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narrator:
A brutal slaying
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breaks the calm of
a quiet Atlanta suburb.
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- It was the last place
that you would think
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a crime like this would occur.
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- She'd been shot
at least four times.
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It was close range.
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I had never seen a shooting
like this, where the person
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was ambushed, assassinated
in their driveway.
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narrator:
And the investigation
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kicks into overdrive
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when police are called
to several more shootings.
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[gunshots]
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- It was very alarming
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that we had two shootings
within an hour.
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narrator: And a cryptic note
signals there is more to come.
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- I found a piece of paper.
On one side, it said, "Jack."
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And on the other side it said,
"better count your body bags."
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narrator: But will DNA
from an unlikely source
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nail this serial shooter?
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- I processed it,
and it wasn't fingerprints.
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It was the lip prints.
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narrator: With the body count
rising every day,
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the clock is ticking.
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- We had to catch this person
before someone else gets hurt.
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- We are really under pressure
to figure this out
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before we do have to start
counting the body bags.
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[dramatic music]
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[siren wailing]
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narrator: If Atlanta is
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the dazzling Hollywood
of the South,
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East Point is its charming,
suburban counterpart.
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Just seven miles
southwest of Atlanta,
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the Mayberry-like suburb
is a safe haven
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for many of Atlanta's
men and women in blue.
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- East Point could've been
anywhere, USA.
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Small town,
kids playing in the street.
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You see the dogs.
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You see people
planting gardens.
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Everybody knows everybody.
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Just an ideal place.
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- I'm from Atlanta.
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I grew up
in East Point, Georgia.
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Just a good community.
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I mean, that's where
I played little league.
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That's where it's just
a good place to grow up
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and good place to live.
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narrator:
But the small-town serenity
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is shattered by a 911 call
from within.
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52-year-old Cynthia Rolle
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has not been seen
or heard from
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in more than 24 hours.
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Concerned, her son drives
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to the quiet,
tree-lined street
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she lives on to check on her.
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- A uniformed division
received a call via 911
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from the victim's son saying
that his mother, Cynthia Rolle,
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was shot in her car
in the driveway.
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narrator: Cynthia's son
is beside himself
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with shock and grief
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as emergency services
are dispatched to the scene.
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Uniformed officers are first
to arrive to Dogwood Drive,
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followed closely
by the homicide chief,
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Detective Tim Barge.
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- And I remember walking
down the driveway and seeing
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the windows shot
out of the driver's door.
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And there was
the female victim laying in
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the driver's seat,
slumped over to her right.
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Mrs. Rolle's purse was kinda
scattered on the floorboard
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of the car,
and she was clearly deceased.
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[police radio chatter]
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- She had glass in her cheek.
I remember that.
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Whoever shot her
shot her through the window,
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which apparently was up.
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narrator:
Scouring through the shards
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of this shattered scene,
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investigators search
for any signs
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as to what could've happened
to Cynthia Rolle.
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- There didn't appear to be
any type of robbery.
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Her purse was still in the car.
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- She still had her hand
around her bag.
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Her keys were in the bag
for the car
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'cause the keys
were out of the ignition.
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narrator: The Georgia Bureau
or Investigation CSI team
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arrives to meticulously
preserve the forensic details
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and capture a visual record.
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- I start taking photographs.
360 degrees.
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The house, the carport,
the car, the victim.
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And then I start taking
close-ups of anything
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that may have fallen
on the ground.
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In this case, it was glass.
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Items in the car.
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There was a lot of trash on
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the passenger-side
front seat floorboard.
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And I noticed that
there was a piece of paper
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kind of on top
of a lot of the garbage.
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Had the word "Jack" on it.
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It looked like
either that's her stuff
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or it belonged
to maybe one of the kids.
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narrator:
Investigator McFarlane
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thinks the piece of paper
is just trash.
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But as he does with everything
found at the scene,
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he photographs and tags it
as evidence.
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- I took pictures of it,
and I'm looking, of course,
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for any other evidence.
In that case, there was none.
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There were no shell casings
that I could find anywhere.
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- Without the shell casings,
we're gonna have to identify
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the gun used in the crime
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from the bullets
that are actually extracted
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from her body
during an autopsy.
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We had determined
there on the scene
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that she had been shot
at least four times.
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All of it was close range,
and you could just tell
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from the gunpowder marks
on her body,
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the gunpowder
on the window itself,
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somebody walked right up
to the window and fired.
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[gunshot]
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I had never seen a shooting
like this, where the person
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was ambushed, assassinated
in their driveway.
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narrator: As police work,
the curious onlookers
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throughout East Point
are lured to the scene.
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- Where Cynthia Rolle lived,
that was a safe neighborhood.
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Everybody knew everybody.
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It was the last place
that you would think
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a crime like this
would occur.
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- I remember standing
at the bottom of the carport,
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looking up at the street
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and seeing
all the people there,
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thinking every one of them
could be a suspect in this.
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We're gonna have to talk
to every one of them.
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In canvassing
the neighborhood,
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one of the neighbors told us
that they had heard gunshots
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in that neighborhood
the night before
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and had called the police.
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narrator: But the officer
who responded to the gunshots
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the night before reported
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finding nothing suspicious
in the area.
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Cynthia Rolle's body
is transferred
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to the medical examiner's
office for autopsy.
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Now investigators
ask the question,
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who could've gunned down this
harmless mother in cold blood?
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They turn to her family
and friends for answers.
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- Cynthia was always smiling,
always very personable.
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Everybody liked her.
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Cynthia had a large network
of friends,
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and she was very popular
in her church also.
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So it was just a shock,
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the fact that
she had lost her life
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as a result of a violent act.
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That just shocked me.
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Question was,
who would've done this?
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What were the circumstances?
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- One of the things that we had
to talk to her son about
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was what did she do?
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And he told us then
that she was
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a probation officer
for the state of Georgia.
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- We worked together
for several years
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as probation officers.
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Cynthia had a very, very
levelheaded personality,
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especially important in dealing
with people on probation.
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I never heard her say
a demeaning word
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or anything to anybody.
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She was one of those people
that kind of, like,
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the glue that keeps
everything together.
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- Being in the position
that she was in,
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she had a lot of power--
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testing them for drugs
and alcohol, telling them,
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"You violated your parole and
you have to go back to jail."
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A probation officer
with a disgruntled probationer
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on her roster could end up
easily being a target.
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narrator: Investigators ask
Cynthia's colleagues
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at the probation office
to dig through files
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for any potential suspects
or motives.
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- We all just kind of start
looking through her case load
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to see if there was anyone that
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she had had any kind
of negative encounters with.
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We couldn't find anything
of that nature,
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so we just were in a state
of shock as to why it happened.
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narrator:
But the autopsy report
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reveals an important new clue.
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- There were three bullets
recovered from her body,
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and they were .40 caliber,
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so now we knew what weapon type
we were looking for.
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We continued to scour
over her probationer list
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and were running checks
on every one of them,
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just trying to find somebody
that may be disgruntled
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with her for any reason.
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narrator: Days turn to weeks,
and tensions run high
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as probation officers worry
they might be next.
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- We were all certified
to carry weapons.
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We started carrying them
because she was ambushed
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in her driveway,
and so myself, personally,
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whenever I got out of my car
at home,
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I had my weapon in my hand.
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- We were able to look
at all of her probationers.
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Systematically, they were all
eliminated from suspicion.
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We were worried that this
would become a cold case.
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narrator:
Next, the team interviews
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Cynthia's friends and family,
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asking if she had any problems
with relationships,
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any business deals gone wrong,
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or any known enemies.
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- We were quickly running out
of viable suspects
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and were becoming discouraged.
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narrator:
For the next five weeks,
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investigators work
every angle of the case,
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trying to find
Cynthia Rolle's murderer.
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Then an eerily similar call
comes into 911.
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- On April the 8th,
we got a call
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of a shooting
on Semmes Street in East Point.
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Another shooting
with an unknown assailant.
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I just can't emphasize enough
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how unheard of this is
in this neighborhood.
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This is my hometown.
This was scary
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for the citizens
and for the police department.
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The fact that she was
law enforcement as well
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is that the shooter is
targeting law enforcement.
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[gunshots]
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- We need to catch this person
before someone else gets hurt.
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narrator: 52-year-old
Cynthia Rolle
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had been brutally ambushed
and shot in East Point,
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a quiet suburb of Atlanta.
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Five weeks after her murder,
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East Point police detectives
have no leads.
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The investigation
is going cold.
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Then 61-year-old Roger Orr
sits in his living room,
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relaxing with a good book.
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- I was reading
Louis L'Amour's "Utah Blaine,"
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and I was sitting about
4 feet from my front door.
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My screen door was closed
and latched.
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And I heard footsteps
out on the sidewalk.
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All of a sudden,
I heard a noise like
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when you wear corduroy pants
and you hear them
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scrubbing together,
or a nylon jacket.
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And I said, "Somebody's
coming up my front steps."
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And so I got up,
stepped over to the door.
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And just as I reached up to
turn the front porch light on,
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I saw a silhouette.
I said,
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"You son of a..."
Boom.
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Sounded like a howitzer.
It spun me around.
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I immediately took off
to the other end of the sofa
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to get away
from the front door.
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And I took off
like a shot upstairs
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to get the old family
single-barrel.
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And I was standing there
with the hammer back
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and I kept the shotgun
trained on the front door.
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And he never did show.
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He was gone.
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I kicked the door shut.
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My arm spurting
like a fountain.
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Grabbed the phone
and called 911.
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- We received a call
of a victim who had been shot
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only a few miles
from Mrs. Rolle's house.
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narrator: Detectives
and emergency personnel
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rush to the scene
of Mr. Orr's shooting.
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- People--
when they've been shot,
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they seem lucid, they seem
okay, and then they die,
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so we wanted to get
as much information
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from him as possible.
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So we're asking him,
"Who did this? Who did this?"
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- East Point police came in
like a bear was after them,
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and I said,
"He's gone. He's gone."
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- Mr. Orr could not provide us
any details of the shooter
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because it happened so fast.
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narrator: Roger Orr
is loaded into an ambulance
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and rushed to Grady Hospital.
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Detective Barge turns
to the evidence at hand.
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- In investigating
the crime scene,
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there was a pool
of blood there.
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There was a shotgun
laying there.
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There was a tiny hole
in his screen door.
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We looked for shell casings.
We couldn't find any.
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I stood at the front door
of Mr. Orr's house
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and pretended to be shooting
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right at the hole
in the screen.
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I was trying to imagine where
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the bullet casing
would've been ejected to.
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And when I looked up,
there was a metal awning
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over his front door,
and I followed how I would
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imagine the trajectory of that
projectile would've gone.
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It would've hit the metal.
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It would've just come
straight down.
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And right there on the stoop
were two work boots.
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And I picked up one work boot
and thought, "There's no way."
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And shook it and nothing.
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And I picked up the other one
and shook it,
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and a .40-caliber shell casing
fell out of the boot.
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narrator:
The same caliber bullet
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found at the Cynthia Rolle
shooting.
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Then Detective Barge makes
a disturbing discovery.
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- I picked up a strange note
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and it read
in yellow highlighter,
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"I was locked up for six weeks.
Someone must pay."
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And on the back of that,
it said, "Jack."
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I gave it to the detective
that was assigned the case.
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He saved that as evidence.
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narrator: As investigators
continue to collect evidence
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at the scene
of Roger Orr's shooting,
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another call comes in
to East Point PD.
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This one is just
2 1/2 miles away.
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- A woman called 911 and said
that a man had just collapsed
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in her front yard and that
he was bleeding profusely
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and may have been shot.
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I couldn't believe it.
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- East Point was a city that
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law enforcement
absolutely loved.
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They worked there.
They lived there.
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They played and stayed there.
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And so, if a city
of law enforcement is not safe,
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then no one felt safe.
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narrator:
Detectives rushed
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to the 911 caller's
front lawn.
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There, they find
the shooting victim
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lying in a pool of blood.
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- The homeowner told us
that this man appeared
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at her front door,
begging for help.
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narrator:
The victim is identified
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as 41-year-old
Antonio Stephney.
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- I went to where
Mr. Stephney was.
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Apparently, he had been shot
inside his car
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while he was waiting
at the stop sign.
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I did the same thing with him
as I was doing with Mr. Orr.
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Who did this? What happened?
And he was nonresponsive.
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narrator: The team walks over
to the nearby intersection,
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where Mr. Stephney's car
still sits by the stop sign.
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- It was still running.
It was in reverse.
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And we found five
.40-caliber shell casings.
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Was clear
from that assessment of it
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that there'd been several
bullets fired into that car.
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[gunshots]
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It appeared that the shots
were fired from behind the car
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while Mr. Stephney
was driving it.
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narrator: The .40-caliber
bullet casings
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for both shootings
are immediately taken
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to the GBI lab for testing.
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In the meantime,
detectives try to put
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the pieces of the puzzle
together
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to figure out what happened
to Mr. Stephney.
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- The man was at the stop sign.
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Somebody walked up to him
and shot him.
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He freaked out,
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threw it in reverse
to try to get away--
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he didn't know
where it was coming from--
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and just backed up,
hit that curb.
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He exited his vehicle
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and ran away from the car,
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begging for help.
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narrator:
Unfortunately, Mr. Stephney
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succumbs to his injuries.
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This is now
a murder investigation.
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Investigators turn
to Antonio Stephney's family
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to find out
if there was anyone
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who might've wanted him dead.
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- Detective Barge
came up to me.
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Did he have any enemies
or anything like that?
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I was like, "Oh, heck no."
Most definitely not.
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He was truly a people person.
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You couldn't go nowhere around
this city in certain areas
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where he knew somebody
on each side of the city.
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And he just one of those person
like a celebrity, you know?
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He pulls up.
You know, "Here come Tony."
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Everybody want to
be around Tony.
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- Tony loved Atlanta,
and he cared about people.
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He was definitely cared about
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elderly people
and the homeless.
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Just couldn't really see him
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getting into an altercation
with anybody.
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Tony was a hugger and a kisser.
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He didn't care whether he was
the brother or the sister.
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He was gonna always
tell you he love you,
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call you up five times a day
to tell you he love you.
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narrator:
With news spreading
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through the quiet streets
of East Point
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of three random shootings
in less than five weeks,
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a fog of dread
falls over the town.
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- The residents of East Point
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were now starting to get
concerned about this.
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You hear things on the news
every now and then,
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but to hear two shootings
in the same night.
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One was a murder
in a community
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where these things
don't happen.
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People were starting
to get worried.
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narrator:
With pressure mounting
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to restore peace
to East Point,
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Barge and his team scour
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the area where
Antonio Stephney was shot,
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searching for any clues
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that could lead them
to their killer.
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- At this crime scene,
as we're processing the car,
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one of the uniformed police
officers came up to me
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and handed me a piece of paper
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that had the name "Jack"
written on it.
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I thought that someone
was leaving us notes
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and that the two
were connected.
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This all happened back to back.
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This showed us that we had
a serial shooter who was
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willing to kill three others,
so he wasn't done.
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* *
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[percussive music]
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narrator: The serene streets
of East Point
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have been rocked
by a series of shootings
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that appear to be connected.
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And as the investigation
unfolds,
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police discover
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a disturbing piece
of evidence.
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- When I saw that note,
my immediate thought was
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this is definitely connected
to Mr. Orr.
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[gunshot]
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Because that piece of paper
said "Jack" on it
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and this piece of paper
just said "Jack" on it.
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So my thought was, we gotta
connect these two victims.
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narrator: Investigators
recall a similar note
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discovered at
the Cynthia Rolle crime scene
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five weeks earlier.
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- One of the first detectives
that had been on the scene
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at Mrs. Rolle's shooting
told us,
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"Hey, that night that we were
at the Rolle's residence,
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"there was a big piece
of paper amongst all
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of the scattered papers
in the passenger floorboard."
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- The other piece of paper
that was in her car
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had "Jack" written on it.
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It was done in highlighter.
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narrator:
With this new information,
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Detective Barge rushes back
to the police station
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to look at the evidence
from Mrs. Rolle's shooting.
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- It went into the case file
that we had of active cases,
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of which Mrs. Rolle still was.
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And that's where
the photographs were.
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And a few of us
were standing around
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as we were going through it
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just to confirm
what that detective had said.
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And there it was. We saw it.
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The piece of paper
laying on the floor
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that just said "Jack" on it.
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narrator: Ballistic tests
on the two sets
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of shell casings from the
Orr and Stephney crime scenes
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confirm
detectives' suspicions.
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While no shell casings
were found
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at Cynthia Rolle's
crime scene,
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a .40-caliber bullet
was retrieved from her body.
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- The shell casing collected
from Roger Orr's crime scene
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and Mr. Stephney's crime scene
were fired from not just
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the same weapon type,
but the exact same weapon.
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Mr. Orr was shot
by the same person
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that shot Mr. Stephney.
447
00:20:25,091 --> 00:20:27,527
narrator: Since
all three murders involved
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a .40-caliber firearm
and a note from Jack,
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the team must determine
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what ties the three victims
together.
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- We do a deep dive into
the victimology of each target
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and could find
no commonalities
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between the victims.
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We look into each person's
life and try to uncover
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any Jack that they may know,
and we came up with nothing.
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So we're back at square one.
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narrator:
As fear intensifies
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for the citizens
of East Point,
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the police department
doubles its efforts
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to identify the killer
in all three of these cases.
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- We were wondering
if there was any commonality
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between the victims.
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Did they shop
at the same grocery store
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or, you know,
whatever the similarity was.
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So we were really looking at
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every possible connection
between these people.
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- Once we figured out
these were connected,
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you know,
we had all hands on deck
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trying to solve the case,
trying to find a lead.
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- We still had people
stealing bicycles,
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stealing plants off the porch
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or whatever
that we had to go to.
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But we did that as detectives.
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We're looking for paper
on the floor that says "Jack."
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We're looking for any notes
that this person's leaving us
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to give us clues
of what he's gonna do again.
477
00:21:43,536 --> 00:21:46,506
- It felt as if this individual
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was trying to antagonize
law enforcement.
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Is it really a Jack?
Is it someone who is trying
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to throw off law enforcement
by using Jack?
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narrator: But it isn't long
before Jack strikes again.
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- Four days after Mr. Orr
and Mr. Stephney's shooting,
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on April the 12th,
we got a call of shots fired
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on a street in East Point.
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Detectives arrived
on the scene.
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We were all kind of on edge
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'cause we just had two
shootings four nights before.
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And Mrs. Northern,
Barbara Northern,
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and her mother,
Beulah Northern,
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who was visiting
from out of town,
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were sitting
in their living room,
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watching television,
and they heard a gunshot.
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[gunshot]
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Their window shattered,
and their TV just exploded.
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- We asked Mrs. Northern
exactly what happened,
496
00:22:42,562 --> 00:22:44,564
and she said she really
didn't know other than
497
00:22:44,597 --> 00:22:46,666
she heard a gunshot
and the TV went out.
498
00:22:46,700 --> 00:22:49,536
- We found a bullet lodged
in the TV.
499
00:22:49,569 --> 00:22:55,108
In the front yard, we found
a .40-caliber shell casing.
500
00:22:55,108 --> 00:22:57,243
narrator: The casings
are the same caliber
501
00:22:57,277 --> 00:23:00,680
as the other three shootings,
so the team immediately
502
00:23:00,714 --> 00:23:04,484
starts looking for
any other signs of Jack.
503
00:23:04,517 --> 00:23:06,519
- Detective Barge
was standing there,
504
00:23:06,553 --> 00:23:09,422
and he looked over
at Mrs. Northern's vehicle
505
00:23:09,456 --> 00:23:11,524
and noticed that there
was a note
506
00:23:11,558 --> 00:23:13,560
under the windshield wiper.
507
00:23:13,593 --> 00:23:17,197
- I was actually focused
on looking for paper now,
508
00:23:17,230 --> 00:23:20,367
and I found a piece of paper
folded up on her car.
509
00:23:20,400 --> 00:23:24,070
On one side, it said "Jack,"
510
00:23:24,070 --> 00:23:26,406
and on the other side,
it said,
511
00:23:26,439 --> 00:23:29,542
"Better count your body bags."
512
00:23:29,576 --> 00:23:31,878
Now, the perpetrator's
not only saying,
513
00:23:31,911 --> 00:23:34,114
"Hey, I've been out for
six weeks. Someone must pay."
514
00:23:34,147 --> 00:23:36,683
He's telling us
to count our body bags.
515
00:23:36,716 --> 00:23:41,588
We are really under pressure
to figure this out
516
00:23:41,621 --> 00:23:43,256
and put an end to this
as soon as possible
517
00:23:43,289 --> 00:23:46,593
before we do have to start
counting the body bags.
518
00:23:50,730 --> 00:23:54,634
The investigation showed
that the shooter
519
00:23:54,668 --> 00:23:57,604
left these notes after
he put them in his mouth.
520
00:23:57,637 --> 00:24:01,107
- It wasn't fingerprints.
521
00:24:01,141 --> 00:24:03,943
It was the lip prints.
522
00:24:04,044 --> 00:24:08,448
* *
523
00:24:08,982 --> 00:24:12,719
[percussive music]
524
00:24:13,620 --> 00:24:15,422
narrator:
A serial shooter is
525
00:24:15,455 --> 00:24:18,758
terrorizing the tranquil
Atlanta suburb of East Point.
526
00:24:18,792 --> 00:24:21,094
With four shootings
and counting,
527
00:24:21,127 --> 00:24:23,763
East Point police are
investigating the crimes
528
00:24:23,797 --> 00:24:25,832
at a dizzying pace.
529
00:24:25,865 --> 00:24:28,968
The gunman has shot down
a probation officer,
530
00:24:29,069 --> 00:24:32,072
a hospital worker,
and has shot at three others
531
00:24:32,105 --> 00:24:34,240
who were relaxing
in their homes.
532
00:24:34,274 --> 00:24:38,778
The latest shooting reveals
a new, alarming threat.
533
00:24:38,812 --> 00:24:41,614
- We have this note
from under a windshield wiper,
534
00:24:41,648 --> 00:24:43,283
and it's signed "Jack."
535
00:24:43,316 --> 00:24:45,452
What this showed us
536
00:24:45,485 --> 00:24:49,489
is that we had a serial shooter
537
00:24:49,522 --> 00:24:51,658
who'd already killed
two people,
538
00:24:51,691 --> 00:24:55,095
was willing to kill more.
539
00:24:55,128 --> 00:24:57,097
We've got to stop him.
540
00:24:57,130 --> 00:24:59,599
[somber music]
541
00:24:59,632 --> 00:25:01,368
- East Point police
just announced,
542
00:25:01,401 --> 00:25:04,037
"We got a serial killer."
543
00:25:04,070 --> 00:25:06,840
And I remember talking
to Detective Barge
544
00:25:06,873 --> 00:25:09,542
when he called again to ask
was I okay.
545
00:25:09,576 --> 00:25:11,845
I told him no.
546
00:25:11,878 --> 00:25:14,114
I said, "This serial killer's
out there,
547
00:25:14,147 --> 00:25:17,217
you know, posting up
in the middle of the night."
548
00:25:17,250 --> 00:25:20,286
- Tony was our rescuer.
Tony was really our refuge
549
00:25:20,320 --> 00:25:23,390
person that we could run to
and all would be well.
550
00:25:23,423 --> 00:25:26,292
I couldn't even imagine
why somebody would shoot him.
551
00:25:26,326 --> 00:25:29,129
So it was just painful
'cause, you know, each day,
552
00:25:29,162 --> 00:25:32,799
you feel like it was useless
as what went down.
553
00:25:32,832 --> 00:25:35,669
- When you have
a serial killer on the loose,
554
00:25:35,702 --> 00:25:37,904
some of those ordinary things
that you would do
555
00:25:37,937 --> 00:25:41,675
every single day are not things
that you really want to do
556
00:25:41,708 --> 00:25:43,710
because you don't know
where the killer is
557
00:25:43,743 --> 00:25:45,745
or who the killer is.
558
00:25:45,779 --> 00:25:47,414
The media is everywhere.
559
00:25:47,447 --> 00:25:50,250
Everyone is in the street,
trying to break the big story
560
00:25:50,283 --> 00:25:52,352
of who could this possibly be.
561
00:25:52,385 --> 00:25:55,221
- It's East Point, a
family-oriented neighborhood,
562
00:25:55,255 --> 00:25:57,891
but it's not the same
since the shootings started.
563
00:25:57,924 --> 00:26:00,026
- We don't even feel okay
in the daytime.
564
00:26:00,060 --> 00:26:03,563
It's just--it feels
very uncomfortable now.
565
00:26:03,596 --> 00:26:04,698
- I don't know what
the shootings
566
00:26:04,731 --> 00:26:05,932
are all about. Do you?
567
00:26:06,032 --> 00:26:08,168
- Will there be
an easy answer?
568
00:26:08,201 --> 00:26:10,070
Obviously not.
569
00:26:10,103 --> 00:26:12,539
narrator: Investigators know
they have to do
570
00:26:12,572 --> 00:26:16,676
everything they can to keep
their residents safe.
571
00:26:16,710 --> 00:26:19,245
- We contacted state resources,
the GBI,
572
00:26:19,279 --> 00:26:22,882
trying to get a profile
of the psychological makeup
573
00:26:22,916 --> 00:26:25,352
of someone that would
do something like this,
574
00:26:25,385 --> 00:26:29,222
just to give us something
or someone to look for.
575
00:26:29,255 --> 00:26:31,558
narrator: Detectives continue
to look into
576
00:26:31,591 --> 00:26:33,226
each victim's background
577
00:26:33,259 --> 00:26:36,129
to try to find
a connection between them.
578
00:26:36,162 --> 00:26:39,899
They interview neighbors,
family, and friends
579
00:26:39,933 --> 00:26:42,902
to try to identify
any known enemies
580
00:26:42,936 --> 00:26:46,606
or any common thread
that ties them together.
581
00:26:46,639 --> 00:26:51,077
Meanwhile, CSI teams continue
scouring the Jack notes
582
00:26:51,111 --> 00:26:53,947
for forensic evidence,
where they find the killer
583
00:26:53,980 --> 00:26:57,917
left his mark
in a very personal manner.
584
00:26:57,951 --> 00:27:01,421
- It wasn't fingerprints.
585
00:27:01,454 --> 00:27:04,090
It was the lip prints.
586
00:27:04,124 --> 00:27:07,894
- The investigation showed
that the shooter
587
00:27:07,927 --> 00:27:12,232
left these notes after
he put them in his mouth.
588
00:27:12,265 --> 00:27:16,102
- And I gave it to the lady
fingerprint examiner at GBI.
589
00:27:16,136 --> 00:27:18,438
I said, "Can we do anything
with this?"
590
00:27:18,471 --> 00:27:22,042
And she said, "Yeah, I think I
know a guy down in Jacksonville
591
00:27:22,042 --> 00:27:25,445
that has done some research
on comparing lip prints."
592
00:27:25,478 --> 00:27:27,681
- It was explained to us that
593
00:27:27,714 --> 00:27:30,650
lip prints are as unique
as fingerprints.
594
00:27:30,684 --> 00:27:32,352
And further,
they were able to
595
00:27:32,385 --> 00:27:35,321
extract DNA
from those lip prints.
596
00:27:35,355 --> 00:27:39,426
And this was nationwide and the
first time that was ever done.
597
00:27:42,128 --> 00:27:45,365
The DNA profile was
run in the police database
598
00:27:45,398 --> 00:27:47,200
and came back with nothing,
599
00:27:47,233 --> 00:27:50,804
which means the serial shooter
was not in our system
600
00:27:50,837 --> 00:27:53,306
because he had never been
arrested for a crime
601
00:27:53,340 --> 00:27:55,875
that required him
to submit his DNA.
602
00:27:55,909 --> 00:27:59,245
So now, we just needed
lips to go with it.
603
00:28:01,348 --> 00:28:03,383
narrator:
The investigation continues
604
00:28:03,416 --> 00:28:05,018
for the next two weeks
605
00:28:05,018 --> 00:28:09,689
until April 24th, 2001.
606
00:28:10,757 --> 00:28:12,792
- We got off work at midnight.
607
00:28:12,826 --> 00:28:14,828
Detective Barge and I,
we went to get
608
00:28:14,861 --> 00:28:16,730
some late dinner
after we got off work.
609
00:28:16,763 --> 00:28:18,898
My pager went off.
610
00:28:18,932 --> 00:28:21,167
It was the 911 center
calling me,
611
00:28:21,201 --> 00:28:23,903
and they needed detectives
on Washington Road,
612
00:28:23,937 --> 00:28:26,039
where a lady had been shot.
613
00:28:28,375 --> 00:28:31,044
- When I got there, there were
several police officers there,
614
00:28:31,044 --> 00:28:33,046
uniformed
police officers there.
615
00:28:33,079 --> 00:28:35,849
The victim,
by the time I got there,
616
00:28:35,882 --> 00:28:38,051
had already been taken
to the hospital.
617
00:28:38,084 --> 00:28:41,488
- What we found was
that lady Rosa Lewis
618
00:28:41,521 --> 00:28:44,424
had backed her car
into a parking place
619
00:28:44,457 --> 00:28:50,063
and was getting out of her car
sometime around 12:40 a.m.
620
00:28:50,063 --> 00:28:53,533
And she was shot several times
in the parking lot.
621
00:28:53,566 --> 00:28:58,204
- She'd crawled to an apartment
and beat on the door,
622
00:28:58,238 --> 00:29:02,208
screaming for help, and
her roommate opened the door
623
00:29:02,242 --> 00:29:05,345
and found Rosa shot
multiple times.
624
00:29:08,415 --> 00:29:11,017
- The physical evidence
at the scene showed
625
00:29:11,051 --> 00:29:14,020
shell casings
all around the car.
626
00:29:14,020 --> 00:29:15,855
The car actually had
bullet holes in it.
627
00:29:15,889 --> 00:29:18,024
We did another big search
of the crime scene,
628
00:29:18,024 --> 00:29:20,360
looking for a note.
629
00:29:20,393 --> 00:29:22,896
- And there was no note
from the elusive Jack
630
00:29:22,929 --> 00:29:25,398
anywhere at the crime scene.
631
00:29:25,432 --> 00:29:28,568
narrator: While the team finds
no notes from Jack,
632
00:29:28,601 --> 00:29:32,072
the .40-caliber casings match
the other shootings,
633
00:29:32,105 --> 00:29:35,141
so investigators continue
to scour the scene
634
00:29:35,175 --> 00:29:37,410
for links to the other crimes.
635
00:29:40,580 --> 00:29:44,417
- We thought that it could be
connected to the other cases.
636
00:29:44,451 --> 00:29:47,153
We spoke to the roommate.
The roommate told us that
637
00:29:47,187 --> 00:29:50,957
Ms. Lewis had been living
with her for a few months.
638
00:29:51,057 --> 00:29:52,625
- While we were talking
to her,
639
00:29:52,659 --> 00:29:53,960
the other detective noticed
640
00:29:54,060 --> 00:29:56,196
a jacket hanging
in the closet...
641
00:29:59,766 --> 00:30:02,602
That had some type
of insignia on it
642
00:30:02,635 --> 00:30:06,873
indicating the probation office
where Cynthia Rolle worked.
643
00:30:09,309 --> 00:30:13,513
And we both looked at
each other and thought "Wow."
644
00:30:13,546 --> 00:30:16,516
We asked the roommate,
"Whose jacket is that?"
645
00:30:16,549 --> 00:30:18,184
She told us it was Rosa's.
646
00:30:18,218 --> 00:30:21,021
She told us that Rosa worked
for the probation office.
647
00:30:21,054 --> 00:30:23,223
It just hit us
like a ton of bricks.
648
00:30:26,393 --> 00:30:29,162
Is it that the shooter
is targeting law enforcement?
649
00:30:29,195 --> 00:30:31,364
I mean, this is just getting
bigger and bigger and bigger.
650
00:30:31,398 --> 00:30:34,167
[dramatic music]
651
00:30:34,200 --> 00:30:36,636
We saw white paper,
like printer paper,
652
00:30:36,670 --> 00:30:39,139
a black Magic Marker,
and a yellow highlighter
653
00:30:39,172 --> 00:30:40,407
laying side by side.
654
00:30:40,440 --> 00:30:43,610
To be face to face
with somebody who's that evil,
655
00:30:43,643 --> 00:30:45,779
who's done stuff like that,
who seems so nice--
656
00:30:45,812 --> 00:30:47,881
it's unnerving.
657
00:30:47,914 --> 00:30:52,452
* *
658
00:30:56,356 --> 00:30:57,724
narrator:
During the spring of 2001,
659
00:30:58,792 --> 00:31:01,494
Atlanta's charming hamlet
of East Point
660
00:31:01,528 --> 00:31:05,165
is being terrorized
by a relentless serial killer.
661
00:31:05,198 --> 00:31:08,301
Now, he struck again
662
00:31:08,335 --> 00:31:11,671
and this time,
investigators finally uncover
663
00:31:11,705 --> 00:31:15,208
a clear connection
between two of his victims.
664
00:31:15,241 --> 00:31:17,844
- Ms. Lewis was
a probation officer
665
00:31:17,877 --> 00:31:19,479
for the state of Georgia.
666
00:31:19,512 --> 00:31:22,315
- And it was the Georgia
probation office
667
00:31:22,349 --> 00:31:26,152
where Cynthia Rolle worked.
668
00:31:26,186 --> 00:31:29,089
- We were treating the case,
you know, very seriously
669
00:31:29,122 --> 00:31:31,758
and called out all
the detectives that we had
670
00:31:31,791 --> 00:31:35,595
because we wanted to do
another canvass of residents
671
00:31:35,628 --> 00:31:38,231
to include the community.
You know, we were asking,
672
00:31:38,264 --> 00:31:41,001
"Did anyone see anything
suspicious?"
673
00:31:41,101 --> 00:31:43,703
narrator: During the canvass,
police find a witness
674
00:31:43,737 --> 00:31:47,207
who claims to have heard
a gunshot and noticed a car
675
00:31:47,240 --> 00:31:49,509
speeding away
shortly afterward.
676
00:31:49,542 --> 00:31:51,878
- She looked out her window
once the gunshots
677
00:31:51,911 --> 00:31:56,549
and she did see a blue Dodge,
possibly an Intrepid,
678
00:31:56,583 --> 00:31:59,886
that had sped away
from the crime scene.
679
00:31:59,919 --> 00:32:04,591
narrator: An APB goes out
for a blue Dodge Intrepid.
680
00:32:04,624 --> 00:32:06,626
Word soon gets out
681
00:32:06,659 --> 00:32:09,562
that a second probation
officer has been shot.
682
00:32:09,596 --> 00:32:12,232
State and local authorities
have to assume
683
00:32:12,265 --> 00:32:16,069
anyone with a badge
could be next.
684
00:32:16,102 --> 00:32:18,471
- My district director
called me
685
00:32:18,505 --> 00:32:20,407
and said that Rosa
had been shot.
686
00:32:20,440 --> 00:32:24,611
So I got up, took out,
and went to Grady hospital.
687
00:32:24,644 --> 00:32:27,747
I told the nurse,
"You all need to get security
688
00:32:27,781 --> 00:32:31,217
"at this door because this lady
is a probation officer.
689
00:32:31,251 --> 00:32:33,486
"Someone has attacked her,
and that person
690
00:32:33,520 --> 00:32:36,890
may try to come back
and finish the job."
691
00:32:36,923 --> 00:32:38,758
So we are on edge again.
692
00:32:38,792 --> 00:32:41,728
You don't end up shooting
two probation officers
693
00:32:41,761 --> 00:32:43,663
and it just be coincidental.
694
00:32:43,697 --> 00:32:45,765
[tense music]
695
00:32:45,799 --> 00:32:49,102
narrator: Detectives go back
to the list of Cynthia Rolle's
696
00:32:49,135 --> 00:32:50,737
and Rosa Lewis' probationers,
697
00:32:50,770 --> 00:32:53,840
determined to identify
a suspect.
698
00:32:53,873 --> 00:32:56,976
- We employed the same tactics
of investigation
699
00:32:57,010 --> 00:32:58,978
that we had done
with Cynthia Rolle.
700
00:32:59,012 --> 00:33:01,648
We got the roster
of all of her probationers
701
00:33:01,681 --> 00:33:04,184
and just started going
through them, saying,
702
00:33:04,217 --> 00:33:05,518
"What about this person?
What about this person?
703
00:33:05,552 --> 00:33:07,587
What about this person?
Who was mad at her?"
704
00:33:07,620 --> 00:33:10,790
- Ultimately, there was nothing
that was found
705
00:33:10,824 --> 00:33:11,825
that jumped out at us
706
00:33:11,858 --> 00:33:14,327
where anyone would want
to harm her.
707
00:33:17,063 --> 00:33:20,367
narrator: Detective Barge digs
into Rosa Lewis' background,
708
00:33:20,400 --> 00:33:22,836
starting with her roommate.
709
00:33:22,869 --> 00:33:24,070
- She disclosed to us
710
00:33:24,070 --> 00:33:26,306
that Rosa had recently
gone through a divorce.
711
00:33:26,339 --> 00:33:29,843
She was amicable
with her ex-husband
712
00:33:29,876 --> 00:33:32,812
and had just moved in there
with her recently.
713
00:33:32,846 --> 00:33:35,648
The roommate also told us
that Rosa's ex-husband
714
00:33:35,682 --> 00:33:38,718
owned a construction company
in metro Atlanta.
715
00:33:38,752 --> 00:33:41,388
He lived just outside
the city of Atlanta
716
00:33:41,421 --> 00:33:45,191
and was a big figure
in the youth organization
717
00:33:45,225 --> 00:33:47,527
of his church.
718
00:33:47,560 --> 00:33:50,830
narrator: Barge drives
to 44-year-old youth minister
719
00:33:50,864 --> 00:33:52,999
William Charles Lewis' house
720
00:33:53,099 --> 00:33:55,335
to deliver the terrible news.
721
00:33:55,368 --> 00:33:56,636
- We wanted to just
to notify him
722
00:33:56,670 --> 00:33:58,138
that his ex-wife
had been shot,
723
00:33:58,171 --> 00:33:59,539
was critically injured,
724
00:33:59,572 --> 00:34:02,642
and was at Grady Hospital
in downtown Atlanta.
725
00:34:02,676 --> 00:34:06,646
We knocked on his door...
[echoing knocks]
726
00:34:06,680 --> 00:34:08,515
Got nothing.
Knocked on his door again.
727
00:34:08,548 --> 00:34:10,850
Nothing.
As we're turning to leave,
728
00:34:10,884 --> 00:34:13,353
a dark Intrepid
729
00:34:13,386 --> 00:34:14,454
pulled into the driveway,
730
00:34:14,487 --> 00:34:16,389
and we looked at each other
and said, "Look at this.
731
00:34:16,423 --> 00:34:18,258
"I mean, that looks
just like the car
732
00:34:18,291 --> 00:34:21,061
that was described to us
at Rosa's shooting."
733
00:34:21,061 --> 00:34:22,729
[dramatic music]
734
00:34:22,762 --> 00:34:25,165
So our radar is up.
735
00:34:25,198 --> 00:34:26,533
The man got out of the car.
736
00:34:26,566 --> 00:34:28,068
He looked
a little disheveled to us.
737
00:34:28,101 --> 00:34:29,269
His shirt was untucked.
738
00:34:29,302 --> 00:34:31,538
He just looked like
he just woke up.
739
00:34:31,571 --> 00:34:34,541
And he introduced himself
as William Charles Lewis
740
00:34:34,574 --> 00:34:36,176
and asked what was going on.
741
00:34:36,209 --> 00:34:39,713
His reaction was nothing
like we expected.
742
00:34:39,746 --> 00:34:44,451
His immediate response was,
"Why did this happen?"
743
00:34:44,484 --> 00:34:47,954
And then he said, "This is
out of character for Rosa."
744
00:34:47,987 --> 00:34:49,689
Well, being an investigator,
745
00:34:49,723 --> 00:34:53,526
those were the absolute
wrong things to say.
746
00:34:53,560 --> 00:34:55,762
Not once did he ask
how she was.
747
00:34:55,795 --> 00:34:58,398
Not once did he ask
where she was.
748
00:34:58,431 --> 00:35:00,367
He was fishing us
for information
749
00:35:00,400 --> 00:35:02,602
to see what we knew.
750
00:35:02,635 --> 00:35:05,205
narrator: Lewis invites
detectives into his home,
751
00:35:05,238 --> 00:35:06,873
where they meet his son,
752
00:35:06,906 --> 00:35:10,710
whom he shares
with the victim, Rosa.
753
00:35:10,744 --> 00:35:14,581
- We met with his son,
who was a teenager.
754
00:35:14,614 --> 00:35:17,417
And we talked
to his son separately
755
00:35:17,450 --> 00:35:19,552
and just asked him, "Hey,
756
00:35:19,586 --> 00:35:21,888
where was your father
all night?"
757
00:35:21,921 --> 00:35:23,456
And he said,
"He was here all night.
758
00:35:23,490 --> 00:35:24,824
He was home all night."
759
00:35:24,858 --> 00:35:26,893
He just drove up
while we were here,
760
00:35:26,926 --> 00:35:29,062
so something's not right here.
761
00:35:29,062 --> 00:35:32,332
narrator: As Detective Barge
looks around the house,
762
00:35:32,365 --> 00:35:35,635
the pieces of the puzzle
start to click.
763
00:35:35,669 --> 00:35:38,638
- We saw white paper,
like printer paper,
764
00:35:38,672 --> 00:35:41,341
a black Magic Marker,
and a yellow highlighter
765
00:35:41,374 --> 00:35:42,575
laying side by side.
766
00:35:42,609 --> 00:35:44,110
Anybody can have these things,
767
00:35:44,144 --> 00:35:46,112
but it's starting
to add up here.
768
00:35:46,146 --> 00:35:48,281
We started to suspect
769
00:35:48,314 --> 00:35:52,485
Mr. Lewis was the perpetrator
770
00:35:52,519 --> 00:35:56,489
as soon as he asked us
why this happened.
771
00:35:56,523 --> 00:35:59,259
That was the moment
that I thought
772
00:35:59,292 --> 00:36:01,361
I might be talking to the guy
who did this.
773
00:36:01,394 --> 00:36:02,829
[tense music]
774
00:36:02,862 --> 00:36:05,298
We need to get out
of their space
775
00:36:05,331 --> 00:36:08,034
and do this in our space.
776
00:36:08,034 --> 00:36:10,036
* *
777
00:36:10,036 --> 00:36:12,372
narrator: Investigators
take Lewis and his son
778
00:36:12,405 --> 00:36:14,941
to the police station
to be interviewed.
779
00:36:15,041 --> 00:36:19,846
- And what we decided to do
was talk to his son first,
780
00:36:19,879 --> 00:36:21,314
without his dad.
781
00:36:21,348 --> 00:36:23,049
Sadly for him,
he was just finding out
782
00:36:23,083 --> 00:36:26,353
that his mother had been shot,
she was possibly gonna die.
783
00:36:26,386 --> 00:36:29,122
That upset him
to where he explained to us
784
00:36:29,155 --> 00:36:31,157
that he didn't know where
his dad had been all night.
785
00:36:31,191 --> 00:36:32,659
[dramatic music]
786
00:36:32,692 --> 00:36:36,663
At that moment,
I felt that we needed
787
00:36:36,696 --> 00:36:39,165
to talk
to William Charles Lewis,
788
00:36:39,199 --> 00:36:42,302
and I felt that
we more than likely
789
00:36:42,335 --> 00:36:44,671
had the serial shooter.
790
00:36:48,875 --> 00:36:51,511
narrator: As Detective Barge
sits across from Lewis
791
00:36:51,544 --> 00:36:53,246
in the interrogation room,
792
00:36:53,279 --> 00:36:57,350
the stakes become
all too real.
793
00:37:07,193 --> 00:37:08,428
To be face to face
794
00:37:08,461 --> 00:37:10,363
with somebody
who's that evil...
795
00:37:21,241 --> 00:37:23,043
- It's unnerving.
796
00:37:23,076 --> 00:37:26,579
So outwardly, I'm in charge
of the whole thing,
797
00:37:26,613 --> 00:37:28,548
but inside, I'm thinking,
"Oh, my God,
798
00:37:28,581 --> 00:37:31,451
I'm sitting here
with a serial killer."
799
00:37:31,484 --> 00:37:38,658
* *
800
00:37:41,995 --> 00:37:46,700
narrator:
Detectives finally have
801
00:37:47,267 --> 00:37:48,535
a person of interest
802
00:37:48,568 --> 00:37:51,071
in the serial shootings
that have rocked East Point
803
00:37:51,104 --> 00:37:52,872
over the last six weeks.
804
00:37:52,906 --> 00:37:57,610
The suspect, 44-year-old
William Charles Lewis,
805
00:37:57,644 --> 00:37:59,646
is the latest victim's
ex-husband
806
00:37:59,679 --> 00:38:04,384
and has been completely
under the radar until now.
807
00:38:04,417 --> 00:38:06,753
Detective Tim Barge
interviews him
808
00:38:06,786 --> 00:38:08,888
at the East Point
police station.
809
00:38:25,705 --> 00:38:27,273
- He denied the whole thing.
810
00:38:27,307 --> 00:38:28,942
We got called out of the room,
811
00:38:29,042 --> 00:38:31,678
and we're handed a letter
812
00:38:31,711 --> 00:38:33,413
that had been brought
to the police station
813
00:38:33,446 --> 00:38:37,450
by Mrs. Lewis' boss.
814
00:38:37,484 --> 00:38:40,286
- After Miss Rose's death,
815
00:38:40,320 --> 00:38:43,923
Miss Lewis gave me a letter...
816
00:38:43,957 --> 00:38:45,492
[dramatic music]
817
00:38:45,525 --> 00:38:47,360
And asked me to keep
this letter,
818
00:38:47,394 --> 00:38:49,195
and she said,
"Just hold on to this.
819
00:38:49,229 --> 00:38:52,766
If anything happens to me,
I want you to read this."
820
00:38:52,799 --> 00:38:55,702
When Miss Lewis was injured,
821
00:38:55,735 --> 00:38:58,271
I went back to my office
that morning and read it,
822
00:38:58,304 --> 00:38:59,806
and it implied
823
00:38:59,839 --> 00:39:03,443
that we should take a look
at her husband.
824
00:39:11,351 --> 00:39:14,487
- And we confronted
William Lewis with that letter,
825
00:39:14,521 --> 00:39:17,724
and we said, "Your own wife
told us who did this.
826
00:39:17,757 --> 00:39:19,793
And I think you did it."
827
00:39:19,826 --> 00:39:22,095
And he just never admitted
to it.
828
00:39:23,229 --> 00:39:24,531
narrator: With no confession,
829
00:39:24,931 --> 00:39:28,034
and only a circumstantial case
mounting against Lewis,
830
00:39:28,034 --> 00:39:30,637
detectives know
they need to gather
831
00:39:30,670 --> 00:39:32,572
some kind of physical evidence
832
00:39:32,605 --> 00:39:34,808
to get a conviction.
833
00:39:34,841 --> 00:39:38,178
- We got a search warrant
for his phone records
834
00:39:38,211 --> 00:39:41,348
and were able to triangulate
his location,
835
00:39:41,381 --> 00:39:45,051
his phone's location,
during each shooting,
836
00:39:45,051 --> 00:39:48,855
and all of them put him
within a cell tower
837
00:39:48,888 --> 00:39:51,891
of the shooting
at the time that it happened.
838
00:39:51,925 --> 00:39:54,194
* *
839
00:39:54,227 --> 00:39:56,896
- I took lip prints from him
when he was arrested.
840
00:39:56,930 --> 00:40:00,200
I went to the store
and bought some lipstick, red,
841
00:40:00,233 --> 00:40:03,403
and I had pieces of paper
made up for comparison
842
00:40:03,436 --> 00:40:06,873
to see if the lip prints
on the target item
843
00:40:06,906 --> 00:40:09,442
and his lips--
were they the same?
844
00:40:09,476 --> 00:40:13,279
* *
845
00:40:13,313 --> 00:40:14,581
He didn't like it
'cause I was--
846
00:40:14,614 --> 00:40:16,116
I had put lipstick
on his lips.
847
00:40:16,149 --> 00:40:17,884
* *
848
00:40:17,917 --> 00:40:20,920
- We got a search warrant
for his blood as well
849
00:40:20,954 --> 00:40:23,757
because DNA had been extracted
from the lip prints
850
00:40:23,790 --> 00:40:25,792
on the notes that were left.
851
00:40:25,825 --> 00:40:27,460
- We were notified by
852
00:40:27,494 --> 00:40:29,129
the Georgia Bureau
of Investigation
853
00:40:29,162 --> 00:40:32,565
that the DNA extracted
from the notes
854
00:40:32,599 --> 00:40:35,602
were all from Mr. Lewis.
855
00:40:35,635 --> 00:40:39,806
- The DNA matched
every single note that we had.
856
00:40:39,839 --> 00:40:43,076
There was no doubt that it was
William Charles Lewis.
857
00:40:43,109 --> 00:40:46,646
* *
858
00:40:46,680 --> 00:40:49,916
narrator: Lewis refuses
to confess to police,
859
00:40:49,949 --> 00:40:52,452
and he claims he doesn't know
the other victims.
860
00:40:52,485 --> 00:40:54,154
- What he was trying to do
861
00:40:54,187 --> 00:40:56,056
was just throw the police
department off.
862
00:40:56,089 --> 00:40:58,491
He leaving the notes
at random crime scenes.
863
00:40:58,525 --> 00:41:00,326
He realized
that we couldn't find
864
00:41:00,360 --> 00:41:01,594
a connection with any of them.
865
00:41:01,628 --> 00:41:05,065
He felt that there was no way
that he was gonna get caught.
866
00:41:05,065 --> 00:41:08,101
His last victim
was his ex-wife.
867
00:41:08,134 --> 00:41:09,769
He might've gotten
such a thrill,
868
00:41:09,803 --> 00:41:12,172
he might've continued on.
869
00:41:12,205 --> 00:41:14,474
- When those
in the community found out
870
00:41:14,507 --> 00:41:17,110
that this serial shooter
871
00:41:17,143 --> 00:41:19,179
and, quite frankly,
serial killer
872
00:41:19,212 --> 00:41:21,348
was a minister,
873
00:41:21,381 --> 00:41:24,117
it was really hard to forgive.
874
00:41:24,150 --> 00:41:27,187
* *
875
00:41:27,220 --> 00:41:29,856
- Based on the totality
of circumstances
876
00:41:29,889 --> 00:41:31,758
and the evidence
that we had collected,
877
00:41:31,791 --> 00:41:32,859
and in consultation
878
00:41:32,892 --> 00:41:35,328
with the Fulton County
district attorney's office,
879
00:41:35,362 --> 00:41:38,965
Mr. Lewis was charged
with 26 separate counts
880
00:41:38,998 --> 00:41:42,302
related to the shootings
and the murders.
881
00:41:42,335 --> 00:41:43,970
* *
882
00:41:44,004 --> 00:41:45,872
narrator:
Lewis pleads guilty
883
00:41:45,905 --> 00:41:47,807
to the murders
of Cynthia Rolle
884
00:41:47,841 --> 00:41:49,342
and Antonio Stephney
885
00:41:49,376 --> 00:41:51,277
and the attempted murders
886
00:41:51,311 --> 00:41:54,214
of Roger Orr and Rosa Lewis.
887
00:41:54,247 --> 00:41:57,384
He is given
multiple life sentences
888
00:41:57,417 --> 00:42:00,653
with no possibility of parole.
889
00:42:00,687 --> 00:42:02,389
[somber music]
890
00:42:02,422 --> 00:42:05,692
- Rosa was a strong person,
and so, consequently,
891
00:42:05,725 --> 00:42:10,497
little by little by little,
she got better.
892
00:42:10,530 --> 00:42:13,466
And finally, this lady was up
and able to walk.
893
00:42:13,500 --> 00:42:15,702
* *
894
00:42:15,735 --> 00:42:18,171
[soft music]
895
00:42:18,204 --> 00:42:21,307
narrator: With the sniper
finally off the street,
896
00:42:21,341 --> 00:42:25,078
cautious calm settles
over the tiny hamlet,
897
00:42:25,078 --> 00:42:29,082
but to some, the town
will never be the same.
898
00:42:29,082 --> 00:42:31,418
- I think it took away
the East Point,
899
00:42:31,451 --> 00:42:33,853
the "Leave It to Beaver" world
that I grew up in.
900
00:42:33,887 --> 00:42:39,092
These victims were
100% blameless.
901
00:42:40,894 --> 00:42:42,095
narrator:
William Charles Lewis
902
00:42:42,095 --> 00:42:45,832
left behind more than
a trail of body bags.
903
00:42:45,865 --> 00:42:48,101
He left heartbroken friends
and family
904
00:42:48,101 --> 00:42:51,538
who missed their loved ones
every day.
905
00:42:51,571 --> 00:42:53,106
- What I miss most
about Cynthia
906
00:42:53,139 --> 00:42:55,842
was just
that gorgeous smile she had.
907
00:42:55,875 --> 00:42:57,243
She smiled all the time.
908
00:42:57,277 --> 00:42:59,212
She was never angry
about anything.
909
00:42:59,245 --> 00:43:01,381
So I missed all of that
about her.
910
00:43:01,414 --> 00:43:06,252
* *
911
00:43:06,286 --> 00:43:08,121
- The phone call
saying that I love you,
912
00:43:08,154 --> 00:43:10,457
hugging you and kissing you--
913
00:43:10,490 --> 00:43:12,058
yeah, that was Tony.
914
00:43:12,092 --> 00:43:14,427
Sometimes, you just wish
you could feel
915
00:43:14,461 --> 00:43:15,595
that hand holding,
916
00:43:15,628 --> 00:43:17,063
and he'd walk beside you,
917
00:43:17,097 --> 00:43:18,798
holding your hand,
just be staring at you
918
00:43:18,832 --> 00:43:20,467
just to tell you he love you.
919
00:43:20,500 --> 00:43:23,536
I miss it.
I really, really miss it.
920
00:43:23,570 --> 00:43:28,408
* *
921
00:43:28,441 --> 00:43:31,077
- Well, there's never closure
for these crime victims
922
00:43:31,111 --> 00:43:34,080
or their families, but
at least it's--it's a part.
923
00:43:34,114 --> 00:43:35,982
The door closes a little bit.
924
00:43:36,082 --> 00:43:37,817
And it's justice
for the victims
925
00:43:37,851 --> 00:43:39,285
and their families.
926
00:43:39,319 --> 00:43:46,126
* *