1 00:00:07,540 --> 00:00:09,909 [dramatic music] 2 00:00:10,176 --> 00:00:13,246 * * 3 00:00:13,279 --> 00:00:16,216 - Tim Boczkowski portrayed 4 00:00:13,279 --> 00:00:16,216 this churchgoing, 5 00:00:16,248 --> 00:00:19,152 family man image, 6 00:00:16,248 --> 00:00:19,152 but he had a deep, dark secret. 7 00:00:19,185 --> 00:00:20,487 - Mr. Tim, how you doing? 8 00:00:20,520 --> 00:00:22,522 - In 1990, 9 00:00:20,520 --> 00:00:22,522 Tim Boczkowski 10 00:00:22,555 --> 00:00:26,226 claimed he found his wife 11 00:00:22,555 --> 00:00:26,226 unconscious in their bathtub. 12 00:00:26,259 --> 00:00:27,961 - They're trying to revive her 13 00:00:27,994 --> 00:00:31,431 and I notice these track marks 14 00:00:27,994 --> 00:00:31,431 going across her abdomen. 15 00:00:31,464 --> 00:00:33,433 I said, "Something was wrong." 16 00:00:33,466 --> 00:00:34,868 - Four years later, 17 00:00:34,901 --> 00:00:37,303 his second wife dies 18 00:00:34,901 --> 00:00:37,303 in a hot tub. 19 00:00:37,337 --> 00:00:39,339 - And it was like, "Wow." 20 00:00:39,372 --> 00:00:42,208 I mean, is this the most 21 00:00:39,372 --> 00:00:42,208 unlucky guy in the world? 22 00:00:42,242 --> 00:00:45,545 Two wives die drowning at home? 23 00:00:45,578 --> 00:00:47,280 - Law enforcement suspect 24 00:00:47,313 --> 00:00:49,482 Boczkowski is behind 25 00:00:47,313 --> 00:00:49,482 the deaths. 26 00:00:49,516 --> 00:00:51,985 - He wasn't showing 27 00:00:49,516 --> 00:00:51,985 any emotion whatsoever. 28 00:00:52,180 --> 00:00:53,586 That's what really got us. 29 00:00:53,620 --> 00:00:55,689 - But what his son 30 00:00:53,620 --> 00:00:55,689 didn't realize, 31 00:00:55,722 --> 00:00:58,391 he was living 32 00:00:55,722 --> 00:00:58,391 with a serial killer. 33 00:00:58,425 --> 00:01:01,428 - As a five-year-old, 34 00:00:58,425 --> 00:01:01,428 my dad was this 35 00:01:01,461 --> 00:01:05,165 goofy, comical, humorous 36 00:01:01,461 --> 00:01:05,165 kind of a person. 37 00:01:05,198 --> 00:01:08,335 He wouldn't hurt a fly. 38 00:01:08,368 --> 00:01:10,970 - Or so he thought. 39 00:01:11,710 --> 00:01:18,244 * * 40 00:01:19,412 --> 00:01:22,820 Greensboro, North Carolina. 41 00:01:23,483 --> 00:01:24,984 To the northwest of the city 42 00:01:25,850 --> 00:01:27,487 is the community 43 00:01:25,850 --> 00:01:27,487 of Yester Oaks. 44 00:01:30,357 --> 00:01:33,460 - Christmas 1989. 45 00:01:30,357 --> 00:01:33,460 - Ah. 46 00:01:33,493 --> 00:01:35,662 - Tim Boczkowski, 47 00:01:33,493 --> 00:01:35,662 his wife, Elaine, 48 00:01:35,695 --> 00:01:38,898 and their three children, 49 00:01:35,695 --> 00:01:38,898 Randy, 9, Sandy, 7, 50 00:01:38,932 --> 00:01:40,467 and 5-year-old Todd 51 00:01:40,500 --> 00:01:43,103 are enjoying opening 52 00:01:40,500 --> 00:01:43,103 their presents. 53 00:01:47,807 --> 00:01:50,610 - For me, my childhood 54 00:01:47,807 --> 00:01:50,610 in North Carolina 55 00:01:50,643 --> 00:01:52,479 was, you know, quite fun. 56 00:01:56,916 --> 00:01:59,152 - Tim moved his family there 57 00:01:56,916 --> 00:01:59,152 from his hometown, 58 00:01:59,185 --> 00:02:03,723 Pittsburgh, in 1986 59 00:01:59,185 --> 00:02:03,723 to open an ice cream parlor. 60 00:02:03,757 --> 00:02:05,592 - This is King Kones. 61 00:02:05,625 --> 00:02:09,461 - The ice cream parlor for me 62 00:02:05,625 --> 00:02:09,461 was more of a playground 63 00:02:09,496 --> 00:02:12,632 where I would run around, 64 00:02:09,496 --> 00:02:12,632 have fun with my siblings, 65 00:02:12,665 --> 00:02:16,202 eat as much ice cream 66 00:02:12,665 --> 00:02:16,202 as I can. 67 00:02:16,236 --> 00:02:19,873 - Todd and his mom 68 00:02:16,236 --> 00:02:19,873 had a special bond. 69 00:02:19,906 --> 00:02:21,608 - My mom, Elaine, would take me 70 00:02:21,641 --> 00:02:23,443 along with her 71 00:02:21,641 --> 00:02:23,443 wherever she went. 72 00:02:23,476 --> 00:02:25,412 I wasn't in school yet. 73 00:02:25,445 --> 00:02:29,549 I was a mama's boy, 74 00:02:25,445 --> 00:02:29,549 if you will. 75 00:02:29,582 --> 00:02:32,819 My dad, he was this kind of 76 00:02:32,852 --> 00:02:36,990 goofy, comical, humorous 77 00:02:32,852 --> 00:02:36,990 kind of a person. 78 00:02:37,900 --> 00:02:40,760 He wouldn't hurt a fly. 79 00:02:37,900 --> 00:02:40,760 - [chuckles] 80 00:02:41,961 --> 00:02:44,430 - But Todd didn't realize 81 00:02:41,961 --> 00:02:44,430 his parents' dream 82 00:02:44,464 --> 00:02:48,101 of a new life in Greensboro 83 00:02:44,464 --> 00:02:48,101 was turning sour. 84 00:02:49,502 --> 00:02:51,571 King Kones' profits were low 85 00:02:51,603 --> 00:02:54,541 and the business 86 00:02:51,603 --> 00:02:54,541 was going under. 87 00:02:56,900 --> 00:02:57,410 Elaine had told friends 88 00:02:57,444 --> 00:02:59,779 she and Tim were arguing 89 00:02:57,444 --> 00:02:59,779 over money. 90 00:02:59,813 --> 00:03:04,500 And he was becoming 91 00:02:59,813 --> 00:03:04,500 more and more controlling. 92 00:03:04,500 --> 00:03:07,454 By mid-1990, 93 00:03:04,500 --> 00:03:07,454 after 11 years of marriage, 94 00:03:07,487 --> 00:03:10,924 Elaine wanted a divorce. 95 00:03:10,957 --> 00:03:13,793 - I didn't understand 96 00:03:10,957 --> 00:03:13,793 what they were talking about 97 00:03:13,827 --> 00:03:15,762 because from my angle, 98 00:03:15,795 --> 00:03:17,630 they still acted like 99 00:03:17,664 --> 00:03:20,767 all the moms and dads 100 00:03:17,664 --> 00:03:20,767 that, you know, I had seen. 101 00:03:20,800 --> 00:03:23,303 They got along just fine. 102 00:03:23,336 --> 00:03:26,106 - November 4, 1990. 103 00:03:26,139 --> 00:03:28,375 Ten days before 104 00:03:26,139 --> 00:03:28,375 his sixth birthday, 105 00:03:28,408 --> 00:03:31,211 Todd is awakened 106 00:03:28,408 --> 00:03:31,211 in the middle of the night. 107 00:03:31,244 --> 00:03:33,346 - My dad was coming 108 00:03:31,244 --> 00:03:33,346 down the stairs. 109 00:03:33,380 --> 00:03:34,814 He was frantic. 110 00:03:34,848 --> 00:03:36,416 He pulled me and my siblings 111 00:03:36,449 --> 00:03:37,984 to the next door neighbors, 112 00:03:36,449 --> 00:03:37,984 saying, 113 00:03:38,840 --> 00:03:39,953 "Hey, something happened 114 00:03:38,840 --> 00:03:39,953 to Elaine. 115 00:03:39,986 --> 00:03:42,322 Can you watch the kids?" 116 00:03:42,355 --> 00:03:44,924 - 911 had already been called. 117 00:03:44,958 --> 00:03:47,127 While neighbors look after 118 00:03:44,958 --> 00:03:47,127 the children, 119 00:03:47,160 --> 00:03:49,429 paramedics arrive 120 00:03:47,160 --> 00:03:49,429 on the scene. 121 00:03:49,462 --> 00:03:52,332 - I actually saw 122 00:03:49,462 --> 00:03:52,332 the reflection of the lights 123 00:03:52,365 --> 00:03:54,968 from the ambulance, 124 00:03:52,365 --> 00:03:54,968 but what happened to my mom, 125 00:03:55,100 --> 00:03:56,736 at that point, I had no idea. 126 00:03:56,770 --> 00:03:58,371 * * 127 00:03:58,405 --> 00:04:00,807 - Elaine is rushed 128 00:03:58,405 --> 00:04:00,807 to the Wesley Long Hospital... 129 00:04:00,840 --> 00:04:02,609 [siren blaring] 130 00:04:02,642 --> 00:04:05,812 as is usual 131 00:04:02,642 --> 00:04:05,812 in a serious injury case. 132 00:04:05,845 --> 00:04:09,149 Law enforcement 133 00:04:05,845 --> 00:04:09,149 is quickly notified. 134 00:04:09,182 --> 00:04:12,218 - It was about 135 00:04:09,182 --> 00:04:12,218 3:50 in the morning. 136 00:04:12,252 --> 00:04:16,923 Some sort of accident 137 00:04:12,252 --> 00:04:16,923 had happened at Yester Oaks. 138 00:04:16,956 --> 00:04:18,925 - Police head 139 00:04:16,956 --> 00:04:18,925 to the Boczkowski residence 140 00:04:18,957 --> 00:04:21,827 to check if there 141 00:04:18,957 --> 00:04:21,827 is anything suspicious. 142 00:04:21,861 --> 00:04:24,464 At the same time, 143 00:04:21,861 --> 00:04:24,464 officer Steve Goode 144 00:04:24,497 --> 00:04:27,767 rushes to the ER 145 00:04:24,497 --> 00:04:27,767 to establish the facts. 146 00:04:27,801 --> 00:04:31,971 - When I got to the hospital, 147 00:04:27,801 --> 00:04:31,971 they're trying to revive her, 148 00:04:32,720 --> 00:04:34,774 but by the time 149 00:04:32,720 --> 00:04:34,774 she came to the ER, 150 00:04:34,808 --> 00:04:37,977 she was already gone. 151 00:04:38,780 --> 00:04:41,281 About that time, 152 00:04:38,780 --> 00:04:41,281 Tim shows up at the hospital 153 00:04:41,314 --> 00:04:43,850 and he began to tell me a story 154 00:04:43,883 --> 00:04:49,622 about how he had found her 155 00:04:43,883 --> 00:04:49,622 submerged in the bathtub. 156 00:04:49,656 --> 00:04:52,592 He had portrayed her 157 00:04:49,656 --> 00:04:52,592 as she had had a lot to drink 158 00:04:52,625 --> 00:04:56,429 that night on the back porch 159 00:04:52,625 --> 00:04:56,429 of their apartment. 160 00:04:56,463 --> 00:05:00,567 He kept saying things to just 161 00:04:56,463 --> 00:05:00,567 try to paint a picture for me 162 00:05:00,600 --> 00:05:04,204 of Elaine as, 163 00:05:00,600 --> 00:05:04,204 basically, a lush. 164 00:05:05,572 --> 00:05:07,707 But the one thing 165 00:05:05,572 --> 00:05:07,707 I did observe 166 00:05:07,741 --> 00:05:10,430 after she had passed away was 167 00:05:10,430 --> 00:05:13,513 there was no odor or alcohol. 168 00:05:13,546 --> 00:05:16,182 I also noticed 169 00:05:13,546 --> 00:05:16,182 she had these track marks 170 00:05:16,216 --> 00:05:17,951 going across her abdomen. 171 00:05:18,510 --> 00:05:19,252 - Officer Goode thinks 172 00:05:19,285 --> 00:05:21,221 the track marks 173 00:05:19,285 --> 00:05:21,221 look suspicious. 174 00:05:21,254 --> 00:05:23,223 He asks Boczkowski 175 00:05:21,254 --> 00:05:23,223 to go with him 176 00:05:23,256 --> 00:05:26,826 to the station 177 00:05:23,256 --> 00:05:26,826 to answer some questions. 178 00:05:26,860 --> 00:05:30,263 On route, Goode phones 179 00:05:26,860 --> 00:05:30,263 his colleague, Brenda Vance, 180 00:05:30,296 --> 00:05:32,365 who has arrived at 181 00:05:30,296 --> 00:05:32,365 the Yester Oaks apartment 182 00:05:32,399 --> 00:05:34,668 with an investigation team. 183 00:05:34,701 --> 00:05:36,803 - I said, 184 00:05:34,701 --> 00:05:36,803 "Hey, Brenda, he's saying that 185 00:05:36,836 --> 00:05:39,205 "she was submerged in water 186 00:05:36,836 --> 00:05:39,205 in the tub. 187 00:05:39,239 --> 00:05:41,207 "Could you give me an overview 188 00:05:41,241 --> 00:05:44,978 of what the bathroom 189 00:05:41,241 --> 00:05:44,978 looked like?" 190 00:05:45,780 --> 00:05:46,646 Brenda told me, she said, 191 00:05:46,680 --> 00:05:49,249 "There was no water in the tub 192 00:05:46,680 --> 00:05:49,249 when I got there. 193 00:05:49,282 --> 00:05:53,553 The tub was bone dry." 194 00:05:53,586 --> 00:05:55,488 - The only thing 195 00:05:53,586 --> 00:05:55,488 in the bathtub 196 00:05:55,522 --> 00:05:58,725 was vomit 197 00:05:55,522 --> 00:05:58,725 and a discarded face cloth. 198 00:05:58,758 --> 00:06:00,627 Boczkowski 199 00:05:58,758 --> 00:06:00,627 tells Officer Goode, 200 00:06:00,660 --> 00:06:03,830 Elaine had vomited while 201 00:06:00,660 --> 00:06:03,830 he tried to give her CPR 202 00:06:03,863 --> 00:06:06,232 and this had caused 203 00:06:03,863 --> 00:06:06,232 the unusual track marks 204 00:06:06,266 --> 00:06:07,801 on Elaine's abdomen, 205 00:06:07,834 --> 00:06:09,569 but Officer Goode isn't sure 206 00:06:09,602 --> 00:06:11,738 Boczkowski 207 00:06:09,602 --> 00:06:11,738 is telling the truth. 208 00:06:11,771 --> 00:06:15,410 - I said, "Brenda, 209 00:06:11,771 --> 00:06:15,410 by chance is there a track 210 00:06:15,410 --> 00:06:18,244 where a glass door goes 211 00:06:15,410 --> 00:06:18,244 back and forth on the bathtub?" 212 00:06:18,278 --> 00:06:19,779 She said, 213 00:06:18,278 --> 00:06:19,779 "Yeah, how'd you know that?" 214 00:06:19,813 --> 00:06:22,248 I said, "Well, 215 00:06:19,813 --> 00:06:22,248 there's some marks on Elaine 216 00:06:22,282 --> 00:06:24,250 that just concern me 217 00:06:22,282 --> 00:06:24,250 at the moment." 218 00:06:24,284 --> 00:06:26,219 - Steve Goode's 219 00:06:24,284 --> 00:06:26,219 suspicion was that 220 00:06:26,252 --> 00:06:28,540 the marks may 221 00:06:26,252 --> 00:06:28,540 have been caused by Tim 222 00:06:28,540 --> 00:06:31,424 forcing Elaine down 223 00:06:28,540 --> 00:06:31,424 onto the shower door tracks. 224 00:06:31,457 --> 00:06:34,861 - Tim also said that the door 225 00:06:31,457 --> 00:06:34,861 to the bathroom was locked 226 00:06:34,894 --> 00:06:37,263 and that he had 227 00:06:34,894 --> 00:06:37,263 to go get a screwdriver 228 00:06:37,297 --> 00:06:39,499 and pry the door open, 229 00:06:37,297 --> 00:06:39,499 so there would obviously 230 00:06:39,532 --> 00:06:41,968 be signs of forced entry. 231 00:06:42,680 --> 00:06:43,536 There was none of that. 232 00:06:43,570 --> 00:06:45,905 The door had no marks 233 00:06:43,570 --> 00:06:45,905 whatsoever on it, 234 00:06:45,939 --> 00:06:48,308 indicating to us that, 235 00:06:45,939 --> 00:06:48,308 in all likelihood, 236 00:06:48,341 --> 00:06:50,409 he was either 237 00:06:48,341 --> 00:06:50,409 inside of that bathroom 238 00:06:50,443 --> 00:06:54,614 at the time things happened 239 00:06:50,443 --> 00:06:54,614 or the door wasn't locked. 240 00:06:54,647 --> 00:06:58,818 - Police strongly suspect 241 00:06:54,647 --> 00:06:58,818 Tim is lying, 242 00:06:58,852 --> 00:07:02,455 but so far the evidence 243 00:06:58,852 --> 00:07:02,455 is purely circumstantial. 244 00:07:02,489 --> 00:07:05,658 - We had a whole lot 245 00:07:02,489 --> 00:07:05,658 of physical evidence 246 00:07:05,692 --> 00:07:08,728 that didn't line up 247 00:07:05,692 --> 00:07:08,728 with Tim's testimony, 248 00:07:08,762 --> 00:07:12,565 but all of that doesn't always 249 00:07:08,762 --> 00:07:12,565 line up to probable cause 250 00:07:12,599 --> 00:07:16,202 to go ahead 251 00:07:12,599 --> 00:07:16,202 and try to charge him. 252 00:07:16,236 --> 00:07:17,604 - Neighbors are asked 253 00:07:17,637 --> 00:07:19,406 if they'd heard 254 00:07:17,637 --> 00:07:19,406 anything suspicious, 255 00:07:19,439 --> 00:07:22,108 but no witnesses 256 00:07:19,439 --> 00:07:22,108 are sufficiently compelling 257 00:07:22,142 --> 00:07:24,444 to counter 258 00:07:22,142 --> 00:07:24,444 Tim's version of events. 259 00:07:24,477 --> 00:07:27,347 They have no choice, 260 00:07:24,477 --> 00:07:27,347 but to let him go. 261 00:07:27,380 --> 00:07:29,683 - When he walked 262 00:07:27,380 --> 00:07:29,683 out of that room that night, 263 00:07:29,716 --> 00:07:34,421 I thought we had let 264 00:07:29,716 --> 00:07:34,421 a guilty man go free. 265 00:07:34,454 --> 00:07:37,824 - But law enforcement have 266 00:07:34,454 --> 00:07:37,824 one more card to play. 267 00:07:37,857 --> 00:07:41,961 They order an autopsy to 268 00:07:37,857 --> 00:07:41,961 establish the cause of death. 269 00:07:42,620 --> 00:07:44,330 - The moment 270 00:07:42,620 --> 00:07:44,330 that an autopsy was done, 271 00:07:44,364 --> 00:07:46,966 we would at least know 272 00:07:44,364 --> 00:07:46,966 some things 273 00:07:47,670 --> 00:07:50,937 that would either 274 00:07:47,670 --> 00:07:50,937 corroborate his story 275 00:07:50,970 --> 00:07:53,540 or make him an outright liar. 276 00:07:53,573 --> 00:07:54,974 One of the two. 277 00:07:55,750 --> 00:07:56,743 - For now, at least, 278 00:07:56,776 --> 00:07:59,913 Boczkowski was free to break 279 00:07:56,776 --> 00:07:59,913 the news to his children. 280 00:08:00,130 --> 00:08:02,248 Their mother was dead. 281 00:08:04,884 --> 00:08:06,753 - As a 5-year-old, 282 00:08:06,786 --> 00:08:10,390 I had no understanding 283 00:08:06,786 --> 00:08:10,390 of death. 284 00:08:10,423 --> 00:08:14,461 I had to actually be told 285 00:08:10,423 --> 00:08:14,461 that my mom was in heaven 286 00:08:14,494 --> 00:08:17,731 and that she was never 287 00:08:14,494 --> 00:08:17,731 gonna be coming back. 288 00:08:17,764 --> 00:08:21,334 I had this knot feeling 289 00:08:17,764 --> 00:08:21,334 in the pit of my stomach. 290 00:08:21,368 --> 00:08:24,571 My eyes started to swell 291 00:08:21,368 --> 00:08:24,571 with tears. 292 00:08:24,604 --> 00:08:28,541 My dad was there 293 00:08:24,604 --> 00:08:28,541 hugging all three of us 294 00:08:28,575 --> 00:08:31,711 and just trying to comfort us. 295 00:08:31,745 --> 00:08:33,212 - Todd's mother died 296 00:08:33,246 --> 00:08:35,948 just ten days before 297 00:08:33,246 --> 00:08:35,948 his sixth birthday, 298 00:08:36,490 --> 00:08:40,220 a day his mom had promised 299 00:08:36,490 --> 00:08:40,220 to give him something special. 300 00:08:40,253 --> 00:08:43,590 - She had asked me 301 00:08:40,253 --> 00:08:43,590 a few weeks earlier 302 00:08:43,623 --> 00:08:47,427 what kind of cake I wanted, 303 00:08:43,623 --> 00:08:47,427 and without flinching, I said 304 00:08:47,460 --> 00:08:51,564 Michelangelo, because at 305 00:08:47,460 --> 00:08:51,564 the time, I was really big into 306 00:08:51,598 --> 00:08:54,401 the Teenage Mutant 307 00:08:51,598 --> 00:08:54,401 Ninja Turtles. 308 00:08:54,434 --> 00:08:58,405 My dad ended up going to get 309 00:08:54,434 --> 00:08:58,405 a Michelangelo cake, 310 00:08:58,438 --> 00:09:01,700 but it was store-bought 311 00:08:58,438 --> 00:09:01,700 and so that was 312 00:09:01,700 --> 00:09:02,509 drastically different than-- 313 00:09:02,542 --> 00:09:04,778 from the cake 314 00:09:02,542 --> 00:09:04,778 that my mom would've made. 315 00:09:08,214 --> 00:09:10,160 - As he had done 316 00:09:08,214 --> 00:09:10,160 with the police, 317 00:09:10,160 --> 00:09:11,618 Boczkowski told his children 318 00:09:11,651 --> 00:09:14,788 their mother's death 319 00:09:11,651 --> 00:09:14,788 was a tragic accident. 320 00:09:14,821 --> 00:09:17,924 - I had no reason 321 00:09:14,821 --> 00:09:17,924 not to believe 322 00:09:18,240 --> 00:09:20,427 what my dad was telling me. 323 00:09:20,460 --> 00:09:22,629 - Of course he's going 324 00:09:20,460 --> 00:09:22,629 to believe his father 325 00:09:22,662 --> 00:09:26,666 that his mother died 326 00:09:22,662 --> 00:09:26,666 accidentally in the bathtub, 327 00:09:26,700 --> 00:09:30,236 and now more than ever, 328 00:09:26,700 --> 00:09:30,236 he needs his remaining parent. 329 00:09:33,340 --> 00:09:34,941 - Law enforcement have 330 00:09:33,340 --> 00:09:34,941 examined 331 00:09:35,410 --> 00:09:38,440 Boczkowki's apartment 332 00:09:35,410 --> 00:09:38,440 and questioned him. 333 00:09:38,440 --> 00:09:41,815 The evidence creates doubts 334 00:09:38,440 --> 00:09:41,815 about how Elaine died. 335 00:09:41,848 --> 00:09:43,415 Will the autopsy confirm 336 00:09:43,450 --> 00:09:46,152 exactly what happened to her 337 00:09:43,450 --> 00:09:46,152 that fateful night? 338 00:09:46,186 --> 00:09:49,422 * * 339 00:09:49,456 --> 00:09:53,590 - To me, thinking that my dad 340 00:09:49,456 --> 00:09:53,590 would even hurt somebody 341 00:09:53,590 --> 00:09:55,495 was just absolutely ludicrous. 342 00:09:55,528 --> 00:09:57,564 - The kids 343 00:09:55,528 --> 00:09:57,564 were still conflicted 344 00:09:57,597 --> 00:10:00,633 about the fact that 345 00:09:57,597 --> 00:10:00,633 they want to believe their dad. 346 00:10:00,667 --> 00:10:02,268 - You had to feel 347 00:10:00,667 --> 00:10:02,268 for all three of them. 348 00:10:02,302 --> 00:10:03,603 It was heartbreaking. 349 00:10:08,308 --> 00:10:14,614 [dramatic music] 350 00:10:14,881 --> 00:10:16,816 * * 351 00:10:16,850 --> 00:10:18,918 - Tim Boczkowski's 352 00:10:16,850 --> 00:10:18,918 wife, Elaine, 353 00:10:18,952 --> 00:10:20,420 has been found dead 354 00:10:18,952 --> 00:10:20,420 in the bathtub 355 00:10:20,453 --> 00:10:23,223 of their home in Greensboro. 356 00:10:23,256 --> 00:10:26,359 Law enforcement suspect 357 00:10:23,256 --> 00:10:26,359 foul play. 358 00:10:26,393 --> 00:10:27,527 They are banking 359 00:10:26,393 --> 00:10:27,527 on the autopsy 360 00:10:27,560 --> 00:10:30,330 to confirm the cause of death. 361 00:10:31,531 --> 00:10:33,366 While they wait 362 00:10:31,531 --> 00:10:33,366 for the results, 363 00:10:33,400 --> 00:10:34,934 they start to build a case. 364 00:10:34,968 --> 00:10:36,436 They want to find out 365 00:10:36,469 --> 00:10:40,407 what sort of man 366 00:10:36,469 --> 00:10:40,407 Tim Boczkowski really is. 367 00:10:40,440 --> 00:10:42,509 - What stood out the most 368 00:10:40,440 --> 00:10:42,509 about Tim 369 00:10:42,542 --> 00:10:44,911 was the fact 370 00:10:42,542 --> 00:10:44,911 that nothing stood out. 371 00:10:44,944 --> 00:10:46,646 He had no criminal history. 372 00:10:46,680 --> 00:10:49,616 He was an every week 373 00:10:46,680 --> 00:10:49,616 churchgoer. 374 00:10:49,649 --> 00:10:51,518 There is indications 375 00:10:51,551 --> 00:10:54,921 that Tim had a great 376 00:10:51,551 --> 00:10:54,921 relationship with his kids. 377 00:10:54,954 --> 00:10:57,257 No one from 378 00:10:54,954 --> 00:10:57,257 the outside looking in 379 00:10:57,290 --> 00:10:59,426 would've seen anything wrong. 380 00:10:59,459 --> 00:11:02,896 - So we have to do that 381 00:10:59,459 --> 00:11:02,896 background investigation 382 00:11:02,929 --> 00:11:06,232 to find out what was 383 00:11:02,929 --> 00:11:06,232 the state of the marriage. 384 00:11:06,266 --> 00:11:08,234 We need to have 385 00:11:06,266 --> 00:11:08,234 an understanding about 386 00:11:08,268 --> 00:11:11,104 what were 387 00:11:08,268 --> 00:11:11,104 their financial affairs. 388 00:11:11,137 --> 00:11:12,939 - Investigators soon learn, 389 00:11:12,972 --> 00:11:16,760 not only was Boczowski's 390 00:11:12,972 --> 00:11:16,760 marriage crumbling, 391 00:11:16,760 --> 00:11:18,244 so was his ice cream business. 392 00:11:18,278 --> 00:11:19,713 - As a businessman, 393 00:11:19,746 --> 00:11:22,515 he was not financially 394 00:11:19,746 --> 00:11:22,515 in a good place at all. 395 00:11:22,549 --> 00:11:24,617 - Boczkowski needed cash 396 00:11:22,549 --> 00:11:24,617 badly. 397 00:11:24,651 --> 00:11:29,422 Investigators discovered 398 00:11:24,651 --> 00:11:29,422 where he might find it. 399 00:11:29,456 --> 00:11:31,624 He'd taken out 400 00:11:29,456 --> 00:11:31,624 an insurance policy 401 00:11:31,658 --> 00:11:35,829 on his wife's life 402 00:11:31,658 --> 00:11:35,829 for $25,000. 403 00:11:35,862 --> 00:11:38,498 - Let me tell you 404 00:11:35,862 --> 00:11:38,498 what all murders are based on. 405 00:11:38,531 --> 00:11:41,101 It's either sex, drugs, 406 00:11:38,531 --> 00:11:41,101 or money. 407 00:11:41,101 --> 00:11:42,235 That's it. 408 00:11:42,268 --> 00:11:44,237 * * 409 00:11:44,270 --> 00:11:47,807 - It looked like Boczkowski 410 00:11:44,270 --> 00:11:47,807 took their mother from them 411 00:11:47,841 --> 00:11:50,744 for $25,000. 412 00:11:50,777 --> 00:11:55,215 How can someone be that cold 413 00:11:50,777 --> 00:11:55,215 and that calculating? 414 00:11:55,248 --> 00:11:57,317 - Murderers 415 00:11:55,248 --> 00:11:57,317 in domestic situations 416 00:11:57,350 --> 00:11:59,619 are not thinking about 417 00:11:57,350 --> 00:11:59,619 the collateral damage-- 418 00:11:59,652 --> 00:12:02,550 a motherless family, 419 00:11:59,652 --> 00:12:02,550 for example. 420 00:12:02,880 --> 00:12:03,356 They're in the moment. 421 00:12:03,390 --> 00:12:04,824 They're thinking about 422 00:12:03,390 --> 00:12:04,824 themselves 423 00:12:04,858 --> 00:12:06,226 and whatever they can gain 424 00:12:06,259 --> 00:12:08,862 from the spouse 425 00:12:06,259 --> 00:12:08,862 being out of the picture. 426 00:12:08,895 --> 00:12:12,699 * * 427 00:12:12,732 --> 00:12:14,834 - But uncovering 428 00:12:12,732 --> 00:12:14,834 a financial motive 429 00:12:14,868 --> 00:12:17,837 wasn't enough to put 430 00:12:14,868 --> 00:12:17,837 Boczkowski behind bars. 431 00:12:17,871 --> 00:12:20,273 - We needed 432 00:12:17,871 --> 00:12:20,273 the medical examiner to make 433 00:12:20,306 --> 00:12:22,842 a determination for us 434 00:12:20,306 --> 00:12:22,842 about the case. 435 00:12:22,876 --> 00:12:25,979 - Elaine's autopsy 436 00:12:22,876 --> 00:12:25,979 took place on November 4th. 437 00:12:26,790 --> 00:12:29,416 By November 13th, 438 00:12:26,790 --> 00:12:29,416 the results were in. 439 00:12:29,449 --> 00:12:30,917 - Some of the history 440 00:12:29,449 --> 00:12:30,917 that we're given 441 00:12:30,950 --> 00:12:33,486 was that she had 442 00:12:30,950 --> 00:12:33,486 been drinking heavily, 443 00:12:33,520 --> 00:12:36,523 but what had been found 444 00:12:33,520 --> 00:12:36,523 by the pathologist who 445 00:12:36,556 --> 00:12:39,526 did the initial examination 446 00:12:36,556 --> 00:12:39,526 was that this was contradicted 447 00:12:39,559 --> 00:12:42,696 by the absence of any alcohol 448 00:12:39,559 --> 00:12:42,696 present in her system. 449 00:12:42,729 --> 00:12:45,298 - Boczkowski's claim 450 00:12:42,729 --> 00:12:45,298 his wife was drunk 451 00:12:45,331 --> 00:12:47,500 is revealed to be a lie, 452 00:12:47,534 --> 00:12:50,470 but what about his statement 453 00:12:47,534 --> 00:12:50,470 he found her under the water 454 00:12:50,503 --> 00:12:52,872 even though 455 00:12:50,503 --> 00:12:52,872 the bathtub was dry? 456 00:12:52,906 --> 00:12:55,508 - One of the findings 457 00:12:52,906 --> 00:12:55,508 that is often relied upon 458 00:12:55,542 --> 00:12:58,378 to make a diagnosis of drowning 459 00:12:55,542 --> 00:12:58,378 is wet, heavy lungs, 460 00:12:58,411 --> 00:13:01,470 and her lungs were not 461 00:12:58,411 --> 00:13:01,470 wet and heavy to the extent 462 00:13:01,470 --> 00:13:03,683 that one might expect to see 463 00:13:01,470 --> 00:13:03,683 in a drowning. 464 00:13:03,717 --> 00:13:06,219 - Analysis of Elaine's lungs 465 00:13:03,717 --> 00:13:06,219 to determine 466 00:13:06,252 --> 00:13:09,522 asphyxiation by drowning 467 00:13:06,252 --> 00:13:09,522 is inconclusive. 468 00:13:09,556 --> 00:13:12,659 Next, they examine 469 00:13:09,556 --> 00:13:12,659 the track marks on her torso. 470 00:13:12,692 --> 00:13:16,830 The marks, Boczkowski claimed, 471 00:13:12,692 --> 00:13:16,830 were caused by CPR. 472 00:13:16,863 --> 00:13:19,899 - Track marks were consistent 473 00:13:16,863 --> 00:13:19,899 with her body having 474 00:13:19,933 --> 00:13:23,670 been lying on the tracks 475 00:13:19,933 --> 00:13:23,670 that closed off the shower, 476 00:13:23,703 --> 00:13:26,840 but while we were 477 00:13:23,703 --> 00:13:26,840 reasonably certain 478 00:13:26,873 --> 00:13:29,509 that the offered explanation 479 00:13:26,873 --> 00:13:29,509 was not appropriate, 480 00:13:29,542 --> 00:13:31,678 in this instance, 481 00:13:29,542 --> 00:13:31,678 whatever we decide 482 00:13:31,711 --> 00:13:33,513 on a cause 483 00:13:31,711 --> 00:13:33,513 has to be defensible. 484 00:13:33,546 --> 00:13:36,216 We have to be able to get up 485 00:13:33,546 --> 00:13:36,216 on the stand and under oath, 486 00:13:36,249 --> 00:13:38,918 in a court of law, 487 00:13:36,249 --> 00:13:38,918 offer enough evidence, 488 00:13:38,952 --> 00:13:41,421 but we did not 489 00:13:38,952 --> 00:13:41,421 have enough information 490 00:13:41,454 --> 00:13:43,623 to put down 491 00:13:41,454 --> 00:13:43,623 a definitive cause of death. 492 00:13:43,656 --> 00:13:45,759 And what's done 493 00:13:43,656 --> 00:13:45,759 in those instances 494 00:13:45,792 --> 00:13:49,462 is it's usually designated 495 00:13:45,792 --> 00:13:49,462 as undetermined. 496 00:13:49,496 --> 00:13:51,970 - With the cause of death 497 00:13:51,970 --> 00:13:54,434 recorded at undetermined, 498 00:13:51,970 --> 00:13:54,434 the autopsy result 499 00:13:54,467 --> 00:13:56,336 law enforcement 500 00:13:54,467 --> 00:13:56,336 had been counting on 501 00:13:56,369 --> 00:13:59,305 had not delivered. 502 00:13:59,339 --> 00:14:02,420 - Probably one of the worst 503 00:13:59,339 --> 00:14:02,420 days in my police career. 504 00:14:02,420 --> 00:14:03,376 [chuckles] 505 00:14:02,420 --> 00:14:03,376 Had to be the day 506 00:14:03,410 --> 00:14:05,845 the autopsy came back. 507 00:14:05,879 --> 00:14:08,815 I knew what happened to Elaine 508 00:14:05,879 --> 00:14:08,815 that night in that bathroom 509 00:14:08,848 --> 00:14:11,510 based on common sense, 510 00:14:11,510 --> 00:14:13,953 but it wasn't enough for us 511 00:14:11,510 --> 00:14:13,953 to be able to make a case. 512 00:14:14,540 --> 00:14:16,623 - There's nothing 513 00:14:14,540 --> 00:14:16,623 more frustrating 514 00:14:16,656 --> 00:14:19,125 for a homicide cop 515 00:14:19,159 --> 00:14:21,361 than to know 516 00:14:21,394 --> 00:14:23,496 that he has the right suspect, 517 00:14:23,530 --> 00:14:26,660 but just missing 518 00:14:23,530 --> 00:14:26,660 that one piece of evidence 519 00:14:26,990 --> 00:14:28,668 that would make the case. 520 00:14:28,702 --> 00:14:30,136 - It appeared Boczkowski 521 00:14:30,170 --> 00:14:31,838 may have got away with murder 522 00:14:31,871 --> 00:14:35,508 and was now free 523 00:14:31,871 --> 00:14:35,508 to get on with his life. 524 00:14:35,542 --> 00:14:38,845 Boczkowski cashed in 525 00:14:35,542 --> 00:14:38,845 the $25,000 insurance money 526 00:14:38,878 --> 00:14:42,415 and moved his family 527 00:14:38,878 --> 00:14:42,415 back to Pittsburgh. 528 00:14:42,449 --> 00:14:44,840 Soon after, 529 00:14:42,449 --> 00:14:44,840 he told his children 530 00:14:44,117 --> 00:14:46,986 there was someone he'd like 531 00:14:44,117 --> 00:14:46,986 to introduce them to. 532 00:14:47,870 --> 00:14:49,956 - My dad opened up the door 533 00:14:47,870 --> 00:14:49,956 and, you know, said, 534 00:14:49,989 --> 00:14:52,525 "Hey, you know, I want you 535 00:14:49,989 --> 00:14:52,525 to meet somebody." 536 00:14:52,559 --> 00:14:55,950 - Within a year 537 00:14:52,559 --> 00:14:55,950 of Elaine's death, 538 00:14:55,950 --> 00:14:57,263 Tim met Maryann 539 00:14:55,950 --> 00:14:57,263 at a single's club 540 00:14:57,297 --> 00:14:59,632 organized by 541 00:14:57,297 --> 00:14:59,632 their local church. 542 00:14:59,665 --> 00:15:01,634 - My first thought of Maryann 543 00:15:01,668 --> 00:15:04,237 was, "Is this Mom?" 544 00:15:04,270 --> 00:15:07,400 because the resemblance 545 00:15:04,270 --> 00:15:07,400 was very striking. 546 00:15:07,730 --> 00:15:10,677 It was almost like 547 00:15:07,730 --> 00:15:10,677 I have my mom back. 548 00:15:10,710 --> 00:15:13,780 - In 1993, 549 00:15:10,710 --> 00:15:13,780 the couple were married. 550 00:15:13,813 --> 00:15:16,683 On the big day, 551 00:15:13,813 --> 00:15:16,683 Maryann declared her joy 552 00:15:16,716 --> 00:15:20,520 of becoming stepmother 553 00:15:16,716 --> 00:15:20,520 to three wonderful kids. 554 00:15:20,553 --> 00:15:22,956 - It felt like 555 00:15:20,553 --> 00:15:22,956 a new beginning. 556 00:15:23,560 --> 00:15:25,425 It felt like a new life. 557 00:15:25,458 --> 00:15:27,527 - The new family 558 00:15:25,458 --> 00:15:27,527 settled down in a suburb 559 00:15:27,560 --> 00:15:30,497 of Pittsburgh 560 00:15:27,560 --> 00:15:30,497 called Ross Township. 561 00:15:30,530 --> 00:15:33,660 - I would say, 562 00:15:30,530 --> 00:15:33,660 happy memories being here. 563 00:15:33,660 --> 00:15:37,437 Younger and that innocence 564 00:15:33,660 --> 00:15:37,437 of being able to go outside 565 00:15:37,470 --> 00:15:41,740 and just be carefree 566 00:15:37,470 --> 00:15:41,740 and just be a kid. 567 00:15:41,740 --> 00:15:44,770 I had a new mom. 568 00:15:41,740 --> 00:15:44,770 I had a new house. 569 00:15:44,110 --> 00:15:46,246 - Merry Christmas, 570 00:15:44,110 --> 00:15:46,246 Sandy and Todd. 571 00:15:46,279 --> 00:15:49,516 Where's Randy? 572 00:15:46,279 --> 00:15:49,516 There's Randy. 573 00:15:49,549 --> 00:15:52,519 Give us your Christmas look, 574 00:15:49,549 --> 00:15:52,519 Maryann. 575 00:15:52,552 --> 00:15:54,621 - Maryann, 576 00:15:52,552 --> 00:15:54,621 who I now called Mom, 577 00:15:54,654 --> 00:15:57,924 was taking care of us and 578 00:15:54,654 --> 00:15:57,924 shuttling me and my siblings 579 00:15:57,957 --> 00:16:00,260 to activities 580 00:15:57,957 --> 00:16:00,260 and it just felt like 581 00:16:00,293 --> 00:16:02,829 a whole new life 582 00:16:02,862 --> 00:16:06,633 from what had happened 583 00:16:02,862 --> 00:16:06,633 in North Carolina. 584 00:16:08,268 --> 00:16:09,936 Shortly after the wedding, 585 00:16:10,360 --> 00:16:13,640 we actually had a nice, 586 00:16:10,360 --> 00:16:13,640 big family get together. 587 00:16:13,673 --> 00:16:17,677 We had recently built a deck. 588 00:16:17,711 --> 00:16:19,512 It was that warm feeling 589 00:16:17,711 --> 00:16:19,512 of just, 590 00:16:19,546 --> 00:16:22,515 everything is going great. 591 00:16:22,549 --> 00:16:26,519 My dad also wanted a hot tub, 592 00:16:26,553 --> 00:16:30,957 so he got a hot tub on the deck 593 00:16:26,553 --> 00:16:30,957 of the back of the house. 594 00:16:31,570 --> 00:16:34,600 - The kids loved 595 00:16:31,570 --> 00:16:34,600 splashing around in the water, 596 00:16:34,600 --> 00:16:35,428 but dad, Tim, was keen 597 00:16:35,462 --> 00:16:37,497 to point out 598 00:16:35,462 --> 00:16:37,497 its potential dangers. 599 00:16:37,530 --> 00:16:39,499 - One thing that 600 00:16:37,530 --> 00:16:39,499 I specifically remember 601 00:16:39,532 --> 00:16:43,803 him saying over and over 602 00:16:39,532 --> 00:16:43,803 and over again was, you know, 603 00:16:43,837 --> 00:16:46,306 "Don't stay in 604 00:16:43,837 --> 00:16:46,306 longer than 15 minutes." 605 00:16:46,339 --> 00:16:48,908 That was something 606 00:16:46,339 --> 00:16:48,908 that really stuck with me. 607 00:16:48,942 --> 00:16:50,310 - But just four months 608 00:16:50,343 --> 00:16:52,512 after this home video 609 00:16:50,343 --> 00:16:52,512 was shot, 610 00:16:52,545 --> 00:16:54,514 emergency services receive 611 00:16:54,547 --> 00:16:57,784 a frantic 911 call 612 00:16:54,547 --> 00:16:57,784 from Tim Boczkowski. 613 00:17:04,491 --> 00:17:08,161 - It was a rush of déjà vu, 614 00:17:08,194 --> 00:17:10,300 like, how is this 615 00:17:08,194 --> 00:17:10,300 happening again? 616 00:17:19,506 --> 00:17:21,540 [dramatic music] 617 00:17:21,808 --> 00:17:23,430 * * 618 00:17:30,500 --> 00:17:32,252 - November 7, 1994. 619 00:17:32,285 --> 00:17:36,156 Tim Boczkowski has called 911 620 00:17:32,285 --> 00:17:36,156 to say he has found his wife, 621 00:17:36,189 --> 00:17:39,590 Maryann, unconscious 622 00:17:36,189 --> 00:17:39,590 in their hot tub. 623 00:17:44,831 --> 00:17:46,499 - Within minutes, 624 00:17:46,533 --> 00:17:49,769 law enforcement arrive 625 00:17:46,533 --> 00:17:49,769 at the Boczkowski residence. 626 00:17:49,803 --> 00:17:52,172 - I remember running around 627 00:17:49,803 --> 00:17:52,172 to the back of the house 628 00:17:52,205 --> 00:17:57,177 and finding the victim lying on 629 00:17:52,205 --> 00:17:57,177 the deck in her bathing suit. 630 00:17:57,210 --> 00:18:00,647 Over my career, 631 00:17:57,210 --> 00:18:00,647 I've seen many dead bodies. 632 00:18:00,680 --> 00:18:04,150 Unfortunately, 633 00:18:00,680 --> 00:18:04,150 she was absolutely deceased. 634 00:18:04,184 --> 00:18:06,190 - Boczkowski tells detectives 635 00:18:06,520 --> 00:18:08,540 Maryann had been 636 00:18:06,520 --> 00:18:08,540 drinking heavily 637 00:18:08,880 --> 00:18:09,856 and had likely gotten 638 00:18:08,880 --> 00:18:09,856 into the hot tub 639 00:18:09,889 --> 00:18:12,292 while he was upstairs, 640 00:18:09,889 --> 00:18:12,292 but straight away, 641 00:18:12,325 --> 00:18:15,195 they notice something odd 642 00:18:12,325 --> 00:18:15,195 about his behavior. 643 00:18:15,228 --> 00:18:17,397 - Everyone deals with grief 644 00:18:15,228 --> 00:18:17,397 differently. 645 00:18:17,430 --> 00:18:19,632 People go into shock 646 00:18:17,430 --> 00:18:19,632 and so forth, 647 00:18:19,666 --> 00:18:22,235 but I picked up that Tim 648 00:18:22,268 --> 00:18:25,772 seemed more concerned 649 00:18:22,268 --> 00:18:25,772 about Tim. 650 00:18:25,805 --> 00:18:28,341 - Police became 651 00:18:25,805 --> 00:18:28,341 even more suspicious 652 00:18:28,375 --> 00:18:30,643 after Boczkowski's parents 653 00:18:28,375 --> 00:18:30,643 arrive. 654 00:18:30,677 --> 00:18:32,212 - I'll never forget 655 00:18:30,677 --> 00:18:32,212 his mother. 656 00:18:32,245 --> 00:18:34,414 She went right up to him, 657 00:18:34,447 --> 00:18:37,350 almost in 658 00:18:34,447 --> 00:18:37,350 an accusatory manner, 659 00:18:37,384 --> 00:18:40,530 and she was like, 660 00:18:37,384 --> 00:18:40,530 "What happened? 661 00:18:40,860 --> 00:18:41,488 What's going on?" 662 00:18:41,521 --> 00:18:45,358 Almost like a, 663 00:18:41,521 --> 00:18:45,358 "What did you do?" 664 00:18:45,392 --> 00:18:48,261 He got very defensive 665 00:18:45,392 --> 00:18:48,261 and told his mother, 666 00:18:48,294 --> 00:18:52,565 "Oh, I didn't do anything. 667 00:18:48,294 --> 00:18:52,565 We were fine. 668 00:18:52,599 --> 00:18:56,169 We had argued earlier, 669 00:18:52,599 --> 00:18:56,169 but we made up." 670 00:18:56,202 --> 00:18:58,471 And Tim realizes 671 00:18:56,202 --> 00:18:58,471 I'm in the room. 672 00:18:58,505 --> 00:19:00,607 He looks over 673 00:18:58,505 --> 00:19:00,607 and he says to his mother, 674 00:19:00,640 --> 00:19:04,778 "I hope they don't try 675 00:19:00,640 --> 00:19:04,778 to pin this on me." 676 00:19:04,811 --> 00:19:08,381 And I thought, that 677 00:19:04,811 --> 00:19:08,381 is the most peculiar statement 678 00:19:08,415 --> 00:19:11,484 for a husband to make 679 00:19:08,415 --> 00:19:11,484 whose wife just supposedly 680 00:19:11,518 --> 00:19:13,420 died accidentally, 681 00:19:11,518 --> 00:19:13,420 and he found her. 682 00:19:13,453 --> 00:19:15,255 That would be the last thing 683 00:19:13,453 --> 00:19:15,255 on my mind 684 00:19:15,288 --> 00:19:17,190 that they would try 685 00:19:15,288 --> 00:19:17,190 to pin this on me. 686 00:19:17,223 --> 00:19:19,359 - In my world, 687 00:19:17,223 --> 00:19:19,359 as a homicide detective, 688 00:19:19,392 --> 00:19:23,530 I would register that 689 00:19:19,392 --> 00:19:23,530 as an admission, 690 00:19:23,563 --> 00:19:26,320 and this is what 691 00:19:23,563 --> 00:19:26,320 a homicide detective has to do 692 00:19:26,320 --> 00:19:28,835 is pick up on these 693 00:19:26,320 --> 00:19:28,835 little nuances that occur 694 00:19:28,868 --> 00:19:33,206 when he listens to 695 00:19:28,868 --> 00:19:33,206 the interaction at the scene. 696 00:19:33,239 --> 00:19:35,809 - In a desperate attempt 697 00:19:33,239 --> 00:19:35,809 to revive Maryann, 698 00:19:35,842 --> 00:19:37,243 paramedics rush her to 699 00:19:37,277 --> 00:19:39,679 the Allegheny Hospital 700 00:19:37,277 --> 00:19:39,679 Trauma Center. 701 00:19:39,713 --> 00:19:42,749 - Tim and his mother followed 702 00:19:39,713 --> 00:19:42,749 them and went to the hospital. 703 00:19:42,782 --> 00:19:44,617 Tim's father was left behind. 704 00:19:44,651 --> 00:19:48,888 And I remember saying how 705 00:19:44,651 --> 00:19:48,888 tragic and how terrible it was 706 00:19:48,922 --> 00:19:52,759 that there were three small 707 00:19:48,922 --> 00:19:52,759 children sleeping upstairs, 708 00:19:52,792 --> 00:19:55,795 and in just a few hours, 709 00:19:52,792 --> 00:19:55,795 they were gonna wake up 710 00:19:55,829 --> 00:19:57,697 to get ready for school 711 00:19:57,731 --> 00:20:01,401 and learn that their mother 712 00:19:57,731 --> 00:20:01,401 had died. 713 00:20:03,670 --> 00:20:08,641 Boczkowski's father said, 714 00:20:03,670 --> 00:20:08,641 "Oh, she's not their mother." 715 00:20:08,675 --> 00:20:11,311 And I was startled by that, 716 00:20:08,675 --> 00:20:11,311 and I said, 717 00:20:11,344 --> 00:20:14,140 "Oh, she's not? 718 00:20:11,344 --> 00:20:14,140 So she's their stepmother." 719 00:20:14,470 --> 00:20:15,615 And he said yes. 720 00:20:15,648 --> 00:20:18,885 And I said, "Well, can we 721 00:20:15,648 --> 00:20:18,885 get ahold of the mother? 722 00:20:18,918 --> 00:20:22,355 Because I think 723 00:20:18,918 --> 00:20:22,355 they may need some support." 724 00:20:22,389 --> 00:20:26,893 And Tim's father got red 725 00:20:22,389 --> 00:20:26,893 and got very agitated 726 00:20:26,926 --> 00:20:30,363 and said, "Well, she died 727 00:20:26,926 --> 00:20:30,363 under similar circumstances. 728 00:20:30,397 --> 00:20:33,900 She drowned in the bathtub 729 00:20:30,397 --> 00:20:33,900 at their home." 730 00:20:33,933 --> 00:20:36,360 And it was like, wow. 731 00:20:36,690 --> 00:20:39,773 I mean, is this the most 732 00:20:36,690 --> 00:20:39,773 unlucky guy in the world? 733 00:20:39,806 --> 00:20:43,430 Two wives die drowning at home. 734 00:20:43,760 --> 00:20:44,511 - Boczkowski agrees 735 00:20:44,544 --> 00:20:47,470 to go down to the station 736 00:20:44,544 --> 00:20:47,470 for questioning. 737 00:20:47,800 --> 00:20:48,448 - During the interview, 738 00:20:48,481 --> 00:20:51,170 he wasn't showing 739 00:20:48,481 --> 00:20:51,170 any emotion whatsoever. 740 00:20:51,510 --> 00:20:52,719 That's what really got us. 741 00:20:52,752 --> 00:20:56,589 You just found your wife dead 742 00:20:52,752 --> 00:20:56,589 in a hot tub. 743 00:20:56,623 --> 00:20:58,758 He's cool as a cucumber. 744 00:20:58,792 --> 00:21:00,460 We're thinking if any of us, 745 00:21:00,493 --> 00:21:03,596 we'd be broke down, crying, 746 00:21:00,493 --> 00:21:03,596 wanting to get out of there 747 00:21:03,630 --> 00:21:05,799 to get back to comfort 748 00:21:03,630 --> 00:21:05,799 our children and that, 749 00:21:05,832 --> 00:21:07,670 but he just sat there. 750 00:21:07,670 --> 00:21:08,435 - Just as he had done 751 00:21:08,468 --> 00:21:10,270 after the death 752 00:21:08,468 --> 00:21:10,270 of his first wife, 753 00:21:10,303 --> 00:21:12,720 Boczkowski tells police 754 00:21:12,720 --> 00:21:14,274 Maryann had a problem 755 00:21:12,720 --> 00:21:14,274 with alcohol. 756 00:21:14,307 --> 00:21:17,177 - Tim was pushing the fact 757 00:21:14,307 --> 00:21:17,177 that Maryann 758 00:21:17,210 --> 00:21:18,778 had been drinking heavily, 759 00:21:18,812 --> 00:21:21,214 but there just no evidence 760 00:21:18,812 --> 00:21:21,214 to support that. 761 00:21:21,247 --> 00:21:23,249 There wasn't 762 00:21:21,247 --> 00:21:23,249 beer cans everywhere, 763 00:21:23,283 --> 00:21:24,751 wine bottles everywhere. 764 00:21:24,784 --> 00:21:26,820 The house was very neat. 765 00:21:26,853 --> 00:21:28,822 - Police become 766 00:21:26,853 --> 00:21:28,822 even more suspicious 767 00:21:28,855 --> 00:21:32,659 when they notice deep 768 00:21:28,855 --> 00:21:32,659 scratch marks on Boczkowski. 769 00:21:32,692 --> 00:21:38,365 - He claimed that she gave him 770 00:21:32,692 --> 00:21:38,365 a scratch massage. 771 00:21:38,398 --> 00:21:40,767 I don't know what exactly 772 00:21:38,398 --> 00:21:40,767 a scratch massage is, 773 00:21:40,800 --> 00:21:44,170 but any massage that would 774 00:21:40,800 --> 00:21:44,170 leave bloodied scratch marks, 775 00:21:44,204 --> 00:21:46,806 I can't believe 776 00:21:44,204 --> 00:21:46,806 would be too enjoyable. 777 00:21:46,840 --> 00:21:49,409 We believe that those were 778 00:21:46,840 --> 00:21:49,409 scratches caused by 779 00:21:49,442 --> 00:21:53,980 his wife while she was fighting 780 00:21:49,442 --> 00:21:53,980 for her life. 781 00:21:54,140 --> 00:21:56,116 - We said, "Tim, we want 782 00:21:54,140 --> 00:21:56,116 to clear you on this. 783 00:21:56,116 --> 00:21:59,285 Let's get this over with. 784 00:21:56,116 --> 00:21:59,285 Would you take a polygraph?" 785 00:21:59,319 --> 00:22:00,620 And he says, "Yeah, but I want 786 00:22:00,653 --> 00:22:03,189 to take it right here, 787 00:22:00,653 --> 00:22:03,189 right now." 788 00:22:03,223 --> 00:22:05,580 - Tim was hoping 789 00:22:03,223 --> 00:22:05,580 a polygraph operator 790 00:22:05,910 --> 00:22:08,261 wouldn't be available 791 00:22:05,910 --> 00:22:08,261 at short notice, 792 00:22:08,294 --> 00:22:10,730 but police 793 00:22:08,294 --> 00:22:10,730 have someone on hand. 794 00:22:10,764 --> 00:22:12,650 - I walked into the room. 795 00:22:12,650 --> 00:22:14,167 I said, 796 00:22:12,650 --> 00:22:14,167 "Tim, it's your lucky day. 797 00:22:14,200 --> 00:22:16,670 Operator's on his way 798 00:22:14,200 --> 00:22:16,670 right now." 799 00:22:16,703 --> 00:22:19,720 His eyes got big as saucers. 800 00:22:19,720 --> 00:22:21,408 He couldn't believe it. 801 00:22:21,441 --> 00:22:23,977 Operator took Tim Boczkowski 802 00:22:21,441 --> 00:22:23,977 into a private room, 803 00:22:24,770 --> 00:22:26,913 came out, and said, 804 00:22:24,770 --> 00:22:26,913 "There's no doubt in my mind 805 00:22:26,946 --> 00:22:29,649 that he killed his wife." 806 00:22:29,683 --> 00:22:31,351 - But a failed polygraph 807 00:22:31,384 --> 00:22:34,754 is not admissible in court, 808 00:22:31,384 --> 00:22:34,754 so police order an autopsy 809 00:22:34,788 --> 00:22:38,558 on Maryann's body to establish 810 00:22:34,788 --> 00:22:38,558 the cause of death. 811 00:22:38,591 --> 00:22:42,950 Until they get the result, 812 00:22:38,591 --> 00:22:42,950 they can't charge Tim, 813 00:22:42,950 --> 00:22:43,930 so he's free to go. 814 00:22:43,963 --> 00:22:45,999 * * 815 00:22:46,990 --> 00:22:47,567 The next morning, 816 00:22:47,600 --> 00:22:50,637 Randy, Sandy, 817 00:22:47,600 --> 00:22:50,637 and 9-year-old Todd wake up 818 00:22:50,670 --> 00:22:53,640 unaware that anything 819 00:22:50,670 --> 00:22:53,640 has happened. 820 00:22:53,673 --> 00:22:57,210 - November 7, 1994 821 00:22:53,673 --> 00:22:57,210 started off, for me, 822 00:22:57,243 --> 00:22:59,112 just like every other day 823 00:22:57,243 --> 00:22:59,112 with the exception 824 00:22:59,112 --> 00:23:01,247 that I woke up late for school. 825 00:23:01,281 --> 00:23:04,500 We were in such a rush 826 00:23:01,281 --> 00:23:04,500 that we forgot 827 00:23:04,840 --> 00:23:07,454 to do one, little thing that 828 00:23:04,840 --> 00:23:07,454 we did every, single morning 829 00:23:07,487 --> 00:23:11,891 and that was to go 830 00:23:07,487 --> 00:23:11,891 kiss our mom, Maryann, 831 00:23:11,925 --> 00:23:14,928 a kiss goodbye. 832 00:23:14,961 --> 00:23:17,764 - Nothing is mentioned 833 00:23:14,961 --> 00:23:17,764 to the children that morning, 834 00:23:17,797 --> 00:23:19,899 but when they return home 835 00:23:17,797 --> 00:23:19,899 from school, 836 00:23:19,933 --> 00:23:23,169 Tim is waiting 837 00:23:19,933 --> 00:23:23,169 to give them the news. 838 00:23:23,203 --> 00:23:24,838 - I think one of my siblings 839 00:23:23,203 --> 00:23:24,838 asked, you know, 840 00:23:24,871 --> 00:23:27,374 "Dad, what's wrong? 841 00:23:24,871 --> 00:23:27,374 You know, where's Mom?" 842 00:23:27,407 --> 00:23:30,677 And, you know, 843 00:23:27,407 --> 00:23:30,677 that's when he said, 844 00:23:30,710 --> 00:23:35,782 "Hey, your mom, Maryann, 845 00:23:30,710 --> 00:23:35,782 had an accident in the hot tub. 846 00:23:35,815 --> 00:23:40,860 Um...she passed." 847 00:23:40,860 --> 00:23:45,158 For me, it was a rush 848 00:23:40,860 --> 00:23:45,158 of déjà vu. 849 00:23:45,191 --> 00:23:47,293 I'm feeling this way again. 850 00:23:47,327 --> 00:23:49,763 Like, how is this 851 00:23:47,327 --> 00:23:49,763 happening again? 852 00:23:49,796 --> 00:23:53,366 But I had no reason 853 00:23:49,796 --> 00:23:53,366 not to believe 854 00:23:53,400 --> 00:23:57,470 what my dad was telling me. 855 00:23:57,504 --> 00:23:58,772 - But for Todd, 856 00:23:58,805 --> 00:24:01,775 things had the potential 857 00:23:58,805 --> 00:24:01,775 to get even worse. 858 00:24:01,808 --> 00:24:05,378 The results of 859 00:24:01,808 --> 00:24:05,378 Maryann's autopsy were due. 860 00:24:05,412 --> 00:24:08,615 Would they prove that his dad, 861 00:24:05,412 --> 00:24:08,615 Tim, had murdered her? 862 00:24:17,524 --> 00:24:19,526 [dramatic music] 863 00:24:19,793 --> 00:24:21,661 * * 864 00:24:21,695 --> 00:24:24,664 - In 1990, 865 00:24:21,695 --> 00:24:24,664 Tim Boczkowski's first wife 866 00:24:24,698 --> 00:24:27,734 died in the bathtub 867 00:24:24,698 --> 00:24:27,734 of their Greensboro home. 868 00:24:27,767 --> 00:24:30,203 Now four years later 869 00:24:27,767 --> 00:24:30,203 in Pittsburgh, 870 00:24:30,236 --> 00:24:33,873 Boczkowski's second wife dies 871 00:24:30,236 --> 00:24:33,873 in similar circumstances. 872 00:24:33,907 --> 00:24:35,709 This time in a hot tub. 873 00:24:35,742 --> 00:24:38,611 - What are the chances 874 00:24:35,742 --> 00:24:38,611 a guy has two wives 875 00:24:38,645 --> 00:24:43,149 that die supposedly drowning 876 00:24:38,645 --> 00:24:43,149 at home? 877 00:24:43,183 --> 00:24:46,319 - Boczkowski claimed 878 00:24:43,183 --> 00:24:46,319 both wives had been drinking, 879 00:24:46,353 --> 00:24:48,321 but there 880 00:24:46,353 --> 00:24:48,321 is one more comparison 881 00:24:48,355 --> 00:24:52,192 between the two cases, 882 00:24:48,355 --> 00:24:52,192 and it's a big one. 883 00:24:52,225 --> 00:24:54,361 After first wife, 884 00:24:52,225 --> 00:24:54,361 Elaine's, death, 885 00:24:54,394 --> 00:24:56,896 Tim cashed in 886 00:24:54,394 --> 00:24:56,896 on an insurance policy 887 00:24:56,930 --> 00:24:58,498 he'd taken out on her life. 888 00:24:58,531 --> 00:25:00,133 Now Pittsburgh detectives 889 00:25:00,166 --> 00:25:03,269 uncover a chillingly 890 00:25:00,166 --> 00:25:03,269 similar story. 891 00:25:03,303 --> 00:25:06,639 - Maryann's parents had given 892 00:25:03,303 --> 00:25:06,639 them several thousand dollars, 893 00:25:06,673 --> 00:25:07,741 wedding gift money. 894 00:25:07,774 --> 00:25:09,542 They wanted her 895 00:25:07,774 --> 00:25:09,542 to buy furniture, 896 00:25:09,576 --> 00:25:14,147 but he wanted to buy 897 00:25:09,576 --> 00:25:14,147 a life insurance policy on her. 898 00:25:14,180 --> 00:25:15,749 - After Elaine's death, 899 00:25:15,782 --> 00:25:19,953 Boczkowski walked away 900 00:25:15,782 --> 00:25:19,953 with $25,000 in cash. 901 00:25:20,530 --> 00:25:22,589 - Once he got away with it 902 00:25:20,530 --> 00:25:22,589 the first time, 903 00:25:22,622 --> 00:25:25,910 he's figuring, "I'm good to go 904 00:25:22,622 --> 00:25:25,910 for the second round." 905 00:25:25,125 --> 00:25:27,227 This becomes 906 00:25:25,125 --> 00:25:27,227 a pattern of behavior. 907 00:25:27,260 --> 00:25:28,762 - But this time, 908 00:25:28,795 --> 00:25:33,660 Boczkowski stood to collect 909 00:25:28,795 --> 00:25:33,660 a cool $100,000. 910 00:25:33,660 --> 00:25:34,434 - The greed factor kicks in. 911 00:25:34,467 --> 00:25:37,937 Why not we just 912 00:25:34,467 --> 00:25:37,937 quadruple the policy 913 00:25:37,971 --> 00:25:39,372 and let's go for the 100,000. 914 00:25:39,406 --> 00:25:41,975 Let's go for the six digits. 915 00:25:42,750 --> 00:25:43,476 - The motive is financial, 916 00:25:43,510 --> 00:25:46,413 just like the police suspected 917 00:25:43,510 --> 00:25:46,413 in 1990. 918 00:25:46,446 --> 00:25:48,948 But back then, 919 00:25:46,446 --> 00:25:48,948 Greensboro detectives 920 00:25:48,982 --> 00:25:51,317 were unable to charge 921 00:25:48,982 --> 00:25:51,317 Boczkowski with murder 922 00:25:51,351 --> 00:25:53,253 because the autopsy recorded 923 00:25:53,286 --> 00:25:55,755 the cause of death 924 00:25:53,286 --> 00:25:55,755 as undetermined. 925 00:25:55,789 --> 00:25:58,758 Now Pittsburgh investigators 926 00:25:55,789 --> 00:25:58,758 are hoping the autopsy 927 00:25:58,792 --> 00:26:03,960 on Maryann will prove 928 00:25:58,792 --> 00:26:03,960 Boczkowski is a killer. 929 00:26:04,497 --> 00:26:08,535 One week after her death, 930 00:26:04,497 --> 00:26:08,535 the results are back. 931 00:26:08,568 --> 00:26:11,438 - Forensic pathologist 932 00:26:08,568 --> 00:26:11,438 determines that 933 00:26:11,471 --> 00:26:14,741 the cause of death 934 00:26:11,471 --> 00:26:14,741 is asphyxiation, 935 00:26:14,774 --> 00:26:16,376 which is strangulation, 936 00:26:16,409 --> 00:26:19,379 and you can't 937 00:26:16,409 --> 00:26:19,379 strangle yourself. 938 00:26:19,412 --> 00:26:20,947 - I believe there were 939 00:26:19,412 --> 00:26:20,947 thumb prints, 940 00:26:21,470 --> 00:26:22,949 both sides of her neck. 941 00:26:23,490 --> 00:26:25,251 It was obvious. 942 00:26:25,285 --> 00:26:27,754 - On November 16, 1994, 943 00:26:27,787 --> 00:26:30,757 Tim is arrested and charged 944 00:26:27,787 --> 00:26:30,757 with first degree murder 945 00:26:30,790 --> 00:26:33,259 of his second wife, Maryann. 946 00:26:33,293 --> 00:26:40,266 * * 947 00:26:40,300 --> 00:26:44,371 - To hear that my dad 948 00:26:40,300 --> 00:26:44,371 had been arrested, 949 00:26:44,404 --> 00:26:48,441 I couldn't wrap my head 950 00:26:44,404 --> 00:26:48,441 around that notion. 951 00:26:48,475 --> 00:26:50,443 - Having lost both mothers, 952 00:26:50,477 --> 00:26:54,381 Todd's father had now 953 00:26:50,477 --> 00:26:54,381 also been taken away. 954 00:26:54,414 --> 00:26:58,385 - I'm sitting there thinking, 955 00:26:54,414 --> 00:26:58,385 "What now? 956 00:26:58,418 --> 00:27:01,210 "You know, where am I gonna go? 957 00:26:58,418 --> 00:27:01,210 Who am I gonna stay with? 958 00:27:01,540 --> 00:27:04,824 And, you know, what else 959 00:27:01,540 --> 00:27:04,824 is going to take place?" 960 00:27:05,792 --> 00:27:07,861 - Boczkowski 961 00:27:05,792 --> 00:27:07,861 is placed in custody 962 00:27:07,894 --> 00:27:11,531 at the Allegheny County Jail 963 00:27:07,894 --> 00:27:11,531 in downtown Pittsburgh. 964 00:27:11,564 --> 00:27:14,434 - This is where I would 965 00:27:11,564 --> 00:27:14,434 come visit my dad, 966 00:27:14,467 --> 00:27:18,571 at this jail, 967 00:27:14,467 --> 00:27:18,571 while he was awaiting trial. 968 00:27:18,605 --> 00:27:20,874 It was sad because 969 00:27:18,605 --> 00:27:20,874 I had never been away 970 00:27:20,907 --> 00:27:25,211 from my dad for longer than 971 00:27:20,907 --> 00:27:25,211 a few days, maybe, if that. 972 00:27:25,245 --> 00:27:27,313 Plus, I didn't understand 973 00:27:27,347 --> 00:27:30,500 why he was there 974 00:27:27,347 --> 00:27:30,500 in the first place. 975 00:27:30,500 --> 00:27:33,153 I was also trying to wrestle 976 00:27:30,500 --> 00:27:33,153 with how did we get here? 977 00:27:33,186 --> 00:27:35,622 This is not how I grew up. 978 00:27:35,655 --> 00:27:39,192 This is not 979 00:27:35,655 --> 00:27:39,192 what was instilled in me. 980 00:27:39,225 --> 00:27:42,195 You know, we would go 981 00:27:39,225 --> 00:27:42,195 to church every single Sunday. 982 00:27:42,228 --> 00:27:44,597 * * 983 00:27:44,631 --> 00:27:45,732 - On each visit, 984 00:27:45,765 --> 00:27:48,680 Todd's father continued 985 00:27:45,765 --> 00:27:48,680 to reassure him 986 00:27:48,680 --> 00:27:49,636 he was innocent. 987 00:27:49,669 --> 00:27:52,939 - My thinking was 988 00:27:49,669 --> 00:27:52,939 people would come to realize 989 00:27:52,972 --> 00:27:56,443 it was what my dad 990 00:27:52,972 --> 00:27:56,443 has been telling me. 991 00:27:56,476 --> 00:27:59,790 This is just one 992 00:27:56,476 --> 00:27:59,790 big, huge mistake 993 00:27:59,790 --> 00:28:00,313 or misunderstanding. 994 00:28:00,347 --> 00:28:02,215 It was an accident. 995 00:28:02,248 --> 00:28:05,180 I thought that my dad 996 00:28:02,248 --> 00:28:05,180 would be found innocent 997 00:28:05,180 --> 00:28:07,554 because we'd been here before 998 00:28:07,587 --> 00:28:09,723 and we were able 999 00:28:07,587 --> 00:28:09,723 to move forward, 1000 00:28:09,756 --> 00:28:15,280 so we would be able 1001 00:28:09,756 --> 00:28:15,280 to do that again. 1002 00:28:15,610 --> 00:28:17,300 - Boczkowski was behind bars 1003 00:28:17,630 --> 00:28:21,101 and Pittsburgh had wasted 1004 00:28:17,630 --> 00:28:21,101 no time contacting Greensboro. 1005 00:28:21,134 --> 00:28:23,269 - We got a call 1006 00:28:21,134 --> 00:28:23,269 from Pennsylvania, 1007 00:28:23,303 --> 00:28:27,374 and we were told 1008 00:28:23,303 --> 00:28:27,374 that Tim's wife 1009 00:28:27,407 --> 00:28:30,610 had died in a Jacuzzi. 1010 00:28:30,643 --> 00:28:33,346 There really isn't words 1011 00:28:30,643 --> 00:28:33,346 to describe... 1012 00:28:33,380 --> 00:28:36,750 [chuckles] 1013 00:28:33,380 --> 00:28:36,750 What I was feeling. 1014 00:28:36,783 --> 00:28:40,153 He did it again. 1015 00:28:36,783 --> 00:28:40,153 He murdered again. 1016 00:28:40,186 --> 00:28:42,756 * * 1017 00:28:42,789 --> 00:28:44,570 - But Pittsburgh wasn't 1018 00:28:44,570 --> 00:28:45,759 just making a curtesy call. 1019 00:28:45,792 --> 00:28:47,594 In the course 1020 00:28:45,792 --> 00:28:47,594 of their investigation 1021 00:28:47,627 --> 00:28:49,562 into Maryann's murder, 1022 00:28:47,627 --> 00:28:49,562 they attained 1023 00:28:49,596 --> 00:28:52,399 crucial information that 1024 00:28:49,596 --> 00:28:52,399 could help reopen the case 1025 00:28:52,432 --> 00:28:55,301 on his first wife, 1026 00:28:52,432 --> 00:28:55,301 Elaine's, death. 1027 00:28:55,335 --> 00:28:57,971 The potential breakthrough 1028 00:28:55,335 --> 00:28:57,971 came from an interview 1029 00:28:58,710 --> 00:29:00,173 with Boczkowski's children. 1030 00:29:00,206 --> 00:29:01,741 - We had to talk 1031 00:29:00,206 --> 00:29:01,741 to all three of them. 1032 00:29:01,775 --> 00:29:06,479 They're in the house 1033 00:29:01,775 --> 00:29:06,479 when both their mothers die, 1034 00:29:06,513 --> 00:29:08,381 so you got to talk to them. 1035 00:29:08,415 --> 00:29:10,550 - At the time, 1036 00:29:08,415 --> 00:29:10,550 Boczkowski claimed 1037 00:29:10,583 --> 00:29:13,190 wife, Elaine, was passed out 1038 00:29:10,583 --> 00:29:13,190 when he forced open 1039 00:29:13,530 --> 00:29:14,921 the bathroom door, 1040 00:29:13,530 --> 00:29:14,921 but on the night 1041 00:29:15,210 --> 00:29:17,390 of Elaine's death, 1042 00:29:15,210 --> 00:29:17,390 daughter Sandy recounted 1043 00:29:17,424 --> 00:29:19,590 a different version of events 1044 00:29:19,920 --> 00:29:21,361 to the neighbor 1045 00:29:19,920 --> 00:29:21,361 who had taken them in. 1046 00:29:21,394 --> 00:29:23,697 - Sandy told the neighbor 1047 00:29:21,394 --> 00:29:23,697 she heard her parents 1048 00:29:23,730 --> 00:29:26,666 in that bathroom, and she heard 1049 00:29:23,730 --> 00:29:26,666 her parents fighting. 1050 00:29:26,700 --> 00:29:29,736 She said she heard 1051 00:29:26,700 --> 00:29:29,736 Elaine saying, 1052 00:29:29,769 --> 00:29:32,380 "No, Tim, no. Stop." 1053 00:29:32,380 --> 00:29:34,874 - But when she was questioned 1054 00:29:32,380 --> 00:29:34,874 by police in 1990, 1055 00:29:34,908 --> 00:29:37,744 Sandy didn't repeat 1056 00:29:34,908 --> 00:29:37,744 what she'd told the neighbor. 1057 00:29:37,777 --> 00:29:39,379 Four years on, 1058 00:29:39,412 --> 00:29:42,820 Pittsburgh detectives 1059 00:29:39,412 --> 00:29:42,820 think they know why. 1060 00:29:42,115 --> 00:29:44,751 - We believe that Tim 1061 00:29:42,115 --> 00:29:44,751 had a big influence here. 1062 00:29:44,784 --> 00:29:46,553 No, you don't talk 1063 00:29:44,784 --> 00:29:46,553 to the police. 1064 00:29:46,586 --> 00:29:49,389 You know, after that, 1065 00:29:46,586 --> 00:29:49,389 she clammed up. 1066 00:29:49,422 --> 00:29:52,625 It was evident because she 1067 00:29:49,422 --> 00:29:52,625 wouldn't talk to Greensboro, 1068 00:29:52,659 --> 00:29:56,496 but four years later, 1069 00:29:52,659 --> 00:29:56,496 with Maryann's passing, 1070 00:29:56,529 --> 00:30:00,734 Sandy reiterated what she said 1071 00:29:56,529 --> 00:30:00,734 to the neighbor. 1072 00:30:00,767 --> 00:30:03,269 - It may be enough 1073 00:30:00,767 --> 00:30:03,269 to put Boczkowski in court 1074 00:30:03,303 --> 00:30:05,739 for the murder 1075 00:30:03,303 --> 00:30:05,739 of his first wife, too, 1076 00:30:05,772 --> 00:30:09,342 leaving him facing two trials 1077 00:30:05,772 --> 00:30:09,342 for the murder of two wives 1078 00:30:09,376 --> 00:30:11,711 in two different states. 1079 00:30:11,745 --> 00:30:14,981 * * 1080 00:30:15,150 --> 00:30:17,350 - I said, "Look, I don't want 1081 00:30:15,150 --> 00:30:17,350 to hear any excuses. 1082 00:30:17,384 --> 00:30:18,718 "Just tell me flat out. 1083 00:30:18,752 --> 00:30:20,553 Did you or 1084 00:30:18,752 --> 00:30:20,553 did you not do this?" 1085 00:30:20,587 --> 00:30:24,257 Was I actually present 1086 00:30:20,587 --> 00:30:24,257 during my mom, Elaine's, death? 1087 00:30:34,567 --> 00:30:36,603 [dramatic music] 1088 00:30:36,870 --> 00:30:38,772 * * 1089 00:30:38,805 --> 00:30:40,173 - Police in Greensboro 1090 00:30:40,206 --> 00:30:43,443 have received crucial, 1091 00:30:40,206 --> 00:30:43,443 new information. 1092 00:30:43,476 --> 00:30:46,346 Tim Boczkowski's daughter 1093 00:30:43,476 --> 00:30:46,346 Sandy has reported 1094 00:30:46,379 --> 00:30:49,215 that she heard her parents 1095 00:30:46,379 --> 00:30:49,215 fighting in the bathroom 1096 00:30:49,249 --> 00:30:51,985 the night her mother died. 1097 00:30:52,180 --> 00:30:54,120 - She heard Elaine saying, 1098 00:30:54,154 --> 00:30:56,489 "No, Tim, no. Stop." 1099 00:30:56,523 --> 00:30:57,857 - With this new evidence, 1100 00:30:57,891 --> 00:31:00,160 detectives request 1101 00:30:57,891 --> 00:31:00,160 a reexamination 1102 00:31:00,193 --> 00:31:03,630 of Elaine's autopsy report 1103 00:31:00,193 --> 00:31:03,630 which originally recorded 1104 00:31:03,663 --> 00:31:06,433 the cause of death 1105 00:31:03,663 --> 00:31:06,433 as undetermined. 1106 00:31:06,466 --> 00:31:08,768 - When new information arrives 1107 00:31:08,802 --> 00:31:11,438 that would cast doubt 1108 00:31:08,802 --> 00:31:11,438 upon our conclusion, 1109 00:31:11,471 --> 00:31:14,607 we're always willing 1110 00:31:11,471 --> 00:31:14,607 to go back and revisit it 1111 00:31:14,641 --> 00:31:17,877 to review it, 1112 00:31:14,641 --> 00:31:17,877 and if appropriate, change it. 1113 00:31:17,911 --> 00:31:20,413 - The medical examiner 1114 00:31:17,911 --> 00:31:20,413 pays close attention 1115 00:31:20,447 --> 00:31:22,849 to Sandy's testimony, 1116 00:31:20,447 --> 00:31:22,849 which places Tim 1117 00:31:22,882 --> 00:31:25,785 in the bathroom 1118 00:31:22,882 --> 00:31:25,785 at the time of Elaine's death. 1119 00:31:25,819 --> 00:31:28,154 He concludes that 1120 00:31:25,819 --> 00:31:28,154 the track marks on her abdomen 1121 00:31:28,188 --> 00:31:31,157 had been caused by 1122 00:31:28,188 --> 00:31:31,157 pushing her down over the tub, 1123 00:31:31,191 --> 00:31:33,693 forcing the air 1124 00:31:31,191 --> 00:31:33,693 out of her lungs. 1125 00:31:33,727 --> 00:31:36,930 - It was my feeling 1126 00:31:33,727 --> 00:31:36,930 that very significant pressure 1127 00:31:36,963 --> 00:31:38,598 had been applied to her back. 1128 00:31:38,631 --> 00:31:41,267 It would have been sufficient 1129 00:31:38,631 --> 00:31:41,267 to have led to her death 1130 00:31:41,301 --> 00:31:42,936 by asphyxiation 1131 00:31:41,301 --> 00:31:42,936 because she couldn't 1132 00:31:42,969 --> 00:31:46,639 take air into her lungs. 1133 00:31:46,673 --> 00:31:48,408 - Four years after her death, 1134 00:31:48,441 --> 00:31:50,777 Boczkowski is charged 1135 00:31:48,441 --> 00:31:50,777 with Elaine's murder 1136 00:31:50,810 --> 00:31:53,680 and this is while he's 1137 00:31:50,810 --> 00:31:53,680 awaiting trial in Pittsburgh 1138 00:31:53,713 --> 00:31:56,883 for the murder 1139 00:31:53,713 --> 00:31:56,883 of his second wife, Maryann. 1140 00:31:56,916 --> 00:32:00,887 * * 1141 00:32:00,920 --> 00:32:04,257 For Todd, 1142 00:32:00,920 --> 00:32:04,257 the news is overwhelming. 1143 00:32:04,290 --> 00:32:06,426 - I did look to my dad 1144 00:32:06,459 --> 00:32:10,764 to get from him 1145 00:32:06,459 --> 00:32:10,764 how does this work, 1146 00:32:10,797 --> 00:32:13,233 what is the process. 1147 00:32:13,266 --> 00:32:15,835 - Boczkowski continues 1148 00:32:13,266 --> 00:32:15,835 to protest his innocence 1149 00:32:15,869 --> 00:32:18,638 and asks his children 1150 00:32:15,869 --> 00:32:18,638 to stick by him. 1151 00:32:18,672 --> 00:32:22,442 - He always made the statement 1152 00:32:18,672 --> 00:32:22,442 of the truth will come out. 1153 00:32:22,475 --> 00:32:27,747 So as an 11-year-old, 1154 00:32:22,475 --> 00:32:27,747 I have zero reason 1155 00:32:27,781 --> 00:32:30,650 to question that. 1156 00:32:30,684 --> 00:32:33,353 - The kids were still 1157 00:32:30,684 --> 00:32:33,353 conflicted about the fact 1158 00:32:33,386 --> 00:32:36,256 that they want 1159 00:32:33,386 --> 00:32:36,256 to believe their dad. 1160 00:32:36,289 --> 00:32:39,726 After all, 1161 00:32:36,289 --> 00:32:39,726 these kids have nobody else. 1162 00:32:39,759 --> 00:32:42,162 - For me, if there 1163 00:32:39,759 --> 00:32:42,162 was any kind of justice 1164 00:32:42,195 --> 00:32:43,897 at that point in time, 1165 00:32:43,930 --> 00:32:47,467 it would be justice 1166 00:32:43,930 --> 00:32:47,467 for my dad to be freed, 1167 00:32:47,500 --> 00:32:52,238 so that I could go back 1168 00:32:47,500 --> 00:32:52,238 to having a normal life, 1169 00:32:52,272 --> 00:32:55,308 a normal family, 1170 00:32:52,272 --> 00:32:55,308 having my family back 1171 00:32:55,342 --> 00:32:59,145 and moving forward. 1172 00:32:59,179 --> 00:33:02,349 - Greensboro, 1173 00:32:59,179 --> 00:33:02,349 October 1996. 1174 00:33:02,382 --> 00:33:04,851 Tim Boczkowski 1175 00:33:02,382 --> 00:33:04,851 is led into court on trial 1176 00:33:04,884 --> 00:33:08,488 for the murder 1177 00:33:04,884 --> 00:33:08,488 of his first wife, Elaine. 1178 00:33:08,521 --> 00:33:10,757 - I don't think there was 1179 00:33:08,521 --> 00:33:10,757 something I could've wanted 1180 00:33:10,790 --> 00:33:14,427 more in my career than 1181 00:33:10,790 --> 00:33:14,427 to be able to get a conviction 1182 00:33:14,461 --> 00:33:18,331 against Tim Boczkowski 1183 00:33:14,461 --> 00:33:18,331 for what he did to his kids. 1184 00:33:18,365 --> 00:33:20,467 - It takes the jury 1185 00:33:18,365 --> 00:33:20,467 less than three hours 1186 00:33:20,500 --> 00:33:23,203 to deliver 1187 00:33:20,500 --> 00:33:23,203 a unanimous verdict. 1188 00:33:23,236 --> 00:33:27,273 Guilty of murder 1189 00:33:23,236 --> 00:33:27,273 in the first degree. 1190 00:33:27,307 --> 00:33:29,909 Boczkowski is sentenced 1191 00:33:27,307 --> 00:33:29,909 to life in prison, 1192 00:33:29,943 --> 00:33:32,612 but 11-year-old Todd, 1193 00:33:29,943 --> 00:33:32,612 still wasn't ready 1194 00:33:32,645 --> 00:33:35,281 to believe his dad 1195 00:33:32,645 --> 00:33:35,281 could've killed his mom. 1196 00:33:35,315 --> 00:33:39,119 - I was completely dumbfounded. 1197 00:33:35,315 --> 00:33:39,119 I was shocked. 1198 00:33:39,152 --> 00:33:42,655 I was speechless. 1199 00:33:39,152 --> 00:33:42,655 I didn't know what to say. 1200 00:33:42,689 --> 00:33:44,858 I did sit there 1201 00:33:42,689 --> 00:33:44,858 and ask myself, 1202 00:33:44,891 --> 00:33:47,193 "What is in store 1203 00:33:44,891 --> 00:33:47,193 in my future?" 1204 00:33:47,227 --> 00:33:51,231 Those are all things that 1205 00:33:47,227 --> 00:33:51,231 somebody that's 11 years old, 1206 00:33:51,264 --> 00:33:54,768 about to be 12, 1207 00:33:51,264 --> 00:33:54,768 should not have to answer. 1208 00:33:54,801 --> 00:33:59,105 * * 1209 00:33:59,105 --> 00:34:00,440 - Three years later, 1210 00:34:00,473 --> 00:34:02,642 Boczkowski 1211 00:34:00,473 --> 00:34:02,642 takes the stand again. 1212 00:34:02,676 --> 00:34:05,945 This time at the Allegheny 1213 00:34:02,676 --> 00:34:05,945 Courthouse in Pittsburgh. 1214 00:34:06,460 --> 00:34:10,250 He's charged with the homicide 1215 00:34:06,460 --> 00:34:10,250 of his second wife, Maryann. 1216 00:34:10,283 --> 00:34:13,453 Now there's even more 1217 00:34:10,283 --> 00:34:13,453 at stake. 1218 00:34:13,485 --> 00:34:15,889 - Unlike my dad's 1219 00:34:13,485 --> 00:34:15,889 first murder trial, 1220 00:34:15,922 --> 00:34:17,590 I knew upfront that 1221 00:34:17,623 --> 00:34:19,759 the death penalty 1222 00:34:17,623 --> 00:34:19,759 was on the table. 1223 00:34:19,793 --> 00:34:22,594 So I tried not 1224 00:34:19,793 --> 00:34:22,594 to think about that 1225 00:34:22,629 --> 00:34:25,331 because just like 1226 00:34:22,629 --> 00:34:25,331 with everything else 1227 00:34:25,364 --> 00:34:29,436 up to this point, 1228 00:34:25,364 --> 00:34:29,436 I was under the impression 1229 00:34:29,469 --> 00:34:33,473 that this was just 1230 00:34:29,469 --> 00:34:33,473 one, big, huge mistake. 1231 00:34:33,505 --> 00:34:35,775 - Anxious to show 1232 00:34:33,505 --> 00:34:35,775 support for their father, 1233 00:34:35,809 --> 00:34:38,478 who has convinced them 1234 00:34:35,809 --> 00:34:38,478 of his innocence, 1235 00:34:38,511 --> 00:34:41,348 14-year-old Todd 1236 00:34:38,511 --> 00:34:41,348 and his two older siblings 1237 00:34:41,380 --> 00:34:43,882 attend the trial, 1238 00:34:41,380 --> 00:34:43,882 but Todd could never 1239 00:34:43,917 --> 00:34:47,754 be prepared for 1240 00:34:43,917 --> 00:34:47,754 what he was about to hear. 1241 00:34:47,786 --> 00:34:49,956 The judge ruled that 1242 00:34:47,786 --> 00:34:49,956 evidence from the neighbor 1243 00:34:49,989 --> 00:34:52,692 who looked after the children 1244 00:34:49,989 --> 00:34:52,692 the night Elaine had died 1245 00:34:52,726 --> 00:34:55,762 was also relevant 1246 00:34:52,726 --> 00:34:55,762 because the circumstances 1247 00:34:55,795 --> 00:34:59,466 surrounding the two deaths 1248 00:34:55,795 --> 00:34:59,466 were so similar. 1249 00:34:59,499 --> 00:35:01,868 - The neighbor 1250 00:34:59,499 --> 00:35:01,868 from North Carolina 1251 00:35:01,901 --> 00:35:06,720 testified that I had told her 1252 00:35:06,106 --> 00:35:09,409 that I saw my dad 1253 00:35:09,442 --> 00:35:12,112 holding my mom down. 1254 00:35:12,145 --> 00:35:15,915 Sitting there in the courtroom, 1255 00:35:12,145 --> 00:35:15,915 it took my breath away. 1256 00:35:15,949 --> 00:35:18,485 That's not, at all, 1257 00:35:18,518 --> 00:35:20,453 what I had remembered, 1258 00:35:18,518 --> 00:35:20,453 you know? 1259 00:35:20,487 --> 00:35:25,225 If I saw my dad 1260 00:35:20,487 --> 00:35:25,225 holding my mom down, 1261 00:35:25,258 --> 00:35:28,962 that's something 1262 00:35:25,258 --> 00:35:28,962 that I would remember. 1263 00:35:29,620 --> 00:35:34,670 - Children can cope with 1264 00:35:29,620 --> 00:35:34,670 severe trauma by burying it, 1265 00:35:34,670 --> 00:35:35,468 disassociating, or detaching. 1266 00:35:35,502 --> 00:35:38,338 And, you know, 1267 00:35:35,502 --> 00:35:38,338 that memory can be blurred 1268 00:35:38,371 --> 00:35:41,307 or altered or even blocked 1269 00:35:38,371 --> 00:35:41,307 all together. 1270 00:35:41,341 --> 00:35:42,709 - Todd simply refuses 1271 00:35:42,742 --> 00:35:44,711 to accept 1272 00:35:42,742 --> 00:35:44,711 the witness statement. 1273 00:35:44,744 --> 00:35:48,481 To him, it's just 1274 00:35:44,744 --> 00:35:48,481 one more mistake, one of many, 1275 00:35:48,515 --> 00:35:52,652 that had taken his dad away 1276 00:35:48,515 --> 00:35:52,652 and broken up his family. 1277 00:35:52,686 --> 00:35:54,988 - Because of all of 1278 00:35:52,686 --> 00:35:54,988 the conflicting things, 1279 00:35:55,880 --> 00:35:57,490 there is really only 1280 00:35:55,880 --> 00:35:57,490 one way to think 1281 00:35:57,524 --> 00:36:01,494 and that was to go back 1282 00:35:57,524 --> 00:36:01,494 to what my father had said. 1283 00:36:01,528 --> 00:36:06,332 To, you know, still believe, 1284 00:36:01,528 --> 00:36:06,332 my dad didn't do this. 1285 00:36:06,366 --> 00:36:08,201 - The Allegheny 1286 00:36:06,366 --> 00:36:08,201 courthouse jury 1287 00:36:08,234 --> 00:36:10,236 did not agree with Todd. 1288 00:36:10,270 --> 00:36:13,907 - In Pittsburgh, at 1289 00:36:10,270 --> 00:36:13,907 the conclusion of that trial, 1290 00:36:13,940 --> 00:36:16,776 Boczkowski was convicted. 1291 00:36:16,810 --> 00:36:18,440 - Todd remains convinced 1292 00:36:18,780 --> 00:36:19,913 his father is innocent, 1293 00:36:18,780 --> 00:36:19,913 but now, 1294 00:36:19,946 --> 00:36:22,882 Tim Boczkowski's life 1295 00:36:19,946 --> 00:36:22,882 is on the line. 1296 00:36:22,916 --> 00:36:25,485 Will the court sentence him 1297 00:36:22,916 --> 00:36:25,485 to life in prison 1298 00:36:25,518 --> 00:36:31,124 or will he face death 1299 00:36:25,518 --> 00:36:31,124 by lethal injection? 1300 00:36:31,157 --> 00:36:33,590 - After my dad was convicted, 1301 00:36:33,590 --> 00:36:34,828 there was a sentencing phase 1302 00:36:34,861 --> 00:36:36,830 and me, my brother, 1303 00:36:34,861 --> 00:36:36,830 and sister, all three of us, 1304 00:36:36,863 --> 00:36:38,631 testified in that. 1305 00:36:38,665 --> 00:36:40,800 And, you know, 1306 00:36:38,665 --> 00:36:40,800 we were essentially 1307 00:36:40,834 --> 00:36:44,804 asking 12 strangers 1308 00:36:40,834 --> 00:36:44,804 to spare our father's life. 1309 00:36:44,838 --> 00:36:48,775 - There's no doubt that this 1310 00:36:44,838 --> 00:36:48,775 testimony from these children 1311 00:36:48,808 --> 00:36:52,312 was contrived by the defense 1312 00:36:48,808 --> 00:36:52,312 'cause what else did he have? 1313 00:36:52,345 --> 00:36:54,647 What else does 1314 00:36:52,345 --> 00:36:54,647 Boczkowski have except 1315 00:36:54,681 --> 00:36:56,683 to put those children 1316 00:36:54,681 --> 00:36:56,683 on the stand 1317 00:36:56,716 --> 00:37:00,754 and get them to tell 1318 00:36:56,716 --> 00:37:00,754 them how much they love him? 1319 00:37:00,787 --> 00:37:03,890 - As he had done after 1320 00:37:00,787 --> 00:37:03,890 murdering their birth mother, 1321 00:37:03,923 --> 00:37:08,194 Tim continued to convince 1322 00:37:03,923 --> 00:37:08,194 his children of his innocence. 1323 00:37:08,228 --> 00:37:11,364 - We believe Tim Boczkowski 1324 00:37:08,228 --> 00:37:11,364 brainwashed the kids. 1325 00:37:11,398 --> 00:37:14,200 I'm not talking about 1326 00:37:11,398 --> 00:37:14,200 browbeating them, 1327 00:37:14,234 --> 00:37:17,437 but manipulative, you know? 1328 00:37:17,470 --> 00:37:19,773 What would you do 1329 00:37:17,470 --> 00:37:19,773 if you were that young? 1330 00:37:19,806 --> 00:37:21,408 You're gonna listen 1331 00:37:19,806 --> 00:37:21,408 to your dad. 1332 00:37:21,441 --> 00:37:24,477 - I just remember turning 1333 00:37:21,441 --> 00:37:24,477 towards the jury 1334 00:37:24,511 --> 00:37:25,745 and saying to them, you know, 1335 00:37:25,779 --> 00:37:28,480 "Please don't take away 1336 00:37:25,779 --> 00:37:28,480 my father. 1337 00:37:28,810 --> 00:37:30,250 Please don't sentence him 1338 00:37:28,810 --> 00:37:30,250 to death." 1339 00:37:39,526 --> 00:37:41,561 [dramatic music] 1340 00:37:41,828 --> 00:37:43,296 * * 1341 00:37:43,329 --> 00:37:44,864 - Allegheny Courthouse, 1342 00:37:44,898 --> 00:37:47,600 Pittsburgh, May 1999. 1343 00:37:47,634 --> 00:37:49,736 Tim Boczkowski 1344 00:37:47,634 --> 00:37:49,736 has been found guilty 1345 00:37:49,769 --> 00:37:52,972 of the murder 1346 00:37:49,769 --> 00:37:52,972 of his second wife, Maryann. 1347 00:37:53,730 --> 00:37:56,142 In an attempt to save 1348 00:37:53,730 --> 00:37:56,142 his dad from being executed, 1349 00:37:56,176 --> 00:37:59,779 son, Todd, 1350 00:37:56,176 --> 00:37:59,779 has appealed to the jury. 1351 00:37:59,813 --> 00:38:03,149 Now it's the turn 1352 00:37:59,813 --> 00:38:03,149 of his sister Sandy. 1353 00:38:03,183 --> 00:38:05,180 - When my sister testified, 1354 00:38:05,180 --> 00:38:09,220 she pretty much had 1355 00:38:05,180 --> 00:38:09,220 the entire courtroom in tears. 1356 00:38:09,220 --> 00:38:11,257 * * 1357 00:38:11,291 --> 00:38:13,930 - Tim Boczkowski's 1358 00:38:11,291 --> 00:38:13,930 daughter Sandy 1359 00:38:13,126 --> 00:38:16,290 made a very emotional plea. 1360 00:38:16,290 --> 00:38:18,365 She was a young girl, 1361 00:38:18,398 --> 00:38:22,602 really trying 1362 00:38:18,398 --> 00:38:22,602 to save her father. 1363 00:38:22,635 --> 00:38:24,137 - You had to feel 1364 00:38:22,635 --> 00:38:24,137 for all three of them. 1365 00:38:24,170 --> 00:38:28,541 Yeah, it was heartbreaking. 1366 00:38:28,575 --> 00:38:32,712 - It really affected, I think, 1367 00:38:28,575 --> 00:38:32,712 everyone in the courtroom 1368 00:38:32,746 --> 00:38:34,147 except for Boczkowski. 1369 00:38:34,180 --> 00:38:36,583 * * 1370 00:38:36,616 --> 00:38:41,521 His cold demeanor prevailed, 1371 00:38:36,616 --> 00:38:41,521 and he seemed unmoved by it. 1372 00:38:41,554 --> 00:38:44,924 - If you looked at Tim, 1373 00:38:41,554 --> 00:38:44,924 no emotion whatsoever. 1374 00:38:44,958 --> 00:38:46,559 Nothing. 1375 00:38:46,593 --> 00:38:49,620 The jury was eyeing him up. 1376 00:38:46,593 --> 00:38:49,620 I know I was eyeing him up. 1377 00:38:49,620 --> 00:38:50,397 Everybody was eyeing him up. 1378 00:38:50,430 --> 00:38:54,734 And he made a comment 1379 00:38:50,430 --> 00:38:54,734 after she testified, 1380 00:38:54,768 --> 00:38:57,270 "Make sure my sandwich 1381 00:38:54,768 --> 00:38:57,270 is down there. 1382 00:38:57,303 --> 00:38:58,705 I think they were late 1383 00:38:57,303 --> 00:38:58,705 yesterday." 1384 00:38:58,738 --> 00:39:00,140 Something to that extent. 1385 00:39:00,173 --> 00:39:04,440 - This is, perhaps, 1386 00:39:00,173 --> 00:39:04,440 one of the boldest expressions 1387 00:39:04,770 --> 00:39:07,380 of narcissism that I've seen. 1388 00:39:07,414 --> 00:39:10,884 His daughter is making 1389 00:39:07,414 --> 00:39:10,884 a passionate plea 1390 00:39:10,917 --> 00:39:13,190 for mercy 1391 00:39:10,917 --> 00:39:13,190 for her father's life. 1392 00:39:13,190 --> 00:39:16,790 In fact, his reaction 1393 00:39:13,190 --> 00:39:16,790 when she finished was 1394 00:39:16,823 --> 00:39:19,159 whether his lunch 1395 00:39:16,823 --> 00:39:19,159 was gonna be there on time. 1396 00:39:19,192 --> 00:39:21,940 - That hurt him bad. 1397 00:39:21,127 --> 00:39:23,763 Jury right there--I think 1398 00:39:21,127 --> 00:39:23,763 the jury said, 1399 00:39:23,797 --> 00:39:25,598 "To hell with him. 1400 00:39:25,632 --> 00:39:27,133 He doesn't even care 1401 00:39:25,632 --> 00:39:27,133 about his daughter." 1402 00:39:27,167 --> 00:39:30,704 They ruled 1403 00:39:27,167 --> 00:39:30,704 the capital punishment. 1404 00:39:30,737 --> 00:39:32,405 Put him to death. 1405 00:39:32,439 --> 00:39:34,374 - Sentenced 1406 00:39:32,439 --> 00:39:34,374 to death for the murder 1407 00:39:34,407 --> 00:39:36,476 of his second wife, Maryann, 1408 00:39:36,509 --> 00:39:39,279 Boczkowski is placed 1409 00:39:36,509 --> 00:39:39,279 on death row 1410 00:39:39,312 --> 00:39:43,516 at the Pennsylvania 1411 00:39:39,312 --> 00:39:43,516 department of corrections. 1412 00:39:43,550 --> 00:39:45,719 But even in these 1413 00:39:43,550 --> 00:39:45,719 bleak surroundings, 1414 00:39:45,752 --> 00:39:49,550 Tim presses all three children 1415 00:39:45,752 --> 00:39:49,550 to continue to visit him. 1416 00:39:49,890 --> 00:39:52,759 - I would still go visit him. 1417 00:39:49,890 --> 00:39:52,759 I had a relationship with him. 1418 00:39:52,792 --> 00:39:55,950 As far as believing in him, 1419 00:39:52,792 --> 00:39:55,950 his innocence, 1420 00:39:55,128 --> 00:39:57,630 I still believed in that. 1421 00:39:57,630 --> 00:39:58,665 - After graduating 1422 00:39:57,630 --> 00:39:58,665 high school, 1423 00:39:58,698 --> 00:40:01,601 Todd decided to leave 1424 00:39:58,698 --> 00:40:01,601 Pittsburgh, a city where 1425 00:40:01,634 --> 00:40:04,137 the name Boczkowski 1426 00:40:01,634 --> 00:40:04,137 had become infamous. 1427 00:40:04,170 --> 00:40:05,805 He signed up to train 1428 00:40:05,839 --> 00:40:08,942 as a military police officer 1429 00:40:05,839 --> 00:40:08,942 in the Air Force. 1430 00:40:08,975 --> 00:40:11,978 - When you join the military, 1431 00:40:08,975 --> 00:40:11,978 it doesn't matter who you are, 1432 00:40:12,120 --> 00:40:13,780 it doesn't matter what 1433 00:40:12,120 --> 00:40:13,780 background you're coming from. 1434 00:40:13,813 --> 00:40:15,548 They strip you of who you are, 1435 00:40:15,582 --> 00:40:18,151 they build you back up into who 1436 00:40:15,582 --> 00:40:18,151 they want and need you to be, 1437 00:40:18,184 --> 00:40:22,789 so that's something that was 1438 00:40:18,184 --> 00:40:22,789 very appealing to me. 1439 00:40:22,822 --> 00:40:26,590 - Before long, 1440 00:40:22,822 --> 00:40:26,590 Todd was posted to Iraq. 1441 00:40:26,920 --> 00:40:28,395 - I was deployed 1442 00:40:26,920 --> 00:40:28,395 to Camp Bucca, 1443 00:40:28,428 --> 00:40:31,431 an Iraqi detainee prison camp. 1444 00:40:31,464 --> 00:40:33,700 - Todd did his best 1445 00:40:31,464 --> 00:40:33,700 to forget the past, 1446 00:40:33,733 --> 00:40:36,803 but there was one memory 1447 00:40:33,733 --> 00:40:36,803 he could not shake off. 1448 00:40:36,836 --> 00:40:39,539 - I thought back to that 1449 00:40:36,836 --> 00:40:39,539 testimony back at the trial 1450 00:40:39,572 --> 00:40:45,780 where, you know, I supposedly 1451 00:40:39,572 --> 00:40:45,780 saw my dad holding my mom down. 1452 00:40:45,111 --> 00:40:48,281 Is that what happened 1453 00:40:45,111 --> 00:40:48,281 and I just couldn't remember 1454 00:40:48,314 --> 00:40:50,984 because it was so traumatic? 1455 00:40:51,170 --> 00:40:53,386 - Back on leave in 2004, 1456 00:40:53,420 --> 00:40:56,556 Todd traveled to 1457 00:40:53,420 --> 00:40:56,556 confront his father in prison. 1458 00:40:56,589 --> 00:40:58,925 - I said, "Look, I don't want 1459 00:40:56,589 --> 00:40:58,925 to hear any excuses. 1460 00:40:58,958 --> 00:41:00,260 "Just tell me flat out. 1461 00:41:00,293 --> 00:41:02,620 Did you or 1462 00:41:00,293 --> 00:41:02,620 did you not do this?" 1463 00:41:02,620 --> 00:41:04,164 Was I actually present, 1464 00:41:02,620 --> 00:41:04,164 you know, 1465 00:41:04,197 --> 00:41:07,400 during my mom, Elaine's, death? 1466 00:41:07,434 --> 00:41:10,700 - Reluctantly, 1467 00:41:07,434 --> 00:41:10,700 Boczkowski agreed to talk 1468 00:41:10,700 --> 00:41:14,140 about that night in 1990. 1469 00:41:14,174 --> 00:41:15,909 With the couple 1470 00:41:14,174 --> 00:41:15,909 due to divorce, 1471 00:41:15,942 --> 00:41:18,511 Boczkowski told Todd 1472 00:41:15,942 --> 00:41:18,511 he had become jealous 1473 00:41:18,545 --> 00:41:21,781 after reading an entry 1474 00:41:18,545 --> 00:41:21,781 in Elaine's diary. 1475 00:41:21,815 --> 00:41:24,584 - He said that he went 1476 00:41:21,815 --> 00:41:24,584 to the bathroom, 1477 00:41:24,617 --> 00:41:27,787 she started 1478 00:41:24,617 --> 00:41:27,787 to raise her voice, 1479 00:41:27,821 --> 00:41:31,791 and knowing that us 1480 00:41:27,821 --> 00:41:31,791 three kids were asleep, 1481 00:41:31,825 --> 00:41:35,950 he wanted her to be quiet. 1482 00:41:35,128 --> 00:41:38,498 He said there was 1483 00:41:35,128 --> 00:41:38,498 a washcloth on the sink. 1484 00:41:38,531 --> 00:41:41,668 He attempted to put it 1485 00:41:38,531 --> 00:41:41,668 over her mouth 1486 00:41:41,701 --> 00:41:45,472 and in turn, he placed her 1487 00:41:41,701 --> 00:41:45,472 over the bathtub, 1488 00:41:45,505 --> 00:41:49,776 and he was 1489 00:41:45,505 --> 00:41:49,776 literally squeezing her. 1490 00:41:49,809 --> 00:41:51,344 - Then came the confirmation 1491 00:41:51,378 --> 00:41:53,513 of the horrific event 1492 00:41:51,378 --> 00:41:53,513 Todd had suppressed 1493 00:41:53,546 --> 00:41:55,782 since he was 5 years old. 1494 00:41:55,815 --> 00:41:59,619 - He said that somebody had 1495 00:41:55,815 --> 00:41:59,619 opened up the bathroom door, 1496 00:41:59,652 --> 00:42:03,523 and it was me. 1497 00:42:03,556 --> 00:42:07,293 He told me to get out 1498 00:42:03,556 --> 00:42:07,293 of the bathroom, 1499 00:42:07,327 --> 00:42:09,162 and then the realization came 1500 00:42:09,195 --> 00:42:12,932 of I literally witnessed 1501 00:42:12,966 --> 00:42:16,403 my dad killing my mom. 1502 00:42:16,436 --> 00:42:18,538 - It had taken 14 years, 1503 00:42:18,571 --> 00:42:22,942 but Todd finally had the truth 1504 00:42:18,571 --> 00:42:22,942 about how his mother died. 1505 00:42:22,976 --> 00:42:27,800 Todd thinks he now knows why 1506 00:42:22,976 --> 00:42:27,800 his dad made the confession. 1507 00:42:27,800 --> 00:42:32,152 He simply didn't need his son 1508 00:42:27,800 --> 00:42:32,152 to believe his lies anymore. 1509 00:42:32,185 --> 00:42:33,987 Just before Todd's visit, 1510 00:42:34,870 --> 00:42:35,388 Boczkowski's death sentence 1511 00:42:35,422 --> 00:42:38,992 was commuted 1512 00:42:35,422 --> 00:42:38,992 to life in prison. 1513 00:42:39,920 --> 00:42:40,827 His closeness to his children 1514 00:42:40,860 --> 00:42:43,797 was given as the reason 1515 00:42:40,860 --> 00:42:43,797 for this clemency. 1516 00:42:43,830 --> 00:42:45,598 - It opened up my eyes into 1517 00:42:45,632 --> 00:42:48,134 who he actually was 1518 00:42:45,632 --> 00:42:48,134 as a person. 1519 00:42:48,168 --> 00:42:50,403 He's not the harmless, 1520 00:42:50,437 --> 00:42:53,373 goofball, humorous dad 1521 00:42:53,406 --> 00:42:56,676 that I had viewed him 1522 00:42:53,406 --> 00:42:56,676 whenever I was a child. 1523 00:42:56,710 --> 00:42:59,145 He's a cold, 1524 00:42:56,710 --> 00:42:59,145 manipulative killer. 1525 00:42:59,179 --> 00:43:00,880 That's what he is. 1526 00:43:00,914 --> 00:43:05,151 I don't need or want 1527 00:43:00,914 --> 00:43:05,151 someone like that in my life. 1528 00:43:05,185 --> 00:43:08,755 * * 1529 00:43:08,788 --> 00:43:10,957 - Today, 36-year-old Todd 1530 00:43:11,570 --> 00:43:12,592 is writing a book about 1531 00:43:12,625 --> 00:43:15,962 his experience as the son 1532 00:43:12,625 --> 00:43:15,962 of Tim Boczkowski. 1533 00:43:16,620 --> 00:43:20,133 - I do think my dad 1534 00:43:16,620 --> 00:43:20,133 took certain aspects 1535 00:43:20,166 --> 00:43:22,680 of my childhood away. 1536 00:43:22,102 --> 00:43:24,337 - Hey, Todd, 1537 00:43:22,102 --> 00:43:24,337 give us a Christmas smile. 1538 00:43:24,371 --> 00:43:26,106 - Can we have 1539 00:43:24,371 --> 00:43:26,106 one more present? 1540 00:43:26,139 --> 00:43:30,543 - I don't have a lot of happy 1541 00:43:26,139 --> 00:43:30,543 memories of my childhood. 1542 00:43:30,577 --> 00:43:34,381 Those are very tough 1543 00:43:30,577 --> 00:43:34,381 to come by. 1544 00:43:34,414 --> 00:43:37,150 - Hey, Maryann, 1545 00:43:34,414 --> 00:43:37,150 merry Christmas. 1546 00:43:37,183 --> 00:43:41,121 - Merry Christmas. 1547 00:43:37,183 --> 00:43:41,121 - Can we have one more present? 1548 00:43:41,154 --> 00:43:43,790 - He took that innocence away. 1549 00:43:43,823 --> 00:43:46,326 * *