1 00:00:09,275 --> 00:00:10,944 - What happens when 2 00:00:09,275 --> 00:00:10,944 a charismatic killer... 3 00:00:11,344 --> 00:00:12,846 - It's classic. 4 00:00:12,879 --> 00:00:15,615 Classic serial killer 5 00:00:12,879 --> 00:00:15,615 can make friends with anybody. 6 00:00:15,648 --> 00:00:17,984 - With a distinctive 7 00:00:15,648 --> 00:00:17,984 homicide technique... 8 00:00:18,180 --> 00:00:21,187 - This wasn't some sort 9 00:00:18,180 --> 00:00:21,187 of impulse grabbing somebody 10 00:00:21,221 --> 00:00:23,456 by the throat 11 00:00:21,221 --> 00:00:23,456 and strangling them. 12 00:00:23,490 --> 00:00:25,392 - Who dumps the bodies 13 00:00:23,490 --> 00:00:25,392 of his victims 14 00:00:25,425 --> 00:00:27,460 in empty parking lots... 15 00:00:27,494 --> 00:00:29,829 - Everybody in Houston 16 00:00:27,494 --> 00:00:29,829 was just shocked. 17 00:00:29,863 --> 00:00:31,965 Stunned. They were angry. 18 00:00:31,998 --> 00:00:37,170 - Goes undetected for years... 19 00:00:31,998 --> 00:00:37,170 - He is an evil person. 20 00:00:37,203 --> 00:00:41,174 He is a guy that preyed 21 00:00:37,203 --> 00:00:41,174 on young women and girls. 22 00:00:41,207 --> 00:00:45,812 - Until his crimes closer 23 00:00:41,207 --> 00:00:45,812 to home bring his downfall. 24 00:00:45,845 --> 00:00:48,682 - He was just out 25 00:00:45,845 --> 00:00:48,682 murdering people 26 00:00:48,715 --> 00:00:50,984 when you were sleeping 27 00:00:48,715 --> 00:00:50,984 in your bed at night. 28 00:00:51,170 --> 00:00:53,453 - It's unspeakable. 29 00:00:51,170 --> 00:00:53,453 It's unspeakable. 30 00:00:53,486 --> 00:00:55,822 - The person sitting there 31 00:00:53,486 --> 00:00:55,822 on the other side of the glass 32 00:00:55,855 --> 00:00:56,990 was not my brother. 33 00:00:57,230 --> 00:00:58,992 All I saw was a demon. 34 00:00:59,250 --> 00:01:01,761 - Despite knowing 35 00:00:59,250 --> 00:01:01,761 this predator closely, 36 00:01:01,795 --> 00:01:03,430 his family didn't know 37 00:01:07,534 --> 00:01:09,803 [ominous music] 38 00:01:10,136 --> 00:01:14,607 * * 39 00:01:15,442 --> 00:01:18,845 - Houston, Texas, 40 00:01:15,442 --> 00:01:18,845 the home of NASA Space Center 41 00:01:18,878 --> 00:01:21,881 and oil exploration. 42 00:01:21,914 --> 00:01:23,883 In the early 1990s, 43 00:01:23,917 --> 00:01:27,420 Houston was going through 44 00:01:23,917 --> 00:01:27,420 a troublesome time. 45 00:01:27,454 --> 00:01:30,824 - People were afraid 46 00:01:27,454 --> 00:01:30,824 to leave their houses. 47 00:01:30,857 --> 00:01:32,125 There were home invasions. 48 00:01:32,158 --> 00:01:33,960 People were getting mugged 49 00:01:32,158 --> 00:01:33,960 and robbed. 50 00:01:33,993 --> 00:01:35,962 We were crime-ridden. 51 00:01:35,995 --> 00:01:38,832 - The general attitude 52 00:01:35,995 --> 00:01:38,832 was it may not be 53 00:01:38,865 --> 00:01:40,233 as safe as it used to be, 54 00:01:40,265 --> 00:01:42,602 so there was some concern 55 00:01:40,265 --> 00:01:42,602 among the community 56 00:01:42,634 --> 00:01:46,139 about the possible dangers 57 00:01:42,634 --> 00:01:46,139 to their children. 58 00:01:46,172 --> 00:01:47,807 * * 59 00:01:47,841 --> 00:01:52,812 - Thursday, April 16th, 1992, 60 00:01:47,841 --> 00:01:52,812 10:35 a.m., 61 00:01:52,846 --> 00:01:54,981 the parking lot 62 00:01:52,846 --> 00:01:54,981 of Dairy Queen restaurant 63 00:01:55,150 --> 00:01:57,417 in Northwest Houston. 64 00:01:57,450 --> 00:02:00,286 - A guy pulled through to 65 00:01:57,450 --> 00:02:00,286 the drive-through and saw it. 66 00:02:00,320 --> 00:02:01,888 And he couldn't believe 67 00:02:00,320 --> 00:02:01,888 his eyes. 68 00:02:01,921 --> 00:02:03,456 There was a dead body. 69 00:02:03,490 --> 00:02:05,825 - Detectives from 70 00:02:03,490 --> 00:02:05,825 the Houston Police Department 71 00:02:05,859 --> 00:02:08,261 Homicide division 72 00:02:05,859 --> 00:02:08,261 are immediately dispatched 73 00:02:08,294 --> 00:02:10,729 to the scene 74 00:02:08,294 --> 00:02:10,729 at the Daily Queen. 75 00:02:10,764 --> 00:02:13,366 - Once there, 76 00:02:10,764 --> 00:02:13,366 they find the body of a woman 77 00:02:13,400 --> 00:02:16,670 dumped in 78 00:02:13,400 --> 00:02:16,670 the drive-through lot. 79 00:02:16,703 --> 00:02:17,837 - They turn her over. 80 00:02:17,871 --> 00:02:20,807 She has long, black hair 81 00:02:17,871 --> 00:02:20,807 and her hair kind of falls away 82 00:02:20,840 --> 00:02:24,811 and they realize that she's got 83 00:02:20,840 --> 00:02:24,811 a ligature around her neck. 84 00:02:24,844 --> 00:02:27,213 - She had been strangled 85 00:02:24,844 --> 00:02:27,213 with a tourniquet, 86 00:02:27,247 --> 00:02:30,417 an object wrapped around 87 00:02:27,247 --> 00:02:30,417 the cord around her neck 88 00:02:30,450 --> 00:02:35,221 and twisted until the 89 00:02:30,450 --> 00:02:35,221 tourniquet tightened. 90 00:02:35,255 --> 00:02:37,891 - This homicide technique 91 00:02:35,255 --> 00:02:37,891 is complex. 92 00:02:37,924 --> 00:02:39,726 It suggests this might not be 93 00:02:39,759 --> 00:02:42,495 the first time 94 00:02:39,759 --> 00:02:42,495 the killer has struck. 95 00:02:42,529 --> 00:02:44,164 - The killer knew 96 00:02:42,529 --> 00:02:44,164 what he was doing 97 00:02:44,197 --> 00:02:46,332 and was prepared 98 00:02:44,197 --> 00:02:46,332 to commit the murder 99 00:02:46,366 --> 00:02:48,567 at the time he abducted her. 100 00:02:48,601 --> 00:02:51,971 - This wasn't some sort of like 101 00:02:48,601 --> 00:02:51,971 impulse grabbing somebody 102 00:02:52,500 --> 00:02:53,606 by the throat 103 00:02:52,500 --> 00:02:53,606 and strangling them. 104 00:02:53,640 --> 00:02:57,377 Somebody put some thought 105 00:02:53,640 --> 00:02:57,377 and effort into this. 106 00:02:57,410 --> 00:03:01,247 - The deceased female 107 00:02:57,410 --> 00:03:01,247 is partially undressed. 108 00:03:01,281 --> 00:03:03,450 - It looked like you know, 109 00:03:01,281 --> 00:03:03,450 sexual assault 110 00:03:03,483 --> 00:03:06,820 and not only that, 111 00:03:03,483 --> 00:03:06,820 but a brutal sexual assault. 112 00:03:06,853 --> 00:03:11,257 There was obviously 113 00:03:06,853 --> 00:03:11,257 a monster around to do this. 114 00:03:11,291 --> 00:03:13,727 - Ten hours 115 00:03:11,291 --> 00:03:13,727 into their investigation, 116 00:03:13,760 --> 00:03:16,763 detectives get an ID 117 00:03:13,760 --> 00:03:16,763 on the victim. 118 00:03:16,796 --> 00:03:18,865 - Her father actually goes down 119 00:03:16,796 --> 00:03:18,865 to the scene 120 00:03:18,898 --> 00:03:22,202 where police are still, 121 00:03:18,898 --> 00:03:22,202 you know, documenting evidence. 122 00:03:22,235 --> 00:03:24,704 And he identifies her. 123 00:03:24,738 --> 00:03:27,841 - 21-year-old 124 00:03:24,738 --> 00:03:27,841 Maria Del Carmen Estrada 125 00:03:27,874 --> 00:03:31,344 was a Hispanic woman 126 00:03:27,874 --> 00:03:31,344 who worked as a nanny. 127 00:03:31,378 --> 00:03:33,513 - Maria Del Carmen Estrada 128 00:03:31,378 --> 00:03:33,513 was a small woman. 129 00:03:33,546 --> 00:03:35,215 She was, you know, very petite. 130 00:03:35,248 --> 00:03:37,829 She had come to Houston 131 00:03:35,248 --> 00:03:37,829 from Mexico, 132 00:03:37,117 --> 00:03:39,586 hoping to build a better life. 133 00:03:39,619 --> 00:03:42,989 - Maria had only been missing 134 00:03:39,619 --> 00:03:42,989 since that morning. 135 00:03:43,890 --> 00:03:46,692 The local news had alerted 136 00:03:43,890 --> 00:03:46,692 her family to her tragic fate. 137 00:03:46,726 --> 00:03:49,462 [ominous music] 138 00:03:49,496 --> 00:03:52,332 - During an assault 139 00:03:49,496 --> 00:03:52,332 or an abduction, 140 00:03:52,365 --> 00:03:54,801 especially with a female, 141 00:03:52,365 --> 00:03:54,801 it's common to struggle 142 00:03:54,834 --> 00:03:58,905 and scratch her assailant 143 00:03:54,834 --> 00:03:58,905 resulting in skin 144 00:03:58,938 --> 00:04:01,608 or blood being 145 00:03:58,938 --> 00:04:01,608 underneath the fingernails. 146 00:04:01,641 --> 00:04:06,746 - In 1992, DNA analysis 147 00:04:01,641 --> 00:04:06,746 is in its infancy, 148 00:04:06,780 --> 00:04:10,450 but Houston PD thinks it could 149 00:04:06,780 --> 00:04:10,450 be useful in this case. 150 00:04:10,483 --> 00:04:11,818 Swabs and fingernail clippings 151 00:04:11,851 --> 00:04:15,550 are taken 152 00:04:11,851 --> 00:04:15,550 from the woman's body. 153 00:04:15,550 --> 00:04:16,790 - There was a predator 154 00:04:15,550 --> 00:04:16,790 out there. 155 00:04:16,822 --> 00:04:21,428 Someone who would do violence, 156 00:04:16,822 --> 00:04:21,428 violence, violence to women. 157 00:04:21,461 --> 00:04:23,563 - Five miles east 158 00:04:21,461 --> 00:04:23,563 of the Dairy Queen 159 00:04:23,596 --> 00:04:26,332 is the neighborhood 160 00:04:23,596 --> 00:04:26,332 of Houston Heights. 161 00:04:26,366 --> 00:04:29,402 Here 30-year-old single dad 162 00:04:26,366 --> 00:04:29,402 Anthony Shore 163 00:04:29,436 --> 00:04:31,805 is raising 164 00:04:29,436 --> 00:04:31,805 his young daughters. 165 00:04:31,838 --> 00:04:33,173 * * 166 00:04:33,206 --> 00:04:35,175 One woman who knows 167 00:04:33,206 --> 00:04:35,175 Anthony well 168 00:04:35,207 --> 00:04:37,577 is his younger sister, Gina. 169 00:04:37,610 --> 00:04:40,747 - My brother and I probably 170 00:04:37,610 --> 00:04:40,747 became very close 171 00:04:40,780 --> 00:04:42,148 while we were growing up. 172 00:04:42,182 --> 00:04:43,783 And my sister 173 00:04:42,182 --> 00:04:43,783 was so much younger 174 00:04:43,817 --> 00:04:47,220 that she really wasn't 175 00:04:43,817 --> 00:04:47,220 part of our little clique. 176 00:04:47,253 --> 00:04:49,589 My brother, 177 00:04:47,253 --> 00:04:49,589 he sold himself very well. 178 00:04:49,622 --> 00:04:53,393 He carried himself 179 00:04:49,622 --> 00:04:53,393 with the confidence, 180 00:04:53,426 --> 00:04:56,763 very charismatic, 181 00:04:53,426 --> 00:04:56,763 but very arrogant. 182 00:04:56,796 --> 00:05:00,800 He always felt that he was 183 00:04:56,796 --> 00:05:00,800 better than a lot of people. 184 00:05:00,834 --> 00:05:04,738 - In some respects, Anthony 185 00:05:00,834 --> 00:05:04,738 had reason to feel superior. 186 00:05:04,771 --> 00:05:10,430 - My brother was extremely 187 00:05:04,771 --> 00:05:10,430 gifted and talented. 188 00:05:10,430 --> 00:05:13,380 Anything to do with the arts, 189 00:05:10,430 --> 00:05:13,380 just off the charts, 190 00:05:13,413 --> 00:05:15,480 amazingly gifted. 191 00:05:15,480 --> 00:05:17,417 He could hear something 192 00:05:15,480 --> 00:05:17,417 on the radio 193 00:05:17,450 --> 00:05:19,520 and go and play it 194 00:05:17,450 --> 00:05:19,520 on the piano. 195 00:05:19,520 --> 00:05:20,553 * * 196 00:05:20,587 --> 00:05:23,289 - But there's a flipside 197 00:05:20,587 --> 00:05:23,289 to this talented artist. 198 00:05:23,323 --> 00:05:25,425 - He'd always been 199 00:05:23,323 --> 00:05:25,425 kind of a control freak. 200 00:05:25,457 --> 00:05:28,161 He's always been 201 00:05:25,457 --> 00:05:28,161 very structured 202 00:05:28,194 --> 00:05:30,830 as to how he wanted 203 00:05:28,194 --> 00:05:30,830 things to be. 204 00:05:30,864 --> 00:05:33,967 His clothes were always folded 205 00:05:30,864 --> 00:05:33,967 a certain way. 206 00:05:34,670 --> 00:05:35,969 He liked things to be just so. 207 00:05:36,690 --> 00:05:39,372 On his plate, at dinner, 208 00:05:36,690 --> 00:05:39,372 he didn't want his foods 209 00:05:39,406 --> 00:05:42,409 touching each other 210 00:05:39,406 --> 00:05:42,409 on the plate. 211 00:05:42,442 --> 00:05:44,644 Very much in control 212 00:05:42,442 --> 00:05:44,644 of the situation. 213 00:05:44,678 --> 00:05:45,812 * * 214 00:05:45,845 --> 00:05:47,981 - As Anthony grew 215 00:05:45,845 --> 00:05:47,981 into a teenager, 216 00:05:48,810 --> 00:05:51,985 he found a new focus 217 00:05:48,810 --> 00:05:51,985 for his controlling nature. 218 00:05:52,850 --> 00:05:53,953 - He would have me knock 219 00:05:52,850 --> 00:05:53,953 on somebody's door 220 00:05:53,987 --> 00:05:57,390 and have the people's daughter 221 00:05:53,987 --> 00:05:57,390 or whatever come out 222 00:05:57,424 --> 00:05:59,592 so that he could talk to him 223 00:05:57,424 --> 00:05:59,592 and then I would go home. 224 00:05:59,626 --> 00:06:02,629 I don't think it had 225 00:05:59,626 --> 00:06:02,629 ever occurred to me 226 00:06:02,662 --> 00:06:08,340 really completely 227 00:06:02,662 --> 00:06:08,340 what my brother was up to. 228 00:06:08,340 --> 00:06:09,402 * * 229 00:06:09,436 --> 00:06:10,804 - Gina's teacher was 230 00:06:09,436 --> 00:06:10,804 the mother 231 00:06:10,837 --> 00:06:13,773 of one of these 232 00:06:10,837 --> 00:06:13,773 neighborhood girls. 233 00:06:13,807 --> 00:06:15,442 She told Gina 234 00:06:15,475 --> 00:06:19,212 Anthony had been inappropriate 235 00:06:15,475 --> 00:06:19,212 with these young girls. 236 00:06:19,245 --> 00:06:22,615 - I really don't know for sure 237 00:06:19,245 --> 00:06:22,615 what all he did, 238 00:06:22,649 --> 00:06:25,218 but I do know that he was 239 00:06:22,649 --> 00:06:25,218 probably being grabby 240 00:06:25,251 --> 00:06:27,821 and kissy on them 241 00:06:25,251 --> 00:06:27,821 and that's not okay. 242 00:06:27,854 --> 00:06:30,123 I was upset. 243 00:06:30,156 --> 00:06:34,600 Nobody deserves 244 00:06:30,156 --> 00:06:34,600 to be objectified like that. 245 00:06:34,600 --> 00:06:35,562 - As Anthony got older, 246 00:06:35,595 --> 00:06:38,965 he found new ways 247 00:06:35,595 --> 00:06:38,965 to entice young girls. 248 00:06:39,650 --> 00:06:42,669 - We're on our way to a 249 00:06:39,650 --> 00:06:42,669 huge mall in the Houston area 250 00:06:42,702 --> 00:06:44,971 and he saw some girls sitting 251 00:06:42,702 --> 00:06:44,971 at a bus stop and he says, 252 00:06:45,710 --> 00:06:48,207 "Oh, hang on. We're gonna 253 00:06:45,710 --> 00:06:48,207 go back and pick them up. 254 00:06:48,241 --> 00:06:50,243 And the girls 255 00:06:48,241 --> 00:06:50,243 accepted the ride. 256 00:06:50,276 --> 00:06:52,212 I'm sure that they probably 257 00:06:50,276 --> 00:06:52,212 would not have 258 00:06:52,245 --> 00:06:54,214 had I not been sitting 259 00:06:52,245 --> 00:06:54,214 in there. 260 00:06:54,247 --> 00:06:56,850 My brother dropped me off 261 00:06:54,247 --> 00:06:56,850 at the mall and he left. 262 00:06:56,883 --> 00:07:00,286 It seems like he's still doing 263 00:06:56,883 --> 00:07:00,286 some of this wrong behavior. 264 00:07:00,320 --> 00:07:03,230 If he's picking young girls up 265 00:07:00,320 --> 00:07:03,230 at bus stops, 266 00:07:03,230 --> 00:07:05,492 that's not 267 00:07:03,230 --> 00:07:05,492 just boys being boys. 268 00:07:05,525 --> 00:07:06,693 * * 269 00:07:06,726 --> 00:07:09,162 - Even as a 21-year-old 270 00:07:06,726 --> 00:07:09,162 married man, 271 00:07:09,195 --> 00:07:12,320 Anthony's strange 272 00:07:09,195 --> 00:07:12,320 behavior persisted. 273 00:07:12,320 --> 00:07:13,733 - I had gone out and 274 00:07:12,320 --> 00:07:13,733 visited him a couple of times 275 00:07:13,767 --> 00:07:16,360 when he was married 276 00:07:13,767 --> 00:07:16,360 and he was still doing that. 277 00:07:16,360 --> 00:07:18,171 "Oh, here, 278 00:07:16,360 --> 00:07:18,171 I'm gonna drop you off. 279 00:07:18,204 --> 00:07:21,608 I'm gonna go back 280 00:07:18,204 --> 00:07:21,608 and pick these people up." 281 00:07:21,641 --> 00:07:23,410 It bothered me. 282 00:07:23,443 --> 00:07:25,812 - Within 18 months, 283 00:07:23,443 --> 00:07:25,812 Anthony had two children 284 00:07:25,845 --> 00:07:31,584 of his own, Gina's nieces, 285 00:07:25,845 --> 00:07:31,584 Amber and Tiffany. 286 00:07:31,618 --> 00:07:35,221 As Anthony's daughters play 287 00:07:31,618 --> 00:07:35,221 in Houston's quieter streets, 288 00:07:35,255 --> 00:07:37,824 across town, 289 00:07:35,255 --> 00:07:37,824 detectives' hopes of solving 290 00:07:37,857 --> 00:07:42,429 Maria Del Carmen Estrada's 291 00:07:37,857 --> 00:07:42,429 murder are fading fast. 292 00:07:42,462 --> 00:07:44,831 - The police interviewed 293 00:07:42,462 --> 00:07:44,831 everybody at Dairy Queen 294 00:07:44,864 --> 00:07:47,801 who might have seen anything 295 00:07:44,864 --> 00:07:47,801 and they only came away 296 00:07:47,834 --> 00:07:52,138 with a very bland description 297 00:07:47,834 --> 00:07:52,138 of a white man with dark hair. 298 00:07:52,172 --> 00:07:57,444 But it wasn't enough 299 00:07:52,172 --> 00:07:57,444 to bring anybody in. 300 00:07:57,477 --> 00:07:59,779 - You follow every 301 00:07:57,477 --> 00:07:59,779 lead you got. 302 00:07:59,813 --> 00:08:01,214 They didn't have any leads. 303 00:08:01,247 --> 00:08:04,751 They had a body in a driveway 304 00:08:01,247 --> 00:08:04,751 and no suspects. 305 00:08:04,784 --> 00:08:06,219 * * 306 00:08:06,252 --> 00:08:09,456 - But can the DNA evidence 307 00:08:06,252 --> 00:08:09,456 reveal more? 308 00:08:09,489 --> 00:08:13,259 - The lead investigator 309 00:08:09,489 --> 00:08:13,259 had DNA from her mouth 310 00:08:13,293 --> 00:08:16,363 and had DNA from 311 00:08:13,293 --> 00:08:16,363 underneath their fingernails. 312 00:08:16,396 --> 00:08:18,331 So he called in 313 00:08:16,396 --> 00:08:18,331 the sex crimes unit 314 00:08:18,365 --> 00:08:21,735 and asked them, let's go 315 00:08:18,365 --> 00:08:21,735 through your database of DNA 316 00:08:21,768 --> 00:08:24,370 and see if anything matches. 317 00:08:24,370 --> 00:08:25,338 - Unfortunately, 318 00:08:25,372 --> 00:08:29,709 there is no hit 319 00:08:25,372 --> 00:08:29,709 on the suspect DNA. 320 00:08:29,743 --> 00:08:34,447 - Whoever strangled Maria 321 00:08:29,743 --> 00:08:34,447 is not on the database. 322 00:08:34,481 --> 00:08:37,549 How will Houston PD 323 00:08:34,481 --> 00:08:37,549 find Maria's killer? 324 00:08:37,584 --> 00:08:40,687 And could he strike again? 325 00:08:40,720 --> 00:08:43,423 - They were completely 326 00:08:40,720 --> 00:08:43,423 devastated. 327 00:08:43,456 --> 00:08:44,824 I mean, who wouldn't be? 328 00:08:44,858 --> 00:08:46,593 - I would just pretend 329 00:08:44,858 --> 00:08:46,593 to be asleep 330 00:08:46,626 --> 00:08:50,130 because I was afraid 331 00:08:46,626 --> 00:08:50,130 of what would happen. 332 00:09:03,209 --> 00:09:04,411 [ominous music] 333 00:09:04,844 --> 00:09:07,213 - Spring, 1992. 334 00:09:07,247 --> 00:09:10,183 The body of 21-year-old 335 00:09:07,247 --> 00:09:10,183 Maria Del Carmen Estrada 336 00:09:10,216 --> 00:09:11,685 has been found strangled, 337 00:09:11,718 --> 00:09:14,554 sexually assaulted, 338 00:09:11,718 --> 00:09:14,554 and dumped. 339 00:09:14,587 --> 00:09:15,922 * * 340 00:09:16,220 --> 00:09:20,326 Houston PD have no suspects 341 00:09:16,220 --> 00:09:20,326 and no leads. 342 00:09:20,360 --> 00:09:23,430 - The initial investigation 343 00:09:20,360 --> 00:09:23,430 was very rigorous, 344 00:09:23,463 --> 00:09:27,801 but eventually, it just gets 345 00:09:23,463 --> 00:09:27,801 put into folder as a cold case. 346 00:09:27,834 --> 00:09:29,302 * * 347 00:09:29,336 --> 00:09:31,204 - But a forward-thinking 348 00:09:29,336 --> 00:09:31,204 detective makes sure 349 00:09:31,237 --> 00:09:34,507 the evidence 350 00:09:31,237 --> 00:09:34,507 is carefully preserved. 351 00:09:34,540 --> 00:09:37,770 - Detective Kennedy 352 00:09:34,540 --> 00:09:37,770 was very insistent 353 00:09:37,110 --> 00:09:39,279 that the property recovered 354 00:09:39,312 --> 00:09:43,950 in Maria Del Carmen's case 355 00:09:39,312 --> 00:09:43,950 be kept. 356 00:09:44,500 --> 00:09:47,587 - Hopeful of a future chance 357 00:09:44,500 --> 00:09:47,587 to solve the case, 358 00:09:47,620 --> 00:09:50,890 DNA evidence from 359 00:09:47,620 --> 00:09:50,890 Maria Del Carmen's killer 360 00:09:50,924 --> 00:09:55,610 is stored 361 00:09:50,924 --> 00:09:55,610 in Houston PD's archives. 362 00:09:55,610 --> 00:09:59,650 By March 1993, Tiffany 363 00:09:55,610 --> 00:09:59,650 and Amber Shore's parents 364 00:09:59,990 --> 00:10:00,600 have split up. 365 00:10:00,633 --> 00:10:02,435 The girls are living 366 00:10:00,633 --> 00:10:02,435 with their dad Anthony 367 00:10:02,469 --> 00:10:04,604 in Houston Heights. 368 00:10:04,637 --> 00:10:07,374 - As a child, I adored my dad. 369 00:10:07,407 --> 00:10:08,875 I thought he was like 370 00:10:07,407 --> 00:10:08,875 the cool dad 371 00:10:08,908 --> 00:10:10,543 because he was--[chuckles] 372 00:10:10,577 --> 00:10:13,813 He was in a band and he played 373 00:10:10,577 --> 00:10:13,813 the piano when he was home. 374 00:10:13,847 --> 00:10:16,316 He wasn't around as much 375 00:10:13,847 --> 00:10:16,316 as he could have been 376 00:10:16,349 --> 00:10:19,520 because of his band 377 00:10:16,349 --> 00:10:19,520 and his job, 378 00:10:19,850 --> 00:10:21,154 so I remember 379 00:10:19,850 --> 00:10:21,154 missing him a lot 380 00:10:21,187 --> 00:10:22,589 and trying to stay up late 381 00:10:21,187 --> 00:10:22,589 at night 382 00:10:22,622 --> 00:10:25,325 to see him when 383 00:10:22,622 --> 00:10:25,325 he got home from work. 384 00:10:25,358 --> 00:10:27,594 - Anthony's desire 385 00:10:25,358 --> 00:10:27,594 for control 386 00:10:27,627 --> 00:10:30,663 affects everything happening 387 00:10:27,627 --> 00:10:30,663 under his roof. 388 00:10:30,697 --> 00:10:34,601 - My dad had a 389 00:10:30,697 --> 00:10:34,601 unrealistic expectation 390 00:10:34,634 --> 00:10:37,103 of how clean the house 391 00:10:34,634 --> 00:10:37,103 was supposed to be all times. 392 00:10:37,137 --> 00:10:41,675 Everything just had 393 00:10:37,137 --> 00:10:41,675 to be spotless, immaculate. 394 00:10:41,708 --> 00:10:43,410 With two kids 395 00:10:41,708 --> 00:10:43,410 living in the house, 396 00:10:43,443 --> 00:10:45,679 that's not 397 00:10:43,443 --> 00:10:45,679 a realistic expectation at all. 398 00:10:45,712 --> 00:10:47,213 * * 399 00:10:47,247 --> 00:10:50,684 - Tiffany's dad also had 400 00:10:47,247 --> 00:10:50,684 strict ideas about food. 401 00:10:50,717 --> 00:10:52,686 - We didn't have a ton of food 402 00:10:50,717 --> 00:10:52,686 in the house. 403 00:10:52,719 --> 00:10:55,355 Like, we had this horrible 404 00:10:52,719 --> 00:10:55,355 bucket of peanut butter 405 00:10:55,388 --> 00:10:56,923 and it would get ants in it. 406 00:10:56,956 --> 00:10:59,592 And like, we were just 407 00:10:56,956 --> 00:10:59,592 expected to eat that. 408 00:10:59,626 --> 00:11:01,161 He would have, like, 409 00:11:01,194 --> 00:11:04,197 steaks and fancy foods 410 00:11:01,194 --> 00:11:04,197 that were for him. 411 00:11:04,230 --> 00:11:05,932 My father was just 412 00:11:04,230 --> 00:11:05,932 really annoying. 413 00:11:05,965 --> 00:11:08,201 But also I didn't want 414 00:11:05,965 --> 00:11:08,201 to get in trouble, 415 00:11:08,234 --> 00:11:10,700 so I just went along 416 00:11:08,234 --> 00:11:10,700 with the way things were 417 00:11:10,700 --> 00:11:12,305 because I assumed that 418 00:11:10,700 --> 00:11:12,305 that was normal. 419 00:11:12,339 --> 00:11:13,673 Honestly, 420 00:11:12,339 --> 00:11:13,673 at the end of the day, 421 00:11:13,707 --> 00:11:16,476 it just felt like 422 00:11:13,707 --> 00:11:16,476 we weren't wanted. 423 00:11:16,509 --> 00:11:19,212 - Tiffany and Amber's father 424 00:11:16,509 --> 00:11:19,212 make sure his rules 425 00:11:19,245 --> 00:11:22,582 are followed in a brutal way. 426 00:11:22,615 --> 00:11:25,185 - Violence was always 427 00:11:22,615 --> 00:11:25,185 a part of our upbringing. 428 00:11:25,218 --> 00:11:29,890 He would hit us with bare hands 429 00:11:25,218 --> 00:11:29,890 on bare skin, 430 00:11:29,890 --> 00:11:31,791 he would tie us up 431 00:11:29,890 --> 00:11:31,791 on our sheets 432 00:11:31,825 --> 00:11:33,930 so that we couldn't move, 433 00:11:33,126 --> 00:11:34,694 he would smother us 434 00:11:33,126 --> 00:11:34,694 with pillows 435 00:11:34,728 --> 00:11:36,129 so that we couldn't cry 436 00:11:36,162 --> 00:11:38,565 because crying wasn't allowed 437 00:11:36,162 --> 00:11:38,565 in his house. 438 00:11:38,598 --> 00:11:42,302 He was just 439 00:11:38,598 --> 00:11:42,302 very physically abusive. 440 00:11:42,335 --> 00:11:43,903 - Anthony's abuse 441 00:11:42,335 --> 00:11:43,903 of his daughters 442 00:11:43,937 --> 00:11:47,640 involves more 443 00:11:43,937 --> 00:11:47,640 than violent beatings. 444 00:11:47,674 --> 00:11:49,876 - Anthony Shore engages 445 00:11:47,674 --> 00:11:49,876 in classic grooming 446 00:11:49,909 --> 00:11:52,612 where if you're 447 00:11:49,909 --> 00:11:52,612 physically abusing a child, 448 00:11:52,645 --> 00:11:53,880 you give them gifts. 449 00:11:53,913 --> 00:11:58,385 It's kind of an indirect bribe 450 00:11:53,913 --> 00:11:58,385 to cover up what you're doing. 451 00:11:58,418 --> 00:11:59,686 - We had a nice TV, 452 00:11:59,719 --> 00:12:01,454 we had a game system 453 00:11:59,719 --> 00:12:01,454 in our room, 454 00:12:01,488 --> 00:12:04,290 and my sister had, like, 455 00:12:01,488 --> 00:12:04,290 a really nice art set. 456 00:12:04,324 --> 00:12:07,360 At the end of the day, 457 00:12:04,324 --> 00:12:07,360 it was just a bribe. 458 00:12:07,394 --> 00:12:10,196 - While Anthony's daughters 459 00:12:07,394 --> 00:12:10,196 suffer in silence, 460 00:12:10,230 --> 00:12:14,567 to the outside world, 461 00:12:10,230 --> 00:12:14,567 there's no cause for concern. 462 00:12:14,601 --> 00:12:16,569 - He was a very different 463 00:12:14,601 --> 00:12:16,569 person outside in the world. 464 00:12:16,603 --> 00:12:20,473 He was charming 465 00:12:16,603 --> 00:12:20,473 and funny and nice 466 00:12:20,507 --> 00:12:24,511 and all the things that 467 00:12:20,507 --> 00:12:24,511 he was not behind closed doors. 468 00:12:24,544 --> 00:12:28,810 As soon as we got home, 469 00:12:24,544 --> 00:12:28,810 it was always a-- 470 00:12:28,114 --> 00:12:29,820 ugh. 471 00:12:29,115 --> 00:12:30,583 * * 472 00:12:30,617 --> 00:12:32,686 - Summer, 1993. 473 00:12:32,719 --> 00:12:36,423 Tiffany is eight 474 00:12:32,719 --> 00:12:36,423 and Amber is nine. 475 00:12:36,456 --> 00:12:38,124 Their aunt Gina pays a visit 476 00:12:38,158 --> 00:12:40,160 and notices new. 477 00:12:38,158 --> 00:12:40,160 disturbing behavior 478 00:12:40,193 --> 00:12:42,862 from her brother, Anthony. 479 00:12:42,896 --> 00:12:47,667 - He was a bit more 480 00:12:42,896 --> 00:12:47,667 touchy-feely with his girls 481 00:12:47,701 --> 00:12:49,569 than what I thought 482 00:12:47,701 --> 00:12:49,569 he should be doing. 483 00:12:49,602 --> 00:12:53,600 It seemed highly inappropriate 484 00:12:49,602 --> 00:12:53,600 to me. 485 00:12:53,106 --> 00:12:55,342 It bothered me. 486 00:12:55,375 --> 00:12:59,512 - It bothers Gina enough 487 00:12:55,375 --> 00:12:59,512 to officially report Anthony. 488 00:12:59,546 --> 00:13:02,480 - Child Protective Services 489 00:12:59,546 --> 00:13:02,480 was just very quick 490 00:13:02,480 --> 00:13:03,183 to dismiss it. 491 00:13:03,216 --> 00:13:05,285 I did feel that he was 492 00:13:05,318 --> 00:13:07,530 touching his daughters 493 00:13:05,318 --> 00:13:07,530 inappropriately, 494 00:13:07,530 --> 00:13:11,691 but they made me feel 495 00:13:07,530 --> 00:13:11,691 as if I was overreacting. 496 00:13:11,725 --> 00:13:15,328 And so I was like, 497 00:13:11,725 --> 00:13:15,328 "Okay, maybe I am wrong." 498 00:13:15,362 --> 00:13:18,164 And I dismissed it. 499 00:13:15,362 --> 00:13:18,164 I let it go. 500 00:13:18,198 --> 00:13:19,332 * * 501 00:13:19,366 --> 00:13:21,167 - Gina heads home to Seattle, 502 00:13:21,201 --> 00:13:24,971 still unsure 503 00:13:21,201 --> 00:13:24,971 about the girls' safety. 504 00:13:25,710 --> 00:13:26,606 In Houston, 505 00:13:26,639 --> 00:13:29,750 Anthony now moves a 506 00:13:26,639 --> 00:13:29,750 new girlfriend into the house. 507 00:13:29,750 --> 00:13:31,144 She's remarkably young. 508 00:13:31,177 --> 00:13:33,279 - She was 17 years old. 509 00:13:33,313 --> 00:13:36,549 I can't imagine 510 00:13:33,313 --> 00:13:36,549 being 30-something years old 511 00:13:36,583 --> 00:13:39,386 and trying to date someone 512 00:13:36,583 --> 00:13:39,386 still in high school. 513 00:13:39,419 --> 00:13:43,890 That is sick in every way. 514 00:13:43,923 --> 00:13:46,359 - August 8th, 1994. 515 00:13:46,393 --> 00:13:49,162 One year since Anthony Shore's 516 00:13:46,393 --> 00:13:49,162 young girlfriend 517 00:13:49,195 --> 00:13:51,331 moved in with him 518 00:13:49,195 --> 00:13:51,331 and his daughters, 519 00:13:51,364 --> 00:13:53,400 another Houston family's life 520 00:13:53,433 --> 00:13:56,469 is about to be 521 00:13:53,433 --> 00:13:56,469 turned upside down. 522 00:13:56,503 --> 00:13:58,304 - We got called into the scene 523 00:13:58,338 --> 00:14:00,607 in the 1400 block 524 00:13:58,338 --> 00:14:00,607 of the West Loop, 525 00:14:00,640 --> 00:14:03,343 which is just north 526 00:14:00,640 --> 00:14:03,343 of downtown. 527 00:14:03,376 --> 00:14:06,613 We got to a 528 00:14:03,376 --> 00:14:06,613 abandoned office building 529 00:14:06,646 --> 00:14:09,115 sometime 530 00:14:06,646 --> 00:14:09,115 shortly after midnight. 531 00:14:09,149 --> 00:14:11,651 And it was dark. 532 00:14:09,149 --> 00:14:11,651 Very dark. 533 00:14:11,685 --> 00:14:13,386 A call came from 534 00:14:11,685 --> 00:14:13,386 the security guard 535 00:14:13,420 --> 00:14:17,557 about a body 536 00:14:13,420 --> 00:14:17,557 in the parking lot. 537 00:14:17,590 --> 00:14:20,794 - Almost immediately, the body 538 00:14:17,590 --> 00:14:20,794 at this scene is identified 539 00:14:20,827 --> 00:14:22,195 as Diana Rebollar. 540 00:14:22,228 --> 00:14:25,198 - Diana was a young 541 00:14:22,228 --> 00:14:25,198 Hispanic girl 542 00:14:25,231 --> 00:14:29,690 who was reported missing 543 00:14:25,231 --> 00:14:29,690 the previous day. 544 00:14:29,690 --> 00:14:31,710 - She goes to the store, 545 00:14:29,690 --> 00:14:31,710 which is only two blocks away, 546 00:14:31,104 --> 00:14:32,672 to buy a bag of sugar. 547 00:14:32,706 --> 00:14:36,910 And then after that, 548 00:14:32,706 --> 00:14:36,910 she just disappears. 549 00:14:36,943 --> 00:14:41,810 - Officers recover her body 550 00:14:36,943 --> 00:14:41,810 less than 24 hours later. 551 00:14:41,810 --> 00:14:42,382 - In the homicide division, 552 00:14:42,415 --> 00:14:46,152 I had literally seen 553 00:14:42,415 --> 00:14:46,152 hundreds of dead bodies, 554 00:14:46,186 --> 00:14:47,654 but anytime you make a scene 555 00:14:47,687 --> 00:14:52,692 where there's a child 556 00:14:47,687 --> 00:14:52,692 or an infant involved, 557 00:14:52,726 --> 00:14:56,396 you have to fight off 558 00:14:52,726 --> 00:14:56,396 your personal feelings 559 00:14:56,429 --> 00:15:00,433 about emotions 560 00:14:56,429 --> 00:15:00,433 so you can do your job. 561 00:15:00,467 --> 00:15:03,670 Diana Rebollar 562 00:15:00,467 --> 00:15:03,670 was nine years old. 563 00:15:03,703 --> 00:15:06,906 - And there's another 564 00:15:03,703 --> 00:15:06,906 gruesome twist. 565 00:15:06,940 --> 00:15:10,343 - It was obvious that she had 566 00:15:06,940 --> 00:15:10,343 been sexually assaulted, 567 00:15:10,377 --> 00:15:14,614 and I observed that 568 00:15:10,377 --> 00:15:14,614 wrapped around her throat, 569 00:15:14,647 --> 00:15:18,151 she had a tourniquet tightened 570 00:15:18,184 --> 00:15:20,687 with a piece of stick 571 00:15:20,720 --> 00:15:24,570 to the point where 572 00:15:20,720 --> 00:15:24,570 it had embedded in the skin 573 00:15:24,570 --> 00:15:26,693 so far that you can 574 00:15:24,570 --> 00:15:26,693 almost not see it, 575 00:15:26,726 --> 00:15:30,397 like we found 576 00:15:26,726 --> 00:15:30,397 on Maria Del Carmen. 577 00:15:30,430 --> 00:15:33,933 - Has Maria's killer 578 00:15:30,430 --> 00:15:33,933 claimed another victim? 579 00:15:38,104 --> 00:15:45,779 [ominous music] 580 00:15:47,800 --> 00:15:48,848 - Houston PD are investigating 581 00:15:47,800 --> 00:15:48,848 the horrific murders 582 00:15:48,882 --> 00:15:50,817 of two young Hispanic girls, 583 00:15:50,850 --> 00:15:55,755 Maria Del Carmen Estrada 584 00:15:50,850 --> 00:15:55,755 and Diana Rebollar. 585 00:15:55,789 --> 00:15:58,290 Both cases involve 586 00:15:55,789 --> 00:15:58,290 sexual assault 587 00:15:58,324 --> 00:16:01,394 and strangulation 588 00:15:58,324 --> 00:16:01,394 with a homemade tourniquet. 589 00:16:01,428 --> 00:16:03,496 The young age 590 00:16:01,428 --> 00:16:03,496 of the latest victim 591 00:16:03,530 --> 00:16:06,900 has rocked the community. 592 00:16:06,933 --> 00:16:11,370 - Everybody in Houston 593 00:16:06,933 --> 00:16:11,370 was aware of what happened 594 00:16:11,370 --> 00:16:12,372 to this poor little girl. 595 00:16:12,405 --> 00:16:14,874 And everybody 596 00:16:12,405 --> 00:16:14,874 was just shocked, stunned. 597 00:16:14,908 --> 00:16:16,376 And yeah, they were angry. 598 00:16:16,409 --> 00:16:17,744 - I spoke with the parents 599 00:16:17,777 --> 00:16:20,213 and they were 600 00:16:17,777 --> 00:16:20,213 completely devastated. 601 00:16:20,246 --> 00:16:21,614 I mean, who wouldn't be? 602 00:16:21,648 --> 00:16:23,883 You send a nine-year-old girl 603 00:16:21,648 --> 00:16:23,883 to the store 604 00:16:23,917 --> 00:16:26,520 and you never see her again. 605 00:16:26,520 --> 00:16:27,587 * * 606 00:16:27,620 --> 00:16:29,789 - These two homicides 607 00:16:27,620 --> 00:16:29,789 are two years apart, 608 00:16:29,823 --> 00:16:33,590 but involve 609 00:16:29,823 --> 00:16:33,590 the same unusual MO. 610 00:16:33,590 --> 00:16:37,630 - The Maria Del Carmen 611 00:16:33,590 --> 00:16:37,630 and the Diana Rebollar case 612 00:16:37,970 --> 00:16:39,833 we began to consider 613 00:16:37,970 --> 00:16:39,833 the possibility 614 00:16:39,866 --> 00:16:41,634 that they were related. 615 00:16:41,668 --> 00:16:45,205 But neither investigation 616 00:16:41,668 --> 00:16:45,205 had turned up any evidence 617 00:16:45,238 --> 00:16:46,373 that would carry forward 618 00:16:46,406 --> 00:16:49,909 in investigating 619 00:16:46,406 --> 00:16:49,909 either one of the cases. 620 00:16:49,943 --> 00:16:51,911 We worked on them for months 621 00:16:51,945 --> 00:16:55,782 and never got the feeling 622 00:16:51,945 --> 00:16:55,782 that we were getting anywhere. 623 00:16:55,815 --> 00:16:59,386 - Less than two miles from 624 00:16:55,815 --> 00:16:59,386 where Diana's body was found, 625 00:16:59,419 --> 00:17:03,256 Anthony Shore is busy 626 00:16:59,419 --> 00:17:03,256 raising his own young girls. 627 00:17:03,289 --> 00:17:05,625 By the summer of 1995, 628 00:17:05,657 --> 00:17:09,529 his behavior had become 629 00:17:05,657 --> 00:17:09,529 even more disturbing. 630 00:17:09,561 --> 00:17:12,132 - Things started escalating 631 00:17:09,561 --> 00:17:12,132 when I was ten. 632 00:17:12,165 --> 00:17:15,349 My dad definitely started 633 00:17:12,165 --> 00:17:15,349 sexually assaulting me 634 00:17:15,680 --> 00:17:17,103 at that particular age. 635 00:17:17,137 --> 00:17:20,373 My sister and I both started 636 00:17:20,406 --> 00:17:22,809 maturing in our bodies. 637 00:17:22,842 --> 00:17:26,713 He started developing behaviors 638 00:17:22,842 --> 00:17:26,713 of exposing himself 639 00:17:26,746 --> 00:17:30,617 or inappropriate touching when 640 00:17:26,746 --> 00:17:30,617 he thought we were sleeping. 641 00:17:30,650 --> 00:17:33,386 And a lot of times I would 642 00:17:30,650 --> 00:17:33,386 just pretend to be asleep 643 00:17:33,420 --> 00:17:36,623 because I was afraid 644 00:17:33,420 --> 00:17:36,623 of what would happen. 645 00:17:36,656 --> 00:17:39,793 I thought that it was 646 00:17:36,656 --> 00:17:39,793 only happening to me, 647 00:17:39,826 --> 00:17:43,630 my sister thought 648 00:17:39,826 --> 00:17:43,630 it was only happening to her. 649 00:17:43,663 --> 00:17:46,866 - Anthony has moved from 650 00:17:43,663 --> 00:17:46,866 physical abuse and control 651 00:17:46,900 --> 00:17:50,770 to sexually assaulting 652 00:17:46,900 --> 00:17:50,770 his children. 653 00:17:50,804 --> 00:17:54,908 - No child can invite 654 00:17:50,804 --> 00:17:54,908 that behavior. 655 00:17:54,941 --> 00:17:59,245 - These girls were absolutely 656 00:17:54,941 --> 00:17:59,245 terrified of their father. 657 00:17:59,279 --> 00:18:01,648 They knew what he was doing 658 00:17:59,279 --> 00:18:01,648 to them was wrong, 659 00:18:01,681 --> 00:18:04,170 but they didn't want him 660 00:18:01,681 --> 00:18:04,170 to get angry 661 00:18:04,170 --> 00:18:06,252 so they weren't resisting him. 662 00:18:06,286 --> 00:18:08,855 They just knew it wasn't right. 663 00:18:06,286 --> 00:18:08,855 And it scared them. 664 00:18:08,888 --> 00:18:10,123 * * 665 00:18:10,156 --> 00:18:12,392 - Her dad's sexual assaults 666 00:18:12,425 --> 00:18:15,280 have a devastating effect 667 00:18:12,425 --> 00:18:15,280 on Tiffany. 668 00:18:15,280 --> 00:18:18,765 - I developed depression, 669 00:18:15,280 --> 00:18:18,765 I was very sad, 670 00:18:18,798 --> 00:18:20,367 I had suicidal ideations. 671 00:18:20,400 --> 00:18:22,235 I tried to kill myself one time 672 00:18:22,268 --> 00:18:26,272 by taking 673 00:18:22,268 --> 00:18:26,272 a ridiculous amount of aspirin. 674 00:18:26,306 --> 00:18:28,341 I was only ten 675 00:18:26,306 --> 00:18:28,341 and I just knew that, like, 676 00:18:28,375 --> 00:18:30,430 when people tried 677 00:18:28,375 --> 00:18:30,430 to kill themselves in movies, 678 00:18:30,430 --> 00:18:33,780 they took a handful of pills, 679 00:18:30,430 --> 00:18:33,780 and so that's what I did. 680 00:18:33,813 --> 00:18:36,483 - Her father's reaction 681 00:18:33,813 --> 00:18:36,483 is astonishing. 682 00:18:36,516 --> 00:18:39,853 - He just yelled at me a bunch. 683 00:18:36,516 --> 00:18:39,853 Like, there was no concern. 684 00:18:39,886 --> 00:18:41,588 He didn't take me to a doctor. 685 00:18:41,621 --> 00:18:46,693 His only reaction was to 686 00:18:41,621 --> 00:18:46,693 just be angry and judgmental. 687 00:18:46,726 --> 00:18:48,294 I just felt unloved. 688 00:18:48,328 --> 00:18:51,831 I just felt like he didn't care 689 00:18:48,328 --> 00:18:51,831 one way or the other. 690 00:18:51,865 --> 00:18:53,299 - Unbelievably, 691 00:18:53,333 --> 00:18:55,635 Anthony continues 692 00:18:53,333 --> 00:18:55,635 abusing his daughters. 693 00:18:55,669 --> 00:18:59,339 - At that point, 694 00:18:55,669 --> 00:18:59,339 I was pretty sure that 695 00:18:59,372 --> 00:19:02,809 life was never going 696 00:18:59,372 --> 00:19:02,809 to improve. 697 00:19:02,842 --> 00:19:06,112 I was finally becoming 698 00:19:02,842 --> 00:19:06,112 of an age where I recognized 699 00:19:06,146 --> 00:19:08,615 that some of the things 700 00:19:06,146 --> 00:19:08,615 in our household 701 00:19:08,648 --> 00:19:12,652 maybe weren't normal and 702 00:19:08,648 --> 00:19:12,652 I just felt pretty hopeless. 703 00:19:12,686 --> 00:19:15,210 There was a lot 704 00:19:12,686 --> 00:19:15,210 of hopelessness. 705 00:19:15,550 --> 00:19:17,230 * * 706 00:19:17,570 --> 00:19:19,926 - Thursday, July 6th, 1995. 707 00:19:20,260 --> 00:19:23,163 11 months after 708 00:19:20,260 --> 00:19:23,163 Dana Rebollar's homicide, 709 00:19:23,196 --> 00:19:27,334 a young Hispanic girl 710 00:19:23,196 --> 00:19:27,334 is running errands in Houston. 711 00:19:27,367 --> 00:19:29,636 - Dana Sanchez was 712 00:19:27,367 --> 00:19:29,636 a 16-year-old. 713 00:19:29,669 --> 00:19:32,572 She lived in 714 00:19:29,669 --> 00:19:32,572 northern part of Houston. 715 00:19:32,605 --> 00:19:35,175 On July 6th, 716 00:19:32,605 --> 00:19:35,175 she left the house 717 00:19:35,208 --> 00:19:38,812 and she just disappears, 718 00:19:35,208 --> 00:19:38,812 vanishes into thin air. 719 00:19:38,845 --> 00:19:40,347 * * 720 00:19:40,380 --> 00:19:42,480 - That evening, 721 00:19:40,380 --> 00:19:42,480 Dana is supposed to get a ride 722 00:19:42,480 --> 00:19:46,252 over to her boyfriend's house, 723 00:19:42,480 --> 00:19:46,252 but she never arrives. 724 00:19:46,286 --> 00:19:48,540 Dana's mother is worried 725 00:19:48,880 --> 00:19:52,258 and reports her disappearance 726 00:19:48,880 --> 00:19:52,258 to the police the next day. 727 00:19:52,292 --> 00:19:53,727 - When Dana Sanchez 728 00:19:52,292 --> 00:19:53,727 went missing, 729 00:19:53,760 --> 00:19:55,729 police probably didn't 730 00:19:53,760 --> 00:19:55,729 take it very seriously. 731 00:19:55,762 --> 00:19:57,630 You know, she wasn't living 732 00:19:55,762 --> 00:19:57,630 with her parents anymore. 733 00:19:57,664 --> 00:20:01,101 She was living with a friend. 734 00:19:57,664 --> 00:20:01,101 You know, kids gonna be kids. 735 00:20:01,134 --> 00:20:05,605 - Dana's mother desperately 736 00:20:01,134 --> 00:20:05,605 searches for her daughter, 737 00:20:05,638 --> 00:20:08,208 but she is nowhere 738 00:20:05,638 --> 00:20:08,208 to be found. 739 00:20:08,241 --> 00:20:09,809 * * 740 00:20:09,843 --> 00:20:14,914 Eight days go by 741 00:20:09,843 --> 00:20:14,914 with no sign of Dana. 742 00:20:14,948 --> 00:20:17,384 - And then all of a sudden, 743 00:20:14,948 --> 00:20:17,384 you get one of the strangest-- 744 00:20:17,417 --> 00:20:19,386 [chuckles] 745 00:20:17,417 --> 00:20:19,386 Scenarios. 746 00:20:19,419 --> 00:20:21,388 - On Friday, July 14th, 747 00:20:21,421 --> 00:20:26,590 a call comes into local 748 00:20:21,421 --> 00:20:26,590 Houston news station, KPRC. 749 00:20:26,920 --> 00:20:29,396 - Barbara, who's on the 750 00:20:26,920 --> 00:20:29,396 assignments desk at the KPRC, 751 00:20:29,429 --> 00:20:33,566 she got a call from somebody 752 00:20:29,429 --> 00:20:33,566 she will never forget. 753 00:20:33,600 --> 00:20:35,969 - She picks up and says, 754 00:20:33,600 --> 00:20:35,969 "Hello, how can I help you?" 755 00:20:36,200 --> 00:20:38,271 And person on 756 00:20:36,200 --> 00:20:38,271 the other end says, 757 00:20:38,304 --> 00:20:40,907 "There's a missing girl. 758 00:20:38,304 --> 00:20:40,907 She's gone missing. 759 00:20:40,940 --> 00:20:42,375 And in fact, she's dead." 760 00:20:42,409 --> 00:20:45,211 - "Her body is in a field 761 00:20:42,409 --> 00:20:45,211 north of town." 762 00:20:45,245 --> 00:20:48,181 "Okay. 763 00:20:45,245 --> 00:20:48,181 Well, how do you know that?" 764 00:20:48,214 --> 00:20:50,450 And the voice on 765 00:20:48,214 --> 00:20:50,450 the other end says... 766 00:20:53,219 --> 00:20:56,220 - Click. 767 00:20:53,219 --> 00:20:56,220 Phone goes dead. 768 00:20:56,560 --> 00:20:59,225 - It was a 769 00:20:56,560 --> 00:20:59,225 chilling conversation. 770 00:20:59,259 --> 00:21:03,363 - The remote location lies 771 00:20:59,259 --> 00:21:03,363 outside Houston city limits. 772 00:21:03,396 --> 00:21:05,365 She calls Harris County 773 00:21:03,396 --> 00:21:05,365 sheriff's office 774 00:21:05,398 --> 00:21:07,834 with the details. 775 00:21:07,867 --> 00:21:10,370 - They probably thought they 776 00:21:07,867 --> 00:21:10,370 weren't gonna find anything 777 00:21:10,403 --> 00:21:12,872 because you get these, 778 00:21:10,403 --> 00:21:12,872 you know, 779 00:21:12,906 --> 00:21:14,541 wild goose chases all the time. 780 00:21:14,574 --> 00:21:17,344 But what's the harm 781 00:21:14,574 --> 00:21:17,344 in going to look? 782 00:21:17,377 --> 00:21:19,546 - Harris County detectives 783 00:21:19,579 --> 00:21:22,148 follow the caller's 784 00:21:19,579 --> 00:21:22,148 precise directions 785 00:21:22,182 --> 00:21:23,817 and drive to a small field 786 00:21:23,850 --> 00:21:27,220 beside a dead-end road 787 00:21:23,850 --> 00:21:27,220 off I-45. 788 00:21:27,253 --> 00:21:31,910 - This phone call turns out to 789 00:21:27,253 --> 00:21:31,910 be something really horrific. 790 00:21:31,910 --> 00:21:33,930 They get out and they start 791 00:21:31,910 --> 00:21:33,930 kind of looking around 792 00:21:33,930 --> 00:21:35,929 and all of a sudden, 793 00:21:33,930 --> 00:21:35,929 this smell hits them 794 00:21:35,962 --> 00:21:38,980 and it is bad. 795 00:21:38,980 --> 00:21:41,534 Eventually, they find a corpse 796 00:21:38,980 --> 00:21:41,534 so decomposed 797 00:21:41,568 --> 00:21:44,204 that it's hard to tell 798 00:21:41,568 --> 00:21:44,204 that it's a young woman, 799 00:21:44,237 --> 00:21:45,205 but it's a body. 800 00:21:56,249 --> 00:21:56,716 [ominous music] 801 00:21:57,384 --> 00:22:00,754 - Friday, July 14th, 1995. 802 00:22:00,787 --> 00:22:04,357 Harris County detectives 803 00:22:00,787 --> 00:22:04,357 responding to an anonymous tip 804 00:22:04,391 --> 00:22:08,428 have found a corpse 805 00:22:04,391 --> 00:22:08,428 on the outskirts of Houston. 806 00:22:08,461 --> 00:22:12,665 The strange phone call to KPRC 807 00:22:08,461 --> 00:22:12,665 was no joke. 808 00:22:12,699 --> 00:22:15,435 - This isn't just somebody 809 00:22:12,699 --> 00:22:15,435 who died here. 810 00:22:15,468 --> 00:22:16,670 I mean, they got dumped. 811 00:22:16,703 --> 00:22:18,471 There's a plan 812 00:22:16,703 --> 00:22:18,471 and somebody knows, 813 00:22:18,505 --> 00:22:21,908 and not only do they know, 814 00:22:18,505 --> 00:22:21,908 but they're calling it in. 815 00:22:21,941 --> 00:22:23,309 - Whoever this killer was 816 00:22:23,343 --> 00:22:25,945 had a desperate need 817 00:22:23,343 --> 00:22:25,945 to be noticed. 818 00:22:25,979 --> 00:22:29,249 He wanted to see 819 00:22:25,979 --> 00:22:29,249 what he did on the news. 820 00:22:29,282 --> 00:22:33,119 And the only way for him to do 821 00:22:29,282 --> 00:22:33,119 that was to tip the news off. 822 00:22:33,153 --> 00:22:34,954 [indistinct radio chatter] 823 00:22:34,988 --> 00:22:38,425 - The body is too decomposed 824 00:22:34,988 --> 00:22:38,425 for a simple identification, 825 00:22:38,458 --> 00:22:42,629 but some man-made items 826 00:22:38,458 --> 00:22:42,629 have survived. 827 00:22:42,662 --> 00:22:45,899 - They notice that there 828 00:22:42,662 --> 00:22:45,899 are rings. 829 00:22:45,932 --> 00:22:48,635 - Detectives check recent 830 00:22:45,932 --> 00:22:48,635 missing person reports 831 00:22:48,668 --> 00:22:50,603 and find a lead. 832 00:22:50,637 --> 00:22:52,238 - They take the rings 833 00:22:50,637 --> 00:22:52,238 to the parents' house 834 00:22:52,272 --> 00:22:54,874 and ask 'em, "Are these 835 00:22:52,272 --> 00:22:54,874 your daughter's rings?" 836 00:22:54,908 --> 00:22:57,911 And that's how they identify 837 00:22:54,908 --> 00:22:57,911 that it's Dana. 838 00:22:57,944 --> 00:23:03,516 - Harris County detectives had 839 00:22:57,944 --> 00:23:03,516 found the body of Dana Sanchez. 840 00:23:03,550 --> 00:23:04,718 * * 841 00:23:04,751 --> 00:23:07,530 - Saturday, July 15th. 842 00:23:07,530 --> 00:23:09,756 Nine days after 843 00:23:07,530 --> 00:23:09,756 Dana went missing, 844 00:23:09,789 --> 00:23:14,600 an autopsy is performed on 845 00:23:09,789 --> 00:23:14,600 the 16-year-old girl's body. 846 00:23:14,600 --> 00:23:18,264 - The medical examiner 847 00:23:14,600 --> 00:23:18,264 finds a rope around her neck 848 00:23:18,298 --> 00:23:23,570 and a toothbrush used as 849 00:23:18,298 --> 00:23:23,570 a twisting device in the rope. 850 00:23:23,603 --> 00:23:24,804 * * 851 00:23:24,838 --> 00:23:26,806 - It's another 852 00:23:24,838 --> 00:23:26,806 homemade tourniquet, 853 00:23:26,840 --> 00:23:31,770 a rare weapon with a 854 00:23:26,840 --> 00:23:31,770 specific appeal for a killer. 855 00:23:31,770 --> 00:23:34,881 - He can turn it, tighten it, 856 00:23:31,770 --> 00:23:34,881 loosen it up, 857 00:23:34,914 --> 00:23:37,830 adjust the rate of death. 858 00:23:37,830 --> 00:23:41,388 He had complete 859 00:23:37,830 --> 00:23:41,388 and total control. 860 00:23:41,421 --> 00:23:43,923 - This homicide seems 861 00:23:41,421 --> 00:23:43,923 all too familiar 862 00:23:43,957 --> 00:23:46,393 to local law enforcement. 863 00:23:46,426 --> 00:23:50,964 - Dana Rebollar's case, you had 864 00:23:46,426 --> 00:23:50,964 a tourniquet and you had 865 00:23:50,997 --> 00:23:52,632 a female strangled to death. 866 00:23:52,665 --> 00:23:55,100 In the case of Maria Estrada, 867 00:23:55,101 --> 00:23:57,671 she was strangled to death 868 00:23:55,101 --> 00:23:57,671 with a tourniquet. 869 00:23:57,704 --> 00:24:00,407 Dana Sanchez 870 00:23:57,704 --> 00:24:00,407 was also strangled. 871 00:24:00,440 --> 00:24:02,809 - All of them had one thing 872 00:24:00,440 --> 00:24:02,809 in common as well. 873 00:24:02,842 --> 00:24:06,112 They were all young 874 00:24:02,842 --> 00:24:06,112 Hispanic girls. 875 00:24:06,146 --> 00:24:09,649 - All three cases have 876 00:24:06,146 --> 00:24:09,649 such striking similarities. 877 00:24:09,683 --> 00:24:13,820 A dedicated investigation 878 00:24:09,683 --> 00:24:13,820 task force is set up. 879 00:24:13,853 --> 00:24:16,122 - They wanted to combine forces 880 00:24:16,156 --> 00:24:17,657 between the Harris County 881 00:24:16,156 --> 00:24:17,657 sheriff's department 882 00:24:17,691 --> 00:24:19,559 and the Houston 883 00:24:17,691 --> 00:24:19,559 Police Department. 884 00:24:19,592 --> 00:24:21,661 - They get everybody on board 885 00:24:19,592 --> 00:24:21,661 to try and figure out 886 00:24:21,695 --> 00:24:23,830 what's going on, 887 00:24:21,695 --> 00:24:23,830 'cause they realize 888 00:24:23,863 --> 00:24:26,990 they probably get 889 00:24:23,863 --> 00:24:26,990 a serial killer on the loose. 890 00:24:26,132 --> 00:24:29,402 * * 891 00:24:29,436 --> 00:24:31,604 - December, 1995. 892 00:24:31,638 --> 00:24:35,508 Five months after 893 00:24:31,638 --> 00:24:35,508 Dana Sanchez's body was found, 894 00:24:35,542 --> 00:24:38,778 Gina Shore visits her 895 00:24:35,542 --> 00:24:38,778 brother's family in Houston. 896 00:24:38,812 --> 00:24:42,515 Alarm bells are set ringing 897 00:24:38,812 --> 00:24:42,515 immediately. 898 00:24:42,549 --> 00:24:46,886 - My brother left his girls 899 00:24:42,549 --> 00:24:46,886 at home locked in the house. 900 00:24:46,920 --> 00:24:49,956 All the windows were 901 00:24:46,920 --> 00:24:49,956 nailed shut, no babysitter. 902 00:24:49,989 --> 00:24:53,560 And when we questioned 903 00:24:49,989 --> 00:24:53,560 my brother as to what happens, 904 00:24:53,593 --> 00:24:56,730 if you know, 905 00:24:53,593 --> 00:24:56,730 if there was an emergency, 906 00:24:56,763 --> 00:25:00,330 oh, his neighbor had keys 907 00:24:56,763 --> 00:25:00,330 to let his daughters out. 908 00:25:00,660 --> 00:25:04,370 I felt that that 909 00:25:00,660 --> 00:25:04,370 was not acceptable, 910 00:25:04,700 --> 00:25:06,239 but I didn't want 911 00:25:04,700 --> 00:25:06,239 to start a fight. 912 00:25:06,272 --> 00:25:07,841 - Anthony also seems to have 913 00:25:07,874 --> 00:25:11,745 lost his obsession 914 00:25:07,874 --> 00:25:11,745 with having a spotless home. 915 00:25:11,778 --> 00:25:14,948 - It was really strange, 916 00:25:11,778 --> 00:25:14,948 almost surreal, 917 00:25:15,480 --> 00:25:16,249 the way that they were living. 918 00:25:16,282 --> 00:25:19,819 They had no power, 919 00:25:16,282 --> 00:25:19,819 no running water. 920 00:25:19,853 --> 00:25:23,623 There was stuff strewn 921 00:25:19,853 --> 00:25:23,623 everywhere. 922 00:25:23,656 --> 00:25:26,126 Children being raised 923 00:25:23,656 --> 00:25:26,126 where you can't see the floor. 924 00:25:26,159 --> 00:25:28,610 It wasn't just in disarray. 925 00:25:28,610 --> 00:25:31,970 It was dirty and there was 926 00:25:28,610 --> 00:25:31,970 no rhyme or reason for it. 927 00:25:31,131 --> 00:25:34,100 My brother had a good job, 928 00:25:31,131 --> 00:25:34,100 he was making money, 929 00:25:34,134 --> 00:25:39,439 he was well-respected 930 00:25:34,134 --> 00:25:39,439 in his community, 931 00:25:39,472 --> 00:25:40,640 but I don't think 932 00:25:39,472 --> 00:25:40,640 any of the people 933 00:25:40,674 --> 00:25:41,941 who respected my brother 934 00:25:41,975 --> 00:25:47,247 ever saw what his actual 935 00:25:41,975 --> 00:25:47,247 private life was. 936 00:25:47,280 --> 00:25:50,116 That made me lose respect 937 00:25:47,280 --> 00:25:50,116 for my brother, 938 00:25:50,150 --> 00:25:53,860 that he was endangering 939 00:25:50,150 --> 00:25:53,860 his daughters. 940 00:25:53,860 --> 00:25:54,688 - Once more, 941 00:25:54,721 --> 00:25:57,557 Gina reports Anthony 942 00:25:54,721 --> 00:25:57,557 to Child Protective Services. 943 00:25:57,590 --> 00:26:02,280 - I was completely disgusted 944 00:25:57,590 --> 00:26:02,280 with how CPS was handling it. 945 00:26:02,620 --> 00:26:04,831 My brother is putting 946 00:26:02,620 --> 00:26:04,831 his daughters in jeopardy 947 00:26:04,864 --> 00:26:06,633 and they're just dismissing it. 948 00:26:06,666 --> 00:26:11,438 - But Anthony's public image 949 00:26:06,666 --> 00:26:11,438 wins over CPS welfare workers. 950 00:26:11,471 --> 00:26:12,839 - He's very charismatic, 951 00:26:12,872 --> 00:26:16,109 he was very charming, 952 00:26:12,872 --> 00:26:16,109 and very persuasive. 953 00:26:16,142 --> 00:26:19,879 There was no risk 954 00:26:16,142 --> 00:26:19,879 to his children in CPS. 955 00:26:19,913 --> 00:26:21,481 They're turning a blind eye 956 00:26:21,514 --> 00:26:25,118 because my brother was 957 00:26:21,514 --> 00:26:25,118 so well respected. 958 00:26:25,151 --> 00:26:27,354 It was wrong. 959 00:26:27,387 --> 00:26:28,822 - Gina heads home, 960 00:26:28,855 --> 00:26:30,957 reluctantly 961 00:26:28,855 --> 00:26:30,957 leaving Tiffany and Amber 962 00:26:31,570 --> 00:26:33,426 under their father's control. 963 00:26:33,460 --> 00:26:35,628 - I felt sick to my stomach 964 00:26:33,460 --> 00:26:35,628 having to leave them 965 00:26:35,662 --> 00:26:38,965 in that situation, 966 00:26:35,662 --> 00:26:38,965 but I felt very powerless. 967 00:26:39,650 --> 00:26:41,501 If CPS was not willing 968 00:26:39,650 --> 00:26:41,501 to do something about it, 969 00:26:41,534 --> 00:26:43,803 there was not much 970 00:26:41,534 --> 00:26:43,803 that I could do. 971 00:26:43,837 --> 00:26:45,438 * * 972 00:26:45,472 --> 00:26:47,674 - In January 1996, 973 00:26:47,707 --> 00:26:50,276 Houston's law enforcement's 974 00:26:47,707 --> 00:26:50,276 joint task force 975 00:26:50,310 --> 00:26:53,313 is also feeling powerless. 976 00:26:53,346 --> 00:26:55,648 Their investigation 977 00:26:53,346 --> 00:26:55,648 into Maria, Diana, 978 00:26:55,682 --> 00:27:00,320 and Dana's homicides is not 979 00:26:55,682 --> 00:27:00,320 going the way they'd hoped. 980 00:27:00,353 --> 00:27:02,122 - Days stretch into weeks 981 00:27:00,353 --> 00:27:02,122 and weeks into months 982 00:27:02,155 --> 00:27:04,124 and nothing happened, 983 00:27:02,155 --> 00:27:04,124 so they ran outta leads. 984 00:27:04,157 --> 00:27:05,625 - It was not 985 00:27:04,157 --> 00:27:05,625 for lack of effort. 986 00:27:05,658 --> 00:27:08,261 These guys were really, 987 00:27:05,658 --> 00:27:08,261 really good. 988 00:27:08,294 --> 00:27:11,898 Unfortunately, 989 00:27:08,294 --> 00:27:11,898 there was nothing to be found. 990 00:27:11,931 --> 00:27:14,234 - The lead investigator 991 00:27:11,931 --> 00:27:14,234 sends DNA samples 992 00:27:14,267 --> 00:27:19,305 from Maria Del Carmen's case 993 00:27:14,267 --> 00:27:19,305 for another round of analysis. 994 00:27:19,339 --> 00:27:21,941 - They go back 995 00:27:19,339 --> 00:27:21,941 to the sexual crimes unit. 996 00:27:22,420 --> 00:27:23,443 "Can we run the DNA 997 00:27:22,420 --> 00:27:23,443 that we have 998 00:27:23,476 --> 00:27:26,446 through 999 00:27:23,476 --> 00:27:26,446 the new updated databases?" 1000 00:27:26,479 --> 00:27:28,648 - But there are 1001 00:27:26,479 --> 00:27:28,648 still no matches. 1002 00:27:28,682 --> 00:27:32,819 The killer's DNA 1003 00:27:28,682 --> 00:27:32,819 is not in the database. 1004 00:27:32,852 --> 00:27:35,822 The three cases go cold. 1005 00:27:35,855 --> 00:27:37,957 - You're getting other cases 1006 00:27:35,855 --> 00:27:37,957 assigned to you 1007 00:27:38,580 --> 00:27:39,426 on a daily basis. 1008 00:27:39,459 --> 00:27:43,630 So at some point, 1009 00:27:39,459 --> 00:27:43,630 you just have to let go 1010 00:27:43,630 --> 00:27:45,398 and hope that you get some 1011 00:27:43,630 --> 00:27:45,398 further information 1012 00:27:45,432 --> 00:27:47,634 in the future. 1013 00:27:47,667 --> 00:27:50,700 - I was so afraid. 1014 00:27:50,700 --> 00:27:51,237 - That son of a bitch. 1015 00:27:51,271 --> 00:27:53,840 I was horrified. 1016 00:27:51,271 --> 00:27:53,840 I was sickened. 1017 00:27:53,873 --> 00:27:57,844 - Amazingly, there's a match, 1018 00:27:53,873 --> 00:27:57,844 and it's a man in Houston. 1019 00:28:08,221 --> 00:28:08,688 [ominous music] 1020 00:28:09,289 --> 00:28:12,250 - Early summer, 1997. 1021 00:28:12,580 --> 00:28:15,462 16 months since Gina Shore 1022 00:28:12,580 --> 00:28:15,462 reported her brother Anthony 1023 00:28:15,495 --> 00:28:18,431 for endangering his children, 1024 00:28:18,465 --> 00:28:21,234 Tiffany and Amber still live 1025 00:28:18,465 --> 00:28:21,234 in Houston with their dad 1026 00:28:21,267 --> 00:28:24,170 who's got more 1027 00:28:21,267 --> 00:28:24,170 important things on his mind 1028 00:28:24,204 --> 00:28:27,400 than his 12- 1029 00:28:24,204 --> 00:28:27,400 and 13-year-old daughters. 1030 00:28:27,400 --> 00:28:29,342 - My dad decided 1031 00:28:27,400 --> 00:28:29,342 to send my sister and I 1032 00:28:29,376 --> 00:28:31,611 to go visit my grandmother 1033 00:28:29,376 --> 00:28:31,611 over the summer 1034 00:28:31,644 --> 00:28:35,348 so that he could 1035 00:28:31,644 --> 00:28:35,348 marry his girlfriend 1036 00:28:35,382 --> 00:28:37,550 and have a honeymoon. 1037 00:28:37,584 --> 00:28:39,419 - Tiffany and Amber head 1038 00:28:37,584 --> 00:28:39,419 to their grandmother's 1039 00:28:39,452 --> 00:28:41,654 in Sacramento, California. 1040 00:28:41,688 --> 00:28:43,623 - It was supposed to be 1041 00:28:41,688 --> 00:28:43,623 just for a month, 1042 00:28:43,656 --> 00:28:47,193 and then we were supposed 1043 00:28:43,656 --> 00:28:47,193 to go back to my dad. 1044 00:28:47,227 --> 00:28:48,461 * * 1045 00:28:48,495 --> 00:28:49,796 - The girls take turns 1046 00:28:49,829 --> 00:28:51,931 visiting their aunt Gina 1047 00:28:49,829 --> 00:28:51,931 in Seattle. 1048 00:28:51,965 --> 00:28:53,633 * * 1049 00:28:53,667 --> 00:28:56,736 - That was when 1050 00:28:53,667 --> 00:28:56,736 I decided to tell Gina 1051 00:28:56,770 --> 00:28:59,406 about the things 1052 00:28:56,770 --> 00:28:59,406 that had been going on 1053 00:28:59,439 --> 00:29:03,476 and why I didn't wanna 1054 00:28:59,439 --> 00:29:03,476 be alone with my dad. 1055 00:29:03,510 --> 00:29:06,146 - Tiffany's moment comes 1056 00:29:03,510 --> 00:29:06,146 while waiting for her flight 1057 00:29:06,179 --> 00:29:07,781 back to California. 1058 00:29:07,814 --> 00:29:10,383 - I'd had a really crappy day 1059 00:29:07,814 --> 00:29:10,383 at work 1060 00:29:10,417 --> 00:29:12,585 and Tiffany, she says, 1061 00:29:10,417 --> 00:29:12,585 "You seem upset." 1062 00:29:12,619 --> 00:29:14,788 And I said, "Yeah, haven't 1063 00:29:12,619 --> 00:29:14,788 you ever had something happen 1064 00:29:14,821 --> 00:29:17,757 "you just felt was unjustified 1065 00:29:14,821 --> 00:29:17,757 where it just made 1066 00:29:17,791 --> 00:29:20,930 you just wanna punch somebody 1067 00:29:17,791 --> 00:29:20,930 in the throat?" 1068 00:29:20,126 --> 00:29:24,464 Tiffany turned sheet white, 1069 00:29:20,126 --> 00:29:24,464 started bawling her eyes out, 1070 00:29:24,497 --> 00:29:26,660 and started telling me 1071 00:29:24,497 --> 00:29:26,660 all the things 1072 00:29:26,990 --> 00:29:28,340 that my brother 1073 00:29:26,990 --> 00:29:28,340 had been doing to her. 1074 00:29:28,680 --> 00:29:31,370 He had been molesting her... 1075 00:29:31,370 --> 00:29:33,273 and she would wake up 1076 00:29:31,370 --> 00:29:33,273 in the middle of the night 1077 00:29:33,306 --> 00:29:36,760 with him doing these things. 1078 00:29:36,109 --> 00:29:37,744 And I was horrified. 1079 00:29:37,777 --> 00:29:40,447 What do you say when 1080 00:29:37,777 --> 00:29:40,447 a small child is sitting there 1081 00:29:40,480 --> 00:29:42,349 and it's like, you know, 1082 00:29:40,480 --> 00:29:42,349 you don't have to go back 1083 00:29:42,382 --> 00:29:44,500 if you don't want to. 1084 00:29:44,840 --> 00:29:47,253 I will fight to keep you here. 1085 00:29:47,287 --> 00:29:49,255 - Gina calls the girls' 1086 00:29:47,287 --> 00:29:49,255 grandmother-- 1087 00:29:49,289 --> 00:29:53,590 hers and Anthony's own mother. 1088 00:29:53,590 --> 00:29:56,129 - And I told her 1089 00:29:53,590 --> 00:29:56,129 what Tiffany had told me. 1090 00:29:56,162 --> 00:29:57,797 Amber was sitting 1091 00:29:56,162 --> 00:29:57,797 at my mom's table 1092 00:29:57,831 --> 00:30:00,233 and she could hear 1093 00:29:57,831 --> 00:30:00,233 what I was telling her. 1094 00:30:00,266 --> 00:30:01,768 Amber went ballistic. 1095 00:30:01,801 --> 00:30:04,437 She was gonna kill 1096 00:30:01,801 --> 00:30:04,437 that son of a bitch 1097 00:30:04,471 --> 00:30:08,800 because how dare him 1098 00:30:04,471 --> 00:30:08,800 ever touch her baby's sister. 1099 00:30:08,410 --> 00:30:09,776 He promised 1100 00:30:08,410 --> 00:30:09,776 he would never do that 1101 00:30:09,809 --> 00:30:11,111 as long as she was compliant 1102 00:30:11,144 --> 00:30:14,247 and let him do whatever 1103 00:30:11,144 --> 00:30:14,247 he wanted to her. 1104 00:30:14,280 --> 00:30:17,417 - Amber thought that it was 1105 00:30:14,280 --> 00:30:17,417 only happening to her 1106 00:30:17,450 --> 00:30:22,222 and that she was protecting 1107 00:30:17,450 --> 00:30:22,222 her sister, but she couldn't. 1108 00:30:22,255 --> 00:30:23,890 - My mom could not believe 1109 00:30:23,923 --> 00:30:25,725 that my brother would do that 1110 00:30:23,923 --> 00:30:25,725 to his own daughters. 1111 00:30:25,759 --> 00:30:26,893 I was not as surprised. 1112 00:30:26,926 --> 00:30:29,629 I was horrified, 1113 00:30:26,926 --> 00:30:29,629 I was sickened. 1114 00:30:29,662 --> 00:30:33,233 He was doing everything 1115 00:30:29,662 --> 00:30:33,233 that I suspected him of doing. 1116 00:30:33,266 --> 00:30:35,702 I wasn't imagining it. 1117 00:30:35,735 --> 00:30:40,730 He was indeed 1118 00:30:35,735 --> 00:30:40,730 molesting his daughters. 1119 00:30:40,106 --> 00:30:41,341 - Tiffany 1120 00:30:40,106 --> 00:30:41,341 and Amber's grandmother 1121 00:30:41,374 --> 00:30:43,610 takes immediate action. 1122 00:30:43,643 --> 00:30:45,612 - She took them into 1123 00:30:43,643 --> 00:30:45,612 child services 1124 00:30:45,645 --> 00:30:49,349 there in Sacramento 1125 00:30:45,645 --> 00:30:49,349 the next day 1126 00:30:49,382 --> 00:30:51,418 and started the process 1127 00:30:49,382 --> 00:30:51,418 where my brother 1128 00:30:51,451 --> 00:30:53,787 would not have 1129 00:30:51,451 --> 00:30:53,787 his daughter's back. 1130 00:30:53,820 --> 00:30:56,423 And we pressed charges 1131 00:30:53,820 --> 00:30:56,423 at that point. 1132 00:30:56,456 --> 00:31:00,627 - Disgusted with her brother, 1133 00:30:56,456 --> 00:31:00,627 Gina hunts for answers. 1134 00:31:00,660 --> 00:31:03,630 - I did call him 1135 00:31:00,660 --> 00:31:03,630 and ask him, "Why? 1136 00:31:03,630 --> 00:31:05,650 Why would you do this?" 1137 00:31:05,650 --> 00:31:07,233 His response... 1138 00:31:07,267 --> 00:31:10,337 "Well, I had lack of control," 1139 00:31:07,267 --> 00:31:10,337 and you know, 1140 00:31:10,370 --> 00:31:12,772 "I was doing drugs," 1141 00:31:10,370 --> 00:31:12,772 or "I was drunk." 1142 00:31:12,806 --> 00:31:15,175 "And you have to understand 1143 00:31:15,208 --> 00:31:17,677 they're very provocative 1144 00:31:15,208 --> 00:31:17,677 young ladies." 1145 00:31:17,711 --> 00:31:20,747 Provocative or not, 1146 00:31:17,711 --> 00:31:20,747 that does not make it okay 1147 00:31:20,780 --> 00:31:22,115 to do that to a child. 1148 00:31:22,148 --> 00:31:25,685 Even if they were adults, 1149 00:31:25,719 --> 00:31:28,880 it doesn't make it okay. 1150 00:31:28,121 --> 00:31:30,790 It will never be okay. 1151 00:31:30,824 --> 00:31:32,920 * * 1152 00:31:32,125 --> 00:31:34,994 - October 31st, 1997. 1153 00:31:35,950 --> 00:31:38,765 - Anthony Shore is then charged 1154 00:31:35,950 --> 00:31:38,765 with child sexual molestation. 1155 00:31:38,798 --> 00:31:42,335 The California authorities 1156 00:31:38,798 --> 00:31:42,335 had to hand it over to Texas 1157 00:31:42,369 --> 00:31:45,672 because that's where 1158 00:31:42,369 --> 00:31:45,672 the molestation occurred. 1159 00:31:45,705 --> 00:31:50,110 - In court, Anthony shockingly 1160 00:31:45,705 --> 00:31:50,110 gets no jail time 1161 00:31:50,110 --> 00:31:53,513 and has put on probation 1162 00:31:50,110 --> 00:31:53,513 for eight years. 1163 00:31:53,546 --> 00:31:55,615 - All he had to do 1164 00:31:53,546 --> 00:31:55,615 was just register 1165 00:31:55,648 --> 00:31:58,451 that he had molested 1166 00:31:55,648 --> 00:31:58,451 his daughters. 1167 00:31:58,485 --> 00:32:01,454 He lived across the street 1168 00:31:58,485 --> 00:32:01,454 from an elementary school. 1169 00:32:01,488 --> 00:32:05,580 Sex offenders aren't supposed 1170 00:32:01,488 --> 00:32:05,580 to be able to do that. 1171 00:32:05,580 --> 00:32:06,426 - Anthony's also required 1172 00:32:06,459 --> 00:32:09,796 to submit a DNA sample 1173 00:32:06,459 --> 00:32:09,796 to the police. 1174 00:32:09,829 --> 00:32:11,197 - Anthony Shore at this point 1175 00:32:11,231 --> 00:32:13,667 is holding out 1176 00:32:11,231 --> 00:32:13,667 as long as he can 1177 00:32:13,700 --> 00:32:17,771 before he has to submit 1178 00:32:13,700 --> 00:32:17,771 his DNA sample. 1179 00:32:17,804 --> 00:32:19,105 What's he trying to hide? 1180 00:32:19,139 --> 00:32:20,674 [police siren wailing] 1181 00:32:20,707 --> 00:32:23,777 - By the fall of 1998, 1182 00:32:20,707 --> 00:32:23,777 Anthony Shore's DNA 1183 00:32:23,810 --> 00:32:27,714 is in the new national 1184 00:32:23,810 --> 00:32:27,714 DNA database. 1185 00:32:27,747 --> 00:32:29,449 * * 1186 00:32:29,482 --> 00:32:31,840 Tiffany and Amber's 1187 00:32:29,482 --> 00:32:31,840 grandmother 1188 00:32:31,840 --> 00:32:33,860 gets custody of the girls. 1189 00:32:33,860 --> 00:32:35,221 Though she's hundreds of miles 1190 00:32:33,860 --> 00:32:35,221 from Houston, 1191 00:32:35,255 --> 00:32:38,391 Tiffany's still scared 1192 00:32:35,255 --> 00:32:38,391 of her dad. 1193 00:32:38,425 --> 00:32:40,493 - He had absolute freedom 1194 00:32:38,425 --> 00:32:40,493 of movement. 1195 00:32:40,527 --> 00:32:45,231 I was so afraid that he was 1196 00:32:40,527 --> 00:32:45,231 just gonna show up and hurt us. 1197 00:32:45,265 --> 00:32:46,766 * * 1198 00:32:46,800 --> 00:32:49,469 - The girls rebuild 1199 00:32:46,800 --> 00:32:49,469 their lives in California. 1200 00:32:49,502 --> 00:32:51,271 Their father carries on 1201 00:32:49,502 --> 00:32:51,271 his life 1202 00:32:51,304 --> 00:32:53,606 with his young wife in Texas. 1203 00:32:53,640 --> 00:32:56,309 * * 1204 00:32:56,343 --> 00:32:58,611 Houston, 2003. 1205 00:32:58,645 --> 00:33:00,113 Five years on, 1206 00:33:00,146 --> 00:33:03,383 Harris County now has 1207 00:33:00,146 --> 00:33:03,383 a dedicated cold case squad. 1208 00:33:03,416 --> 00:33:05,510 They think 1209 00:33:03,416 --> 00:33:05,510 the tourniquet homicides 1210 00:33:05,510 --> 00:33:07,530 are worth another look. 1211 00:33:07,530 --> 00:33:09,456 - We talked with the Harris 1212 00:33:07,530 --> 00:33:09,456 County sheriff's office, 1213 00:33:09,489 --> 00:33:12,580 so they advised us 1214 00:33:09,489 --> 00:33:12,580 that they were using a company 1215 00:33:12,580 --> 00:33:13,793 called Orchid Labs in Dallas, 1216 00:33:13,827 --> 00:33:17,797 which was a new company 1217 00:33:13,827 --> 00:33:17,797 that was processing DNA. 1218 00:33:17,831 --> 00:33:21,968 - Can this new lab finally 1219 00:33:17,831 --> 00:33:21,968 unlock these cold cases? 1220 00:33:22,680 --> 00:33:24,671 - The fingernail clippings 1221 00:33:22,680 --> 00:33:24,671 from Maria Del Carmen, 1222 00:33:24,704 --> 00:33:27,107 they had been kept on file 1223 00:33:24,704 --> 00:33:27,107 in the evidence room 1224 00:33:27,140 --> 00:33:28,174 all these years. 1225 00:33:28,208 --> 00:33:29,909 * * 1226 00:33:29,943 --> 00:33:32,512 They had DNA, but you use 1227 00:33:29,943 --> 00:33:32,512 it up each time you test it, 1228 00:33:32,545 --> 00:33:34,314 so they had 1229 00:33:32,545 --> 00:33:34,314 to make a decision. 1230 00:33:34,347 --> 00:33:35,782 Do we want to use, you know, 1231 00:33:35,815 --> 00:33:40,553 the rest of our finite sample 1232 00:33:35,815 --> 00:33:40,553 on sending it to Dallas? 1233 00:33:40,587 --> 00:33:42,989 - It was decided that 1234 00:33:40,587 --> 00:33:42,989 the fingernail samples 1235 00:33:43,890 --> 00:33:47,930 would be submitted to see 1236 00:33:43,890 --> 00:33:47,930 if there was DNA enough 1237 00:33:47,930 --> 00:33:49,429 to match a suspect. 1238 00:33:49,462 --> 00:33:51,464 - Can this carefully-preserved 1239 00:33:49,462 --> 00:33:51,464 evidence 1240 00:33:51,498 --> 00:33:55,101 finally reveal 1241 00:33:51,498 --> 00:33:55,101 the killer's identity? 1242 00:33:55,101 --> 00:33:57,437 - The DNA analysts, 1243 00:33:55,101 --> 00:33:57,437 they do their magic. 1244 00:33:57,470 --> 00:33:59,773 They're able 1245 00:33:57,470 --> 00:33:59,773 to pull a good sample. 1246 00:33:59,806 --> 00:34:03,777 - The DNA profile is run 1247 00:33:59,806 --> 00:34:03,777 against the national database. 1248 00:34:03,810 --> 00:34:06,913 * * 1249 00:34:06,946 --> 00:34:12,385 On October 16th, 2003, 1250 00:34:06,946 --> 00:34:12,385 the results come in. 1251 00:34:12,418 --> 00:34:15,789 - Amazingly there's a match, 1252 00:34:12,418 --> 00:34:15,789 and it's a man in Houston. 1253 00:34:15,822 --> 00:34:20,627 - The name, I had never heard 1254 00:34:15,822 --> 00:34:20,627 of in my life: Anthony Shore. 1255 00:34:20,659 --> 00:34:21,795 [dramatic music] 1256 00:34:21,828 --> 00:34:23,463 - It's the breakthrough 1257 00:34:23,496 --> 00:34:25,764 detectives have been waiting 1258 00:34:23,496 --> 00:34:25,764 over 20 years for. 1259 00:34:25,799 --> 00:34:28,768 DNA evidence 1260 00:34:25,799 --> 00:34:28,768 firmly ties Anthony Shore, 1261 00:34:28,802 --> 00:34:30,437 convicted child molester, 1262 00:34:30,469 --> 00:34:35,750 to Maria Del Carmen's murder 1263 00:34:30,469 --> 00:34:35,750 in 1992. 1264 00:34:35,108 --> 00:34:40,800 - The question now becomes is 1265 00:34:35,108 --> 00:34:40,800 Anthony Shore a serial killer? 1266 00:34:40,800 --> 00:34:42,415 [ominous music] 1267 00:34:42,449 --> 00:34:45,485 - Friday, October 24th, 2003. 1268 00:34:45,518 --> 00:34:47,554 - Anthony Shore, 1269 00:34:45,518 --> 00:34:47,554 he had been arrested 1270 00:34:47,587 --> 00:34:49,789 and taken down 1271 00:34:47,587 --> 00:34:49,789 to the homicide division, 1272 00:34:49,822 --> 00:34:52,726 and a search warrant 1273 00:34:49,822 --> 00:34:52,726 was obtained for his house. 1274 00:34:52,759 --> 00:34:54,793 In his bedroom, 1275 00:34:52,759 --> 00:34:54,793 he had folders, 1276 00:34:54,828 --> 00:34:57,731 many of them that 1277 00:34:54,828 --> 00:34:57,731 contained pictures 1278 00:34:57,764 --> 00:35:00,533 of young, Hispanic females 1279 00:35:00,567 --> 00:35:03,136 in negligees or in stockings. 1280 00:35:03,169 --> 00:35:07,207 And he had cut 'em all out and 1281 00:35:03,169 --> 00:35:07,207 pasted them in this notebook. 1282 00:35:07,240 --> 00:35:10,210 The suspect liked 1283 00:35:07,240 --> 00:35:10,210 young, Hispanic girls. 1284 00:35:10,243 --> 00:35:11,945 * * 1285 00:35:12,450 --> 00:35:15,181 - Anthony Shore is ready 1286 00:35:12,450 --> 00:35:15,181 for questioning at 5:00 p.m., 1287 00:35:15,215 --> 00:35:18,518 but he's not about to give 1288 00:35:15,215 --> 00:35:18,518 the police an easy ride. 1289 00:35:18,551 --> 00:35:21,287 - The cops say, 1290 00:35:18,551 --> 00:35:21,287 "We have your DNA 1291 00:35:21,321 --> 00:35:25,625 "connected to Maria 1292 00:35:21,321 --> 00:35:25,625 Del Carmen's murder. 1293 00:35:25,658 --> 00:35:29,629 So we know it's you. 1294 00:35:25,658 --> 00:35:29,629 So what do you say about that?" 1295 00:35:29,662 --> 00:35:32,650 And he says, "I don't remember 1296 00:35:29,662 --> 00:35:32,650 anything like that." 1297 00:35:32,650 --> 00:35:33,667 You know, 1298 00:35:32,650 --> 00:35:33,667 it just sort of plays it off. 1299 00:35:33,700 --> 00:35:36,436 And he's kind of cool 1300 00:35:33,700 --> 00:35:36,436 about the whole thing. 1301 00:35:36,469 --> 00:35:39,472 - For over five hours, 1302 00:35:36,469 --> 00:35:39,472 three different detectives 1303 00:35:39,506 --> 00:35:42,275 take turns 1304 00:35:39,506 --> 00:35:42,275 interrogating Shore. 1305 00:35:42,308 --> 00:35:44,770 - And got nowhere with him. 1306 00:35:44,110 --> 00:35:46,146 He wouldn't admit to anything. 1307 00:35:46,179 --> 00:35:47,781 - Shortly before midnight, 1308 00:35:47,814 --> 00:35:51,418 Detective Swain 1309 00:35:47,814 --> 00:35:51,418 has one last try. 1310 00:35:51,451 --> 00:35:55,622 - That's when Anthony Shore 1311 00:35:51,451 --> 00:35:55,622 opened up and told him 1312 00:35:55,655 --> 00:35:57,791 he was going to tell him 1313 00:35:55,655 --> 00:35:57,791 about the murders 1314 00:35:57,824 --> 00:35:59,325 and also give him a bonus 1315 00:36:12,272 --> 00:36:12,739 [ominous music] 1316 00:36:13,473 --> 00:36:16,576 - Friday, October 24th, 2003. 1317 00:36:16,609 --> 00:36:19,450 Houston PD have 1318 00:36:16,609 --> 00:36:19,450 a prime suspect 1319 00:36:19,450 --> 00:36:21,648 for three shocking homicides. 1320 00:36:21,681 --> 00:36:25,418 Anthony Shore is now offering 1321 00:36:21,681 --> 00:36:25,418 a confession for these 1322 00:36:25,452 --> 00:36:29,155 and a bonus fourth murder. 1323 00:36:29,189 --> 00:36:33,193 - The bonus murder 1324 00:36:29,189 --> 00:36:33,193 was the Tremblay murder. 1325 00:36:33,226 --> 00:36:36,463 - Laurie Tremblay was 1326 00:36:33,226 --> 00:36:36,463 a teenage girl from Houston. 1327 00:36:36,496 --> 00:36:39,299 - She was just walking 1328 00:36:36,496 --> 00:36:39,299 to school in 1986 1329 00:36:39,332 --> 00:36:42,680 and she ended up missing. 1330 00:36:42,680 --> 00:36:45,372 - Laurie Tremblay was found 1331 00:36:42,680 --> 00:36:45,372 in the parking lot 1332 00:36:45,405 --> 00:36:47,774 of a restaurant 1333 00:36:45,405 --> 00:36:47,774 behind a dumpster 1334 00:36:47,807 --> 00:36:50,844 and had been 1335 00:36:47,807 --> 00:36:50,844 strangled to death. 1336 00:36:50,877 --> 00:36:52,846 - Laurie's case 1337 00:36:50,877 --> 00:36:52,846 had remained unsolved 1338 00:36:52,879 --> 00:36:56,449 for 17 years until now. 1339 00:36:56,483 --> 00:37:00,253 - Shore ultimately confesses 1340 00:36:56,483 --> 00:37:00,253 to killing four people, 1341 00:37:00,286 --> 00:37:03,456 all female, all young. 1342 00:37:03,490 --> 00:37:06,793 Laurie Tremblay, 1343 00:37:03,490 --> 00:37:06,793 Maria Del Carmen Estrada, 1344 00:37:06,826 --> 00:37:10,196 Diana Rebollar, 1345 00:37:06,826 --> 00:37:10,196 and Dana Sanchez, 1346 00:37:10,230 --> 00:37:13,299 all strangled and dumped. 1347 00:37:13,333 --> 00:37:16,360 - Not only does he admit 1348 00:37:13,333 --> 00:37:16,360 to the three murders, 1349 00:37:16,360 --> 00:37:19,139 but there's a fourth murder 1350 00:37:16,360 --> 00:37:19,139 that they had no idea about. 1351 00:37:19,172 --> 00:37:21,775 It just blows everybody away. 1352 00:37:21,808 --> 00:37:25,780 - Shore also admits 1353 00:37:21,808 --> 00:37:25,780 he called KPRC news, 1354 00:37:25,111 --> 00:37:27,681 alerting them to Dana's body. 1355 00:37:27,714 --> 00:37:29,683 - That just 1356 00:37:27,714 --> 00:37:29,683 fits serial killers. 1357 00:37:29,716 --> 00:37:32,852 Need for control 1358 00:37:29,716 --> 00:37:32,852 and a need for attention. 1359 00:37:32,886 --> 00:37:34,454 * * 1360 00:37:34,487 --> 00:37:37,123 - It's not long before news 1361 00:37:34,487 --> 00:37:37,123 of Shore's arrest 1362 00:37:37,157 --> 00:37:39,590 reaches his daughters. 1363 00:37:39,590 --> 00:37:40,660 - I was about 18 years old 1364 00:37:40,694 --> 00:37:43,463 and I remember my sister 1365 00:37:40,694 --> 00:37:43,463 calling me on the cell phone 1366 00:37:43,496 --> 00:37:45,131 in her very calm, casual way. 1367 00:37:45,165 --> 00:37:46,433 It was like, "Oh yeah. 1368 00:37:46,466 --> 00:37:48,234 On the news, 1369 00:37:46,466 --> 00:37:48,234 Dad's a serial killer." 1370 00:37:48,268 --> 00:37:50,236 And I was like, 1371 00:37:48,268 --> 00:37:50,236 "Yeah, okay. Whatever." 1372 00:37:50,270 --> 00:37:52,372 And she's like, "No, no, no. 1373 00:37:50,270 --> 00:37:52,372 Like, I'm serious. 1374 00:37:52,405 --> 00:37:53,673 I just saw--" 1375 00:37:52,405 --> 00:37:53,673 [chuckles] 1376 00:37:53,707 --> 00:37:56,776 "On the news, 1377 00:37:53,707 --> 00:37:56,776 Dad is a serial killer." 1378 00:37:56,810 --> 00:37:58,845 It was very surreal. 1379 00:37:58,878 --> 00:38:00,914 - He is an evil person. 1380 00:38:01,140 --> 00:38:06,252 He is a guy that preyed 1381 00:38:01,140 --> 00:38:06,252 on young women and girls. 1382 00:38:06,286 --> 00:38:07,754 - Tiffany tries to make sense 1383 00:38:07,787 --> 00:38:10,423 of what her dad 1384 00:38:07,787 --> 00:38:10,423 has confessed to. 1385 00:38:10,457 --> 00:38:12,292 - I knew he was 1386 00:38:10,457 --> 00:38:12,292 a terrible person. 1387 00:38:12,325 --> 00:38:14,461 I knew what he had done 1388 00:38:12,325 --> 00:38:14,461 to my sister and I, 1389 00:38:14,494 --> 00:38:18,465 but also, like, 1390 00:38:14,494 --> 00:38:18,465 that's a hard one to believe. 1391 00:38:18,498 --> 00:38:21,434 That the parent 1392 00:38:18,498 --> 00:38:21,434 that you lived with 1393 00:38:21,468 --> 00:38:26,439 was just out murdering people 1394 00:38:21,468 --> 00:38:26,439 when you were, like, at school 1395 00:38:26,473 --> 00:38:29,609 or sleeping in your bed 1396 00:38:26,473 --> 00:38:29,609 at night and then coming home. 1397 00:38:29,642 --> 00:38:32,812 Like it was really, 1398 00:38:29,642 --> 00:38:32,812 really a lot to take in. 1399 00:38:32,846 --> 00:38:34,314 * * 1400 00:38:34,347 --> 00:38:36,490 - Gina's younger sister 1401 00:38:34,347 --> 00:38:36,490 brings her the news 1402 00:38:36,490 --> 00:38:39,719 about their big brother, 1403 00:38:36,490 --> 00:38:39,719 Anthony, who she calls Tony. 1404 00:38:39,753 --> 00:38:44,900 - I just got home from work, 1405 00:38:39,753 --> 00:38:44,900 and my phone rang. 1406 00:38:44,124 --> 00:38:47,560 My sister said, 1407 00:38:44,124 --> 00:38:47,560 "You need to sit down. 1408 00:38:47,594 --> 00:38:49,362 I've got some news." 1409 00:38:47,594 --> 00:38:49,362 I said, "What?" 1410 00:38:49,396 --> 00:38:52,298 And she says, 1411 00:38:49,396 --> 00:38:52,298 "They've arrested Tony 1412 00:38:52,332 --> 00:38:55,435 "for murder. 1413 00:38:55,468 --> 00:39:00,407 They're attributing 1414 00:38:55,468 --> 00:39:00,407 four bodies to him." 1415 00:39:00,440 --> 00:39:05,445 And I said, "I'm not surprised. 1416 00:39:05,478 --> 00:39:07,681 I'm not surprised at all." 1417 00:39:07,714 --> 00:39:12,686 All that stuff that I had 1418 00:39:07,714 --> 00:39:12,686 put aside all came to light. 1419 00:39:12,719 --> 00:39:15,288 All the times 1420 00:39:12,719 --> 00:39:15,288 I had reported him-- 1421 00:39:15,321 --> 00:39:16,756 picking people up. 1422 00:39:16,790 --> 00:39:18,658 When I was with him before, 1423 00:39:18,692 --> 00:39:21,294 I didn't think that 1424 00:39:18,692 --> 00:39:21,294 he had murdered people, 1425 00:39:21,327 --> 00:39:24,464 you know, trying to rape them 1426 00:39:21,327 --> 00:39:24,464 or whatever, 1427 00:39:24,497 --> 00:39:27,300 but... 1428 00:39:27,334 --> 00:39:31,705 it brought back a lot of... 1429 00:39:31,738 --> 00:39:33,390 what I knew. 1430 00:39:33,730 --> 00:39:34,674 * * 1431 00:39:34,708 --> 00:39:38,778 - Before Anthony stands trial, 1432 00:39:34,708 --> 00:39:38,778 Gina visits him in jail. 1433 00:39:38,812 --> 00:39:40,847 - The person sitting there 1434 00:39:38,812 --> 00:39:40,847 on the other side of the glass 1435 00:39:40,880 --> 00:39:41,915 was not my brother. 1436 00:39:41,948 --> 00:39:44,718 Looking at his eyes, 1437 00:39:44,751 --> 00:39:47,854 that was not the person 1438 00:39:44,751 --> 00:39:47,854 that I knew as a child. 1439 00:39:47,887 --> 00:39:50,223 That person was long gone. 1440 00:39:50,256 --> 00:39:53,660 And when I asked him why, 1441 00:39:50,256 --> 00:39:53,660 his response was, 1442 00:39:53,693 --> 00:39:57,564 "Because I could," 1443 00:39:53,693 --> 00:39:57,564 and that's all he said. 1444 00:39:57,597 --> 00:39:58,565 * * 1445 00:39:58,598 --> 00:40:02,102 - Monday, October 18th, 2004. 1446 00:40:02,135 --> 00:40:05,171 Anthony Shore's 1447 00:40:02,135 --> 00:40:05,171 murder trial begins. 1448 00:40:05,205 --> 00:40:06,639 The prosecution tries him 1449 00:40:06,673 --> 00:40:09,442 for Maria Del Carmen's 1450 00:40:06,673 --> 00:40:09,442 murder first. 1451 00:40:09,476 --> 00:40:11,444 - Shore basically just said, 1452 00:40:11,478 --> 00:40:13,880 "Yeah, I want 1453 00:40:11,478 --> 00:40:13,880 to take credit for this. 1454 00:40:13,913 --> 00:40:17,450 "This is my handiwork. 1455 00:40:13,913 --> 00:40:17,450 I did it. 1456 00:40:17,484 --> 00:40:21,855 "I killed these girls. 1457 00:40:17,484 --> 00:40:21,855 I sexually assaulted them. 1458 00:40:21,888 --> 00:40:24,124 "And I want the world to know 1459 00:40:24,157 --> 00:40:28,328 that Anthony Allen Shore 1460 00:40:24,157 --> 00:40:28,328 is a serial killer." 1461 00:40:28,361 --> 00:40:30,130 * * 1462 00:40:30,163 --> 00:40:32,766 - On day four of the trial, 1463 00:40:30,163 --> 00:40:32,766 Anthony Shore is found guilty 1464 00:40:32,799 --> 00:40:36,360 of killing 1465 00:40:32,799 --> 00:40:36,360 Maria Del Carmen Estrada. 1466 00:40:36,690 --> 00:40:38,772 - And after he was convicted 1467 00:40:36,690 --> 00:40:38,772 of capital murder, 1468 00:40:38,805 --> 00:40:42,642 they brought in all the other 1469 00:40:38,805 --> 00:40:42,642 murders for sentencing. 1470 00:40:42,676 --> 00:40:45,879 - The court hears details 1471 00:40:42,676 --> 00:40:45,879 of the other three homicides, 1472 00:40:45,912 --> 00:40:49,820 which Shore has confessed to. 1473 00:40:49,115 --> 00:40:52,652 On October 27th, 1474 00:40:49,115 --> 00:40:52,652 the verdict is returned. 1475 00:40:52,686 --> 00:40:57,290 - The jury has sent him to the 1476 00:40:52,686 --> 00:40:57,290 death chamber after an hour. 1477 00:40:57,323 --> 00:40:59,626 And I imagine 45 minutes 1478 00:40:57,323 --> 00:40:59,626 of that 1479 00:40:59,659 --> 00:41:01,861 was deciding who was 1480 00:40:59,659 --> 00:41:01,861 gonna be the foreman. 1481 00:41:01,895 --> 00:41:04,864 - I wanted him 1482 00:41:01,895 --> 00:41:04,864 to be put to death. 1483 00:41:04,898 --> 00:41:06,199 I felt that it was 1484 00:41:06,232 --> 00:41:07,967 an appropriate sentence 1485 00:41:06,232 --> 00:41:07,967 for his crimes. 1486 00:41:08,680 --> 00:41:11,104 The only thing that was 1487 00:41:08,680 --> 00:41:11,104 regrettable about his sentence 1488 00:41:11,137 --> 00:41:13,606 was just how long it took 1489 00:41:11,137 --> 00:41:13,606 to carry it out. 1490 00:41:13,640 --> 00:41:15,750 * * 1491 00:41:15,750 --> 00:41:17,577 - After 13 years on death row, 1492 00:41:17,610 --> 00:41:19,779 Anthony Allen Shore 1493 00:41:17,610 --> 00:41:19,779 is executed 1494 00:41:19,813 --> 00:41:22,820 by lethal injection. 1495 00:41:22,820 --> 00:41:23,450 - I showed the pictures. 1496 00:41:23,483 --> 00:41:28,321 Laurie, Maria, Diana, 1497 00:41:23,483 --> 00:41:28,321 and Dana. 1498 00:41:28,355 --> 00:41:30,457 I said, "This is their day. 1499 00:41:30,490 --> 00:41:35,950 "And the reign of terror 1500 00:41:30,490 --> 00:41:35,950 of Anthony Allen Shore 1501 00:41:35,128 --> 00:41:37,597 is finally over." 1502 00:41:37,630 --> 00:41:39,566 - Shore never acknowledged 1503 00:41:39,599 --> 00:41:43,436 with any sort of remorse 1504 00:41:39,599 --> 00:41:43,436 or emotion what he had done. 1505 00:41:43,470 --> 00:41:47,340 He did say to his sister 1506 00:41:43,470 --> 00:41:47,340 that he did it because he could 1507 00:41:47,374 --> 00:41:49,442 and we'll probably 1508 00:41:47,374 --> 00:41:49,442 never really know 1509 00:41:49,476 --> 00:41:52,112 what motivated him to kill. 1510 00:41:52,112 --> 00:41:53,980 * * 1511 00:41:54,140 --> 00:41:55,815 - The execution 1512 00:41:54,140 --> 00:41:55,815 of Anthony Shore 1513 00:41:55,849 --> 00:41:59,853 finally brings closure 1514 00:41:55,849 --> 00:41:59,853 for many people in Houston. 1515 00:41:59,886 --> 00:42:02,655 - As a homicide investigator, 1516 00:41:59,886 --> 00:42:02,655 there are certain cases 1517 00:42:02,689 --> 00:42:05,692 that you just 1518 00:42:02,689 --> 00:42:05,692 really want to solve, 1519 00:42:05,725 --> 00:42:09,396 especially when there's 1520 00:42:05,725 --> 00:42:09,396 an innocent victim or a child. 1521 00:42:09,429 --> 00:42:14,567 The Diana Rebollar case 1522 00:42:09,429 --> 00:42:14,567 haunted me for years. 1523 00:42:14,601 --> 00:42:17,737 I wanted to see Anthony Shore 1524 00:42:14,601 --> 00:42:17,737 get what he deserved 1525 00:42:17,771 --> 00:42:21,207 for leaving Diana Rebollar dead 1526 00:42:17,771 --> 00:42:21,207 in that parking lot. 1527 00:42:21,241 --> 00:42:23,443 When he was gone, 1528 00:42:21,241 --> 00:42:23,443 I was happy as hell. 1529 00:42:23,476 --> 00:42:28,810 - Anthony Shore 1530 00:42:23,476 --> 00:42:28,810 was a diabolical predator. 1531 00:42:28,810 --> 00:42:30,116 One of the worst of the worst. 1532 00:42:30,150 --> 00:42:31,851 He would pick up 1533 00:42:30,150 --> 00:42:31,851 these young women 1534 00:42:31,885 --> 00:42:35,455 and then brutally, 1535 00:42:31,885 --> 00:42:35,455 brutally kill them. 1536 00:42:35,488 --> 00:42:37,457 It's good that he's gone. 1537 00:42:37,490 --> 00:42:40,860 - Shore's family were 1538 00:42:37,490 --> 00:42:40,860 also victims. 1539 00:42:40,894 --> 00:42:43,463 He's a registered 1540 00:42:40,894 --> 00:42:43,463 convicted sex offender, 1541 00:42:43,496 --> 00:42:46,332 supplying a DNA sample. 1542 00:42:46,366 --> 00:42:48,635 That's the only reason 1543 00:42:46,366 --> 00:42:48,635 he got caught, 1544 00:42:48,668 --> 00:42:51,938 was because of what he did 1545 00:42:48,668 --> 00:42:51,938 to his daughters. 1546 00:42:51,971 --> 00:42:53,340 * * 1547 00:42:53,373 --> 00:42:54,874 - Gina Shore tries 1548 00:42:53,373 --> 00:42:54,874 to reconcile 1549 00:42:54,908 --> 00:42:58,211 her feelings 1550 00:42:54,908 --> 00:42:58,211 for her brother, Anthony. 1551 00:42:58,244 --> 00:43:00,914 - I don't hate my brother. 1552 00:42:58,244 --> 00:43:00,914 I hate what he did. 1553 00:43:00,947 --> 00:43:04,500 I hate how it affected people, 1554 00:43:04,840 --> 00:43:07,620 I hate that it hurt people. 1555 00:43:07,654 --> 00:43:09,356 I love the fact my brother 1556 00:43:09,389 --> 00:43:12,759 put two beautiful daughters 1557 00:43:09,389 --> 00:43:12,759 on this Earth. 1558 00:43:12,792 --> 00:43:15,662 [sparse dramatic music] 1559 00:43:15,695 --> 00:43:20,660 But I hate the fact 1560 00:43:15,695 --> 00:43:20,660 that he hurt them. 1561 00:43:20,660 --> 00:43:22,302 - For the most part, 1562 00:43:20,660 --> 00:43:22,302 my dad just made my life 1563 00:43:22,335 --> 00:43:25,338 inordinately harder 1564 00:43:22,335 --> 00:43:25,338 than it needed to be, 1565 00:43:25,372 --> 00:43:29,376 and I'm glad he is gone. 1566 00:43:29,409 --> 00:43:32,846 - Tiffany is now focusing 1567 00:43:29,409 --> 00:43:32,846 firmly on the future. 1568 00:43:32,879 --> 00:43:35,810 - Hopefully, 1569 00:43:32,879 --> 00:43:35,810 we all have someone out there 1570 00:43:35,810 --> 00:43:38,840 that's listening 1571 00:43:35,810 --> 00:43:38,840 or seeing what goes on 1572 00:43:38,840 --> 00:43:44,124 and doing the right thing and 1573 00:43:38,840 --> 00:43:44,124 intervening where they can.