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<i> [tense music]</i>

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<i> - A young woman living</i>
<i> her new york dream...</i>

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<i> - She was smart,</i>
<i> she was dedicated,</i>

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And she was
an immigrant success story.

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<i> - Suddenly vanishes</i>
<i> without a trace.</i>

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<i> - Was she abducted?</i>

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Was she kidnapped?
Was she killed?

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<i> - The trail leads police</i>

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<i> To a man</i>
<i> with a checkered past.</i>

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<i> - He was in the garage</i>

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Digging a hole.

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This is a major break
in our investigation.

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- This is where
it gets really weird.

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<i> - And a wronged lover</i>
<i> decides to get even.</i>

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- He broke this thing
wide open.

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- I wasn't gonna
let him get away

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With what he did to me.

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<i> - When he goes on the lam,</i>

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<i> He finds you can't hide</i>
<i> from the nypd.</i>

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<i> - One day, I got a phone call.</i>

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"lock your doors.
He's coming back."

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<i> ♪ ♪</i>

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<i> [dramatic music]</i>

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<i> ♪ ♪</i>

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<i> [suspenseful music]</i>

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<i> ♪ ♪</i>

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<i> - Around the world,</i>
<i> everyone knows</i>

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<i> That new york city</i>
<i> is a beacon of variety,</i>

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<i> Wealth,</i>
<i> and, more than anything,</i>

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<i> Possibility.</i>

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That's what attracted
filipino native maria cruz.

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<i> But she could never</i>
<i> have imagined</i>

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<i> How the glittering promise</i>
<i> of new york could vanish</i>

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<i> In a single violent instant.</i>

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<i> ♪ ♪</i>

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[car horns honking]

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<i> In the high-stakes world</i>
<i> of international finance,</i>

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<i> Monday morning sets off</i>
<i> at a blistering pace.</i>

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<i> ♪ ♪</i>

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[indistinct chatter]

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<i> - At barclay's bank,</i>

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People started noticing
early on

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<i> That a colleague, maria cruz,</i>
<i> was not in the office.</i>

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[phone ringing]

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<i> - Maria cruz was</i>
<i> a very consistent woman.</i>

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She never missed work.
She was a person of routine.

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- You have to be
very aggressive here.

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You have to compete.

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<i> Maria possessed</i>
<i> those qualities.</i>

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- She was
a responsible individual,

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And very unusual that she never
showed up to work that day.

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[phone ringing]

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<i> - The bank alerts</i>
<i> maria's family to her absence,</i>

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<i> And over the next four days,</i>

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<i> They comb the city</i>
<i> looking for her.</i>

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<i> But maria doesn't</i>
<i> return phone calls,</i>

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<i> And she never returns to work.</i>

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<i> ♪ ♪</i>

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<i> - Coincidentally,</i>

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She had her brother
and another family member were

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<i> Coming in to new york</i>
<i> from the philippines</i>

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<i> To visit with her.</i>

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<i> [soft dramatic music]</i>

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<i> - Maria failed to meet</i>
<i> her family at the airport</i>

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<i> As she promised</i>
<i> and never contacted them.</i>

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<i> - It would've been</i>
<i> highly unusual</i>

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For her not to be available
to meet with her family.

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<i> ♪ ♪</i>

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<i> Her uncle had come</i>
<i> into the precinct</i>

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<i> To report her missing.</i>

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This family is desperate
to find maria.

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<i> - Detectives</i>
<i> in the crime scene team</i>

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<i> Go to maria's apartment</i>
<i> in hell's kitchen</i>

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<i> In west midtown.</i>

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- They found
"wall street journals"

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<i> From Monday and Tuesday</i>
<i> piled up in front of her door,</i>

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And they knew
that wasn't right.

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<i> - With a key from the super,</i>
<i> they unlocked the apartment.</i>

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[latch clicks]
<i> [indistinct radio chatter]</i>

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<i> - The apartment was</i>
<i> completely pristine.</i>

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Beds were made,
dishes in the dishwasher.

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<i> There was no sign</i>
<i> of forced entry.</i>

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<i> [indistinct radio chatter]</i>

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<i> ♪ ♪</i>

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<i> We couldn't determine from</i>
<i> what we saw in the apartment</i>

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As to where she could've
possibly have been.

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<i> - In any missing person case,</i>

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<i> Our biggest ally</i>
<i> is information.</i>

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Detectives need to speak
to her family

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And figure out
exactly who maria is,

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<i> If there's anything</i>
<i> that might help us</i>

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<i> Locate where she's gone.</i>

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<i> [indistinct radio chatter]</i>

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- Maria cruz was 35 years old.

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<i> ♪ ♪</i>

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<i> She grew up</i>
<i> in the philippines.</i>

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She was an excellent student.

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<i> - She decided that, you know,</i>

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"I have all the credentials
to make it in america,"

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So she came to pursue
her american dream.

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[chuckles]

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<i> - She graduated from honors</i>
<i> with fordham getting her mba</i>

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And got a job working
as the senior credit analyst.

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<i> She was smart,</i>
<i> she was dedicated,</i>

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And she was very ambitious.

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She was
an immigrant success story.

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<i> ♪ ♪</i>

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<i> - From what we gathered</i>
<i> from her uncle,</i>

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She was
a very consistent woman.

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<i> And this was highly unusual</i>

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<i> That friends and family</i>
<i> hadn't heard from her</i>

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Or they couldn't account
for her.

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<i> - There seems to be no reason</i>

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<i> For maria to have left</i>
<i> her successful, happy life.</i>

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<i> And this is</i>
<i> so out-of-character for maria</i>

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<i> That detectives are concerned</i>
<i> for her welfare.</i>

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<i> Then the superintendent</i>
<i> gives them a possible lead.</i>

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<i> The building has surveillance</i>
<i> video of the lobby.</i>

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<i> - We did locate maria cruz</i>
<i> on the surveillance video.</i>

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She was leaving her building
on Sunday midmorning.

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<i> [tense music]</i>

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<i> - As they run through</i>
<i> the next few days</i>

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<i> Of the video,</i>

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<i> They realize</i>
<i> something disturbing.</i>

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<i> Maria never appears again.</i>

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<i> ♪ ♪</i>

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- So we knew we had
maria leaving the building,

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But we never had her
returning to the building.

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<i> - As the nypd continues</i>
<i> their investigation,</i>

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<i> Maria's family searches</i>
<i> the city for any sign of her.</i>

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- The family
took it upon themselves

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To canvass neighborhoods.

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<i> And they put up</i>
<i> missing persons posters</i>

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<i> In the vicinity</i>
<i> of maria's apartment</i>

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<i> And her work.</i>

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<i> Detectives fan out,</i>

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<i> Knock on doors in the building</i>

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Looking for some information

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That might help us find out
where maria was.

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<i> The doorman did say that</i>
<i> she was a regular churchgoer.</i>

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She went
to st. Malachy's church

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<i> Located down the block.</i>

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- Maria cruz found
spiritual comfort

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In a catholic church.

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<i> ♪ ♪</i>

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<i> Maria cruz had gone to church</i>
<i> in st. Malachy's</i>

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In the morning of Sunday.

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- No one had seen her
since mass.

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<i> - Was she abducted?</i>

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Was she kidnapped?
Was she killed?

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<i> - If something did happen</i>
<i> to maria,</i>

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<i> The first few days</i>
<i> after her disappearance</i>

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<i> Are where the police know</i>
<i> they'll find leads.</i>

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<i> Detectives turn to her phone</i>
<i> and credit card records.</i>

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<i> - Once we receive</i>
<i> her cell phone records,</i>

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<i> We determine that on the</i>
<i> Sunday that she went missing,</i>

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<i> The phone did ping</i>
<i> on a cell phone tower</i>

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In lower manhattan
on that Sunday.

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<i> Maria's credit card records</i>
<i> indicate that on that Sunday,</i>

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She did make a purchase

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<i> At a loehmann's</i>
<i> department store,</i>

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<i> Which is in lower manhattan</i>
<i> in the chelsea area.</i>

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<i> She also made a withdrawal</i>
<i> at an atm in the area.</i>

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<i> She withdrew $400.</i>

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We responded to the bank
where the atm was located.

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We looked at video.

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<i> We determined</i>
<i> that she was by herself.</i>

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And that was
the last video evidence,

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At the time, we had.

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After that, we concluded that

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There were no other incoming
or outgoing phone calls.

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<i> Now we're gonna turn</i>
<i> to any emails</i>

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<i> That would give us</i>
<i> an indication</i>

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<i> What maria had planned</i>
<i> for that day.</i>

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<i> That process to obtain</i>
<i> any email records</i>

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<i> Took quite a long time</i>
<i> for us to get.</i>

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But at this point
in the investigation,

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<i> Things have slowed,</i>
<i> which was frustrating.</i>

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- Maria's family was
really torn apart.

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The anguish of not knowing

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<i> Is something that never heals.</i>

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<i> - They came to the church.</i>

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<i> I could see</i>
<i> the look of anguish</i>

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At what happened
to their daughter.

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<i> [somber music]</i>

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<i> - For the next two months,</i>

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<i> Detectives look for any leads</i>
<i> in maria's disappearance.</i>

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- We are looking
into maria's personal life

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<i> And the people</i>
<i> she interacted with.</i>

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<i> Was maria experiencing</i>
<i> any personal problems?</i>

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<i> - They find no useful leads.</i>

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<i> Maria hasn't returned</i>

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<i> And she hasn't used</i>
<i> her credit cards or her phone.</i>

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<i> Her family has to return</i>
<i> to the philippines</i>

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<i> Without any news.</i>

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<i> - At this point</i>
<i> in the investigation,</i>

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We still don't know
what happened to maria.

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<i> We're very concerned.</i>

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<i> [tense music]</i>

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<i> ♪ ♪</i>

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<i> - After six months,</i>

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<i> Detectives finally receive</i>
<i> maria's email records.</i>

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<i> The emails give us</i>
<i> a fuller picture</i>

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<i> Of the missing banker's life</i>

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<i> Around the time</i>
<i> she disappeared.</i>

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<i> - Maria was integrating into</i>

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The frantic, always-on
lifestyle of new york.

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She wanted to project an image
of a professional woman,

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<i> So she was getting</i>
<i> a lot of cosmetic services.</i>

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<i> - We found that on the Sunday</i>
<i> that maria went missing,</i>

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She had a doctor's appointment
with a dermatologist

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<i> In lower manhattan.</i>

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<i> We learned</i>
<i> that the name of that doctor</i>

221
00:10:25,091 --> 00:10:27,591
Was dean faiello.

222
00:10:27,593 --> 00:10:29,027
<i> - But there's one line</i>

223
00:10:29,095 --> 00:10:31,495
<i> In the dermatologist's</i>
<i> email correspondence to maria</i>

224
00:10:31,497 --> 00:10:33,965
<i> That gives detectives pause.</i>

225
00:10:34,033 --> 00:10:36,200
- The email exchanges
indicating

226
00:10:36,202 --> 00:10:38,202
<i> The doctor needed cash</i>

227
00:10:38,271 --> 00:10:41,906
<i> To purchase lidocaine</i>
<i> and syringes.</i>

228
00:10:41,975 --> 00:10:43,674
- Normally,
a doctor wouldn't ask for cash.

229
00:10:43,744 --> 00:10:45,443
Normally, a doctor would ask
for a health plan.

230
00:10:45,511 --> 00:10:47,712
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

231
00:10:47,781 --> 00:10:49,113
- Now that's a huge red flag.

232
00:10:49,182 --> 00:10:51,583
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

233
00:10:51,651 --> 00:10:54,151
<i> - There are no more emails</i>
<i> after that morning.</i>

234
00:10:54,221 --> 00:10:55,519
<i> - The request for cash</i>

235
00:10:55,589 --> 00:10:58,055
<i> Lines up with maria's</i>
<i> last appearance on video</i>

236
00:10:58,124 --> 00:11:00,524
<i> Taking out money from an atm.</i>

237
00:11:00,594 --> 00:11:02,126
<i> It seems</i>
<i> that she was intending</i>

238
00:11:02,195 --> 00:11:04,796
<i> To visit this doctor</i>
<i> that afternoon.</i>

239
00:11:04,864 --> 00:11:06,998
Could this dermatologist,
dean faiello,

240
00:11:07,067 --> 00:11:09,400
Have been the last person
to see maria?

241
00:11:09,469 --> 00:11:10,768
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

242
00:11:10,837 --> 00:11:12,871
<i> - Detectives wanted to know</i>

243
00:11:12,873 --> 00:11:15,640
If she showed up
for that appointment

244
00:11:15,708 --> 00:11:17,842
<i> And if she shared</i>

245
00:11:17,911 --> 00:11:20,544
<i> Any of her plans</i>
<i> for the rest of the day.</i>

246
00:11:20,546 --> 00:11:22,980
They'd want to know
if anyone was with her,

247
00:11:23,049 --> 00:11:27,052
What time she left
his establishment.

248
00:11:28,121 --> 00:11:29,287
<i> - We're desperate to find out</i>

249
00:11:29,355 --> 00:11:31,823
If maria is
possibly still alive

250
00:11:31,891 --> 00:11:35,293
<i> Or if she's a victim</i>
<i> of foul play.</i>

251
00:11:35,361 --> 00:11:37,529
<i> Detectives obviously</i>
<i> are anxious</i>

252
00:11:37,597 --> 00:11:39,563
<i> To speak to this doctor</i>

253
00:11:39,565 --> 00:11:42,166
To tell us what happened
in that doctor's office.

254
00:11:42,168 --> 00:11:44,401
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

255
00:11:44,471 --> 00:11:46,070
[laser wand buzzing]
<i> - coming up...</i>

256
00:11:46,138 --> 00:11:50,541
- Having a laser wand is like
having a gun in your hand.

257
00:11:50,543 --> 00:11:53,678
- There's an indication
that there are human remains.

258
00:11:55,015 --> 00:11:57,615
- He was a narcissistic,
pathological liar.

259
00:11:59,119 --> 00:12:00,919
<i> [dramatic music]</i>

260
00:12:01,253 --> 00:12:10,862
<i> [dramatic music]</i>

261
00:12:10,930 --> 00:12:12,764
[car honks honking]

262
00:12:12,832 --> 00:12:14,398
<i> [tense music]</i>

263
00:12:14,467 --> 00:12:18,402
<i> - In October 2003,</i>
<i> the nypd has a new lead</i>

264
00:12:18,471 --> 00:12:20,104
<i> That reignited</i>
<i> the six-month-old case</i>

265
00:12:20,173 --> 00:12:21,873
<i> Of missing woman maria cruz.</i>

266
00:12:21,941 --> 00:12:24,942
<i> They've discovered that</i>
<i> maria had visited the office</i>

267
00:12:25,011 --> 00:12:27,611
<i> Of a skin care professional</i>
<i> named dean faiello</i>

268
00:12:27,681 --> 00:12:29,948
<i> On the day she vanished.</i>

269
00:12:30,016 --> 00:12:33,617
<i> And oddly, this doctor</i>
<i> asked her to bring cash.</i>

270
00:12:33,687 --> 00:12:35,553
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

271
00:12:35,621 --> 00:12:37,489
<i> - Legit doctors,</i>
<i> in my experience,</i>

272
00:12:37,557 --> 00:12:39,957
Never requests you
to bring cash.

273
00:12:40,026 --> 00:12:41,325
So that's suspicious.

274
00:12:41,394 --> 00:12:42,893
<i> [suspenseful music]</i>

275
00:12:42,963 --> 00:12:45,062
<i> - They put dean faiello's name</i>
<i> into their system</i>

276
00:12:45,131 --> 00:12:47,365
<i> To track down</i>
<i> his latest address</i>

277
00:12:47,433 --> 00:12:49,968
<i> And find out</i>
<i> that this dermatologist</i>

278
00:12:50,036 --> 00:12:52,603
<i> Isn't exactly what he seems.</i>

279
00:12:52,605 --> 00:12:56,407
<i> He's got a rap sheet.</i>
<i> A long one.</i>

280
00:12:56,476 --> 00:12:58,676
- Dean faiello had been
arrested previously

281
00:12:58,745 --> 00:13:02,146
For practicing medicine
without a license.

282
00:13:02,215 --> 00:13:04,782
<i> And now,</i>
<i> this is a major red flag</i>

283
00:13:04,851 --> 00:13:09,453
In our investigation into
maria cruz's disappearance.

284
00:13:09,455 --> 00:13:11,122
<i> So at this point,</i>
<i> it was determined</i>

285
00:13:11,191 --> 00:13:13,391
<i> That we should pull back</i>
<i> a little bit</i>

286
00:13:13,459 --> 00:13:15,960
<i> In order not to raise up</i>
<i> dean faiello</i>

287
00:13:16,029 --> 00:13:19,196
<i> For fear that he might flee.</i>

288
00:13:19,265 --> 00:13:21,065
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

289
00:13:21,067 --> 00:13:23,267
<i> - So detectives</i>
<i> on maria cruz's case</i>

290
00:13:23,269 --> 00:13:24,602
<i> Decide to dig further</i>

291
00:13:24,670 --> 00:13:28,005
<i> Into dean faiello's</i>
<i> criminal history.</i>

292
00:13:28,074 --> 00:13:31,208
- In 2003,
I was a senior investigator

293
00:13:31,277 --> 00:13:33,244
In the new york state
attorney general's office.

294
00:13:33,313 --> 00:13:35,947
<i> I get a call</i>
<i> from detective moroney.</i>

295
00:13:36,015 --> 00:13:38,149
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

296
00:13:38,217 --> 00:13:41,552
And he said, dean faiello,
do I know him to be violent?

297
00:13:41,621 --> 00:13:43,521
<i> I said, "why do you ask?"</i>

298
00:13:43,589 --> 00:13:44,788
<i> "'cause we're trying to find</i>

299
00:13:44,790 --> 00:13:47,058
<i> "this missing person,</i>
<i> maria cruz.</i>

300
00:13:47,126 --> 00:13:50,929
And, you know, we saw
that she was a patient of his."

301
00:13:50,931 --> 00:13:53,431
<i> - Brian ford,</i>
<i> along with joe buffalino,</i>

302
00:13:53,433 --> 00:13:56,066
<i> Who together had previously</i>
<i> arrested dean faiello,</i>

303
00:13:56,136 --> 00:13:57,468
<i> Start from the beginning,</i>

304
00:13:57,537 --> 00:14:00,371
<i> Explaining faiello's</i>
<i> past run-ins with the law.</i>

305
00:14:00,440 --> 00:14:07,445
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

306
00:14:13,519 --> 00:14:15,253
- I'm dr. Laurie polis.

307
00:14:15,321 --> 00:14:19,790
I'm a board-certified
dermatologist here in new york.

308
00:14:19,859 --> 00:14:24,428
<i> In the '90s, dean and I were</i>
<i> renting in the same office.</i>

309
00:14:24,497 --> 00:14:27,064
<i> He was</i>
<i> an independent practitioner</i>

310
00:14:27,133 --> 00:14:30,300
With a completely
separate practice.

311
00:14:30,302 --> 00:14:33,937
<i> He was this young,</i>
<i> good-looking, strapping,</i>

312
00:14:33,939 --> 00:14:38,609
Well-spoken, affable young man.

313
00:14:38,678 --> 00:14:40,210
<i> I knew that he had worked</i>

314
00:14:40,212 --> 00:14:42,847
At this spa
on christopher street

315
00:14:42,915 --> 00:14:44,348
And was gay.

316
00:14:44,417 --> 00:14:46,550
<i> He was not a doctor.</i>

317
00:14:46,619 --> 00:14:48,720
<i> He was doing electrolysis.</i>

318
00:14:48,788 --> 00:14:53,557
Single-hair obliteration
for hair removal.

319
00:14:53,626 --> 00:14:55,159
[instrument buzzing]

320
00:14:55,228 --> 00:15:00,297
Electrolysis is a course
that anyone can take

321
00:15:00,366 --> 00:15:02,099
<i> And get a certificate.</i>

322
00:15:02,168 --> 00:15:06,303
<i> There's no medical training</i>
<i> needed.</i>

323
00:15:06,372 --> 00:15:07,939
<i> - Dean soon took</i>
<i> a keen interest</i>

324
00:15:08,007 --> 00:15:10,975
<i> In dr. Polis' more advanced</i>
<i> medical procedures</i>

325
00:15:11,043 --> 00:15:13,711
<i> For laser hair removal.</i>

326
00:15:13,779 --> 00:15:16,580
<i> - At that time,</i>
<i> hair removal by laser</i>

327
00:15:16,649 --> 00:15:20,818
Was a burgeoning technology
in dermatology.

328
00:15:20,886 --> 00:15:23,387
And so he was very interested
to watch.

329
00:15:23,389 --> 00:15:26,257
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

330
00:15:26,325 --> 00:15:28,526
<i> - But dean didn't have</i>
<i> the medical training necessary</i>

331
00:15:28,594 --> 00:15:31,062
<i> To legally operate</i>
<i> the laser machine</i>

332
00:15:31,130 --> 00:15:34,565
<i> Or to do the more complicated</i>
<i> and risky cosmetic surgeries</i>

333
00:15:34,634 --> 00:15:37,068
<i> He was watching</i>
<i> dr. Polis perform.</i>

334
00:15:37,136 --> 00:15:38,669
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

335
00:15:38,738 --> 00:15:40,371
- In the state of new york,
it is required

336
00:15:40,440 --> 00:15:42,406
That you have
a license to perform

337
00:15:42,408 --> 00:15:44,842
Cosmetic surgery
and laser surgery.

338
00:15:44,911 --> 00:15:47,478
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

339
00:15:47,547 --> 00:15:51,883
<i> - After several months,</i>
<i> dean told us</i>

340
00:15:51,951 --> 00:15:55,953
That he had aids and was dying

341
00:15:56,021 --> 00:15:57,721
<i> And was going to florida</i>

342
00:15:57,791 --> 00:16:01,025
<i> To live out</i>
<i> the rest of his life.</i>

343
00:16:01,093 --> 00:16:03,293
<i> We were very sad to hear it.</i>

344
00:16:03,363 --> 00:16:05,829
We threw him
a little goodbye party,

345
00:16:05,899 --> 00:16:07,231
Wished him well.

346
00:16:07,300 --> 00:16:12,503
Never did it occur to me
that it wouldn't be true.

347
00:16:12,572 --> 00:16:15,839
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

348
00:16:15,841 --> 00:16:19,410
<i> [tense music]</i>

349
00:16:19,479 --> 00:16:20,944
<i> Two or three weeks later</i>

350
00:16:20,946 --> 00:16:24,982
Was when I noticed this ad
in "new york magazine."

351
00:16:25,051 --> 00:16:29,653
"certified laserist
dean faiello."

352
00:16:29,722 --> 00:16:32,857
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

353
00:16:32,925 --> 00:16:36,260
<i> I don't even have words</i>
<i> to express</i>

354
00:16:36,262 --> 00:16:41,599
My bewilderment and shock.

355
00:16:41,667 --> 00:16:46,604
<i> First of all, he had lied</i>
<i> and hadn't gone to florida,</i>

356
00:16:46,672 --> 00:16:49,873
And most alarming to me was,

357
00:16:49,943 --> 00:16:52,944
This non-qualified person
was out there

358
00:16:53,012 --> 00:16:56,481
<i> Basically practicing medicine</i>
<i> without a license.</i>

359
00:16:59,152 --> 00:17:00,851
My heart clenched.

360
00:17:00,853 --> 00:17:06,356
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

361
00:17:06,426 --> 00:17:08,458
<i> - After learning about</i>
<i> dean faiello's past</i>

362
00:17:08,460 --> 00:17:10,995
<i> From dr. Polis,</i>
<i> investigators are getting</i>

363
00:17:11,063 --> 00:17:13,631
<i> More and more indications</i>
<i> that the phony doctor</i>

364
00:17:13,699 --> 00:17:16,300
<i> Maria cruz saw</i>
<i> on the day she vanished</i>

365
00:17:16,302 --> 00:17:17,935
<i> Might be linked</i>
<i> to her disappearance.</i>

366
00:17:18,003 --> 00:17:19,570
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

367
00:17:19,639 --> 00:17:22,873
- So these were all factors
to make us very anxious

368
00:17:22,942 --> 00:17:27,344
<i> That dean faiello was involved</i>
<i> in maria cruz's disappearance.</i>

369
00:17:27,413 --> 00:17:31,315
<i> We really thought</i>
<i> that something went very wrong</i>

370
00:17:31,317 --> 00:17:32,517
At that doctor's visit.

371
00:17:34,220 --> 00:17:39,290
<i> - It's dangerous to practice</i>
<i> medicine without a license.</i>

372
00:17:39,292 --> 00:17:41,859
If a patient had
a cardiac arrest

373
00:17:41,927 --> 00:17:46,397
Or an event on his table,
he didn't have the skills

374
00:17:46,466 --> 00:17:50,434
<i> To deal with something</i>
<i> if it went wrong.</i>

375
00:17:50,503 --> 00:17:53,136
<i> [tense music]</i>

376
00:17:53,138 --> 00:17:54,772
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

377
00:17:54,840 --> 00:17:58,609
Having a laser wand is like
having a gun in your hand.

378
00:17:58,678 --> 00:18:01,945
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

379
00:18:01,947 --> 00:18:04,849
<i> [dramatic music]</i>

380
00:18:07,052 --> 00:18:13,891
<i> [dramatic music]</i>

381
00:18:13,959 --> 00:18:15,759
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

382
00:18:15,828 --> 00:18:18,896
[brakes creaking,
horns honking]

383
00:18:18,964 --> 00:18:21,432
- Detectives looking
for missing banker maria cruz

384
00:18:21,501 --> 00:18:23,166
Have learned that dean faiello,

385
00:18:23,168 --> 00:18:25,969
The supposed doctor she saw
on the day she disappeared,

386
00:18:26,039 --> 00:18:28,772
<i> Had several run-ins</i>
<i> with the law.</i>

387
00:18:28,841 --> 00:18:31,876
<i> This raised major red flags</i>
<i> for investigators.</i>

388
00:18:33,512 --> 00:18:36,480
<i> In 1999,</i>
<i> dr. Laurie polis discovered</i>

389
00:18:36,482 --> 00:18:38,816
<i> That he'd been practicing</i>
<i> medicine without a license</i>

390
00:18:38,818 --> 00:18:40,984
<i> And his criminal exploits</i>
<i> didn't stop there.</i>

391
00:18:41,054 --> 00:18:43,987
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

392
00:18:43,989 --> 00:18:46,190
- I was contacted

393
00:18:46,258 --> 00:18:49,893
By a third-party health plan

394
00:18:49,895 --> 00:18:52,730
<i> Asking me, "why, dr. Polis,</i>

395
00:18:52,798 --> 00:18:55,833
<i> "are you writing</i>
<i> so many prescriptions</i>

396
00:18:55,835 --> 00:18:59,870
For this medicine
called stadol?"

397
00:18:59,939 --> 00:19:02,273
<i> I had never heard</i>
<i> of this medicine.</i>

398
00:19:02,341 --> 00:19:06,209
<i> So I immediately looked it up.</i>
<i> It was an opiate.</i>

399
00:19:06,211 --> 00:19:07,778
It was a nasal spray.

400
00:19:07,847 --> 00:19:10,881
Fast-acting
painkiller narcotic.

401
00:19:10,950 --> 00:19:12,416
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

402
00:19:12,485 --> 00:19:14,451
<i> I immediately said,</i>

403
00:19:14,520 --> 00:19:16,988
<i> "have the pharmacy</i>
<i> send me a photocopy."</i>

404
00:19:17,056 --> 00:19:21,492
My signature had been forged.
It wasn't my signature.

405
00:19:21,560 --> 00:19:23,360
<i> And shockingly,</i>

406
00:19:23,429 --> 00:19:26,998
The patient's name
was dean faiello.

407
00:19:28,634 --> 00:19:32,403
<i> So I thought</i>
<i> he stole my prescription pads.</i>

408
00:19:34,139 --> 00:19:36,740
- We're told dean would
write out the prescription

409
00:19:36,809 --> 00:19:38,508
And then he would take it
for his own use.

410
00:19:38,578 --> 00:19:44,582
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

411
00:19:44,650 --> 00:19:46,484
<i> - In January 1999,</i>

412
00:19:46,552 --> 00:19:49,953
<i> Dean was convicted</i>
<i> of forging prescriptions</i>

413
00:19:49,955 --> 00:19:51,889
<i> And sentenced</i>
<i> to three years' probation</i>

414
00:19:51,958 --> 00:19:54,858
<i> And mandatory</i>
<i> drug rehabilitation.</i>

415
00:19:54,927 --> 00:19:56,527
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

416
00:19:56,595 --> 00:19:58,129
<i> But we needed proof</i>
<i> that he was</i>

417
00:19:58,197 --> 00:20:00,898
<i> Practicing medicine</i>
<i> without a license,</i>

418
00:20:00,966 --> 00:20:02,566
<i> So the attorney general's</i>
<i> office</i>

419
00:20:02,635 --> 00:20:04,835
<i> Launched an investigation.</i>

420
00:20:04,904 --> 00:20:08,005
- They were sending in people
to pose as patients.

421
00:20:11,977 --> 00:20:15,613
- And he was giving them advice
about growths on their arms

422
00:20:15,681 --> 00:20:17,915
That he shouldn't have
been giving.

423
00:20:17,983 --> 00:20:20,984
<i> [tense music]</i>

424
00:20:20,986 --> 00:20:24,788
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

425
00:20:24,857 --> 00:20:27,891
<i> - Our detectives learned</i>
<i> that on October 8, 2002,</i>

426
00:20:27,960 --> 00:20:30,161
Six months before maria cruz
went missing,

427
00:20:30,229 --> 00:20:33,096
Dean faiello was arrested
a second time.

428
00:20:33,166 --> 00:20:34,832
This time,
the police had what they needed

429
00:20:34,900 --> 00:20:38,369
To charge him with practicing
medicine without a license.

430
00:20:38,437 --> 00:20:41,004
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

431
00:20:41,006 --> 00:20:46,644
- We were very glad
and felt a sense of...

432
00:20:46,712 --> 00:20:48,345
Self-righteous "yes!"

433
00:20:48,414 --> 00:20:49,747
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

434
00:20:49,815 --> 00:20:51,949
- That's when we went
and we got the search warrant

435
00:20:52,017 --> 00:20:53,283
<i> For dean's office,</i>

436
00:20:53,353 --> 00:20:55,218
<i> And we found</i>
<i> the laser machine.</i>

437
00:20:55,220 --> 00:20:57,054
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

438
00:20:57,122 --> 00:20:58,789
<i> - Now he could go to jail</i>

439
00:20:58,858 --> 00:21:01,592
For quite a considerable
amount of time.

440
00:21:01,660 --> 00:21:03,994
<i> - But faiello's boyfriend</i>
<i> posted his bail,</i>

441
00:21:04,063 --> 00:21:06,497
<i> So he was free</i>
<i> while awaiting sentencing.</i>

442
00:21:06,565 --> 00:21:08,732
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

443
00:21:08,801 --> 00:21:09,967
- After his arrest,

444
00:21:10,036 --> 00:21:12,169
He was not supposed to see
any patients at all.

445
00:21:12,237 --> 00:21:13,938
- He knew he wasn't supposed
to be doing it,

446
00:21:14,006 --> 00:21:16,506
<i> But we found out later</i>
<i> he was still doing it</i>

447
00:21:16,576 --> 00:21:19,977
<i> At a friend's apartment</i>
<i> down on 16th street.</i>

448
00:21:20,045 --> 00:21:23,647
- And that's where
maria cruz came in

449
00:21:23,716 --> 00:21:26,517
On April 13, 2003.

450
00:21:26,585 --> 00:21:29,686
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

451
00:21:29,755 --> 00:21:32,123
- The timeline indicates that

452
00:21:32,191 --> 00:21:35,726
<i> Maria attended</i>
<i> that medical appointment</i>

453
00:21:35,795 --> 00:21:38,929
<i> And then went missing.</i>

454
00:21:38,998 --> 00:21:42,299
We believe
that whatever happened

455
00:21:42,368 --> 00:21:44,568
During that medical treatment

456
00:21:44,570 --> 00:21:46,737
<i> Caused maria cruz's</i>
<i> disappearance.</i>

457
00:21:46,806 --> 00:21:53,076
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

458
00:21:53,145 --> 00:21:55,446
<i> - Fast-forward</i>
<i> to October, 2003.</i>

459
00:21:55,514 --> 00:21:58,015
<i> As investigators are searching</i>
<i> for maria cruz,</i>

460
00:21:58,083 --> 00:22:00,818
<i> Dean faiello is now</i>
<i> their main suspect.</i>

461
00:22:00,886 --> 00:22:02,586
The missing persons detectives

462
00:22:02,588 --> 00:22:04,321
Want to round him up
immediately,

463
00:22:04,389 --> 00:22:06,323
But the detectives
on faiello's case

464
00:22:06,391 --> 00:22:08,992
Tell them
it won't be that easy.

465
00:22:09,061 --> 00:22:11,929
<i> - So on the date that he was</i>
<i> supposed to show up in court,</i>

466
00:22:11,997 --> 00:22:14,464
June 2003, he never showed up.

467
00:22:14,466 --> 00:22:17,568
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

468
00:22:17,636 --> 00:22:20,671
- He's gone--nobody's been able
to account for him.

469
00:22:20,740 --> 00:22:23,407
<i> - I had to call a friend</i>
<i> of mine who worked in customs</i>

470
00:22:23,476 --> 00:22:24,541
And I said, "do me a favor.

471
00:22:24,610 --> 00:22:26,110
I know you're not supposed
to do this,"

472
00:22:26,178 --> 00:22:28,278
I said, "but do me a favor.

473
00:22:28,280 --> 00:22:29,680
<i> I'm looking or dean faiello."</i>

474
00:22:29,749 --> 00:22:32,015
<i> I gave him</i>
<i> his passport number.</i>

475
00:22:32,017 --> 00:22:34,885
<i> So he goes in back,</i>
<i> and about ten minutes later,</i>

476
00:22:34,887 --> 00:22:36,954
<i> He goes,</i>
<i> "brian, he's in costa rica."</i>

477
00:22:37,022 --> 00:22:40,657
I says, "costa rica?"
I says, "son of a bitch."

478
00:22:40,726 --> 00:22:42,726
<i> - We were itching</i>
<i> to hop a plane to costa rica</i>

479
00:22:42,728 --> 00:22:44,995
<i> To round up main suspect</i>
<i> dean faiello,</i>

480
00:22:45,064 --> 00:22:47,898
But we didn't have enough
to justify a full-out manhunt.

481
00:22:47,967 --> 00:22:49,766
We needed physical proof.

482
00:22:49,835 --> 00:22:51,869
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

483
00:22:51,937 --> 00:22:55,505
<i> And then out of nowhere,</i>
<i> we get a lead.</i>

484
00:22:55,507 --> 00:22:58,075
- And so this is kind of
developing now kind of quick.

485
00:22:58,143 --> 00:23:00,511
<i> Brian ford heard</i>
<i> from a former boyfriend</i>

486
00:23:00,579 --> 00:23:03,413
Of dean faiello, greg bach,

487
00:23:03,483 --> 00:23:05,282
Indicating that he'd like
to speak to him

488
00:23:05,351 --> 00:23:08,285
And something is amiss.

489
00:23:08,354 --> 00:23:11,255
- Out of the clear blue,
greg bach reached out to me.

490
00:23:11,257 --> 00:23:14,325
<i> He knew a whole bunch of stuff</i>
<i> about dean.</i>

491
00:23:14,393 --> 00:23:16,660
- He says
that he has some information

492
00:23:16,729 --> 00:23:18,896
That might help
the investigation.

493
00:23:18,964 --> 00:23:22,065
- He was helpful.
He was more than helpful.

494
00:23:22,134 --> 00:23:24,201
I mean, he broke this thing
wide open.

495
00:23:24,269 --> 00:23:27,138
<i> [heart pounding]</i>

496
00:23:27,206 --> 00:23:29,239
- My name's greg bach.

497
00:23:29,308 --> 00:23:32,009
<i> Dean and I were boyfriends.</i>

498
00:23:32,077 --> 00:23:34,211
I loved him.
He was my other half.

499
00:23:34,213 --> 00:23:35,646
<i> I was invested in trying</i>

500
00:23:35,714 --> 00:23:38,648
<i> To keep him from ruining</i>
<i> his life any more.</i>

501
00:23:38,650 --> 00:23:40,517
But then what happened
in exchange was,

502
00:23:40,586 --> 00:23:43,186
He ended up ruining mine.

503
00:23:43,255 --> 00:23:46,623
And I wasn't gonna let him
get away with what he did.

504
00:23:46,692 --> 00:23:48,893
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

505
00:23:48,895 --> 00:23:51,128
<i> - Coming up...</i>
- They asked dean,

506
00:23:51,196 --> 00:23:54,197
<i> "were you under the influence</i>
<i> of drugs at the time?"</i>

507
00:23:54,266 --> 00:23:55,432
And he said yes.

508
00:23:55,501 --> 00:23:56,766
<i> - He was screaming</i>
<i> and yelling at me.</i>

509
00:23:56,836 --> 00:23:59,637
Like, "get out of the garage!"
like, "get out of here!"

510
00:23:59,639 --> 00:24:01,505
- That is an "oh, (bleep)"
moment.

511
00:24:01,573 --> 00:24:03,106
It's "oh, (bleep)" moment.

512
00:24:03,175 --> 00:24:04,942
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

513
00:24:05,010 --> 00:24:07,912
<i> [dramatic music]</i>

514
00:24:10,114 --> 00:24:16,920
<i> [dramatic music]</i>

515
00:24:16,922 --> 00:24:18,221
[police siren wailing]

516
00:24:18,223 --> 00:24:20,323
<i> - In October 2003,</i>

517
00:24:20,325 --> 00:24:21,825
<i> Police working</i>
<i> the missing person case</i>

518
00:24:21,894 --> 00:24:24,795
<i> Of maria cruz have</i>
<i> a possible suspect,</i>

519
00:24:24,863 --> 00:24:28,198
<i> A skin care specialist,</i>
<i> dean faiello.</i>

520
00:24:28,267 --> 00:24:30,333
Six months
after maria went missing,

521
00:24:30,335 --> 00:24:32,135
As police are searching
for faiello,

522
00:24:32,204 --> 00:24:34,205
A disgruntled ex-boyfriend
of dean's,

523
00:24:34,273 --> 00:24:36,807
Greg bach, calls police.

524
00:24:36,875 --> 00:24:39,542
<i> He says he may have</i>
<i> information on the case.</i>

525
00:24:39,544 --> 00:24:41,211
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

526
00:24:41,280 --> 00:24:46,683
- We go up and talk to greg,
and greg is forthcoming.

527
00:24:46,752 --> 00:24:49,686
<i> [soft dramatic music]</i>

528
00:24:49,755 --> 00:24:52,423
[birds singing]

529
00:24:52,491 --> 00:24:55,259
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

530
00:24:55,327 --> 00:24:59,563
- I met dean--we were
introduced by a mutual friend.

531
00:24:59,632 --> 00:25:02,199
<i> He was really charismatic,</i>
<i> really handsome.</i>

532
00:25:02,268 --> 00:25:03,901
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

533
00:25:03,969 --> 00:25:05,335
<i> At the time that I met him,</i>

534
00:25:05,337 --> 00:25:07,771
<i> He was working</i>
<i> on laser hair removal.</i>

535
00:25:07,840 --> 00:25:11,308
He was successful
in his sobriety.

536
00:25:11,376 --> 00:25:14,311
<i> - In 1998, the couple began</i>
<i> spending weekends</i>

537
00:25:14,379 --> 00:25:17,047
<i> At dean's house in newark,</i>
<i> new jersey.</i>

538
00:25:17,116 --> 00:25:19,650
<i> But their moment of bliss</i>
<i> didn't last long</i>

539
00:25:19,718 --> 00:25:22,119
<i> Before dean went back</i>
<i> to using drugs again.</i>

540
00:25:22,187 --> 00:25:24,521
[nasal spray bottle hisses]

541
00:25:24,589 --> 00:25:25,656
<i> [tense music]</i>

542
00:25:25,724 --> 00:25:27,057
<i> - Dean's drug addiction</i>

543
00:25:27,126 --> 00:25:29,292
<i> Started getting worse</i>
<i> and worse and worse.</i>

544
00:25:29,362 --> 00:25:31,795
He wasn't taking care
of things.

545
00:25:31,864 --> 00:25:34,097
<i> He owed money</i>
<i> in, like, every direction.</i>

546
00:25:34,166 --> 00:25:36,433
<i> Mortgage hadn't been paid</i>
<i> in months.</i>

547
00:25:36,501 --> 00:25:39,903
Credit card debts were
through the roof.

548
00:25:39,972 --> 00:25:42,606
<i> He had been borrowing money</i>
<i> from me.</i>

549
00:25:42,675 --> 00:25:46,910
<i> And then I had to post bail,</i>
<i> so that was 5,000.</i>

550
00:25:46,979 --> 00:25:48,879
Now I'm getting
up to my eyeballs.

551
00:25:48,947 --> 00:25:52,616
<i> And it added up</i>
<i> to, like, $82,000.</i>

552
00:25:52,685 --> 00:25:55,085
<i> I was having to take</i>
<i> cash advances</i>

553
00:25:55,154 --> 00:25:56,220
<i> For my credit cards,</i>

554
00:25:56,288 --> 00:25:58,822
<i> And that's</i>
<i> a financial tailspin.</i>

555
00:25:58,891 --> 00:26:01,758
<i> Why I was willing</i>
<i> to go to such extremes</i>

556
00:26:01,827 --> 00:26:04,495
<i> To see him out of this</i>
<i> calamity of his own design</i>

557
00:26:04,563 --> 00:26:06,597
Was because I loved him.

558
00:26:06,665 --> 00:26:08,499
<i> I almost felt</i>
<i> it was my responsibility</i>

559
00:26:08,567 --> 00:26:10,800
<i> To see him to safety.</i>

560
00:26:10,870 --> 00:26:13,136
<i> - Greg tells investigators</i>
<i> that he was trying to recoup</i>

561
00:26:13,205 --> 00:26:16,039
<i> The money he was owed</i>
<i> when dean disappeared.</i>

562
00:26:16,108 --> 00:26:18,175
<i> He heard from a friend</i>
<i> that dean may have</i>

563
00:26:18,243 --> 00:26:20,711
<i> Gone to costa rica</i>
<i> to avoid jailtime.</i>

564
00:26:20,779 --> 00:26:22,445
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

565
00:26:22,447 --> 00:26:24,447
<i> - And then when dean</i>
<i> fled the country,</i>

566
00:26:24,449 --> 00:26:25,715
<i> It became clear</i>
<i> that he was not</i>

567
00:26:25,785 --> 00:26:28,651
<i> Going to pay me back</i>
<i> all of this money.</i>

568
00:26:28,653 --> 00:26:32,856
And that really pissed me off.
Such a cruel thing to do to me.

569
00:26:32,858 --> 00:26:34,758
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

570
00:26:34,827 --> 00:26:37,460
<i> - Greg said</i>
<i> that dean was a user.</i>

571
00:26:37,462 --> 00:26:40,463
He was a narcissistic type
of a guy.

572
00:26:40,465 --> 00:26:42,599
You know,
obviously a pathological liar.

573
00:26:42,668 --> 00:26:46,937
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

574
00:26:47,005 --> 00:26:50,140
<i> - Unbeknownst to greg,</i>
<i> at the same time,</i>

575
00:26:50,209 --> 00:26:52,943
<i> Dean's name was at the top</i>
<i> of the suspect list</i>

576
00:26:53,011 --> 00:26:55,678
<i> For maria cruz's</i>
<i> disappearance.</i>

577
00:26:55,680 --> 00:26:58,415
- So in this process of trying
to find out where he was,

578
00:26:58,483 --> 00:27:02,152
I started making phone calls
to the prosecuting attorney

579
00:27:02,221 --> 00:27:04,187
<i> On his case</i>

580
00:27:04,256 --> 00:27:08,425
<i> To see if anybody had any idea</i>
<i> as to where he'd gone.</i>

581
00:27:08,493 --> 00:27:10,427
<i> - Greg calls us up.</i>

582
00:27:10,495 --> 00:27:12,062
<i> By this time,</i>
<i> he's really pissed off</i>

583
00:27:12,131 --> 00:27:14,231
<i> Because dean owes him</i>
<i> so much money.</i>

584
00:27:14,299 --> 00:27:16,166
And I ask him, I said,
about, you know,

585
00:27:16,235 --> 00:27:19,036
<i> "you know anything about this</i>
<i> missing woman, maria cruz?"</i>

586
00:27:19,104 --> 00:27:21,104
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

587
00:27:21,173 --> 00:27:22,439
<i> - And I had said, "well,</i>

588
00:27:22,507 --> 00:27:25,308
<i> Was that missing woman</i>
<i> a client of his?"</i>

589
00:27:25,377 --> 00:27:27,978
<i> And he said, "yes."</i>

590
00:27:28,914 --> 00:27:30,647
This is where
it gets really weird.

591
00:27:30,716 --> 00:27:32,916
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

592
00:27:32,985 --> 00:27:34,918
<i> The friend of ours told me</i>
<i> he had got</i>

593
00:27:34,920 --> 00:27:37,921
A frantic phone call from dean

594
00:27:37,990 --> 00:27:40,723
That he was treating a woman

595
00:27:40,725 --> 00:27:45,628
And she had gone into shock,
and, like, what should he do?

596
00:27:45,698 --> 00:27:48,399
<i> Would have been around April.</i>

597
00:27:48,467 --> 00:27:49,933
<i> - April 13th is when</i>

598
00:27:49,935 --> 00:27:52,269
<i> Maria cruz had gone</i>
<i> to dean's office</i>

599
00:27:52,337 --> 00:27:54,605
<i> And then disappeared.</i>

600
00:27:54,673 --> 00:27:58,208
- They advised him, "take her
to st. Vincent's hospital

601
00:27:58,277 --> 00:28:01,478
Or call 911 and have an
ambulance transport her to it."

602
00:28:01,546 --> 00:28:03,714
<i> - Dean said that</i>
<i> he'd successfully got her</i>

603
00:28:03,782 --> 00:28:06,283
<i> To st. Vincent's hospital</i>
<i> and that she was fine.</i>

604
00:28:06,351 --> 00:28:09,186
<i> So I figured</i>
<i> everything must be fine.</i>

605
00:28:09,254 --> 00:28:10,787
<i> But it occurred to me then</i>

606
00:28:10,856 --> 00:28:13,757
That maybe she wasn't fine.

607
00:28:13,825 --> 00:28:16,026
<i> - When greg tells us</i>
<i> this information,</i>

608
00:28:16,095 --> 00:28:21,164
We strongly believe that this
may help us find maria cruz.

609
00:28:21,233 --> 00:28:22,433
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

610
00:28:22,501 --> 00:28:24,034
<i> We checked all the hospitals</i>
<i> in the area</i>

611
00:28:24,102 --> 00:28:26,469
<i> That she might have been</i>
<i> taken to.</i>

612
00:28:26,539 --> 00:28:28,271
<i> There was nothing.</i>

613
00:28:28,340 --> 00:28:31,708
<i> - We had evidence that she was</i>
<i> a patient of dean faiello,</i>

614
00:28:31,777 --> 00:28:33,610
We had evidence
that she was missing,

615
00:28:33,678 --> 00:28:36,313
And we had the evidence
from greg, what he had told us.

616
00:28:36,381 --> 00:28:39,582
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

617
00:28:39,652 --> 00:28:41,184
- It seems to investigators

618
00:28:41,253 --> 00:28:43,253
That dean might've killed
maria cruz,

619
00:28:43,322 --> 00:28:47,190
But what we needed
was real physical evidence.

620
00:28:47,192 --> 00:28:49,526
<i> - The idea that dean</i>
<i> might've killed somebody</i>

621
00:28:49,594 --> 00:28:50,927
Was really,
really bothering me.

622
00:28:50,996 --> 00:28:53,463
I was thinking about it
day and night.

623
00:28:53,532 --> 00:28:55,866
<i> - Greg said</i>
<i> that all of a sudden,</i>

624
00:28:55,934 --> 00:28:58,134
All the light bulbs went off.

625
00:28:58,203 --> 00:28:59,470
<i> - Greg now tells us something</i>

626
00:28:59,538 --> 00:29:02,706
<i> That completely stops us</i>
<i> in our tracks.</i>

627
00:29:02,774 --> 00:29:05,776
- I had completely forgotten
about this cement project

628
00:29:05,844 --> 00:29:09,612
That dean was doing
at the house in new jersey.

629
00:29:09,614 --> 00:29:10,813
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

630
00:29:10,815 --> 00:29:13,083
<i> - He says in April 2003,</i>

631
00:29:13,151 --> 00:29:16,152
<i> Just weeks after maria</i>
<i> had gone missing,</i>

632
00:29:16,221 --> 00:29:18,822
<i> Greg was at dean's home</i>
<i> in new jersey.</i>

633
00:29:21,426 --> 00:29:26,296
- Greg told us that dean was
in the garage of the property

634
00:29:26,365 --> 00:29:28,731
Digging a hole.

635
00:29:28,801 --> 00:29:31,434
<i> He had dug a hole</i>
<i> and filled it with cement.</i>

636
00:29:31,503 --> 00:29:33,736
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

637
00:29:33,738 --> 00:29:35,238
<i> - He was screaming</i>
<i> and yelling at me like,</i>

638
00:29:35,240 --> 00:29:37,407
"get out of the garage!"
like, "get out of here!"

639
00:29:37,476 --> 00:29:39,009
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

640
00:29:39,077 --> 00:29:41,078
He said,
"I'm trying to protect you."

641
00:29:43,482 --> 00:29:46,849
And I was just like,
"what the hell does that mean?"

642
00:29:46,851 --> 00:29:48,251
<i> - Greg told us</i>

643
00:29:48,253 --> 00:29:52,723
There was a terrible odor
coming from that site.

644
00:29:52,791 --> 00:29:54,657
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

645
00:29:54,659 --> 00:29:56,993
<i> - The cement project</i>
<i> had now become</i>

646
00:29:57,062 --> 00:29:58,661
Highly suspicious to me,

647
00:29:58,663 --> 00:30:02,599
<i> But I thought he could have</i>
<i> put her there.</i>

648
00:30:02,667 --> 00:30:05,068
It was all making me sound
like I was crazy.

649
00:30:06,871 --> 00:30:08,638
- But we didn't think
this sounded crazy.

650
00:30:08,707 --> 00:30:11,341
This sounded like the case
cracking wide open.

651
00:30:11,410 --> 00:30:12,876
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

652
00:30:12,944 --> 00:30:14,511
- That is an "oh, (bleep)"
moment.

653
00:30:14,579 --> 00:30:16,146
It's "oh, (bleep)" moment.

654
00:30:16,214 --> 00:30:18,182
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

655
00:30:18,250 --> 00:30:22,018
So we're like, "wow, this is--
we got something good here."

656
00:30:22,087 --> 00:30:25,556
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

657
00:30:25,624 --> 00:30:29,526
- And we got a search warrant
for dean's house.

658
00:30:29,594 --> 00:30:34,497
<i> - So at this point, we got</i>
<i> out there to the garage.</i>

659
00:30:34,499 --> 00:30:35,766
We open up the garage.

660
00:30:37,936 --> 00:30:40,437
Cadaver dogs immediately sit.

661
00:30:40,505 --> 00:30:42,305
When cadaver dogs sit,

662
00:30:42,307 --> 00:30:45,942
There's an indication
that there are human remains.

663
00:30:46,011 --> 00:30:49,312
<i> - The emergency service comes</i>
<i> with picks and shovels.</i>

664
00:30:49,381 --> 00:30:51,814
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

665
00:30:51,884 --> 00:30:54,818
<i> [dramatic music]</i>

666
00:30:57,121 --> 00:31:03,960
<i> [dramatic music]</i>

667
00:31:03,962 --> 00:31:06,997
<i> [tense music]</i>

668
00:31:06,999 --> 00:31:09,966
<i> - Acting on information from</i>
<i> dean faiello's ex-boyfriend,</i>

669
00:31:10,035 --> 00:31:12,502
<i> Detectives are about to dig up</i>
<i> a concrete block</i>

670
00:31:12,571 --> 00:31:15,939
<i> At faiello's house</i>
<i> in new jersey.</i>

671
00:31:15,941 --> 00:31:17,807
<i> They believe</i>
<i> faiello may have buried</i>

672
00:31:17,876 --> 00:31:19,676
<i> Maria cruz's body underneath.</i>

673
00:31:19,678 --> 00:31:22,879
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

674
00:31:22,881 --> 00:31:25,148
- Nypd emergency service
responds

675
00:31:25,216 --> 00:31:28,218
<i> With shovels and picks.</i>

676
00:31:28,220 --> 00:31:31,655
<i> - And did the--the dig job.</i>

677
00:31:31,723 --> 00:31:34,391
<i> Soon as it broke the concrete,</i>
<i> we got the smell.</i>

678
00:31:34,393 --> 00:31:37,594
You know, it's a smell that
you just--you never forget.

679
00:31:37,662 --> 00:31:42,432
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

680
00:31:42,500 --> 00:31:43,901
[indistinct chatter]

681
00:31:43,969 --> 00:31:46,937
- We found a small suitcase

682
00:31:47,005 --> 00:31:49,139
Wrapped in plastic.

683
00:31:49,141 --> 00:31:51,541
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

684
00:31:51,543 --> 00:31:53,010
- The suitcase was opened.

685
00:31:55,814 --> 00:31:58,849
<i> And in fact,</i>
<i> there were human remains.</i>

686
00:31:58,917 --> 00:32:01,284
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

687
00:32:01,353 --> 00:32:03,620
- The body was
so badly decomposed,

688
00:32:03,688 --> 00:32:07,291
<i> So what they did is,</i>
<i> they used the dental records.</i>

689
00:32:07,359 --> 00:32:10,393
- The remains were determined
to be maria cruz

690
00:32:10,395 --> 00:32:11,862
In that travel suitcase.

691
00:32:11,930 --> 00:32:17,967
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

692
00:32:17,969 --> 00:32:20,803
<i> - After nearly 11 months</i>
<i> of searching and waiting,</i>

693
00:32:20,805 --> 00:32:23,072
<i> The cruz family</i>
<i> finally gets the answers</i>

694
00:32:23,074 --> 00:32:26,076
<i> They've so desperately</i>
<i> been waiting for.</i>

695
00:32:27,946 --> 00:32:29,980
- Maria cruz's family
received the call

696
00:32:30,048 --> 00:32:32,615
That no parent wants to hear.

697
00:32:32,617 --> 00:32:33,983
<i> [somber music]</i>

698
00:32:34,053 --> 00:32:38,021
<i> Words can't describe how</i>
<i> they must've felt with this.</i>

699
00:32:38,090 --> 00:32:40,857
And they were crushed
as a result of what happened.

700
00:32:40,925 --> 00:32:44,928
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

701
00:32:44,996 --> 00:32:46,863
It's a terrible crime.

702
00:32:46,931 --> 00:32:49,766
[siren wailing]

703
00:32:49,834 --> 00:32:52,469
<i> - Now that maria's family</i>
<i> finally has the answers,</i>

704
00:32:52,537 --> 00:32:55,438
<i> They can begin properly</i>
<i> mourning their loved one.</i>

705
00:32:55,507 --> 00:32:57,074
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

706
00:32:57,142 --> 00:32:59,176
<i> - In st. Malachy's</i>
<i> we organized, like,</i>

707
00:32:59,244 --> 00:33:01,845
<i> A memorial service for her</i>

708
00:33:01,913 --> 00:33:04,982
<i> Just for the spiritual support</i>
<i> for the parents</i>

709
00:33:05,050 --> 00:33:08,451
And for their relatives
and friends.

710
00:33:08,520 --> 00:33:10,787
<i> There was a full church.</i>

711
00:33:10,856 --> 00:33:14,691
The mother and the father,
like, crying,

712
00:33:14,759 --> 00:33:19,862
Crying in pain,
throughout the service.

713
00:33:19,932 --> 00:33:24,100
- The family were
full of sorrow

714
00:33:24,169 --> 00:33:26,937
And torn apart by grief.

715
00:33:27,005 --> 00:33:29,239
<i> And it was so horrible.</i>

716
00:33:29,307 --> 00:33:33,009
<i> All they wanted to do</i>
<i> was get her remains</i>

717
00:33:33,077 --> 00:33:37,147
<i> And take them home to bury</i>
<i> in the philippines.</i>

718
00:33:38,683 --> 00:33:41,784
- Why does god allow
these things to happen?

719
00:33:41,854 --> 00:33:46,589
<i> That's a very common question</i>
<i> that always confronts me.</i>

720
00:33:46,591 --> 00:33:48,825
There's no good answer
to these things.

721
00:33:54,432 --> 00:33:56,566
<i> [tense music]</i>

722
00:33:56,635 --> 00:33:58,368
<i> - The discovery</i>
<i> of maria's body</i>

723
00:33:58,437 --> 00:34:01,304
<i> Is a headline story</i>
<i> in new york city.</i>

724
00:34:01,372 --> 00:34:05,141
- It was in the news,
television, radio

725
00:34:05,210 --> 00:34:09,779
<i> That the body of maria cruz</i>
<i> was finally found.</i>

726
00:34:09,848 --> 00:34:13,916
- Every tv station,
every newspaper.

727
00:34:13,918 --> 00:34:15,352
<i> - That means</i>
<i> the public pressure</i>

728
00:34:15,420 --> 00:34:17,721
<i> Is now on</i>
<i> to arrest her killer.</i>

729
00:34:17,789 --> 00:34:18,855
<i> - At this point,</i>

730
00:34:18,923 --> 00:34:21,691
Dean is indicted,
the charge being murder.

731
00:34:21,760 --> 00:34:23,060
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

732
00:34:23,128 --> 00:34:25,828
<i> - The investigation</i>
<i> was ramped up.</i>

733
00:34:25,897 --> 00:34:29,332
Now we had to find him
as soon as possible.

734
00:34:29,401 --> 00:34:30,901
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

735
00:34:30,969 --> 00:34:32,535
<i> - Now we had</i>
<i> everything we needed</i>

736
00:34:32,537 --> 00:34:35,605
To authorize an international
manhunt for dean faiello.

737
00:34:35,674 --> 00:34:37,340
We knew he was in costa rica,

738
00:34:37,409 --> 00:34:39,609
But we didn't know
exactly where.

739
00:34:39,678 --> 00:34:41,644
[birds singing]

740
00:34:41,713 --> 00:34:43,379
<i> [tense music]</i>

741
00:34:43,448 --> 00:34:46,416
<i> - Dean thought,</i>
<i> "I'm good-looking,</i>

742
00:34:46,484 --> 00:34:48,284
<i> "I can get away with things.</i>

743
00:34:48,353 --> 00:34:51,488
"I don't have
to follow the rules

744
00:34:51,556 --> 00:34:54,224
Quite as much
as everyone else does."

745
00:34:54,292 --> 00:34:55,892
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

746
00:34:55,961 --> 00:34:57,594
<i> - We put the word out</i>

747
00:34:57,662 --> 00:35:00,430
<i> And the costa rican newspapers</i>
<i> started running photos of dean</i>

748
00:35:00,499 --> 00:35:03,733
<i> Saying he was wanted</i>
<i> for maria cruz's murder.</i>

749
00:35:03,802 --> 00:35:06,837
<i> Citizens start calling in</i>
<i> faiello sightings.</i>

750
00:35:08,773 --> 00:35:12,975
<i> - The security guy</i>
<i> at this nice resort</i>

751
00:35:12,977 --> 00:35:14,644
Had seen his photo.

752
00:35:14,713 --> 00:35:17,780
<i> He told the manager</i>
<i> right away.</i>

753
00:35:17,782 --> 00:35:21,217
<i> "we've got a murderer</i>
<i> at the hotel."</i>

754
00:35:21,219 --> 00:35:24,921
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

755
00:35:24,990 --> 00:35:30,093
The manager,
he kind of liked dean.

756
00:35:30,095 --> 00:35:32,462
<i> He couldn't just let dean</i>
<i> get arrested</i>

757
00:35:32,531 --> 00:35:35,499
<i> Without getting him</i>
<i> an attorney.</i>

758
00:35:35,567 --> 00:35:38,468
<i> Costa rican authorities</i>
<i> went to that resort,</i>

759
00:35:38,537 --> 00:35:41,771
<i> And his lawyer was with him</i>
<i> at the resort.</i>

760
00:35:41,840 --> 00:35:44,340
<i> He was sitting out,</i>
<i> having a drink.</i>

761
00:35:44,409 --> 00:35:46,843
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

762
00:35:46,911 --> 00:35:49,279
<i> - The detectives who had</i>
<i> previously arrested faiello</i>

763
00:35:49,347 --> 00:35:51,448
<i> For practicing medicine</i>
<i> without a license</i>

764
00:35:51,516 --> 00:35:53,015
<i> Have gone to costa rica</i>

765
00:35:53,017 --> 00:35:56,153
<i> To make sure faiello is</i>
<i> properly brought into custody.</i>

766
00:35:56,221 --> 00:35:57,787
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

767
00:35:57,789 --> 00:36:02,291
- They brought him back
to san josé, costa rica, to us.

768
00:36:02,361 --> 00:36:04,894
<i> - So we go to the jail</i>
<i> in costa rica.</i>

769
00:36:04,896 --> 00:36:06,963
<i> Dean comes out and he says,</i>

770
00:36:07,032 --> 00:36:08,230
"hi, joe. Hi, brian.

771
00:36:08,232 --> 00:36:09,432
Nice to see
your friendly face."

772
00:36:09,434 --> 00:36:10,867
- "hi, brian.
Hi, joe.

773
00:36:10,935 --> 00:36:12,568
Isn't the weather beautiful
here?"

774
00:36:12,637 --> 00:36:14,937
<i> It appeared that he didn't</i>
<i> have a care in the world.</i>

775
00:36:15,007 --> 00:36:16,773
This incident didn't bother him

776
00:36:16,841 --> 00:36:20,943
And he was completely oblivious
to what was going on.

777
00:36:21,012 --> 00:36:23,746
<i> - Dean's legal team cooks up</i>
<i> an outrageous plan</i>

778
00:36:23,815 --> 00:36:26,048
<i> To help him become</i>
<i> a costa rican citizen</i>

779
00:36:26,118 --> 00:36:29,752
<i> And thereby avoid extradition.</i>

780
00:36:29,754 --> 00:36:33,857
- One of the schemes
that dean's lawyer came up with

781
00:36:33,925 --> 00:36:39,428
Was this plan to have this
costa rican couple adopt dean.

782
00:36:39,430 --> 00:36:42,566
- They were younger than he was
and they were gonna adopt him.

783
00:36:44,436 --> 00:36:45,669
- We thought that was wild.

784
00:36:47,505 --> 00:36:49,739
- But it kind of fell through
when the judge said

785
00:36:49,808 --> 00:36:53,043
He's just too old
to be adopted.

786
00:36:53,111 --> 00:36:55,378
<i> - Finally,</i>
<i> after a year of legal delays,</i>

787
00:36:55,447 --> 00:37:00,182
<i> Dean faiello has</i>
<i> run out of tricks.</i>

788
00:37:00,252 --> 00:37:02,152
<i> - One day, I got a phone call.</i>

789
00:37:02,220 --> 00:37:05,388
"lock your doors.
He's coming back."

790
00:37:05,457 --> 00:37:06,889
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

791
00:37:06,958 --> 00:37:09,459
<i> - We were able to get him</i>
<i> back to new york city</i>

792
00:37:09,527 --> 00:37:11,594
To answer for maria cruz.

793
00:37:11,663 --> 00:37:14,264
<i> He was escorted off the plane</i>
<i> in handcuffs</i>

794
00:37:14,332 --> 00:37:16,666
<i> And remanded to rikers island.</i>

795
00:37:19,604 --> 00:37:21,771
- He was charged
with second-degree murder.

796
00:37:21,840 --> 00:37:25,708
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

797
00:37:25,710 --> 00:37:27,910
<i> - On July 25, 2005,</i>

798
00:37:27,912 --> 00:37:30,647
<i> Dean pleads not guilty</i>
<i> to murder charges.</i>

799
00:37:30,715 --> 00:37:32,381
<i> The case goes to trial.</i>

800
00:37:32,451 --> 00:37:34,784
<i> Now, it seems like</i>
<i> we'd finally find out</i>

801
00:37:34,853 --> 00:37:37,854
<i> What happened to maria cruz.</i>

802
00:37:37,922 --> 00:37:39,589
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

803
00:37:39,658 --> 00:37:43,025
<i> - What kind of person is this</i>
<i> that could just kill a patient</i>

804
00:37:43,095 --> 00:37:47,263
And put this poor woman
in a small little suitcase

805
00:37:47,331 --> 00:37:49,332
And cement her in a wall?

806
00:37:49,401 --> 00:37:53,803
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

807
00:37:53,805 --> 00:37:56,773
<i> [dramatic music]</i>

808
00:37:58,976 --> 00:38:05,782
<i> [dramatic music]</i>

809
00:38:05,850 --> 00:38:09,219
<i> [tense music]</i>

810
00:38:09,287 --> 00:38:10,553
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

811
00:38:10,555 --> 00:38:12,222
<i> - Dean faiello, he was charged</i>

812
00:38:12,290 --> 00:38:14,156
<i> With the manhattan</i>
<i> district attorney's office</i>

813
00:38:14,158 --> 00:38:17,927
Initially with second-degree
murder of maria cruz.

814
00:38:17,996 --> 00:38:20,096
<i> - Two years</i>
<i> after maria cruz's death,</i>

815
00:38:20,165 --> 00:38:23,466
Dean faiello appears in court
to answer for her murder.

816
00:38:23,535 --> 00:38:25,635
He tells the judge
exactly what happened

817
00:38:25,704 --> 00:38:28,971
The day maria cruz walked
into his office for treatment.

818
00:38:29,040 --> 00:38:31,041
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

819
00:38:31,109 --> 00:38:36,212
- Dean said maria was
being treated by dean

820
00:38:36,280 --> 00:38:39,849
For a not-uncommon condition

821
00:38:39,917 --> 00:38:43,186
<i> In which there's</i>
<i> a pigmentation on the tongue.</i>

822
00:38:44,856 --> 00:38:48,925
<i> - When she found dean faiello</i>
<i> online,</i>

823
00:38:48,993 --> 00:38:51,594
He said,
"oh, well, don't worry.

824
00:38:51,663 --> 00:38:55,532
"what I can do for you
with the lasers

825
00:38:55,600 --> 00:39:00,336
<i> Will not hurt because I will</i>
<i> numb the area first."</i>

826
00:39:00,404 --> 00:39:01,638
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

827
00:39:01,706 --> 00:39:05,608
- Dean went to inject
her tongue with lidocaine.

828
00:39:05,610 --> 00:39:07,643
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

829
00:39:07,712 --> 00:39:11,347
<i> Lidocaine has what we call</i>
<i> cardiotoxicity.</i>

830
00:39:11,416 --> 00:39:15,618
<i> It's dangerous to the heart</i>
<i> in certain doses.</i>

831
00:39:15,687 --> 00:39:19,355
We have to be very careful
how much lidocaine we use.

832
00:39:19,423 --> 00:39:24,694
<i> But dean wouldn't know that.</i>
<i> He was not a doctor.</i>

833
00:39:24,762 --> 00:39:30,100
<i> - Dean said</i>
<i> maria had seizures.</i>

834
00:39:30,168 --> 00:39:34,837
She was just convulsing
on the treatment table.

835
00:39:34,906 --> 00:39:36,939
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

836
00:39:37,008 --> 00:39:39,609
<i> - Dead admits his addiction</i>
<i> to an array of drugs</i>

837
00:39:39,677 --> 00:39:41,844
<i> May have clouded his judgment.</i>

838
00:39:41,913 --> 00:39:43,579
<i> - The judge asked,</i>

839
00:39:43,648 --> 00:39:46,782
<i> "were you under the influence</i>
<i> of drugs at the time?"</i>

840
00:39:46,851 --> 00:39:47,783
And he said yes.

841
00:39:47,785 --> 00:39:49,486
[nasal spray bottle hissing]

842
00:39:49,554 --> 00:39:52,589
- Dean began making a series

843
00:39:52,591 --> 00:39:56,659
Of spiraling,
horrible decisions.

844
00:39:56,661 --> 00:39:58,661
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

845
00:39:58,730 --> 00:40:01,264
<i> - He did reach out</i>
<i> to a couple doctors he knows,</i>

846
00:40:01,332 --> 00:40:02,798
<i> And they all told him,</i>

847
00:40:02,867 --> 00:40:04,534
"take her to the emergency room
right away.

848
00:40:04,602 --> 00:40:06,469
Call 911."
and he didn't do any of that.

849
00:40:08,272 --> 00:40:11,040
<i> - The hospital was several</i>
<i> blocks from his residence</i>

850
00:40:11,109 --> 00:40:12,608
<i> Where she was.</i>

851
00:40:12,677 --> 00:40:16,546
He could've easily
brought her to the hospital

852
00:40:16,614 --> 00:40:19,682
And she probably
would've survived.

853
00:40:19,751 --> 00:40:23,886
<i> But he was too self-absorbed</i>
<i> to do that,</i>

854
00:40:23,955 --> 00:40:27,657
And she expired in front of him
in his office.

855
00:40:27,725 --> 00:40:30,893
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

856
00:40:30,962 --> 00:40:32,628
<i> - The judge said that,</i>
<i> "basically,</i>

857
00:40:32,697 --> 00:40:34,830
You just let her die?"

858
00:40:34,899 --> 00:40:37,466
And he said, "yes, your honor."

859
00:40:37,536 --> 00:40:42,404
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

860
00:40:42,406 --> 00:40:46,642
While dean was doing this q&a
with the judge,

861
00:40:46,711 --> 00:40:49,845
Maria's mother was crying
in the background and gasping.

862
00:40:49,914 --> 00:40:52,782
<i> [somber music]</i>

863
00:40:52,851 --> 00:40:55,585
<i> - Must have been terrible</i>
<i> for them,</i>

864
00:40:55,653 --> 00:41:00,389
Just thinking about the pain,
the pain, the pain.

865
00:41:00,391 --> 00:41:04,460
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

866
00:41:04,529 --> 00:41:06,195
<i> - If he brought her</i>
<i> to the hospital</i>

867
00:41:06,264 --> 00:41:07,597
<i> And she survived</i>

868
00:41:07,665 --> 00:41:10,300
And we found out about it,
he would've been charged again

869
00:41:10,368 --> 00:41:12,234
<i> And it would increase</i>
<i> the sentence</i>

870
00:41:12,304 --> 00:41:14,270
<i> That the judge was</i>
<i> gonna give him.</i>

871
00:41:14,338 --> 00:41:15,405
<i> [tense music]</i>

872
00:41:15,473 --> 00:41:19,409
- And then began his cover-up.

873
00:41:19,477 --> 00:41:21,878
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

874
00:41:21,946 --> 00:41:24,881
<i> - Dean put maria cruz</i>
<i> in a suitcase,</i>

875
00:41:24,949 --> 00:41:28,184
<i> Then transported maria</i>
<i> in that suitcase</i>

876
00:41:28,252 --> 00:41:31,287
<i> Back to his home in new jersey</i>

877
00:41:31,355 --> 00:41:33,823
And buried her in his garage.

878
00:41:33,891 --> 00:41:38,661
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

879
00:41:44,002 --> 00:41:46,902
- It was a tough decision
to make,

880
00:41:46,971 --> 00:41:51,140
<i> But with legal counsel,</i>
<i> dean agreed to a plea bargain.</i>

881
00:41:52,576 --> 00:41:54,043
<i> - He pled guilty</i>

882
00:41:54,111 --> 00:41:57,046
To a first-degree
assault charge.

883
00:41:57,115 --> 00:41:58,848
<i> - So why couldn't you</i>
<i> charge him with the homicide?</i>

884
00:41:58,917 --> 00:42:01,183
Because they couldn't prove
the cause of death.

885
00:42:01,252 --> 00:42:03,786
But we can say
she was assaulted,

886
00:42:03,788 --> 00:42:06,889
So that's why they gave
a first-degree assault.

887
00:42:06,891 --> 00:42:10,926
<i> The judge at the time</i>
<i> gave him the max.</i>

888
00:42:10,995 --> 00:42:13,863
- Dean faiello was issued
a 20-year sentence.

889
00:42:13,932 --> 00:42:19,936
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

890
00:42:21,673 --> 00:42:24,540
<i> - The satisfaction</i>
<i> that detectives</i>

891
00:42:24,608 --> 00:42:29,078
Could take out of this
is that we located maria

892
00:42:29,147 --> 00:42:33,016
<i> And that we gave her family</i>
<i> a sense of closure.</i>

893
00:42:33,084 --> 00:42:34,984
<i> [somber music]</i>

894
00:42:35,053 --> 00:42:38,821
- I don't think maria's death

895
00:42:38,823 --> 00:42:42,958
Is the only
criminal transgression.

896
00:42:43,027 --> 00:42:47,763
<i> Removing lesions without</i>
<i> sending them to pathology--</i>

897
00:42:47,832 --> 00:42:52,768
He could've removed a cancer,
not done the proper treatment,

898
00:42:52,837 --> 00:42:57,006
And this lesion
can have been spreading

899
00:42:57,075 --> 00:42:59,475
Or metastasizing.

900
00:42:59,544 --> 00:43:03,445
<i> That may show mortalities</i>

901
00:43:03,515 --> 00:43:06,716
<i> Later from patients of his.</i>

902
00:43:06,784 --> 00:43:10,252
And so the effects were
far-reaching.

903
00:43:10,254 --> 00:43:16,993
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

904
00:43:17,061 --> 00:43:21,397
<i> - The police put a closure</i>
<i> to a grieving family,</i>

905
00:43:21,465 --> 00:43:26,335
To a grieving parish,
to a grieving city.

906
00:43:26,403 --> 00:43:28,604
<i> I prayed for the soul of maria</i>

907
00:43:28,673 --> 00:43:32,208
That she would rest in peace.

908
00:43:32,276 --> 00:43:34,610
<i> I would just leave it to god.</i>

909
00:43:34,679 --> 00:43:41,651
<i> ♪ ♪</i>