose a child, 171 00:07:51,775 --> 00:07:54,429 let alone the only child you have. 172 00:07:54,429 --> 00:07:56,562 Savanna's mother said Savannah had made 173 00:07:56,562 --> 00:07:58,956 a collect call to her about 10 o'clock 174 00:07:58,956 --> 00:08:01,654 the previous day, on Mother's Day evening. 175 00:08:01,654 --> 00:08:04,396 They had talked on the phone for about two hours. 176 00:08:04,396 --> 00:08:06,920 Savannah was very happy, good mood. 177 00:08:06,920 --> 00:08:10,533 That must have made it even more so difficult. 178 00:08:11,751 --> 00:08:15,102 When I found out what had happened to Savannah, 179 00:08:15,102 --> 00:08:17,496 we were all totally shocked. 180 00:08:17,496 --> 00:08:19,367 My heart just hurt so much. 181 00:08:19,367 --> 00:08:22,066 How very sad this beautiful young lady, 182 00:08:22,066 --> 00:08:23,502 her life was gone. 183 00:08:23,502 --> 00:08:27,680 It's very senseless, very, very hard to understand. 184 00:08:28,638 --> 00:08:31,510 [taut mellow music] 185 00:08:31,510 --> 00:08:33,338 [Narrator] Born in 1956, 186 00:08:33,338 --> 00:08:37,211 Savannah Anderson grew up in Salt Lake City, Utah, 187 00:08:37,211 --> 00:08:38,691 and had big dreams. 188 00:08:38,691 --> 00:08:41,738 She was 22 when she moved to Irvine. 189 00:08:41,738 --> 00:08:45,045 She came here looking for a better opportunity. 190 00:08:45,045 --> 00:08:49,528 She was very independent and she wanted to do it on her own. 191 00:08:49,528 --> 00:08:52,792 I met Savannah when she was working here 192 00:08:52,792 --> 00:08:54,228 for Commercial Credit. 193 00:08:54,228 --> 00:08:58,406 Savannah was a secretary for the operations manager. 194 00:08:58,406 --> 00:09:00,408 She just was like a magnet. 195 00:09:00,408 --> 00:09:02,715 She was very, very pretty. 196 00:09:02,715 --> 00:09:05,544 I remember when people did come in the office, 197 00:09:05,544 --> 00:09:08,939 especially the men, she did attract attention. 198 00:09:08,939 --> 00:09:10,680 [Narrator] Savannah was flattered, 199 00:09:10,680 --> 00:09:13,247 but she did have a boyfriend, Bill Mills, 200 00:09:13,247 --> 00:09:16,599 whom she met three months after moving to California. 201 00:09:16,599 --> 00:09:18,209 She was more of a private person, 202 00:09:18,209 --> 00:09:21,429 and to herself as far as not wanting to just open up 203 00:09:21,429 --> 00:09:23,649 and tell everybody what she was doing. 204 00:09:23,649 --> 00:09:25,869 She was definitely on the shy side. 205 00:09:27,261 --> 00:09:30,090 When I found out what had happened to Savannah, 206 00:09:30,090 --> 00:09:34,660 I felt angry, and just crushed and so hurt. 207 00:09:34,660 --> 00:09:38,621 My first thought was just how tragic this was. 208 00:09:38,621 --> 00:09:40,231 I just can't imagine. 209 00:09:42,712 --> 00:09:44,583 It's kind of the horror story. 210 00:09:44,583 --> 00:09:45,671 Who could have done this? 211 00:09:45,671 --> 00:09:46,629 Could it be somebody close to her, 212 00:09:46,629 --> 00:09:47,586 somebody who knows her, 213 00:09:47,586 --> 00:09:48,761 somebody who likes her, 214 00:09:48,761 --> 00:09:50,807 somebody who has a fantasy over her? 215 00:09:50,807 --> 00:09:53,723 When you have a brutal killing like Savannah's case, 216 00:09:53,723 --> 00:09:56,029 detectives immediately looked for the people 217 00:09:56,029 --> 00:09:58,379 that are close to her, her boyfriend. 218 00:09:58,379 --> 00:10:00,643 The fact that Bill, the boyfriend, 219 00:10:00,643 --> 00:10:02,427 was the one that called the police, 220 00:10:02,427 --> 00:10:04,255 is he innocently calling the police here 221 00:10:04,255 --> 00:10:07,562 'cause he doesn't know that something had happened to her? 222 00:10:07,562 --> 00:10:10,000 Or is he the one who may have done it, 223 00:10:10,000 --> 00:10:12,480 so he contacted the police to say, 224 00:10:12,480 --> 00:10:14,004 "Gee, something might be wrong," 225 00:10:14,004 --> 00:10:15,788 with the hopes that the police will go ahead 226 00:10:15,788 --> 00:10:17,964 and discover the crime and then say, 227 00:10:17,964 --> 00:10:21,489 "Well, it can't be the boyfriend because he called us here." 228 00:10:21,489 --> 00:10:22,969 Could it be almost a way out 229 00:10:22,969 --> 00:10:26,016 to try to point the finger away from you? 230 00:10:26,016 --> 00:10:28,366 It's just something you have to look into. 231 00:10:31,064 --> 00:10:31,761 [tense music] 232 00:10:31,761 --> 00:10:32,892 [Narrator] Coming up: 233 00:10:32,892 --> 00:10:35,155 Police question the grieving boyfriend 234 00:10:35,155 --> 00:10:37,897 to see if he has something to hide. 235 00:10:37,897 --> 00:10:41,727 His attorney advised him not to take a polygraph. 236 00:10:41,727 --> 00:10:44,948 [Narrator] And detectives uncover more suspects. 237 00:10:44,948 --> 00:10:47,472 Why is he here now at this time? 238 00:10:47,472 --> 00:10:48,778 That was suspicious. 239 00:10:48,778 --> 00:10:50,301 Somebody was lying. 240 00:10:50,301 --> 00:10:51,694 [Narrator] Another crime turns 241 00:10:51,694 --> 00:10:54,000 the investigation on its head. 242 00:10:54,000 --> 00:10:57,917 This individual was responsible for five murders. 243 00:10:57,917 --> 00:11:00,920 Perhaps she was the victim of this killer. 244 00:11:00,920 --> 00:11:02,835 [Narrator] And the perpetrator's identity 245 00:11:02,835 --> 00:11:04,968 leaves everyone in shock. 246 00:11:04,968 --> 00:11:07,535 It was absolutely devastating 247 00:11:07,535 --> 00:11:09,407 when we found out who it was. 248 00:11:09,407 --> 00:11:12,845 [tense mellow music] 249 00:11:18,329 --> 00:11:20,200 [Narrator] Police investigating the gruesome murder 250 00:11:20,200 --> 00:11:24,683 of 22-year-old Savannah Anderson have their first suspect, 251 00:11:24,683 --> 00:11:26,772 her boyfriend, Bill Mills. 252 00:11:26,772 --> 00:11:28,905 When you have a crime of passion 253 00:11:28,905 --> 00:11:31,081 where somebody is murdered, 254 00:11:31,081 --> 00:11:33,953 there are definitely times when a boyfriend 255 00:11:33,953 --> 00:11:36,564 who just got angry and upset, 256 00:11:36,564 --> 00:11:38,131 did the crime. 257 00:11:38,131 --> 00:11:42,222 The first thing we did was began meeting with Bill Mills 258 00:11:42,222 --> 00:11:45,748 so we could understand better about Savannah, 259 00:11:45,748 --> 00:11:47,097 his relationship. 260 00:11:47,097 --> 00:11:49,229 [Narrator] Bill tells police he and Savannah 261 00:11:49,229 --> 00:11:52,624 started dating six months ago, and he was in love. 262 00:11:52,624 --> 00:11:56,280 They had met each other in another apartment community. 263 00:11:56,280 --> 00:11:58,021 They had gotten along well. 264 00:11:58,021 --> 00:12:01,676 He was about nine years older than Savannah. 265 00:12:01,676 --> 00:12:04,157 In talking with him, had learned that 266 00:12:04,157 --> 00:12:07,857 he had just asked her to marry him. 267 00:12:07,857 --> 00:12:10,424 [Narrator] Police are curious if something came up 268 00:12:10,424 --> 00:12:13,688 to disrupt the couple's plans for the future. 269 00:12:13,688 --> 00:12:16,691 It was a large violent crime scene. 270 00:12:16,691 --> 00:12:20,173 Did he do it because he was angry at her? 271 00:12:20,173 --> 00:12:21,871 [Narrator] Bill tells investigators 272 00:12:21,871 --> 00:12:26,310 he last saw Savannah a day earlier, on May 13th. 273 00:12:26,310 --> 00:12:27,702 They had brunch together, 274 00:12:27,702 --> 00:12:31,576 and then he spent the day over at her apartment. 275 00:12:31,576 --> 00:12:33,099 During the interview with Bill Mills, 276 00:12:33,099 --> 00:12:35,754 we found out that Savannah and he did have sex that day. 277 00:12:35,754 --> 00:12:37,843 So that would be important later on 278 00:12:37,843 --> 00:12:40,454 in case there was semen found inside of her. 279 00:12:41,325 --> 00:12:43,936 Bill told me on the 13th, 280 00:12:43,936 --> 00:12:47,810 he left her apartment at about 10:00 p.m. 281 00:12:47,810 --> 00:12:50,160 Once he did leave, what happened to him? 282 00:12:50,160 --> 00:12:52,249 Could anybody account for his activity 283 00:12:52,249 --> 00:12:55,687 after he apparently left her apartment? 284 00:12:55,687 --> 00:12:57,428 He said he went home. 285 00:12:57,428 --> 00:13:01,345 He went to bed and then to work the following day. 286 00:13:01,345 --> 00:13:03,042 [Narrator] Bill says he and Savannah 287 00:13:03,042 --> 00:13:06,916 had plans on the 14th after they both got off work. 288 00:13:06,916 --> 00:13:09,527 He went to her apartment about six, 289 00:13:09,527 --> 00:13:12,008 knocked, couldn't raise her. 290 00:13:12,008 --> 00:13:13,487 He went back home for a while. 291 00:13:13,487 --> 00:13:14,749 Then Bill Mills went ahead 292 00:13:14,749 --> 00:13:16,664 and contacted the police department. 293 00:13:16,664 --> 00:13:18,797 [tense music] 294 00:13:18,797 --> 00:13:20,973 [Narrator] Bill denies having anything to do 295 00:13:20,973 --> 00:13:22,627 with Savannah's death. 296 00:13:22,627 --> 00:13:25,064 It appeared that Bill Mills was really in love with her. 297 00:13:25,064 --> 00:13:27,850 Thought it was a very serious relationship. 298 00:13:27,850 --> 00:13:30,069 He was very happy with her. 299 00:13:30,069 --> 00:13:32,071 Bill was cooperative. 300 00:13:32,071 --> 00:13:35,858 He tried to assist us as much as he could. 301 00:13:35,858 --> 00:13:37,555 [Narrator] But there is one request 302 00:13:37,555 --> 00:13:39,905 Bill won't comply with. 303 00:13:39,905 --> 00:13:43,169 There is a red flag. 304 00:13:43,169 --> 00:13:47,304 He was asked if he would be willing to take a polygraph. 305 00:13:47,304 --> 00:13:50,698 He contacted an attorney and his attorney 306 00:13:50,698 --> 00:13:53,223 advised him not to take one. 307 00:13:54,180 --> 00:13:56,400 We did ask if we could see his body, 308 00:13:56,400 --> 00:13:59,185 his hands, his arms, see if there's any indications 309 00:13:59,185 --> 00:14:02,841 of a struggle with anybody, but his body was clean. 310 00:14:02,841 --> 00:14:04,190 We asked him if we could go ahead 311 00:14:04,190 --> 00:14:06,889 and take his finger and palm prints. 312 00:14:06,889 --> 00:14:08,629 He agreed to let us do that. 313 00:14:08,629 --> 00:14:11,937 [Narrator] It will be weeks before the results come in. 314 00:14:11,937 --> 00:14:15,593 In the meantime, detectives are forced to let Bill go. 315 00:14:16,724 --> 00:14:20,467 Next, they move on to another man in Savannah's life. 316 00:14:20,467 --> 00:14:23,253 Part of the investigation and process 317 00:14:23,253 --> 00:14:26,517 was to meet with her boss, Ken Bergerson, 318 00:14:26,517 --> 00:14:29,259 who had been at the crime scene. 319 00:14:29,259 --> 00:14:32,392 In speaking with him, he said he had known her 320 00:14:32,392 --> 00:14:36,657 in Salt Lake and had offered her a job locally here. 321 00:14:36,657 --> 00:14:38,703 Ken Bergerson also said that he 322 00:14:38,703 --> 00:14:40,139 kind of considered himself 323 00:14:40,139 --> 00:14:42,576 a father figure to her. 324 00:14:42,576 --> 00:14:43,926 He helped her move. 325 00:14:43,926 --> 00:14:46,885 They had talked many times, been out for drinks, 326 00:14:46,885 --> 00:14:48,974 been out for lunch and different things. 327 00:14:48,974 --> 00:14:50,367 [Narrator] Could Ken have wanted more 328 00:14:50,367 --> 00:14:53,587 than a professional relationship with Savannah? 329 00:14:53,587 --> 00:14:58,288 Was anything going on romantically in the present day? 330 00:14:58,288 --> 00:15:03,162 I asked Ken where he was the night of May 13th, 331 00:15:03,162 --> 00:15:05,599 and he indicated that he was with his wife 332 00:15:05,599 --> 00:15:07,253 that whole evening. 333 00:15:07,253 --> 00:15:09,560 We did contact the wife to verify that, 334 00:15:09,560 --> 00:15:10,865 and there's no reason to believe 335 00:15:10,865 --> 00:15:13,999 that he was anywhere but at his home that night. 336 00:15:13,999 --> 00:15:17,611 After the interview, we asked Ken to submit his prints 337 00:15:17,611 --> 00:15:20,788 so they could be compared against the crime scene. 338 00:15:20,788 --> 00:15:23,052 We just let him go home that night 339 00:15:23,052 --> 00:15:24,227 after the interview. 340 00:15:25,358 --> 00:15:27,404 [taut mellow music] 341 00:15:27,404 --> 00:15:30,929 The police questioned each one of us in the office. 342 00:15:30,929 --> 00:15:33,540 I worked for Ken Bergerson at the time. 343 00:15:33,540 --> 00:15:37,414 He was just such a nice guy and so concerned about her. 344 00:15:37,414 --> 00:15:41,548 She was living by herself and she was just so beautiful. 345 00:15:41,548 --> 00:15:43,463 I just thought, you know, somebody saw her, 346 00:15:43,463 --> 00:15:47,337 somebody was either stalking her or something happened, 347 00:15:47,337 --> 00:15:50,340 but I was just so angry that somebody 348 00:15:50,340 --> 00:15:52,342 could possibly do something like this. 349 00:15:52,342 --> 00:15:56,259 It had to have been somebody I thought who was very sick. 350 00:15:56,259 --> 00:15:59,958 There was nothing really that drew anyone's attention 351 00:15:59,958 --> 00:16:03,005 to any issues that Savannah had at work 352 00:16:03,005 --> 00:16:05,050 and nothing came of it. 353 00:16:06,225 --> 00:16:08,227 [Narrator] Police canvass the apartment complex 354 00:16:08,227 --> 00:16:10,838 the next day, searching for witnesses. 355 00:16:10,838 --> 00:16:13,145 We didn't find anyone that said 356 00:16:13,145 --> 00:16:15,495 that they'd heard any struggle or screams 357 00:16:15,495 --> 00:16:19,151 to corroborate when that attack may have occurred. 358 00:16:20,065 --> 00:16:21,849 There were two security guards 359 00:16:21,849 --> 00:16:25,027 that were assigned to the complex. 360 00:16:25,027 --> 00:16:28,378 It was a multi-unit under construction. 361 00:16:29,596 --> 00:16:31,511 So after I got the names of the security personnel 362 00:16:31,511 --> 00:16:33,209 who worked that night, which is about a week 363 00:16:33,209 --> 00:16:35,298 after we originally responded out there, 364 00:16:35,298 --> 00:16:37,778 I talked to the security guard first 365 00:16:37,778 --> 00:16:40,738 who worked the midnight to 6:30 shift. 366 00:16:40,738 --> 00:16:42,305 His name is Chuck Doyle. 367 00:16:43,262 --> 00:16:46,874 According to Doyle, security was hired 368 00:16:46,874 --> 00:16:49,138 to ensure the residents were safe 369 00:16:49,138 --> 00:16:52,706 and to overlook any construction sites 370 00:16:52,706 --> 00:16:54,491 and that sort of thing for theft. 371 00:16:54,491 --> 00:16:57,450 [Narrator] Chuck tells investigators on a usual shift, 372 00:16:57,450 --> 00:17:01,715 he would drive through the complex and also patrol by foot. 373 00:17:01,715 --> 00:17:03,065 I asked him how he found out 374 00:17:03,065 --> 00:17:04,544 about the murder of the woman, 375 00:17:04,544 --> 00:17:07,417 and he said he found out through the company. 376 00:17:07,417 --> 00:17:10,202 I asked him if he knew the lady who lived there, 377 00:17:10,202 --> 00:17:12,422 showed him two pictures and he picked out 378 00:17:12,422 --> 00:17:14,685 the picture of Savannah Anderson. 379 00:17:14,685 --> 00:17:17,557 [Narrator] When asked about his dealings with Savannah, 380 00:17:17,557 --> 00:17:21,779 Chuck's answer gives investigators cause for concern. 381 00:17:21,779 --> 00:17:24,129 He indicated about a month prior 382 00:17:24,129 --> 00:17:26,566 that he'd helped Savannah gain entry 383 00:17:26,566 --> 00:17:31,049 into her apartment and slid a window open for her. 384 00:17:31,049 --> 00:17:32,224 [tense music] 385 00:17:32,224 --> 00:17:35,009 It was notable that Mr. Doyle had said 386 00:17:35,009 --> 00:17:36,924 he was aware that at least at that time, 387 00:17:36,924 --> 00:17:38,622 one of the windows was unlocked. 388 00:17:39,579 --> 00:17:42,147 Doyle said, "You'll find my fingerprints 389 00:17:42,147 --> 00:17:47,065 on Savannah's window," and this is the reason why 390 00:17:47,065 --> 00:17:49,459 immediately we printed him. 391 00:17:49,459 --> 00:17:52,331 It really made me zero in on him 392 00:17:52,331 --> 00:17:54,290 as a potential suspect. 393 00:17:56,205 --> 00:17:59,643 [tense energetic music] 394 00:18:02,733 --> 00:18:04,735 [Narrator] A week after Savannah Anderson 395 00:18:04,735 --> 00:18:07,216 was found bludgeoned to death in her bed, 396 00:18:07,216 --> 00:18:10,523 security guard Chuck Doyle has drawn suspicion 397 00:18:10,523 --> 00:18:12,308 after admitting that his fingerprints 398 00:18:12,308 --> 00:18:15,180 are likely on her unlocked window. 399 00:18:15,180 --> 00:18:18,183 She had locked herself out of her apartment before, 400 00:18:18,183 --> 00:18:20,185 contacted him while he was on the site 401 00:18:20,185 --> 00:18:23,145 to see if he could help her get into the apartment. 402 00:18:23,145 --> 00:18:25,669 The security did not have any pass keys. 403 00:18:25,669 --> 00:18:28,976 He found that a window was unlocked. 404 00:18:28,976 --> 00:18:31,196 He was able to slide the window open. 405 00:18:31,196 --> 00:18:33,720 He also said that he didn't go inside. 406 00:18:33,720 --> 00:18:35,331 It could be for a couple of reasons, 407 00:18:35,331 --> 00:18:37,681 could be perfectly innocent that he didn't go inside. 408 00:18:37,681 --> 00:18:40,249 It could also be to say, "Well, I didn't go inside," 409 00:18:40,249 --> 00:18:43,904 if he may have somehow be involved in the death. 410 00:18:43,904 --> 00:18:45,297 [Narrator] Had Chuck slipped in 411 00:18:45,297 --> 00:18:48,213 through the same unlocked window to kill Savannah? 412 00:18:48,213 --> 00:18:51,129 Police press him for his movements that night. 413 00:18:51,129 --> 00:18:54,437 Chuck Doyle said that he reported for duty 414 00:18:54,437 --> 00:18:58,528 on the 14th at midnight, or was supposed to, 415 00:18:58,528 --> 00:19:01,618 indicated that he was about 10 minutes, 416 00:19:01,618 --> 00:19:03,228 15 minutes late. 417 00:19:03,228 --> 00:19:04,403 He was supposed to replace 418 00:19:04,403 --> 00:19:07,537 a security guard named Bob Sellers. 419 00:19:07,537 --> 00:19:11,845 He drove by Savannah's and saw her talking on the phone. 420 00:19:11,845 --> 00:19:16,241 He thought maybe that was around 12:15 or so, 421 00:19:16,241 --> 00:19:18,852 12:20, but was not certain. 422 00:19:18,852 --> 00:19:21,681 He went and parked next to Bob Seller's car. 423 00:19:21,681 --> 00:19:25,772 About 12:30, he estimated, Sellers approached. 424 00:19:25,772 --> 00:19:29,123 He got the daily reports from Sellers, 425 00:19:29,123 --> 00:19:31,256 and then Sellers went ahead 426 00:19:31,256 --> 00:19:32,997 and got in his car and drove off. 427 00:19:32,997 --> 00:19:35,565 [Narrator] When detectives ask what happened next, 428 00:19:35,565 --> 00:19:38,742 Chuck's answer raises even more suspicion. 429 00:19:38,742 --> 00:19:41,310 He said he drove around a while, 430 00:19:41,310 --> 00:19:44,313 went back to the carport and went to sleep, 431 00:19:44,313 --> 00:19:46,532 which would seem very odd. 432 00:19:46,532 --> 00:19:49,274 He thought he probably nodded off for a while. 433 00:19:49,274 --> 00:19:54,279 Doyle says that he was awoken by a car door slam. 434 00:19:54,279 --> 00:19:57,108 It was Sellers who had returned 435 00:19:57,108 --> 00:19:59,893 and invited him to breakfast. 436 00:19:59,893 --> 00:20:05,290 Doyle says it was maybe one or two in the morning. 437 00:20:06,422 --> 00:20:10,556 They went to breakfast at Spires Restaurant, a 24-hour cafe. 438 00:20:11,818 --> 00:20:13,603 [Narrator] The cafe is just 10 minutes from the complex. 439 00:20:13,603 --> 00:20:17,128 Doyle said that he was dropped off by Sellers 440 00:20:17,128 --> 00:20:19,913 at about 2:30 in the morning. 441 00:20:19,913 --> 00:20:21,698 [Narrator] Chuck says the rest of his shift 442 00:20:21,698 --> 00:20:25,658 was uneventful, and he clocked out at 6:30 a.m. 443 00:20:25,658 --> 00:20:27,965 There's just something really unusual 444 00:20:27,965 --> 00:20:29,445 about the sequence of events 445 00:20:29,445 --> 00:20:31,708 that's being described by Doyle. 446 00:20:31,708 --> 00:20:33,318 [Narrator] Investigators are left 447 00:20:33,318 --> 00:20:35,451 with more questions than answers. 448 00:20:35,451 --> 00:20:38,192 Did Savannah die on Chuck's watch? 449 00:20:38,192 --> 00:20:40,369 Or was he the one who killed her? 450 00:20:41,631 --> 00:20:44,460 Hoping for clarity, and to corroborate Chuck's story, 451 00:20:44,460 --> 00:20:48,290 they turn to the other security guard, Robert Sellers. 452 00:20:48,290 --> 00:20:50,335 Robert Sellers enlisted 453 00:20:50,335 --> 00:20:52,903 into the Marine Corps at age 17. 454 00:20:52,903 --> 00:20:55,166 He's 22 now. 455 00:20:55,166 --> 00:20:57,299 He was assigned that day to work 456 00:20:57,299 --> 00:20:58,996 from about four in the afternoon, 457 00:20:58,996 --> 00:21:00,040 and he was supposed to get off 458 00:21:00,040 --> 00:21:02,086 at about midnight that night. 459 00:21:02,086 --> 00:21:05,307 I asked him if he knew who Savannah Anderson was. 460 00:21:05,307 --> 00:21:06,569 He said he had talked to both her 461 00:21:06,569 --> 00:21:09,006 and her boyfriend that evening. 462 00:21:09,006 --> 00:21:12,618 Sellers told me that he thought he saw Savannah 463 00:21:12,618 --> 00:21:15,839 around 10:00 p.m. on the phone. 464 00:21:15,839 --> 00:21:18,798 [Narrator] Robert confirms that Chuck was late for work, 465 00:21:18,798 --> 00:21:21,061 so he didn't leave the apartment complex 466 00:21:21,061 --> 00:21:23,063 until around 12:30 a.m. 467 00:21:23,063 --> 00:21:27,807 After leaving Doyle, he then went home, showered. 468 00:21:27,807 --> 00:21:29,853 As a US Marine, he was supposed to go 469 00:21:29,853 --> 00:21:33,857 to a Marine base at six o'clock the morning. 470 00:21:33,857 --> 00:21:38,383 He decided it wasn't worth trying to go to sleep. 471 00:21:38,383 --> 00:21:40,559 So he thought, "Well, I'll just go out 472 00:21:40,559 --> 00:21:42,953 to breakfast with Doyle." 473 00:21:42,953 --> 00:21:45,564 So, that's when he returned. 474 00:21:45,564 --> 00:21:47,871 Sellers told me that he came back to the complex 475 00:21:47,871 --> 00:21:50,961 about 3:30, which is an hour and a half or two hours 476 00:21:50,961 --> 00:21:53,833 after what Doyle recalled as happening. 477 00:21:53,833 --> 00:21:57,620 So there was this inconsistency between the both of them 478 00:21:57,620 --> 00:22:00,840 about what time they must have gone to the restaurant. 479 00:22:00,840 --> 00:22:03,060 Sellers said there is a waitress named Gail 480 00:22:03,060 --> 00:22:04,191 who waited on them. 481 00:22:04,191 --> 00:22:05,628 I took note of that. 482 00:22:05,628 --> 00:22:07,543 At the end of the Sellers interview, 483 00:22:07,543 --> 00:22:09,066 we asked if he would go ahead and give 484 00:22:09,066 --> 00:22:12,330 his finger and palm prints, which he agreed to. 485 00:22:12,330 --> 00:22:15,638 [soft mellow music] 486 00:22:15,638 --> 00:22:17,988 [Narrator] Investigators hope the autopsy report 487 00:22:17,988 --> 00:22:21,426 can help them pinpoint Savannah's time of death. 488 00:22:21,426 --> 00:22:23,646 According to the coroner's report, 489 00:22:23,646 --> 00:22:26,562 Savannah Anderson died 490 00:22:26,562 --> 00:22:31,784 at approximately 2:00 a.m. on May 14th. 491 00:22:32,785 --> 00:22:35,919 The cause of death was strangulation. 492 00:22:35,919 --> 00:22:37,921 She'd been struck on the head many times, 493 00:22:37,921 --> 00:22:40,924 found multiple contusions on her face. 494 00:22:40,924 --> 00:22:45,232 There is broken fingernails, a broken jaw, cracked teeth. 495 00:22:45,232 --> 00:22:50,368 We did have biological fluids, semen that was found, 496 00:22:50,368 --> 00:22:54,111 but DNA was not in existence at the time, 497 00:22:54,111 --> 00:22:55,982 so we didn't have that tool. 498 00:22:55,982 --> 00:22:57,419 [ominous music] 499 00:22:57,419 --> 00:22:59,595 My first thought was just 500 00:22:59,595 --> 00:23:02,946 how horrible to die like that. 501 00:23:03,903 --> 00:23:06,123 I cried and I was just very upset. 502 00:23:06,123 --> 00:23:08,691 Just thinking that something like that had happened 503 00:23:08,691 --> 00:23:11,520 to a person that was just so lovely 504 00:23:11,520 --> 00:23:13,043 is just terrible. 505 00:23:13,043 --> 00:23:14,697 [taut music] 506 00:23:14,697 --> 00:23:17,439 [Narrator] If Savannah was killed at 2:00 a.m., 507 00:23:17,439 --> 00:23:19,963 which security guard is telling the truth? 508 00:23:19,963 --> 00:23:23,009 Was Chuck really off site like he claimed? 509 00:23:23,009 --> 00:23:24,489 Or was Robert right, 510 00:23:24,489 --> 00:23:27,144 meaning Chuck was at the apartment complex 511 00:23:27,144 --> 00:23:28,885 when the murder took place? 512 00:23:28,885 --> 00:23:32,323 There was a wide gap and discrepancy 513 00:23:32,323 --> 00:23:35,500 between their two stories and timing. 514 00:23:35,500 --> 00:23:38,895 So, the two were brought in together to try 515 00:23:38,895 --> 00:23:43,552 and determine if someone was mistaken about times. 516 00:23:43,552 --> 00:23:46,076 They both basically stuck to their stories. 517 00:23:46,076 --> 00:23:48,905 I wasn't sure which either timeline might have been correct, 518 00:23:48,905 --> 00:23:50,646 whether it might have been Doyle's or Sellers' 519 00:23:50,646 --> 00:23:53,170 because they were just too far apart. 520 00:23:53,170 --> 00:23:56,913 So we thought at that time, somebody was lying. 521 00:23:58,349 --> 00:24:01,744 [tense energetic music] 522 00:24:04,747 --> 00:24:06,400 [Narrator] Detectives are investigating 523 00:24:06,400 --> 00:24:09,229 the disturbing murder of Savannah Anderson. 524 00:24:09,229 --> 00:24:12,232 The two security guards from her apartment complex 525 00:24:12,232 --> 00:24:15,497 are unable to agree where they were at 2:00 a.m. 526 00:24:15,497 --> 00:24:17,368 when Savannah was killed. 527 00:24:17,368 --> 00:24:19,544 The timing is very sketchy 528 00:24:19,544 --> 00:24:21,764 between what Doyle says 529 00:24:21,764 --> 00:24:25,115 and what we learned from Sellers. 530 00:24:25,115 --> 00:24:26,856 This is raising a lot of flags to me 531 00:24:26,856 --> 00:24:29,119 because why don't they know where they were 532 00:24:29,119 --> 00:24:30,947 and what time they were? 533 00:24:30,947 --> 00:24:34,254 Going over time discrepancies, 534 00:24:34,254 --> 00:24:37,301 Doyle said, "Well, I slept. 535 00:24:37,301 --> 00:24:39,259 I could be mistaken. 536 00:24:39,259 --> 00:24:40,652 I'm not sure." 537 00:24:40,652 --> 00:24:45,091 So Sellers seemed to be more credible, time-wise. 538 00:24:45,091 --> 00:24:47,093 [Narrator] According to Robert Sellers, 539 00:24:47,093 --> 00:24:49,922 Chuck was on duty at 2:00 a.m. and the pair 540 00:24:49,922 --> 00:24:53,578 only went to Spires Restaurant around 3:30 a.m. 541 00:24:53,578 --> 00:24:55,232 I asked one of the patrol guys, 542 00:24:55,232 --> 00:24:57,582 go ahead and try to contact any waitress there 543 00:24:57,582 --> 00:24:58,757 that might have been named Gail 544 00:24:58,757 --> 00:25:01,455 to see if she recalled the security guys 545 00:25:01,455 --> 00:25:03,066 coming in there at all. 546 00:25:03,066 --> 00:25:04,589 They weren't able to find a Gail 547 00:25:04,589 --> 00:25:06,722 that worked at the Spires Restaurant 548 00:25:06,722 --> 00:25:10,769 so we could not identify that particular part of the story. 549 00:25:11,814 --> 00:25:13,380 It looked like the best chance of us 550 00:25:13,380 --> 00:25:14,730 determining who the suspect was, 551 00:25:14,730 --> 00:25:16,732 was gonna be through the fingerprint 552 00:25:16,732 --> 00:25:18,995 and palm print evidence left behind. 553 00:25:18,995 --> 00:25:20,910 At this time, we already had fingerprints 554 00:25:20,910 --> 00:25:24,827 and palm prints from the boyfriend, Bill Mills, 555 00:25:24,827 --> 00:25:26,872 the boss, Ken Bergerson, 556 00:25:26,872 --> 00:25:28,482 and from the two security guards, 557 00:25:28,482 --> 00:25:30,789 Chuck Doyle and Bob Sellers. 558 00:25:30,789 --> 00:25:32,791 And I felt that if we can find out 559 00:25:32,791 --> 00:25:34,706 if any of those were the palm prints, 560 00:25:34,706 --> 00:25:36,621 that's gonna be the resolution of our case. 561 00:25:36,621 --> 00:25:38,667 We'd be able to determine who had done it. 562 00:25:38,667 --> 00:25:40,799 So, we sent them away with high hopes 563 00:25:40,799 --> 00:25:42,627 that we're gonna be able to resolve the case 564 00:25:42,627 --> 00:25:44,324 once we get the results back. 565 00:25:45,195 --> 00:25:46,805 [Narrator] While waiting for the results, 566 00:25:46,805 --> 00:25:49,765 investigators dig deeper into Savannah's life, 567 00:25:49,765 --> 00:25:52,332 hoping something will point to her killer. 568 00:25:52,332 --> 00:25:56,336 Savannah seemed to be a very likable person 569 00:25:56,336 --> 00:25:59,078 who had, from all reports, 570 00:25:59,078 --> 00:26:03,213 good mind, good IQ, personable, funny, 571 00:26:03,213 --> 00:26:07,347 one that you would be very happy to have as a daughter. 572 00:26:07,347 --> 00:26:11,787 She was very sweet, very sophisticated, quiet. 573 00:26:11,787 --> 00:26:14,833 She had very strong values and morals. 574 00:26:14,833 --> 00:26:16,705 You know, she was just not one of those 575 00:26:16,705 --> 00:26:19,272 that was gonna be out looking for trouble. 576 00:26:19,272 --> 00:26:24,713 Just how she went and how young she went is so tragic. 577 00:26:25,452 --> 00:26:27,454 Our world is, it's, it's cruel. 578 00:26:27,454 --> 00:26:28,542 [mellow music] 579 00:26:28,542 --> 00:26:30,632 We interviewed neighbors. 580 00:26:30,632 --> 00:26:35,680 Savannah had been at the apartment complex about six weeks. 581 00:26:35,680 --> 00:26:40,946 Her contacts, friends, were very limited. 582 00:26:41,904 --> 00:26:43,645 What I learned through investigation was 583 00:26:43,645 --> 00:26:47,213 Savannah had moved deliberately for the safety 584 00:26:47,213 --> 00:26:50,652 of having security on the premises. 585 00:26:50,652 --> 00:26:53,219 She really wanted a place that felt safe, 586 00:26:53,219 --> 00:26:56,048 and the fact that they had security, 587 00:26:56,048 --> 00:26:58,007 she loved that aspect of it. 588 00:26:58,007 --> 00:27:00,749 She felt really good about where she was going. 589 00:27:01,837 --> 00:27:03,882 [Narrator] Two months after Savanna's death, 590 00:27:03,882 --> 00:27:06,058 police receive the results of the finger 591 00:27:06,058 --> 00:27:08,452 and palm print analysis from the scene. 592 00:27:08,452 --> 00:27:10,846 I was really hoping we heard back from the crime lab 593 00:27:10,846 --> 00:27:13,979 that it's gonna be one of the guys we'd already talked to. 594 00:27:13,979 --> 00:27:16,852 In terms of identification and finding 595 00:27:16,852 --> 00:27:20,420 and identifying that individual, it was everything. 596 00:27:21,987 --> 00:27:23,641 None of the prints that came back 597 00:27:23,641 --> 00:27:25,817 were any of the fingerprints submitted 598 00:27:25,817 --> 00:27:28,124 from the bloody finger and palm prints. 599 00:27:29,429 --> 00:27:30,300 Really disappointing. 600 00:27:30,300 --> 00:27:31,780 Couldn't figure out why. 601 00:27:31,780 --> 00:27:33,172 It seemed like there should have been 602 00:27:33,172 --> 00:27:35,914 somebody in there that was responsible for it. 603 00:27:35,914 --> 00:27:37,481 Yet the crime lab is telling us 604 00:27:37,481 --> 00:27:41,006 that these weren't the responsible parties at all. 605 00:27:41,006 --> 00:27:43,313 We thought we had some viable suspect, 606 00:27:43,313 --> 00:27:45,445 but we're told, "Nope, it's not them." 607 00:27:45,445 --> 00:27:47,012 Well, now what? 608 00:27:47,012 --> 00:27:48,448 Wow. 609 00:27:48,448 --> 00:27:50,450 [Narrator] The results mean Savannah's boyfriend, 610 00:27:50,450 --> 00:27:54,890 her boss, and the two security guards are all cleared. 611 00:27:54,890 --> 00:27:58,415 I was very discouraged, but thought, okay, 612 00:27:58,415 --> 00:28:01,679 we just haven't come across the perpetrator. 613 00:28:01,679 --> 00:28:03,202 He's out there. 614 00:28:03,202 --> 00:28:03,855 We'll find him. 615 00:28:03,855 --> 00:28:05,117 We'll identify him. 616 00:28:05,117 --> 00:28:06,684 I feel comfortable with that 617 00:28:06,684 --> 00:28:08,468 based on the palm print. 618 00:28:08,468 --> 00:28:09,948 [tense music] 619 00:28:09,948 --> 00:28:12,646 Detectives immediately looked for people in the area 620 00:28:12,646 --> 00:28:14,474 that maybe had criminal histories. 621 00:28:14,474 --> 00:28:17,129 They looked at people that had been arrested after that 622 00:28:17,129 --> 00:28:20,654 for similar type of break-in crimes. 623 00:28:20,654 --> 00:28:22,395 And if they had any suspicions whatsoever, 624 00:28:22,395 --> 00:28:24,963 they would get their palm print and their fingerprints, 625 00:28:24,963 --> 00:28:27,792 and they'd compare them to the crime scene prints 626 00:28:27,792 --> 00:28:30,360 and then rule them out if they didn't match. 627 00:28:31,535 --> 00:28:33,667 Three months after the crime, 628 00:28:33,667 --> 00:28:39,064 police had collected about 100 different print impressions. 629 00:28:39,804 --> 00:28:41,937 The palm prints didn't match. 630 00:28:41,937 --> 00:28:46,158 It was extremely frustrating to work through this. 631 00:28:46,158 --> 00:28:48,508 [Narrator] With the case threatening to turn cold, 632 00:28:48,508 --> 00:28:51,685 detectives refused to quit and take the case 633 00:28:51,685 --> 00:28:53,731 in a chilling new direction. 634 00:28:53,731 --> 00:28:56,952 After going through potential suspects 635 00:28:56,952 --> 00:29:00,520 that were eliminated through the palm print, 636 00:29:00,520 --> 00:29:05,482 we began to examine that Savannah Anderson may be the victim 637 00:29:05,482 --> 00:29:09,094 of a serial killer known as the bedroom basher. 638 00:29:10,226 --> 00:29:13,098 This individual was responsible for five murders 639 00:29:13,098 --> 00:29:16,014 in the Orange County area at the time. 640 00:29:16,014 --> 00:29:18,669 [Narrator] With a population under two million people, 641 00:29:18,669 --> 00:29:22,629 the number of attacks in a matter of months is troubling, 642 00:29:22,629 --> 00:29:25,067 and the similarities, striking. 643 00:29:25,850 --> 00:29:27,112 He would target 644 00:29:27,112 --> 00:29:31,116 young lone females between 17 and 35. 645 00:29:31,116 --> 00:29:36,382 Ground floor apartments, open windows, open doors. 646 00:29:37,340 --> 00:29:40,734 Once inside, he would bludgeon, strangle, 647 00:29:40,734 --> 00:29:44,086 and sexually assault the females. 648 00:29:44,086 --> 00:29:48,394 So, Savannah certainly fit that M.O. 649 00:29:49,395 --> 00:29:52,398 and so we had to take a real strong look at 650 00:29:52,398 --> 00:29:55,880 perhaps she was the victim of this individual 651 00:29:55,880 --> 00:29:58,100 who had not been identified. 652 00:29:58,100 --> 00:30:01,016 We could be looking for a serial killer. 653 00:30:01,016 --> 00:30:04,541 [tense energetic music] 654 00:30:09,676 --> 00:30:12,201 [Narrator] Detectives investigating the brutal murder 655 00:30:12,201 --> 00:30:14,377 of Savannah Anderson now believe 656 00:30:14,377 --> 00:30:17,815 she may have fallen victim to a serial killer. 657 00:30:17,815 --> 00:30:20,209 The bedroom basher went after females 658 00:30:20,209 --> 00:30:24,648 in homes or apartments in the Orange County area, 659 00:30:24,648 --> 00:30:26,911 raped them in at least one case, 660 00:30:26,911 --> 00:30:28,957 killed somebody by bludgeoning them, 661 00:30:28,957 --> 00:30:31,002 which is what happened to Savannah. 662 00:30:32,221 --> 00:30:35,354 Based upon the number of bludgeonings in Orange county, 663 00:30:35,354 --> 00:30:39,706 which were five, we felt that there would be another 664 00:30:39,706 --> 00:30:41,621 that would take place. 665 00:30:41,621 --> 00:30:42,927 [suspenseful music] 666 00:30:42,927 --> 00:30:44,537 [Narrator] Five months after Savannah's murder, 667 00:30:44,537 --> 00:30:47,279 investigators' worst fears are confirmed 668 00:30:47,279 --> 00:30:49,978 when the serial killer strikes again. 669 00:30:49,978 --> 00:30:51,936 During this time, there was a woman 670 00:30:51,936 --> 00:30:54,243 in Orange County that had been attacked, 671 00:30:54,243 --> 00:30:57,637 believed by the bedroom basher, who survived 672 00:30:57,637 --> 00:31:01,859 and was able to give a description to the police. 673 00:31:01,859 --> 00:31:04,514 A composite drawing was made. 674 00:31:04,514 --> 00:31:08,692 She described the perpetrator as a male, 675 00:31:08,692 --> 00:31:13,871 olive skin, pockmarked face, long hair, mustache, 676 00:31:13,871 --> 00:31:18,702 dark eyes, in his late 20, early 30s. 677 00:31:18,702 --> 00:31:19,877 [bright music] 678 00:31:19,877 --> 00:31:22,706 A task force was created in Orange County. 679 00:31:22,706 --> 00:31:28,059 Flyers were disseminated to the public and to patrol units. 680 00:31:29,017 --> 00:31:32,237 It resulted in multiple contacts of people 681 00:31:32,237 --> 00:31:36,154 who believed they knew who this individual was. 682 00:31:36,154 --> 00:31:38,896 Unfortunately, none of those resulted 683 00:31:38,896 --> 00:31:42,204 in the apprehension of the individual. 684 00:31:43,205 --> 00:31:44,510 [Narrator] A year after the murder, 685 00:31:44,510 --> 00:31:47,383 with no arrests and a killer on the loose, 686 00:31:47,383 --> 00:31:51,169 women in the area live in a constant state of terror. 687 00:31:51,169 --> 00:31:53,911 The community was definitely impacted 688 00:31:53,911 --> 00:31:56,000 by this terrible murder. 689 00:31:56,000 --> 00:31:59,177 The news was full of these kind of things. 690 00:31:59,177 --> 00:32:01,919 And it did create fear among people. 691 00:32:01,919 --> 00:32:05,096 The fact that I was living so close by, 692 00:32:05,096 --> 00:32:06,315 it's a little scary. 693 00:32:07,272 --> 00:32:10,362 Any female who resided by themselves, 694 00:32:10,362 --> 00:32:13,409 took extra precautions to ensure 695 00:32:13,409 --> 00:32:17,456 that their windows, doors were in fact locked. 696 00:32:17,456 --> 00:32:20,329 Every possibility we looked at, 697 00:32:20,329 --> 00:32:23,071 we were unable to make any headway 698 00:32:23,071 --> 00:32:26,422 in determining what happened to Savannah Anderson. 699 00:32:26,422 --> 00:32:29,338 It was extremely frustrating. 700 00:32:29,338 --> 00:32:32,341 There was no one else that we were aware of 701 00:32:32,341 --> 00:32:34,821 that could provide any insight and, 702 00:32:34,821 --> 00:32:37,346 or potentially could be a suspect. 703 00:32:38,390 --> 00:32:40,871 [Narrator] Three years after Savannah's murder, 704 00:32:40,871 --> 00:32:43,439 her case remains unsolved. 705 00:32:43,439 --> 00:32:46,833 After you go through tips, leads, 706 00:32:46,833 --> 00:32:49,923 you step back, you reexamine. 707 00:32:49,923 --> 00:32:51,838 You say, "What did I miss? 708 00:32:51,838 --> 00:32:53,014 It's gotta be there. 709 00:32:53,014 --> 00:32:54,232 What did I miss?" 710 00:32:55,277 --> 00:32:56,365 I've started to believe that they 711 00:32:56,365 --> 00:32:58,193 just weren't going to find out. 712 00:32:58,193 --> 00:33:00,021 And that's terrible to think 713 00:33:00,021 --> 00:33:02,197 that something like that could happen, 714 00:33:02,197 --> 00:33:03,850 and that this person is out there, 715 00:33:03,850 --> 00:33:05,939 roaming around still. 716 00:33:05,939 --> 00:33:07,115 [taut music] 717 00:33:07,115 --> 00:33:09,073 [Narrator] Two more years pass 718 00:33:09,073 --> 00:33:11,249 until a rookie homicide detective 719 00:33:11,249 --> 00:33:13,556 takes a renewed interest in the case. 720 00:33:13,556 --> 00:33:15,819 Savannah's case was the first cold case 721 00:33:15,819 --> 00:33:16,994 that I ever worked. 722 00:33:16,994 --> 00:33:18,213 And I was familiar with it because 723 00:33:18,213 --> 00:33:19,910 I was in patrol when it happened. 724 00:33:19,910 --> 00:33:22,695 And I thought, "Well, nobody's looked at it for a while. 725 00:33:22,695 --> 00:33:24,654 Maybe I should look at it." 726 00:33:24,654 --> 00:33:29,354 A friend of mine who knows Larry Montgomery very well 727 00:33:29,354 --> 00:33:32,836 calls him the evidence whisperer. 728 00:33:32,836 --> 00:33:36,057 I was aware he was looking at the Savannah Anderson case. 729 00:33:36,057 --> 00:33:37,884 And at one point, he came to me 730 00:33:37,884 --> 00:33:39,625 and we compared notes on it. 731 00:33:39,625 --> 00:33:41,845 [Narrator] After combing through all the evidence, 732 00:33:41,845 --> 00:33:45,109 detectives revisit, whether Savannah was a victim 733 00:33:45,109 --> 00:33:48,286 of the still unidentified bedroom basher. 734 00:33:48,286 --> 00:33:49,548 The possibility that she was killed 735 00:33:49,548 --> 00:33:52,160 by a serial killer was definitely looked at. 736 00:33:52,160 --> 00:33:55,293 I was looking at anything that I could use 737 00:33:55,293 --> 00:33:57,643 to direct me to a possible suspect. 738 00:33:57,643 --> 00:34:00,081 I'm looking at what was done at the crime scene. 739 00:34:00,081 --> 00:34:02,431 What did the suspect do with the body? 740 00:34:02,431 --> 00:34:05,564 What was maybe in his mind because of what he did? 741 00:34:05,564 --> 00:34:07,523 [Narrator] In comparing Savannah's murder 742 00:34:07,523 --> 00:34:10,178 to those committed by the bedroom basher, 743 00:34:10,178 --> 00:34:12,484 something just doesn't add up. 744 00:34:12,484 --> 00:34:15,096 The one thing that stood out that was not similar 745 00:34:15,096 --> 00:34:18,055 was the cleaning up of the victim. 746 00:34:18,055 --> 00:34:19,752 When I look at a crime scene like this, 747 00:34:19,752 --> 00:34:22,929 it's somebody who has a desire for Savannah. 748 00:34:22,929 --> 00:34:24,627 She appeared uninjured, 749 00:34:24,627 --> 00:34:27,151 other than towels on top of her face. 750 00:34:27,151 --> 00:34:28,370 It wasn't the gore that he liked. 751 00:34:28,370 --> 00:34:30,285 He had to kill her in order to get her 752 00:34:30,285 --> 00:34:32,896 into a position where he could fantasize 753 00:34:32,896 --> 00:34:36,029 about having an actual relationship with her. 754 00:34:36,029 --> 00:34:39,729 This is a real girl now, as opposed to a dead body. 755 00:34:39,729 --> 00:34:42,340 The question in this case is who did it? 756 00:34:42,340 --> 00:34:45,082 All the people we've looked at and that looked good 757 00:34:45,082 --> 00:34:47,476 were not matching the prints. 758 00:34:47,476 --> 00:34:48,955 There was one point where I started looking 759 00:34:48,955 --> 00:34:51,219 at the security guards to see what they were doing, 760 00:34:51,219 --> 00:34:52,785 'cause they were certainly involved 761 00:34:52,785 --> 00:34:54,396 in being there at the time. 762 00:34:54,396 --> 00:34:55,614 There were very big differences 763 00:34:55,614 --> 00:34:58,182 between what Doyle said happened 764 00:34:58,182 --> 00:35:00,532 and what Sellers said happened that night. 765 00:35:00,532 --> 00:35:02,708 And I thought that was very odd. 766 00:35:02,708 --> 00:35:05,102 I thought at the time that I interviewed Doyle 767 00:35:05,102 --> 00:35:06,625 that one of the problems was 768 00:35:06,625 --> 00:35:08,410 he may have gone asleep for a while. 769 00:35:08,410 --> 00:35:09,628 That would certainly account 770 00:35:09,628 --> 00:35:12,544 for the timeline being different, 771 00:35:12,544 --> 00:35:15,591 or his uneasiness in talking to us 772 00:35:15,591 --> 00:35:18,594 about that particular time period. 773 00:35:18,594 --> 00:35:20,813 [Narrator] Police quickly locate Chuck 774 00:35:20,813 --> 00:35:23,381 and bring him in for another interview. 775 00:35:23,381 --> 00:35:26,123 His story about what happened the night of the murder 776 00:35:26,123 --> 00:35:29,648 is the same, but a few details stand out. 777 00:35:29,648 --> 00:35:32,085 Doyle said that he got to the site 778 00:35:32,085 --> 00:35:33,217 probably 10 minutes late. 779 00:35:33,217 --> 00:35:34,784 He had not been able to find the person 780 00:35:34,784 --> 00:35:37,830 he was supposed to replace yet, Bob Sellers. 781 00:35:37,830 --> 00:35:41,834 About 12:30, Doyle saw Sellers come with a shirt in his hand 782 00:35:41,834 --> 00:35:44,837 and I asked Doyle, "Did you ever ask him why he was late, 783 00:35:44,837 --> 00:35:47,231 or why he didn't have his uniform shirt on?" 784 00:35:47,231 --> 00:35:48,450 He said, "No, I never asked him that." 785 00:35:48,450 --> 00:35:50,626 He just figures he's on his own time, 786 00:35:50,626 --> 00:35:53,585 so he could probably wear whatever he wants. 787 00:35:54,325 --> 00:35:55,500 That's unusual. 788 00:35:55,500 --> 00:35:57,720 That right there's a big red flag. 789 00:35:57,720 --> 00:35:59,461 [Narrator] That's not the only thing 790 00:35:59,461 --> 00:36:01,463 that raises alarm bells. 791 00:36:01,463 --> 00:36:04,292 Doyle said that Sellers had commented 792 00:36:04,292 --> 00:36:07,469 about wanting to have a drink with Savannah. 793 00:36:07,469 --> 00:36:10,080 He thought she was very attractive. 794 00:36:10,080 --> 00:36:13,170 [Narrator] Detectives ask Chuck Doyle if Robert Sellers 795 00:36:13,170 --> 00:36:15,477 ever confided anything else to him. 796 00:36:15,477 --> 00:36:19,263 Regarding the relationship between Doyle and Sellers, 797 00:36:19,263 --> 00:36:20,525 they weren't buddies. 798 00:36:20,525 --> 00:36:21,657 They didn't do things together. 799 00:36:21,657 --> 00:36:23,311 They weren't really close friends. 800 00:36:23,311 --> 00:36:24,747 [Narrator] Following this lead, 801 00:36:24,747 --> 00:36:27,576 investigators ask Chuck if it was common for them 802 00:36:27,576 --> 00:36:29,665 to go for breakfast during his shift, 803 00:36:29,665 --> 00:36:32,058 like they did the night of the murder. 804 00:36:32,058 --> 00:36:33,234 They never did that before, 805 00:36:33,234 --> 00:36:35,061 so why is Sellers there on a night 806 00:36:35,061 --> 00:36:36,672 when he's supposed to leave soon 807 00:36:36,672 --> 00:36:39,022 to go to work at a Marine base, saying, 808 00:36:39,022 --> 00:36:41,111 "Hey, you want to go get something to eat?" 809 00:36:41,111 --> 00:36:42,678 It didn't seem to fit. 810 00:36:42,678 --> 00:36:44,288 But I had the paperwork that shows 811 00:36:44,288 --> 00:36:45,724 that he had been exonerated. 812 00:36:45,724 --> 00:36:47,596 It wasn't his print, but I saw 813 00:36:47,596 --> 00:36:49,293 all kinds of things that Sellers did 814 00:36:49,293 --> 00:36:51,077 that was suspicious. 815 00:36:51,077 --> 00:36:53,210 Why is he here now at this time? 816 00:36:53,210 --> 00:36:54,472 It all fits if he came back 817 00:36:54,472 --> 00:36:56,387 and did something with the body at that time. 818 00:36:56,387 --> 00:36:58,563 It all made sense time-wise. 819 00:36:58,563 --> 00:37:00,348 And that's when I decided 820 00:37:00,348 --> 00:37:01,871 we need to find those prints again 821 00:37:01,871 --> 00:37:04,352 and see if we matched them properly. 822 00:37:04,352 --> 00:37:07,920 [tense energetic music] 823 00:37:12,969 --> 00:37:15,232 [taafter Savannah Andersonive years 824 00:37:15,232 --> 00:37:17,365 was found murdered in her apartment, 825 00:37:17,365 --> 00:37:19,932 cold case investigators suspect her killer 826 00:37:19,932 --> 00:37:23,762 has been hiding in plain sight the entire time. 827 00:37:23,762 --> 00:37:26,199 I've got a suspicion that this guy, Robert Sellers, 828 00:37:26,199 --> 00:37:29,551 might be the guy 'cause there's too many lies or mistakes. 829 00:37:29,551 --> 00:37:31,248 He's already been exonerated, 830 00:37:31,248 --> 00:37:33,424 and I didn't believe the exoneration. 831 00:37:33,424 --> 00:37:35,165 We need to find somebody who's better 832 00:37:35,165 --> 00:37:36,775 than our Sheriff's department, 833 00:37:36,775 --> 00:37:39,561 who's best in the world that we can get. 834 00:37:39,561 --> 00:37:40,779 [Narrator] Robert's prints 835 00:37:40,779 --> 00:37:42,520 and the ones found at the crime scene 836 00:37:42,520 --> 00:37:44,914 are rushed to FBI headquarters. 837 00:37:44,914 --> 00:37:48,091 The FBI discovered that some parts of the palm print 838 00:37:48,091 --> 00:37:51,312 were so thick with blood that it became a negative. 839 00:37:51,312 --> 00:37:54,140 It was the opposite of what it should be 840 00:37:54,140 --> 00:37:55,620 because of the thick blood. 841 00:37:55,620 --> 00:37:58,057 The thick blood looked like the ridges 842 00:37:58,057 --> 00:38:00,538 when really, they were the valleys of the print. 843 00:38:00,538 --> 00:38:03,367 [Narrator] The FBI re-analyze the palm print 844 00:38:03,367 --> 00:38:05,978 and compare it to prints obtained from Robert. 845 00:38:05,978 --> 00:38:09,025 The next day, the fingerprint lab at the FBI 846 00:38:09,025 --> 00:38:13,682 was able to identify about 24 points of identification, 847 00:38:13,682 --> 00:38:17,425 a positive identification of security guard Bob Sellers. 848 00:38:17,425 --> 00:38:20,819 [suspenseful music] 849 00:38:20,819 --> 00:38:22,473 We have to arrest him now. 850 00:38:22,473 --> 00:38:24,562 Sellers, at the time that he was arrested, 851 00:38:24,562 --> 00:38:27,652 was living in a mobile home up in Brea. 852 00:38:27,652 --> 00:38:28,653 At the police department, 853 00:38:28,653 --> 00:38:30,176 he was presented with evidence 854 00:38:30,176 --> 00:38:33,876 that his prints are, in fact, in the blood there. 855 00:38:33,876 --> 00:38:36,835 He didn't come forward right away, 856 00:38:36,835 --> 00:38:39,403 but very quickly, after he had some lies, 857 00:38:39,403 --> 00:38:43,581 he did admit that he did everything that we thought he did. 858 00:38:43,581 --> 00:38:45,453 [suspenseful music] 859 00:38:45,453 --> 00:38:48,194 He was obsessed with her. 860 00:38:48,194 --> 00:38:50,153 He found her very attractive. 861 00:38:50,153 --> 00:38:53,678 He thought perhaps by going into her apartment 862 00:38:53,678 --> 00:38:58,901 that he might convince her of some romantic get-together. 863 00:38:59,858 --> 00:39:02,600 He gained entry into her apartment 864 00:39:02,600 --> 00:39:06,561 through an unlocked window where he could hear her 865 00:39:06,561 --> 00:39:09,694 on the telephone talking with her mother. 866 00:39:09,694 --> 00:39:12,697 He stayed in the bedroom, hid as best possible 867 00:39:12,697 --> 00:39:16,701 while she talked in the kitchen living room area. 868 00:39:16,701 --> 00:39:20,749 Once she got off the phone at about a little after 12, 869 00:39:20,749 --> 00:39:23,012 she came into the bedroom. 870 00:39:23,012 --> 00:39:25,754 When she saw him, she was thinking, 871 00:39:25,754 --> 00:39:30,280 "I have an intruder, a man in here and I'm frightened." 872 00:39:31,368 --> 00:39:34,415 And he became frightened and realized 873 00:39:34,415 --> 00:39:37,026 that he had to silence her. 874 00:39:37,026 --> 00:39:41,204 He pulled out his baton and began striking her. 875 00:39:41,204 --> 00:39:44,076 He then went to strangulation. 876 00:39:44,990 --> 00:39:46,688 During the struggle with Savannah, 877 00:39:46,688 --> 00:39:48,429 he said that his shirt got bloody, 878 00:39:48,429 --> 00:39:50,605 so he had to take it off. 879 00:39:50,605 --> 00:39:52,345 So when he went to see Doyle, 880 00:39:52,345 --> 00:39:55,436 he had a shirt in his hand so that his replacement 881 00:39:55,436 --> 00:39:57,133 would not see the blood on it. 882 00:39:58,177 --> 00:40:01,224 And then he goes home, gets cleaned up, 883 00:40:01,224 --> 00:40:05,924 sneaks back in and then goes into Savannah's apartment. 884 00:40:05,924 --> 00:40:08,449 Sellers wanted her sexually. 885 00:40:08,449 --> 00:40:10,668 He had to kill her to get that. 886 00:40:10,668 --> 00:40:13,758 He did talk about, he wanted her to be clean. 887 00:40:13,758 --> 00:40:16,587 And so that's why he dragged her into the shower 888 00:40:16,587 --> 00:40:18,110 and washed the blood off of her 889 00:40:18,110 --> 00:40:20,330 and took her back into the bedroom 890 00:40:20,330 --> 00:40:21,853 and wrapped her head in towels 891 00:40:21,853 --> 00:40:23,768 'cause she was so badly beaten. 892 00:40:23,768 --> 00:40:26,858 So then he just had a body that was clean 893 00:40:26,858 --> 00:40:29,165 and he could have his fantasy. 894 00:40:30,906 --> 00:40:32,429 At three o'clock in the morning, 895 00:40:32,429 --> 00:40:33,909 he's trying to sneak out. 896 00:40:33,909 --> 00:40:35,127 And that's when Doyle sees him. 897 00:40:35,127 --> 00:40:36,825 And that's when, at the spur of the moment, 898 00:40:36,825 --> 00:40:38,304 he has to all of a sudden pretend like, 899 00:40:38,304 --> 00:40:41,786 "Oh, I'm here to go to breakfast with you, okay?" 900 00:40:41,786 --> 00:40:44,136 He almost seemed relieved when he finally 901 00:40:44,136 --> 00:40:47,662 was able to confess that he actually did kill Savannah. 902 00:40:49,054 --> 00:40:51,883 [Narrator] On March 29th, 1984, 903 00:40:51,883 --> 00:40:54,538 Robert Sellers is charged with murder, 904 00:40:54,538 --> 00:40:57,585 rape, attempted rape, and burglary. 905 00:40:57,585 --> 00:40:59,064 I think after five years, 906 00:40:59,064 --> 00:41:01,980 he thought he probably did get away with it. 907 00:41:01,980 --> 00:41:06,158 In that time, he got married, started a family. 908 00:41:06,158 --> 00:41:11,424 The anguish that he caused with Savannah Anderson's death, 909 00:41:12,600 --> 00:41:15,603 he didn't deserve having that extra five years. 910 00:41:15,603 --> 00:41:18,214 [Narrator] On November 4th, 1986, 911 00:41:18,214 --> 00:41:21,652 Robert Sellers is found guilty of first degree murder 912 00:41:21,652 --> 00:41:24,612 and a special circumstance of rape. 913 00:41:24,612 --> 00:41:26,875 But his lawyers win his appeal. 914 00:41:26,875 --> 00:41:31,183 His conviction was overturned on a technicality. 915 00:41:31,183 --> 00:41:32,445 [taut music] 916 00:41:32,445 --> 00:41:35,579 The fact that the prosecution could not prove 917 00:41:35,579 --> 00:41:38,539 that she was alive during the rape, 918 00:41:38,539 --> 00:41:41,454 changed the verdict for a life 919 00:41:41,454 --> 00:41:43,935 without possibility of parole. 920 00:41:43,935 --> 00:41:45,676 [Narrator] Instead of a retrial, 921 00:41:45,676 --> 00:41:48,200 prosecutors offer Robert a deal. 922 00:41:48,200 --> 00:41:50,855 He accepts to avoid the death penalty 923 00:41:50,855 --> 00:41:53,945 and pleads guilty to first degree murder. 924 00:41:53,945 --> 00:41:58,646 He is sentenced to 25 years to life in prison. 925 00:41:58,646 --> 00:42:01,866 Here, you have a guard, a man, a Marine, 926 00:42:01,866 --> 00:42:05,261 placed there to protect the residents, 927 00:42:05,261 --> 00:42:10,266 and it turned out he is the one committing the crime. 928 00:42:10,266 --> 00:42:12,050 One would not expect 929 00:42:12,050 --> 00:42:14,792 the one who is protecting you 930 00:42:14,792 --> 00:42:16,141 to be your killer. 931 00:42:16,141 --> 00:42:17,708 [taut mellow music] 932 00:42:17,708 --> 00:42:20,624 It was absolutely devastating 933 00:42:20,624 --> 00:42:22,800 when we found out who it was. 934 00:42:22,800 --> 00:42:25,150 The irony of it all was the fact that 935 00:42:25,150 --> 00:42:28,327 she moved to this beautiful apartment complex, 936 00:42:28,327 --> 00:42:31,243 thinking she was going to be safe and secure. 937 00:42:31,243 --> 00:42:34,856 And it was the security guard that actually did it. 938 00:42:34,856 --> 00:42:36,988 It was like, are you kidding? 939 00:42:36,988 --> 00:42:38,729 Nobody could believe it. 940 00:42:38,729 --> 00:42:40,252 [somber music] 941 00:42:40,252 --> 00:42:42,341 [Narrator] Authorities don't find anything 942 00:42:42,341 --> 00:42:46,258 to link Robert Sellers to the bedroom basher killings. 943 00:42:46,258 --> 00:42:50,001 In 1996, Gerald Parker was identified 944 00:42:50,001 --> 00:42:52,264 and convicted of those crimes. 945 00:42:54,223 --> 00:42:58,749 In 1999, Robert Sellers died in prison. 946 00:42:58,749 --> 00:43:00,272 I do feel there was justice, 947 00:43:00,272 --> 00:43:02,361 especially when I found out that he died 948 00:43:02,361 --> 00:43:03,798 after he had been in prison. 949 00:43:03,798 --> 00:43:06,365 That was justice right there. 950 00:43:06,365 --> 00:43:07,453 [mellow music] 951 00:43:07,453 --> 00:43:09,325 When I remember Savannah, 952 00:43:09,325 --> 00:43:12,633 I think of this beautiful young woman, 953 00:43:12,633 --> 00:43:14,722 just the prettiest smile. 954 00:43:14,722 --> 00:43:17,899 She was very, very poised. 955 00:43:17,899 --> 00:43:20,553 I think she would've definitely had a bright future, 956 00:43:20,553 --> 00:43:24,035 had her life not been taken, in any sense of the manner 957 00:43:24,035 --> 00:43:26,298 of whether she had married and had a family, 958 00:43:26,298 --> 00:43:28,605 or gone on in the business world. 959 00:43:28,605 --> 00:43:31,564 She just was a very lovely person. 960 00:43:31,564 --> 00:43:34,219 [mellow music]