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- What happens when
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a charismatic killer...
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- It's classic.
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Classic serial killer
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can make friends with anybody.
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- With a distinctive
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homicide technique...
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- This wasn't some sort
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of impulse grabbing somebody
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by the throat
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and strangling them.
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- Who dumps the bodies
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of his victims
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in empty parking lots...
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- Everybody in Houston
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was just shocked.
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Stunned. They were angry.
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- Goes undetected for years...
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- He is an evil person.
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He is a guy that preyed
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on young women and girls.
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- Until his crimes closer
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to home bring his downfall.
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- He was just out
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murdering people
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when you were sleeping
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in your bed at night.
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- It's unspeakable.
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It's unspeakable.
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- The person sitting there
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on the other side of the glass
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was not my brother.
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All I saw was a demon.
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- Despite knowing
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this predator closely,
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his family didn't know
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[ominous music]
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- Houston, Texas,
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the home of NASA Space Center
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and oil exploration.
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In the early 1990s,
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Houston was going through
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a troublesome time.
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- People were afraid
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to leave their houses.
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There were home invasions.
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People were getting mugged
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and robbed.
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We were crime-ridden.
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- The general attitude
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was it may not be
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as safe as it used to be,
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so there was some concern
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among the community
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about the possible dangers
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to their children.
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- Thursday, April 16th, 1992,
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10:35 a.m.,
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the parking lot
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of Dairy Queen restaurant
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in Northwest Houston.
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- A guy pulled through to
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the drive-through and saw it.
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And he couldn't believe
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his eyes.
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There was a dead body.
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- Detectives from
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the Houston Police Department
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Homicide division
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are immediately dispatched
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to the scene
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at the Daily Queen.
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- Once there,
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they find the body of a woman
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dumped in
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the drive-through lot.
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- They turn her over.
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She has long, black hair
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and her hair kind of falls away
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and they realize that she's got
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a ligature around her neck.
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- She had been strangled
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with a tourniquet,
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an object wrapped around
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the cord around her neck
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and twisted until the
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tourniquet tightened.
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- This homicide technique
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is complex.
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It suggests this might not be
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the first time
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the killer has struck.
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- The killer knew
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what he was doing
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and was prepared
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to commit the murder
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at the time he abducted her.
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- This wasn't some sort of like
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impulse grabbing somebody
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by the throat
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and strangling them.
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Somebody put some thought
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and effort into this.
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- The deceased female
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is partially undressed.
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- It looked like you know,
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sexual assault
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and not only that,
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but a brutal sexual assault.
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There was obviously
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a monster around to do this.
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- Ten hours
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into their investigation,
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detectives get an ID
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on the victim.
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- Her father actually goes down
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to the scene
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where police are still,
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you know, documenting evidence.
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And he identifies her.
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- 21-year-old
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Maria Del Carmen Estrada
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was a Hispanic woman
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who worked as a nanny.
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- Maria Del Carmen Estrada
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was a small woman.
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She was, you know, very petite.
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She had come to Houston
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from Mexico,
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hoping to build a better life.
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- Maria had only been missing
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since that morning.
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The local news had alerted
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her family to her tragic fate.
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[ominous music]
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- During an assault
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or an abduction,
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especially with a female,
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it's common to struggle
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and scratch her assailant
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resulting in skin
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or blood being
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underneath the fingernails.
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- In 1992, DNA analysis
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is in its infancy,
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but Houston PD thinks it could
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be useful in this case.
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Swabs and fingernail clippings
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are taken
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from the woman's body.
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- There was a predator
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out there.
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Someone who would do violence,
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violence, violence to women.
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- Five miles east
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of the Dairy Queen
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is the neighborhood
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of Houston Heights.
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Here 30-year-old single dad
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Anthony Shore
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is raising
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his young daughters.
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One woman who knows
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Anthony well
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is his younger sister, Gina.
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- My brother and I probably
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became very close
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while we were growing up.
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And my sister
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was so much younger
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that she really wasn't
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part of our little clique.
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My brother,
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he sold himself very well.
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He carried himself
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with the confidence,
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very charismatic,
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but very arrogant.
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He always felt that he was
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better than a lot of people.
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- In some respects, Anthony
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had reason to feel superior.
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- My brother was extremely
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gifted and talented.
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Anything to do with the arts,
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just off the charts,
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amazingly gifted.
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He could hear something
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on the radio
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and go and play it
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on the piano.
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- But there's a flipside
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to this talented artist.
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- He'd always been
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kind of a control freak.
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He's always been
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very structured
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as to how he wanted
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things to be.
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His clothes were always folded
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a certain way.
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He liked things to be just so.
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On his plate, at dinner,
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he didn't want his foods
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touching each other
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on the plate.
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Very much in control
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of the situation.
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- As Anthony grew
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into a teenager,
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he found a new focus
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for his controlling nature.
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- He would have me knock
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on somebody's door
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and have the people's daughter
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or whatever come out
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so that he could talk to him
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and then I would go home.
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I don't think it had
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ever occurred to me
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really completely
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what my brother was up to.
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- Gina's teacher was
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the mother
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of one of these
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neighborhood girls.
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She told Gina
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Anthony had been inappropriate
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with these young girls.
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- I really don't know for sure
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what all he did,
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but I do know that he was
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probably being grabby
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and kissy on them
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and that's not okay.
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I was upset.
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Nobody deserves
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to be objectified like that.
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- As Anthony got older,
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he found new ways
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to entice young girls.
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- We're on our way to a
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huge mall in the Houston area
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and he saw some girls sitting
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at a bus stop and he says,
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"Oh, hang on. We're gonna
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go back and pick them up.
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And the girls
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accepted the ride.
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I'm sure that they probably
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would not have
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had I not been sitting
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in there.
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My brother dropped me off
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at the mall and he left.
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It seems like he's still doing
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some of this wrong behavior.
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If he's picking young girls up
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at bus stops,
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that's not
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just boys being boys.
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- Even as a 21-year-old
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married man,
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Anthony's strange
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behavior persisted.
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- I had gone out and
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visited him a couple of times
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when he was married
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and he was still doing that.
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"Oh, here,
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I'm gonna drop you off.
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I'm gonna go back
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and pick these people up."
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It bothered me.
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- Within 18 months,
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Anthony had two children
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of his own, Gina's nieces,
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Amber and Tiffany.
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As Anthony's daughters play
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in Houston's quieter streets,
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across town,
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detectives' hopes of solving
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Maria Del Carmen Estrada's
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murder are fading fast.
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- The police interviewed
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everybody at Dairy Queen
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who might have seen anything
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and they only came away
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with a very bland description
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of a white man with dark hair.
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But it wasn't enough
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to bring anybody in.
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- You follow every
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lead you got.
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They didn't have any leads.
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They had a body in a driveway
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and no suspects.
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* *
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- But can the DNA evidence
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reveal more?
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- The lead investigator
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had DNA from her mouth
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and had DNA from
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underneath their fingernails.
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So he called in
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the sex crimes unit
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and asked them, let's go
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through your database of DNA
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and see if anything matches.
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- Unfortunately,
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there is no hit
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on the suspect DNA.
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- Whoever strangled Maria
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is not on the database.
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How will Houston PD
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find Maria's killer?
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And could he strike again?
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- They were completely
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devastated.
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I mean, who wouldn't be?
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- I would just pretend
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to be asleep
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because I was afraid
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of what would happen.
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[ominous music]
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- Spring, 1992.
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The body of 21-year-old
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Maria Del Carmen Estrada
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has been found strangled,
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sexually assaulted,
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and dumped.
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* *
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Houston PD have no suspects
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and no leads.
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- The initial investigation
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was very rigorous,
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but eventually, it just gets
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put into folder as a cold case.
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* *
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- But a forward-thinking
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detective makes sure
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the evidence
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is carefully preserved.
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- Detective Kennedy
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was very insistent
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that the property recovered
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in Maria Del Carmen's case
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be kept.
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- Hopeful of a future chance
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to solve the case,
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DNA evidence from
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Maria Del Carmen's killer
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is stored
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in Houston PD's archives.
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By March 1993, Tiffany
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and Amber Shore's parents
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have split up.
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The girls are living
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with their dad Anthony
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in Houston Heights.
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- As a child, I adored my dad.
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I thought he was like
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the cool dad
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because he was--[chuckles]
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He was in a band and he played
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the piano when he was home.
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He wasn't around as much
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as he could have been
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because of his band
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and his job,
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so I remember
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missing him a lot
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and trying to stay up late
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at night
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to see him when
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he got home from work.
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- Anthony's desire
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for control
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affects everything happening
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under his roof.
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- My dad had a
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unrealistic expectation
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of how clean the house
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was supposed to be all times.
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Everything just had
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to be spotless, immaculate.
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With two kids
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living in the house,
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that's not
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a realistic expectation at all.
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* *
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- Tiffany's dad also had
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strict ideas about food.
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- We didn't have a ton of food
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in the house.
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Like, we had this horrible
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bucket of peanut butter
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and it would get ants in it.
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And like, we were just
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expected to eat that.
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He would have, like,
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steaks and fancy foods
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that were for him.
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My father was just
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really annoying.
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But also I didn't want
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to get in trouble,
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so I just went along
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with the way things were
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because I assumed that
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that was normal.
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Honestly,
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at the end of the day,
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it just felt like
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we weren't wanted.
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- Tiffany and Amber's father
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make sure his rules
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are followed in a brutal way.
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- Violence was always
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a part of our upbringing.
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He would hit us with bare hands
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on bare skin,
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he would tie us up
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on our sheets
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so that we couldn't move,
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he would smother us
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with pillows
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so that we couldn't cry
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because crying wasn't allowed
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in his house.
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He was just
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very physically abusive.
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- Anthony's abuse
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of his daughters
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involves more
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00:11:43,937 --> 00:11:47,640
than violent beatings.
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00:11:47,674 --> 00:11:49,876
- Anthony Shore engages
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in classic grooming
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where if you're
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physically abusing a child,
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you give them gifts.
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It's kind of an indirect bribe
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to cover up what you're doing.
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- We had a nice TV,
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we had a game system
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in our room,
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and my sister had, like,
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00:12:01,488 --> 00:12:04,290
a really nice art set.
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At the end of the day,
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00:12:04,324 --> 00:12:07,360
it was just a bribe.
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- While Anthony's daughters
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suffer in silence,
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00:12:10,230 --> 00:12:14,567
to the outside world,
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00:12:10,230 --> 00:12:14,567
there's no cause for concern.
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- He was a very different
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person outside in the world.
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He was charming
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and funny and nice
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and all the things that
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he was not behind closed doors.
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As soon as we got home,
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it was always a--
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ugh.
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* *
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- Summer, 1993.
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Tiffany is eight
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and Amber is nine.
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Their aunt Gina pays a visit
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00:12:38,158 --> 00:12:40,160
and notices new.
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00:12:38,158 --> 00:12:40,160
disturbing behavior
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from her brother, Anthony.
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- He was a bit more
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touchy-feely with his girls
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than what I thought
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he should be doing.
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It seemed highly inappropriate
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to me.
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It bothered me.
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- It bothers Gina enough
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00:12:55,375 --> 00:12:59,512
to officially report Anthony.
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- Child Protective Services
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00:12:59,546 --> 00:13:02,480
was just very quick
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00:13:02,480 --> 00:13:03,183
to dismiss it.
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00:13:03,216 --> 00:13:05,285
I did feel that he was
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00:13:05,318 --> 00:13:07,530
touching his daughters
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00:13:05,318 --> 00:13:07,530
inappropriately,
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00:13:07,530 --> 00:13:11,691
but they made me feel
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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."
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00:13:15,362 --> 00:13:18,164
And I dismissed it.
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00:13:15,362 --> 00:13:18,164
I let it go.
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* *
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00:13:19,366 --> 00:13:21,167
- Gina heads home to Seattle,
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00:13:21,201 --> 00:13:24,971
still unsure
503
00:13:21,201 --> 00:13:24,971
about the girls' safety.
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00:13:25,710 --> 00:13:26,606
In Houston,
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Anthony now moves a
506
00:13:26,639 --> 00:13:29,750
new girlfriend into the house.
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She's remarkably young.
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00:13:31,177 --> 00:13:33,279
- She was 17 years old.
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I can't imagine
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00:13:33,313 --> 00:13:36,549
being 30-something years old
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and trying to date someone
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00:13:36,583 --> 00:13:39,386
still in high school.
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00:13:39,419 --> 00:13:43,890
That is sick in every way.
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00:13:43,923 --> 00:13:46,359
- August 8th, 1994.
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00:13:46,393 --> 00:13:49,162
One year since Anthony Shore's
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young girlfriend
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moved in with him
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00:13:49,195 --> 00:13:51,331
and his daughters,
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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
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00:13:53,433 --> 00:13:56,469
turned upside down.
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00:13:56,503 --> 00:13:58,304
- We got called into the scene
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in the 1400 block
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of the West Loop,
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00:14:00,640 --> 00:14:03,343
which is just north
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of downtown.
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00:14:03,376 --> 00:14:06,613
We got to a
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abandoned office building
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00:14:06,646 --> 00:14:09,115
sometime
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00:14:06,646 --> 00:14:09,115
shortly after midnight.
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00:14:09,149 --> 00:14:11,651
And it was dark.
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00:14:09,149 --> 00:14:11,651
Very dark.
533
00:14:11,685 --> 00:14:13,386
A call came from
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00:14:11,685 --> 00:14:13,386
the security guard
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00:14:13,420 --> 00:14:17,557
about a body
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00:14:13,420 --> 00:14:17,557
in the parking lot.
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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.
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00:14:22,228 --> 00:14:25,198
- Diana was a young
541
00:14:22,228 --> 00:14:25,198
Hispanic girl
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00:14:25,231 --> 00:14:29,690
who was reported missing
543
00:14:25,231 --> 00:14:29,690
the previous day.
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00:14:29,690 --> 00:14:31,710
- She goes to the store,
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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.
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00:14:32,706 --> 00:14:36,910
And then after that,
548
00:14:32,706 --> 00:14:36,910
she just disappears.
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00:14:36,943 --> 00:14:41,810
- Officers recover her body
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00:14:36,943 --> 00:14:41,810
less than 24 hours later.
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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
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00:14:47,687 --> 00:14:52,692
or an infant involved,
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00:14:52,726 --> 00:14:56,396
you have to fight off
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00:14:52,726 --> 00:14:56,396
your personal feelings
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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.
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00:15:00,467 --> 00:15:03,670
Diana Rebollar
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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
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00:15:20,720 --> 00:15:24,570
to the point where
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00:15:20,720 --> 00:15:24,570
it had embedded in the skin
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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,
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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]
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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.
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00:15:55,789 --> 00:15:58,290
Both cases involve
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00:15:55,789 --> 00:15:58,290
sexual assault
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00:15:58,324 --> 00:16:01,394
and strangulation
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00:15:58,324 --> 00:16:01,394
with a homemade tourniquet.
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00:16:01,428 --> 00:16:03,496
The young age
590
00:16:01,428 --> 00:16:03,496
of the latest victim
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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.