1 00:00:02,044 --> 00:00:04,094 (ominous music) 2 00:00:06,381 --> 00:00:07,591 - [John] Walking up to the scene. 3 00:00:07,716 --> 00:00:11,006 We have a young lady’s head smashed in. 4 00:00:12,179 --> 00:00:14,509 - [Narrator] A woman, found dead. 5 00:00:14,598 --> 00:00:18,888 - [John] The trauma she endured must have been unimaginable. 6 00:00:19,019 --> 00:00:20,439 - [Narrator] When three potential suspects 7 00:00:20,562 --> 00:00:23,612 are identified, the finger pointing begins. 8 00:00:25,400 --> 00:00:26,480 (suspect chuckles) 9 00:00:33,408 --> 00:00:36,238 - [Narrator] But first, a serial killer on the loose 10 00:00:36,370 --> 00:00:37,250 for 16 years. 11 00:00:37,371 --> 00:00:40,081 - This individual is gonna strike again. 12 00:00:40,207 --> 00:00:42,417 - [Narrator] Until detectives catch a break. 13 00:00:42,543 --> 00:00:43,843 - We kick into panic mode 14 00:00:43,919 --> 00:00:45,629 ’cause that’s our one shot to interview. 15 00:00:45,754 --> 00:00:48,594 - [Narrator] Investigators searching for answers. 16 00:00:48,715 --> 00:00:49,875 - [Juan] How many have you killed? 17 00:00:49,967 --> 00:00:52,677 I want him to know that I already know the answer. 18 00:00:52,761 --> 00:00:54,971 - [Narrator] In the interrogation room. 19 00:00:55,097 --> 00:00:58,267 - He grabbed his soul and like, broke it open. 20 00:00:58,392 --> 00:01:00,732 (drums bangs) 21 00:01:00,811 --> 00:01:05,731 (ominous music) (click ticking) 22 00:01:09,111 --> 00:01:11,321 - [Narrator] Every suspect accused of a crime 23 00:01:11,446 --> 00:01:13,156 has the right to remain silent. 24 00:01:13,282 --> 00:01:15,992 Many agree to be interrogated anyway, 25 00:01:16,118 --> 00:01:19,158 but they can stop the interview at any moment, 26 00:01:19,288 --> 00:01:21,408 making it a race against time. 27 00:01:23,125 --> 00:01:25,505 Justice hangs in the balance. 28 00:01:27,087 --> 00:01:29,757 (ominous music) 29 00:01:36,805 --> 00:01:37,755 - [John] Santa Fe street, 30 00:01:37,848 --> 00:01:40,308 near the railroad tracks in East Dallas. 31 00:01:40,434 --> 00:01:43,104 (ominous music) 32 00:01:44,938 --> 00:01:47,858 We find a strangled Hispanic female there 33 00:01:47,983 --> 00:01:49,823 who’s had her clothes torn off of her. 34 00:01:50,944 --> 00:01:52,034 They swabbed her. 35 00:01:52,154 --> 00:01:54,744 (ominous music) 36 00:01:55,699 --> 00:01:57,989 And all of the swabs tested positive 37 00:01:58,118 --> 00:02:00,698 for the presence of seminal fluids. 38 00:02:00,829 --> 00:02:03,539 They were able to collect a suspect DNA. 39 00:02:03,665 --> 00:02:06,375 (ominous music) 40 00:02:08,170 --> 00:02:09,210 When you look at something like that, 41 00:02:09,338 --> 00:02:11,758 you’re thinking that this girl has been killed 42 00:02:11,840 --> 00:02:13,340 because of a sexual assault. 43 00:02:13,467 --> 00:02:16,137 (ominous music) 44 00:02:17,512 --> 00:02:19,262 - [Jesse] Her mother came forward 45 00:02:19,348 --> 00:02:24,228 and identified the victim as her daughter, Maria Perales. 46 00:02:24,353 --> 00:02:27,443 (ominous music) 47 00:02:27,522 --> 00:02:30,322 (wind blowing) 48 00:02:31,526 --> 00:02:33,736 We started to learn a little bit about her, 49 00:02:33,862 --> 00:02:38,702 that she was very outgoing, she was adventurous, friendly. 50 00:02:38,825 --> 00:02:40,785 They also added, 51 00:02:40,869 --> 00:02:43,789 she had been working at a nightclub as a waitress, 52 00:02:43,872 --> 00:02:45,212 as a meseta. 53 00:02:46,333 --> 00:02:48,753 Here in Dallas, there are a lot of clubs 54 00:02:48,877 --> 00:02:53,797 that are referred to as taxi dancer clubs, as a meseta. 55 00:02:53,882 --> 00:02:58,802 Their job is to keep the clientele in the bar, 56 00:02:58,887 --> 00:03:01,427 sitting down and having drinks with them, 57 00:03:01,556 --> 00:03:02,766 and dance with them. 58 00:03:04,559 --> 00:03:08,559 What we initially found out was that she had left 59 00:03:08,689 --> 00:03:11,609 with a Latin male in his twenties. 60 00:03:11,733 --> 00:03:14,403 - Medium height and medium weight. (chuckles) 61 00:03:14,528 --> 00:03:16,778 That’s super vague and narrows it down to, in Dallas, Texas, 62 00:03:16,905 --> 00:03:19,865 to about, I don’t know, 400,000 people. 63 00:03:21,243 --> 00:03:23,953 (ominous music) 64 00:03:34,423 --> 00:03:35,973 The call was on a dead body 65 00:03:36,091 --> 00:03:37,761 that was found at a construction site. 66 00:03:37,884 --> 00:03:40,554 (ominous music) 67 00:03:42,764 --> 00:03:44,684 - [Jesse] She was hidden behind mounts of dirt 68 00:03:44,766 --> 00:03:46,266 that were there. 69 00:03:46,393 --> 00:03:48,983 She also was left partially nude. 70 00:03:49,104 --> 00:03:51,734 (ominous music) 71 00:03:52,899 --> 00:03:54,319 - [John] She was wearing her high heeled shoes still. 72 00:03:54,443 --> 00:03:56,193 I can recall that. 73 00:03:56,278 --> 00:03:58,488 Her back was exposed to the sun, 74 00:03:58,613 --> 00:04:00,783 and it had actually burned some of her skin. 75 00:04:01,950 --> 00:04:03,660 She’d had her clothes pulled off, 76 00:04:03,785 --> 00:04:08,035 and then had been used as a ligature to strangle her. 77 00:04:08,123 --> 00:04:10,923 (suspenseful music) 78 00:04:14,963 --> 00:04:18,973 - This individual was identified as Olivia Hernandez. 79 00:04:19,092 --> 00:04:21,222 (ominous music) 80 00:04:21,303 --> 00:04:24,313 She was 23 years old at that time. 81 00:04:24,431 --> 00:04:27,561 - She loved her children, her two daughters. 82 00:04:27,642 --> 00:04:29,942 She would do anything for them. 83 00:04:31,021 --> 00:04:33,521 She was a waitress working on those clubs, 84 00:04:33,648 --> 00:04:36,478 and that was why she was working, because of them. 85 00:04:36,610 --> 00:04:39,700 She wanted to have a better life for them. 86 00:04:39,821 --> 00:04:42,531 (ominous music) 87 00:04:46,661 --> 00:04:47,661 - [John] You’ve got two women. 88 00:04:47,788 --> 00:04:48,868 They’re both unclothed. 89 00:04:48,997 --> 00:04:49,907 They’re about the same age. 90 00:04:49,998 --> 00:04:52,708 Their appearances are relatively similar. 91 00:04:52,834 --> 00:04:56,054 We’re immediately suspicious, okay, this could be linked. 92 00:04:56,171 --> 00:05:00,011 - The profile that I was building in my mind 93 00:05:00,133 --> 00:05:03,763 was that we had a serial killer on our hands. 94 00:05:03,845 --> 00:05:06,885 (suspenseful music) 95 00:05:10,519 --> 00:05:11,889 - To me, it’s a waiting thing. 96 00:05:12,020 --> 00:05:14,400 We’ve requested the DNA comparison, 97 00:05:14,523 --> 00:05:16,903 and it’s only a matter of time before it comes back in. 98 00:05:17,025 --> 00:05:20,485 (suspenseful music) 99 00:05:20,570 --> 00:05:23,610 After the DNA results come in, that confirmed it. 100 00:05:23,698 --> 00:05:24,778 This is the same killer. 101 00:05:24,866 --> 00:05:27,906 (suspenseful music) 102 00:05:30,664 --> 00:05:33,464 - [Jesse] Six months passed, a year passed, 103 00:05:33,542 --> 00:05:36,002 and this individual did not strike. 104 00:05:37,003 --> 00:05:38,923 Was he gonna hit again? 105 00:05:39,047 --> 00:05:43,757 I felt that he would, and it was just a matter of time. 106 00:05:43,885 --> 00:05:46,885 (suspenseful music) 107 00:05:59,359 --> 00:06:01,779 - [John] The victim was found at a garage. 108 00:06:01,903 --> 00:06:04,613 (ominous music) 109 00:06:06,074 --> 00:06:07,954 She’s displayed on the hood of a car 110 00:06:08,076 --> 00:06:10,036 after having been brutalized by someone. 111 00:06:10,120 --> 00:06:11,450 She’s completely naked. 112 00:06:11,580 --> 00:06:13,920 (ominous music) 113 00:06:14,040 --> 00:06:15,920 The victim’s name was Veronica Hernandez. 114 00:06:16,042 --> 00:06:17,752 (ominous music) 115 00:06:17,878 --> 00:06:20,418 Again, she worked as a taxi dancer. 116 00:06:20,547 --> 00:06:21,547 - There it was. 117 00:06:21,631 --> 00:06:24,131 We realized that he was still out there. 118 00:06:24,259 --> 00:06:25,969 We’re looking at the same individual. 119 00:06:26,094 --> 00:06:27,304 There’s no doubt in our mind. 120 00:06:27,429 --> 00:06:30,429 (rising, dramatic music) 121 00:06:35,228 --> 00:06:38,308 (wind blowing) 122 00:06:38,440 --> 00:06:42,150 (Maria speaking in Spanish) 123 00:06:58,960 --> 00:07:03,840 - What I miss from my mother is feeling that touch, 124 00:07:03,965 --> 00:07:06,715 that she’s next to you or around you, 125 00:07:06,801 --> 00:07:09,051 or showing you that love and affection. 126 00:07:09,137 --> 00:07:10,847 I think that’s what I miss. 127 00:07:12,098 --> 00:07:14,848 (sirens wailing) 128 00:07:15,810 --> 00:07:18,690 (suspenseful music) 129 00:07:18,813 --> 00:07:21,233 - [Jesse] The media made it run like wildfire, 130 00:07:21,316 --> 00:07:24,646 and an anonymous caller called in a tip 131 00:07:24,778 --> 00:07:27,568 that this particular suspect that he had seen 132 00:07:27,656 --> 00:07:29,066 with this third victim 133 00:07:29,157 --> 00:07:32,027 was actually wearing a mechanic shirt. 134 00:07:32,160 --> 00:07:36,160 And on the shirt, he had his name, "Jose," 135 00:07:36,289 --> 00:07:40,209 and sure enough there was an individual in that shop 136 00:07:40,335 --> 00:07:43,175 named Jose where the body was found. 137 00:07:43,296 --> 00:07:47,876 And that’s how we ended up with Jose Sifuentes on our radar. 138 00:07:48,009 --> 00:07:50,969 (suspenseful music) 139 00:08:06,361 --> 00:08:08,571 Once all this came to the homicide unit 140 00:08:08,697 --> 00:08:14,287 and it was my responsibility to take him under my wing, 141 00:08:14,369 --> 00:08:18,159 I also learned that Detective Salas spoke fluent Spanish. 142 00:08:19,374 --> 00:08:21,924 - [Juan] Jose Sifuentes, he was a 21 year old. 143 00:08:22,043 --> 00:08:24,923 I think I was 26, maybe 25. 144 00:08:25,046 --> 00:08:27,376 I mean, we were not far off. 145 00:08:27,465 --> 00:08:28,295 He said he was from Mexico. 146 00:08:28,383 --> 00:08:29,933 I’m like, "Hey, I was born in Mexico." 147 00:08:30,051 --> 00:08:32,091 It kind of breaks the tension. 148 00:08:32,220 --> 00:08:34,180 And there’s something that connects us. 149 00:08:35,390 --> 00:08:36,560 He told me this soft story that, 150 00:08:36,683 --> 00:08:40,483 "Man, I wouldn’t hurt a fly. I would never kill a chicken." 151 00:08:40,562 --> 00:08:42,562 He would say, "I don’t know Veronica." 152 00:08:43,898 --> 00:08:45,778 And I say, "Well, you know, 153 00:08:45,900 --> 00:08:48,650 people are saying that they saw you with her." 154 00:08:48,737 --> 00:08:50,777 I was just saying, "Hey, tell me what happened." 155 00:08:50,905 --> 00:08:53,115 It was that cat and mouse, you know, game, 156 00:08:53,241 --> 00:08:54,281 see how much you know. 157 00:08:54,409 --> 00:08:56,989 And I said, "You know what? I know you took her." 158 00:08:57,078 --> 00:08:58,998 (suspenseful music) 159 00:08:59,080 --> 00:09:02,460 He finally told me that he took her to that shop. 160 00:09:03,585 --> 00:09:04,795 (suspenseful music) 161 00:09:04,919 --> 00:09:07,509 He said, "She fought." 162 00:09:07,589 --> 00:09:10,969 And he said, "I silenced her." 163 00:09:11,092 --> 00:09:14,642 (suspenseful music) 164 00:09:14,763 --> 00:09:15,973 I went and told the lead detective, 165 00:09:16,097 --> 00:09:17,637 "Hey, this guy just confessed." 166 00:09:17,766 --> 00:09:20,766 (suspenseful music) 167 00:09:21,728 --> 00:09:24,438 (ominous music) 168 00:09:40,789 --> 00:09:42,959 - [Jesse] The results came back, 169 00:09:43,083 --> 00:09:46,793 and there had been a positive match done 170 00:09:46,920 --> 00:09:52,800 and connected between Sifuentes, Perales, 171 00:09:52,926 --> 00:09:56,296 Olivia Hernandez, and Veronica Hernandez. 172 00:09:56,429 --> 00:09:59,019 - We wanna bring him in and see if he’ll talk to us 173 00:09:59,140 --> 00:10:00,680 about the two prior murders. 174 00:10:01,768 --> 00:10:06,228 - [Jesse] The problem was that after Sifuentes 175 00:10:06,314 --> 00:10:07,904 had been jailed, 176 00:10:07,982 --> 00:10:11,152 he turned around and made bond. 177 00:10:12,320 --> 00:10:14,700 - At that time, the bond was set at a hundred thousand. 178 00:10:14,823 --> 00:10:16,783 To me, it’s kind of low. 179 00:10:16,866 --> 00:10:18,866 All you have to do is post 10%. 180 00:10:18,993 --> 00:10:20,833 So his sister posted the bond. 181 00:10:21,996 --> 00:10:23,366 - [John] I inappropriately assumed 182 00:10:23,498 --> 00:10:25,168 I had the luxury of time. 183 00:10:25,291 --> 00:10:27,041 So we go back to an investigative mode, 184 00:10:27,168 --> 00:10:28,708 and we’re looking for the guy. 185 00:10:29,754 --> 00:10:31,674 His sister tells us he’s fled back to Mexico. 186 00:10:31,798 --> 00:10:35,588 We spent a lot of time looking for him, but not finding him. 187 00:10:35,677 --> 00:10:38,677 (suspenseful music) 188 00:10:51,192 --> 00:10:54,902 - [Leighton] Three dead women, all strangled. 189 00:10:55,029 --> 00:10:57,069 I don’t care if they were living in Dallas, 190 00:10:57,198 --> 00:10:59,238 Texas, another state, another country, 191 00:10:59,367 --> 00:11:01,237 that’s a serial killer who’s free. 192 00:11:01,369 --> 00:11:05,289 And so, you know, the urgency to, you know, locate, 193 00:11:05,373 --> 00:11:09,923 identify, and ultimately remove the danger from the world, 194 00:11:10,044 --> 00:11:11,134 it’s high. 195 00:11:11,212 --> 00:11:13,462 (suspenseful music) 196 00:11:13,548 --> 00:11:14,758 - [John] Then here years later, 197 00:11:14,883 --> 00:11:17,933 homicide detectives think they have found this guy, 198 00:11:18,052 --> 00:11:20,472 Jose Sifuentes, on Facebook. 199 00:11:20,555 --> 00:11:22,315 He created a Facebook page. 200 00:11:22,390 --> 00:11:24,680 It seemed implausible, but it was the truth. 201 00:11:26,227 --> 00:11:29,727 - FBI and Interpol, and the folks down in Mexico City 202 00:11:29,856 --> 00:11:31,936 put together a surveillance team. 203 00:11:33,359 --> 00:11:37,819 He was arrested on, never forget it, April 25th, 2019. 204 00:11:37,906 --> 00:11:40,946 (suspenseful music) 205 00:11:57,926 --> 00:11:59,006 - [John] It’s been two decades, 206 00:11:59,093 --> 00:12:01,683 and if we can put a familiar person in front of him, 207 00:12:01,763 --> 00:12:04,103 he is more likely to divulge information. 208 00:12:08,436 --> 00:12:10,596 - He’s being escorted by our swat team. 209 00:12:10,730 --> 00:12:13,650 The first thing I say, "Hey, take all the handcuffs." 210 00:12:13,775 --> 00:12:17,325 And I told him, and I wanted him to hear that, 211 00:12:18,738 --> 00:12:19,738 "Take the handcuffs off." 212 00:12:21,115 --> 00:12:23,485 And right there I’m trying to establish 213 00:12:23,618 --> 00:12:26,078 that I don’t feel threatened by him. 214 00:12:26,162 --> 00:12:29,002 - We’re excited, but you know, kind of kick into panic mode 215 00:12:29,123 --> 00:12:30,673 ’cause that’s our one shot to interview him. 216 00:12:30,792 --> 00:12:34,842 And someone who’s killed and killed repeatedly 217 00:12:34,963 --> 00:12:37,343 does not come in and confess all their sins. 218 00:12:37,465 --> 00:12:39,465 So, I needed that to happen. 219 00:12:48,142 --> 00:12:50,482 (ominous music) 220 00:13:12,333 --> 00:13:15,173 (clock ticking) 221 00:13:18,089 --> 00:13:20,129 (Juan and Juan speaking in Spanish) 222 00:13:23,720 --> 00:13:26,100 - You have to gain their trust. 223 00:13:26,180 --> 00:13:28,270 And one of the best ways is, 224 00:13:28,349 --> 00:13:29,639 see if you can give him something. 225 00:13:29,726 --> 00:13:32,056 And I gave him the picture of his wife. 226 00:13:32,186 --> 00:13:34,396 (Juan speaking in Spanish) 227 00:13:34,522 --> 00:13:35,902 It usually builds rapport. 228 00:13:36,024 --> 00:13:38,984 (Jose speaking in Spanish) 229 00:13:39,068 --> 00:13:41,238 - [Juan] "Lic", that is the short term 230 00:13:41,362 --> 00:13:43,742 for licenciado in Spanish. 231 00:13:43,865 --> 00:13:46,835 A licenciado, it’s somebody with a title. 232 00:13:46,909 --> 00:13:49,619 So it’s like, you know, I respect you. 233 00:13:49,704 --> 00:13:52,544 (Jose speaking in Spanish) 234 00:13:54,042 --> 00:13:56,542 (Jose sobbing) 235 00:14:03,051 --> 00:14:06,181 - The reaction to the photo of his wife was instant. 236 00:14:06,262 --> 00:14:09,142 It was like from the minute he walked into the room, 237 00:14:09,223 --> 00:14:11,733 Juan Salas, he reached into Sifuentes 238 00:14:11,809 --> 00:14:15,189 and just grabbed his soul, and like, broke it open. 239 00:14:15,271 --> 00:14:18,321 (suspenseful music) 240 00:14:19,901 --> 00:14:22,491 (Jose sobbing) 241 00:14:29,077 --> 00:14:31,497 (clock ticking) (door thuds) 242 00:14:31,579 --> 00:14:34,579 (suspenseful music) 243 00:14:48,096 --> 00:14:50,716 (Juan and Jose speaking in Spanish) 244 00:15:38,312 --> 00:15:39,812 - [Juan] I am a religious person. 245 00:15:39,897 --> 00:15:41,357 I believe in God. 246 00:15:41,482 --> 00:15:43,402 And so we’re speaking the same language, 247 00:15:43,484 --> 00:15:44,494 and that was the key, 248 00:15:44,610 --> 00:15:46,610 trying to get him to tell me more about himself, 249 00:15:46,696 --> 00:15:48,106 to open up more. 250 00:15:48,197 --> 00:15:51,827 (Juan and Jose speaking in Spanish) 251 00:15:55,371 --> 00:15:58,921 (Jose sniffs) (ominous music) 252 00:16:03,504 --> 00:16:06,014 (Jose sniffs) 253 00:16:32,533 --> 00:16:36,373 (Juan and Jose continue speaking in Spanish) 254 00:16:53,054 --> 00:16:56,394 (Jose sobbing) 255 00:17:00,561 --> 00:17:01,771 - He’s at the tipping point, 256 00:17:01,896 --> 00:17:03,646 whether, should I tell him or not? 257 00:17:04,899 --> 00:17:06,689 If I just push him a little bit more, 258 00:17:06,776 --> 00:17:08,936 he might just tell me the number 259 00:17:09,070 --> 00:17:10,450 or say, "I want a lawyer." 260 00:17:10,571 --> 00:17:13,201 And at that moment, you lost your chance. 261 00:17:13,282 --> 00:17:15,242 (Jose sobbing) 262 00:17:19,080 --> 00:17:21,420 (suspenseful music) 263 00:17:25,253 --> 00:17:27,173 - You can feel the truth. 264 00:17:27,255 --> 00:17:29,265 You can almost, probably touch it. 265 00:17:29,340 --> 00:17:32,890 And I am trying to convince him that, 266 00:17:32,969 --> 00:17:33,889 go ahead and tell me. 267 00:17:34,929 --> 00:17:36,929 (Jose and Juan speaking in Spanish) 268 00:17:37,056 --> 00:17:39,426 (clock ticking) 269 00:17:51,946 --> 00:17:54,816 It wasn’t a question, it was more an affirmation. 270 00:17:54,949 --> 00:17:55,949 How many have you killed? 271 00:17:56,033 --> 00:17:59,453 I want him to know that I already know the answer. 272 00:17:59,579 --> 00:18:03,209 (Juan and Jose speaking in Spanish) 273 00:18:06,794 --> 00:18:09,804 (dramatic music) 274 00:18:15,136 --> 00:18:16,756 (Juan and Jose speaking in Spanish) 275 00:19:03,601 --> 00:19:05,311 - I remember then, I’m getting goosebumps right now, 276 00:19:05,394 --> 00:19:08,444 thinking about, you work on something that long, 277 00:19:08,522 --> 00:19:11,442 and to have it culminate in that way 278 00:19:11,525 --> 00:19:14,435 is a tremendous feeling of accomplishment. 279 00:19:15,863 --> 00:19:19,323 (Juan and Jose speaking in Spanish) 280 00:19:24,580 --> 00:19:27,620 (suspenseful music) 281 00:19:41,889 --> 00:19:43,059 - [Juan] He confessed to it. 282 00:19:43,140 --> 00:19:43,810 This is how he did it. 283 00:19:43,891 --> 00:19:46,441 But I’m trying to find a motive. 284 00:19:46,560 --> 00:19:49,230 (ominous music) 285 00:19:49,355 --> 00:19:51,525 (clock ticking) 286 00:19:52,733 --> 00:19:56,243 (Juan and Jose speaking in Spanish) 287 00:20:38,112 --> 00:20:40,162 - [Juan] Jose Sifuentes, he killed three people 288 00:20:40,281 --> 00:20:41,701 and he confessed to it. 289 00:20:41,782 --> 00:20:43,032 That’s the icing on the cake, 290 00:20:43,117 --> 00:20:45,577 because I knew that he was facing 291 00:20:45,661 --> 00:20:48,211 minimum three life sentences. 292 00:20:48,289 --> 00:20:50,289 He is not coming out. 293 00:20:50,416 --> 00:20:52,076 - [Leighton] I do not believe he would’ve confessed 294 00:20:52,168 --> 00:20:53,288 to anybody else. 295 00:20:53,377 --> 00:20:55,917 There was just such a deep spiritual connection 296 00:20:56,005 --> 00:20:57,385 between these two men, 297 00:20:59,133 --> 00:21:01,183 and we got exactly what we needed. 298 00:21:01,302 --> 00:21:04,352 (gentle music) 299 00:21:04,472 --> 00:21:06,972 (pensive music) 300 00:21:21,030 --> 00:21:23,950 Veronica Hernandez daughter gets on the stand 301 00:21:24,033 --> 00:21:27,373 and looks at him, and her eyes kind of explode. 302 00:21:27,495 --> 00:21:30,465 And she points at him and she says, 303 00:21:30,539 --> 00:21:33,919 "I remember you, you were at my mother’s funeral." 304 00:21:34,835 --> 00:21:38,505 (Maria speaking in Spanish) 305 00:21:50,726 --> 00:21:55,766 (suspenseful music) (camera shuttering) 306 00:22:04,990 --> 00:22:06,450 - [John] When you’re a homicide detective, 307 00:22:06,534 --> 00:22:08,124 you don’t get to choose your victims. 308 00:22:08,202 --> 00:22:10,452 Your suspect does that for you. 309 00:22:10,538 --> 00:22:14,288 I’m gonna see to it that she matters, that we all matter. 310 00:22:14,375 --> 00:22:18,095 And good homicide detectives, you don’t quit. 311 00:22:18,212 --> 00:22:21,302 (gentle music) 312 00:22:21,382 --> 00:22:24,052 - [Jesse] Sometimes as a detective, 313 00:22:24,134 --> 00:22:27,684 you carry with you some of these cases, 314 00:22:27,763 --> 00:22:31,023 because you weren’t able to bring closure to them 315 00:22:31,100 --> 00:22:34,770 and bring peace and tranquility to the family. 316 00:22:34,895 --> 00:22:37,475 (gentle music) 317 00:22:47,408 --> 00:22:48,828 After 20 years, 318 00:22:51,954 --> 00:22:55,584 the justice was finally gonna be served. 319 00:22:57,626 --> 00:22:59,456 - [Julie] I miss her smile. 320 00:22:59,587 --> 00:23:03,417 I always think about how my life were to be different with her, 321 00:23:03,507 --> 00:23:06,177 and I think it would’ve been different. 322 00:23:07,428 --> 00:23:08,968 A good different. (chuckles) 323 00:23:09,096 --> 00:23:11,256 (Julie sniffles) 324 00:23:15,311 --> 00:23:19,111 (suspenseful music) (clock clicking) 325 00:23:56,977 --> 00:24:00,517 - Two hikers at South Fork Park in the Acme Valley 326 00:24:00,648 --> 00:24:04,568 located a female deceased in the middle of the road. 327 00:24:04,652 --> 00:24:07,652 (suspenseful music) 328 00:24:08,989 --> 00:24:13,079 There was blood everywhere around her person. 329 00:24:13,160 --> 00:24:16,410 (suspenseful music) 330 00:24:16,497 --> 00:24:20,747 The trauma she endured during this event 331 00:24:20,834 --> 00:24:23,634 must have been unimaginable. 332 00:24:23,712 --> 00:24:26,762 (suspenseful music) 333 00:24:28,676 --> 00:24:30,086 - There was one set of tracks 334 00:24:30,177 --> 00:24:33,177 that basically led right over her. 335 00:24:36,350 --> 00:24:38,770 It looked like her head had been run over. 336 00:24:38,852 --> 00:24:41,862 (suspenseful music) 337 00:24:49,697 --> 00:24:52,617 - [Ken] Between 11:00 the day before 338 00:24:52,700 --> 00:24:55,450 to 4:00 the morning of April 4th, 339 00:24:55,536 --> 00:24:57,826 there was zero vehicles that came through there. 340 00:24:57,913 --> 00:24:58,913 Then around 6:00 AM, 341 00:24:59,039 --> 00:25:02,039 we had two vehicles that came into the park, 342 00:25:04,378 --> 00:25:06,298 but we didn’t really know what we had. 343 00:25:07,715 --> 00:25:09,885 Why was this victim here? 344 00:25:11,218 --> 00:25:12,638 Who is this person? 345 00:25:12,720 --> 00:25:15,720 (suspenseful music) 346 00:25:20,060 --> 00:25:22,190 (suspenseful music) 347 00:25:24,023 --> 00:25:26,983 - We have a young lady’s head smashed in, 348 00:25:27,067 --> 00:25:28,027 (suspenseful music) 349 00:25:28,110 --> 00:25:31,150 and we also noticed that she had two marks 350 00:25:31,238 --> 00:25:34,698 consistent with taser probes on her chest area. 351 00:25:34,783 --> 00:25:37,703 And the victim was missing her purse, 352 00:25:37,786 --> 00:25:39,656 so we couldn’t identify her. 353 00:25:39,747 --> 00:25:42,747 (suspenseful music) 354 00:25:55,095 --> 00:25:57,595 (gentle music) 355 00:26:00,809 --> 00:26:03,309 - [Dalrene] Darian was a firecracker. 356 00:26:03,437 --> 00:26:05,397 She came out ready for the world. 357 00:26:05,481 --> 00:26:08,361 (gentle music) 358 00:26:08,442 --> 00:26:09,532 - Didn’t matter who you were. 359 00:26:09,610 --> 00:26:11,610 She’d warm her way into your heart. 360 00:26:13,113 --> 00:26:15,203 Loved kids, loved animals, 361 00:26:16,617 --> 00:26:19,737 and she loved her Papa. (chuckles) 362 00:26:19,828 --> 00:26:22,328 (gentle music) 363 00:26:22,456 --> 00:26:26,326 - [Dalrene] She was a very, very protective sister, 364 00:26:26,460 --> 00:26:28,500 even, I mean, she would always be wrapping her arms 365 00:26:28,629 --> 00:26:29,839 around her little brother. 366 00:26:29,963 --> 00:26:31,723 (gentle music) 367 00:26:31,799 --> 00:26:34,629 So I watched a very strong bond with them. 368 00:26:36,470 --> 00:26:39,180 - We battled like any other siblings would battle, 369 00:26:39,306 --> 00:26:41,976 but there was a lot of love in our relationship too. 370 00:26:45,979 --> 00:26:47,059 When she was in high school, 371 00:26:47,147 --> 00:26:49,227 she probably started going down the wrong path. 372 00:26:51,485 --> 00:26:54,905 My sister got sober, and I felt like I was finally building 373 00:26:54,988 --> 00:26:56,568 that relationship back with her. 374 00:26:57,533 --> 00:26:58,743 - She had been clean, 375 00:26:58,826 --> 00:27:00,946 and she was really trying to put her life together, 376 00:27:01,036 --> 00:27:03,116 and she was living with her grandparents. 377 00:27:03,205 --> 00:27:05,425 (suspenseful music) 378 00:27:05,499 --> 00:27:07,079 The night she died, 379 00:27:07,167 --> 00:27:09,917 her grandpa was still awake at 3:00 in the morning. 380 00:27:10,003 --> 00:27:11,173 (suspenseful music) 381 00:27:11,255 --> 00:27:13,765 Darian left and walked out to the end of the driveway, 382 00:27:13,841 --> 00:27:15,631 and then she was picked up. 383 00:27:15,717 --> 00:27:16,967 They don’t know by who. 384 00:27:17,052 --> 00:27:20,932 And that’s the last time that they saw or heard from Darian. 385 00:27:24,184 --> 00:27:27,194 (suspenseful music) 386 00:27:33,527 --> 00:27:34,817 - [Ken] Not minutes later, 387 00:27:34,903 --> 00:27:36,823 the confidential informant informed us 388 00:27:36,905 --> 00:27:41,615 that she had spoken directly to a man named Brent Gerber, 389 00:27:41,702 --> 00:27:43,952 a drug dealer from Whatcom County. 390 00:27:44,037 --> 00:27:45,577 The whole reason they were going to that place 391 00:27:45,706 --> 00:27:48,826 was for a drug deal, to purchase methamphetamines. 392 00:27:48,917 --> 00:27:51,957 (suspenseful music) 393 00:28:08,520 --> 00:28:11,060 (indistinct conversation) (click ticking) 394 00:28:14,776 --> 00:28:16,816 - [Ken] We took a non-confrontational approach. 395 00:28:16,904 --> 00:28:19,204 He was real meek and mild and cooperative, 396 00:28:19,281 --> 00:28:20,741 and he wanted to talk to us. 397 00:30:14,021 --> 00:30:15,941 - [Erik] The theory that the medical examiner had 398 00:30:16,023 --> 00:30:20,033 was that she was hit by the passenger rear tire. 399 00:30:22,195 --> 00:30:25,275 We were convinced that Brent was responsible at that point, 400 00:30:25,365 --> 00:30:28,155 and knew full well that he’d driven over her. 401 00:30:36,209 --> 00:30:38,749 - [Erik] Brent gave the name Payton, 402 00:30:38,879 --> 00:30:43,469 and I recalled a man named Payton Mulryan 403 00:30:43,550 --> 00:30:47,390 from my time when I was in a local drug task force. 404 00:30:48,889 --> 00:30:51,349 We definitely were going to look for Payton Mulryan, 405 00:30:51,433 --> 00:30:52,813 and pick him up. 406 00:31:03,570 --> 00:31:06,360 (ominous music) (clock ticking) 407 00:31:23,090 --> 00:31:25,510 - We know there’s more to the story. 408 00:31:25,592 --> 00:31:26,972 That’s the information we want. 409 00:31:27,094 --> 00:31:29,264 (intense music) 410 00:31:33,100 --> 00:31:34,350 - [Reporter] This morning, homicide detectives 411 00:31:34,434 --> 00:31:35,354 say they’ve arrested the driver 412 00:31:35,435 --> 00:31:37,305 suspected of hitting and killing a woman 413 00:31:37,437 --> 00:31:39,357 in Whatcom County over the weekend. 414 00:31:39,439 --> 00:31:41,689 They’re now working on finding a second man. 415 00:31:41,775 --> 00:31:44,785 (suspenseful music) 416 00:31:49,449 --> 00:31:51,779 (clock ticking) 417 00:31:57,290 --> 00:32:00,290 (suspenseful music) 418 00:32:08,385 --> 00:32:10,975 (tense music) 419 00:32:23,358 --> 00:32:25,188 - [Courtney] So Darian’s brother, Eli, 420 00:32:25,318 --> 00:32:29,238 told me that he was able to log into Darian’s various accounts 421 00:32:29,322 --> 00:32:31,872 and Facebook account in particular, 422 00:32:31,992 --> 00:32:34,702 and he discovered a whole series of messages 423 00:32:34,828 --> 00:32:37,328 from the morning when Darian died. 424 00:32:38,540 --> 00:32:40,960 - [Eli] I sat there and read through all those messages, 425 00:32:41,042 --> 00:32:43,342 and then I got down to Payton Mulryan’s. 426 00:32:46,173 --> 00:32:49,683 I read step by step every last thing my sister did 427 00:32:49,759 --> 00:32:51,089 before she got killed. 428 00:32:51,178 --> 00:32:52,928 I read the meetup. 429 00:32:53,013 --> 00:32:55,773 I read everything saying that he was in a car 430 00:32:55,849 --> 00:32:58,389 waiting right next to her at the park. 431 00:32:58,518 --> 00:32:59,808 I read it all. 432 00:33:01,021 --> 00:33:05,781 She met Payton Mulryan over social media that year. 433 00:33:05,859 --> 00:33:08,949 I think Payton knew that she was in a vulnerable state, 434 00:33:09,029 --> 00:33:10,409 and she trusted him. 435 00:33:10,530 --> 00:33:12,200 So it wasn’t like she was expecting 436 00:33:12,324 --> 00:33:13,994 to get robbed that night. 437 00:33:15,035 --> 00:33:16,205 - [Courtney] Based off all the information, 438 00:33:16,286 --> 00:33:20,416 we knew she was contacting Payton to arrange a drug deal. 439 00:33:20,540 --> 00:33:22,790 And their intent was to rob Darian 440 00:33:22,876 --> 00:33:26,586 and that she would just go away minus $250, 441 00:33:26,713 --> 00:33:29,383 but she fought back and they killed her. 442 00:33:30,550 --> 00:33:33,890 So at that point we still weren’t 100% sure 443 00:33:33,970 --> 00:33:37,640 who the third suspect was in the back seat with the taser, 444 00:33:37,724 --> 00:33:39,484 but the investigation really pivoted 445 00:33:39,559 --> 00:33:41,639 towards trying to find Payton Mulryan. 446 00:33:42,562 --> 00:33:45,572 (suspenseful music) 447 00:34:05,418 --> 00:34:09,008 While searching for Payton and his location, 448 00:34:09,089 --> 00:34:11,339 some leads came in about him 449 00:34:11,424 --> 00:34:14,684 being at this particular gas station on Saturday morning. 450 00:34:15,971 --> 00:34:17,811 We found video surveillance of the white pickup, 451 00:34:17,931 --> 00:34:20,181 that there was three males in it. 452 00:34:20,267 --> 00:34:22,687 Based off tattoos and the physical description 453 00:34:22,769 --> 00:34:26,109 and comparing it to previous booking photos from our jail, 454 00:34:27,941 --> 00:34:29,781 we were able to positively identify him. 455 00:34:29,859 --> 00:34:31,689 The third suspect is Tyler O’Keefe. 456 00:34:33,655 --> 00:34:36,075 (suspenseful music) 457 00:34:36,157 --> 00:34:38,827 (car wooshing) 458 00:34:38,952 --> 00:34:41,622 (siren wailing) 459 00:34:42,956 --> 00:34:45,246 - [Erik] Tyler was arrested on a traffic stop, 460 00:34:45,333 --> 00:34:47,293 and he agreed to give a statement. 461 00:34:57,637 --> 00:35:00,217 Tyler has more of a stable home life. 462 00:35:00,307 --> 00:35:01,767 He has a girlfriend, he has a child, 463 00:35:01,850 --> 00:35:04,520 so we went in there with a little more leverage. 464 00:35:04,644 --> 00:35:07,064 We felt that he had more to lose. 465 00:36:03,536 --> 00:36:06,116 (suspenseful music) 466 00:36:06,206 --> 00:36:08,536 (Tyler sobs) 467 00:36:19,052 --> 00:36:21,392 (ominous music) 468 00:36:35,402 --> 00:36:38,402 (suspenseful music) 469 00:36:43,410 --> 00:36:46,330 - [Tyler] I wanted nothing to do with that. 470 00:36:48,081 --> 00:36:50,631 - [Erik] It was pretty clear that Tyler just needed something 471 00:36:50,750 --> 00:36:53,170 to give him a little assurance that we trusted him 472 00:36:53,253 --> 00:36:56,013 and we didn’t think he was necessarily a bad guy. 473 00:36:56,923 --> 00:36:58,883 (clock ticking) 474 00:37:07,475 --> 00:37:08,845 (Tyler sniffs) 475 00:37:16,943 --> 00:37:18,693 (Tyler inhales deeply) 476 00:37:23,783 --> 00:37:26,373 (drum bangs) 477 00:37:26,453 --> 00:37:29,213 (Tyler sobbing) 478 00:37:32,292 --> 00:37:35,292 (suspenseful music) 479 00:38:29,516 --> 00:38:31,136 (Tyler sobbing) 480 00:39:04,884 --> 00:39:07,304 (suspenseful music) 481 00:39:36,583 --> 00:39:38,173 (clock ticking) 482 00:41:35,034 --> 00:41:37,624 (suspenseful music) 483 00:42:03,229 --> 00:42:04,359 - [Erik] The prosecutor’s office 484 00:42:04,439 --> 00:42:08,229 just felt that we would not have a successful outcome 485 00:42:08,359 --> 00:42:09,649 with a murder, one trial, 486 00:42:09,736 --> 00:42:12,146 and there was a strong possibility 487 00:42:12,238 --> 00:42:14,448 that a jury would not have found them guilty. 488 00:42:14,574 --> 00:42:18,794 So ultimately, the pleas then settled on manslaughter, 489 00:42:18,911 --> 00:42:20,331 first degree. 490 00:42:20,413 --> 00:42:23,673 Payton Mulryan received 13 years. 491 00:42:23,750 --> 00:42:27,800 Brent Gerber and Tyler O’Keefe both received nine years. 492 00:42:27,920 --> 00:42:29,460 I don’t believe the time was just 493 00:42:29,589 --> 00:42:32,929 on men that will be out before they’re 40 years old. 494 00:42:34,761 --> 00:42:36,641 - [Ken] Everybody blamed each other. 495 00:42:36,763 --> 00:42:41,523 Nobody took full responsibility for the death of Darian Sader. 496 00:42:42,643 --> 00:42:44,773 - I think Darian’s free, 497 00:42:45,938 --> 00:42:49,018 and I believe that Darian’s in a much better place, 498 00:42:49,108 --> 00:42:51,738 and she was our little sunshine. 499 00:42:51,819 --> 00:42:55,159 And although we may not have her here, 500 00:42:55,281 --> 00:42:57,371 we can carry out her name. 501 00:42:57,450 --> 00:43:00,620 So she was a light to this world, 502 00:43:01,788 --> 00:43:04,368 and it was just snuffed out a little bit soon, 503 00:43:04,457 --> 00:43:06,167 sooner than we wanted. 504 00:43:06,292 --> 00:43:08,592 (pensive music)