1 00:00:07,674 --> 00:00:10,176 [dramatic music] 2 00:00:10,244 --> 00:00:12,377 Narrator: In ohio, one of the most feared 3 00:00:12,446 --> 00:00:14,246 Serial killers in recent memory 4 00:00:14,314 --> 00:00:15,782 Is shawn grate. 5 00:00:15,849 --> 00:00:18,650 - I was the first one to call him a serial killer. 6 00:00:18,652 --> 00:00:21,720 - Shawn likes to have power and control over women. 7 00:00:21,789 --> 00:00:23,788 Narrator: He preyed on vulnerable women, 8 00:00:23,857 --> 00:00:27,460 Subjecting them to abduction, battery, rape, and murder. 9 00:00:27,528 --> 00:00:29,695 - There was drugs involved, 10 00:00:29,697 --> 00:00:31,730 There was rape, sexual assault. 11 00:00:31,732 --> 00:00:33,665 - Shawn filmed the rapes. 12 00:00:33,734 --> 00:00:36,668 Narrator: One woman knows his past better than anyone. 13 00:00:36,737 --> 00:00:40,605 - You realize that this person that you grew up with, 14 00:00:40,674 --> 00:00:43,608 This person that you've known from birth, 15 00:00:43,677 --> 00:00:45,377 Is now a killer. 16 00:00:45,379 --> 00:00:47,547 Narrator: She blamed herself for the killings. 17 00:00:47,614 --> 00:00:53,152 - I felt partially responsible for shawn's actions. 18 00:00:53,220 --> 00:00:54,820 Could I have loved him more? 19 00:00:54,888 --> 00:00:56,621 Narrator: What barbara didn't know 20 00:00:56,690 --> 00:01:01,626 Was that she was living with a serial killer. 21 00:01:01,695 --> 00:01:08,600 ♪ ♪ 22 00:01:11,505 --> 00:01:14,439 September 13, 2016. 23 00:01:14,508 --> 00:01:16,441 Ashland county, ohio. 24 00:01:16,510 --> 00:01:19,845 [suspenseful music] 25 00:01:19,913 --> 00:01:22,447 It's a quiet fall evening when ashland county 26 00:01:22,449 --> 00:01:25,684 Emergency services receives a chilling call. 27 00:01:27,788 --> 00:01:30,055 [line rings] 28 00:01:56,149 --> 00:01:57,415 Narrator: Ashland police officers 29 00:01:57,484 --> 00:01:59,017 Are quickly dispatched. 30 00:01:59,019 --> 00:02:00,352 They arrive at the address 31 00:02:00,354 --> 00:02:02,020 And are forced to break in. 32 00:02:02,089 --> 00:02:03,889 [glass shatters] 33 00:02:03,957 --> 00:02:05,624 [door banging] 34 00:02:09,029 --> 00:02:11,229 Narrator: The officers enter, detain the suspect, 35 00:02:11,298 --> 00:02:13,031 And rescue the woman. 36 00:02:13,033 --> 00:02:14,366 But who is she? 37 00:02:14,368 --> 00:02:15,734 Why did this happen? 38 00:02:15,802 --> 00:02:17,737 And who is shawn grate? 39 00:02:17,804 --> 00:02:20,772 Local reporters soon get word of the incident. 40 00:02:21,909 --> 00:02:26,378 - We learned about the case when jane doe called police. 41 00:02:26,380 --> 00:02:31,117 This lady was trying to escape her captor 42 00:02:31,185 --> 00:02:33,585 Who was in the same room with her. 43 00:02:33,654 --> 00:02:35,254 It sounded serious enough 44 00:02:35,322 --> 00:02:38,223 That we sent a reporter over to check it out. 45 00:02:39,793 --> 00:02:42,394 [pensive music] 46 00:02:42,396 --> 00:02:43,929 Narrator: Local resident barbara charter 47 00:02:43,997 --> 00:02:46,531 Is on a work break and checking social media 48 00:02:46,533 --> 00:02:48,400 When she sees a breaking news story 49 00:02:48,468 --> 00:02:50,135 About the abduction. 50 00:02:50,203 --> 00:02:53,872 - I was scrolling through facebook. 51 00:02:53,941 --> 00:02:57,008 Drinking my coffee. It was a normal day. 52 00:02:57,077 --> 00:03:01,680 And I happen to see a story about an abduction 53 00:03:01,682 --> 00:03:03,950 Coming out of ashland, ohio. 54 00:03:04,017 --> 00:03:05,617 Well, that made me stop, 55 00:03:05,619 --> 00:03:09,421 Because my parents had lived in ashland. 56 00:03:09,490 --> 00:03:12,758 I was just curious. I opened up the link to it. 57 00:03:12,826 --> 00:03:16,294 And as I scrolled through, 58 00:03:16,363 --> 00:03:20,699 I noticed it said "shawn grate." 59 00:03:20,701 --> 00:03:24,770 And I thought, "no, this can't be right." 60 00:03:26,039 --> 00:03:27,506 Then I continued to scroll 61 00:03:27,508 --> 00:03:30,442 And I zoomed in on the picture, 62 00:03:30,444 --> 00:03:32,512 And I just couldn't believe it. 63 00:03:33,981 --> 00:03:35,514 I was shocked. 64 00:03:35,516 --> 00:03:38,249 And that's when I realized it was my brother. 65 00:03:38,319 --> 00:03:42,187 ♪ ♪ 66 00:03:42,256 --> 00:03:44,055 Narrator: Shawn grate is arrested. 67 00:03:44,057 --> 00:03:47,192 He is questioned about the abducted woman, jane doe, 68 00:03:47,194 --> 00:03:49,728 A pseudonym used to protect her identity, 69 00:03:49,730 --> 00:03:53,098 By ashland police captain david lay. 70 00:04:05,479 --> 00:04:07,412 Narrator: Grate says he befriended jane doe 71 00:04:07,414 --> 00:04:09,547 At a local christian community center. 72 00:04:09,616 --> 00:04:12,884 He then took her to a house he was squatting in. 73 00:04:12,953 --> 00:04:14,954 She was held captive for three days 74 00:04:15,022 --> 00:04:17,723 Before making the 911 call. 75 00:04:31,371 --> 00:04:32,971 Narrator: After hearing grate's confession 76 00:04:33,040 --> 00:04:35,707 To the abduction, assault, and rape of jane doe, 77 00:04:35,709 --> 00:04:38,843 Captain lay is briefed by the arresting officers 78 00:04:38,912 --> 00:04:41,413 On a conversation they had had with grate. 79 00:05:05,873 --> 00:05:08,341 Narrator: Detectives are shocked by this answer. 80 00:05:08,408 --> 00:05:10,409 Has grate confessed to murder? 81 00:05:10,411 --> 00:05:11,944 And who is elizabeth? 82 00:05:12,012 --> 00:05:14,180 Detective kim mager is now brought in 83 00:05:14,247 --> 00:05:16,148 To question grate further. 84 00:05:17,417 --> 00:05:19,918 - I've known kim for more than 20 years. 85 00:05:19,920 --> 00:05:22,220 She's worked with a number of-- 86 00:05:22,289 --> 00:05:23,956 A number of sex offender cases. 87 00:05:24,024 --> 00:05:25,724 Yeah, she's very good at her job. 88 00:05:30,297 --> 00:05:32,098 - Shawn was much more comfortable 89 00:05:32,165 --> 00:05:34,365 Talking with kim mager 90 00:05:34,435 --> 00:05:36,634 Than he was with the male interrogator. 91 00:05:36,703 --> 00:05:38,970 He seemed to develop a rapport with kim. 92 00:05:39,039 --> 00:05:41,906 - We have a female detective. 93 00:05:41,975 --> 00:05:44,042 She's at the top of her game. 94 00:05:44,044 --> 00:05:47,112 And she is used to being in control 95 00:05:47,180 --> 00:05:49,447 Of the people that she interviews 96 00:05:49,516 --> 00:05:51,449 In sexual assault cases. 97 00:05:51,518 --> 00:05:53,319 We've got shawn grate. 98 00:05:53,387 --> 00:05:54,986 This was a guy who is used to being 99 00:05:55,055 --> 00:05:56,654 In control of his victims. 100 00:05:56,723 --> 00:05:59,491 So we got the clash of the titans here. 101 00:06:08,469 --> 00:06:10,136 Narrator: After further questioning, 102 00:06:10,203 --> 00:06:13,272 Grate reveals the terrifying truth. 103 00:06:33,560 --> 00:06:35,827 Narrator: Grate makes a deadly confession. 104 00:06:35,829 --> 00:06:38,597 He now tells mager that elizabeth's body is located 105 00:06:38,665 --> 00:06:42,768 In the closet in the house where he held jane doe. 106 00:07:06,059 --> 00:07:07,659 Narrator: Grate's grim confession 107 00:07:07,728 --> 00:07:09,995 Prompts mager to alert police officers. 108 00:07:09,997 --> 00:07:14,132 They return to grate's house and perform a thorough search. 109 00:07:14,201 --> 00:07:17,769 [indistinct radio chatter] 110 00:07:18,939 --> 00:07:21,940 They find two decomposing corpses-- 111 00:07:22,008 --> 00:07:24,008 One in a closet, 112 00:07:24,078 --> 00:07:25,977 Another in the basement, 113 00:07:25,979 --> 00:07:28,247 Just as grate had described. 114 00:07:29,282 --> 00:07:31,649 - Once the details started coming out 115 00:07:31,718 --> 00:07:34,386 That there were two bodies in the house, 116 00:07:34,455 --> 00:07:37,622 We knew it was not gonna be obviously a one-day story. 117 00:07:37,691 --> 00:07:39,357 It was gonna be something that we would have 118 00:07:39,359 --> 00:07:41,226 To keep following. 119 00:07:41,228 --> 00:07:44,096 Narrator: But who are these women referred to by grate 120 00:07:44,164 --> 00:07:45,698 As stacey and elizabeth? 121 00:07:45,765 --> 00:07:48,633 Police search the missing persons database 122 00:07:48,702 --> 00:07:50,535 And find a match. 123 00:07:50,537 --> 00:07:52,505 29-year-old elizabeth griffith 124 00:07:52,572 --> 00:07:56,174 Had disappeared on August 16, 2016, 125 00:07:56,243 --> 00:07:59,244 One month before grate's arrest. 126 00:07:59,312 --> 00:08:01,579 - Elizabeth lived in ashland. 127 00:08:01,648 --> 00:08:04,250 She had been diagnosed as a paranoid schizophrenic, 128 00:08:04,317 --> 00:08:07,452 And I think she was described as almost childlike, 129 00:08:07,521 --> 00:08:09,254 Elizabeth griffith was. 130 00:08:09,322 --> 00:08:10,989 She had missed some appointments. 131 00:08:10,991 --> 00:08:14,660 That's how elizabeth was reported missing. 132 00:08:15,929 --> 00:08:18,296 [tense music] 133 00:08:18,298 --> 00:08:23,268 Shawn met elizabeth griffith at the local community center. 134 00:08:23,270 --> 00:08:26,004 Elizabeth seemed to be someone 135 00:08:26,073 --> 00:08:27,405 Who could be taken advantage of 136 00:08:27,474 --> 00:08:29,808 Because of her mental health issues. 137 00:08:29,810 --> 00:08:31,409 Narrator: But what about the other body 138 00:08:31,411 --> 00:08:33,277 Found in the basement? 139 00:08:33,279 --> 00:08:34,746 Who is stacey? 140 00:08:46,760 --> 00:08:50,228 - Shawn grate is an evil serial killer. 141 00:08:50,297 --> 00:08:53,165 - She was in the wrong place at the wrong time. 142 00:08:55,101 --> 00:08:57,770 - There were three other bodies. 143 00:08:57,837 --> 00:09:02,441 - Secrets can remain secrets for a very long time. 144 00:09:09,582 --> 00:09:13,118 [dramatic music] 145 00:09:13,186 --> 00:09:15,787 Narrator: Shawn grate has just revealed to ashland police 146 00:09:15,856 --> 00:09:18,223 The location of two murdered women. 147 00:09:29,603 --> 00:09:32,270 Narrator: Law enforcement have recovered two female bodies 148 00:09:32,272 --> 00:09:34,740 From a house in ashland. 149 00:09:34,808 --> 00:09:37,141 Fingerprint analysis of the corpse in the basement 150 00:09:37,210 --> 00:09:41,413 Identifies the victim as 43-year-old stacey stanley. 151 00:09:41,481 --> 00:09:44,617 - Stacey stanley, shawn's second victim, 152 00:09:44,684 --> 00:09:47,019 You know, she was in the wrong place at the wrong time. 153 00:09:47,087 --> 00:09:51,490 You know, she had a flat tire and shawn helped her with it. 154 00:09:52,693 --> 00:09:54,959 Narrator: Grate met stacey outside a gas station 155 00:09:54,961 --> 00:09:57,228 On September 8, 2016, 156 00:09:57,297 --> 00:10:00,665 Just one week before the abduction of jane doe. 157 00:10:02,302 --> 00:10:04,102 - Stacey stanley found herself 158 00:10:04,171 --> 00:10:07,372 On the side of the road with a busted tire, 159 00:10:07,440 --> 00:10:10,241 In an area that she knew very little about, 160 00:10:10,310 --> 00:10:11,710 At night. 161 00:10:11,778 --> 00:10:14,513 This gave shawn grate the opportunity 162 00:10:14,581 --> 00:10:18,517 To approach her and ask her if he could help. 163 00:10:18,585 --> 00:10:21,719 - Stacey stanley was vulnerable at that moment. 164 00:10:21,788 --> 00:10:23,588 She was in a part of town that she didn't know 165 00:10:23,657 --> 00:10:25,591 And she had a flat tire. 166 00:10:25,659 --> 00:10:27,459 So along comes grate 167 00:10:27,527 --> 00:10:30,661 Being the good guy to help her with her car, 168 00:10:30,731 --> 00:10:34,400 And now the predator has found his next victim. 169 00:10:34,467 --> 00:10:35,934 ♪ ♪ 170 00:10:35,936 --> 00:10:38,136 Narrator: Grate lures stacey back to the house, 171 00:10:38,205 --> 00:10:39,471 Located less than a minute 172 00:10:39,539 --> 00:10:41,940 From where her vehicle broke down. 173 00:10:41,942 --> 00:10:44,009 He now attempts to rape her. 174 00:10:55,155 --> 00:10:59,958 - I know with stacey stanley, he forced her into oral sex. 175 00:10:59,960 --> 00:11:05,163 He made videos of himself raping stacey stanley. 176 00:11:05,231 --> 00:11:07,298 That was very disturbing. 177 00:11:07,300 --> 00:11:09,167 - Videotaping a sexual assault 178 00:11:09,235 --> 00:11:11,169 Compounds the injury for the victim 179 00:11:11,237 --> 00:11:14,239 Because it memorializes the rape. 180 00:11:14,241 --> 00:11:17,375 And then grate can relive the assault 181 00:11:17,444 --> 00:11:19,778 Over and over again for whatever satisfaction 182 00:11:19,846 --> 00:11:20,845 That gives him. 183 00:11:20,914 --> 00:11:22,715 - [indistinct[ 184 00:11:48,942 --> 00:11:51,876 - This is what every homicide detective should do. 185 00:11:51,945 --> 00:11:53,679 Once you've got that confession, 186 00:11:53,747 --> 00:11:55,880 Then the next step is to have them 187 00:11:55,949 --> 00:11:57,882 Demonstrate what they did. 188 00:11:57,951 --> 00:12:02,721 A defense attorney hates seeing those kinds of interviews. 189 00:12:03,724 --> 00:12:05,757 Narrator: After strangling stacey to death, 190 00:12:05,825 --> 00:12:07,625 Grate dumps her body in the basement 191 00:12:07,627 --> 00:12:10,562 Of the house where he imprisoned jane doe. 192 00:12:10,630 --> 00:12:13,632 - Stacey stanley was found in the basement 193 00:12:13,634 --> 00:12:16,467 Under bags of trash, and, I mean, that's just-- 194 00:12:16,469 --> 00:12:18,903 To take away someone's dignity that way 195 00:12:18,972 --> 00:12:21,506 Is really hard to take. 196 00:12:21,508 --> 00:12:23,574 - He preyed on women. 197 00:12:23,643 --> 00:12:25,042 Vulnerable women. 198 00:12:25,111 --> 00:12:27,512 Mentally ill, drug addict, 199 00:12:27,580 --> 00:12:28,846 Disabled women. 200 00:12:28,915 --> 00:12:30,381 He would kidnap them, 201 00:12:30,450 --> 00:12:32,518 And then he would sexually abuse them 202 00:12:32,585 --> 00:12:34,318 And torture them, not just for hours, 203 00:12:34,387 --> 00:12:36,254 But sometimes for days 204 00:12:36,323 --> 00:12:39,524 Before killing them. 205 00:12:39,592 --> 00:12:41,726 Narrator: But what twisted psychological forces 206 00:12:41,795 --> 00:12:45,463 Drive someone to rape and kill so savagely? 207 00:12:45,532 --> 00:12:48,799 There is one woman who may hold the answer. 208 00:12:48,869 --> 00:12:52,337 Shawn grate's half sister, barbara. 209 00:12:52,339 --> 00:12:54,472 Barbara grew up with shawn in a small town 210 00:12:54,541 --> 00:12:56,541 Near ashland, in marion county. 211 00:12:56,609 --> 00:12:58,343 Ever since shawn's arrest, 212 00:12:58,345 --> 00:13:00,345 Barbara has been trying to understand 213 00:13:00,347 --> 00:13:02,747 What motivated her brother to kill. 214 00:13:04,150 --> 00:13:07,552 - So this is the neighborhood where shawn and I grew up. 215 00:13:07,620 --> 00:13:10,755 I haven't been back here for years. 216 00:13:10,823 --> 00:13:13,291 But then after shawn was arrested, 217 00:13:13,359 --> 00:13:16,027 I took a trip back 218 00:13:16,096 --> 00:13:18,362 And drove through the old neighborhood 219 00:13:18,431 --> 00:13:21,432 And just tried to wrap my brain around what happened 220 00:13:21,434 --> 00:13:23,435 Or where--what went wrong. 221 00:13:24,404 --> 00:13:26,037 And right there's the house. 222 00:13:26,105 --> 00:13:28,106 Yup, that's the house we grew up. 223 00:13:29,276 --> 00:13:31,909 My brother and I laid those tiles down 224 00:13:31,978 --> 00:13:33,911 That are in the driveway. 225 00:13:33,980 --> 00:13:36,315 ♪ ♪ 226 00:13:36,382 --> 00:13:39,784 We had the typical suburban family, 227 00:13:39,853 --> 00:13:41,452 Two parents in the home, 228 00:13:41,454 --> 00:13:43,321 Three kids, a new home. 229 00:13:43,389 --> 00:13:45,923 We grew up in what we thought was 230 00:13:45,992 --> 00:13:49,961 A nurturing, normal household. 231 00:13:50,931 --> 00:13:52,331 Our parents divorced. 232 00:13:52,398 --> 00:13:54,733 So after that, it changed. 233 00:13:54,801 --> 00:13:57,669 We went from, you know, a two-parent home 234 00:13:57,737 --> 00:13:59,337 To a single mom. 235 00:13:59,339 --> 00:14:02,807 My mom worked and I took on the responsibilities 236 00:14:02,809 --> 00:14:05,277 Of her role as the caretaker 237 00:14:05,345 --> 00:14:08,813 And taking care of my brothers. 238 00:14:08,815 --> 00:14:10,815 Narrator: Aged just 12 years old, 239 00:14:10,817 --> 00:14:14,151 Barbara suddenly had to deal with adult responsibilities 240 00:14:14,220 --> 00:14:15,820 And take on the role of mother 241 00:14:15,889 --> 00:14:18,022 To her younger half brother, shawn. 242 00:14:18,091 --> 00:14:23,227 - My mom had gotten a job as a bartender downtown. 243 00:14:23,296 --> 00:14:26,331 So she was gone through the day 244 00:14:26,399 --> 00:14:28,165 Or through the evening. 245 00:14:28,234 --> 00:14:31,502 She also ran with the people that she served. 246 00:14:31,571 --> 00:14:34,773 And so on the weekends, she wouldn't be home. 247 00:14:34,841 --> 00:14:36,574 She would take off on a Friday 248 00:14:36,576 --> 00:14:40,911 And then she wouldn't return until Sunday afternoon 249 00:14:40,981 --> 00:14:42,514 And would leave me responsible 250 00:14:42,582 --> 00:14:45,851 For my brothers for that entire weekend. 251 00:14:45,919 --> 00:14:48,186 Narrator: Although barbara was doing her best 252 00:14:48,188 --> 00:14:49,588 To bring up the family, 253 00:14:49,656 --> 00:14:52,390 Shawn began to display troubling behavior 254 00:14:52,459 --> 00:14:53,892 From an early age. 255 00:14:54,861 --> 00:14:57,996 - Growing up with shawn was difficult. 256 00:14:58,064 --> 00:15:00,331 My parents had caught shawn 257 00:15:00,333 --> 00:15:02,333 Playing with a cigarette lighter. 258 00:15:02,335 --> 00:15:06,070 So they had hid it from him. 259 00:15:06,072 --> 00:15:11,109 The next night, he climbed and found a cigarette lighter 260 00:15:11,177 --> 00:15:15,146 And went into the bedroom and set his bedroom on fire. 261 00:15:15,214 --> 00:15:17,382 And that was at the age of three. 262 00:15:19,419 --> 00:15:21,352 He didn't get in trouble for that. 263 00:15:21,421 --> 00:15:24,222 There was always an excuse for his behavior, 264 00:15:24,224 --> 00:15:27,558 And there was no consequences to that behavior. 265 00:15:27,627 --> 00:15:30,361 He was able to act the way that he was. 266 00:15:30,430 --> 00:15:34,665 I feel that that's where that sense of entitlement started. 267 00:15:36,236 --> 00:15:38,769 - Setting a fire at such a young age 268 00:15:38,771 --> 00:15:40,371 Is a cry for attention. 269 00:15:40,440 --> 00:15:42,841 Grate had a lot of anger, 270 00:15:42,909 --> 00:15:45,377 And he may have been angry with his mother. 271 00:15:45,445 --> 00:15:48,447 So he projected that anger onto his victims. 272 00:15:48,514 --> 00:15:51,916 Narrator: But it wasn't simply anger behind shawn's rage. 273 00:15:51,985 --> 00:15:54,552 He had other issues. 274 00:15:54,620 --> 00:15:57,256 - Shawn didn't speak until he was four. 275 00:15:57,323 --> 00:16:00,459 And then he did fail kindergarten. 276 00:16:00,526 --> 00:16:03,728 Shawn was diagnosed with a learning disability, 277 00:16:03,797 --> 00:16:05,529 And that's when kids-- 278 00:16:05,598 --> 00:16:08,366 They started making fun of him. 279 00:16:08,434 --> 00:16:10,334 Narrator: Despite shawn's learning disability 280 00:16:10,403 --> 00:16:12,003 And behavioral problems, 281 00:16:12,071 --> 00:16:14,605 There was one thing he did excel at: 282 00:16:14,674 --> 00:16:16,541 Baseball. 283 00:16:16,543 --> 00:16:20,011 - Shawn was a phenomenal baseball player. 284 00:16:20,079 --> 00:16:24,782 His goal was that he would pursue that as an adult. 285 00:16:24,851 --> 00:16:28,086 However, one night, throwing a pitch 286 00:16:28,154 --> 00:16:29,620 And his arm broke 287 00:16:29,689 --> 00:16:33,357 From the shoulder blade down to the elbow. 288 00:16:33,426 --> 00:16:35,093 Once that happened, 289 00:16:35,095 --> 00:16:38,296 He knew that he was never able to play baseball. 290 00:16:38,298 --> 00:16:40,498 After, he didn't know what to do with himself, 291 00:16:40,567 --> 00:16:42,700 I think he was completely lost. 292 00:16:42,702 --> 00:16:45,269 - Dashing a hope of playing baseball 293 00:16:45,271 --> 00:16:48,172 At the age of 17 would have been crushing. 294 00:16:48,174 --> 00:16:50,642 It could have affected his self-esteem 295 00:16:50,710 --> 00:16:52,444 And made him feel angry. 296 00:16:53,646 --> 00:16:56,547 - We all heard from our mother 297 00:16:56,616 --> 00:16:59,851 That we wouldn't amount for much. 298 00:16:59,920 --> 00:17:03,855 When I was older, my mom was disappointed with me 299 00:17:03,923 --> 00:17:07,459 Because I had moved up in a company. 300 00:17:07,527 --> 00:17:09,193 And I was proud of myself. 301 00:17:09,262 --> 00:17:11,395 And, you know--and I was telling her about it, 302 00:17:11,397 --> 00:17:13,732 And her words to me was-- [scoffs] 303 00:17:13,800 --> 00:17:17,067 "do you think you're smarter than the rest of us? 304 00:17:17,137 --> 00:17:18,670 "is that what it is? Is that, you know-- 305 00:17:18,738 --> 00:17:21,004 Do you think you're better than the rest of us?" 306 00:17:21,006 --> 00:17:22,673 So my reaction was, 307 00:17:22,742 --> 00:17:25,476 "well, what did you expect me to do with my life?" 308 00:17:25,545 --> 00:17:27,144 And she was like, "I just wanted you 309 00:17:27,213 --> 00:17:28,746 To be a housewife." 310 00:17:28,815 --> 00:17:30,816 That was her goal for me. 311 00:17:30,883 --> 00:17:34,352 She did the same thing with shawn. 312 00:17:34,354 --> 00:17:35,619 He was always told that, 313 00:17:35,688 --> 00:17:37,722 "you have a learning disability." 314 00:17:38,691 --> 00:17:40,792 And I think that that's when the reality 315 00:17:40,860 --> 00:17:45,262 Of that shawn was not gonna move forward in life, 316 00:17:45,331 --> 00:17:49,033 And I think that was a huge turnaround for him. 317 00:17:50,236 --> 00:17:52,637 - If grate's own mother told him 318 00:17:52,639 --> 00:17:54,372 He wasn't ever gonna amount to much, 319 00:17:54,374 --> 00:17:56,173 Then he probably started to believe it. 320 00:17:56,242 --> 00:17:58,709 He saw no future for himself. 321 00:17:58,778 --> 00:18:00,846 Narrator: Detective kim mager has interrogated 322 00:18:00,913 --> 00:18:02,848 Shawn grate for several hours. 323 00:18:02,915 --> 00:18:04,582 To her astonishment, 324 00:18:04,651 --> 00:18:08,353 He now makes yet one more startling confession. 325 00:18:24,537 --> 00:18:26,770 [dramatic music] 326 00:18:26,839 --> 00:18:28,405 ♪ ♪ 327 00:18:28,474 --> 00:18:31,009 Narrator: Shawn grate is in custody for abduction. 328 00:18:31,077 --> 00:18:33,878 Incredibly, over the course of a few short hours, 329 00:18:33,880 --> 00:18:36,614 He confesses to murdering three women. 330 00:18:37,616 --> 00:18:41,319 He names his third victim as candice. 331 00:18:49,362 --> 00:18:51,161 Narrator: Law enforcement search the database 332 00:18:51,231 --> 00:18:52,563 For missing persons 333 00:18:52,565 --> 00:18:55,099 Matching candice's name and description. 334 00:18:55,101 --> 00:18:56,700 There is no match. 335 00:18:56,769 --> 00:18:58,503 Could grate be lying? 336 00:18:58,571 --> 00:19:01,372 Detective kim mager probes further. 337 00:19:12,852 --> 00:19:16,054 [ominous music] 338 00:19:23,863 --> 00:19:26,330 Narrator: Grate gives the location of the body, 339 00:19:26,399 --> 00:19:29,667 Approximately 12 miles from ashland. 340 00:19:29,669 --> 00:19:32,670 He now takes the detectives to the site. 341 00:19:45,852 --> 00:19:48,053 Narrator: Police recover the body. 342 00:19:49,422 --> 00:19:53,291 And an autopsy confirms it is a 29-year-old female, 343 00:19:53,359 --> 00:19:55,492 Candice cunningham. 344 00:19:55,561 --> 00:19:58,229 - Candice had been strangled 345 00:19:58,231 --> 00:20:00,631 In a burned-out, derelict house, 346 00:20:00,700 --> 00:20:03,968 And then her body had been disposed of in the woods. 347 00:20:05,571 --> 00:20:08,572 - Once the details started coming out, 348 00:20:08,641 --> 00:20:11,041 It was kind of hard to believe. 349 00:20:11,043 --> 00:20:12,376 We got a story on our website 350 00:20:12,378 --> 00:20:14,412 And just updated it throughout the day. 351 00:20:15,848 --> 00:20:18,515 - I was standing in the middle of a craft show 352 00:20:18,584 --> 00:20:22,620 And I remember getting a phone call from my daughter 353 00:20:22,622 --> 00:20:26,090 Telling me there was a third body. 354 00:20:27,994 --> 00:20:32,196 I was standing there, and it was just raw emotions, 355 00:20:32,265 --> 00:20:34,332 Like standing naked in the middle of a crowd 356 00:20:34,400 --> 00:20:36,801 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 00:20:40,273 --> 00:20:42,941 I felt like everybody knew who I was. 359 00:20:43,009 --> 00:20:45,476 First person I called was my mother. 360 00:20:46,412 --> 00:20:51,283 I tried calling her and I didn't get any answer. 361 00:20:51,350 --> 00:20:54,885 My mom called back, and she left a message 362 00:20:54,954 --> 00:20:56,887 And said, "lose my number 363 00:20:56,956 --> 00:20:58,622 And don't ever call me again." 364 00:20:58,691 --> 00:21:01,559 ♪ ♪ 365 00:21:01,627 --> 00:21:03,128 Narrator: As police investigate the murder 366 00:21:03,195 --> 00:21:04,695 Of candice cunningham, 367 00:21:04,697 --> 00:21:07,164 More details of shawn's past relationship 368 00:21:07,233 --> 00:21:09,233 With her emerge. 369 00:21:09,235 --> 00:21:11,635 ♪ ♪ 370 00:21:11,704 --> 00:21:14,071 - Summer of 2016, 371 00:21:14,140 --> 00:21:16,774 Shawn was in mansfield. 372 00:21:16,843 --> 00:21:20,311 He had a relationship with candice cunningham. 373 00:21:21,447 --> 00:21:24,382 Mansfield has a lot of abandoned homes 374 00:21:24,450 --> 00:21:26,117 And dilapidated homes. 375 00:21:27,186 --> 00:21:28,920 There are a lot of places in mansfield 376 00:21:28,988 --> 00:21:31,922 Where somebody can squat. 377 00:21:31,924 --> 00:21:35,592 - Candice and shawn dated for a few months in 2016 378 00:21:35,661 --> 00:21:37,596 Right before he killed her. 379 00:21:37,663 --> 00:21:39,397 But she had told family members 380 00:21:39,399 --> 00:21:42,199 That shawn treated her much better 381 00:21:42,201 --> 00:21:43,600 Than other people did, 382 00:21:43,669 --> 00:21:45,369 Didn't treat her like a drug addict. 383 00:21:46,873 --> 00:21:49,139 Narrator: By the time shawn was in his late teens, 384 00:21:49,208 --> 00:21:50,542 He was getting into drugs 385 00:21:50,609 --> 00:21:52,476 And hanging out with the wrong crowd. 386 00:21:52,545 --> 00:21:56,413 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 388 00:21:59,618 --> 00:22:01,752 From person to person. 389 00:22:01,821 --> 00:22:03,554 He didn't want to work. 390 00:22:03,622 --> 00:22:06,223 He wanted people to take care of him. 391 00:22:06,225 --> 00:22:07,825 He just didn't absolutely want 392 00:22:07,827 --> 00:22:09,628 Any responsibilities whatsoever. 393 00:22:09,695 --> 00:22:12,096 He just wanted to live in somebody's house 394 00:22:12,164 --> 00:22:14,365 Until he wore out his welcome. 395 00:22:16,302 --> 00:22:18,168 - Seemingly, john's motivation 396 00:22:18,237 --> 00:22:20,171 For killing candice cunningham was, 397 00:22:20,239 --> 00:22:22,907 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-- 400 00:22:28,314 --> 00:22:30,315 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 404 00:22:38,791 --> 00:22:41,725 Was rooted in his fundamentalist upbringing. 405 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 00:22:50,770 --> 00:22:52,402 Not only did we go to church on Sunday, 409 00:22:52,472 --> 00:22:53,905 But we went to church Sunday night, 410 00:22:53,973 --> 00:22:56,506 And we went to church on Wednesday. 411 00:22:56,508 --> 00:23:00,210 If the pastor said that television was bad, 412 00:23:00,279 --> 00:23:02,347 We didn't have a television in our home anymore. 413 00:23:02,415 --> 00:23:05,483 I personally think that that is where 414 00:23:05,485 --> 00:23:07,751 This all started for shawn. 415 00:23:07,820 --> 00:23:11,956 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, 417 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. 419 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 00:23:27,306 --> 00:23:28,973 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, 423 00:23:48,194 --> 00:23:51,730 Shawn grate has confessed to the murder of three women. 424 00:23:51,797 --> 00:23:54,965 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 00:24:33,572 --> 00:24:35,774 Shawn grate has confessed to three murders 432 00:24:35,841 --> 00:24:37,074 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 436 00:24:59,198 --> 00:25:00,598 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 450 00:25:36,702 --> 00:25:38,235 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 456 00:25:54,186 --> 00:25:55,919 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, 459 00:26:03,462 --> 00:26:05,395 A body is discovered in mifflin, 460 00:26:05,464 --> 00:26:07,864 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 464 00:26:16,876 --> 00:26:20,410 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, 473 00:26:48,107 --> 00:26:51,641 Due to the culture that she was involved in. 474 00:26:51,711 --> 00:26:53,844 Narrator: In ashland, detective kim mager 475 00:26:53,846 --> 00:26:56,380 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 ♪ ♪ 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 ♪ ♪