1 00:00:04,767 --> 00:00:06,033 [tense music playing] 2 00:00:06,100 --> 00:00:11,500 The victim was strangled, beaten, stabbed and suffocated. 3 00:00:11,567 --> 00:00:14,767 It's a horrific scene. Absolute violence. 4 00:00:14,767 --> 00:00:16,767 [Nelson Whitney] Terri Lynn Brooks was an assistant manager 5 00:00:16,767 --> 00:00:18,700 at the Roy Rogers restaurant. 6 00:00:18,767 --> 00:00:22,767 Terri had plans for her future. She was a good person. 7 00:00:22,767 --> 00:00:26,467 As a boss, she was strict. She was by the book. 8 00:00:26,567 --> 00:00:29,166 [John O'Donovan] This could be a disgruntled employee who has a score to settle. 9 00:00:30,100 --> 00:00:31,600 [harrowing music playing] 10 00:00:31,600 --> 00:00:33,667 [Whitney] Within two weeks, another female restaurant worker 11 00:00:33,767 --> 00:00:36,266 has been murdered, and the crimes are eerily similar. 12 00:00:37,100 --> 00:00:39,867 This is an alarm going off in my mind. 13 00:00:39,867 --> 00:00:42,900 It looks like we have a killer on the loose in the community. 14 00:00:45,367 --> 00:00:49,667 [narrator] Every day in North America, dozens of people are murdered. 15 00:00:49,767 --> 00:00:52,000 The key to solving the toughest of these homicides 16 00:00:52,100 --> 00:00:55,266 lies in the final 24 hours of the victim's life. 17 00:00:56,367 --> 00:00:58,066 To crack the case, 18 00:00:58,066 --> 00:01:00,000 detectives must reconstruct that critical timeline. 19 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:01,767 detectives must reconstruct that critical timeline. 20 00:01:01,767 --> 00:01:04,367 The minutes and hours containing evidence 21 00:01:04,467 --> 00:01:07,567 that can help unlock the mystery and catch the killer. 22 00:01:08,266 --> 00:01:11,700 [tense music builds and fades] 23 00:01:15,700 --> 00:01:18,100 [serene music playing] 24 00:01:18,166 --> 00:01:20,166 [narrator] Falls Township, Pennsylvania. 25 00:01:20,166 --> 00:01:24,266 A quiet suburb less than an hour northeast of Philadelphia. 26 00:01:24,266 --> 00:01:27,367 Falls Township was a very small farming community 27 00:01:27,467 --> 00:01:29,467 in the early part of the 20th century. 28 00:01:29,567 --> 00:01:30,000 And in the 1950s, U.S. Steel built a steel mill. 29 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:33,467 And in the 1950s, U.S. Steel built a steel mill. 30 00:01:33,567 --> 00:01:37,100 So it's mainly hardworking, blue-collar people. 31 00:01:37,166 --> 00:01:41,266 [O'Donovan] It's a good, close-knit community. Families work hard. 32 00:01:41,367 --> 00:01:42,900 And everyone pulls together. 33 00:01:43,000 --> 00:01:48,200 Everybody considers Falls Township a very safe place to live. 34 00:01:48,266 --> 00:01:51,600 [narrator] But at 6:10 on a cold winter morning in 1984, 35 00:01:51,667 --> 00:01:53,567 that feeling of security is shattered 36 00:01:53,667 --> 00:01:55,100 at a local restaurant. 37 00:01:55,166 --> 00:01:57,066 [harrowing music playing] 38 00:01:57,066 --> 00:01:59,266 The manager of the restaurant arrives for work. 39 00:01:59,367 --> 00:02:00,000 He comes up to the vestibule and finds that the outer door is unlocked, 40 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:03,667 He comes up to the vestibule and finds that the outer door is unlocked, 41 00:02:03,767 --> 00:02:05,567 but the inner door's locked. 42 00:02:05,567 --> 00:02:08,266 He makes his way towards the offices in the back. 43 00:02:08,367 --> 00:02:11,600 And he sees some droplets of blood along the way on the floor. 44 00:02:13,400 --> 00:02:15,500 And then when he gets to the office, 45 00:02:15,567 --> 00:02:17,900 he finds a body laying on the floor. 46 00:02:21,066 --> 00:02:24,266 He picks up the phone and calls the Falls Township Police Department. 47 00:02:25,767 --> 00:02:27,767 [Whitney] Investigators arrive at the restaurant 48 00:02:27,867 --> 00:02:30,000 and begin to process the crime scene. 49 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:31,166 and begin to process the crime scene. 50 00:02:31,266 --> 00:02:34,767 We see the victim lying faceup. A woman in her mid-20s. 51 00:02:36,066 --> 00:02:39,367 The general manager informed us that the victim was an assistant manager 52 00:02:39,367 --> 00:02:41,667 that had worked the night before. 53 00:02:41,667 --> 00:02:44,367 [narrator] The victim is 25-year-old Terri Brooks. 54 00:02:45,266 --> 00:02:47,000 [tense music playing] 55 00:02:47,066 --> 00:02:49,567 [Whitney] Processing the crime scene, we begin by taking pictures. 56 00:02:50,700 --> 00:02:52,166 [O'Donovan] It's a horrific scene. 57 00:02:52,166 --> 00:02:55,266 There's a knife protruding from the victim's throat. 58 00:02:55,367 --> 00:02:58,667 And there's a garbage bag wrapped around her head. 59 00:03:01,166 --> 00:03:04,600 It's... It's absolute violence. 60 00:03:04,667 --> 00:03:08,066 [narrator] Detectives read the crime scene for the story it might reveal. 61 00:03:10,100 --> 00:03:12,767 [O'Donovan] The victim is wearing her jacket. 62 00:03:12,867 --> 00:03:15,467 This tells us that she was about to leave the restaurant 63 00:03:15,467 --> 00:03:17,900 when this murder occurred. 64 00:03:18,000 --> 00:03:21,867 The victim's purse and keys are on the floor nearby. 65 00:03:21,967 --> 00:03:23,634 Her shoes are nearby. 66 00:03:23,634 --> 00:03:26,367 [O'Donovan] It looked like she was actually knocked to the ground, 67 00:03:26,367 --> 00:03:29,467 and her shoes went flying off her feet. 68 00:03:29,467 --> 00:03:30,000 She had a defensive wound to her right ring finger. 69 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:33,166 She had a defensive wound to her right ring finger. 70 00:03:33,266 --> 00:03:35,367 There's no doubt that she put up a struggle. 71 00:03:35,367 --> 00:03:37,667 This young lady fought for her life. 72 00:03:38,767 --> 00:03:41,066 [Whitney] We find a pipe in the trashcan. 73 00:03:41,066 --> 00:03:44,567 The one that is normally used to lock the drive-through window. 74 00:03:44,567 --> 00:03:49,500 And this tells me that the killer took the pipe out of the track 75 00:03:49,567 --> 00:03:50,867 and opened the window. 76 00:03:50,967 --> 00:03:53,467 It looks like the killer came in through the front door. 77 00:03:53,467 --> 00:03:55,900 And exited through that drive-through window. 78 00:03:56,000 --> 00:03:58,166 [tense music playing] 79 00:03:58,266 --> 00:04:00,000 [narrator] In 1984, DNA profiling isn't widely available 80 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:01,867 [narrator] In 1984, DNA profiling isn't widely available 81 00:04:01,867 --> 00:04:03,967 and won't be for nearly a decade. 82 00:04:03,967 --> 00:04:08,266 So finding readable prints is critical for detectives hunting Terri Brooks' killer. 83 00:04:08,266 --> 00:04:11,000 We collect fingerprint evidence from the pipe 84 00:04:11,100 --> 00:04:12,934 that was used to lock the drive-through window. 85 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:17,300 From the countertop surfaces, the inside and outside of the drive-through window. 86 00:04:17,367 --> 00:04:22,467 And from the trash bag liner that was wrapped around the victim's face. 87 00:04:22,567 --> 00:04:24,767 [O'Donovan] It's obvious that the murder weapon is the knife 88 00:04:24,767 --> 00:04:27,967 that's protruding out of this young lady's throat. 89 00:04:27,967 --> 00:04:30,000 Investigators bagged the evidence to make sure that it's preserved. 90 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:33,266 Investigators bagged the evidence to make sure that it's preserved. 91 00:04:33,266 --> 00:04:36,367 [narrator] Evidence found in the restaurant's office adds to the picture 92 00:04:36,367 --> 00:04:37,900 of what may have transpired. 93 00:04:39,066 --> 00:04:41,667 [Whitney] In looking at the register drawer 94 00:04:41,767 --> 00:04:45,100 that's on top of the desk in the office, there's no paper money in it. 95 00:04:45,166 --> 00:04:50,467 The general manager informs us that there should've been $2,500 in paper money there. 96 00:04:50,567 --> 00:04:52,500 [O'Donovan] The safe in the office was open. 97 00:04:52,567 --> 00:04:54,467 There's coins strewn around the floor. 98 00:04:54,567 --> 00:04:56,266 Paper bills are missing. 99 00:04:56,266 --> 00:05:00,000 This looks like a robbery that's gone bad and developed into a homicide. 100 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:01,667 This looks like a robbery that's gone bad and developed into a homicide. 101 00:05:01,667 --> 00:05:04,266 [narrator] While detectives continued to work the crime scene, 102 00:05:04,266 --> 00:05:06,667 they send the remains to the morgue. 103 00:05:06,667 --> 00:05:10,667 [Whitney] The autopsy reveals that the victim was strangled, 104 00:05:10,667 --> 00:05:14,166 beaten, stabbed and suffocated. 105 00:05:14,266 --> 00:05:16,867 She had a massive cerebral hemorrhage. 106 00:05:16,867 --> 00:05:19,567 Her hyoid bone in the neck was broken in two places, 107 00:05:19,667 --> 00:05:23,166 which can only happen from deep, manual strangulation. 108 00:05:23,166 --> 00:05:28,400 [narrator] The autopsy also reveals a shocking detail about Terri's final moments. 109 00:05:28,467 --> 00:05:30,000 The bag that was wrapped around her head has condensation on the inside, 110 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:32,667 The bag that was wrapped around her head has condensation on the inside, 111 00:05:32,667 --> 00:05:34,967 indicating she was alive when it was placed there. 112 00:05:37,000 --> 00:05:39,567 [narrator] Detectives can now piece together a rough narrative 113 00:05:39,667 --> 00:05:42,800 of what happened to Terri Brooks in the final moments of her life. 114 00:05:44,000 --> 00:05:47,567 [O'Donovan] We believe that Terri Brooks was leaving the restaurant 115 00:05:47,567 --> 00:05:51,400 when she encountered her attacker in the vestibule. 116 00:05:51,467 --> 00:05:53,367 Was pushed back into the restaurant, 117 00:05:53,467 --> 00:05:55,400 and this is where the violence occurred. 118 00:05:57,100 --> 00:05:59,800 [Whitney] The robber pushes her forcefully. 119 00:05:59,867 --> 00:06:00,000 Then she's knocked to the ground. 120 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:01,900 Then she's knocked to the ground. 121 00:06:02,000 --> 00:06:03,867 [O'Donovan] Terri was scratching her attacker. 122 00:06:03,967 --> 00:06:07,066 It looks like she didn't go down easy. 123 00:06:07,066 --> 00:06:09,567 [Whitney] At this point, we don't know the gender of the killer. 124 00:06:09,667 --> 00:06:13,300 But we know it was someone who possessed adequate strength to commit the crime. 125 00:06:13,367 --> 00:06:17,266 We speculate that the killer was male, but we really don't know. 126 00:06:17,266 --> 00:06:22,767 We believe that the killer was straddling Terri while she was laying on the floor 127 00:06:22,767 --> 00:06:24,300 as he was choking her, 128 00:06:24,367 --> 00:06:27,900 banging her head against the floor and ultimately stabbing her. 129 00:06:28,000 --> 00:06:30,000 And then, when she's still alive, he puts the bag over her head and finishes her off. 130 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:33,567 And then, when she's still alive, he puts the bag over her head and finishes her off. 131 00:06:35,367 --> 00:06:37,400 The killer, the robber... 132 00:06:37,467 --> 00:06:42,667 He then takes the cash and gets out of there through the drive-through window. 133 00:06:42,667 --> 00:06:46,300 Because he doesn't want to be seen from the street. 134 00:06:46,367 --> 00:06:49,200 [narrator] To find Terri Brooks' killer, investigators begin 135 00:06:49,266 --> 00:06:52,000 piecing together the last 24 hours of her life. 136 00:06:54,367 --> 00:06:57,600 [Whitney] The timeline of events begins with Terri working her shift, 137 00:06:57,667 --> 00:07:00,000 which started at 3:30 in the afternoon, February 3. 138 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:01,667 which started at 3:30 in the afternoon, February 3. 139 00:07:01,667 --> 00:07:04,667 She worked until the restaurant closed at midnight. 140 00:07:04,667 --> 00:07:06,166 And was last seen alive at the restaurant 141 00:07:06,266 --> 00:07:09,500 when the last employee clocked out at 1:30 in the morning. 142 00:07:09,567 --> 00:07:12,800 That's when her coworker, Betty McDonnell left the building. 143 00:07:12,867 --> 00:07:17,200 We believe that Terri was killed between 1:30 a.m., when her coworker, 144 00:07:17,266 --> 00:07:19,100 Betty McDonnell, left the restaurant, 145 00:07:19,166 --> 00:07:23,467 and 6:10 a.m., when the manager opened up in the morning. 146 00:07:24,367 --> 00:07:26,800 [narrator] An hour after Terri's body is discovered, 147 00:07:26,867 --> 00:07:29,266 her fiance and family called the restaurant. 148 00:07:29,367 --> 00:07:30,000 [O'Donovan] At 7:15 a.m., Terri's fiance, Scott, phoned the restaurant 149 00:07:30,000 --> 00:07:34,000 [O'Donovan] At 7:15 a.m., Terri's fiance, Scott, phoned the restaurant 150 00:07:34,100 --> 00:07:37,500 because he's concerned that she hasn't been home. 151 00:07:37,567 --> 00:07:39,667 [Whitney] A policeman answers the phone 152 00:07:39,667 --> 00:07:42,467 and tells Scott that he can't really give him too much information 153 00:07:42,467 --> 00:07:44,800 because he's not family, but that Terri's been hurt. 154 00:07:44,867 --> 00:07:48,066 Scott then hands the phone to Terri's father. 155 00:07:49,467 --> 00:07:51,000 Her father is informed 156 00:07:51,100 --> 00:07:52,367 that she's been murdered. 157 00:07:52,467 --> 00:07:54,867 [harrowing music playing] 158 00:07:54,967 --> 00:07:59,767 So we traveled to Warminster to talk with the Brooks family. 159 00:07:59,867 --> 00:08:00,000 [narrator] By the time police arrive at the Brooks residence, 160 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:02,000 [narrator] By the time police arrive at the Brooks residence, 161 00:08:02,100 --> 00:08:05,266 Terri's devastated fiance has already left for work. 162 00:08:05,266 --> 00:08:09,367 Her shocked and grieving parents welcome the investigator inside. 163 00:08:09,467 --> 00:08:11,400 [Whitney] We interview her father and are told 164 00:08:11,467 --> 00:08:14,066 that Terri's life is on an upward trajectory. 165 00:08:14,066 --> 00:08:15,667 Things are going well for her. 166 00:08:15,767 --> 00:08:20,200 She just graduated college. She had a 3.75 grade point average. 167 00:08:20,266 --> 00:08:23,066 Terri went to work for Roy Rogers Corporation 168 00:08:23,066 --> 00:08:24,367 because it's owned by Marriott. 169 00:08:24,367 --> 00:08:27,066 And at the time, they had a management training program. 170 00:08:27,066 --> 00:08:30,000 So she had every belief that she would end up with a high-level job 171 00:08:30,000 --> 00:08:30,900 So she had every belief that she would end up with a high-level job 172 00:08:31,000 --> 00:08:32,967 in Marriott Corporation. 173 00:08:32,967 --> 00:08:35,100 [O'Donovan] We learned that Terri helped her dad. 174 00:08:35,166 --> 00:08:36,867 She helped her younger siblings. 175 00:08:36,967 --> 00:08:38,600 She helped around the home. 176 00:08:38,667 --> 00:08:41,266 She was a good person. 177 00:08:41,367 --> 00:08:43,200 She may have come from a very modest background, 178 00:08:43,266 --> 00:08:45,066 but Terri had plans for her future. 179 00:08:45,066 --> 00:08:48,900 She had just put down a deposit for a honeymoon in Hawaii 180 00:08:49,000 --> 00:08:51,400 with her and her fiance, Scott. 181 00:08:51,467 --> 00:08:53,967 [narrator] It's a trip that Terri and Scott will never take. 182 00:08:55,800 --> 00:08:59,100 [O'Donovan] Her father and her stepmother last saw her 183 00:08:59,166 --> 00:09:00,000 on February 3 in the afternoon, when she left to go to work. 184 00:09:00,000 --> 00:09:03,266 on February 3 in the afternoon, when she left to go to work. 185 00:09:03,266 --> 00:09:06,667 [narrator] Terri's parents tell investigators that early the next morning, 186 00:09:06,667 --> 00:09:09,300 they were woken by knocking on their door. 187 00:09:09,367 --> 00:09:11,500 It was her fiance, Scott Keefe. 188 00:09:12,367 --> 00:09:14,400 Scott tells them that... 189 00:09:14,467 --> 00:09:17,100 he was driving by their home on his way to work. 190 00:09:17,166 --> 00:09:20,266 He noticed that Terri's car was not in the driveway. 191 00:09:20,266 --> 00:09:22,100 And that he was concerned. 192 00:09:22,166 --> 00:09:25,000 The Brooks family then checks and sure, it's true. 193 00:09:25,100 --> 00:09:27,000 Terri's not in her bedroom. 194 00:09:27,100 --> 00:09:28,367 They call the restaurant. 195 00:09:29,500 --> 00:09:30,000 We ask Mr. and Mrs. Brooks about Scott, 196 00:09:30,000 --> 00:09:33,000 We ask Mr. and Mrs. Brooks about Scott, 197 00:09:33,100 --> 00:09:36,000 and they described him as a caring fiance. 198 00:09:36,066 --> 00:09:38,000 Scott would give her rides to work, 199 00:09:38,100 --> 00:09:40,900 and frequently drive by to make sure she was safe. 200 00:09:41,000 --> 00:09:44,100 [O'Donovan] Terri's dad asked us not to interview Scott 201 00:09:44,166 --> 00:09:49,767 because he was so distraught and so upset that she had died and been taken from him. 202 00:09:49,867 --> 00:09:51,567 [narrator] Police honor Mr. Brooks' request 203 00:09:51,667 --> 00:09:53,500 not to visit Scott right away. 204 00:09:53,567 --> 00:09:55,266 They stay focused on Terri's colleagues, 205 00:09:55,266 --> 00:09:57,600 who were the last to see her alive. 206 00:09:57,667 --> 00:10:00,000 At this point, we know we have a robbery homicide on our hands. 207 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:00,867 At this point, we know we have a robbery homicide on our hands. 208 00:10:00,867 --> 00:10:02,767 So we have enough information from the family, 209 00:10:02,767 --> 00:10:05,667 that it's time to move back to the restaurant 210 00:10:05,767 --> 00:10:08,166 and talk to the people who last worked with Terri. 211 00:10:08,266 --> 00:10:10,266 [Dr. Michael Arntfield] When you have a homicide committed 212 00:10:10,266 --> 00:10:12,266 at or near the workplace, 213 00:10:12,266 --> 00:10:15,367 coworkers are critical to the investigation. 214 00:10:15,367 --> 00:10:17,166 Uh, they can either be key witnesses 215 00:10:17,266 --> 00:10:19,767 in terms of determining the victim's final movements, 216 00:10:19,867 --> 00:10:22,900 but they also can be people of interest. 217 00:10:23,000 --> 00:10:24,800 [Dr. Keira Stockdale] The second leading cause of death at work 218 00:10:24,867 --> 00:10:26,667 is actually homicide. 219 00:10:26,667 --> 00:10:30,000 People in the workplace can hold grievances and things can snowball. 220 00:10:30,000 --> 00:10:30,967 People in the workplace can hold grievances and things can snowball. 221 00:10:30,967 --> 00:10:33,000 [O'Donovan] So we talked to employees at the restaurant, 222 00:10:33,066 --> 00:10:36,000 and were building another bigger picture of Terri. 223 00:10:36,066 --> 00:10:38,100 She took her job very seriously. 224 00:10:38,166 --> 00:10:41,967 As a boss, employees know that she was strict. 225 00:10:41,967 --> 00:10:43,567 She was by the book. 226 00:10:43,600 --> 00:10:46,500 Do it the right way, and if you're gonna do it the wrong way, don't do it. 227 00:10:46,567 --> 00:10:48,467 [Whitney] As we interviewed the employees of the restaurant, 228 00:10:48,567 --> 00:10:50,500 one name keeps coming up. 229 00:10:50,567 --> 00:10:52,300 Betty McDonald. 230 00:10:52,367 --> 00:10:54,166 [O'Donovan] We find out that Betty, 231 00:10:54,166 --> 00:10:58,000 has a history of money going astray from her till. 232 00:10:58,066 --> 00:11:00,000 We learn that she also possibly has a large debt to somebody else. 233 00:11:00,000 --> 00:11:02,900 We learn that she also possibly has a large debt to somebody else. 234 00:11:03,000 --> 00:11:06,266 [narrator] Betty is also the last person to have seen Terri alive. 235 00:11:09,400 --> 00:11:11,800 Eight hours after they first arrive on scene, 236 00:11:11,867 --> 00:11:14,367 investigators summon Betty for an interview. 237 00:11:14,467 --> 00:11:18,700 Betty tells us that she's worked at that restaurant for six or seven months. 238 00:11:18,767 --> 00:11:22,467 And that Terri was transferred about a month prior... 239 00:11:22,567 --> 00:11:24,266 ...from a different location Roy Rogers. 240 00:11:25,367 --> 00:11:27,800 [O'Donovan] Betty McDonald told us that... 241 00:11:27,867 --> 00:11:30,000 ...Terri was a strong character, she was a good boss. 242 00:11:30,000 --> 00:11:31,400 ...Terri was a strong character, she was a good boss. 243 00:11:31,467 --> 00:11:34,367 She didn't take any nonsense. 244 00:11:36,200 --> 00:11:40,667 [narrator] And Terri didn't take any on the night she was killed either. 245 00:11:40,767 --> 00:11:45,400 Other employees tell police that on February 3rd, Terri had reprimanded Betty. 246 00:11:45,467 --> 00:11:46,867 And it escalated from there. 247 00:11:46,967 --> 00:11:51,000 This is an alarm, definitely, going off in my mind. 248 00:11:51,100 --> 00:11:54,000 This could be a disgruntled employee who has a score to settle 249 00:11:54,100 --> 00:11:55,867 with the manager, Terri. 250 00:11:55,867 --> 00:11:58,867 [Whitney] She's in debt to someone for a large sum of money. 251 00:11:58,867 --> 00:12:00,000 For us looking at a robbery-homicide, this looks like motive. 252 00:12:00,000 --> 00:12:02,266 For us looking at a robbery-homicide, this looks like motive. 253 00:12:12,900 --> 00:12:14,700 [narrator] Eight hours after Falls Township police arrive 254 00:12:14,767 --> 00:12:16,200 at the homicide scene, 255 00:12:16,266 --> 00:12:19,166 They have their first lead in the murder of 25-year-old 256 00:12:19,166 --> 00:12:21,700 restaurant manager, Terri Brooks. 257 00:12:21,767 --> 00:12:26,000 It's Betty McDonald, a waitress with money problems. 258 00:12:26,066 --> 00:12:29,066 Betty McDonald was in the restaurant the night of the homicide, 259 00:12:29,066 --> 00:12:31,767 working alongside our victim. 260 00:12:31,767 --> 00:12:35,166 At around midnight, before Terri was murdered, 261 00:12:35,166 --> 00:12:38,166 there's $40 missing from Betty's till. 262 00:12:38,266 --> 00:12:40,166 [Whitney] Things at the restaurant become tense. 263 00:12:40,166 --> 00:12:40,863 In 1984, the minimum wage was $2.75 an hour. 264 00:12:40,863 --> 00:12:45,166 In 1984, the minimum wage was $2.75 an hour. 265 00:12:45,266 --> 00:12:47,600 So, $40 was a lotta money back then. 266 00:12:48,767 --> 00:12:51,700 Terri confronts Betty about the missing money. 267 00:12:51,767 --> 00:12:54,867 [narrator] Is it possible that Betty was desperate enough to kill Terri 268 00:12:54,967 --> 00:12:59,467 over stealing cash and then took off with the rest of the money? 269 00:12:59,567 --> 00:13:01,800 [Dr. Stockdale] Workplaces can be almost like family. 270 00:13:01,867 --> 00:13:03,066 There's close relationships, 271 00:13:03,066 --> 00:13:06,166 so if something happens where somebody is, 272 00:13:06,166 --> 00:13:09,200 say, caught stealing, or confronted around an issue, 273 00:13:09,266 --> 00:13:10,863 they may be harboring a grudge 274 00:13:10,863 --> 00:13:11,066 they may be harboring a grudge 275 00:13:11,066 --> 00:13:14,000 and potentially things could've escalated into violence. 276 00:13:17,800 --> 00:13:21,467 [narrator] But Betty denies any role in the theft or murder. 277 00:13:21,567 --> 00:13:23,967 [Whitney] Betty claimed a little while later, 278 00:13:23,967 --> 00:13:26,700 Terri came up to Betty and said the missing money's been recovered. 279 00:13:26,767 --> 00:13:29,567 The other police thought Betty slipped the money back 280 00:13:29,667 --> 00:13:32,166 so that she wouldn't get caught and get away with it. 281 00:13:33,867 --> 00:13:35,767 [narrator] To be sure, Betty agrees to provide 282 00:13:35,767 --> 00:13:37,467 her fingerprints for comparison 283 00:13:37,467 --> 00:13:40,166 to those on the drive-thru window security bar. 284 00:13:41,266 --> 00:13:42,333 They don't match. 285 00:13:43,567 --> 00:13:48,166 And she has an alibi for the time after 1:30 AM. 286 00:13:48,166 --> 00:13:51,667 Betty's picked up from work by her boyfriend who corroborates her alibi. 287 00:13:53,667 --> 00:13:56,867 So at this point, she's no longer a suspect here. 288 00:14:01,100 --> 00:14:04,467 [narrator] With no other colleagues, friends or family suspected, 289 00:14:04,567 --> 00:14:06,867 the early morning murderer and thief 290 00:14:06,967 --> 00:14:09,367 may have been a stranger to Terri. 291 00:14:09,467 --> 00:14:10,863 So the police ask the public for tips. 292 00:14:10,863 --> 00:14:12,500 So the police ask the public for tips. 293 00:14:12,567 --> 00:14:15,500 [Dr. Arntfield] Designated tiplines can become a bit of a double-edged sword. 294 00:14:15,567 --> 00:14:19,600 By establishing one, the investigators have essentially acknowledged, 295 00:14:19,667 --> 00:14:20,867 that they require the public's help, 296 00:14:20,867 --> 00:14:22,266 so they need those tips. 297 00:14:22,266 --> 00:14:24,367 At the same time, there are people who will call in 298 00:14:24,467 --> 00:14:26,867 with all sorts of ideas 299 00:14:26,967 --> 00:14:29,066 and send police, quite frankly, on wild goose chases. 300 00:14:29,066 --> 00:14:30,667 [phones ringing] 301 00:14:30,667 --> 00:14:33,467 [narrator] But after hundreds of calls within 24 hours of the murder, 302 00:14:33,467 --> 00:14:35,767 one stands out. 303 00:14:35,867 --> 00:14:38,100 We receive a chilling phone call from a woman 304 00:14:38,166 --> 00:14:40,467 who will only identify herself as Maureen. 305 00:14:41,567 --> 00:14:45,166 And she tells us Terri was terrified of a man named Stuart Dunning. 306 00:14:46,567 --> 00:14:49,200 [narrator] Stuart was a cook at another Roy Roger's location 307 00:14:49,266 --> 00:14:51,967 where he had worked with Maureen and Terri. 308 00:14:51,967 --> 00:14:56,667 And a month and a half before Terri's murder, Stuart screamed at her. 309 00:14:56,767 --> 00:15:00,266 [Whitney] Terri had asked Stuart to make a hamburger. 310 00:15:00,367 --> 00:15:04,100 And he flew into a rage, because he had already closed his station out. 311 00:15:04,166 --> 00:15:06,767 He began throwing metal objects and trays. 312 00:15:06,767 --> 00:15:10,467 He was making obscene gestures and completely flew off the handle. 313 00:15:10,467 --> 00:15:10,863 It was very terrifying for Terri. 314 00:15:10,863 --> 00:15:12,700 It was very terrifying for Terri. 315 00:15:12,767 --> 00:15:16,000 [O'Donovan] On the night of that argument, Terri called Scott, 316 00:15:16,100 --> 00:15:18,600 and asked him to come to the restaurant to... to be there 317 00:15:18,667 --> 00:15:20,100 while she was closing up. 318 00:15:20,166 --> 00:15:21,700 She was that scared of Stuart. 319 00:15:22,667 --> 00:15:24,133 Scott did come, 320 00:15:24,133 --> 00:15:27,000 and he remained with her while she closed up the restaurant. 321 00:15:28,567 --> 00:15:32,166 So Stuart is fired the next day, after his tantrum... 322 00:15:33,000 --> 00:15:34,567 ...but he continues to harass Terri. 323 00:15:34,567 --> 00:15:37,166 And he shows up at the restaurant as a customer, 324 00:15:37,266 --> 00:15:38,600 and he taunts her. 325 00:15:38,667 --> 00:15:40,863 Terri took the new job in Falls Township, 326 00:15:40,863 --> 00:15:42,166 Terri took the new job in Falls Township, 327 00:15:42,266 --> 00:15:46,266 which is a good 25 minutes drive from the old restaurant. 328 00:15:46,266 --> 00:15:49,467 But Stuart continues to show up at now her new job, 329 00:15:49,467 --> 00:15:51,567 and he continues to harass her. 330 00:15:53,100 --> 00:15:55,667 [narrator] Investigators also discover that Stuart Dunning 331 00:15:55,767 --> 00:15:59,166 was recently discharged from the Marines for smoking weed, 332 00:15:59,166 --> 00:16:02,000 and that when he got drunk, he couldn't control himself. 333 00:16:03,166 --> 00:16:05,500 So here we have a guy who... 334 00:16:05,567 --> 00:16:08,667 ...has been openly hostile and aggressive towards our victim. 335 00:16:08,767 --> 00:16:10,863 Who is recently out of a job. 336 00:16:10,863 --> 00:16:11,266 Who is recently out of a job. 337 00:16:11,266 --> 00:16:14,600 And may well have a motive to commit this crime. 338 00:16:14,667 --> 00:16:16,467 [narrator] Four days after Terri's murder, 339 00:16:16,567 --> 00:16:20,100 investigators track Stuart down in Atlantic City. 340 00:16:20,166 --> 00:16:23,367 Interestingly, one of the first thing's that Stuart says to us 341 00:16:23,367 --> 00:16:25,166 is he was expecting our arrival. 342 00:16:25,166 --> 00:16:27,567 [narrator] Falls Township police bring Stuart Dunning 343 00:16:27,667 --> 00:16:30,266 back to Pennsylvania for questioning. 344 00:16:30,266 --> 00:16:32,266 [O'Donovan] He had nothing good to say about Terri. 345 00:16:32,266 --> 00:16:34,000 He described her as being a nag, 346 00:16:34,100 --> 00:16:36,266 and very difficult to work for. 347 00:16:36,266 --> 00:16:39,000 And he even said that if she was a man, 348 00:16:39,066 --> 00:16:40,863 he woulda punched her in the face. 349 00:16:40,863 --> 00:16:41,467 he woulda punched her in the face. 350 00:16:41,467 --> 00:16:43,033 [Whitney] It's a little shocking. 351 00:16:43,033 --> 00:16:45,300 Here's a guy who knows we're looking at him for a major crime, 352 00:16:45,367 --> 00:16:49,367 and he's making no efforts to hide his hatred for our victim. 353 00:16:50,567 --> 00:16:52,100 He says... 354 00:16:52,100 --> 00:16:55,367 ...the last time he saw Terri was about two weeks prior to her homicide. 355 00:16:55,367 --> 00:16:57,567 [narrator] Stuart also tells investigators 356 00:16:57,567 --> 00:16:58,800 that on the night of the murder, 357 00:16:58,867 --> 00:17:00,166 he was with his girlfriend. 358 00:17:00,166 --> 00:17:01,400 [Whitney] They tried to get into a club, 359 00:17:01,467 --> 00:17:03,400 but they were unsuccessful. 360 00:17:03,467 --> 00:17:06,166 And they drove around until he took her home 361 00:17:06,266 --> 00:17:07,266 about 1 o'clock in the morning. 362 00:17:09,967 --> 00:17:10,863 So we go to the club. 363 00:17:10,863 --> 00:17:11,066 So we go to the club. 364 00:17:11,066 --> 00:17:13,400 We look at the security footage. 365 00:17:13,467 --> 00:17:15,667 And there's no evidence of Stuart ever being there 366 00:17:15,667 --> 00:17:17,133 and trying to get into the club. 367 00:17:19,266 --> 00:17:22,166 [Whitney] When you look at everything involving Stuart, 368 00:17:22,266 --> 00:17:25,867 he knows how the business operates, he's got inside knowledge. 369 00:17:25,967 --> 00:17:30,400 He's got well documented and open animus towards the victim. 370 00:17:30,467 --> 00:17:32,200 And he's got an alibi that doesn't really check out. 371 00:17:32,266 --> 00:17:34,567 So he's looking like the guy. 372 00:17:40,100 --> 00:17:40,863 [narrator] To confirm their strong suspicions, 373 00:17:40,863 --> 00:17:42,000 [narrator] To confirm their strong suspicions, 374 00:17:42,100 --> 00:17:45,100 detectives ask Stuart to take a polygraph. 375 00:17:45,166 --> 00:17:47,266 To their surprise, he agrees. 376 00:17:48,066 --> 00:17:50,300 Pretty hard to get around a polygraph test. 377 00:17:50,367 --> 00:17:52,367 You can't control your breathing. 378 00:17:52,467 --> 00:17:54,667 You can't control heartrate. 379 00:17:54,667 --> 00:17:56,967 And the person that's interviewing you 380 00:17:56,967 --> 00:17:59,767 is a professional interrogator. 381 00:17:59,767 --> 00:18:02,400 So, either that machine's gonna give you away, 382 00:18:02,467 --> 00:18:05,166 or that interrogator's gonna give you away. 383 00:18:05,166 --> 00:18:06,567 It's a pretty good tool. 384 00:18:06,667 --> 00:18:08,767 [O'Donovan] Stuart takes the polygraph test... 385 00:18:10,600 --> 00:18:10,863 ...and he passes it. 386 00:18:10,863 --> 00:18:12,767 ...and he passes it. 387 00:18:12,767 --> 00:18:15,967 And then Stuart volunteers to give us his fingerprints. 388 00:18:15,967 --> 00:18:19,000 We compare them to fingerprints that're found at the scene. 389 00:18:20,367 --> 00:18:21,467 And there were no matches. 390 00:18:22,467 --> 00:18:24,266 [O'Donovan] As much as we don't like Stuart, 391 00:18:24,266 --> 00:18:26,100 all the evidence points to say 392 00:18:26,166 --> 00:18:29,266 that he's not responsible for killing Terri. 393 00:18:29,367 --> 00:18:33,100 [narrator] As investigators are forced to strike a second suspect from their list, 394 00:18:33,166 --> 00:18:35,367 their hit with more alarming news. 395 00:18:35,467 --> 00:18:37,300 [Whitney] Within two weeks of Terri's homicide, 396 00:18:37,367 --> 00:18:40,863 another murder is committed in a town nearby, Dickson City, Pennsylvania. 397 00:18:40,863 --> 00:18:41,567 another murder is committed in a town nearby, Dickson City, Pennsylvania. 398 00:18:41,567 --> 00:18:43,266 And the crimes are eerily similar. 399 00:18:43,967 --> 00:18:45,767 Another female restaurant worker, 400 00:18:45,867 --> 00:18:48,066 has been murdered at her place of employment, 401 00:18:48,066 --> 00:18:50,066 and stabbed with a kitchen knife. 402 00:18:50,066 --> 00:18:51,567 [narrator] Police and the public fear 403 00:18:51,567 --> 00:18:53,867 the two homicides are connected. 404 00:18:53,967 --> 00:18:56,000 The police are under tremendous pressure here. 405 00:18:56,066 --> 00:18:59,867 People are afraid and people want answers. 406 00:18:59,967 --> 00:19:03,100 It looks like we have a killer on the loose in the community. 407 00:19:07,000 --> 00:19:09,467 [narrator] Two weeks after the murder of Terri Brooks, 408 00:19:09,567 --> 00:19:14,066 another female restaurant worker is slain in nearby Dickson City, Pennsylvania. 409 00:19:14,066 --> 00:19:16,700 That victim is a 19-year-old waitress 410 00:19:16,767 --> 00:19:19,100 who worked at a restaurant called Genetti's. 411 00:19:19,166 --> 00:19:21,667 [Dr. Stockdale] There's possibly one person on the loose, 412 00:19:21,667 --> 00:19:24,100 preying upon vulnerable women. 413 00:19:24,166 --> 00:19:27,600 And so you can certainly imagine how terrified a community would be. 414 00:19:27,667 --> 00:19:32,467 Anyone working late or potentially on your own is at risk. 415 00:19:32,467 --> 00:19:34,367 [Whitney] So with now two crimes taking place 416 00:19:34,467 --> 00:19:35,444 in two different jurisdictions, 417 00:19:35,444 --> 00:19:35,734 in two different jurisdictions, 418 00:19:35,734 --> 00:19:40,100 we have to partner up with the local PD in Dickson City. 419 00:19:40,166 --> 00:19:43,066 [O'Donovan] There's a lotta similarities between these two crimes. 420 00:19:43,066 --> 00:19:45,967 They're both young women that have been killed. 421 00:19:45,967 --> 00:19:47,367 They're both restaurant employees. 422 00:19:47,467 --> 00:19:51,066 They're both engaged to be married. 423 00:19:51,066 --> 00:19:56,900 Both of these young ladies are alone in the restaurant at around 1:30 AM. 424 00:19:57,000 --> 00:20:00,667 And they've both been killed with knives from the restaurant. 425 00:20:02,300 --> 00:20:05,266 [Whitney] There was a car parked behind the restaurant in Dickson City 426 00:20:05,266 --> 00:20:05,444 on the day of the murder. 427 00:20:05,444 --> 00:20:06,634 on the day of the murder. 428 00:20:06,667 --> 00:20:09,767 And investigators linked this car to a man named Steven Duffey. 429 00:20:09,867 --> 00:20:11,800 [narrator] Duffey is a dishwasher 430 00:20:11,867 --> 00:20:15,467 that started working at Genetti's just four days before the murder there. 431 00:20:17,066 --> 00:20:18,567 Police bring him in for questioning. 432 00:20:19,367 --> 00:20:20,800 [Whitney] During the interview, 433 00:20:20,867 --> 00:20:22,266 Duffey's caught in a lie. 434 00:20:22,367 --> 00:20:24,467 He says he was at home watching TV 435 00:20:24,467 --> 00:20:27,567 at a time when investigators can prove his car was at the restaurant. 436 00:20:29,500 --> 00:20:31,567 So we do a background check on Duffey. 437 00:20:31,567 --> 00:20:32,734 [O'Donovan] Investigators learn 438 00:20:32,767 --> 00:20:35,444 that Duffey has recently been released from prison 439 00:20:35,444 --> 00:20:35,567 that Duffey has recently been released from prison 440 00:20:35,667 --> 00:20:38,166 where he was serving three years for rape. 441 00:20:39,166 --> 00:20:42,400 He's definitely high up on the suspect list. 442 00:20:42,467 --> 00:20:44,467 [Whitney] Duffey's confronted about his lie. 443 00:20:44,467 --> 00:20:48,266 And is told we're going to get a search warrant for your car. 444 00:20:48,266 --> 00:20:52,166 And he does an about face and provides a different statement. 445 00:20:52,266 --> 00:20:54,500 Duffey now confesses to the robbery, 446 00:20:54,567 --> 00:20:57,567 and the murder at the restaurant in Dickson City. 447 00:20:57,567 --> 00:21:00,467 He states that during his four days of employment, 448 00:21:00,467 --> 00:21:03,667 he found out how much money the restaurant brings in 449 00:21:03,767 --> 00:21:05,444 and what the closing procedures were. 450 00:21:05,444 --> 00:21:06,467 and what the closing procedures were. 451 00:21:06,467 --> 00:21:08,166 He went into the restaurant after it was closed, 452 00:21:08,266 --> 00:21:09,967 confronted the victim, 453 00:21:09,967 --> 00:21:11,600 and demanded money from the staff. 454 00:21:11,667 --> 00:21:13,867 Only to find out the money had already been taken 455 00:21:13,967 --> 00:21:15,166 from the restaurant to the bank. 456 00:21:15,200 --> 00:21:19,367 He then attacked the victim, stabbing her to death. 457 00:21:26,200 --> 00:21:28,000 So, two similar homicides committed, 458 00:21:28,066 --> 00:21:30,700 looking like by the same person. 459 00:21:30,767 --> 00:21:35,444 They confront Duffy about the first murder in Falls Township. 460 00:21:35,444 --> 00:21:36,000 They confront Duffy about the first murder in Falls Township. 461 00:21:36,066 --> 00:21:39,667 At this point, Duffy requests to speak to a lawyer, 462 00:21:39,767 --> 00:21:42,667 and he refuses to cooperate further, 463 00:21:42,767 --> 00:21:46,667 and he's not gonna say anything about the Falls Township murders. 464 00:21:46,667 --> 00:21:50,600 [narrator] Undeterred, Falls Township police obtain a warrant 465 00:21:50,667 --> 00:21:53,200 for Duffy's fingerprints. 466 00:21:53,266 --> 00:21:54,667 [Nelson Whitney] We compared them to the prints 467 00:21:54,700 --> 00:21:59,567 that were recovered at the crime scene, and there is no match. 468 00:21:59,567 --> 00:22:03,166 We also discovered that Duffy was not in Falls Township 469 00:22:03,266 --> 00:22:05,444 at the time of Terri's homicide, and he's got an alibi. 470 00:22:05,444 --> 00:22:05,767 at the time of Terri's homicide, and he's got an alibi. 471 00:22:05,867 --> 00:22:10,100 [John O'Donovan] So despite the similarities between the two crimes, 472 00:22:10,166 --> 00:22:12,700 Duffy is off the hook for the Falls Township murder. 473 00:22:12,767 --> 00:22:14,567 He is no longer a suspect. 474 00:22:15,800 --> 00:22:18,100 [Nelson] This is the rollercoaster ride 475 00:22:18,166 --> 00:22:20,100 of thinking you've got somebody 476 00:22:20,166 --> 00:22:21,767 and then finding out that you don't. 477 00:22:21,767 --> 00:22:23,567 It's immensely frustrating. 478 00:22:23,667 --> 00:22:26,367 [narrator] But detectives' frustration doesn't last long 479 00:22:26,367 --> 00:22:28,967 once they receive news from the lab. 480 00:22:30,166 --> 00:22:32,967 [Nelson] We start getting some fingerprints developed 481 00:22:32,967 --> 00:22:35,166 from some evidence at the crime scene, 482 00:22:35,266 --> 00:22:35,444 and they match an employee of Roy Rogers, named Roger Merrick. 483 00:22:35,444 --> 00:22:39,166 and they match an employee of Roy Rogers, named Roger Merrick. 484 00:22:39,266 --> 00:22:42,400 [narrator] Roger was one of the four employees 485 00:22:42,467 --> 00:22:44,567 working with Terri the night she was murdered, 486 00:22:44,667 --> 00:22:48,900 and he was one of the last people to see her alive. 487 00:22:49,000 --> 00:22:54,400 [John] Roger was present when the $40 went missing earlier in the evening, 488 00:22:54,467 --> 00:22:58,400 and he may very well have been confronted by Terri about the missing money. 489 00:22:58,467 --> 00:23:02,166 Roger's fingerprints were found on the garbage bag 490 00:23:02,166 --> 00:23:04,300 that was wrapped around Terri's head. 491 00:23:04,367 --> 00:23:05,444 They were also found on the drive-through window, 492 00:23:05,444 --> 00:23:07,400 They were also found on the drive-through window, 493 00:23:07,467 --> 00:23:11,867 which is, we believe, the escape route that the perpetrator used. 494 00:23:12,667 --> 00:23:15,467 [narrator] Police pick up Roger Merrick for questioning. 495 00:23:15,567 --> 00:23:19,567 [Nelson] Roger told us that on the night of the homicide, 496 00:23:19,667 --> 00:23:21,967 Terri had assigned him to work the drive-through 497 00:23:21,967 --> 00:23:25,467 and that he had also worked that assignment on previous shifts. 498 00:23:25,467 --> 00:23:28,367 He also tells us that it was his job 499 00:23:28,367 --> 00:23:30,000 to take out the trash that night 500 00:23:30,066 --> 00:23:33,467 and put new liners in each trashcan in the restaurant. 501 00:23:33,467 --> 00:23:35,444 This explains his fingerprints being on the trash liner and on the drive-through. 502 00:23:35,444 --> 00:23:38,500 This explains his fingerprints being on the trash liner and on the drive-through. 503 00:23:38,567 --> 00:23:41,266 [narrator] Roger also claims that he left the restaurant 504 00:23:41,266 --> 00:23:43,266 when his shift ended and didn't return. 505 00:23:43,266 --> 00:23:44,767 [Nelson] He drove a coworker home, 506 00:23:44,767 --> 00:23:47,367 and he spoke with his mom before going to bed. 507 00:23:47,367 --> 00:23:50,100 He's got two corroborating sources. 508 00:23:50,266 --> 00:23:51,900 Roger is not our killer. 509 00:23:53,000 --> 00:23:54,667 [narrator] As police hunt for a new lead, 510 00:23:54,767 --> 00:23:57,000 a few weeks after Terri Brooks' murder, 511 00:23:57,066 --> 00:24:00,066 her devasted parents and fiance lay her to rest. 512 00:24:00,066 --> 00:24:04,300 [Nelson] At Terri's funeral, the Brooks family is in anguish. 513 00:24:04,367 --> 00:24:05,444 They don't have an idea who the killer is. 514 00:24:05,444 --> 00:24:07,100 They don't have an idea who the killer is. 515 00:24:07,166 --> 00:24:11,667 [John] They're frustrated because the police have not made an arrest. 516 00:24:11,767 --> 00:24:15,066 Scott is distraught, and the family are doing their best 517 00:24:15,066 --> 00:24:18,800 to support him and to keep him from falling apart. 518 00:24:18,867 --> 00:24:23,367 We want justice for our victim and closure for the family. 519 00:24:24,767 --> 00:24:27,300 [John] The investigators are getting very frustrated. 520 00:24:27,367 --> 00:24:29,200 There's not too many more places to turn. 521 00:24:29,266 --> 00:24:31,467 [Michael Arntfield] I think people need to appreciate 522 00:24:31,567 --> 00:24:33,400 just how frustrating cold cases are. 523 00:24:33,467 --> 00:24:35,444 Not only for investigators but for families of victims and communities. 524 00:24:35,444 --> 00:24:36,667 Not only for investigators but for families of victims and communities. 525 00:24:36,667 --> 00:24:40,266 [narrator] And that frustration only grows over the next year, 526 00:24:40,266 --> 00:24:42,166 as Terri Brooks' case grows colder. 527 00:24:43,100 --> 00:24:45,000 That year stretches to a decade, 528 00:24:45,066 --> 00:24:47,700 with Terri's ruthless killer still at large, 529 00:24:47,767 --> 00:24:51,400 free to strike again anytime and anywhere. 530 00:24:54,900 --> 00:24:57,200 [narrator] 14 years after Terri Brooks was murdered 531 00:24:57,266 --> 00:24:59,166 at a restaurant in Falls Township, Pennsylvania, 532 00:24:59,166 --> 00:25:03,266 new police personnel breathe new life into the open homicide. 533 00:25:04,667 --> 00:25:06,867 [Nelson] We get a new chief of police in Falls Township 534 00:25:06,867 --> 00:25:09,667 who joins us from an outside agency 535 00:25:09,767 --> 00:25:14,000 and directs that we're going to examine 536 00:25:14,066 --> 00:25:16,300 the cold homicides that haven't been solved, 537 00:25:16,367 --> 00:25:18,967 and the first one is going to be the murder of Terri Brooks. 538 00:25:20,667 --> 00:25:23,391 [narrator] Detective Whitney is assigned to the cold case, 539 00:25:23,391 --> 00:25:24,567 [narrator] Detective Whitney is assigned to the cold case, 540 00:25:24,567 --> 00:25:27,367 his first homicide investigation. 541 00:25:27,467 --> 00:25:30,867 [Nelson] I'm a little worried. I've never done a homicide investigation before. 542 00:25:30,967 --> 00:25:33,867 But I'm gonna work 110% on this. 543 00:25:33,967 --> 00:25:36,867 The killer is out there somewhere, and I'm gonna find him. 544 00:25:36,867 --> 00:25:40,567 [John] Cold case investigation is extremely difficult. 545 00:25:40,567 --> 00:25:43,166 Witnesses have moved, or they've died. 546 00:25:43,166 --> 00:25:46,467 People's recollection of what happened has changed, 547 00:25:46,467 --> 00:25:49,767 and you've gotta go back and review everything with fresh eyes 548 00:25:49,867 --> 00:25:53,391 and reexamine everything as if it was just after occurring. 549 00:25:53,391 --> 00:25:55,166 and reexamine everything as if it was just after occurring. 550 00:25:55,166 --> 00:25:57,800 [narrator] But as challenging as cold cases can be, 551 00:25:57,867 --> 00:26:01,367 detectives can also benefit from advances in methodology. 552 00:26:01,467 --> 00:26:05,900 In the early '80s, victimology wasn't really well known 553 00:26:06,000 --> 00:26:08,767 as a procedure in homicide investigations, 554 00:26:08,767 --> 00:26:10,300 at least not in Falls Township. 555 00:26:10,367 --> 00:26:13,667 But by the time the late '90s rolled around, it was standard procedure. 556 00:26:13,667 --> 00:26:16,967 Now we have the training and the understanding 557 00:26:16,967 --> 00:26:20,367 that victimology needs to be part of a homicide investigation. 558 00:26:20,467 --> 00:26:23,391 Victimology is literally the study of the victim, 559 00:26:23,391 --> 00:26:23,600 Victimology is literally the study of the victim, 560 00:26:23,667 --> 00:26:26,567 and it helps us solve homicides 561 00:26:26,667 --> 00:26:31,066 because it provides us every conceivable detail 562 00:26:31,066 --> 00:26:32,767 of what was happening in the victim's life 563 00:26:32,767 --> 00:26:34,367 leading up to the time of the murder. 564 00:26:34,467 --> 00:26:37,700 Our investigation is gonna be a fresh start. 565 00:26:37,767 --> 00:26:41,367 Investigators reach out not only to speak to people who were involved 566 00:26:41,467 --> 00:26:43,700 in the investigation in 1984 567 00:26:43,767 --> 00:26:47,367 but also people who knew Terri as a person. 568 00:26:47,467 --> 00:26:48,767 [Nelson] Many of our interviews 569 00:26:48,867 --> 00:26:51,967 corroborate what the 1984 interviews established. 570 00:26:51,967 --> 00:26:53,391 But in one interview, we hear something new that was totally unexpected. 571 00:26:53,391 --> 00:26:57,467 But in one interview, we hear something new that was totally unexpected. 572 00:26:57,567 --> 00:27:00,667 We're talking with Cindy Bradney, 573 00:27:00,767 --> 00:27:04,500 who is not only a coworker of Terri's from a different restaurant 574 00:27:04,567 --> 00:27:07,100 but was a close, personal friend of hers. 575 00:27:07,166 --> 00:27:11,767 Cindy tells investigators that the relationship between Terri 576 00:27:11,867 --> 00:27:15,367 and her fiance, Scott Keefe, was not what it appeared. 577 00:27:15,467 --> 00:27:18,500 In fact, it was actually on the rocks. 578 00:27:18,567 --> 00:27:22,600 [Nelson] It turns out that Scott was jealous of Terri. 579 00:27:22,667 --> 00:27:23,391 He was controlling, verbally abusive, 580 00:27:23,391 --> 00:27:26,000 He was controlling, verbally abusive, 581 00:27:26,100 --> 00:27:30,867 and she believes that Scott may have been physically violent towards Terri. 582 00:27:30,867 --> 00:27:34,967 Cindy recalls an incident where Terri appeared with a black eye. 583 00:27:36,066 --> 00:27:38,100 Terri refused to explain how she got it, 584 00:27:38,166 --> 00:27:42,066 and Cindy often observed her friend crying a lot. 585 00:27:42,066 --> 00:27:45,200 In 1984, this wasn't even on anyone's radar. 586 00:27:45,367 --> 00:27:49,967 Scott was believed to be a grieving fiance, 587 00:27:49,967 --> 00:27:53,391 someone who had lost a love of his life to violent crime, 588 00:27:53,391 --> 00:27:53,767 someone who had lost a love of his life to violent crime, 589 00:27:53,867 --> 00:27:55,600 and people had sympathy for him. 590 00:27:56,900 --> 00:28:00,467 [Keira] Scott was reportedly a very caring individual. 591 00:28:00,467 --> 00:28:03,767 Going to Terri's workplace at the end of her shift to pick her up- 592 00:28:03,767 --> 00:28:06,367 that could be a sign of a very loving partner, 593 00:28:06,367 --> 00:28:08,166 but it could also be somebody checking up, 594 00:28:08,266 --> 00:28:11,166 making sure that you're not hanging out with coworkers. 595 00:28:11,266 --> 00:28:13,667 So some of the things that family may view 596 00:28:13,767 --> 00:28:15,900 as a caring reaction in a relationship 597 00:28:16,000 --> 00:28:19,500 could also be somebody who is controlling 598 00:28:19,567 --> 00:28:22,367 and may actually be a very negative sign. 599 00:28:22,467 --> 00:28:23,391 [narrator] This darker possibility about Scott Keefe's behavior 600 00:28:23,391 --> 00:28:26,000 [narrator] This darker possibility about Scott Keefe's behavior 601 00:28:26,100 --> 00:28:28,166 adds new heat to the cold case. 602 00:28:31,166 --> 00:28:33,867 14 years later, the investigators are talking 603 00:28:33,967 --> 00:28:36,767 to other friends of Terri, and they find out 604 00:28:36,767 --> 00:28:38,967 that Cindy is not the only person 605 00:28:38,967 --> 00:28:40,700 who thought this about Scott Keefe. 606 00:28:40,767 --> 00:28:42,867 [Michael Bouchard] Her friends wanted to know 607 00:28:42,867 --> 00:28:45,867 why she was actually going out with Keefe 608 00:28:45,867 --> 00:28:50,467 because they thought that he was just not up to the level that she was. 609 00:28:50,467 --> 00:28:52,100 [John] For whatever reason, 610 00:28:52,166 --> 00:28:53,391 they were afraid to bring this knowledge forward in 1984, 611 00:28:53,391 --> 00:28:54,667 they were afraid to bring this knowledge forward in 1984, 612 00:28:54,767 --> 00:28:58,667 but now they were not afraid to talk to police. 613 00:28:58,667 --> 00:29:01,767 We learned that Scott and Terri were always fighting. 614 00:29:01,767 --> 00:29:04,266 Always fighting about money. 615 00:29:04,266 --> 00:29:07,000 That Terri always seemed to be paying for everything. 616 00:29:07,066 --> 00:29:10,800 When Terri went to work for Roy Roger's corporation, she took a pay cut, 617 00:29:10,867 --> 00:29:15,567 and Scott was upset about that because he said they needed money for their wedding. 618 00:29:15,667 --> 00:29:18,500 [John] Terri regarded Scott as possessive, 619 00:29:18,567 --> 00:29:20,467 and from speaking with Terri's friends, 620 00:29:20,567 --> 00:29:23,391 investigators learned that a week before the murder, 621 00:29:23,391 --> 00:29:23,800 investigators learned that a week before the murder, 622 00:29:23,867 --> 00:29:26,767 Terri was ready to call off the wedding, 623 00:29:26,767 --> 00:29:30,900 but she didn't know how to approach Scott about this. 624 00:29:32,867 --> 00:29:36,500 We now have to consider, "Is that what happened the night of the murder?" 625 00:29:36,567 --> 00:29:41,467 If she was breaking things off with Scott, how would he react to that? 626 00:29:41,567 --> 00:29:45,567 Could Scott have murdered Terri in a jealous fit of rage 627 00:29:45,667 --> 00:29:48,567 after being told she was breaking up with him? 628 00:29:52,667 --> 00:29:53,391 [narrator] In 1984, Scott Keefe was not a person of interest to police. 629 00:29:53,391 --> 00:29:56,567 [narrator] In 1984, Scott Keefe was not a person of interest to police. 630 00:29:56,667 --> 00:29:58,667 Not only because police, like Terri's family, 631 00:29:58,667 --> 00:30:01,767 had no reason to believe that Scott's grief wasn't real, 632 00:30:01,767 --> 00:30:05,667 but also because the motive for the crime appeared to be robbery, 633 00:30:05,767 --> 00:30:09,800 and Scott was gainfully employed at another, more upscale restaurant. 634 00:30:09,867 --> 00:30:13,100 [Nelson] So, now here we are all these years later, 635 00:30:13,166 --> 00:30:18,100 and we have the advantage of not being trapped by a robbery-homicide theory 636 00:30:18,166 --> 00:30:21,367 but being open-minded and seeing where the evidence leads us. 637 00:30:21,367 --> 00:30:23,391 [narrator] With modern forensic analysis 14 years later, 638 00:30:23,391 --> 00:30:24,900 [narrator] With modern forensic analysis 14 years later, 639 00:30:25,000 --> 00:30:27,467 investigators now have more precise tools 640 00:30:27,567 --> 00:30:29,266 to identify or eliminate suspects. 641 00:30:31,367 --> 00:30:36,000 In 1998, the scientific world has advanced, 642 00:30:36,100 --> 00:30:39,767 and we are now using DNA technology on a regular basis. 643 00:30:39,867 --> 00:30:44,800 Thankfully, in 1984, the investigators preserved all the evidence. 644 00:30:44,867 --> 00:30:48,266 They kept the knife that was used to kill Terri. 645 00:30:48,266 --> 00:30:51,000 They kept the scrapings of her fingernails, 646 00:30:51,100 --> 00:30:53,300 and everything was useful again. 647 00:30:53,367 --> 00:30:53,391 [Nelson] The knife used in this homicide was a common serrated kitchen knife, 648 00:30:53,391 --> 00:30:59,367 [Nelson] The knife used in this homicide was a common serrated kitchen knife, 649 00:30:59,467 --> 00:31:02,567 as opposed to a hunting knife, where there's a guard on the knife 650 00:31:02,567 --> 00:31:04,367 that keeps your hand from sliding forward 651 00:31:04,367 --> 00:31:05,867 from the handle onto the blade. 652 00:31:05,967 --> 00:31:09,166 In this particular case, no such guard was present, 653 00:31:09,266 --> 00:31:11,767 so if you're stabbing someone with a kitchen knife, 654 00:31:11,767 --> 00:31:14,667 it's entirely possible and even probable 655 00:31:14,667 --> 00:31:16,867 that your hand is going to move forward 656 00:31:16,867 --> 00:31:18,266 from the handle onto the blade 657 00:31:18,266 --> 00:31:20,000 and that you're going to cut yourself. 658 00:31:20,100 --> 00:31:23,391 And that's going to put your blood, as the killer, onto that knife, 659 00:31:23,391 --> 00:31:23,867 And that's going to put your blood, as the killer, onto that knife, 660 00:31:23,967 --> 00:31:27,667 and now we can get a DNA analysis done. 661 00:31:27,767 --> 00:31:32,400 [narrator] Luckily, the lab is able to extract DNA other than Terri's. 662 00:31:34,867 --> 00:31:40,266 So I have a critical new lead and a prime suspect. 663 00:31:40,266 --> 00:31:42,667 [narrator] But despite suspicions pointing to Scott Keefe, 664 00:31:42,767 --> 00:31:45,700 there's no proof the DNA on the murder weapon is his, 665 00:31:45,767 --> 00:31:48,367 and 14 years after Terri's death, 666 00:31:48,467 --> 00:31:50,667 her ex-fiance could be anywhere. 667 00:31:54,867 --> 00:31:57,066 [narrator] Investigators in the Terri Brooks murder 668 00:31:57,066 --> 00:32:00,166 have a critical new lead and a new prime suspect. 669 00:32:00,166 --> 00:32:03,867 Terri's ex-fiance, Scott Keefe. 670 00:32:03,867 --> 00:32:08,867 At this point, I knew that Scott and Terri's relationship was on the rocks, 671 00:32:08,967 --> 00:32:12,400 and I knew that there's one male contributor to the DNA samples 672 00:32:12,467 --> 00:32:14,567 on these key pieces of evidence. 673 00:32:14,567 --> 00:32:19,667 Now I just need to see if that male contributor is Scott. 674 00:32:19,667 --> 00:32:22,367 [narrator] Police search all of Scott's known addresses 675 00:32:22,467 --> 00:32:22,977 since Terri's murder 14 years earlier. 676 00:32:22,977 --> 00:32:24,767 since Terri's murder 14 years earlier. 677 00:32:25,667 --> 00:32:27,867 After this crime happened in 1984, 678 00:32:27,967 --> 00:32:29,667 Scott went on to get married and have a child, 679 00:32:29,667 --> 00:32:31,367 but his life has come full circle. 680 00:32:31,467 --> 00:32:34,667 It's 1998, and he's no longer with his fie and child, 681 00:32:34,767 --> 00:32:38,467 and he's living back home with his mom, just like he was in '84. 682 00:32:38,567 --> 00:32:41,400 [narrator] But police still don't' have enough probable cause 683 00:32:41,467 --> 00:32:44,567 to compel Scott to provide DNA, 684 00:32:44,567 --> 00:32:47,667 and they don't want to tip their hand by asking him for it. 685 00:32:48,967 --> 00:32:50,667 I may only have one shot at interviewing him, 686 00:32:50,667 --> 00:32:52,977 and I certainly don't want to lose that opportunity or inspire him to flee. 687 00:32:52,977 --> 00:32:55,667 and I certainly don't want to lose that opportunity or inspire him to flee. 688 00:32:55,667 --> 00:33:01,100 Investigators try something very covert to get a DNA sample from him. 689 00:33:01,166 --> 00:33:04,000 [Nelson] I'd done a lot of surveillance at the Keefe residence, 690 00:33:04,066 --> 00:33:06,667 and I'd observed Scott to be a heavy smoker. 691 00:33:08,800 --> 00:33:11,767 [John] Investigators want to get hold of the cigarette butt 692 00:33:11,867 --> 00:33:15,066 that's gonna contain Scott Keefe's DNA. 693 00:33:15,066 --> 00:33:18,900 So, the plan is to collect the trash from the Keefe residence. 694 00:33:19,000 --> 00:33:22,300 [narrator] In Pennsylvania, once trash is put out on the curb, 695 00:33:22,367 --> 00:33:22,977 it's considered abandoned property, 696 00:33:22,977 --> 00:33:24,066 it's considered abandoned property, 697 00:33:24,066 --> 00:33:28,600 so detectives team up with a local trash collection agency. 698 00:33:28,667 --> 00:33:32,400 I'm about four or five houses down the street from Scott's house, 699 00:33:32,467 --> 00:33:34,400 close enough that I could see what was going on 700 00:33:34,467 --> 00:33:36,266 but not close enough to be seen. 701 00:33:36,266 --> 00:33:39,867 I watched the trash collectors collect the trash from the curb 702 00:33:39,967 --> 00:33:42,800 and place it in the back of their truck, 703 00:33:42,867 --> 00:33:45,767 and then I followed them right around the corner, 704 00:33:45,867 --> 00:33:48,767 and I took the trash out of their truck and put it in the trunk of my vehicle, 705 00:33:48,867 --> 00:33:50,467 and I drove right to the lab. 706 00:33:51,600 --> 00:33:52,977 The scientists who we were working with 707 00:33:52,977 --> 00:33:53,467 The scientists who we were working with 708 00:33:53,567 --> 00:33:57,300 began an analysis of those articles of trash that she's been given, 709 00:33:57,367 --> 00:34:01,266 and a little while later, I get a phone call. 710 00:34:04,467 --> 00:34:08,467 I'm told that the DNA profile from the cigarettes in the trash 711 00:34:08,567 --> 00:34:13,667 match the DNA from key pieces of evidence from our crime scene. 712 00:34:13,767 --> 00:34:16,266 [narrator] It's strong evidence, 713 00:34:16,367 --> 00:34:19,767 but it's by no means a slam-dunk for a conviction. 714 00:34:19,867 --> 00:34:22,500 Scott often picked Terri up from the restaurant, 715 00:34:22,567 --> 00:34:22,977 so finding Scott's DNA there, collected with primitive technology 716 00:34:22,977 --> 00:34:26,467 so finding Scott's DNA there, collected with primitive technology 717 00:34:26,567 --> 00:34:30,166 and stored for 14 years, still leaves reasonable doubt. 718 00:34:30,166 --> 00:34:33,467 And in 1984, there were no security cameras, 719 00:34:33,467 --> 00:34:37,600 nor were there any witnesses to the murder beside Scott himself. 720 00:34:40,467 --> 00:34:43,166 [John] This is a very high-profile case. 721 00:34:43,266 --> 00:34:47,066 This is the first time that DNA has been used in a cold case 722 00:34:47,066 --> 00:34:48,367 in Bucks County, 723 00:34:48,367 --> 00:34:50,266 and investigators want to be able to present 724 00:34:50,266 --> 00:34:52,500 their best case to the prosecutor. 725 00:34:52,567 --> 00:34:52,977 [Nelson] We don't wanna risk losing the prosecution at trial, 726 00:34:52,977 --> 00:34:55,767 [Nelson] We don't wanna risk losing the prosecution at trial, 727 00:34:55,767 --> 00:35:01,400 and the best way to ensure that we have a high chance of success at trial 728 00:35:01,467 --> 00:35:03,033 is to get a confession from Scott. 729 00:35:03,033 --> 00:35:07,100 [narrator] Since Scott is the only witness to Terri's murder, 730 00:35:07,166 --> 00:35:09,100 a first-hand account from Scott himself 731 00:35:09,166 --> 00:35:11,000 would be enough to convict him. 732 00:35:13,800 --> 00:35:16,100 On the 15th anniversary of Terri's murder, 733 00:35:16,166 --> 00:35:18,266 police get Scott to come in on his own 734 00:35:18,367 --> 00:35:20,700 by telling him they just want to update him on the case. 735 00:35:22,900 --> 00:35:22,977 Still unaware that his DNA was found at the crime scene, 736 00:35:22,977 --> 00:35:25,767 Still unaware that his DNA was found at the crime scene, 737 00:35:25,767 --> 00:35:29,467 Scott is seated in the most comfortable room available. 738 00:35:32,500 --> 00:35:35,500 [Nelson] We choose the anniversary date very deliberately 739 00:35:35,567 --> 00:35:38,500 because we know that anniversary dates can heighten anxiety 740 00:35:38,567 --> 00:35:41,166 and make it more likely for them to confess. 741 00:35:41,166 --> 00:35:45,166 We're bringing him into a conference room, not an interrogation room, 742 00:35:45,266 --> 00:35:47,400 to make the environment more friendly to him. 743 00:35:48,867 --> 00:35:51,567 [John] They tell him that they've reopened the case, 744 00:35:51,667 --> 00:35:52,977 they're reinvestigating the case, 745 00:35:52,977 --> 00:35:53,400 they're reinvestigating the case, 746 00:35:53,467 --> 00:35:56,467 and they firmly believe that he can provide information 747 00:35:56,467 --> 00:35:59,467 that is gonna help them close this case once and for all. 748 00:35:59,467 --> 00:36:04,000 [Nelson] In a very casual way, we're telling Scott that we think 749 00:36:04,100 --> 00:36:05,900 he's in a unique position to help us, 750 00:36:06,000 --> 00:36:11,400 and we are filling the room with boxes labeled, 'Brooks homicide.' 751 00:36:11,467 --> 00:36:14,767 The boxes are empty, but they're designed to give Scott the impression 752 00:36:14,867 --> 00:36:15,900 that we know everything. 753 00:36:17,367 --> 00:36:18,800 We begin the interview, 754 00:36:18,800 --> 00:36:22,667 and Scott tells us that Terri was the love of his life 755 00:36:22,667 --> 00:36:22,977 and that this crime took her away from him. 756 00:36:22,977 --> 00:36:25,567 and that this crime took her away from him. 757 00:36:26,300 --> 00:36:28,767 He's telling us he's distraught victim, 758 00:36:28,867 --> 00:36:31,967 and he has no idea who did this. 759 00:36:34,000 --> 00:36:36,567 He continues with his same old story. 760 00:36:36,667 --> 00:36:40,000 He said that she phoned him that evening between 18:00 and 20:00, 761 00:36:40,066 --> 00:36:42,367 and they chatted, and they laughed, 762 00:36:42,467 --> 00:36:45,900 and they agreed to meet up again the following day. 763 00:36:46,000 --> 00:36:48,900 Scott tells the investigators that the last time he saw Terri alive 764 00:36:49,000 --> 00:36:52,000 was the day before, when they went out to dinner together. 765 00:36:52,066 --> 00:36:52,977 [Nelson] Scott told us that the morning of the homicide, 766 00:36:52,977 --> 00:36:55,400 [Nelson] Scott told us that the morning of the homicide, 767 00:36:55,467 --> 00:36:59,166 he drove past the Brooks family residence, which was his custom, 768 00:36:59,266 --> 00:37:00,500 that he drove by there all the time 769 00:37:00,567 --> 00:37:03,567 to check on whether she had arrived home safely. 770 00:37:03,567 --> 00:37:07,667 [John] But at this point, the investigators knew that he was lying 771 00:37:07,667 --> 00:37:10,500 because if Scott was driving to work, 772 00:37:10,567 --> 00:37:14,066 he would have had to go the opposite direction of where Terri's house was. 773 00:37:14,066 --> 00:37:16,667 His story's starting to fall apart. 774 00:37:18,900 --> 00:37:22,977 [Nelson] We decide that we're going to give Scott a polygraph 775 00:37:22,977 --> 00:37:23,266 [Nelson] We decide that we're going to give Scott a polygraph 776 00:37:23,266 --> 00:37:27,867 and that his polygraph result may turn the corner in the interview. 777 00:37:27,867 --> 00:37:33,000 Scott, being arrogant, says, "I'll take the test." 778 00:37:33,767 --> 00:37:35,066 But he fails. 779 00:37:35,066 --> 00:37:39,567 He fails the polygraph test, and he is angry and upset. 780 00:37:39,567 --> 00:37:44,667 Investigators now confront him with the DNA evidence. 781 00:37:47,200 --> 00:37:50,300 He starts leakage- that's what we call it- 782 00:37:50,367 --> 00:37:52,977 where he'll say, "I didn't mean for this to happen," 783 00:37:52,977 --> 00:37:54,667 where he'll say, "I didn't mean for this to happen," 784 00:37:54,667 --> 00:37:57,200 and he'll look down at the floor, and then he'll look up and say, 785 00:37:57,266 --> 00:37:59,266 "But I had nothing to do with this." 786 00:38:01,667 --> 00:38:03,367 So we took a break. 787 00:38:03,367 --> 00:38:06,467 And when I came back, I said, "I know you didn't mean for this to happen, 788 00:38:06,467 --> 00:38:10,066 but you can do this. Just tell us the truth." 789 00:38:10,066 --> 00:38:13,667 And he said, "I didn't mean for this to happen, 790 00:38:13,667 --> 00:38:15,500 but she came at me first." 791 00:38:15,500 --> 00:38:19,667 [narrator] It's the first time Scott Keefe admitted to being at the crime scene. 792 00:38:21,567 --> 00:38:22,767 [John] As the interview progresses, 793 00:38:22,867 --> 00:38:22,977 Scott Keefe is starting to break down. 794 00:38:22,977 --> 00:38:25,166 Scott Keefe is starting to break down. 795 00:38:26,467 --> 00:38:30,000 When investigators confront him with the total evidence 796 00:38:30,066 --> 00:38:34,900 and everything that they have, Scott makes a full confession to what he did. 797 00:38:36,600 --> 00:38:39,567 [narrator] Detective Whitney finally knows exactly what happened 798 00:38:39,567 --> 00:38:41,600 on the night Terri Brooks was killed. 799 00:38:44,767 --> 00:38:48,266 [Nelson] Friday, February 3rd, at 3:30 pm, 800 00:38:48,367 --> 00:38:51,467 Terri Lynn Brooks starts her shift as the assistant manager 801 00:38:51,467 --> 00:38:52,977 at the Roy Rogers restaurant. 802 00:38:52,977 --> 00:38:53,066 at the Roy Rogers restaurant. 803 00:38:53,066 --> 00:38:56,600 [John] On February 4th, at 1:30 am, 804 00:38:56,667 --> 00:38:59,166 the last employee clocked out of the restaurant, 805 00:38:59,266 --> 00:39:02,600 and Terri Brooks remained to finish off the paperwork. 806 00:39:02,667 --> 00:39:07,467 [Nelson] Somewhere between 1:30 am and 6 am on February 4th, 807 00:39:07,467 --> 00:39:09,767 Scott Keefe arrives at the restaurant. 808 00:39:09,867 --> 00:39:13,300 [John] Terri tells Scott that their relationship is over. 809 00:39:14,266 --> 00:39:17,266 Scott loses it. He attacks her. 810 00:39:17,367 --> 00:39:20,500 He pushes her and knocks her right out of her shoes. 811 00:39:20,567 --> 00:39:22,977 [Nelson] Scott gets her on the floor and straddles her, 812 00:39:22,977 --> 00:39:23,600 [Nelson] Scott gets her on the floor and straddles her, 813 00:39:23,667 --> 00:39:26,200 strangling her, bashing her head into the floor, 814 00:39:26,266 --> 00:39:28,200 and stabs her in the neck. 815 00:39:30,266 --> 00:39:33,166 Scott then checks her to see if she's alive 816 00:39:33,166 --> 00:39:35,967 and then puts the bag over her head. 817 00:39:35,967 --> 00:39:39,800 [Keira] I think when Scott's covering Terri's head with a plastic bag, 818 00:39:39,867 --> 00:39:44,166 he's engaging in an act of depersonalization. 819 00:39:44,266 --> 00:39:46,000 "If I cover her head with the bag, 820 00:39:46,100 --> 00:39:49,700 I'm not necessarily seeing the person that I'm killing. 821 00:39:49,767 --> 00:39:52,977 It was easier for me to overcome barriers 822 00:39:52,977 --> 00:39:53,166 It was easier for me to overcome barriers 823 00:39:53,266 --> 00:39:55,200 to take the final step in killing her." 824 00:39:55,266 --> 00:39:57,600 [Nelson] Scott then proceeds to the office, 825 00:39:57,667 --> 00:39:59,367 where he admits to cleaning out the safe 826 00:39:59,367 --> 00:40:01,500 to make it look like a robbery. 827 00:40:01,567 --> 00:40:04,000 Scott removes the bar from the drive-through window, 828 00:40:04,066 --> 00:40:09,066 and he climbs out the window because he doesn't wanna be seen from the street. 829 00:40:09,900 --> 00:40:12,367 [Nelson] February 4th, at 7 am, 830 00:40:12,367 --> 00:40:14,800 Scott drives to the Brooks family residence 831 00:40:14,867 --> 00:40:18,166 in a deliberate attempt to deflect suspicion from himself. 832 00:40:18,266 --> 00:40:22,977 This deflection and deception worked for 14 years, but we got him in the end. 833 00:40:22,977 --> 00:40:23,900 This deflection and deception worked for 14 years, but we got him in the end. 834 00:40:25,600 --> 00:40:27,200 [narrator] After the interview, 835 00:40:27,266 --> 00:40:28,867 Scott Keefe is arrested and charged 836 00:40:28,967 --> 00:40:31,300 with the first-degree murder of Terri Brooks. 837 00:40:31,367 --> 00:40:34,266 On June 6th, 2000, he's found guilty 838 00:40:34,367 --> 00:40:35,667 and sentenced to life in prison, 839 00:40:35,767 --> 00:40:37,600 without the possibility of parole. 840 00:40:39,166 --> 00:40:42,166 People like Scott Keefe- they're the ultimate bully, 841 00:40:42,266 --> 00:40:46,600 and it's highly likely that Terri Brooks 842 00:40:46,667 --> 00:40:52,166 just eventually worked up the courage to end it, and he couldn't handle it, 843 00:40:52,266 --> 00:40:52,977 and then he killed her. 844 00:40:52,977 --> 00:40:54,000 and then he killed her. 845 00:40:54,100 --> 00:40:55,567 It's tragic. 846 00:40:55,567 --> 00:40:58,667 [Nelson] This is one of those cases that didn't close right away. 847 00:40:58,767 --> 00:41:01,367 I think it was most painful on Terri's family. 848 00:41:01,467 --> 00:41:05,266 I feel honored that I was able to solve this case 849 00:41:05,367 --> 00:41:07,100 and give them closure in the end. 850 00:41:07,166 --> 00:41:10,967 But even making an arrest, I mean, it doesn't bring your loved one back. 851 00:41:12,467 --> 00:41:14,066 Terri was a bright, young woman. 852 00:41:14,066 --> 00:41:16,567 She had her whole life in front of her, 853 00:41:16,567 --> 00:41:19,867 and just for breaking up with someone 854 00:41:19,867 --> 00:41:22,977 that she never should have dated, she lost her life. 855 00:41:22,977 --> 00:41:23,200 that she never should have dated, she lost her life. 856 00:41:23,266 --> 00:41:24,700 It's truly sad.