1 00:00:07,659 --> 00:00:10,270 A Jane Doe, viciously murdered 2 00:00:11,750 --> 00:00:12,664 and left by the side of the road in Brooklyn... 3 00:00:13,578 --> 00:00:14,318 She was taped from the top of her head 4 00:00:14,927 --> 00:00:15,667 to the bottom of her face. 5 00:00:16,624 --> 00:00:18,757 Nobody could survive that type of punishment. 6 00:00:18,800 --> 00:00:20,846 Leads NYPD into one of the most 7 00:00:20,889 --> 00:00:23,675 high-profile cases in decades. 8 00:00:23,718 --> 00:00:28,810 A young female out drinking, having a good time, 9 00:00:28,854 --> 00:00:31,726 found dead in a different part of the city. 10 00:00:31,770 --> 00:00:34,338 This was front-page headlines across the country. 11 00:00:34,381 --> 00:00:37,732 A college student with so much future ahead of her. 12 00:00:37,776 --> 00:00:39,865 She was working to pursue 13 00:00:39,908 --> 00:00:44,130 a career in legal and justice issues. 14 00:00:44,174 --> 00:00:47,307 The path she chose is to make a difference in the world 15 00:00:47,351 --> 00:00:49,614 and to help people. 16 00:00:49,657 --> 00:00:51,659 You want to give that family justice. 17 00:00:51,703 --> 00:00:54,706 All of New York City was desperate for the NYPD 18 00:00:54,749 --> 00:00:56,751 to solve this murder. 19 00:00:56,795 --> 00:00:58,753 Is there somebody driving around the city, 20 00:00:58,797 --> 00:01:00,712 snatching up girls? 21 00:01:00,755 --> 00:01:02,583 This wasn ' t just an isolated incident. 22 00:01:02,627 --> 00:01:05,238 This is a serial predator. 23 00:01:05,282 --> 00:01:07,240 He's done this before. 24 00:01:07,284 --> 00:01:08,763 We can't let this happen to another victim. 25 00:01:13,290 --> 00:01:16,249 [suspenseful music] 26 00:01:16,293 --> 00:01:22,864 27 00:01:33,571 --> 00:01:37,662 New Yorkers are known to be remarkably tough, but in 2006, 28 00:01:37,705 --> 00:01:40,708 we had a case that sent the city spiraling in panic. 29 00:01:40,752 --> 00:01:42,841 The victim, a brilliant 24-year-old 30 00:01:42,884 --> 00:01:44,495 criminology student. 31 00:01:44,538 --> 00:01:46,845 The tragic irony of someone learning to catch a killer 32 00:01:46,888 --> 00:01:48,890 was herself caught by one. 33 00:01:48,934 --> 00:01:51,241 Imette St. Guillen was devoting her life 34 00:01:51,284 --> 00:01:53,765 to helping victims when she became one herself. 35 00:01:55,332 --> 00:01:57,464 Fear permeated downtown bars and clubs. 36 00:01:57,508 --> 00:01:59,510 People were terrified to go out alone. 37 00:01:59,553 --> 00:02:02,730 Women, afraid to get into a taxi at night. 38 00:02:02,774 --> 00:02:05,646 With a violent predator loose on the streets, 39 00:02:05,690 --> 00:02:07,039 in an eerie connection 40 00:02:07,082 --> 00:02:09,215 to a crime that rocked New York in the '80s, 41 00:02:09,259 --> 00:02:11,696 the NYPD worked around the clock. 42 00:02:11,739 --> 00:02:14,307 Hell-bent on solving what would become 43 00:02:14,351 --> 00:02:16,701 one of the city's most notorious murders. 44 00:02:16,744 --> 00:02:22,881 45 00:02:22,924 --> 00:02:25,188 Police operator 2000, what is your emergency? 46 00:02:36,329 --> 00:02:40,333 In February of 2006, I received the radio call 47 00:02:40,377 --> 00:02:45,556 from the 911 system to respond to Fountain Avenue, 48 00:02:45,599 --> 00:02:47,949 An area of East New York, Brooklyn, 49 00:02:47,993 --> 00:02:51,649 that is very desolate. 50 00:02:51,692 --> 00:02:53,651 This is a really bad neighborhood. 51 00:02:53,694 --> 00:02:55,261 Personally, when I've been there reporting, 52 00:02:55,305 --> 00:02:56,871 I won't stay there past sundown. 53 00:03:00,745 --> 00:03:02,964 I exit the vehicle with a flashlight, 54 00:03:03,008 --> 00:03:05,315 started walking closer... 55 00:03:07,360 --> 00:03:10,058 And observed what appeared to be a body 56 00:03:10,102 --> 00:03:11,582 wrapped in a blanket. 57 00:03:14,324 --> 00:03:16,891 I do remember, you know, checking for a pulse. 58 00:03:20,068 --> 00:03:21,940 The body was definitely ice cold. 59 00:03:27,554 --> 00:03:28,729 When we opened up the blanket, 60 00:03:29,817 --> 00:03:30,775 we found a young girl who was taped 61 00:03:31,863 --> 00:03:33,952 from the top of her head to the bottom of her face. 62 00:03:33,995 --> 00:03:35,432 The first thing you're looking for 63 00:03:35,475 --> 00:03:36,824 is the cause of death. 64 00:03:36,868 --> 00:03:39,392 Obviously, being that her face was taped, 65 00:03:39,436 --> 00:03:41,568 it was most likely through asphyxiation. 66 00:03:43,614 --> 00:03:46,704 Her hands and her feet were tied together with zip ties. 67 00:03:50,011 --> 00:03:51,665 She was not wearing clothes. 68 00:03:53,450 --> 00:03:54,668 She has no identification. 69 00:03:54,712 --> 00:03:56,714 We don't know who the person is. 70 00:03:56,757 --> 00:03:58,629 The first thing I thought of, it was a prostitute 71 00:03:58,672 --> 00:03:59,934 that was dumped there. 72 00:03:59,978 --> 00:04:01,936 Nearby, you have the Strip, 73 00:04:01,980 --> 00:04:04,939 which is a place where sex workers frequent. 74 00:04:04,983 --> 00:04:08,552 But a closer look at the body gives them pause. 75 00:04:08,595 --> 00:04:10,597 She seemed well-nourished. 76 00:04:10,641 --> 00:04:12,904 She didn't have any track marks in her arms. 77 00:04:12,947 --> 00:04:14,775 Well-groomed. 78 00:04:14,819 --> 00:04:16,386 It just didn't fit right. 79 00:04:19,432 --> 00:04:21,913 CSI does an inch-by-inch grid search 80 00:04:21,956 --> 00:04:24,742 of the garbage-strewn area. 81 00:04:24,785 --> 00:04:28,963 A snow brush was found near her body on the ground, 82 00:04:29,007 --> 00:04:31,923 and that was considered to be potentially of interest 83 00:04:31,966 --> 00:04:35,361 just because of the proximity of that brush to the body. 84 00:04:35,405 --> 00:04:37,755 Other than the snow brush, Fountain Avenue 85 00:04:37,798 --> 00:04:39,365 is such a desolate area. 86 00:04:39,409 --> 00:04:41,454 So there wouldn't be, like, stores to canvas 87 00:04:41,498 --> 00:04:44,065 or video to pull. 88 00:04:44,109 --> 00:04:46,459 At the dead-end, there's a construction company, 89 00:04:46,503 --> 00:04:47,808 but at that particular time of night, 90 00:04:47,852 --> 00:04:49,419 the facility is closed. 91 00:04:49,462 --> 00:04:51,464 So the crime scene was pretty limited 92 00:04:51,508 --> 00:04:53,945 to the areas surrounding the body that night. 93 00:04:56,426 --> 00:04:59,820 But the medical examiner finds something noteworthy. 94 00:04:59,864 --> 00:05:04,085 On the zip tie, there was a speck of blood. 95 00:05:04,129 --> 00:05:07,480 Very small; you'd barely see it with your eyes. 96 00:05:07,524 --> 00:05:08,699 The droplet could be, of course, 97 00:05:09,743 --> 00:05:11,005 the victim's own blood, but if it's not, 98 00:05:11,049 --> 00:05:13,051 we most likely got DNA of the perp. 99 00:05:13,094 --> 00:05:15,183 And that's a huge get in figuring out 100 00:05:15,227 --> 00:05:17,882 who committed this atrocious crime. 101 00:05:17,925 --> 00:05:19,797 The blanket she's wrapped in is also key. 102 00:05:19,840 --> 00:05:21,494 It could contain a wealth of evidence 103 00:05:21,538 --> 00:05:24,454 invisible to the human eye, and, of course, 104 00:05:24,497 --> 00:05:25,672 the biggest piece of the puzzle, 105 00:05:25,716 --> 00:05:28,196 Jane Doe's body. 106 00:05:28,240 --> 00:05:30,808 The next day, we do an autopsy. 107 00:05:30,851 --> 00:05:32,505 When they took the tape off of her, 108 00:05:32,549 --> 00:05:35,595 there was a sock that was inside her mouth, 109 00:05:35,639 --> 00:05:37,945 which pushed her tongue in backwards. 110 00:05:37,989 --> 00:05:39,686 And unfortunately, 111 00:05:39,730 --> 00:05:42,907 the ME saw that she was sexually assaulted. 112 00:05:42,950 --> 00:05:44,865 The cause of death for this victim 113 00:05:44,909 --> 00:05:46,954 was the asphyxiation. 114 00:05:46,998 --> 00:05:50,393 Nobody could survive that type of punishment. 115 00:05:52,090 --> 00:05:54,527 When they pulled the tape off of her face, 116 00:05:54,571 --> 00:05:55,963 they found fibers on that tape. 117 00:05:56,007 --> 00:05:58,836 There was these kind of reddish fibers. 118 00:05:58,879 --> 00:06:00,794 The red fibers could be from something 119 00:06:00,838 --> 00:06:03,580 the murderer had been wearing, or picked up from the location 120 00:06:03,623 --> 00:06:06,191 where the Jane Doe was killed. 121 00:06:06,234 --> 00:06:08,019 The red fibers, the tape, 122 00:06:08,062 --> 00:06:10,848 the blanket were definitely of interest 123 00:06:10,891 --> 00:06:15,026 in trying to figure out what potentially happened to her. 124 00:06:15,069 --> 00:06:16,114 Fingerprints were taken, 125 00:06:16,157 --> 00:06:18,725 maybe they were arrested in the past. 126 00:06:18,769 --> 00:06:20,118 She didn't have a criminal record. 127 00:06:20,161 --> 00:06:22,773 So with no way to find out who she is, 128 00:06:22,816 --> 00:06:24,165 we go to the media. 129 00:06:26,646 --> 00:06:28,474 As they wait and hope for a hit, 130 00:06:28,518 --> 00:06:30,128 they head back to Fountain Avenue, 131 00:06:30,171 --> 00:06:32,478 speak with the only business in the area, 132 00:06:32,522 --> 00:06:35,089 the construction company. 133 00:06:35,133 --> 00:06:37,788 We ended up finding a security guard 134 00:06:37,831 --> 00:06:41,487 that worked on the overnight shift. 135 00:06:41,531 --> 00:06:44,925 He remembered seeing a van parked on the side 136 00:06:44,969 --> 00:06:47,624 of where we found that victim. 137 00:06:47,667 --> 00:06:50,104 And he said that somebody was definitely in the car. 138 00:06:50,148 --> 00:06:53,673 His head was lit up because the cell phone was on. 139 00:06:53,717 --> 00:06:55,588 The guard couldn't see the driver 140 00:06:55,632 --> 00:06:57,938 but provides a description of the van. 141 00:06:57,982 --> 00:07:01,289 It's a lead, their first. 142 00:07:01,333 --> 00:07:05,163 And just then, a phone call comes in. 143 00:07:05,206 --> 00:07:07,513 The 7-5 Precinct called me and said 144 00:07:07,557 --> 00:07:14,128 they have a cousin that hadn't been home in over 24 hours. 145 00:07:14,172 --> 00:07:15,260 They're worried it might be the person 146 00:07:15,303 --> 00:07:17,784 that was in the paper. 147 00:07:17,828 --> 00:07:20,134 Detectives rush back to speak with her. 148 00:07:20,178 --> 00:07:22,963 149 00:07:23,007 --> 00:07:25,792 I showed a photograph of the victim, 150 00:07:25,836 --> 00:07:28,752 and she identified her. 151 00:07:28,795 --> 00:07:30,231 Now I have an investigation that I could run with 152 00:07:30,275 --> 00:07:33,626 because I know who it is. 153 00:07:33,670 --> 00:07:36,586 The victim is 24-year-old Boston transplant, 154 00:07:36,629 --> 00:07:39,632 Imette St. Guillen. 155 00:07:39,676 --> 00:07:44,942 I was at work, and I got a phone call from a friend. 156 00:07:44,985 --> 00:07:46,987 I was told what happened. 157 00:07:47,031 --> 00:07:50,817 I was just in complete shock. 158 00:07:50,861 --> 00:07:54,038 It didn't seem like it could possibly be real. 159 00:07:56,214 --> 00:07:58,956 Just devastated. 160 00:07:58,999 --> 00:08:05,528 You know, someone that was so important to me was taken away. 161 00:08:08,095 --> 00:08:10,576 [sentimental music] 162 00:08:10,620 --> 00:08:16,669 I don't know if I can describe the first time that we met. 163 00:08:16,713 --> 00:08:18,671 We had lockers near each other. 164 00:08:18,715 --> 00:08:21,892 You know, hit it off. 165 00:08:21,935 --> 00:08:23,981 Imette went to Boston Latin, 166 00:08:24,024 --> 00:08:26,679 one of the best high schools in the country. 167 00:08:26,723 --> 00:08:29,769 She's outgoing and fun-loving, 168 00:08:29,813 --> 00:08:33,120 and she loved to dance. [chuckles] 169 00:08:33,164 --> 00:08:35,906 Like whether it be a school dance or at a club, 170 00:08:35,949 --> 00:08:38,212 she was up there dancing the whole time, 171 00:08:38,256 --> 00:08:43,043 and if there was a friend that was being a wallflower, 172 00:08:43,087 --> 00:08:44,349 she would pull them in and get them 173 00:08:44,392 --> 00:08:46,307 to start having fun too. 174 00:08:48,005 --> 00:08:49,615 She would have everybody up dancing. 175 00:08:49,659 --> 00:08:51,704 She was just that loving of a person 176 00:08:51,748 --> 00:08:55,142 that you want it to be like, "Yes," and you got up. 177 00:08:55,186 --> 00:08:59,233 There was no questions asked, you know, you got up. 178 00:08:59,277 --> 00:09:02,628 Imette was definitely the life of the party, 179 00:09:02,672 --> 00:09:05,239 but she also grew studious 180 00:09:05,283 --> 00:09:07,851 and in the top ranking of the class. 181 00:09:10,244 --> 00:09:12,769 She went to George Washington University, 182 00:09:12,812 --> 00:09:15,728 where she graduated magna cum laude, 183 00:09:15,772 --> 00:09:17,904 then decided to come to John Jay to study 184 00:09:17,948 --> 00:09:19,602 as a master's student. 185 00:09:21,778 --> 00:09:24,084 Imette talked about New York as if she was born 186 00:09:24,128 --> 00:09:25,695 and raised in New York, 187 00:09:25,738 --> 00:09:28,219 and Boston was just a visiting place. 188 00:09:28,262 --> 00:09:30,743 She exemplified the John Jay student: 189 00:09:30,787 --> 00:09:36,270 ambitious, smart, passionate about justice. 190 00:09:36,314 --> 00:09:38,229 Even with a heavy school schedule, 191 00:09:38,272 --> 00:09:41,928 Imette finds time to volunteer at a rape crisis center. 192 00:09:41,972 --> 00:09:44,888 The path she chose was to make a difference 193 00:09:44,931 --> 00:09:46,759 in the world and to help people. 194 00:09:49,936 --> 00:09:51,721 [suspenseful music] 195 00:09:51,764 --> 00:09:53,810 We talked to the family that day. 196 00:09:53,853 --> 00:09:58,162 We talked to the mom, the stepdad, and the sister. 197 00:09:58,205 --> 00:10:00,120 They were obviously distraught. 198 00:10:00,164 --> 00:10:04,037 The family was tight-knit, tight-knit. 199 00:10:04,081 --> 00:10:06,997 You knew that they had a bond. 200 00:10:07,040 --> 00:10:09,434 Imette and her sister, Alejandra, 201 00:10:09,477 --> 00:10:10,827 were very close to each other. 202 00:10:10,870 --> 00:10:13,830 They lost their dad at an early age. 203 00:10:13,873 --> 00:10:15,266 It was just always, "My sister and I, 204 00:10:15,309 --> 00:10:17,137 my sister and I." 205 00:10:17,181 --> 00:10:19,270 They were, as they would say, thick as thieves. 206 00:10:21,011 --> 00:10:23,100 After speaking to Imette's family, 207 00:10:23,143 --> 00:10:25,058 you want to give that family justice. 208 00:10:25,102 --> 00:10:26,843 We gotta solve this case. 209 00:10:29,149 --> 00:10:31,978 Her sister tells detectives Imette had been out 210 00:10:32,022 --> 00:10:35,199 the previous night with her best friend, Claire. 211 00:10:35,242 --> 00:10:37,157 Of course, as part of their investigative procedure. 212 00:10:37,201 --> 00:10:38,724 They're going to interview the people 213 00:10:38,768 --> 00:10:39,986 that Imette was last with, 214 00:10:40,030 --> 00:10:42,032 and Claire was one of those people. 215 00:10:42,075 --> 00:10:44,861 They call her and learn she's actually downtown 216 00:10:44,904 --> 00:10:47,907 doing her own canvas looking for Imette. 217 00:10:47,951 --> 00:10:51,737 Claire is going bar to bar, "Have you seen this girl? 218 00:10:51,781 --> 00:10:54,044 It's my best friend, I haven't heard from her." 219 00:10:56,089 --> 00:10:59,179 Detective Brooks breaks her the news. 220 00:10:59,223 --> 00:11:02,269 I've done hundreds of notifications like this, 221 00:11:02,313 --> 00:11:05,185 and I can't say it ever gets easier. 222 00:11:05,229 --> 00:11:07,144 She was hysterical. 223 00:11:07,187 --> 00:11:09,886 Claire was blaming herself for everything that happened. 224 00:11:12,279 --> 00:11:13,846 Claire clearly has information 225 00:11:13,890 --> 00:11:15,239 that is vital to the case. 226 00:11:15,282 --> 00:11:18,372 They need to know what happened that night. 227 00:11:18,416 --> 00:11:19,896 Claire goes to the station. 228 00:11:21,811 --> 00:11:24,465 When you go to the police, it becomes a lot more real, 229 00:11:24,509 --> 00:11:26,772 and I'm not sure Claire was really ready for that. 230 00:11:26,816 --> 00:11:28,208 She kept saying that, 231 00:11:28,252 --> 00:11:29,383 "I should have stayed with her. 232 00:11:29,427 --> 00:11:31,908 I shouldn't have let her go by herself." 233 00:11:31,951 --> 00:11:34,911 They had to find out what Imette did on her last night. 234 00:11:36,303 --> 00:11:37,783 What the hell happened? 235 00:11:37,827 --> 00:11:41,352 [patrons laughing] 236 00:11:41,395 --> 00:11:42,962 Coming up... 237 00:11:43,006 --> 00:11:44,877 When we walked in, it was kind of crowded, 238 00:11:44,921 --> 00:11:47,184 and it was almost like the music stopped. 239 00:11:47,227 --> 00:11:48,838 He had been flirting with her. 240 00:11:48,881 --> 00:11:50,796 She rebuffed his attempts. 241 00:11:50,840 --> 00:11:52,450 Is this guy involved, not involved? 242 00:11:52,493 --> 00:11:54,365 We knew we were in the right place, 243 00:11:54,408 --> 00:11:55,932 we just didn't know who the players were yet. 244 00:11:55,975 --> 00:11:59,500 245 00:12:00,980 --> 00:12:03,853 [suspenseful music] 246 00:12:04,331 --> 00:12:07,857 247 00:12:07,900 --> 00:12:10,250 Detectives investigating the horrific murder 248 00:12:10,294 --> 00:12:11,948 of 24-year-old criminology student 249 00:12:11,991 --> 00:12:13,906 Imette St. Guillen 250 00:12:13,950 --> 00:12:15,952 have just tracked down her best friend, Claire, 251 00:12:15,995 --> 00:12:17,780 to a bar downtown 252 00:12:17,823 --> 00:12:20,783 where she had been conducting her own search. 253 00:12:25,613 --> 00:12:28,529 Claire tried to give us as much information as possible. 254 00:12:28,573 --> 00:12:32,055 She was very, very upset and in a world of pain. 255 00:12:32,098 --> 00:12:39,410 256 00:12:39,453 --> 00:12:41,368 Claire and Claire's sister, and Imette, 257 00:12:41,412 --> 00:12:42,848 and some other friends 258 00:12:42,892 --> 00:12:45,459 all went out to celebrate Imette's birthday, 259 00:12:45,503 --> 00:12:46,721 Which was just a few days away, 260 00:12:46,765 --> 00:12:48,985 so it was an early birthday celebration, 261 00:12:49,028 --> 00:12:51,944 and they were just bar hopping around the Bowery area. 262 00:12:54,468 --> 00:12:56,775 Back in the '70s and '80s, 263 00:12:56,819 --> 00:13:00,387 the Bowery was where vagrants, sex workers, 264 00:13:00,431 --> 00:13:02,999 and drug addicts would hang out. 265 00:13:03,042 --> 00:13:04,522 It had CBGB's. 266 00:13:04,565 --> 00:13:06,480 It's one of America's most famous 267 00:13:06,524 --> 00:13:09,614 dirty punk rock clubs. 268 00:13:09,657 --> 00:13:11,790 But in 2006, the neighborhood 269 00:13:11,834 --> 00:13:15,881 is going through the early stages of revitalization. 270 00:13:15,925 --> 00:13:17,752 It's one of the most happening parts of Manhattan, 271 00:13:17,796 --> 00:13:18,928 lots of young people. 272 00:13:18,971 --> 00:13:21,408 It's just a really fun place to be. 273 00:13:21,452 --> 00:13:23,933 Imette and her girlfriend, Claire, 274 00:13:23,976 --> 00:13:27,719 had a little black book of restaurants and bars. 275 00:13:27,762 --> 00:13:29,503 What they would do is go to visit 276 00:13:29,547 --> 00:13:31,810 a different restaurant and bar every time they went out, 277 00:13:31,854 --> 00:13:33,116 and they would just cross it off the list, 278 00:13:33,159 --> 00:13:34,508 and they'd move on to another one. 279 00:13:37,555 --> 00:13:40,036 Claire told us about drinking heavily. 280 00:13:40,079 --> 00:13:42,516 And it ended up just being Imette and Claire 281 00:13:42,560 --> 00:13:46,085 by themselves at a final bar, which was Pioneer. 282 00:13:46,129 --> 00:13:48,087 It's, like, 2:00, 3:00 in the morning at this point. 283 00:13:48,131 --> 00:13:50,655 In New York, the bars close at 4:00. 284 00:13:50,698 --> 00:13:52,744 Claire was ready to go home. 285 00:13:52,787 --> 00:13:54,572 Imette wanted to continue partying 286 00:13:54,615 --> 00:13:56,530 because it was her birthday. 287 00:13:56,574 --> 00:13:58,489 Imette is like, "No, let's stay 20 more minutes. 288 00:13:58,532 --> 00:14:01,144 Let's have another drink," and you know, Claire obliges, 289 00:14:01,187 --> 00:14:04,843 and then again, she tries to get her to go home. 290 00:14:04,887 --> 00:14:07,715 No matter what Claire said, she wanted no part of it. 291 00:14:07,759 --> 00:14:09,500 And after a little bit of an argument, 292 00:14:09,543 --> 00:14:11,110 Claire says, "I'm going home." 293 00:14:14,897 --> 00:14:17,160 So shortly after Claire left, of course, 294 00:14:17,203 --> 00:14:18,770 she's worried about her best friend, 295 00:14:18,813 --> 00:14:20,511 so she gives her a call. 296 00:14:20,554 --> 00:14:22,034 They spoke on the phone, 297 00:14:22,078 --> 00:14:24,689 and Claire could tell she was either back in that place 298 00:14:24,732 --> 00:14:27,953 or at another bar because of the background noise. 299 00:14:27,997 --> 00:14:29,520 She's pleading with her to get home, 300 00:14:29,563 --> 00:14:31,696 and Imette promises her that she will. 301 00:14:31,739 --> 00:14:35,700 302 00:14:35,743 --> 00:14:37,963 Claire tells detectives that she had called Imette 303 00:14:38,007 --> 00:14:39,530 later that morning, 304 00:14:39,573 --> 00:14:41,532 and it went straight to voicemail. 305 00:14:41,575 --> 00:14:43,795 Please leave a message. [phone beeps] 306 00:14:43,838 --> 00:14:47,451 She rang friends. Nobody's heard from her. 307 00:14:47,494 --> 00:14:51,194 She called Imette's roommate and learns chilling news. 308 00:14:51,237 --> 00:14:53,457 Imette never made it home. 309 00:14:56,982 --> 00:14:59,898 Investigators dig into every aspect of their night, 310 00:14:59,942 --> 00:15:02,814 and one thing she says stands out. 311 00:15:02,857 --> 00:15:05,512 Claire tells us that while they were out partying, 312 00:15:05,556 --> 00:15:07,732 one of the bartenders at the Pioneer bar 313 00:15:07,775 --> 00:15:09,821 was hitting on Imette. 314 00:15:09,864 --> 00:15:11,692 She rebuffed his attempts. 315 00:15:11,736 --> 00:15:13,477 One of the first things you're gonna look at is, 316 00:15:13,520 --> 00:15:16,045 like, who were the people that she spoke to that night? 317 00:15:16,088 --> 00:15:18,221 She also told us that Imette was using her credit card. 318 00:15:18,264 --> 00:15:20,179 We notify the credit card companies 319 00:15:20,223 --> 00:15:22,094 to find out last purchases. 320 00:15:22,138 --> 00:15:24,575 What was the last time the card was used, 321 00:15:24,618 --> 00:15:25,837 and where was it used? 322 00:15:27,926 --> 00:15:30,929 As detectives begin chasing down these leads, 323 00:15:30,973 --> 00:15:34,063 news of Imette's murder spreads through the city. 324 00:15:34,106 --> 00:15:38,023 This became a front-page story in New York. 325 00:15:40,721 --> 00:15:42,680 The newspapers identified her by name, 326 00:15:42,723 --> 00:15:44,769 spoke to friends, spoke to family. 327 00:15:47,163 --> 00:15:48,903 Imette was one of those rare people 328 00:15:48,947 --> 00:15:52,211 who brightened the lives of everyone she met, 329 00:15:52,255 --> 00:15:54,866 making anyone she was with feel valued, 330 00:15:54,909 --> 00:15:57,782 feel loved, and special. 331 00:15:57,825 --> 00:16:00,741 [sentimental music] 332 00:16:00,785 --> 00:16:03,527 333 00:16:03,570 --> 00:16:05,224 [suspenseful music] 334 00:16:05,268 --> 00:16:07,531 Armed with Claire's timeline of the night, 335 00:16:07,574 --> 00:16:09,185 detectives head over to the last place 336 00:16:09,228 --> 00:16:13,537 the women had been together, Pioneer bar. 337 00:16:13,580 --> 00:16:17,541 Claire told us one of the bartenders at the Pioneer bar 338 00:16:17,584 --> 00:16:18,977 was hitting on Imette. 339 00:16:19,021 --> 00:16:20,718 Imette wasn't interested. 340 00:16:20,761 --> 00:16:22,154 At that point, it gives a reason 341 00:16:22,198 --> 00:16:23,590 to talk to that bartender. 342 00:16:23,634 --> 00:16:26,637 [indistinct chatter] 343 00:16:26,680 --> 00:16:28,900 They speak to that bartender. 344 00:16:28,943 --> 00:16:30,510 "What did you guys talk about? 345 00:16:30,554 --> 00:16:32,034 "I heard that she rebuffed your attempts; 346 00:16:32,077 --> 00:16:33,774 how did that make you feel?" 347 00:16:33,818 --> 00:16:35,037 You know, we try to read people. 348 00:16:35,080 --> 00:16:36,864 Whether we know the truth or not, 349 00:16:36,908 --> 00:16:40,825 you could tell kind of how somebody responding to you. 350 00:16:40,868 --> 00:16:42,827 He told us Imette wasn't interested, 351 00:16:42,870 --> 00:16:43,871 and that was the last of it. 352 00:16:45,569 --> 00:16:49,007 He didn't come across as, he was hiding anything. 353 00:16:49,051 --> 00:16:50,226 After speaking to him, 354 00:16:50,269 --> 00:16:52,141 we knew that he wasn't involved. 355 00:16:54,012 --> 00:16:55,622 At this point, you got a victim 356 00:16:55,666 --> 00:16:57,668 who was drinking heavily and alone. 357 00:16:57,711 --> 00:16:59,670 It seems very likely someone noticed this 358 00:16:59,713 --> 00:17:01,106 and took advantage. 359 00:17:01,150 --> 00:17:04,109 So you gotta find out who she left with. 360 00:17:04,153 --> 00:17:06,677 We had several teams of detectives, 361 00:17:06,720 --> 00:17:10,681 and we actually went to most bars in that immediate area. 362 00:17:10,724 --> 00:17:12,117 You're doing canvas for video, 363 00:17:12,161 --> 00:17:14,337 and you're doing canvas for witnesses. 364 00:17:14,380 --> 00:17:16,948 We weren't able to get video footage. 365 00:17:16,991 --> 00:17:18,993 Managers would make excuses that, 366 00:17:19,037 --> 00:17:21,039 "Well, the person that gets the video isn't here," 367 00:17:21,083 --> 00:17:23,694 or, "It's only good for 24 hours." 368 00:17:23,737 --> 00:17:26,566 A lot of systems that don't work or are fake. 369 00:17:26,610 --> 00:17:29,134 They have them up for show, but they don't tape. 370 00:17:29,178 --> 00:17:32,311 And no one they spoke with seemed to have seen her. 371 00:17:32,355 --> 00:17:36,141 At the same time, detectives also pursue another avenue. 372 00:17:36,185 --> 00:17:38,274 [siren wailing] 373 00:17:38,317 --> 00:17:40,189 Any time we have a death of a female, 374 00:17:40,232 --> 00:17:42,365 the people we're gonna look at initially 375 00:17:42,408 --> 00:17:45,150 is gonna be boyfriends, ex-boyfriends. 376 00:17:45,194 --> 00:17:46,891 They speak with Claire again, 377 00:17:46,934 --> 00:17:49,154 this time about Imette's relationships, 378 00:17:49,198 --> 00:17:51,591 and learn something that piques their interest. 379 00:17:53,680 --> 00:17:55,813 Molly, Imette, and Claire were still out before Claire 380 00:17:55,856 --> 00:18:00,861 had went home to notice that Imette was texting somebody. 381 00:18:02,124 --> 00:18:04,213 And it was her ex-boyfriend. 382 00:18:04,256 --> 00:18:10,958 383 00:18:12,438 --> 00:18:15,311 [suspenseful music] 384 00:18:15,789 --> 00:18:20,664 385 00:18:20,707 --> 00:18:22,187 News of the gruesome murder 386 00:18:22,231 --> 00:18:23,623 of brilliant criminology student 387 00:18:24,885 --> 00:18:27,279 Imette St. Guillen has spread beyond the city. 388 00:18:27,323 --> 00:18:29,673 This was front-page headlines across the country. 389 00:18:29,716 --> 00:18:32,589 You know, a college student with so much future 390 00:18:32,632 --> 00:18:34,547 ahead of her. 391 00:18:34,591 --> 00:18:36,201 Distraught family members are desperate 392 00:18:36,245 --> 00:18:38,551 to find out the person who killed her. 393 00:18:38,595 --> 00:18:40,553 She was a beautiful girl. 394 00:18:40,597 --> 00:18:43,426 She was, I mean, beautiful inside also. 395 00:18:43,469 --> 00:18:45,558 She was kind. She was loving. 396 00:18:45,602 --> 00:18:47,256 She wouldn't hurt anyone, 397 00:18:47,299 --> 00:18:49,388 and she wouldn't want anyone else to be hurting. 398 00:18:55,264 --> 00:18:57,788 Detectives are chasing a lead. 399 00:18:57,831 --> 00:19:00,225 An ex-boyfriend she'd been texting with 400 00:19:00,269 --> 00:19:01,705 the night she disappeared. 401 00:19:03,489 --> 00:19:04,795 You have to go to him and figure out, 402 00:19:04,838 --> 00:19:07,145 "Were you there? You were texting her. 403 00:19:07,189 --> 00:19:09,843 Did you guys meet up? What happened?" 404 00:19:15,458 --> 00:19:17,373 The ex-boyfriend, he was picked up 405 00:19:17,416 --> 00:19:20,332 to come to the precinct, and we talked to him. 406 00:19:20,376 --> 00:19:22,465 He was a fellow student at John Jay College. 407 00:19:24,293 --> 00:19:26,425 He tells detectives that he and Imette met 408 00:19:26,469 --> 00:19:29,950 in a police ethics class, and immediately hit it off. 409 00:19:29,994 --> 00:19:31,430 They dated for a short stint 410 00:19:31,474 --> 00:19:35,521 before realizing they were better off as friends. 411 00:19:35,565 --> 00:19:38,524 Imette's ex-boyfriend still cared about her, 412 00:19:38,568 --> 00:19:40,483 and then to tell him that she was deceased 413 00:19:40,526 --> 00:19:43,616 was beyond something you can comprehend. 414 00:19:45,575 --> 00:19:49,448 Seeing how heartbroken he was, there was absolutely no reason 415 00:19:49,492 --> 00:19:51,798 for us to think he had anything to do with this. 416 00:19:51,842 --> 00:19:53,974 Despite his emotional reaction 417 00:19:54,018 --> 00:19:56,499 and his willingness to submit DNA, 418 00:19:56,542 --> 00:19:58,196 you need an alibi, 419 00:19:58,240 --> 00:20:00,894 and her ex has one at the ready. 420 00:20:00,938 --> 00:20:02,896 He was with his new girlfriend, 421 00:20:02,940 --> 00:20:05,682 and of course, you know, we let them talk 422 00:20:05,725 --> 00:20:07,379 because everything he says to us, 423 00:20:07,423 --> 00:20:09,294 without him knowing, we're gonna try to verify. 424 00:20:09,338 --> 00:20:10,643 So the first thing we do when he leaves is, 425 00:20:10,687 --> 00:20:12,297 we find the new girlfriend. 426 00:20:12,341 --> 00:20:15,300 We speak to her, not even telling her 427 00:20:15,344 --> 00:20:18,434 that we spoke to her boyfriend, and everything was exact. 428 00:20:18,477 --> 00:20:20,871 Times, places, where they were, what they were doing. 429 00:20:23,352 --> 00:20:26,833 We did two cell phone pings on his phone to verify 430 00:20:26,877 --> 00:20:29,314 that he is where he's telling us he was 431 00:20:29,358 --> 00:20:32,665 and it wasn't just a story they both made up. 432 00:20:32,709 --> 00:20:34,885 The cell phone records showed that he was nowhere 433 00:20:34,928 --> 00:20:36,843 near the area at the time Imette was killed. 434 00:20:39,933 --> 00:20:41,892 Her ex returns to John Jay, 435 00:20:41,935 --> 00:20:45,896 where news of Imette's murder has spread like wildfire. 436 00:20:45,939 --> 00:20:47,941 The environment and the mood 437 00:20:47,985 --> 00:20:51,510 and the weight of the emotions from the students, 438 00:20:51,554 --> 00:20:55,427 it was a very somber time. 439 00:20:55,471 --> 00:20:57,777 Imette represented the best of us. 440 00:20:57,821 --> 00:21:00,563 She was just so vibrant and vital, 441 00:21:00,606 --> 00:21:05,002 and somebody off to do good work in her life. 442 00:21:05,045 --> 00:21:07,874 Layered on top of this tragedy 443 00:21:07,918 --> 00:21:11,617 was the loss of someone who 444 00:21:11,661 --> 00:21:15,360 was working to pursue a career 445 00:21:15,404 --> 00:21:20,322 to improve the system that ultimately failed her. 446 00:21:23,412 --> 00:21:26,458 447 00:21:26,502 --> 00:21:29,809 There was this classic New York impulse: 448 00:21:29,853 --> 00:21:31,724 "What can we do? 449 00:21:31,768 --> 00:21:33,683 "How can we hack to this in a way 450 00:21:33,726 --> 00:21:36,381 that is also affirming?" 451 00:21:36,425 --> 00:21:39,558 We have expertise at the college. 452 00:21:39,602 --> 00:21:42,692 At John Jay, all students become familiar 453 00:21:42,735 --> 00:21:44,911 with lifting fingerprints, 454 00:21:44,955 --> 00:21:47,914 identifying fibers, blood spatter. 455 00:21:49,699 --> 00:21:51,701 I remember being in touch with the people 456 00:21:51,744 --> 00:21:53,572 at the police department just to say, 457 00:21:53,616 --> 00:21:55,052 "Anything you need, 458 00:21:55,095 --> 00:21:58,316 we'll make available to you to help solve this case." 459 00:22:00,927 --> 00:22:03,321 And in Boston, where Imette grew up, 460 00:22:03,365 --> 00:22:04,888 just days after what should have been 461 00:22:04,931 --> 00:22:07,543 her 25th birthday celebration, 462 00:22:07,586 --> 00:22:10,023 her family instead holds a massive funeral. 463 00:22:10,067 --> 00:22:13,026 [somber music] 464 00:22:13,070 --> 00:22:14,419 465 00:22:14,463 --> 00:22:16,639 There was not a place to park. 466 00:22:16,682 --> 00:22:19,468 There was not a place to stand or sing. 467 00:22:19,511 --> 00:22:24,951 And I never knew a love like that 468 00:22:24,995 --> 00:22:26,779 until I was there. 469 00:22:26,823 --> 00:22:32,437 You knew that Imette affected people by the crowd. 470 00:22:32,481 --> 00:22:37,007 She made an impact on a lot of other people's lives. 471 00:22:37,050 --> 00:22:39,357 You have to give her kudos for that. 472 00:22:39,401 --> 00:22:40,576 I'm sorry. 473 00:22:40,619 --> 00:22:46,669 474 00:22:46,712 --> 00:22:49,062 [suspenseful music] 475 00:22:49,106 --> 00:22:51,978 Imette's mother, she ends up going in front of the room, 476 00:22:52,022 --> 00:22:57,419 and she cried and begged for more information. 477 00:22:57,462 --> 00:22:59,464 "Please come forward; please speak to the police 478 00:22:59,508 --> 00:23:01,684 so that this doesn't happen to your daughter." 479 00:23:03,903 --> 00:23:06,776 Obviously, I really wanna do something for this family 480 00:23:06,819 --> 00:23:09,431 because you can see how much they're hurting. 481 00:23:09,474 --> 00:23:10,954 More motivated than ever, 482 00:23:10,997 --> 00:23:12,999 detectives scour their databases, 483 00:23:13,043 --> 00:23:15,088 looking for recent cases with similarities. 484 00:23:16,873 --> 00:23:19,484 We started looking at all sexual assault cases, 485 00:23:19,528 --> 00:23:21,660 and we came up with this victim in a cab. 486 00:23:24,620 --> 00:23:26,839 There was a girl who had taken a cab. 487 00:23:26,883 --> 00:23:28,667 It wasn't a yellow taxi. 488 00:23:28,711 --> 00:23:30,756 In New York, there were kind of unofficial cabs 489 00:23:30,800 --> 00:23:32,715 that can be driven by anybody. 490 00:23:32,758 --> 00:23:35,413 They're not subject to the same regulations, 491 00:23:35,457 --> 00:23:36,980 and she was assaulted. 492 00:23:38,808 --> 00:23:41,593 Viciously assaulted, and, like, thrown out of the cab. 493 00:23:43,856 --> 00:23:46,424 The location the victim was dumped, 494 00:23:46,468 --> 00:23:47,730 less than a mile from where 495 00:23:47,773 --> 00:23:49,906 Imette St. Guillen's body was found. 496 00:23:51,647 --> 00:23:53,910 Is that case connected to Imette? 497 00:23:53,953 --> 00:23:56,042 Is this the same person? 498 00:23:56,086 --> 00:23:58,218 You have to see if there's a link. 499 00:23:58,262 --> 00:24:01,047 To everybody who's taken the cab in New York, 500 00:24:01,091 --> 00:24:03,441 is there somebody driving around the city 501 00:24:03,485 --> 00:24:05,225 snatching up girls and then killing them? 502 00:24:05,269 --> 00:24:11,971 503 00:24:14,017 --> 00:24:16,889 [suspenseful music] 504 00:24:17,368 --> 00:24:22,504 505 00:24:22,547 --> 00:24:24,375 Just days into the investigation 506 00:24:24,418 --> 00:24:26,203 of the brutal murder of 24-year-old 507 00:24:26,246 --> 00:24:28,684 criminal justice grad student Imette St. Guillen, 508 00:24:28,727 --> 00:24:31,077 detectives have found a possible connection 509 00:24:31,121 --> 00:24:33,515 and are in pursuit of a predatory cab driver. 510 00:24:35,517 --> 00:24:39,085 We have this person that abducted another girl. 511 00:24:39,129 --> 00:24:40,565 It could be similar, 512 00:24:40,609 --> 00:24:42,567 it could not be, but you have to address it. 513 00:24:44,264 --> 00:24:45,657 We found that people don't wake up 514 00:24:45,701 --> 00:24:47,485 and commit a crime this horrific. 515 00:24:47,529 --> 00:24:48,573 They start smaller-- 516 00:24:48,617 --> 00:24:50,575 like kidnapping or sexual assaults 517 00:24:50,619 --> 00:24:53,578 before escalating, building to murder. 518 00:24:53,622 --> 00:24:56,059 So in this case, if there are survivors out there, 519 00:24:56,102 --> 00:24:58,191 this could lead us to find Imette's killer. 520 00:25:00,629 --> 00:25:02,935 We brought that victim in. 521 00:25:02,979 --> 00:25:06,243 We were able to get a detailed description. 522 00:25:06,286 --> 00:25:09,289 They put out a sketch about this cab driver 523 00:25:09,333 --> 00:25:11,248 who had assaulted this girl in the same area 524 00:25:11,291 --> 00:25:12,945 around the same time as Imette. 525 00:25:14,643 --> 00:25:18,168 He's a 5'7" man in his mid-30s. 526 00:25:18,211 --> 00:25:21,258 It's essential we find this guy, 527 00:25:21,301 --> 00:25:24,087 but it throws the city into a state of terror. 528 00:25:24,130 --> 00:25:27,394 529 00:25:27,438 --> 00:25:30,267 When the public starts to hear that somebody had been 530 00:25:30,310 --> 00:25:33,618 violently assaulted in a cab right around the same time 531 00:25:33,662 --> 00:25:35,446 that people are trying to figure out who raped 532 00:25:35,489 --> 00:25:38,492 and murdered this beautiful young girl, you get scared. 533 00:25:40,277 --> 00:25:42,235 Not long after the sketch went public, 534 00:25:42,279 --> 00:25:44,542 police get an unexpected visitor. 535 00:25:44,586 --> 00:25:50,156 536 00:25:50,200 --> 00:25:52,289 The driver, he came forward. 537 00:25:52,332 --> 00:25:55,292 He went to the police station. 538 00:25:55,335 --> 00:25:56,989 The cab driver admits his role 539 00:25:57,033 --> 00:25:59,339 in assaulting a woman on February 12th, 540 00:25:59,383 --> 00:26:01,167 but swears he had nothing to do 541 00:26:01,211 --> 00:26:03,169 with the murder of Imette St. Guillen. 542 00:26:04,736 --> 00:26:06,477 He was very honest and forthcoming 543 00:26:06,520 --> 00:26:08,000 about the entire thing, 544 00:26:08,044 --> 00:26:10,612 and he claimed that he was in New Jersey. 545 00:26:10,655 --> 00:26:12,570 He provides detectives with his DNA, 546 00:26:12,614 --> 00:26:14,311 as well as the contacts 547 00:26:14,354 --> 00:26:17,575 for those he drove that night to verify his alibi. 548 00:26:17,619 --> 00:26:21,361 The NYPD has a unit that will help facilitate contact 549 00:26:21,405 --> 00:26:23,668 with the cell phone providers 550 00:26:23,712 --> 00:26:27,150 to help ping that person to a location. 551 00:26:27,193 --> 00:26:29,152 It turns out the cab driver's phone... 552 00:26:31,110 --> 00:26:32,764 Doesn't come anywhere near the crime scene. 553 00:26:35,201 --> 00:26:38,465 But as one door closes, another opens. 554 00:26:38,509 --> 00:26:41,773 Imette's credit card statement comes in. 555 00:26:41,817 --> 00:26:43,340 And they were able to see the last place 556 00:26:43,383 --> 00:26:46,169 that she'd used her debit card before she died. 557 00:26:46,212 --> 00:26:49,172 She had made some purchases at The Falls. 558 00:26:49,215 --> 00:26:51,653 The Falls is a five-minute walk from Pioneer bar, 559 00:26:51,696 --> 00:26:54,481 where Imette had parted ways with her best friend. 560 00:26:56,570 --> 00:26:59,356 [indistinct chatter] 561 00:26:59,399 --> 00:27:01,184 When we walked in, it was kind of crowded, 562 00:27:01,227 --> 00:27:02,620 and it was almost like the music stopped. 563 00:27:05,405 --> 00:27:09,322 We went to the manager and said that there was a girl 564 00:27:09,366 --> 00:27:11,150 that we were interested in finding out 565 00:27:11,194 --> 00:27:12,586 if she was at your bar. 566 00:27:14,763 --> 00:27:17,069 The manager recalls seeing Imette 567 00:27:17,113 --> 00:27:19,550 but didn't take much note of her. 568 00:27:19,593 --> 00:27:21,683 He tells them he didn't see her leave, 569 00:27:21,726 --> 00:27:26,296 that he was likely downstairs counting money at the time. 570 00:27:26,339 --> 00:27:27,471 I said, "Do you mind if we speak 571 00:27:27,514 --> 00:27:28,559 to all the people that work here?" 572 00:27:28,602 --> 00:27:29,865 He goes, "We're very busy. 573 00:27:29,908 --> 00:27:31,562 We don't really have time to talk to anyone." 574 00:27:31,605 --> 00:27:34,826 He was very standoffish and not cooperative, 575 00:27:34,870 --> 00:27:36,393 is the best way to put it. 576 00:27:36,436 --> 00:27:37,873 It just didn't feel right. 577 00:27:37,916 --> 00:27:40,745 He wants us out of there as fast as we can. 578 00:27:40,789 --> 00:27:42,704 But detectives have a job to do, 579 00:27:42,747 --> 00:27:46,403 and immediately begin inquiring about Imette. 580 00:27:46,446 --> 00:27:47,796 We talked to everybody-- the bartenders, 581 00:27:47,839 --> 00:27:51,843 the female bartenders, customers, the bouncer. 582 00:27:51,887 --> 00:27:54,411 The bouncer didn't recognize the picture. 583 00:27:54,454 --> 00:27:55,542 And we're like, "Are you sure 584 00:27:55,586 --> 00:27:56,587 you've never seen this girl before?" 585 00:27:57,457 --> 00:27:58,502 He goes, "I've never seen her before." 586 00:27:59,721 --> 00:28:01,853 But another bartender remembers serving Imette 587 00:28:01,897 --> 00:28:04,595 and says she was there alone. 588 00:28:04,638 --> 00:28:06,771 And she bought two rum and Cokes 589 00:28:06,815 --> 00:28:09,731 because it was the last call. 590 00:28:09,774 --> 00:28:12,516 The female bartender went downstairs to cash out. 591 00:28:12,559 --> 00:28:15,345 Shortly after, the manager passed by and mentioned 592 00:28:15,388 --> 00:28:16,912 that the girl wouldn't leave. 593 00:28:16,955 --> 00:28:19,131 But when the bartender got back upstairs, 594 00:28:19,175 --> 00:28:21,655 Imette was gone. 595 00:28:21,699 --> 00:28:23,614 For some reason, the way the bartender and people 596 00:28:23,657 --> 00:28:25,398 that work there looked at us, we knew there was 597 00:28:25,442 --> 00:28:27,313 something more that we had to delve into. 598 00:28:27,357 --> 00:28:28,793 It just didn't feel right. 599 00:28:31,187 --> 00:28:33,450 Detectives began looking into the manager, 600 00:28:33,493 --> 00:28:35,757 and his name catches their attention: 601 00:28:35,800 --> 00:28:37,323 Danny Dorrian. 602 00:28:38,934 --> 00:28:41,893 Once I heard Dorrian, immediately I thought 603 00:28:41,937 --> 00:28:45,418 of Robert Chambers and Jennifer Levin. 604 00:28:45,462 --> 00:28:48,204 Danny Dorrian is the son of Jack Dorrian, 605 00:28:48,247 --> 00:28:50,380 who runs the famous Dorrian's Red Hand bar 606 00:28:50,423 --> 00:28:52,382 on the Upper East Side. 607 00:28:52,425 --> 00:28:53,949 And in the 1980s, 608 00:28:53,992 --> 00:28:55,820 Dorrian's Red Hand was at the center 609 00:28:55,864 --> 00:28:58,954 of one of the most famous, salacious, 610 00:28:58,997 --> 00:29:01,521 all-around "never forget" type of murders 611 00:29:01,565 --> 00:29:03,349 that happened in New York: the Preppy Murder. 612 00:29:05,656 --> 00:29:07,658 That's the bar where Robert Chambers met up 613 00:29:07,701 --> 00:29:11,531 with Jennifer Levin, and after they left that bar, 614 00:29:11,575 --> 00:29:14,491 he strangled Jennifer Levin in the park. 615 00:29:14,534 --> 00:29:16,928 Is it possible that this is some kind of connection? 616 00:29:16,972 --> 00:29:19,409 Is it possible that Danny's involved 617 00:29:19,452 --> 00:29:21,977 more than we're being told? 618 00:29:22,020 --> 00:29:25,197 So now we need search warrants for The Falls 619 00:29:25,241 --> 00:29:29,941 and Danny's office to look for tape and zip ties, 620 00:29:29,985 --> 00:29:34,206 and what kind of carpet fibers does he have in his office. 621 00:29:34,250 --> 00:29:35,860 But before they get to sign off, 622 00:29:35,904 --> 00:29:38,776 Detective McTighe gets an unexpected call. 623 00:29:41,561 --> 00:29:42,867 We got a phone call to go 624 00:29:42,911 --> 00:29:44,869 to the police headquarters right away, 625 00:29:44,913 --> 00:29:49,221 and it ended up being Danny Dorrian and his attorney. 626 00:29:49,265 --> 00:29:51,354 So now I'm thinking, "Man, this guy, 627 00:29:51,397 --> 00:29:54,270 did he just kill her, and he's confessing everything?" 628 00:29:54,313 --> 00:29:56,925 I thought the case was over with that, 629 00:29:56,968 --> 00:29:59,971 but it turns out he was telling us 630 00:30:00,015 --> 00:30:03,453 that he wasn't truthful with us in the beginning. 631 00:30:03,496 --> 00:30:06,282 He did, in fact, see Imette leaving the bar that night. 632 00:30:06,325 --> 00:30:13,245 633 00:30:16,379 --> 00:30:19,208 [suspenseful music] 634 00:30:19,686 --> 00:30:24,735 635 00:30:24,778 --> 00:30:26,998 Six days into the investigation of the murder 636 00:30:27,042 --> 00:30:30,045 of 24-year-old grad student Imette St. Guillen, 637 00:30:30,088 --> 00:30:32,830 bar manager Danny Dorrian shows up at the precinct. 638 00:30:36,051 --> 00:30:38,531 What Danny told the police is that Imette was there, 639 00:30:38,575 --> 00:30:40,359 and it gets to be closing time, 640 00:30:40,403 --> 00:30:42,840 and he's telling her to get out, 641 00:30:42,884 --> 00:30:43,972 and she doesn't want to get out yet. 642 00:30:44,015 --> 00:30:45,887 She wants to finish her drink. 643 00:30:45,930 --> 00:30:46,931 You know, they kind of get into a little 644 00:30:46,975 --> 00:30:48,367 back-and-forth about it. 645 00:30:48,411 --> 00:30:50,195 He's like, "Then I call over my bouncer, 646 00:30:50,239 --> 00:30:53,851 Darryl Littlejohn, and I have him escort her out." 647 00:30:53,895 --> 00:30:56,898 Darryl Littlejohn and Imette went through the side door. 648 00:30:58,508 --> 00:31:01,250 He heard some kind of scuffle and some kind of yelling. 649 00:31:03,992 --> 00:31:05,471 I mean, you hear, like, a woman 650 00:31:05,515 --> 00:31:07,952 getting into an altercation with a man outside 651 00:31:07,996 --> 00:31:09,345 while she's, like, completely intoxicated, 652 00:31:09,388 --> 00:31:11,477 and you don't think that something's wrong? 653 00:31:11,521 --> 00:31:13,175 That's something that, like, should set off 654 00:31:13,218 --> 00:31:14,567 a red flag in your head. 655 00:31:14,611 --> 00:31:16,178 Like, is she safe? Is she okay? 656 00:31:16,221 --> 00:31:19,790 Do I need to call her a cab? Don't you care? 657 00:31:19,833 --> 00:31:21,574 And you had to take anything to Danny says 658 00:31:21,618 --> 00:31:24,969 with a grain of salt because he wasn't truthful 659 00:31:25,013 --> 00:31:27,493 and forthcoming from the beginning. 660 00:31:27,537 --> 00:31:29,539 We don't know anything about who was involved in this 661 00:31:29,582 --> 00:31:32,324 until we vet everyone out. 662 00:31:32,368 --> 00:31:34,892 When detectives had showed that bouncer Imette's photo, 663 00:31:34,936 --> 00:31:36,415 he told them he hadn't seen her. 664 00:31:38,069 --> 00:31:39,897 So we start looking into the background 665 00:31:39,941 --> 00:31:41,507 of Darryl Littlejohn, 666 00:31:41,551 --> 00:31:43,945 and we find out that he had several aliases. 667 00:31:46,121 --> 00:31:48,166 So why is he changing his names? 668 00:31:48,210 --> 00:31:51,256 To me, that screams "career criminal." 669 00:31:51,300 --> 00:31:53,824 And we then found out that he was a career criminal. 670 00:31:55,913 --> 00:31:57,175 He'd spent more time in jail, 671 00:31:57,219 --> 00:31:59,569 arguably, than he spent out of jail. 672 00:31:59,612 --> 00:32:02,876 He was on parole for a previous crime that he had committed. 673 00:32:07,490 --> 00:32:11,015 Detectives pay Littlejohn a visit at The Falls. 674 00:32:11,059 --> 00:32:13,975 When we spoke to him the first time, 675 00:32:14,018 --> 00:32:16,890 he said that he didn't recognize the picture. 676 00:32:19,023 --> 00:32:21,504 He explains that it wasn't until the following day 677 00:32:21,547 --> 00:32:24,550 when he saw her in the paper that it clicked. 678 00:32:24,594 --> 00:32:26,944 He was very forthcoming. 679 00:32:26,988 --> 00:32:28,990 His thing was, "I walked her out of the bar, 680 00:32:29,033 --> 00:32:30,469 and I went my way, and she went her way." 681 00:32:30,513 --> 00:32:32,950 682 00:32:32,994 --> 00:32:36,127 Had no problem trying to prove to us 683 00:32:36,171 --> 00:32:38,477 that he wasn't the guy. 684 00:32:38,521 --> 00:32:41,045 We still didn't know, is the guy involved? 685 00:32:41,089 --> 00:32:42,394 Is Dorrian involved? 686 00:32:42,438 --> 00:32:44,875 We knew we were in the right place. 687 00:32:44,918 --> 00:32:47,008 We just didn't know who the players were yet. 688 00:32:48,922 --> 00:32:51,316 But then a finding sharpens their focus. 689 00:32:53,101 --> 00:32:57,192 A team from my office located a homeless person 690 00:32:57,235 --> 00:33:01,631 not too far from The Falls bar that remembers seeing Imette 691 00:33:01,674 --> 00:33:03,111 and getting into a van. 692 00:33:07,506 --> 00:33:10,292 And when we questioned Littlejohn, 693 00:33:10,335 --> 00:33:12,946 we had asked him, how did he get back and forth to work? 694 00:33:12,990 --> 00:33:14,339 He said he has a van. 695 00:33:16,211 --> 00:33:18,039 This matches with the description 696 00:33:18,082 --> 00:33:19,475 of the type of car the security guard 697 00:33:20,824 --> 00:33:22,956 had seen parked where Imette's body had been found. 698 00:33:24,958 --> 00:33:26,917 But detectives don't have enough evidence yet 699 00:33:26,960 --> 00:33:28,484 for an arrest. 700 00:33:28,527 --> 00:33:29,963 We were under a lot of pressure to get him, 701 00:33:30,007 --> 00:33:31,226 take him off the street. 702 00:33:31,269 --> 00:33:32,575 We can't let this happen to another victim. 703 00:33:34,272 --> 00:33:36,622 We proved him to violate parole 704 00:33:36,666 --> 00:33:39,538 because in his parole agreement, 705 00:33:39,582 --> 00:33:40,713 he was supposed to be in his residence 706 00:33:40,757 --> 00:33:42,193 by 10:00 at night. 707 00:33:42,237 --> 00:33:43,455 We have him at The Falls bar 708 00:33:43,499 --> 00:33:45,544 bouncing at 3:30, 4:00 in the morning. 709 00:33:45,588 --> 00:33:52,073 710 00:33:52,116 --> 00:33:53,422 With the parole violation, 711 00:33:53,465 --> 00:33:56,468 they're able to put Littlejohn behind bars. 712 00:33:56,512 --> 00:33:57,948 Locked up on Rikers, 713 00:33:58,992 --> 00:34:00,255 he emphatically asserts his innocence. 714 00:34:01,430 --> 00:34:02,083 From the little bit that I've been told about it, 715 00:34:02,735 --> 00:34:03,606 she was a brilliant person. 716 00:34:04,694 --> 00:34:07,131 She was going on with her life to become, you know, 717 00:34:07,175 --> 00:34:08,480 somebody in this world. 718 00:34:08,524 --> 00:34:10,700 And I'm truly, 719 00:34:10,743 --> 00:34:13,529 truly sorry what happened to this young lady, 720 00:34:13,572 --> 00:34:16,053 but they have the wrong person. 721 00:34:18,534 --> 00:34:22,320 Detectives worked quickly to gather evidence. 722 00:34:22,364 --> 00:34:23,452 They start with a court order 723 00:34:24,496 --> 00:34:26,498 to track his cell phone movements. 724 00:34:26,542 --> 00:34:29,501 We have Littlejohn on his phone at his house, 725 00:34:29,545 --> 00:34:32,591 on the Belt Parkway, traveling westbound 726 00:34:32,635 --> 00:34:35,116 at the site of where Imette was found... 727 00:34:37,161 --> 00:34:40,121 Or around the time of when the body would have been there. 728 00:34:42,166 --> 00:34:44,429 But he could just be the getaway driver 729 00:34:44,473 --> 00:34:45,735 and dumped the body. 730 00:34:45,778 --> 00:34:47,998 So we get a search warrant for his house. 731 00:34:49,695 --> 00:34:53,264 When detectives pull up, they immediately see the van. 732 00:34:53,308 --> 00:34:55,092 It's an exact match 733 00:34:55,136 --> 00:34:58,182 for the description given by the security guard. 734 00:34:58,226 --> 00:35:01,577 And they aren't the only ones taking it all in. 735 00:35:01,620 --> 00:35:03,666 There was news cameras everywhere 736 00:35:03,709 --> 00:35:05,624 because they monitor our radios. 737 00:35:05,668 --> 00:35:08,453 So they were photographing what we were doing. 738 00:35:10,760 --> 00:35:12,153 Detectives head inside, 739 00:35:12,196 --> 00:35:16,200 and the first thing they see raises a red flag. 740 00:35:16,244 --> 00:35:18,289 As soon as cops got to Littlejohn's house, 741 00:35:18,333 --> 00:35:20,335 they saw a red carpet. 742 00:35:21,640 --> 00:35:24,295 When they had pulled the tape off of Imette's face, 743 00:35:24,339 --> 00:35:26,732 they found reddish fiber is on that tape. 744 00:35:31,215 --> 00:35:32,521 At the same time, 745 00:35:32,564 --> 00:35:34,305 Forensics is processing the evidence 746 00:35:34,349 --> 00:35:36,177 from where they found Imette's body 747 00:35:36,220 --> 00:35:40,311 and comparing it to the DNA of Darryl Littlejohn. 748 00:35:40,355 --> 00:35:43,184 And we were looking for blood, potentially semen, 749 00:35:43,227 --> 00:35:46,187 and then even interested in touch DNA. 750 00:35:46,230 --> 00:35:48,754 DNA coming from your actual shed skin cells 751 00:35:48,798 --> 00:35:49,886 on some of the items, 752 00:35:49,929 --> 00:35:52,062 especially the snow brush handle. 753 00:35:54,238 --> 00:35:56,371 The touch DNA from Darryl Littlejohn's hand 754 00:35:56,414 --> 00:35:59,678 was on that brush, another thing to place him 755 00:35:59,722 --> 00:36:01,550 at the scene where he said he wasn't. 756 00:36:04,379 --> 00:36:07,643 And we were able to isolate the blood on the zip ties. 757 00:36:07,686 --> 00:36:12,256 We generated a DNA profile that ended up matching the suspect, 758 00:36:12,300 --> 00:36:13,605 Darryl Littlejohn. 759 00:36:13,649 --> 00:36:17,653 760 00:36:17,696 --> 00:36:19,655 And when the fibers from the tape come back 761 00:36:19,698 --> 00:36:22,135 as a match to the rug from Littlejohn's apartment, 762 00:36:22,179 --> 00:36:25,661 it's clear that this was the original crime scene. 763 00:36:25,704 --> 00:36:29,230 That sealed the deal for our case for sure. 764 00:36:29,273 --> 00:36:33,625 We believe that Imette was murdered at his apartment, 765 00:36:33,669 --> 00:36:37,107 wrapped up, placed in his van, and dumped in East New York. 766 00:36:42,765 --> 00:36:45,898 Newscast after newscast shows the NYPD 767 00:36:45,942 --> 00:36:47,552 combing through the house and van 768 00:36:47,596 --> 00:36:50,381 of their prime suspect, Darryl Littlejohn. 769 00:36:52,383 --> 00:36:55,256 This girl, Shanai Woodard, is at home, 770 00:36:55,299 --> 00:36:59,172 and she's watching the news unfold, 771 00:36:59,216 --> 00:37:01,262 and then something clicks for her. 772 00:37:01,305 --> 00:37:02,741 She had seen that van before. 773 00:37:04,526 --> 00:37:07,268 She had been victimized by the same person. 774 00:37:07,311 --> 00:37:08,617 He's done this before. 775 00:37:08,660 --> 00:37:10,401 This wasn't just an isolated incident; 776 00:37:10,445 --> 00:37:11,794 this is a serial predator. 777 00:37:11,837 --> 00:37:17,321 778 00:37:18,844 --> 00:37:21,717 [suspenseful music] 779 00:37:22,195 --> 00:37:26,156 780 00:37:26,199 --> 00:37:29,681 NYPD detectives have found irrefutable evidence 781 00:37:29,725 --> 00:37:32,293 tying 44-year-old bouncer Darryl Littlejohn 782 00:37:32,336 --> 00:37:34,295 to the murder of criminology student 783 00:37:34,338 --> 00:37:36,732 Imette St. Guillen. 784 00:37:36,775 --> 00:37:39,343 And then a college freshman watching the news 785 00:37:39,387 --> 00:37:42,085 spots Littlejohn's van and contacts the police 786 00:37:42,128 --> 00:37:44,043 to let them know that van 787 00:37:44,087 --> 00:37:46,045 is connected to a terrifying incident 788 00:37:46,089 --> 00:37:48,265 that happened to her four months prior. 789 00:37:54,227 --> 00:37:56,404 Shanai Woodward was walking home from New York College, 790 00:37:56,447 --> 00:37:59,842 and who she believes to be Darryl Littlejohn 791 00:37:59,885 --> 00:38:02,323 jumped out of that very same van, 792 00:38:02,366 --> 00:38:04,020 and he was wearing a hat 793 00:38:04,063 --> 00:38:06,936 that said, like, "Fugitive Patrol." 794 00:38:06,979 --> 00:38:11,375 Littlejohn's MO was that he was a U.S. Marshall, 795 00:38:11,419 --> 00:38:14,204 and in the trunk of his car, 796 00:38:14,247 --> 00:38:19,209 he'd have a bulletproof vest, handcuffs, raid jackets. 797 00:38:19,252 --> 00:38:20,776 So he stopped there, 798 00:38:20,819 --> 00:38:21,864 pretending he was the law enforcement, 799 00:38:22,865 --> 00:38:25,694 handcuffed her, put her in a van. 800 00:38:25,737 --> 00:38:28,827 And you know, she realizes something is terribly wrong. 801 00:38:28,871 --> 00:38:31,047 It's incredible the courage that she was able to exhibit 802 00:38:31,090 --> 00:38:32,309 in a moment like that. 803 00:38:32,353 --> 00:38:35,138 She kind of sidles over to the door 804 00:38:35,181 --> 00:38:37,706 while her hands are handcuffed behind her back. 805 00:38:37,749 --> 00:38:41,405 She finds the handle, and she--it actually opens, 806 00:38:41,449 --> 00:38:43,364 and she tumbles out of the car... 807 00:38:45,191 --> 00:38:46,715 And that's how she gets free. 808 00:38:48,673 --> 00:38:51,807 She'd reported it, but the case remained unsolved 809 00:38:51,850 --> 00:38:53,374 until she saw the van on the news. 810 00:38:55,245 --> 00:38:57,421 And Forensics immediately find evidence 811 00:38:57,465 --> 00:39:00,163 tying this new case to Littlejohn. 812 00:39:00,206 --> 00:39:05,734 I actually found a saliva stain on the seat of the van. 813 00:39:05,777 --> 00:39:09,041 We were able to get a DNA profile from her 814 00:39:09,085 --> 00:39:11,087 that ended up matching that saliva. 815 00:39:11,130 --> 00:39:17,876 816 00:39:17,920 --> 00:39:20,226 In 2008, Daryl Littlejohn 817 00:39:20,270 --> 00:39:22,794 is found guilty of kidnapping Shanai Woodward 818 00:39:22,838 --> 00:39:25,971 and is sentenced to 25 years to life. 819 00:39:26,015 --> 00:39:28,452 A year later, he goes to trial on charges 820 00:39:28,496 --> 00:39:30,498 of first-degree murder, kidnapping, 821 00:39:30,541 --> 00:39:32,978 and unlawful imprisonment of Imette St. Guillen. 822 00:39:34,893 --> 00:39:37,200 The defense's argument was that Darryl Littlejohn 823 00:39:37,243 --> 00:39:40,464 didn't kill Imette, that he just dumped the body, 824 00:39:40,508 --> 00:39:42,901 And that Danny Dorrian was involved. 825 00:39:42,945 --> 00:39:45,861 They have the wrong person. 826 00:39:45,904 --> 00:39:46,992 Despite the strange connection 827 00:39:47,036 --> 00:39:48,864 that both murders happened 828 00:39:48,907 --> 00:39:51,997 after the victims had been at this family's bars, 829 00:39:52,041 --> 00:39:53,738 detectives found no evidence 830 00:39:53,782 --> 00:39:56,001 that Danny Dorrian had anything to do 831 00:39:56,045 --> 00:39:58,787 with the murder of Imette St. Guillen. 832 00:39:58,830 --> 00:40:00,876 There was no evidence. 833 00:40:00,919 --> 00:40:03,269 Nothing came back to Danny in that regards. 834 00:40:05,968 --> 00:40:08,057 And when the prosecution brings out 835 00:40:08,100 --> 00:40:12,453 Littlejohn's previous victim, it solidifies their case. 836 00:40:12,496 --> 00:40:15,281 It's important that people see this, 837 00:40:15,325 --> 00:40:16,892 "Look, he's done this before, 838 00:40:16,935 --> 00:40:19,460 and who knows the things we don't know about." 839 00:40:21,505 --> 00:40:24,203 Imette St. Guillen's family also gets the chance 840 00:40:24,247 --> 00:40:26,945 to confront the monster who killed their loved one. 841 00:40:39,567 --> 00:40:44,572 And on July 8, 2009, the verdict comes in. 842 00:40:44,615 --> 00:40:46,487 He's not gonna come out of jail the rest of his life. 843 00:40:46,530 --> 00:40:49,228 That was one of the proudest days of my career. 844 00:40:55,931 --> 00:40:58,107 This was a case that shook New York. 845 00:40:58,150 --> 00:41:00,109 A victim so full of promise on the verge 846 00:41:00,152 --> 00:41:01,980 of getting her master's from John Jay 847 00:41:02,024 --> 00:41:05,418 and embarking on a career in criminal justice-- 848 00:41:05,462 --> 00:41:08,291 a career in which she could have become one of our own. 849 00:41:08,334 --> 00:41:10,598 A crime so notorious that in the aftermath, 850 00:41:10,641 --> 00:41:14,123 legislators take action, enacting Imette's Law. 851 00:41:14,166 --> 00:41:15,951 What Imette's Law did is, 852 00:41:15,994 --> 00:41:18,257 required bouncers to be licensed 853 00:41:18,301 --> 00:41:20,259 with a really rigorous background check. 854 00:41:20,303 --> 00:41:23,088 And legislation that would require cameras at the entrance 855 00:41:23,132 --> 00:41:27,049 and exit of cabarets and dance halls. 856 00:41:31,488 --> 00:41:33,011 And Imette's legacy 857 00:41:33,055 --> 00:41:36,406 is now immortalized at John Jay College. 858 00:41:36,449 --> 00:41:38,495 There's this fund 859 00:41:38,539 --> 00:41:43,369 that will forever award scholarships in Imette's name 860 00:41:43,413 --> 00:41:47,330 to students who are in their educational journey 861 00:41:47,373 --> 00:41:48,853 exactly where she was. 862 00:41:48,897 --> 00:41:52,204 Graduate students committed to justice. 863 00:41:52,248 --> 00:41:56,513 I received a phone call that I was the recipient, 864 00:41:56,557 --> 00:42:00,952 and I remember a high-pitched shriek, 865 00:42:00,996 --> 00:42:05,000 and then I remember hysterical crying. 866 00:42:05,043 --> 00:42:08,438 And in June 2006, four months after her death, 867 00:42:08,481 --> 00:42:10,396 John Jay College of Criminal Justice 868 00:42:10,440 --> 00:42:12,660 awards Imette St. Guillen a posthumous degree. 869 00:42:12,703 --> 00:42:15,880 [applause] 870 00:42:15,924 --> 00:42:19,275 An award was being accepted on behalf of someone 871 00:42:19,318 --> 00:42:22,408 who should have been walking across that stage. 872 00:42:22,452 --> 00:42:25,455 [somber music] 873 00:42:25,498 --> 00:42:28,632 Her sister and her mom, they held up her picture, 874 00:42:28,676 --> 00:42:30,199 her graduation picture. 875 00:42:30,242 --> 00:42:32,157 The place erupted with applause. 876 00:42:32,201 --> 00:42:35,073 [cheers and applause] 877 00:42:38,990 --> 00:42:40,949 I jumped up. They jumped up. 878 00:42:42,559 --> 00:42:44,126 There's a tear coming down. 879 00:42:50,915 --> 00:42:54,179 It happens, you know, several times a month 880 00:42:54,223 --> 00:42:58,096 that she's on my mind. 881 00:42:58,140 --> 00:43:02,231 I've tried to remember who she was as a person. 882 00:43:02,274 --> 00:43:04,581 What were the amazing qualities about her, 883 00:43:04,625 --> 00:43:08,237 and how can I try to be more like that? 884 00:43:08,280 --> 00:43:12,110 Her future was just as bright as the stars. 885 00:43:12,154 --> 00:43:16,114 It was just about how long it would take for us to see her 886 00:43:16,158 --> 00:43:19,596 on television, you know, bringing someone into justice. 887 00:43:19,640 --> 00:43:22,425 It was never about if that would ever happen. 888 00:43:22,468 --> 00:43:25,123 We knew that that would happen. 889 00:43:25,167 --> 00:43:28,474 And that would've made a huge impact on the world. 890 00:43:28,518 --> 00:43:32,174