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- [Narrator] Every
suspect accused of a crime

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has the right to remain silent.

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Many agree to be
interrogated anyway,

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but they can stop the
interview at any moment,

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making it a race against time.

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Justice hangs in the balance.

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- I got a phone call from
my sergeant at the time

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and he told us we
had a missing priest.

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And when he told me who it was,

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it kinda set me back on
my heels a little bit.

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(haunting music)

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- We made contact
with the person

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who cleaned his apartment, and
patrol deputies went inside

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the apartment with her
and he was not there.

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I noticed there were
some couple drawers

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that were pulled out.

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There was mail everywhere.

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There was food on
the kitchen counter,

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which appeared that somebody
may have taken a bite or two

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and kinda just left it there.

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- There was no obvious
signs of a struggle.

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There was no blood.

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So, it looked like he could
have just up and left.

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- Father Rene was very
prominent in St. Augustine,

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which is a town with a very
large Catholic population.

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He had retired from the
full-time priesthood,

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but still did services
and different functions

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for the church.

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- It'd been several
days that no one,

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even very close individuals,
had not heard from him.

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- The Catholic church told
us about Father Rene missing

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several appointments, which
was very out of character.

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- It's like he fell off
the face of the Earth.

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- My brother was a saint.

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He always said he was
gonna be a priest someday.

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He loved helping people.

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I remember when he came
home and said to my mother

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and father, "I wanna
teach the deaf."

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And then he eventually wanted
to teach the blind too.

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My brother saw the
potential in so many people,

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and they were your family,
no matter who they were.

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Sometimes I used to think
he carried the world

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on his shoulders,

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because he just wanted so
much to make people happy.

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- [Reporter] Amy Law says her
family expected Father Rene

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to do the prayer service for
her 88-year-old grandfather

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Monday night.

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- [Amy] Very sad, and
we'd like answers.

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- [Reporter] The next morning,
the priest didn't make it

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to the funeral home either,

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and a military chaplain
had to step in.

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- Definitely had
a sinking feeling.

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- [Reporter] Since then,
fears about what happened

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to Father Rene have grown.

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- She told the detectives
that Father Rene

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had become involved with
individuals that were trouble,

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per se, that had been in jail.

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He always tried to
actually help 'em recover,

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get on the right path.

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And Father Rene was
trying to help Steven

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with drug addiction
and drug use.

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(siren blares)

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- We're talking, he's doing
115, 120 miles an hour on I-95.

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It's a high-stress situation.

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- We knew that it was
not Father Rene driving.

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He would never flee
from a traffic stop.

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- We got close enough to
see there was a white male

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individual in the driver's seat,

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but we could not identify him.

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- We suspected the driver
may be Steven Murray,

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but we were not sure
a hundred percent.

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- It was a little bit
frustrating and upsetting.

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Whoever was driving the car

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was a critical
piece of the puzzle

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for us to be able to get
to where Father Rene was.

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Bobby was there by himself.

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We told him, "Listen, we need
to figure out where Steven is.

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We need to talk to him."

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Bobby said, "I can't
help you in finding him."

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While we were at his
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Steven contacted Bobby
Murray on the phone

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and told him that he was
running from the police.

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Steven said, "Well, I just
outran multiple deputies."

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The officer spoke
with him and told him

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he needed to turn himself in.

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Now, we just have to find him.

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- As an investigator,
you're a little conflicted

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on trying to expedite and get
as much information as you can

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as quickly as possible.

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There were some things
that I would've liked

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to have confront
Bobby Murray on,

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but we wanted to make sure
that we kept him talking

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and that we didn't give
him a reason to be offended

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or terminate the interview.

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(tense music)
(clock ticking)

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We were working
against the clock

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as far as Father
Rene's wellbeing goes.

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There was still a hope
that we would be able

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to bring Father Rene home alive.

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We really felt like that
Bobby was gonna be the key

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to unlocking this investigation.

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- I got a call from
detective and he said,

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"Father Rene, he's missing,
and people are very worried."

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I was so scared for him, I
don't, I had this feeling,

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I was just so scared for him.

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- After talking to Bobby
Murray for a period of time,

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it seemed futile, and he was
just eating away at the clock.

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If he had information,

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it was pretty clear he wasn't
gonna share it with us.

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Blood is thicker than water.

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It seemed like he would
do everything he could

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to protect his son.

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- [Reporter] This is exclusive
video of Father Rene's family

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leaving the St. Johns
County Sheriff's Office,

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after getting an
update on the search

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for the missing priest.

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They told me they didn't
wanna go into detail,

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but they appeared
disappointed and frustrated.

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(dogs bark)

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- They had tracked the phone
to a sparsely-populated,

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heavily-wooded area.

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SWAT starts working down this
fire break in the woods,

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searching for Steven,

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and they come upon
Father Rene's vehicle.

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As they're approaching,

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they find Steven Murray
behind the wheel.

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Steven apparently sees
some motion or light

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in his rear view mirror, starts
the car up and takes off.

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- However, he ended up
crashing and running away

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from the vehicle.

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- So he has fled into,
basically the jungle.

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- We thought maybe Father
Rene is in the trunk

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of that vehicle.

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When they approached and looked,

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Father Rene was not in there.

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At that point, we suspected
that something bad had happened

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to Father Rene, but
we did not know.

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We wanna bring him back home,
either alive or deceased.

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Finding Steven and capturing
him alive was a priority.

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- Just to know that he could
kinda be lurking above,

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kinda in the tree canopy
is a pretty scary scenario.

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After several hours of kinda
keeping constant pressure

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and perimeter on this area,
working it with teams,

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dogs, and helicopters,

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we kinda catch a break, and
finally Steven comes down.

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I think it was very
tiring on Steven,

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and I think he just
ran outta wind.

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Fortunately, he didn't have a
weapon with him at the time,

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and he was forced to
concede and surrender.

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- Steven Murray was
originally from Aiken County,

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South Carolina.

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We have a history with this guy.

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My experience in dealing
with Steven, anytime,

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especially an
overbearing male figure

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moved in aggressively
towards him,

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Steven would automatically
put that wall up

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and he would shut down, and
eventually he's gonna lawyer up.

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- My first and major
concern, as everybody's,

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was for the safety
of Father Rene.

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That's priority. Where
is he? Is he safe?

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But time starts to
become our enemy.

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And Steven was the only
person above ground

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who knew where Father Rene was.

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He was the only person.

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- It's easy to have conversation
while you're eating food,

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takes some of the pressure off.

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Also, that releases some
chemicals in their body,

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especially if they haven't
had any of that in a while.

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Sometimes makes 'em a
little bit more talkative.

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- At that point after eating,
we knew he was settled.

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He was ready to go.

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He knows that now,
we're going to start

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getting into some questioning,

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in more of a
confrontational way.

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- We had been talking to
him for such a long time

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and we were going in circles.

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- He's giving non-specific
answers. His defenses are up.

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I don't think we're
getting anywhere.

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So, I felt like we need to
push it a little bit harder.

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It's kind of a make it or break
it part of that interview

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'cause all Steven's gotta do
is say, "I want my lawyer."

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You wanna get a cigarette?

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- You can see by his attitude
he was going to shut down

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and not talk to us anymore.

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But you cannot give up.

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- Our job during this
interview, get him talking,

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keep him talking.

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I was not there to
get the confession,

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it was to make sure that
I left the door open

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for a another investigator
at another time.

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- You can watch
his body language.

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He's uncrossed his arms.

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He's sitting back in the chair
again. He's not slumped over.

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He's looking up again.

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- It was best for people that
he had encountered in the past

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to walk in that room.

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Just put him a little
bit more at ease.

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Steven Murray had had
a very, very difficult

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and abusive childhood.

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We knew if you touched
on that emotion

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that Steven carries inside of
him and then back off of it,

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that would open a
door, a floodgate.

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Steven came back to life.

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He was initiating,
he was engaging.

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And when that happens,
that opens the door

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for the potential for
something else to follow up.

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I walked out being a
hundred percent satisfied

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with what we got,

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because I knew there's an
opportunity for tomorrow.

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- [Reporter] The search for
Father Rene is not over.

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Numerous sites have
already been looked at

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and more are to follow.

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Father Rene is still missing,

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but his presence is still felt

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at the San Sebastian
Catholic Church.

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- We are gonna find him, and
we're gonna bring him home.

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(tense music)

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- We thought that that
was gonna soften him up

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and get him to talk.

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- It was obvious that they
had a very close relationship,

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but there was a calculated
risk in putting Bobbie Jean

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in this position.

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Steven was being so
unpredictable at that point.

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Everybody's fear was that he
was gonna shut down completely.

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(tense music)

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(deep tense music)

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(tense music)

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- There was a moment you can
see his face expression change,

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his body posture change,

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and he kinda just
slumped to the side,

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and all of us were convinced

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that he was going to break down.

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And we thought that was the
moment for us to actually

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go at him hard.

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- I felt like he punched me in
the mouth when he said that.

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- He pulled the trigger and
did his Miranda warnings

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and that was that, we're done.

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I tell you it was, it was soul
crushing to be that close.

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- The reality was that we may
never be able to locate him.

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(suspenseful music)

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We had to come up with a new
strategy on how to move forward

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and get our heads
back in the game.

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(tense music)

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(dates clicking)

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(mysterious music)

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(deep tense music)

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- My cell phone rings and
I learn Steven Murray

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has asked to speak
to detectives.

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We didn't know about what,
but he wanted to talk to us.

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(deep mysterious music)

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- He had made a phone
call to Bobbie Jean,

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and I do believe that
conversation with Bobbie Jean

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could have been a very
pivotal moment for Steven.

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I was hoping that Steven
was ready to talk.

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He was getting ready to get
it off his chest and tell us.

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- Just listening to
Steven talk about

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the way he murdered Father Rene
in such a cold and callous way,

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it's one of the
times in my career

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that I've actually felt
the presence of evil

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in an interview room.

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(tense music)

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(tense music)

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- Steven finally confessed
Father Rene was no longer alive.

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He's dead somewhere,

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but he still needed
to come clean

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and tell us where the body was.

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Finding the priest and
bringing him back home

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and making sure that the family
got a proper burial for him

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was critical.

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- So we were all thinking,
he's playing games again.

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- I think that gave Steven
a certain sense of power

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and authority, and that he was
in charge in that situation.

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But the decision was made
to put Steven in a car.

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(dramatic music)

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And almost immediately
when we pulled up,

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we saw a flock of
buzzards kinda take off,

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which kinda drew
our attention over.

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And, you could see
Father Rene's body

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laying at the edge
of the wood line.

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(dramatic music)

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It's a emotional roller
coaster, obviously.

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Tugs on your heart.

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It eats away at your
being sometimes.

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But it's about
getting to the truth.

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- Ultimately, it's very
important that we find closure

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for loved ones of the deceased.

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(deep somber music)

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- It was a special
ceremony for a man

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who meant so much to so
many here in our community.

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People came from all
over to say goodbye

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to the beloved priest.

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He touched the
hearts of so many.

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- [Funeral Speaker] He was
a gift and a blessing to us.

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- [Reporter] And with
that, it was time

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to send off Father Rene.

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(slow somber music)

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(haunting music)

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- Without the interviews,

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I don't think that this case
would've came to the conclusion

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that it did.

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And I do believe that justice
was served in this case.

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But I don't think there's
any amount of resolution

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for this case that would
ever satisfy anybody.

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People saw the killing
of a Catholic priest

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as kind of an attack
on our very fiber

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and I really think that stirred
emotion in a lot of people.

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Father Rene had actually
talked about possibly dying

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at someone's hands
in the future.

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And that if that
had ever happened,

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his wishes would
be that that person

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not be subjected to
the death penalty.

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So, it was agreed upon that
Steven would plead guilty

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to life in prison
for malice murder

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and he would spend the rest
of his life behind bars.

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(gentle melancholic music)

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- I believe it was a gift
for my brother, Father Rene,

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to love and not
hate, no matter what.

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So, I, in my heart,
have forgiven Steven

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for taking my brother's life.

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I know my brother's with God,

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and we'll be all
together someday.

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But, you gotta let it go.

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You gotta let anger go and the
hatred go and, and just love.

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(slow somber music)