1 00:00:02,697 --> 00:00:04,264 An outgoing and vivacious mother. 2 00:00:04,264 --> 00:00:05,874 Everybody that met her loved her. 3 00:00:05,874 --> 00:00:08,007 She would make every day fun. 4 00:00:08,007 --> 00:00:09,878 She was vibrant, happy. 5 00:00:09,878 --> 00:00:11,532 She was the life of the party. 6 00:00:11,532 --> 00:00:13,273 Is savagely murdered. 7 00:00:13,273 --> 00:00:15,145 The level of brutality that was 8 00:00:15,145 --> 00:00:18,061 involved in the actual murder was just shocking. 9 00:00:18,061 --> 00:00:20,106 Her throat was slashed almost to the point 10 00:00:20,106 --> 00:00:22,326 where she was decapitated. 11 00:00:22,326 --> 00:00:25,068 Police hunt for an elusive killer. 12 00:00:25,068 --> 00:00:26,678 We had nothing to tell us what happened. 13 00:00:26,678 --> 00:00:29,072 Crime scene evidence produced basically nothing. 14 00:00:29,072 --> 00:00:30,334 We couldn't figure out 15 00:00:30,334 --> 00:00:32,075 who did it and why they did it. 16 00:00:32,075 --> 00:00:33,728 We were really baffled. 17 00:00:33,728 --> 00:00:35,382 It could've been anybody. 18 00:00:35,382 --> 00:00:38,298 And follow a twisted trail of evidence. 19 00:00:38,298 --> 00:00:40,257 Why would he use a calling card? 20 00:00:40,257 --> 00:00:43,129 There were 44 phone calls made 21 00:00:43,129 --> 00:00:45,131 up until the day of the murder. 22 00:00:45,131 --> 00:00:47,133 The officer found a loaded handgun 23 00:00:47,133 --> 00:00:48,874 and hollow point bullets. 24 00:00:48,874 --> 00:00:50,919 It kind of lit up like a light bulb. 25 00:00:50,919 --> 00:00:53,183 Until a desperate move. 26 00:00:53,183 --> 00:00:54,923 This was really the one shot 27 00:00:54,923 --> 00:00:57,317 that the police had to solve this case. 28 00:00:57,317 --> 00:00:58,927 Reveals a secret 29 00:00:58,927 --> 00:01:00,494 that stuns everyone. 30 00:01:01,365 --> 00:01:03,062 I was very surprised. 31 00:01:03,062 --> 00:01:04,150 Like, I was shocked. 32 00:01:04,150 --> 00:01:05,847 All of us were. 33 00:01:05,847 --> 00:01:09,503 I never would have expected that it would lead to this. 34 00:01:22,429 --> 00:01:24,257 At 10:27 p.m. 35 00:01:24,257 --> 00:01:25,824 on a cold Tuesday 36 00:01:25,824 --> 00:01:27,782 in January 2003, 37 00:01:27,782 --> 00:01:32,265 Ramapo Police dispatch receives an emergency call. 38 00:02:11,826 --> 00:02:14,307 Officers are dispatched to the home, 39 00:02:14,307 --> 00:02:17,658 located in a quiet, family neighborhood. 40 00:02:17,658 --> 00:02:20,139 When I initially approached the house, 41 00:02:20,139 --> 00:02:22,228 I see a man with a young boy 42 00:02:22,228 --> 00:02:25,840 with this really blank face walking by. 43 00:02:25,840 --> 00:02:27,320 He didn't say anything to me. 44 00:02:27,320 --> 00:02:29,279 I noticed that he had a shopping bag. 45 00:02:29,279 --> 00:02:31,411 It looked like a gallon of milk. 46 00:02:31,411 --> 00:02:33,457 I enter the home and go upstairs 47 00:02:33,457 --> 00:02:36,982 to the back rear bedroom to give this woman aid 48 00:02:36,982 --> 00:02:39,506 only to find that I was at the scene of a murder. 49 00:02:40,986 --> 00:02:42,161 You know, her injuries were so severe. 50 00:02:42,161 --> 00:02:44,076 She's clearly dead. 51 00:02:45,382 --> 00:02:48,167 She has a very deep laceration to her neck, 52 00:02:48,167 --> 00:02:51,126 and she has what appears to be a knife handle 53 00:02:51,126 --> 00:02:53,085 sticking out of her chest, 54 00:02:53,085 --> 00:02:57,002 and the blood is just pooled around her body. 55 00:02:57,002 --> 00:03:00,223 To me, it looked like the blood was still moving, 56 00:03:00,223 --> 00:03:01,920 and I was thinking to myself 57 00:03:02,703 --> 00:03:04,314 this just happened. 58 00:03:05,750 --> 00:03:08,231 It could be that the killer's still in the house. 59 00:03:09,536 --> 00:03:13,714 So, myself and another police officer went room by room 60 00:03:13,714 --> 00:03:15,194 and cleared the house, 61 00:03:15,194 --> 00:03:17,718 and we didn't find anybody else inside. 62 00:03:17,718 --> 00:03:20,373 At that point now I had to secure the crime scene. 63 00:03:20,373 --> 00:03:21,896 I knew that it was dark, 64 00:03:21,896 --> 00:03:23,071 but once it's a crime scene, 65 00:03:23,071 --> 00:03:24,421 you try not to touch anything, 66 00:03:24,421 --> 00:03:26,249 because you don't know what is evidence. 67 00:03:28,076 --> 00:03:30,122 Detectives arrive on the scene 68 00:03:30,122 --> 00:03:33,125 and begin their investigation in the bedroom. 69 00:03:33,125 --> 00:03:34,866 The victim was lying on her back, 70 00:03:34,866 --> 00:03:39,262 and she had a tremendously deep wound to her neck. 71 00:03:39,262 --> 00:03:42,395 So deep so, you could see part of her spine. 72 00:03:43,875 --> 00:03:45,485 There appeared to be two stab wounds to her chest, 73 00:03:45,485 --> 00:03:47,226 and there was a large, 74 00:03:47,226 --> 00:03:48,314 I would call it a kitchen knife, 75 00:03:48,314 --> 00:03:50,055 sticking in her chest. 76 00:03:50,055 --> 00:03:53,101 We, of course, dusted the knife for fingerprints, 77 00:03:53,101 --> 00:03:54,407 which came back negative. 78 00:03:54,407 --> 00:03:56,844 The actual blade had gone through her 79 00:03:56,844 --> 00:03:59,543 and was stuck into the parquet wood floor. 80 00:04:01,371 --> 00:04:03,416 You know, it was a pretty brutal scene. 81 00:04:03,416 --> 00:04:05,288 She didn't appear to be dead for long. 82 00:04:05,288 --> 00:04:07,333 Her body was cold to the touch, 83 00:04:07,333 --> 00:04:09,292 but there was no rigor mortis. 84 00:04:09,292 --> 00:04:11,032 There was no lividity. 85 00:04:11,032 --> 00:04:12,947 We looked at a potential 86 00:04:12,947 --> 00:04:14,558 attack of a sexual nature. 87 00:04:14,558 --> 00:04:16,690 There was nothing obvious to the eye. 88 00:04:17,604 --> 00:04:19,476 Her clothing was not disturbed. 89 00:04:19,476 --> 00:04:21,260 I looked for any defensive wounds. 90 00:04:21,260 --> 00:04:22,435 If there was a struggle, 91 00:04:22,435 --> 00:04:24,307 there'd be some indication on her hands, 92 00:04:24,307 --> 00:04:26,134 and none of that was evident. 93 00:04:26,134 --> 00:04:28,354 The brutality of her injuries 94 00:04:28,354 --> 00:04:30,922 and how many times she had been stabbed, 95 00:04:30,922 --> 00:04:34,360 it looked more like what we would call a crime of passion. 96 00:04:36,101 --> 00:04:37,407 Looking around the room, 97 00:04:37,407 --> 00:04:41,106 investigators discover some unusual clues. 98 00:04:41,106 --> 00:04:43,369 I found it kind of odd that there was no lights, 99 00:04:43,369 --> 00:04:46,372 but the fan in the ceiling was running. 100 00:04:46,372 --> 00:04:48,983 The fan light had no light bulbs in it, 101 00:04:48,983 --> 00:04:51,421 and in the garbage basket were three light bulbs, 102 00:04:51,421 --> 00:04:53,771 and there was one on the floor next to it. 103 00:04:53,771 --> 00:04:56,295 I'm like, well, what's this all about? 104 00:04:56,295 --> 00:04:57,514 There was a wall sconce 105 00:04:57,514 --> 00:04:59,646 that had a light bulb that was loosened. 106 00:04:59,646 --> 00:05:01,387 To me it would be indicative of somebody 107 00:05:01,387 --> 00:05:03,520 looking to hide their presence. 108 00:05:03,520 --> 00:05:06,349 You know, lessen the ability of the victim to see them. 109 00:05:08,307 --> 00:05:09,874 The house was a little bit in disarray, 110 00:05:09,874 --> 00:05:12,355 but it didn't look like it had been ransacked, 111 00:05:12,355 --> 00:05:14,487 or that it was part of a burglary. 112 00:05:15,836 --> 00:05:17,490 There was some expensive tools in the garage. 113 00:05:17,490 --> 00:05:20,188 There was quite a bit of silverware, 114 00:05:20,188 --> 00:05:21,451 which as a burglar, 115 00:05:21,451 --> 00:05:22,756 they would take that I would think. 116 00:05:24,236 --> 00:05:25,585 Nothing really of value was taken, 117 00:05:25,585 --> 00:05:28,022 and so that started raising more questions 118 00:05:28,022 --> 00:05:30,242 of what exactly happened here? 119 00:05:31,548 --> 00:05:33,332 Police examine the exterior 120 00:05:33,332 --> 00:05:35,378 of the house for evidence. 121 00:05:36,248 --> 00:05:38,468 We didn't see any types of 122 00:05:38,468 --> 00:05:40,600 breaks in the windows or the screens. 123 00:05:40,600 --> 00:05:43,386 Everything appeared to be locked and secure. 124 00:05:44,561 --> 00:05:46,519 On the ground you could see a set of footprints 125 00:05:46,519 --> 00:05:49,522 in the snow that led to the back door, 126 00:05:49,522 --> 00:05:51,611 and that door wasn't broken open, 127 00:05:51,611 --> 00:05:53,483 but it was opened just slightly. 128 00:05:53,483 --> 00:05:55,223 That could have been a point of entry 129 00:05:55,223 --> 00:05:57,269 for whoever had done this to her. 130 00:05:59,053 --> 00:06:00,794 Investigators speak with the homeowner, 131 00:06:00,794 --> 00:06:02,317 Peter Visich. 132 00:06:02,317 --> 00:06:04,363 He tells police the victim is his wife, 133 00:06:04,363 --> 00:06:06,452 36-year-old Evelyn Visich, 134 00:06:06,452 --> 00:06:08,062 and that they live in the house 135 00:06:08,062 --> 00:06:10,108 with their two-year-old son, Ryan. 136 00:06:11,283 --> 00:06:12,415 Peter had told the police 137 00:06:12,415 --> 00:06:14,242 he'd gotten home with his son, 138 00:06:14,242 --> 00:06:15,374 and that he observed that 139 00:06:15,374 --> 00:06:17,071 something happened to his wife. 140 00:06:17,071 --> 00:06:20,466 When the police spoke to Peter and explained to him 141 00:06:20,466 --> 00:06:23,382 what exactly happened to his wife, Evelyn, 142 00:06:23,382 --> 00:06:24,862 it was a strange reaction. 143 00:06:26,124 --> 00:06:27,560 He just sort of had a very 144 00:06:30,128 --> 00:06:32,217 stale face. 145 00:06:32,217 --> 00:06:34,437 That was something that was odd to me, 146 00:06:34,437 --> 00:06:37,570 but it certainly didn't point any fingers at him. 147 00:06:37,570 --> 00:06:39,093 There was no blood 148 00:06:39,093 --> 00:06:41,095 and nothing in his hands 149 00:06:41,095 --> 00:06:42,488 or on him or on his clothes 150 00:06:42,488 --> 00:06:44,447 that would indicate that he 151 00:06:44,447 --> 00:06:46,927 had been part of the murder. 152 00:06:46,927 --> 00:06:48,494 While Peter is taken 153 00:06:48,494 --> 00:06:50,540 to headquarters to make a statement, 154 00:06:50,540 --> 00:06:54,195 Ryan is looked after by his grandparents. 155 00:06:54,195 --> 00:06:56,415 At the crime scene investigators 156 00:06:56,415 --> 00:06:58,417 continue to look for any clues 157 00:06:58,417 --> 00:07:01,289 to who has killed Evelyn Visich. 158 00:07:01,289 --> 00:07:03,944 In these early stages you don't really know the victim, 159 00:07:03,944 --> 00:07:06,512 and so now you have to start thinking who would do that, 160 00:07:06,512 --> 00:07:08,775 and what was the reason for this brutality 161 00:07:08,775 --> 00:07:10,995 that was leveled against this victim? 162 00:07:13,476 --> 00:07:14,520 Born to a single mother 163 00:07:14,520 --> 00:07:17,436 in Lares, Puerto Rico in 1966, 164 00:07:17,436 --> 00:07:19,133 Evelyn grew up determined 165 00:07:19,133 --> 00:07:21,484 to escape her humble childhood. 166 00:07:22,528 --> 00:07:23,573 She came to this country 167 00:07:23,573 --> 00:07:25,531 from Puerto Rico when she was 19, 168 00:07:25,531 --> 00:07:27,490 to live the American dream. 169 00:07:28,621 --> 00:07:30,144 Evelyn landed a job at a large 170 00:07:30,144 --> 00:07:33,321 home improvement store in Paramus, New jersey, 171 00:07:33,321 --> 00:07:35,759 where she made an immediate impression. 172 00:07:35,759 --> 00:07:38,152 Evelyn was a great employee. 173 00:07:38,152 --> 00:07:40,503 She had such a good work ethic. 174 00:07:40,503 --> 00:07:42,156 Everybody loved her. 175 00:07:42,156 --> 00:07:43,723 She was vibrant, positive. 176 00:07:43,723 --> 00:07:47,335 You could hear Evelyn from a mile away. 177 00:07:47,335 --> 00:07:48,598 She was always happy. 178 00:07:48,598 --> 00:07:50,338 She loved her music. 179 00:07:50,338 --> 00:07:52,340 She was passionate about dancing. 180 00:07:52,340 --> 00:07:55,343 She was a proud Latina. 181 00:07:55,343 --> 00:07:56,997 She was beautiful inside and out. 182 00:07:56,997 --> 00:07:58,564 Such a giving person. 183 00:07:58,564 --> 00:08:00,566 She was very kind. 184 00:08:02,350 --> 00:08:03,351 Evelyn started dating Peter 185 00:08:03,351 --> 00:08:05,484 after they met at the store. 186 00:08:05,484 --> 00:08:08,531 Peter used to shop there with his father. 187 00:08:08,531 --> 00:08:12,317 He was very quiet, very polite, family oriented. 188 00:08:12,317 --> 00:08:14,014 He seemed like a good guy. 189 00:08:14,014 --> 00:08:17,496 Someone that she could see building a family with. 190 00:08:17,496 --> 00:08:18,932 That was her dream. 191 00:08:20,412 --> 00:08:22,022 Peter and Evelyn married, 192 00:08:22,022 --> 00:08:25,199 and soon welcomed their son, Ryan, into the family. 193 00:08:25,199 --> 00:08:26,679 Ryan was her world. 194 00:08:27,550 --> 00:08:28,812 Everyone knew she had a son, 195 00:08:28,812 --> 00:08:31,379 and everyone knew how much she loved her son. 196 00:08:32,685 --> 00:08:34,557 After four years of marriage, 197 00:08:34,557 --> 00:08:37,211 the couple's relationship deteriorated, 198 00:08:37,211 --> 00:08:39,779 and Evelyn filed for divorce. 199 00:08:39,779 --> 00:08:41,389 Things started to go wrong. 200 00:08:41,389 --> 00:08:43,609 They were just very disconnected, 201 00:08:43,609 --> 00:08:46,786 but she wanted Peter to be a part of Ryan's life 202 00:08:46,786 --> 00:08:50,834 while they figured out their divorce and custody agreement. 203 00:08:52,618 --> 00:08:53,793 But Evelyn was killed 204 00:08:53,793 --> 00:08:55,882 before the divorce was finalized, 205 00:08:55,882 --> 00:08:57,667 raising police suspicions 206 00:08:57,667 --> 00:09:00,017 due to the nature of her murder. 207 00:09:00,017 --> 00:09:01,888 The ferocity, the level of violence, 208 00:09:01,888 --> 00:09:04,021 you would think somebody really had an ax to grind, 209 00:09:04,021 --> 00:09:06,545 someone that's personally involved with the victim. 210 00:09:06,545 --> 00:09:08,808 If you looked at the nature of the crime, 211 00:09:08,808 --> 00:09:10,593 it suggested that it was somebody 212 00:09:10,593 --> 00:09:12,377 doing this for a reason. 213 00:09:12,377 --> 00:09:14,771 You have a couple who are going through a divorce. 214 00:09:14,771 --> 00:09:16,468 In these types of cases, 215 00:09:16,468 --> 00:09:17,469 you're going to look at the husband. 216 00:09:20,646 --> 00:09:22,082 Coming up. 217 00:09:22,082 --> 00:09:24,694 Police discover additional suspects. 218 00:09:24,694 --> 00:09:26,696 We learned that he had been with Evelyn 219 00:09:26,696 --> 00:09:28,349 the night of the murder. 220 00:09:28,349 --> 00:09:30,743 Maybe they were having a domestic argument, a dispute. 221 00:09:30,743 --> 00:09:32,832 And unearth hidden evidence. 222 00:09:32,832 --> 00:09:36,531 Evelyn had secretly audio taped some of the arguments 223 00:09:36,531 --> 00:09:38,185 and fights that they had been having. 224 00:09:38,185 --> 00:09:41,188 But just as the investigation falters... 225 00:09:41,188 --> 00:09:43,713 Maybe he wasn't the one who actually did the murder, 226 00:09:43,713 --> 00:09:45,410 because it just didn't make sense. 227 00:09:45,410 --> 00:09:48,631 Was there a piece of the puzzle that we weren't seeing? 228 00:09:48,631 --> 00:09:52,460 A new face blows the case wide open. 229 00:09:52,460 --> 00:09:54,114 He's perspiring heavily. 230 00:09:54,114 --> 00:09:56,290 I could see the vein in his neck beating, 231 00:09:56,290 --> 00:09:57,727 and I said to him, I said, 232 00:09:57,727 --> 00:09:59,598 "I don't want to hear what you have to say. 233 00:09:59,598 --> 00:10:00,947 "I already know what happened, 234 00:10:00,947 --> 00:10:02,296 "and I'm going to prove it." 235 00:10:10,740 --> 00:10:12,655 Police investigating the murder 236 00:10:12,655 --> 00:10:15,527 of mother-of-one, Evelyn Visich, 237 00:10:15,527 --> 00:10:17,137 have their first suspect, 238 00:10:17,137 --> 00:10:20,053 her estranged husband, Peter Visich. 239 00:10:21,751 --> 00:10:23,796 You have to start thinking did the husband do this, 240 00:10:23,796 --> 00:10:26,146 or is he involved in it somehow? 241 00:10:26,146 --> 00:10:27,844 Peter mentioned that his relationship 242 00:10:27,844 --> 00:10:30,150 with Evelyn was troubling to him 243 00:10:31,630 --> 00:10:32,718 because they were in a different place. 244 00:10:32,718 --> 00:10:33,719 He wanted her to stay home. 245 00:10:33,719 --> 00:10:35,503 She wanted to work, 246 00:10:35,503 --> 00:10:37,897 and the relationship deteriorated, 247 00:10:37,897 --> 00:10:40,334 and Evelyn had filed for divorce. 248 00:10:40,334 --> 00:10:42,815 Evelyn and Peter still lived in the same home, 249 00:10:42,815 --> 00:10:44,948 even though this divorce was proceeding. 250 00:10:44,948 --> 00:10:46,689 They slept in separate bedrooms, 251 00:10:46,689 --> 00:10:48,168 but they were living under the same roof. 252 00:10:49,866 --> 00:10:51,737 Peter claims he last saw Evelyn alive 253 00:10:51,737 --> 00:10:53,826 the morning she was killed. 254 00:10:53,826 --> 00:10:56,524 He had taken his son for the day. 255 00:10:56,524 --> 00:10:58,396 Evelyn had gone to work. 256 00:10:58,396 --> 00:11:01,791 Peter told us he went to his mother's house at 8:30 257 00:11:01,791 --> 00:11:05,751 that morning with Ryan to do some household repairs. 258 00:11:05,751 --> 00:11:07,535 He didn't have a steady job. 259 00:11:07,535 --> 00:11:08,841 His parents supported him. 260 00:11:08,841 --> 00:11:10,016 He also did a lot of odd jobs 261 00:11:10,016 --> 00:11:12,540 for them that they paid him for. 262 00:11:12,540 --> 00:11:13,759 He stayed at his mother's house 263 00:11:13,759 --> 00:11:15,500 until approximately 8:30, 264 00:11:16,762 --> 00:11:18,198 and at that time he went with his son, Ryan, 265 00:11:18,198 --> 00:11:20,287 to the Palisades Mall. 266 00:11:21,898 --> 00:11:24,727 Peter tells police that just after 9:00 p.m., 267 00:11:24,727 --> 00:11:26,206 he called Evelyn's cell, 268 00:11:26,206 --> 00:11:28,774 and she told him she was at a friend's house. 269 00:11:30,776 --> 00:11:32,952 She told Peter that she was on her way home 270 00:11:32,952 --> 00:11:36,042 and would probably be home within 20 minutes or so. 271 00:11:36,042 --> 00:11:37,740 At approximately 10:00 p.m., 272 00:11:37,740 --> 00:11:39,567 Peter received a telephone call 273 00:11:39,567 --> 00:11:42,396 from Evelyn asking where he was. 274 00:11:42,396 --> 00:11:45,835 Peter said to Evelyn that he was picking up milk, 275 00:11:45,835 --> 00:11:47,837 and that he would be home shortly. 276 00:11:48,925 --> 00:11:50,796 Peter said that upon arriving home, 277 00:11:50,796 --> 00:11:52,755 his intent was to put Ryan to bed, 278 00:11:52,755 --> 00:11:54,234 but he said that he found it odd 279 00:11:54,234 --> 00:11:56,759 that the lights were not working in the hallway. 280 00:11:56,759 --> 00:11:58,064 He said he looked into the bedroom. 281 00:11:58,064 --> 00:12:01,024 He saw that Evelyn was on the floor, 282 00:12:01,024 --> 00:12:02,677 and he said that she was obviously 283 00:12:02,677 --> 00:12:04,288 deceased according to him, 284 00:12:04,288 --> 00:12:06,072 and he ran back downstairs, 285 00:12:06,072 --> 00:12:09,249 and ran to the neighbor's house to call the police. 286 00:12:09,249 --> 00:12:12,687 Peter Visich was questioned for over 16 hours. 287 00:12:12,687 --> 00:12:14,341 I mean, it was a very long interview. 288 00:12:14,341 --> 00:12:15,821 He never asked to leave. 289 00:12:15,821 --> 00:12:17,780 He never said, "I want a lawyer. 290 00:12:17,780 --> 00:12:19,782 "Leave me alone," anything like that. 291 00:12:19,782 --> 00:12:21,435 He was cooperative throughout. 292 00:12:21,435 --> 00:12:24,525 He agreed to provide us with fingernail clippings, 293 00:12:24,525 --> 00:12:29,617 hair samples, a blood sample, a buccal swab for his DNA. 294 00:12:29,617 --> 00:12:31,794 As Peter is providing samples, 295 00:12:31,794 --> 00:12:34,884 investigators run a background check. 296 00:12:34,884 --> 00:12:36,363 There was nothing in his history 297 00:12:36,363 --> 00:12:38,104 indicative of this violence. 298 00:12:38,104 --> 00:12:41,020 Peter was typically a guy who was if he wasn't home, 299 00:12:41,020 --> 00:12:42,717 working on cars, motorcycles, 300 00:12:42,717 --> 00:12:44,502 he was at his parent's house. 301 00:12:44,502 --> 00:12:45,895 Peter Visich's mother 302 00:12:45,895 --> 00:12:48,549 confirmed his alibi for the day 303 00:12:48,549 --> 00:12:51,291 and evening at the time that he said he was there. 304 00:12:51,291 --> 00:12:55,818 We found Peter to be at the A Supermarket buying milk 305 00:12:55,818 --> 00:12:57,036 and exiting the store consistent 306 00:12:57,036 --> 00:12:58,690 with the times he described, 307 00:12:58,690 --> 00:13:00,910 confirmed by video cameras, 308 00:13:00,910 --> 00:13:02,825 and he produced a receipt for the milk, 309 00:13:02,825 --> 00:13:05,871 time and date stamped, 10:15 p.m. 310 00:13:05,871 --> 00:13:08,743 The amount of time it took to go from A 311 00:13:08,743 --> 00:13:11,137 where he purchased the milk to his house, 312 00:13:11,137 --> 00:13:14,837 it just would not have been possible to commit that crime 313 00:13:14,837 --> 00:13:16,839 and call the police from the neighbor's phone, 314 00:13:16,839 --> 00:13:19,102 and not be contaminated in some sort, 315 00:13:20,581 --> 00:13:21,974 or leave behind some evidence or have evidence on him. 316 00:13:21,974 --> 00:13:24,498 We found no sign of any injuries. 317 00:13:24,498 --> 00:13:27,980 We found no sign of any blood on his person, on his shoes. 318 00:13:27,980 --> 00:13:29,852 At this point in the investigation, 319 00:13:29,852 --> 00:13:31,679 there was nothing that we could find 320 00:13:31,679 --> 00:13:33,203 that was showing that Peter Visich 321 00:13:33,203 --> 00:13:35,118 was involved in the murder of his wife. 322 00:13:35,118 --> 00:13:36,989 He was in all these different places 323 00:13:36,989 --> 00:13:38,991 where there were surveillance cameras, 324 00:13:38,991 --> 00:13:41,994 and with a timeline that prevented him 325 00:13:41,994 --> 00:13:44,736 from being at the scene of the murder when it occurred. 326 00:13:44,736 --> 00:13:45,868 Now you have to start thinking 327 00:13:45,868 --> 00:13:47,173 other than Peter Visich, 328 00:13:47,173 --> 00:13:48,914 who could do something like this, 329 00:13:48,914 --> 00:13:50,655 and why would they do something like this? 330 00:13:50,655 --> 00:13:53,919 I asked him did he have any concern about his own safety? 331 00:13:53,919 --> 00:13:55,703 You know, somebody came into your house. 332 00:13:55,703 --> 00:13:56,835 Maybe they were looking for you too. 333 00:13:56,835 --> 00:13:57,923 Does he have any enemies? 334 00:13:57,923 --> 00:13:59,882 Does he owe anybody money? 335 00:13:59,882 --> 00:14:03,755 Does he have any illegal habits, drugs, gambling? 336 00:14:03,755 --> 00:14:05,888 He answered no to all those questions. 337 00:14:05,888 --> 00:14:07,150 And I asked him if he knew anybody 338 00:14:07,150 --> 00:14:08,891 that might want to do this, 339 00:14:08,891 --> 00:14:11,545 and he said that she did have a boyfriend, 340 00:14:11,545 --> 00:14:12,982 and that we should look at him. 341 00:14:12,982 --> 00:14:14,548 Evelyn was dating another employee 342 00:14:14,548 --> 00:14:16,899 of Home Depot, Mike Granda. 343 00:14:16,899 --> 00:14:19,597 Here you have people going through a divorce, 344 00:14:19,597 --> 00:14:22,208 and now you have a boyfriend thrown into the mix. 345 00:14:22,208 --> 00:14:25,385 A motive could be jealousy. 346 00:14:25,385 --> 00:14:28,214 Could be a fight in their relationship. 347 00:14:28,214 --> 00:14:30,434 The fact that she still lives with Peter 348 00:14:32,044 --> 00:14:34,133 could be a source of upsetment for Mike Granda. 349 00:14:34,133 --> 00:14:37,006 Maybe it was a jealous boyfriend 350 00:14:37,006 --> 00:14:38,790 who had come in there. 351 00:14:38,790 --> 00:14:41,053 It fit the profile for the crime scene 352 00:14:41,053 --> 00:14:42,794 being that it was so horrific. 353 00:14:44,578 --> 00:14:46,929 The next morning police head to Evelyn's work 354 00:14:46,929 --> 00:14:49,496 to interview her boyfriend, Mike, 355 00:14:49,496 --> 00:14:50,976 and find that her co-workers 356 00:14:50,976 --> 00:14:54,066 already suspect something is wrong. 357 00:14:54,066 --> 00:14:56,242 I remember I kept calling her 358 00:14:56,242 --> 00:15:00,943 because Evelyn was always at work by the time I got there, 359 00:15:00,943 --> 00:15:03,119 and she wasn't there that day. 360 00:15:03,119 --> 00:15:08,341 I saw detectives when they came in and I got suspicious, 361 00:15:09,995 --> 00:15:12,041 and I said, "Something happened to Evelyn, right?" 362 00:15:12,041 --> 00:15:13,259 So, the detective said to me, 363 00:15:13,259 --> 00:15:15,044 "How would you know that?" 364 00:15:16,001 --> 00:15:17,220 So, what I said was, 365 00:15:17,220 --> 00:15:19,831 "You just confirmed it to me." 366 00:15:21,180 --> 00:15:23,835 We interviewed Evelyn's coworkers, 367 00:15:23,835 --> 00:15:26,098 and to a person they all loved her 368 00:15:26,098 --> 00:15:27,926 and spoke highly of her, 369 00:15:27,926 --> 00:15:30,015 and she had some very close relationships 370 00:15:30,015 --> 00:15:32,496 with people that she worked with that loved her dearly. 371 00:15:32,496 --> 00:15:33,845 That she was good to them. 372 00:15:33,845 --> 00:15:34,977 They were good to her. 373 00:15:34,977 --> 00:15:36,282 They looked out for each other. 374 00:15:36,282 --> 00:15:39,198 Evelyn was very, very loved at work. 375 00:15:39,198 --> 00:15:40,983 Emotionally it was horrible. 376 00:15:40,983 --> 00:15:43,376 I mean, we were her friends. 377 00:15:43,376 --> 00:15:45,030 We were her family. 378 00:15:45,030 --> 00:15:46,205 She wasn't just a friend. 379 00:15:46,205 --> 00:15:48,207 She was like a big sister to me. 380 00:15:50,122 --> 00:15:53,125 As investigators speak with Evelyn's coworkers, 381 00:15:53,125 --> 00:15:55,127 her boyfriend, Mike Granda, 382 00:15:55,127 --> 00:15:57,303 arrives to start his shift. 383 00:15:57,303 --> 00:15:59,827 When Mike Granda arrived for work, 384 00:15:59,827 --> 00:16:02,265 we told him that Evelyn had been murdered. 385 00:16:02,265 --> 00:16:04,049 He was visibly upset. 386 00:16:04,049 --> 00:16:06,051 But when detectives ask Mike 387 00:16:06,051 --> 00:16:08,140 where he was the night before, 388 00:16:08,140 --> 00:16:10,969 his answer raises eyebrows. 389 00:16:10,969 --> 00:16:12,362 According to Mike Granda, 390 00:16:12,362 --> 00:16:15,017 he had been with Evelyn the night of the murder. 391 00:16:15,017 --> 00:16:16,844 At that point you have to really 392 00:16:16,844 --> 00:16:18,281 look at every possibility. 393 00:16:18,281 --> 00:16:20,022 Maybe she was going back to her husband. 394 00:16:20,022 --> 00:16:21,240 Maybe she had broken up with him. 395 00:16:21,240 --> 00:16:23,112 Maybe it was a crime of passion. 396 00:16:23,112 --> 00:16:26,028 Maybe they were having a domestic argument, a dispute. 397 00:16:27,507 --> 00:16:29,292 We had to look at him 398 00:16:29,292 --> 00:16:31,337 as a possible suspect for the murder. 399 00:16:39,650 --> 00:16:42,174 Police hunting the killer of Evelyn Visich 400 00:16:42,174 --> 00:16:44,742 are focusing in on the man she was dating 401 00:16:44,742 --> 00:16:48,137 while in the throws of divorcing her husband. 402 00:16:48,137 --> 00:16:51,227 We did look at Evelyn's boyfriend Mike Granda. 403 00:16:51,227 --> 00:16:53,316 There could be a source of jealousy 404 00:16:53,316 --> 00:16:55,013 based on the fact that she still lives 405 00:16:55,013 --> 00:16:57,276 with her husband during this process, 406 00:16:57,276 --> 00:16:58,973 so he has to be looked at. 407 00:17:00,323 --> 00:17:01,976 Detectives bring the 28-year-old 408 00:17:01,976 --> 00:17:04,327 to the station for questioning. 409 00:17:04,327 --> 00:17:06,938 When Michael Granda was interviewed, 410 00:17:06,938 --> 00:17:09,245 we ask him to describe their relationship. 411 00:17:09,245 --> 00:17:12,204 He said initially they were just friends, 412 00:17:13,031 --> 00:17:14,728 but as time went on, 413 00:17:14,728 --> 00:17:17,209 they became romantically involved and began dating. 414 00:17:18,515 --> 00:17:20,430 Investigators press Mike for details 415 00:17:20,430 --> 00:17:23,172 on the night that Evelyn was killed. 416 00:17:23,172 --> 00:17:24,999 According to Mike Granda, 417 00:17:24,999 --> 00:17:27,176 Evelyn and he had left Home Depot 418 00:17:27,176 --> 00:17:29,134 at approximately 3:00 p.m. 419 00:17:29,134 --> 00:17:30,527 Evelyn had gone to 420 00:17:31,397 --> 00:17:32,920 the Garden State Plaza Mall 421 00:17:32,920 --> 00:17:34,313 to return to some clothes, 422 00:17:35,488 --> 00:17:37,142 and she actually was supposed to be 423 00:17:37,142 --> 00:17:38,665 having dinner with her son that night. 424 00:17:39,927 --> 00:17:41,799 But Peter called Evelyn and said, 425 00:17:41,799 --> 00:17:44,410 "I'm going to my mother's house with the baby." 426 00:17:44,410 --> 00:17:48,414 So, Evelyn called Michael saying that she was free, 427 00:17:48,414 --> 00:17:51,287 so she went from the shopping mall 428 00:17:51,287 --> 00:17:54,290 to Michael Granda's house in West New York, New Jersey. 429 00:17:55,856 --> 00:17:58,163 Mike claims he and Evelyn had dinner. 430 00:17:58,163 --> 00:18:00,252 Around 9:00 p.m. Peter called to say 431 00:18:00,252 --> 00:18:02,820 he was on his way back with Ryan, 432 00:18:02,820 --> 00:18:06,476 after which Evelyn decided to head home to see her son. 433 00:18:09,087 --> 00:18:11,176 Michael Granda's house is approximately 434 00:18:11,176 --> 00:18:14,048 a 40-minute drive to the Visich house. 435 00:18:14,048 --> 00:18:16,181 Michael Granda called her 436 00:18:16,181 --> 00:18:17,704 when she was approximately 20 minutes from home, 437 00:18:17,704 --> 00:18:19,706 when she was on the Garden State Parkway. 438 00:18:19,706 --> 00:18:22,448 Approximately 40 minutes after that phone call, 439 00:18:22,448 --> 00:18:24,276 Evelyn was being murdered. 440 00:18:25,321 --> 00:18:27,366 We asked him to describe his whereabouts. 441 00:18:27,366 --> 00:18:29,716 He said that he had stayed home for the rest of the night, 442 00:18:29,716 --> 00:18:31,457 watched TV and went to bed. 443 00:18:31,457 --> 00:18:34,504 So, there was a window of opportunity where he did not 444 00:18:34,504 --> 00:18:39,422 have a alibi that could be corroborated by someone else. 445 00:18:39,422 --> 00:18:41,380 We subpoenaed his phone records 446 00:18:41,380 --> 00:18:44,340 to try to determine where he was. 447 00:18:44,340 --> 00:18:46,168 Michael's cellphone records indicated 448 00:18:46,168 --> 00:18:48,474 that his cellphone was in his apartment 449 00:18:48,474 --> 00:18:50,041 or very close by his apartment 450 00:18:50,041 --> 00:18:52,130 in West New York, New Jersey. 451 00:18:52,130 --> 00:18:53,871 If he were to drive from West New York, 452 00:18:53,871 --> 00:18:56,743 in all likelihood he would have to pass through a toll. 453 00:18:56,743 --> 00:19:00,182 We subpoenaed toll records, E-Z Pass records. 454 00:19:00,182 --> 00:19:01,444 We subpoenaed some cameras, 455 00:19:01,444 --> 00:19:03,228 video records from some banks 456 00:19:03,228 --> 00:19:06,318 in the area looking for his car passing by, 457 00:19:06,318 --> 00:19:08,190 and none of that was ever found. 458 00:19:08,190 --> 00:19:10,104 So that also led us to believe 459 00:19:10,104 --> 00:19:11,410 that he was telling the truth, 460 00:19:11,410 --> 00:19:14,196 and he actually was in his home 461 00:19:14,196 --> 00:19:16,502 at the time that Evelyn was being murdered. 462 00:19:16,502 --> 00:19:19,070 I never thought for one second 463 00:19:19,070 --> 00:19:21,203 that Mike had anything to do with it. 464 00:19:21,203 --> 00:19:23,161 Mike really lifted her up on a pedestal. 465 00:19:23,161 --> 00:19:25,250 He gave her that support that she needed. 466 00:19:25,250 --> 00:19:26,773 Mike made her feel beautiful. 467 00:19:27,992 --> 00:19:29,254 Michael was most cooperative. 468 00:19:29,254 --> 00:19:30,386 He offered his phone. 469 00:19:30,386 --> 00:19:32,562 He offered his laptop computer. 470 00:19:32,562 --> 00:19:35,304 He offered samples of his blood, 471 00:19:35,304 --> 00:19:37,131 a buccal swab for DNA, hair. 472 00:19:37,131 --> 00:19:38,524 He offered everything. 473 00:19:38,524 --> 00:19:40,744 He said, "Please, I know you have to look at me. 474 00:19:40,744 --> 00:19:43,355 "Cross me off the list and find out who did this." 475 00:19:43,355 --> 00:19:45,096 It just never even dawned on me 476 00:19:45,096 --> 00:19:46,750 that the police would look at me. 477 00:19:46,750 --> 00:19:49,056 I just tried to give them as much information as I could. 478 00:19:49,056 --> 00:19:50,362 I do remember telling them, 479 00:19:50,362 --> 00:19:52,364 "Oh, I know you guys have to suspect me." 480 00:19:52,364 --> 00:19:54,584 I told them if they wanted to search my house, they could. 481 00:19:54,584 --> 00:19:56,412 If they wanted to search my cars, they could. 482 00:19:56,412 --> 00:19:58,718 I was just very focused on trying to be helpful. 483 00:20:00,416 --> 00:20:02,722 After the police obtained all the information from Mike 484 00:20:02,722 --> 00:20:03,810 and speaking with him 485 00:20:03,810 --> 00:20:05,290 and speaking with others, 486 00:20:05,290 --> 00:20:07,292 he was quickly ruled out as a suspect 487 00:20:07,292 --> 00:20:09,076 in the murder of Evelyn Visich, 488 00:20:09,076 --> 00:20:11,557 and there was just nothing to suggest 489 00:20:11,557 --> 00:20:13,603 that Peter Visich was involved. 490 00:20:13,603 --> 00:20:16,388 So, if you don't believe the husband's involved, 491 00:20:16,388 --> 00:20:18,216 you don't believe the boyfriend's involved, 492 00:20:18,216 --> 00:20:21,393 you have to look at other individuals that may be involved. 493 00:20:21,393 --> 00:20:23,569 At that point it could've been anybody. 494 00:20:23,569 --> 00:20:27,181 You can't make assumptions on who it could be. 495 00:20:27,181 --> 00:20:30,315 You have to really look at every possibility. 496 00:20:31,838 --> 00:20:33,449 The day after Evelyn's murder, 497 00:20:33,449 --> 00:20:36,321 as police consider possible suspects, 498 00:20:36,321 --> 00:20:39,368 news of the crime hits the airwaves. 499 00:20:39,368 --> 00:20:41,152 The Evelyn Visich murder 500 00:20:41,152 --> 00:20:43,459 was newsworthy just because of the area. 501 00:20:43,459 --> 00:20:45,417 We're in a small town. 502 00:20:45,417 --> 00:20:47,550 We don't have that many murders 503 00:20:47,550 --> 00:20:49,813 that it's commonplace. 504 00:20:49,813 --> 00:20:52,032 This was a case that really was troubling 505 00:20:52,032 --> 00:20:53,382 because you have a woman 506 00:20:53,382 --> 00:20:55,079 who was violently, brutally killed, 507 00:20:55,079 --> 00:20:57,168 and we couldn't figure out who did it 508 00:20:57,168 --> 00:20:58,430 and why they did it. 509 00:20:59,518 --> 00:21:01,172 Hoping for a new lead, 510 00:21:01,172 --> 00:21:03,348 investigators look to the autopsy report 511 00:21:03,348 --> 00:21:05,481 to learn more about the crime. 512 00:21:05,481 --> 00:21:08,353 She had two stab wounds in her upper back area. 513 00:21:08,353 --> 00:21:10,007 Those were the initial strikes, 514 00:21:10,007 --> 00:21:14,446 and then she had a very deep slash wound to her throat. 515 00:21:14,446 --> 00:21:15,534 And then there were two stab wounds 516 00:21:15,534 --> 00:21:17,275 to her upper chest area, 517 00:21:17,275 --> 00:21:19,277 powerfully done as indicative by the fact 518 00:21:19,277 --> 00:21:21,366 that the knife was stuck in the floor. 519 00:21:21,366 --> 00:21:24,630 Based on what the medical examiner described to us, 520 00:21:25,718 --> 00:21:27,198 I can only imagine the sheer horror 521 00:21:27,198 --> 00:21:29,200 that Evelyn was experiencing. 522 00:21:29,200 --> 00:21:31,376 The level of brutality that was involved 523 00:21:31,376 --> 00:21:33,596 in the actual murder was just shocking. 524 00:21:33,596 --> 00:21:36,120 Her throat was slashed almost to the point 525 00:21:36,120 --> 00:21:38,122 where she was decapitated. 526 00:21:38,122 --> 00:21:39,689 It was blood-curdling. 527 00:21:41,299 --> 00:21:43,127 She must have been scared. 528 00:21:43,127 --> 00:21:44,171 Somebody's in her home. 529 00:21:44,171 --> 00:21:45,477 She's in her bedroom. 530 00:21:45,477 --> 00:21:47,566 Maybe it was a burglary gone bad, 531 00:21:47,566 --> 00:21:49,525 and she came home and had startled 532 00:21:49,525 --> 00:21:51,396 whoever was in her house. 533 00:21:51,396 --> 00:21:54,878 We circled back to examining parolees in the area, 534 00:21:54,878 --> 00:21:57,620 both New York and New Jersey, sex offenders, 535 00:21:57,620 --> 00:21:59,578 people that have committed similar crimes, 536 00:21:59,578 --> 00:22:02,625 burglaries gone bad or robberies gone bad. 537 00:22:02,625 --> 00:22:05,497 At the time of Evelyn Visich's murder, 538 00:22:05,497 --> 00:22:07,412 there was a group of young men 539 00:22:07,412 --> 00:22:08,544 who were committing robberies 540 00:22:08,544 --> 00:22:10,415 and burglaries in the vicinity, 541 00:22:10,415 --> 00:22:12,678 including a Terrence Monk who lived 542 00:22:12,678 --> 00:22:17,248 approximately five miles from the Visich residence. 543 00:22:17,248 --> 00:22:21,731 I do remember that we were having burglaries in the area, 544 00:22:21,731 --> 00:22:24,908 and I remember that we were having home invasions, too. 545 00:22:24,908 --> 00:22:28,128 The name Terrence Monk it clicked with me. 546 00:22:28,128 --> 00:22:31,393 There were cases, robberies, burglaries and assaults, 547 00:22:31,393 --> 00:22:33,525 where Terrence Monk committed violent acts 548 00:22:33,525 --> 00:22:35,701 on people that didn't cooperate. 549 00:22:35,701 --> 00:22:38,661 He was also implicated in a robbery 550 00:22:38,661 --> 00:22:42,578 probably a mile-and-a-half from the Visich house. 551 00:22:42,578 --> 00:22:44,449 It kind of lit up like a light bulb. 552 00:22:44,449 --> 00:22:46,756 He certainly went right up to the top of the list. 553 00:22:56,505 --> 00:22:58,768 Evelyn Visich was killed in her own bedroom 554 00:22:58,768 --> 00:23:01,205 in a frenzied knife attack, 555 00:23:01,205 --> 00:23:03,163 and now police are investigating 556 00:23:03,163 --> 00:23:07,472 if a violent local burglar might be responsible. 557 00:23:07,472 --> 00:23:09,822 Terrence Monk was a known criminal, 558 00:23:09,822 --> 00:23:11,737 and the detectives had been dealing 559 00:23:11,737 --> 00:23:14,000 with him for years at that point. 560 00:23:14,000 --> 00:23:17,482 We had been investigating him so arduously 561 00:23:17,482 --> 00:23:19,179 and for such a long time there was not 562 00:23:19,179 --> 00:23:22,400 any possibility of cooperation on his behalf. 563 00:23:23,749 --> 00:23:25,577 To get the information they need, 564 00:23:25,577 --> 00:23:28,754 investigators take a different approach. 565 00:23:28,754 --> 00:23:30,756 I utilized a confidential informant 566 00:23:30,756 --> 00:23:34,847 to try to determine where Terrence Monk was, 567 00:23:34,847 --> 00:23:37,589 and if, in fact, he was involved in this crime. 568 00:23:37,589 --> 00:23:39,635 He described to me where Terrence Monk was 569 00:23:39,635 --> 00:23:42,551 at the time that Evelyn was murdered. 570 00:23:42,551 --> 00:23:45,771 He told us that Terrence Monk was in Buffalo, New York, 571 00:23:45,771 --> 00:23:48,557 and that was substantiated by witness statements, 572 00:23:48,557 --> 00:23:51,168 and his cellphone records. 573 00:23:51,168 --> 00:23:53,866 It's another dead end for detectives. 574 00:23:53,866 --> 00:23:56,782 They pressed the informant for any other information 575 00:23:56,782 --> 00:23:59,524 that might help solve the case. 576 00:23:59,524 --> 00:24:01,570 This young man was so plugged in, 577 00:24:01,570 --> 00:24:03,223 in the criminal community, 578 00:24:03,223 --> 00:24:05,530 so I asked him what the word on the street was? 579 00:24:05,530 --> 00:24:07,489 If it was a local guy, 580 00:24:07,489 --> 00:24:09,708 chances are in the criminal community, 581 00:24:09,708 --> 00:24:11,580 somebody would have been talking, 582 00:24:11,580 --> 00:24:13,756 and he said there's nothing on the street at all. 583 00:24:13,756 --> 00:24:16,541 No information about who killed Evelyn Visich. 584 00:24:18,543 --> 00:24:20,414 With no other leads, 585 00:24:20,414 --> 00:24:22,547 police re-canvass the neighborhood 586 00:24:22,547 --> 00:24:24,418 around the Visich home. 587 00:24:26,029 --> 00:24:27,813 There was multiple 588 00:24:27,813 --> 00:24:29,772 attempts to locate witnesses, 589 00:24:29,772 --> 00:24:31,469 and detectives actually went back 590 00:24:31,469 --> 00:24:33,819 and conducted a road stop in the area, 591 00:24:33,819 --> 00:24:36,300 hoping that somebody may have seen something. 592 00:24:36,300 --> 00:24:37,649 Nothing was discovered, 593 00:24:37,649 --> 00:24:39,346 and we couldn't gain anything from that. 594 00:24:39,346 --> 00:24:41,087 In the Village of Chestnut Ridge, 595 00:24:41,087 --> 00:24:44,787 it's prohibited to park a vehicle on the street at night. 596 00:24:44,787 --> 00:24:46,484 So, we also checked to see 597 00:24:46,484 --> 00:24:48,834 if any parking tickets had been issued 598 00:24:48,834 --> 00:24:50,401 for any vehicles parked on the street, 599 00:24:50,401 --> 00:24:52,098 and there were none found. 600 00:24:52,098 --> 00:24:54,753 Collectively, between the police and the prosecution, 601 00:24:54,753 --> 00:24:56,407 we were really sitting there thinking 602 00:24:56,407 --> 00:24:58,148 this may never get solved. 603 00:24:59,802 --> 00:25:02,761 While investigators consider their next move, 604 00:25:02,761 --> 00:25:06,765 Evelyn's loved ones struggle to accept her loss. 605 00:25:06,765 --> 00:25:09,855 I just couldn't believe that she was killed. 606 00:25:09,855 --> 00:25:13,467 Evelyn, who was such a loved person by everyone, 607 00:25:13,467 --> 00:25:15,295 something like that happening to her, 608 00:25:15,295 --> 00:25:16,688 it makes no sense. 609 00:25:16,688 --> 00:25:18,429 "You know there's some people that come into 610 00:25:18,429 --> 00:25:21,345 "your life for a reason, a season, or a lifetime," 611 00:25:21,345 --> 00:25:22,607 that's what they say. 612 00:25:22,607 --> 00:25:24,087 There was a lot of respect and love there. 613 00:25:25,610 --> 00:25:27,786 She would make every day fun, 614 00:25:27,786 --> 00:25:29,788 always laughing, having a good time, 615 00:25:29,788 --> 00:25:32,486 but, you know, that's life. 616 00:25:32,486 --> 00:25:34,532 I mean, you have to take every second you got 617 00:25:34,532 --> 00:25:36,403 because you never know when 618 00:25:37,709 --> 00:25:38,928 it's going to end. 619 00:25:39,929 --> 00:25:41,539 Detectives re-interview 620 00:25:41,539 --> 00:25:43,497 Evelyn's friends and colleagues, 621 00:25:43,497 --> 00:25:45,891 hoping to uncover a tiny detail 622 00:25:45,891 --> 00:25:47,893 that leads them to her killer. 623 00:25:47,893 --> 00:25:50,156 We did speak to many of Evelyn's friends, 624 00:25:50,156 --> 00:25:51,941 to find out if she had a lifestyle 625 00:25:51,941 --> 00:25:55,814 that was potentially dangerous to her 626 00:25:55,814 --> 00:25:58,861 or would expose her to this type of demise. 627 00:25:58,861 --> 00:26:02,821 Her life revolved around her being a mother. 628 00:26:02,821 --> 00:26:04,475 She had no enemies. 629 00:26:05,781 --> 00:26:07,521 Everybody that met her loved her. 630 00:26:07,521 --> 00:26:08,871 There was not one person that met her 631 00:26:08,871 --> 00:26:11,525 that did not instantly take to her. 632 00:26:11,525 --> 00:26:13,789 She was just a really pleasant person 633 00:26:13,789 --> 00:26:16,661 to be around all the time, day and night. 634 00:26:16,661 --> 00:26:18,532 It was very puzzling. 635 00:26:18,532 --> 00:26:21,144 What happened and why was this done? 636 00:26:22,841 --> 00:26:25,191 With a violent killer still on the streets, 637 00:26:25,191 --> 00:26:27,803 concern spreads through the community. 638 00:26:29,326 --> 00:26:30,936 In this area, this little hamlet of Chestnut Ridge, 639 00:26:30,936 --> 00:26:33,025 it's just not that kind of an area 640 00:26:33,025 --> 00:26:34,897 where you would expect anything like this. 641 00:26:34,897 --> 00:26:37,682 People in the community are starting to get fearful. 642 00:26:37,682 --> 00:26:39,684 I remember, I was living alone, 643 00:26:39,684 --> 00:26:44,863 and I certainly had my radar up, 644 00:26:46,038 --> 00:26:46,996 and I was very careful coming and going, 645 00:26:46,996 --> 00:26:48,475 almost to the point of paranoia. 646 00:26:48,475 --> 00:26:50,173 I wasn't going to be a victim. 647 00:26:51,696 --> 00:26:53,393 Three days after Evelyn's murder, 648 00:26:53,393 --> 00:26:56,701 detectives receive explosive new information, 649 00:26:56,701 --> 00:26:59,399 turning the investigation on it's head. 650 00:26:59,399 --> 00:27:01,924 Mike Granda came to the Ramapo Police Station 651 00:27:01,924 --> 00:27:04,970 with some personal items of Evelyn Visich's. 652 00:27:04,970 --> 00:27:06,885 Amongst those personal items, 653 00:27:06,885 --> 00:27:10,019 we found audio tapes and a journal that she wrote in. 654 00:27:11,281 --> 00:27:12,935 Detectives immediately recognize 655 00:27:12,935 --> 00:27:14,850 the voices on the audio tapes 656 00:27:14,850 --> 00:27:17,548 as Evelyn and her husband Peter. 657 00:27:18,767 --> 00:27:21,465 Evelyn, apparently, had secretly 658 00:27:21,465 --> 00:27:23,989 audio taped some of the arguments 659 00:27:23,989 --> 00:27:25,730 and fights that they had been having. 660 00:27:25,730 --> 00:27:29,168 Everything from any money that she spent, 661 00:27:30,039 --> 00:27:31,823 taking the car away from her, 662 00:27:31,823 --> 00:27:33,738 shutting off her phone. 663 00:27:33,738 --> 00:27:35,653 He wanted to be completely in control of Evelyn. 664 00:27:35,653 --> 00:27:38,525 So, it was in stark contrast to what Peter described to us. 665 00:27:38,525 --> 00:27:42,399 The fact that Peter didn't describe any turmoil, 666 00:27:42,399 --> 00:27:45,968 caused us to have some doubts how truthful he was being. 667 00:27:47,099 --> 00:27:48,622 Evelyn's journal contains 668 00:27:48,622 --> 00:27:50,624 even more startling revelations 669 00:27:50,624 --> 00:27:52,757 about their divorce. 670 00:27:52,757 --> 00:27:54,585 He wanted custody. 671 00:27:54,585 --> 00:27:56,587 He was told that he wasn't going to get full custody, 672 00:27:57,936 --> 00:27:58,937 and he wanted the sale of the house. 673 00:27:58,937 --> 00:28:00,591 So, if Evelyn is gone, 674 00:28:01,810 --> 00:28:04,073 he's got the child. 675 00:28:04,073 --> 00:28:05,465 He's got the sale of the house, 676 00:28:05,465 --> 00:28:06,553 and he can move on. 677 00:28:07,946 --> 00:28:09,643 When detectives try to follow up 678 00:28:09,643 --> 00:28:11,863 with Peter about these revelations, 679 00:28:11,863 --> 00:28:14,474 they're met with silence. 680 00:28:14,474 --> 00:28:17,913 At this point Peter had retained an attorney, 681 00:28:17,913 --> 00:28:19,958 and we were no longer able to question him. 682 00:28:19,958 --> 00:28:22,091 So that again raised some suspicion. 683 00:28:22,091 --> 00:28:23,919 We went back and looked harder at Peter, 684 00:28:23,919 --> 00:28:26,008 based on the fact that he had 685 00:28:26,008 --> 00:28:28,532 the most to gain from Evelyn being dead. 686 00:28:30,099 --> 00:28:32,362 With Peter having an iron-clad alibi, 687 00:28:32,362 --> 00:28:35,844 investigators consider other scenarios. 688 00:28:37,193 --> 00:28:39,064 Maybe he wasn't the one who actually did the murder, 689 00:28:39,064 --> 00:28:40,805 but you have to wonder 690 00:28:40,805 --> 00:28:42,938 if somehow Peter is involved in this, 691 00:28:42,938 --> 00:28:44,809 because it just didn't make sense 692 00:28:44,809 --> 00:28:47,943 that anybody else had a reason to do this. 693 00:28:47,943 --> 00:28:50,815 The suspicion is enough to get a warrant 694 00:28:50,815 --> 00:28:52,686 to search Peter's vehicle. 695 00:28:52,686 --> 00:28:54,079 We had no idea at the time that 696 00:28:54,079 --> 00:28:56,734 that search of the van was about to unleash 697 00:28:56,734 --> 00:28:59,389 a whole new avenue of this investigation 698 00:28:59,389 --> 00:29:01,652 and turn this case totally upside down. 699 00:29:10,530 --> 00:29:12,054 New evidence in the Evelyn Visichc] 700 00:29:12,054 --> 00:29:14,839 homicide investigation has led police 701 00:29:14,839 --> 00:29:17,102 to revisit her husband, Peter, 702 00:29:17,102 --> 00:29:19,061 as a potential suspect, 703 00:29:19,061 --> 00:29:20,932 and they are now searching his vehicle 704 00:29:20,932 --> 00:29:24,109 for any trace of incriminating evidence. 705 00:29:24,109 --> 00:29:28,940 You just never know what might be that little piece, 706 00:29:28,940 --> 00:29:31,073 you know, whether it's a hair or fingerprint 707 00:29:31,073 --> 00:29:32,857 or that one bit of DNA 708 00:29:32,857 --> 00:29:34,511 might be the break in the case. 709 00:29:36,121 --> 00:29:38,036 Desperate for any lead in their investigation, 710 00:29:38,036 --> 00:29:40,473 police make a critical discovery. 711 00:29:41,910 --> 00:29:44,260 There was an extensive search of Peter's van, 712 00:29:44,260 --> 00:29:46,131 and we uncovered in the back pocket 713 00:29:46,131 --> 00:29:49,961 of the middle seat of the van $3700 in cash 714 00:29:49,961 --> 00:29:51,397 in a white envelope. 715 00:29:52,921 --> 00:29:54,139 In addition to the money that was found, 716 00:29:54,139 --> 00:29:57,142 there was a Sprint calling card. 717 00:29:57,142 --> 00:29:58,796 This was tremendous, 718 00:29:58,796 --> 00:30:01,930 tremendous evidence that we have just now uncovered. 719 00:30:01,930 --> 00:30:03,496 It offered a lot of questions. 720 00:30:03,496 --> 00:30:07,239 Why would a person have $3700 cash? 721 00:30:07,239 --> 00:30:09,981 We examined Peter's financial status. 722 00:30:09,981 --> 00:30:12,070 At the time Peter was not very solvent 723 00:30:12,070 --> 00:30:13,811 in terms of having any money. 724 00:30:13,811 --> 00:30:16,118 Somebody's who's by all accounts broke, 725 00:30:16,118 --> 00:30:18,990 and he's got $3700 in the back of his van? 726 00:30:18,990 --> 00:30:20,905 And of course, we couldn't ask him why, 727 00:30:20,905 --> 00:30:22,733 because he had already retained counsel. 728 00:30:24,082 --> 00:30:25,605 You have to now start wondering 729 00:30:25,605 --> 00:30:29,827 why does this man have $3700 in $100 bills 730 00:30:29,827 --> 00:30:31,785 left behind in his minivan? 731 00:30:31,785 --> 00:30:35,137 It's possible that Peter may have engaged someone 732 00:30:35,137 --> 00:30:37,879 to kill Evelyn, and that money was going to be used 733 00:30:37,879 --> 00:30:39,924 to pay off the final payment. 734 00:30:39,924 --> 00:30:41,230 Furthest thing from my mind was 735 00:30:41,230 --> 00:30:43,014 that a hitman could have been hired. 736 00:30:43,014 --> 00:30:45,974 That's really very rare in real life. 737 00:30:45,974 --> 00:30:47,323 Let's look at his bank accounts, 738 00:30:47,323 --> 00:30:49,020 his credit card statements, 739 00:30:49,020 --> 00:30:51,153 you know, things like that as far as getting 740 00:30:51,153 --> 00:30:54,243 any solid evidence he was involved in this. 741 00:30:54,243 --> 00:30:56,245 We went back and looked harder at Peter's 742 00:30:56,245 --> 00:30:59,030 bank accounts, stock market, anything like that, 743 00:30:59,030 --> 00:31:01,206 in an effort to see if he had taken any money out 744 00:31:01,206 --> 00:31:03,121 to try to pay somebody to maybe do this, 745 00:31:03,121 --> 00:31:05,384 and nothing was found to be out of the ordinary 746 00:31:05,384 --> 00:31:07,909 or even considered to be like a payoff. 747 00:31:09,301 --> 00:31:10,999 Finding no evidence 748 00:31:10,999 --> 00:31:13,305 Peter paid to have Evelyn killed, 749 00:31:13,305 --> 00:31:17,919 detectives focus on the other item found in his van. 750 00:31:17,919 --> 00:31:20,051 Why would he use a calling card? 751 00:31:20,051 --> 00:31:23,272 Most folks, unless you don't have a cellphone 752 00:31:23,272 --> 00:31:24,969 or don't have a land line, 753 00:31:24,969 --> 00:31:26,753 don't have the necessity for a calling card, 754 00:31:26,753 --> 00:31:28,190 and Peter had a cellphone. 755 00:31:28,190 --> 00:31:30,061 He had a home phone. 756 00:31:30,061 --> 00:31:34,239 So, we subpoenaed the records for that calling card. 757 00:31:34,239 --> 00:31:37,242 There were 44 phone calls made 758 00:31:37,242 --> 00:31:39,375 from that pre-paid phone card record, 759 00:31:39,375 --> 00:31:41,899 beginning in November of 2002, 760 00:31:41,899 --> 00:31:46,077 up until the day of the murder in January of 2003. 761 00:31:47,165 --> 00:31:49,211 Of 44 calls made on that card, 762 00:31:49,211 --> 00:31:51,082 almost all of them were made 763 00:31:51,082 --> 00:31:53,476 to an individual named Frank Thon. 764 00:31:54,738 --> 00:31:56,609 The name is new to detectives, 765 00:31:56,609 --> 00:31:59,090 but when they run it through the police database, 766 00:31:59,090 --> 00:32:01,832 they make a telling discovery. 767 00:32:01,832 --> 00:32:04,008 Police learned that Frank Thon 768 00:32:04,008 --> 00:32:06,663 was currently at the time in jail 769 00:32:06,663 --> 00:32:08,752 in the state of New Jersey. 770 00:32:08,752 --> 00:32:11,450 This is a man who's been arrested numerous times, 771 00:32:11,450 --> 00:32:14,366 assaults, violent assaults. 772 00:32:14,366 --> 00:32:16,064 His most recent arrest 773 00:32:16,064 --> 00:32:17,630 was for driving while intoxicated. 774 00:32:17,630 --> 00:32:19,415 The officer found a loaded handgun 775 00:32:19,415 --> 00:32:21,199 underneath the armrest of the truck, 776 00:32:21,199 --> 00:32:22,984 and hollow point bullets. 777 00:32:22,984 --> 00:32:24,202 At the time of the murder, 778 00:32:24,202 --> 00:32:27,075 he was on intensive, supervised parole. 779 00:32:27,075 --> 00:32:30,034 Shortly after the Visich homicide, 780 00:32:30,034 --> 00:32:32,123 Frank Thon turned himself in 781 00:32:32,123 --> 00:32:34,865 to serve a year in the county jail. 782 00:32:36,432 --> 00:32:39,000 Could there be an innocent explanation 783 00:32:39,000 --> 00:32:41,306 why Peter called a known violent criminal 784 00:32:41,306 --> 00:32:43,700 for months leading up to the murder 785 00:32:43,700 --> 00:32:46,659 only to stop the day Evelyn was killed? 786 00:32:48,139 --> 00:32:50,272 We subpoenaed Frank Thon's phone records. 787 00:32:50,272 --> 00:32:52,013 Analyzing his phone records, 788 00:32:52,013 --> 00:32:53,492 we found that he was in the vicinity 789 00:32:53,492 --> 00:32:56,104 of the Visich home on January 6th, 790 00:32:56,104 --> 00:32:57,409 the day before the murder, 791 00:32:57,409 --> 00:33:00,021 and on January 7th, the day of the murder. 792 00:33:00,021 --> 00:33:02,327 Then it became really evident to us 793 00:33:02,327 --> 00:33:03,676 that he was involved in this. 794 00:33:05,200 --> 00:33:07,376 So, now, things are starting to click. 795 00:33:07,376 --> 00:33:09,291 We were able to secure a search warrant 796 00:33:09,291 --> 00:33:12,120 to search Frank Thon's apartment, 797 00:33:12,120 --> 00:33:13,469 and one of the things that 798 00:33:13,469 --> 00:33:15,340 the police recovered was a computer. 799 00:33:15,340 --> 00:33:18,169 Upon forensic investigation of that computer, 800 00:33:18,169 --> 00:33:21,520 we found that Frank Thon had searched directions 801 00:33:21,520 --> 00:33:24,958 from his apartment to the Visich home. 802 00:33:26,221 --> 00:33:27,918 The evidence is compelling, 803 00:33:27,918 --> 00:33:29,398 but investigators need something 804 00:33:29,398 --> 00:33:32,357 more concrete to lay charges. 805 00:33:32,357 --> 00:33:34,185 Based on the evidence that we had, 806 00:33:34,185 --> 00:33:35,708 it still was a very weak case. 807 00:33:35,708 --> 00:33:38,233 We don't have any forensic evidence 808 00:33:38,233 --> 00:33:41,975 that would connect him to the murder of Evelyn Visich. 809 00:33:41,975 --> 00:33:43,499 You need the probable cause. 810 00:33:43,499 --> 00:33:46,284 You need the connection to prove your case 811 00:33:46,284 --> 00:33:49,070 and to actually have it stick. 812 00:33:49,070 --> 00:33:50,984 With little else to go on, 813 00:33:50,984 --> 00:33:53,335 detectives make a bold decision. 814 00:33:53,335 --> 00:33:55,511 We had no other option 815 00:33:55,511 --> 00:33:57,513 other than to go at Frank Thon. 816 00:33:57,513 --> 00:34:01,169 We knew our case would depend upon 817 00:34:01,169 --> 00:34:03,084 Frank Thon making a confession. 818 00:34:03,084 --> 00:34:04,389 This was really the one shot 819 00:34:04,389 --> 00:34:07,088 that the police had to solve this case. 820 00:34:07,088 --> 00:34:08,350 It was a huge gamble, 821 00:34:08,350 --> 00:34:11,222 because if he decided to ask for a lawyer, 822 00:34:11,222 --> 00:34:13,006 they could not question him anymore. 823 00:34:13,006 --> 00:34:14,312 If he denied it, 824 00:34:14,312 --> 00:34:16,445 they were stuck with what he had to say. 825 00:34:16,445 --> 00:34:18,186 Police can only hope 826 00:34:18,186 --> 00:34:19,883 that Frank reveals the truth 827 00:34:19,883 --> 00:34:23,147 of whether Peter was involved in the murder. 828 00:34:23,147 --> 00:34:24,931 We don't have a case against Peter. 829 00:34:24,931 --> 00:34:28,370 We're getting closer to figuring out maybe what occurred, 830 00:34:28,370 --> 00:34:31,112 but again it doesn't prove that Peter Visich 831 00:34:31,112 --> 00:34:33,114 had any relationship to this murder. 832 00:34:33,114 --> 00:34:34,593 We had nothing other than just the fact 833 00:34:34,593 --> 00:34:37,509 that Peter is calling Frank Thon. 834 00:34:37,509 --> 00:34:39,207 This case is going to rise and fall 835 00:34:39,207 --> 00:34:41,948 on whether we succeed or not with an interview. 836 00:34:41,948 --> 00:34:44,429 Investigators head to the county jail 837 00:34:44,429 --> 00:34:47,389 to confront the hardened criminal. 838 00:34:47,389 --> 00:34:49,434 I specifically requested a small room, 839 00:34:49,434 --> 00:34:52,437 where we could have the table against the wall, 840 00:34:52,437 --> 00:34:54,439 and we deliberately set that room up 841 00:34:54,439 --> 00:34:56,789 to increase Frank Thon's anxiety. 842 00:34:56,789 --> 00:34:58,487 We had lawyer boxes 843 00:34:58,487 --> 00:35:01,403 with Evelyn Visich's name on the boxes. 844 00:35:01,403 --> 00:35:03,579 We had maps with pins in them. 845 00:35:03,579 --> 00:35:05,276 The small office was full of 846 00:35:05,276 --> 00:35:07,365 as I call it a number of props. 847 00:35:09,106 --> 00:35:10,325 With everything in place, 848 00:35:10,325 --> 00:35:13,241 police bring in 41-year-old, Frank Thon. 849 00:35:14,633 --> 00:35:16,331 They took the handcuffs off him, 850 00:35:16,331 --> 00:35:17,549 and we pretty much just stared at him 851 00:35:17,549 --> 00:35:19,812 for like a good minute or two, 852 00:35:19,812 --> 00:35:22,641 again in an attempt to increase his anxiety. 853 00:35:22,641 --> 00:35:25,296 And he was visibly nervous. 854 00:35:25,296 --> 00:35:26,819 And I said to him, I said, 855 00:35:26,819 --> 00:35:29,082 "I don't want to hear what you have to say. 856 00:35:29,082 --> 00:35:30,301 "I already know what happened, 857 00:35:30,301 --> 00:35:32,260 "and I'm going to prove it. 858 00:35:32,260 --> 00:35:33,435 "I'm going to tell you what, 859 00:35:33,435 --> 00:35:35,001 "a murder-for-hire in New York, 860 00:35:35,001 --> 00:35:37,308 "you could potentially face the death penalty." 861 00:35:37,308 --> 00:35:38,570 We told him that we had 862 00:35:38,570 --> 00:35:41,007 all types of evidence implicating him, 863 00:35:41,007 --> 00:35:42,531 and his face hit the table. 864 00:35:43,358 --> 00:35:45,186 He's perspiring heavily. 865 00:35:45,186 --> 00:35:47,579 His heart rate was obviously increased. 866 00:35:47,579 --> 00:35:49,538 I could see the vein in his neck beating, 867 00:35:49,538 --> 00:35:51,496 and I said to him, I said, 868 00:35:51,496 --> 00:35:53,498 "You don't have any friends in this world right now." 869 00:35:54,630 --> 00:35:56,458 I said, "If you tell us the truth, 870 00:35:56,458 --> 00:35:58,851 "we'll try to assist you in getting the best possible deal." 871 00:35:58,851 --> 00:36:00,244 There was a long pause. 872 00:36:00,244 --> 00:36:01,550 He took a big sigh, 873 00:36:01,550 --> 00:36:03,247 and then he began to tell us what happened. 874 00:36:12,691 --> 00:36:15,564 Four weeks after the murder of Evelyn Visich, 875 00:36:15,564 --> 00:36:19,263 investigators have just convinced suspected hit man, 876 00:36:19,263 --> 00:36:21,700 Frank Thon, to start talking. 877 00:36:21,700 --> 00:36:23,398 He almost had a look of 878 00:36:23,398 --> 00:36:25,443 detachment from what was going on. 879 00:36:26,314 --> 00:36:27,619 He took a big sigh and he says, 880 00:36:27,619 --> 00:36:30,274 "All right, I'll tell you guys what happened." 881 00:36:30,274 --> 00:36:31,928 Frank Thon told us that 882 00:36:31,928 --> 00:36:33,408 he was the person who killed Evelyn. 883 00:36:34,670 --> 00:36:36,541 Frank Thon confessed not only 884 00:36:36,541 --> 00:36:38,108 to the murder of Evelyn Visich, 885 00:36:38,108 --> 00:36:41,503 but that he was hired by her husband, Peter. 886 00:36:41,503 --> 00:36:43,548 I really was surprised, 887 00:36:43,548 --> 00:36:45,246 after everything was said and done, 888 00:36:45,246 --> 00:36:47,552 after all of the investigative leads, 889 00:36:47,552 --> 00:36:49,728 that it all came back to Peter. 890 00:36:49,728 --> 00:36:51,556 Frank tells detectives that 891 00:36:51,556 --> 00:36:54,429 he was introduced to Peter three months ago 892 00:36:54,429 --> 00:36:56,561 through a mutual acquaintance. 893 00:36:56,561 --> 00:36:58,650 Peter asked this gentleman 894 00:36:58,650 --> 00:37:01,349 if he knew of anybody that could take care of his wife? 895 00:37:01,349 --> 00:37:05,309 Frank Thon requested $10,000 cash, 896 00:37:05,309 --> 00:37:08,443 with $5,000 being paid upfront. 897 00:37:08,443 --> 00:37:11,576 We later learned that Peter obtained money 898 00:37:11,576 --> 00:37:14,187 from a friend of a friend on a loan. 899 00:37:14,187 --> 00:37:15,537 A short time after that, 900 00:37:15,537 --> 00:37:18,235 Peter Visich met Frank Thon at a pizzeria, 901 00:37:18,235 --> 00:37:22,761 where Peter gave Frank the down payment of $5,000 cash. 902 00:37:22,761 --> 00:37:24,807 I looked at the money found in the van 903 00:37:24,807 --> 00:37:27,984 as this could have been the final payment. 904 00:37:27,984 --> 00:37:30,595 To hear that for such a small amount of money 905 00:37:30,595 --> 00:37:35,470 that somebody was willing to go out there and kill someone 906 00:37:35,470 --> 00:37:37,602 I was shocked and disgusted. 907 00:37:39,212 --> 00:37:40,475 In his confession, 908 00:37:40,475 --> 00:37:42,477 Frank describes Peter's impatience 909 00:37:42,477 --> 00:37:44,653 to have Evelyn killed. 910 00:37:52,095 --> 00:37:55,054 Peter Visich was pestering him to get this done, 911 00:37:55,054 --> 00:37:57,927 so he decided January 7th was going to be the night. 912 00:37:59,407 --> 00:38:01,365 Frank meets Peter at the Visich home 913 00:38:01,365 --> 00:38:03,672 the day before the murder. 914 00:38:10,243 --> 00:38:14,204 Peter told Frank that he would leave the back door open, 915 00:38:14,204 --> 00:38:17,512 and he gave Evelyn's schedule for that day. 916 00:38:19,209 --> 00:38:22,255 The next day Peter establishes his alibi. 917 00:38:22,255 --> 00:38:23,474 He went to his mother's house 918 00:38:23,474 --> 00:38:24,736 and then the shopping mall, 919 00:38:24,736 --> 00:38:26,695 and then stopping to get milk, 920 00:38:26,695 --> 00:38:28,479 he knows that there's video cameras. 921 00:38:28,479 --> 00:38:30,394 He knows that he's going to get a receipt. 922 00:38:30,394 --> 00:38:31,961 That's all adding time 923 00:38:33,484 --> 00:38:35,965 to his alibi that can also be substantiated. 924 00:38:37,488 --> 00:38:38,663 After sunset, 925 00:38:38,663 --> 00:38:41,231 Frank enters the Visich house, 926 00:38:41,231 --> 00:38:42,667 and removes the light bulbs 927 00:38:42,667 --> 00:38:45,975 to lie in wait for Evelyn in the dark. 928 00:38:57,987 --> 00:38:58,857 He had a gun. 929 00:38:58,857 --> 00:39:00,642 He pushed her into the bedroom, 930 00:39:00,642 --> 00:39:02,339 had her kneel on the bed, 931 00:39:02,339 --> 00:39:03,732 and he told her he was merely here to do a robbery, 932 00:39:03,732 --> 00:39:04,733 and he wasn't going to hurt her. 933 00:39:04,733 --> 00:39:07,779 He said he then took a knife 934 00:39:07,779 --> 00:39:09,564 that he had brought with him 935 00:39:09,564 --> 00:39:11,000 and stabbed her twice in the back. 936 00:40:10,625 --> 00:40:14,498 Frank Thon was the instrument of Evelyn's death, 937 00:40:16,326 --> 00:40:19,938 but Peter Visich brought that instrument into his own home. 938 00:40:20,852 --> 00:40:23,942 On Valentine's Day, 2003, 939 00:40:25,422 --> 00:40:28,512 a warrant was issued for the arrest of Peter Visich. 940 00:40:30,166 --> 00:40:33,212 Police rush to take Peter into custody. 941 00:40:33,212 --> 00:40:35,911 I said, "Peter, I have very good news for you." 942 00:40:35,911 --> 00:40:37,347 He said, "What's that?" 943 00:40:37,347 --> 00:40:38,740 He was somewhat befuddled. 944 00:40:38,740 --> 00:40:41,525 I said, "We found out who killed your wife," 945 00:40:41,525 --> 00:40:43,875 and he became like almost giggly. 946 00:40:43,875 --> 00:40:45,529 He's like, "Really who?" 947 00:40:45,529 --> 00:40:47,618 I said, "you did, expletive. 948 00:40:47,618 --> 00:40:48,793 "You're under arrest." 949 00:40:50,360 --> 00:40:53,015 It angers me and it pains me to think that 950 00:40:53,015 --> 00:40:56,148 the person that she married was the one 951 00:40:56,148 --> 00:40:58,499 that did that to her. 952 00:40:59,587 --> 00:41:01,545 It's shocking, it's sad. 953 00:41:01,545 --> 00:41:03,155 I was very surprised. 954 00:41:03,155 --> 00:41:04,461 Like, I was shocked. 955 00:41:04,461 --> 00:41:05,767 All of us were. 956 00:41:05,767 --> 00:41:08,683 He went through this elaborate murder, 957 00:41:08,683 --> 00:41:10,511 and I just thought like, 958 00:41:10,511 --> 00:41:13,209 "How pathetic are you as a person?" 959 00:41:13,209 --> 00:41:14,906 Frank Thon pleads guilty 960 00:41:14,906 --> 00:41:17,866 for his role in the murder of Evelyn. 961 00:41:18,997 --> 00:41:21,260 In exchange for his cooperation, 962 00:41:21,260 --> 00:41:23,785 he was promised a sentence of 20 years to life 963 00:41:23,785 --> 00:41:27,179 if he testified truthfully at the trial of Peter Visich. 964 00:41:28,703 --> 00:41:30,574 In November of 2003, 965 00:41:30,574 --> 00:41:32,402 in front of a packed courtroom, 966 00:41:32,402 --> 00:41:36,101 Peter stands trial for plotting to murder Evelyn. 967 00:41:37,581 --> 00:41:39,627 Evelyn's friends and family were 968 00:41:39,627 --> 00:41:41,498 throughout the trial present. 969 00:41:41,498 --> 00:41:45,241 They had to endure really gut-wrenching testimony, 970 00:41:45,241 --> 00:41:47,722 particularly when Frank Thon testified. 971 00:41:47,722 --> 00:41:49,071 He said that he told her at the end, 972 00:41:49,071 --> 00:41:51,029 "I'm going to put you out of your misery, 973 00:41:52,291 --> 00:41:56,469 "and your husband was the one that hired me." 974 00:41:56,469 --> 00:41:57,514 She was just in shock. 975 00:41:59,298 --> 00:42:00,952 Peter Visich never takes the stand 976 00:42:00,952 --> 00:42:03,259 during the eight day trial. 977 00:42:03,259 --> 00:42:06,610 He showed no emotion the whole entire trial. 978 00:42:06,610 --> 00:42:08,003 I would look at him and then 979 00:42:08,003 --> 00:42:11,049 just think to myself like, "Why? Why? 980 00:42:12,529 --> 00:42:13,617 "Why you had to get to that point? 981 00:42:13,617 --> 00:42:15,967 "Why did you do it?" 982 00:42:17,099 --> 00:42:18,753 After hearing the evidence, 983 00:42:18,753 --> 00:42:22,104 the jury deliberates for only three hours. 984 00:42:22,104 --> 00:42:23,758 The jurors announced that 985 00:42:23,758 --> 00:42:24,846 they did have a unanimous verdict. 986 00:42:24,846 --> 00:42:26,978 Guilty on each and every count, 987 00:42:26,978 --> 00:42:28,676 including murder in the first degree, 988 00:42:28,676 --> 00:42:30,852 which carried a life without parole sentence. 989 00:42:30,852 --> 00:42:32,854 We all screamed. 990 00:42:32,854 --> 00:42:35,683 We were relieved, 991 00:42:35,683 --> 00:42:39,208 and we felt like justice had been served, 992 00:42:40,644 --> 00:42:42,037 although it was bittersweet. 993 00:42:42,037 --> 00:42:46,563 It's just so hard to comprehend why? 994 00:42:47,782 --> 00:42:50,349 Now the child doesn't have a mom or a dad. 995 00:42:51,655 --> 00:42:54,353 What he did to Ryan 996 00:42:54,353 --> 00:42:56,791 is just as unforgivable as what he did to Evelyn, 997 00:42:56,791 --> 00:43:00,316 because he deprived Ryan of one of the most 998 00:43:00,316 --> 00:43:02,971 incredible human beings I've ever met in my life. 999 00:43:02,971 --> 00:43:06,061 I have never met anyone like Evelyn. 1000 00:43:06,061 --> 00:43:08,672 For those closest to Evelyn, 1001 00:43:08,672 --> 00:43:11,675 she remains alive in their hearts. 1002 00:43:11,675 --> 00:43:13,590 Evelyn is still here with us. 1003 00:43:13,590 --> 00:43:14,939 She's still in our spirit. 1004 00:43:14,939 --> 00:43:15,984 She was full of love. 1005 00:43:15,984 --> 00:43:17,594 She was full of life. 1006 00:43:17,594 --> 00:43:18,813 She was the life of the party. 1007 00:43:18,813 --> 00:43:20,205 She was always happy, 1008 00:43:21,729 --> 00:43:22,773 and if you weren't happy next to her, 1009 00:43:22,773 --> 00:43:23,861 she will have made you happy. 1010 00:43:23,861 --> 00:43:24,819 She was a good soul. 1011 00:43:24,819 --> 00:43:26,168 She was a good person. 1012 00:43:26,168 --> 00:43:28,257 She will always be missed.