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[dramatic music]
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Narrator: In ohio,
one of the most feared
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Serial killers
in recent memory
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Is shawn grate.
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- I was the first one
to call him a serial killer.
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- Shawn likes to have power
and control over women.
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Narrator: He preyed
on vulnerable women,
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Subjecting them to abduction,
battery, rape, and murder.
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- There was drugs involved,
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There was rape,
sexual assault.
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- Shawn filmed the rapes.
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Narrator: One woman knows
his past better than anyone.
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- You realize that this person
that you grew up with,
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This person
that you've known from birth,
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Is now a killer.
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Narrator: She blamed herself
for the killings.
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- I felt partially responsible
for shawn's actions.
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Could I have loved him more?
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Narrator:
What barbara didn't know
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Was that she was living
with a serial killer.
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September 13, 2016.
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Ashland county, ohio.
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[suspenseful music]
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It's a quiet fall evening
when ashland county
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Emergency services receives
a chilling call.
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[line rings]
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Narrator:
Ashland police officers
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Are quickly dispatched.
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They arrive at the address
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And are forced to break in.
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[glass shatters]
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[door banging]
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Narrator: The officers enter,
detain the suspect,
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And rescue the woman.
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But who is she?
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Why did this happen?
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And who is shawn grate?
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Local reporters soon get word
of the incident.
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- We learned about the case
when jane doe called police.
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This lady was trying
to escape her captor
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Who was in the same room
with her.
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It sounded serious enough
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That we sent a reporter over
to check it out.
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[pensive music]
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Narrator: Local resident
barbara charter
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Is on a work break
and checking social media
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When she sees
a breaking news story
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About the abduction.
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- I was scrolling
through facebook.
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Drinking my coffee.
It was a normal day.
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And I happen to see
a story about an abduction
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Coming out of ashland, ohio.
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Well, that made me stop,
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Because my parents
had lived in ashland.
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I was just curious.
I opened up the link to it.
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And as I scrolled through,
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I noticed it said
"shawn grate."
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And I thought,
"no, this can't be right."
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Then I continued to scroll
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And I zoomed in
on the picture,
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And I just couldn't
believe it.
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I was shocked.
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And that's when I realized
it was my brother.
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Narrator:
Shawn grate is arrested.
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He is questioned about
the abducted woman, jane doe,
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A pseudonym used
to protect her identity,
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By ashland police captain
david lay.
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Narrator: Grate says
he befriended jane doe
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At a local christian
community center.
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He then took her to a house
he was squatting in.
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She was held captive
for three days
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Before making the 911 call.
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Narrator: After hearing
grate's confession
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To the abduction, assault,
and rape of jane doe,
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Captain lay is briefed
by the arresting officers
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On a conversation
they had had with grate.
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Narrator: Detectives are
shocked by this answer.
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Has grate confessed to murder?
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And who is elizabeth?
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Detective kim mager
is now brought in
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To question grate further.
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- I've known kim
for more than 20 years.
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She's worked with a number of--
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A number of sex offender cases.
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Yeah, she's very good
at her job.
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- Shawn was
much more comfortable
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Talking with kim mager
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Than he was
with the male interrogator.
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He seemed to develop
a rapport with kim.
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- We have a female detective.
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She's at the top of her game.
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And she is used
to being in control
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Of the people
that she interviews
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In sexual assault cases.
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We've got shawn grate.
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This was a guy
who is used to being
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In control of his victims.
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So we got the clash
of the titans here.
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Narrator:
After further questioning,
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Grate reveals
the terrifying truth.
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Narrator: Grate makes
a deadly confession.
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He now tells mager that
elizabeth's body is located
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In the closet in the house
where he held jane doe.
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Narrator:
Grate's grim confession
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Prompts mager
to alert police officers.
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They return to grate's house
and perform a thorough search.
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[indistinct radio chatter]
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They find
two decomposing corpses--
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One in a closet,
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Another in the basement,
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Just as grate had described.
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- Once the details
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That there were two bodies
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We knew it was not gonna be
obviously a one-day story.
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It was gonna be something
that we would have
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To keep following.
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Narrator: But who are these
women referred to by grate
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As stacey and elizabeth?
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Police search
the missing persons database
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And find a match.
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29-year-old elizabeth griffith
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Had disappeared
on August 16, 2016,
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One month before
grate's arrest.
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- Elizabeth lived in ashland.
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She had been diagnosed
as a paranoid schizophrenic,
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And I think she was described
as almost childlike,
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Elizabeth griffith was.
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She had missed
some appointments.
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That's how elizabeth
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[tense music]
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Shawn met elizabeth griffith
at the local community center.
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Elizabeth seemed to be someone
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Who could be taken advantage of
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Because of her mental
health issues.
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Narrator: But what about
the other body
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Found in the basement?
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Who is stacey?
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- Shawn grate is
an evil serial killer.
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- She was in the wrong place
at the wrong time.
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- There were
three other bodies.
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- Secrets can remain secrets
for a very long time.
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[dramatic music]
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Narrator: Shawn grate has just
revealed to ashland police
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The location
of two murdered women.
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Narrator: Law enforcement have
recovered two female bodies
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From a house in ashland.
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Fingerprint analysis
of the corpse in the basement
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Identifies the victim
as 43-year-old stacey stanley.
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- Stacey stanley,
shawn's second victim,
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You know, she was in the wrong
place at the wrong time.
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You know, she had a flat tire
and shawn helped her with it.
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Narrator: Grate met stacey
outside a gas station
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On September 8, 2016,
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Just one week before
the abduction of jane doe.
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- Stacey stanley found herself
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On the side of the road
with a busted tire,
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In an area that she knew
very little about,
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At night.
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This gave shawn grate
the opportunity
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To approach her and ask her
if he could help.
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- Stacey stanley was
vulnerable at that moment.
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She was in a part of town
that she didn't know
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And she had a flat tire.
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So along comes grate
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Being the good guy
to help her with her car,
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And now the predator
has found his next victim.
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Narrator: Grate lures stacey
back to the house,
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Located less than a minute
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From where her vehicle
broke down.
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He now attempts to rape her.
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- I know with stacey stanley,
he forced her into oral sex.
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He made videos of himself
raping stacey stanley.
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That was very disturbing.
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- Videotaping a sexual assault
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Compounds the injury
for the victim
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Because it memorializes
the rape.
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And then grate can
relive the assault
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Over and over again
for whatever satisfaction
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That gives him.
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- This is what every
homicide detective should do.
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Once you've got
that confession,
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Then the next step
is to have them
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Demonstrate what they did.
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A defense attorney hates seeing
those kinds of interviews.
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Narrator: After strangling
stacey to death,
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Grate dumps her body
in the basement
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Of the house
where he imprisoned jane doe.
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- Stacey stanley
was found in the basement
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Under bags of trash,
and, I mean, that's just--
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To take away
someone's dignity that way
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Is really hard to take.
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- He preyed on women.
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Vulnerable women.
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Mentally ill, drug addict,
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Disabled women.
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He would kidnap them,
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And then he would
sexually abuse them
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And torture them,
not just for hours,
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But sometimes for days
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Before killing them.
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Narrator: But what twisted
psychological forces
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Drive someone to rape
and kill so savagely?
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There is one woman
who may hold the answer.
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Shawn grate's half sister,
barbara.
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Barbara grew up with shawn
in a small town
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Near ashland,
in marion county.
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Ever since shawn's arrest,
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Barbara has been trying
to understand
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What motivated her brother
to kill.
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- So this is the neighborhood
where shawn and I grew up.
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I haven't been back here
for years.
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But then
after shawn was arrested,
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I took a trip back
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And drove through
the old neighborhood
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And just tried to wrap my brain
around what happened
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Or where--what went wrong.
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And right there's the house.
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Yup, that's the house
we grew up.
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My brother and I
laid those tiles down
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That are in the driveway.
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We had the typical
suburban family,
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Two parents in the home,
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Three kids, a new home.
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We grew up
in what we thought was
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A nurturing, normal household.
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Our parents divorced.
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So after that, it changed.
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We went from, you know,
a two-parent home
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To a single mom.
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My mom worked and I took on
the responsibilities
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Of her role as the caretaker
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And taking care of my brothers.
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Narrator:
Aged just 12 years old,
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Barbara suddenly had to deal
with adult responsibilities
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And take on the role of mother
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To her younger
half brother, shawn.
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- My mom had gotten a job
as a bartender downtown.
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So she was gone
through the day
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Or through the evening.
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She also ran with the people
that she served.
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And so on the weekends,
she wouldn't be home.
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She would take off on a Friday
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And then she wouldn't return
until Sunday afternoon
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And would leave me responsible
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For my brothers
for that entire weekend.
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Narrator: Although barbara
was doing her best
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To bring up the family,
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Shawn began to display
troubling behavior
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From an early age.
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- Growing up with shawn
was difficult.
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My parents had caught shawn
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Playing with
a cigarette lighter.
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So they had hid it from him.
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The next night, he climbed
and found a cigarette lighter
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And went into the bedroom
and set his bedroom on fire.
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And that was
at the age of three.
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He didn't get
in trouble for that.
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There was always an excuse
for his behavior,
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And there was no consequences
to that behavior.
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He was able to act
the way that he was.
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I feel that that's where that
sense of entitlement started.
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- Setting a fire
at such a young age
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Is a cry for attention.
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Grate had a lot of anger,
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And he may have been angry
with his mother.
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So he projected that anger
onto his victims.
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Narrator: But it wasn't simply
anger behind shawn's rage.
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He had other issues.
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- Shawn didn't speak
until he was four.
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And then he did fail
kindergarten.
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Shawn was diagnosed
with a learning disability,
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And that's when kids--
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They started
making fun of him.
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Narrator: Despite shawn's
learning disability
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And behavioral problems,
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There was one thing
he did excel at:
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Baseball.
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- Shawn was
a phenomenal baseball player.
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His goal was that he would
pursue that as an adult.
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However, one night,
throwing a pitch
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And his arm broke
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From the shoulder blade
down to the elbow.
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Once that happened,
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He knew that he was never
able to play baseball.
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After, he didn't know
what to do with himself,
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I think he was
completely lost.
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- Dashing a hope
of playing baseball
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At the age of 17
would have been crushing.
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It could have affected
his self-esteem
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And made him feel angry.
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- We all heard
from our mother
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That we wouldn't amount
for much.
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When I was older, my mom was
disappointed with me
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Because I had moved up
in a company.
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And I was proud of myself.
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And, you know--and I was
telling her about it,
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And her words to me was--
[scoffs]
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"do you think you're smarter
than the rest of us?
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"is that what it is?
Is that, you know--
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Do you think you're better
than the rest of us?"
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So my reaction was,
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"well, what did you expect me
to do with my life?"
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And she was like,
"I just wanted you
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To be a housewife."
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That was her goal for me.
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She did the same thing
with shawn.
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He was always told that,
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"you have
a learning disability."
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And I think that
that's when the reality
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Of that shawn was not gonna
move forward in life,
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And I think that was
a huge turnaround for him.
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- If grate's own mother
told him
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He wasn't ever gonna
amount to much,
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Then he probably started
to believe it.
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He saw no future for himself.
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Narrator: Detective kim mager
has interrogated
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Shawn grate for several hours.
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To her astonishment,
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He now makes yet one more
startling confession.
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[dramatic music]
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♪ ♪
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Narrator: Shawn grate is
in custody for abduction.
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Incredibly, over the course
of a few short hours,
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He confesses to murdering
three women.
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He names his third victim
as candice.
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Narrator: Law enforcement
search the database
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For missing persons
333
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Matching candice's name
and description.
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There is no match.
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Could grate be lying?
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Detective kim mager
probes further.
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[ominous music]
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Narrator: Grate gives
the location of the body,
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Approximately 12 miles
from ashland.
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He now takes the detectives
to the site.
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Narrator:
Police recover the body.
342
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And an autopsy confirms
it is a 29-year-old female,
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Candice cunningham.
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- Candice had been strangled
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In a burned-out,
derelict house,
346
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And then her body had been
disposed of in the woods.
347
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- Once the details
started coming out,
348
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It was kind of hard
to believe.
349
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We got a story on our website
350
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And just updated it
throughout the day.
351
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- I was standing
in the middle of a craft show
352
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And I remember getting
a phone call from my daughter
353
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Telling me
there was a third body.
354
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I was standing there,
and it was just raw emotions,
355
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Like standing naked
in the middle of a crowd
356
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And everybody staring at you.
357
00:20:36,803 --> 00:20:40,204
And nobody knew who I was,
but in my mind,
358
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I felt like
everybody knew who I was.
359
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First person I called
was my mother.
360
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I tried calling her
and I didn't get any answer.
361
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My mom called back,
and she left a message
362
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And said, "lose my number
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And don't ever call me again."
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♪ ♪
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Narrator: As police
investigate the murder
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Of candice cunningham,
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More details
of shawn's past relationship
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With her emerge.
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♪ ♪
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- Summer of 2016,
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Shawn was in mansfield.
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He had a relationship
with candice cunningham.
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Mansfield has a lot
of abandoned homes
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And dilapidated homes.
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There are a lot
of places in mansfield
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Where somebody can squat.
377
00:21:31,924 --> 00:21:35,592
- Candice and shawn dated
for a few months in 2016
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Right before he killed her.
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But she had told
family members
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That shawn treated her
much better
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Than other people did,
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Didn't treat her
like a drug addict.
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Narrator: By the time
shawn was in his late teens,
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He was getting into drugs
385
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And hanging out
with the wrong crowd.
386
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It's a pattern that would
continue into adult life.
387
00:21:56,482 --> 00:21:59,550
- Shawn's lifestyle
at the time was drifting
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From person to person.
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00:22:01,821 --> 00:22:03,554
He didn't want to work.
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00:22:03,622 --> 00:22:06,223
He wanted people
to take care of him.
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He just didn't absolutely want
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Any responsibilities
whatsoever.
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He just wanted to live
in somebody's house
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Until he wore out his welcome.
395
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- Seemingly, john's motivation
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For killing
candice cunningham was,
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She lied to him, supposedly.
398
00:22:22,909 --> 00:22:26,177
- If shawn feels that you're
lying to him, then that's--
399
00:22:26,245 --> 00:22:28,245
It's just almost like
he just, like--
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He turns into another person.
401
00:22:30,383 --> 00:22:33,118
And he can't control
that behavior.
402
00:22:33,185 --> 00:22:36,253
- If someone lied to grate,
that would trigger anger.
403
00:22:36,322 --> 00:22:38,723
And it's possible that
his intolerance of lying
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00:22:38,791 --> 00:22:41,725
Was rooted in his
fundamentalist upbringing.
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00:22:41,794 --> 00:22:44,728
So long as he went to church
and confessed,
406
00:22:44,797 --> 00:22:47,498
Then he would be absolved
of his sins.
407
00:22:48,567 --> 00:22:50,701
- We were force-fed religion.
408
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Not only did we go
to church on Sunday,
409
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But we went to church
Sunday night,
410
00:22:53,973 --> 00:22:56,506
And we went to church
on Wednesday.
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00:22:56,508 --> 00:23:00,210
If the pastor said
that television was bad,
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We didn't have a television
in our home anymore.
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I personally think
that that is where
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00:23:05,485 --> 00:23:07,751
This all started for shawn.
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So it was, "okay,
well, I can behave like this,
416
00:23:12,024 --> 00:23:14,225
"but then I can go to church
on Sunday,
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00:23:14,293 --> 00:23:16,426
And it's gonna be okay."
418
00:23:16,428 --> 00:23:19,897
And that was the message
that shawn got.
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00:23:19,966 --> 00:23:24,034
"as long as I believed in god
and I read the bible,
420
00:23:24,103 --> 00:23:27,237
"then it was okay
for me to behave this way
421
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And do the things that I do."
422
00:23:45,791 --> 00:23:48,126
Narrator: Over the course
of less than 24 hours,
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Shawn grate has confessed
to the murder of three women.
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Incredibly,
there were more to come.
425
00:24:04,210 --> 00:24:08,012
- We got to see the evil,
dark side of shawn grate.
426
00:24:09,148 --> 00:24:11,281
- He forced her into oral sex.
427
00:24:11,283 --> 00:24:14,085
- Blames it on his hatred
towards his mother.
428
00:24:19,959 --> 00:24:21,359
- That was his first killing.
429
00:24:28,600 --> 00:24:31,770
[dramatic music]
430
00:24:31,837 --> 00:24:33,505
Narrator:
In less than 24 hours,
431
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Shawn grate has confessed
to three murders
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And one abduction.
433
00:24:38,377 --> 00:24:41,745
He now gives detective
kim mager yet one more name.
434
00:24:41,747 --> 00:24:43,648
[tense music]
435
00:24:57,329 --> 00:24:59,196
Narrator:
31-year-old rebekah leicy
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Was from marion county.
437
00:25:00,666 --> 00:25:05,335
She was reported missing
February 6, 2015.
438
00:25:05,337 --> 00:25:07,539
- Rebekah leicy was
reported missing
439
00:25:07,606 --> 00:25:09,473
Early in the year.
440
00:25:09,475 --> 00:25:11,009
The family was very concerned
441
00:25:11,076 --> 00:25:15,612
Because rebekah was
into all the drug culture.
442
00:25:15,681 --> 00:25:19,616
She did a lot of things
to support that drug culture.
443
00:25:19,685 --> 00:25:21,485
I don't want to say
prostitution,
444
00:25:21,553 --> 00:25:24,355
But that kind of comes to mind.
445
00:25:25,224 --> 00:25:27,291
- Rebekah leicy was
a drifter who had run
446
00:25:27,360 --> 00:25:30,094
With the wrong crowd
for a long time.
447
00:25:30,162 --> 00:25:31,895
She ended up
being a drug addict.
448
00:25:31,897 --> 00:25:34,499
She was involved
in prostitution.
449
00:25:34,567 --> 00:25:36,633
- Rebekah leicy sounds like
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She may have been
a lot like shawn.
451
00:25:38,304 --> 00:25:41,905
You know, kind of a person
of the streets.
452
00:25:41,907 --> 00:25:43,840
- Shawn's experience
as a grifter
453
00:25:43,909 --> 00:25:45,709
And spending time
on the streets,
454
00:25:45,778 --> 00:25:50,647
He definitely honed his ability
to spot a vulnerable woman.
455
00:25:50,716 --> 00:25:54,118
- Shawn's path in life
was to drift
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And have women
take care of him.
457
00:25:55,921 --> 00:25:59,856
He would target women
with low self-esteem.
458
00:26:00,794 --> 00:26:03,393
Narrator: Three months after
rebekah leicy disappeared,
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A body is discovered
in mifflin,
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8 miles from ashland.
461
00:26:07,933 --> 00:26:10,467
- It was early in the spring.
462
00:26:10,469 --> 00:26:12,670
Her body was discovered.
463
00:26:13,673 --> 00:26:16,874
The body was located
by an employee
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Of a natural gas company.
465
00:26:20,479 --> 00:26:24,081
He sees this body
propped up against a tree.
466
00:26:24,083 --> 00:26:26,617
The body was
pretty well preserved,
467
00:26:26,619 --> 00:26:30,888
But some animals had
gotten to the body.
468
00:26:30,890 --> 00:26:32,156
So we had to rely on--
469
00:26:32,224 --> 00:26:35,892
I believe it was tattoos,
dental records,
470
00:26:35,961 --> 00:26:41,298
And dna, of course,
to positively identify her.
471
00:26:41,367 --> 00:26:45,836
The initial autopsy report
was a unexplained death
472
00:26:45,904 --> 00:26:48,105
With a possible drug overdose,
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Due to the culture
that she was involved in.
474
00:26:51,711 --> 00:26:53,844
Narrator: In ashland,
detective kim mager
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Is using all of her
interrogation skills
476
00:26:56,382 --> 00:26:59,116
To extract a confession
from grate.
477
00:26:59,185 --> 00:27:02,653
- There's always a strategy
about approaching
478
00:27:02,721 --> 00:27:04,589
The person
in the interview room.
479
00:27:04,657 --> 00:27:07,324
Where we're headed.
How we're gonna get there.
480
00:27:07,393 --> 00:27:09,860
She took advantage
of everything
481
00:27:09,862 --> 00:27:12,529
He was willing to give her.
482
00:27:12,598 --> 00:27:16,066
- When shawn grate admitted
what he had done,
483
00:27:16,135 --> 00:27:21,940
We opened it back up as
a full homicide investigation.
484
00:27:22,007 --> 00:27:23,408
He went through
the whole thing,
485
00:27:23,475 --> 00:27:26,410
How he'd known
rebekah leicy for a while.
486
00:27:26,478 --> 00:27:31,748
He'd met her on the street,
and she needed some money,
487
00:27:31,817 --> 00:27:34,418
So she went with him
488
00:27:34,486 --> 00:27:38,355
To a downtown closed business.
489
00:27:40,292 --> 00:27:44,495
And he took her inside
the vacant building,
490
00:27:44,563 --> 00:27:47,731
And he was
going to pay her for sex.
491
00:27:49,301 --> 00:27:52,269
I believe he said it was $20.
492
00:27:52,337 --> 00:27:54,372
- Rebekah leicy needed
some money.
493
00:27:54,440 --> 00:27:58,108
Shawn grate says he'll pay her
20 bucks for some sex,
494
00:27:58,177 --> 00:28:02,045
And they are getting ready
to do the deed,
495
00:28:02,047 --> 00:28:06,117
And shawn says he needs
to go to the bathroom.
496
00:28:06,185 --> 00:28:07,918
- While he was
in the bathroom,
497
00:28:07,920 --> 00:28:11,189
He said he could hear rebekah
going through his things,
498
00:28:11,256 --> 00:28:13,657
And when he came out,
his money was gone.
499
00:28:13,725 --> 00:28:18,195
- He comes back upstairs.
He confronts her about this.
500
00:28:18,263 --> 00:28:19,597
She denies it, says, "no,
501
00:28:19,665 --> 00:28:21,331
That's not
what's gonna happen."
502
00:28:21,400 --> 00:28:23,467
They get in an argument.
503
00:28:23,535 --> 00:28:25,669
- He said that he had
to fight her like a man.
504
00:28:25,737 --> 00:28:31,408
And they ended up on the floor
while he was assaulting her.
505
00:28:31,477 --> 00:28:34,745
And at one point,
she was fighting back so hard,
506
00:28:34,747 --> 00:28:37,381
He said he started
to strangle her.
507
00:28:56,101 --> 00:28:59,136
- This detective is adept.
508
00:28:59,204 --> 00:29:01,305
She knows what she's doing.
509
00:29:01,307 --> 00:29:03,374
She knows
who she's talking to.
510
00:29:03,442 --> 00:29:07,779
He knows this detective
is not lying to him.
511
00:29:07,846 --> 00:29:10,380
So he feels
completely comfortable
512
00:29:10,382 --> 00:29:12,916
In telling her the truth.
513
00:29:12,918 --> 00:29:14,719
- He described the room
where it happened.
514
00:29:14,787 --> 00:29:18,321
He described the empty
business where it happened.
515
00:29:18,390 --> 00:29:20,924
Then he described
how he transported her
516
00:29:20,926 --> 00:29:25,095
From the business to the woods.
517
00:29:26,465 --> 00:29:28,665
Narrator: Grate's vagrant
lifestyle resulted in him
518
00:29:28,667 --> 00:29:30,801
Often sleeping rough
in the woods.
519
00:29:30,803 --> 00:29:34,604
This gave him the knowledge
of where to hide a body.
520
00:29:34,673 --> 00:29:37,809
- He was living in the woods
521
00:29:37,876 --> 00:29:40,478
With, like, a tent
and some tarp.
522
00:29:40,546 --> 00:29:44,681
At one point, you know,
maybe he felt safe in the woods
523
00:29:44,750 --> 00:29:47,884
Because he was hidden
from everybody.
524
00:29:47,954 --> 00:29:50,153
Narrator: Shawn grate's
half sister barbara
525
00:29:50,222 --> 00:29:51,654
Visits the location
526
00:29:51,724 --> 00:29:54,826
Of rebekah leicy's
final resting place.
527
00:29:54,893 --> 00:29:58,295
- This is the site where
rebekah's body was found.
528
00:29:58,363 --> 00:29:59,564
It's sad.
529
00:29:59,631 --> 00:30:01,966
I don't know anything
about rebekah,
530
00:30:02,034 --> 00:30:04,769
But I do know that she was
somebody's daughter.
531
00:30:04,837 --> 00:30:07,170
And it's sad to think
that this is where
532
00:30:07,239 --> 00:30:09,473
Her final resting place
was here.
533
00:30:11,344 --> 00:30:14,444
And that my brother
was the cause of that.
534
00:30:14,446 --> 00:30:16,046
Narrator:
Shawn grate has confessed
535
00:30:16,114 --> 00:30:18,615
To four murders
and one abduction.
536
00:30:20,452 --> 00:30:23,321
But he has
one more secret to reveal.
537
00:30:23,388 --> 00:30:27,057
A secret stretching back
nearly ten years.
538
00:30:41,672 --> 00:30:44,809
[dramatic music]
539
00:30:44,877 --> 00:30:46,476
Narrator:
Shawn grate has admitted
540
00:30:46,478 --> 00:30:48,211
To brutally murdering
four women
541
00:30:48,280 --> 00:30:49,813
And abducting one other.
542
00:30:49,881 --> 00:30:52,749
Now, he drops
one more bombshell.
543
00:30:52,751 --> 00:30:54,285
It concerns a cold case
544
00:30:54,353 --> 00:30:56,854
Stretching back
over ten years.
545
00:31:18,844 --> 00:31:20,310
Narrator:
Detective mager contacts
546
00:31:20,379 --> 00:31:22,412
Nearby marion county police
547
00:31:22,481 --> 00:31:25,115
To inquire if they have
any missing persons
548
00:31:25,117 --> 00:31:27,251
By the name of dana.
549
00:31:28,387 --> 00:31:29,654
- So the call came
550
00:31:29,721 --> 00:31:31,888
From the ashland county
sheriff's office
551
00:31:31,957 --> 00:31:34,991
That they had apprehended
an individual.
552
00:31:35,060 --> 00:31:37,194
His name was shawn grate.
553
00:31:37,196 --> 00:31:39,263
He thought her name was dana
554
00:31:39,331 --> 00:31:43,199
And that he had killed her
in marion county.
555
00:31:43,268 --> 00:31:47,003
So we started on a search
of trying to identify
556
00:31:47,072 --> 00:31:49,673
This female victim.
557
00:31:49,741 --> 00:31:51,642
Narrator:
After an exhaustive search,
558
00:31:51,710 --> 00:31:53,910
A record is found
of a woman's body
559
00:31:53,912 --> 00:31:57,747
Discovered in 2007
in marion county.
560
00:31:57,749 --> 00:32:01,218
The body was less than a mile
from grate's family home.
561
00:32:01,220 --> 00:32:03,154
Could this be dana?
562
00:32:04,957 --> 00:32:06,823
- In March of 2007,
563
00:32:06,825 --> 00:32:09,827
A citizen was walking along
a county road
564
00:32:09,895 --> 00:32:14,698
When he discovered
the remains of a human.
565
00:32:15,968 --> 00:32:19,636
The body had been there,
we thought, for about a year,
566
00:32:19,638 --> 00:32:23,873
Had decomposed entirely
clear down to the bones.
567
00:32:23,943 --> 00:32:26,843
We were able to extract
a dna profile
568
00:32:26,912 --> 00:32:31,381
And match the dna with a woman
569
00:32:31,383 --> 00:32:33,184
Who was on the database,
570
00:32:33,251 --> 00:32:35,552
Who was actually dana's aunt.
571
00:32:37,923 --> 00:32:40,524
Narrator: This led them
to dna test dana's daughter,
572
00:32:40,592 --> 00:32:43,727
Resulting in a positive
genetic match to the body.
573
00:32:43,729 --> 00:32:46,796
Finally, they can find out
what happened to her.
574
00:32:46,865 --> 00:32:48,999
- We know that shawn
lived in marion county.
575
00:32:49,067 --> 00:32:50,668
He grew up there.
576
00:32:50,736 --> 00:32:54,137
He lived within a mile
of where our victim was found.
577
00:32:54,206 --> 00:32:57,407
And so I sent two detectives
over immediately.
578
00:32:57,409 --> 00:32:58,842
[tense music]
579
00:32:58,910 --> 00:33:01,411
- Dana lowrey was
a 23-year-old woman
580
00:33:01,480 --> 00:33:04,881
Who mysteriously vanished
from marion county, ohio,
581
00:33:04,883 --> 00:33:06,549
In 2005.
582
00:33:06,618 --> 00:33:09,019
- Shawn grate had met her
583
00:33:09,087 --> 00:33:12,288
Through her selling magazines.
584
00:33:12,357 --> 00:33:15,493
- Dana was selling magazines.
585
00:33:15,560 --> 00:33:17,494
I believe she was only 23,
586
00:33:17,563 --> 00:33:19,763
So she may have been
supporting herself for college.
587
00:33:19,831 --> 00:33:23,300
- Dana supposedly sold
a magazine subscription
588
00:33:23,302 --> 00:33:25,702
To grate's mother
that never arrived.
589
00:33:25,771 --> 00:33:28,306
And grate's mother
complained about it
590
00:33:28,373 --> 00:33:30,975
And said she had been lied to.
591
00:33:31,043 --> 00:33:33,644
Well, that was enough
for shawn grate.
592
00:33:34,780 --> 00:33:37,881
- That irritated him
and angered him.
593
00:33:37,950 --> 00:33:40,784
So later, he saw dana
594
00:33:40,786 --> 00:33:43,387
Walking down the street
in marion.
595
00:33:43,455 --> 00:33:45,322
- He finds dana lowrey,
596
00:33:45,324 --> 00:33:47,590
Approaches her, uses his charm
597
00:33:47,659 --> 00:33:51,328
And charisma to convince her
to get in the car with him,
598
00:33:51,330 --> 00:33:53,730
And then he takes her
to his grandparents' house.
599
00:33:53,799 --> 00:33:55,632
- While we'll never know
for sure
600
00:33:55,701 --> 00:33:58,169
What happened to dana lowrey,
601
00:33:58,236 --> 00:33:59,736
Based upon what we know
602
00:33:59,738 --> 00:34:03,673
Of how grate terrorized
his other victims,
603
00:34:03,742 --> 00:34:06,344
It's likely
that she was abducted,
604
00:34:06,411 --> 00:34:08,212
Sexually assaulted,
605
00:34:08,280 --> 00:34:10,247
And then killed.
606
00:34:43,215 --> 00:34:45,949
- He had a girlfriend
that was coming over
607
00:34:46,017 --> 00:34:47,951
To the grandparents' home.
608
00:34:48,019 --> 00:34:50,720
And the girlfriend had no idea
609
00:34:50,722 --> 00:34:53,457
That there was a girl
610
00:34:53,525 --> 00:34:56,326
That was dead in the house,
in the basement.
611
00:34:56,328 --> 00:34:59,396
She helped him clean up blood,
612
00:34:59,464 --> 00:35:02,599
And she had no idea
what she was cleaning up.
613
00:35:03,935 --> 00:35:05,435
That was his first killing.
614
00:35:08,507 --> 00:35:13,910
- He then took the body
out to this rural county road.
615
00:35:13,912 --> 00:35:15,879
He dumped the body
616
00:35:15,947 --> 00:35:18,816
And removed all
of the personal belongings.
617
00:35:18,884 --> 00:35:20,483
And then he was concerned
618
00:35:20,552 --> 00:35:23,153
That there still might be
some evidence,
619
00:35:23,221 --> 00:35:25,889
So he went back
and he burned the body.
620
00:35:25,957 --> 00:35:28,358
And then he watched the news
for--I think he said
621
00:35:28,426 --> 00:35:29,626
Probably a year,
622
00:35:29,695 --> 00:35:31,629
Waiting for something
to happen.
623
00:35:31,696 --> 00:35:34,097
But of course,
no one found the body.
624
00:35:34,165 --> 00:35:36,232
So when this call came in
625
00:35:36,301 --> 00:35:38,768
From the ashland county
sheriff's office,
626
00:35:38,837 --> 00:35:40,303
We got excited.
627
00:35:41,240 --> 00:35:44,507
Narrator: The brutal homicide
of dana lowrey in 2005
628
00:35:44,509 --> 00:35:46,509
Had finally been solved.
629
00:35:46,511 --> 00:35:48,912
Grate was charged
with multiple murders,
630
00:35:48,914 --> 00:35:50,647
And a date was set
631
00:35:50,715 --> 00:35:53,249
For one of the biggest
serial killer trials
632
00:35:53,318 --> 00:35:54,718
In recent history.
633
00:35:56,521 --> 00:35:58,456
- Grate's 2018 trial
634
00:35:58,523 --> 00:36:01,457
Was the most followed
serial killer trial
635
00:36:01,526 --> 00:36:02,926
In recent history.
636
00:36:02,928 --> 00:36:04,928
Media from all over
the country
637
00:36:04,930 --> 00:36:06,529
And from outside the u.S.
638
00:36:06,531 --> 00:36:09,633
Descended on ashland, ohio.
639
00:36:10,468 --> 00:36:12,203
- I've covered
many murder trials,
640
00:36:12,270 --> 00:36:16,139
But I had never dealt with
a serial killer like shawn.
641
00:36:16,207 --> 00:36:18,608
It was very powerful,
you know, this--
642
00:36:18,677 --> 00:36:22,478
That something like this could
happen in a community our size.
643
00:36:22,547 --> 00:36:24,147
- To see your brother
walking in
644
00:36:24,149 --> 00:36:27,483
With a bulletproof vest on,
645
00:36:27,552 --> 00:36:29,285
As a sister, it's--
646
00:36:29,354 --> 00:36:31,488
It's heartbreaking to see.
647
00:36:31,557 --> 00:36:34,424
I see that little boy
riding his bike
648
00:36:34,426 --> 00:36:36,092
And playing baseball.
649
00:36:36,161 --> 00:36:37,962
That's who I see.
650
00:36:38,029 --> 00:36:39,829
- He had 23 counts.
651
00:36:39,898 --> 00:36:42,299
Multiple counts
of aggravated murder.
652
00:36:42,301 --> 00:36:44,434
He pleaded to 15 of the counts
653
00:36:44,502 --> 00:36:48,705
Related to jane doe
and to the rape counts.
654
00:36:48,707 --> 00:36:52,109
- If shawn grate had
any redeeming qualities,
655
00:36:52,177 --> 00:36:57,514
It was that he decided
to plead guilty to the murders.
656
00:36:57,516 --> 00:37:01,384
And it prevented the families
seeing these videos
657
00:37:01,386 --> 00:37:04,655
That he had made
of these sexual assaults.
658
00:37:05,590 --> 00:37:09,259
- He spared the jurors
from having to see that.
659
00:37:09,327 --> 00:37:12,061
Narrator: When it came to
stacey stanley's sentencing,
660
00:37:12,063 --> 00:37:15,698
Her son curtis spoke
directly to grate.
661
00:37:15,700 --> 00:37:18,801
- My name is curtis stanley.
I'm stacey's son.
662
00:37:18,870 --> 00:37:21,338
You know, I've been waiting
a long time to see you, man.
663
00:37:21,406 --> 00:37:24,040
That was a great woman
you killed.
664
00:37:24,876 --> 00:37:26,275
She meant a lot to me
665
00:37:26,345 --> 00:37:28,679
And my brother
and everybody else.
666
00:37:29,681 --> 00:37:31,348
Just standing up here
and looking at you,
667
00:37:31,416 --> 00:37:33,283
That's hard enough
for me to do.
668
00:37:33,351 --> 00:37:35,018
- There's a catharsis
that happens
669
00:37:35,086 --> 00:37:37,887
With these victims' families
when they're able to--
670
00:37:37,956 --> 00:37:39,555
Given that opportunity,
671
00:37:39,624 --> 00:37:43,093
To face the person that ended
their loved one's life.
672
00:37:45,030 --> 00:37:48,464
- During the sentencing phase,
the victims were able
673
00:37:48,533 --> 00:37:51,101
To give impact statements.
674
00:37:52,371 --> 00:37:54,705
Shawn, I don't believe,
showed much emotion,
675
00:37:54,773 --> 00:37:56,039
If at all.
676
00:37:56,107 --> 00:37:58,508
He was pretty stoic.
677
00:37:58,510 --> 00:38:00,309
Narrator:
Day four of the trial.
678
00:38:00,379 --> 00:38:03,046
Jane doe, the woman
who effectively ended
679
00:38:03,048 --> 00:38:05,848
Grate's killing spree,
faced her abductor
680
00:38:05,917 --> 00:38:08,084
And gave her testimony.
681
00:38:20,597 --> 00:38:22,732
[dramatic music]
682
00:38:22,801 --> 00:38:24,468
[tense music]
683
00:38:24,536 --> 00:38:26,736
Narrator: Ashland county
courthouse, ohio.
684
00:38:26,805 --> 00:38:29,939
Shawn grate is on trial
for multiple murder.
685
00:38:30,008 --> 00:38:33,277
It's the biggest serial killer
case in recent memory.
686
00:38:33,345 --> 00:38:35,679
Jane doe,
the woman whose testimony
687
00:38:35,747 --> 00:38:37,014
Could help convict him,
688
00:38:37,082 --> 00:38:39,550
Has taken the stand.
689
00:39:02,373 --> 00:39:04,841
- Listening to jane doe
testify
690
00:39:04,909 --> 00:39:08,311
Had to have been so chilling
for that courtroom.
691
00:39:08,313 --> 00:39:11,180
Because the murder victims
probably went through
692
00:39:11,249 --> 00:39:14,050
Exactly what jane doe
described.
693
00:39:14,119 --> 00:39:16,652
And for her,
it was so courageous
694
00:39:16,721 --> 00:39:19,589
To get on the stand
and face the man
695
00:39:19,658 --> 00:39:21,524
Who traumatized her.
696
00:39:21,526 --> 00:39:24,528
- The true hero
of this whole story
697
00:39:24,596 --> 00:39:26,329
Is the jane doe.
698
00:39:26,331 --> 00:39:28,731
I mean, I don't even know
if I would have been able
699
00:39:28,733 --> 00:39:30,867
To have the courage
that she had
700
00:39:30,935 --> 00:39:32,602
To do what she did.
701
00:39:32,670 --> 00:39:34,604
Narrator: Jane doe's
brave testimony,
702
00:39:34,672 --> 00:39:36,539
Coupled with grate's
own confession,
703
00:39:36,608 --> 00:39:38,676
Is enough to convict him.
704
00:39:38,743 --> 00:39:41,078
But will he be sentenced
to death?
705
00:39:41,146 --> 00:39:43,279
Barbara charter,
shawn's half sister,
706
00:39:43,348 --> 00:39:45,482
Now appeals to the court.
707
00:39:56,294 --> 00:40:00,897
During the sentencing hearing,
I was there for shawn,
708
00:40:00,899 --> 00:40:06,102
Just to let him know
that he wasn't by himself,
709
00:40:06,104 --> 00:40:07,904
That he wasn't alone.
710
00:40:07,973 --> 00:40:11,707
He didn't have the nurturing
that he needed,
711
00:40:11,776 --> 00:40:15,245
And I wanted
to just address that
712
00:40:15,313 --> 00:40:18,781
And just get a little bit
of his story out,
713
00:40:18,783 --> 00:40:20,917
To humanize him a little bit.
714
00:40:20,919 --> 00:40:22,652
♪ ♪
715
00:40:22,654 --> 00:40:24,455
Narrator: But no amount
of humanizing
716
00:40:24,522 --> 00:40:27,056
Could dissuade the judge
from handing down
717
00:40:27,058 --> 00:40:29,025
The ultimate punishment.
718
00:40:30,195 --> 00:40:31,727
- The defendant
was found guilty.
719
00:40:31,796 --> 00:40:33,329
We therefore unanimously find
720
00:40:33,331 --> 00:40:35,265
That the sentence of death
should be imposed
721
00:40:35,333 --> 00:40:38,202
Upon shawn m. Grate.
722
00:40:38,269 --> 00:40:40,204
- He was found guilty
of all counts,
723
00:40:40,271 --> 00:40:42,405
And jurors,
they made the recommendation
724
00:40:42,407 --> 00:40:44,308
That shawn should get
the death penalty.
725
00:40:44,375 --> 00:40:48,411
- When I heard that sentence
handed down,
726
00:40:48,413 --> 00:40:52,481
My first response to that
has been relief,
727
00:40:52,551 --> 00:40:57,153
That this person will never
hurt another person--
728
00:40:57,222 --> 00:41:01,290
Another innocent person
ever again.
729
00:41:01,359 --> 00:41:03,960
- I am a firm believer
of the death penalty,
730
00:41:04,029 --> 00:41:06,095
And it's hard.
731
00:41:06,164 --> 00:41:09,632
Your moral compass just kind of
just goes all over the place
732
00:41:09,634 --> 00:41:12,435
Because you believe
in the death penalty,
733
00:41:12,503 --> 00:41:14,704
But I can't go back
and say "oh, well,
734
00:41:14,772 --> 00:41:16,172
"I don't believe in it now
735
00:41:16,174 --> 00:41:18,375
Because now my brother's
on death row."
736
00:41:18,443 --> 00:41:21,445
Do I believe that
he's where he belongs?
737
00:41:21,513 --> 00:41:24,914
I absolutely do believe
he's where he belongs.
738
00:41:24,983 --> 00:41:26,382
[somber music]
739
00:41:26,451 --> 00:41:28,117
Narrator:
On the final day of the trial,
740
00:41:28,186 --> 00:41:31,955
Grate addressed the court
and asked for forgiveness.
741
00:41:55,613 --> 00:41:57,280
Narrator: Families
of the victims gathered
742
00:41:57,349 --> 00:41:58,748
Outside the courthouse
743
00:41:58,816 --> 00:42:00,483
To both remember
their loved ones
744
00:42:00,551 --> 00:42:03,286
And to celebrate
the death sentence.
745
00:42:03,288 --> 00:42:06,189
- I remember
outside the courtroom,
746
00:42:06,257 --> 00:42:09,125
After shawn was sentenced
to death,
747
00:42:09,193 --> 00:42:10,893
The family members and friends,
748
00:42:10,895 --> 00:42:14,497
They released
purple and yellow balloons.
749
00:42:14,499 --> 00:42:17,300
Those were the colors
that stacey liked.
750
00:42:17,302 --> 00:42:20,103
That was pretty powerful.
751
00:42:20,105 --> 00:42:21,637
- Relief,
752
00:42:21,706 --> 00:42:23,373
Gratitude,
753
00:42:23,441 --> 00:42:27,376
And joy
for the victims' families
754
00:42:27,445 --> 00:42:30,848
That, again, we have
some sense of justice here
755
00:42:30,915 --> 00:42:32,982
That's been served
756
00:42:33,051 --> 00:42:36,452
And a sense of peace for them
757
00:42:36,521 --> 00:42:38,488
As they go on with their lives.
758
00:42:40,258 --> 00:42:41,591
- It does make you wonder
759
00:42:41,659 --> 00:42:43,326
How much further
he would have gone
760
00:42:43,328 --> 00:42:45,461
If he had continued
to get away with it.
761
00:42:45,530 --> 00:42:48,665
Are there other victims
we don't know about?
762
00:42:50,135 --> 00:42:54,537
- This has completely changed
my life.
763
00:42:54,605 --> 00:42:57,473
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764
00:42:57,475 --> 00:43:01,677
My trust in people
is no longer there.
765
00:43:01,746 --> 00:43:04,947
So I definitely have
trust issues.
766
00:43:05,016 --> 00:43:06,749
I don't go out in public
767
00:43:06,818 --> 00:43:09,686
'cause I'm so afraid
that somebody is gonna know
768
00:43:09,754 --> 00:43:12,555
Or somebody is gonna find out.
769
00:43:12,623 --> 00:43:15,157
And they're gonna
question me about it.
770
00:43:15,226 --> 00:43:17,894
So just lived in seclusion.
771
00:43:17,896 --> 00:43:21,230
But I'm tired of living
behind those four walls.
772
00:43:21,299 --> 00:43:23,099
Our family didn't do this.
773
00:43:23,101 --> 00:43:26,370
That was shawn's decision.
774
00:43:26,437 --> 00:43:31,107
You know, he gets to hide
behind prison walls,
775
00:43:31,109 --> 00:43:32,643
But we have to live our lives,
776
00:43:32,710 --> 00:43:35,778
And we have to continue
to live our lives.
777
00:43:35,780 --> 00:43:37,647
And it's not fair.
778
00:43:37,715 --> 00:43:43,353
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