1 00:00:05,755 --> 00:00:09,217 - [Narrator] A secret couple looking for privacy 2 00:00:09,217 --> 00:00:11,094 make a horrifying discovery 3 00:00:11,094 --> 00:00:13,930 behind a log that blocks their path. 4 00:00:13,930 --> 00:00:17,225 They see a woman in severe distress. 5 00:00:17,225 --> 00:00:19,102 - She'd been shot in the head. 6 00:00:19,102 --> 00:00:22,564 She was only wearing panties, socks, 7 00:00:22,564 --> 00:00:25,150 and the waffle stomper boots. 8 00:00:25,150 --> 00:00:27,318 - [Narrator] After a vicious attack, 9 00:00:27,318 --> 00:00:29,070 she's still alive, 10 00:00:29,070 --> 00:00:30,947 but unable to talk. 11 00:00:30,947 --> 00:00:34,367 - This woman has a bullet wound above her right ear, 12 00:00:34,367 --> 00:00:39,039 which very likely has impacted her ability to speak. 13 00:00:39,039 --> 00:00:40,665 - Walter and Cathy are in a state of shock 14 00:00:40,665 --> 00:00:42,292 at their discovery 15 00:00:42,292 --> 00:00:45,128 and waste no time getting the young woman into their car. 16 00:00:45,128 --> 00:00:48,339 - [Narrator] The couple rushed the woman to a hospital, 17 00:00:48,339 --> 00:00:50,800 but she's declared dead on arrival. 18 00:00:51,926 --> 00:00:54,304 - I lost my closest friend that day. 19 00:00:54,304 --> 00:00:57,182 - Police round up every suspect they can find, 20 00:00:57,182 --> 00:01:00,018 but there's no evidence to point at any of them. 21 00:01:01,186 --> 00:01:02,562 - All law enforcement has at this point 22 00:01:02,562 --> 00:01:04,481 is circumstantial evidence. 23 00:01:04,481 --> 00:01:05,607 They have pieces of information 24 00:01:05,607 --> 00:01:07,984 that may suggest there is an opportunity 25 00:01:07,984 --> 00:01:10,403 for the suspect to have been the killer, 26 00:01:10,403 --> 00:01:11,529 but is there motive? 27 00:01:11,529 --> 00:01:13,447 Is there concrete evidence? 28 00:01:13,447 --> 00:01:14,741 They have nothing. 29 00:01:16,034 --> 00:01:20,705 - This particular case was obviously done by a stranger. 30 00:01:21,790 --> 00:01:23,208 When a stranger commits this kind of crime 31 00:01:23,208 --> 00:01:25,084 and you run outta leads, 32 00:01:25,084 --> 00:01:27,212 you know you're at a point where, 33 00:01:27,212 --> 00:01:30,173 is it even solvable anymore? 34 00:01:30,173 --> 00:01:31,758 It's probably unsolvable. 35 00:01:32,967 --> 00:01:34,761 - [Narrator] It would take decades for police 36 00:01:34,761 --> 00:01:37,555 to realize the potential of a key piece of evidence 37 00:01:37,555 --> 00:01:39,849 waiting to unlock the case. 38 00:01:39,849 --> 00:01:43,103 (suspenseful music) 39 00:01:44,270 --> 00:01:47,357 - The unsolved ones, we have to stand up. 40 00:01:47,357 --> 00:01:51,444 - And approach these cases in a way outside the box. 41 00:01:51,444 --> 00:01:53,196 - Let the world knows 42 00:01:53,196 --> 00:01:54,823 that those out there that did commit a murder, 43 00:01:54,823 --> 00:01:56,783 there are people that are coming after you. 44 00:01:56,783 --> 00:01:58,159 - There's just a lot of good people 45 00:01:58,159 --> 00:02:00,328 trying to do the right thing. 46 00:02:00,328 --> 00:02:01,746 - Because it's something 47 00:02:01,746 --> 00:02:03,039 that you have to be passionate about. 48 00:02:03,039 --> 00:02:04,582 - Solve this, 49 00:02:04,582 --> 00:02:06,584 bring some peace to the family at least 50 00:02:06,584 --> 00:02:08,002 just doing my job. 51 00:02:08,002 --> 00:02:11,131 (suspenseful music) 52 00:02:16,553 --> 00:02:19,347 - [Narrator] Snohomish County, Washington, 53 00:02:19,347 --> 00:02:21,141 20 minutes north of Seattle. 54 00:02:22,642 --> 00:02:25,061 It's known as the heart of the Pacific Northwest. 55 00:02:26,312 --> 00:02:29,023 The area boasts a growing tech sector, 56 00:02:29,023 --> 00:02:30,692 aerospace industry, 57 00:02:30,692 --> 00:02:32,694 and modern agriculture, 58 00:02:32,694 --> 00:02:36,114 along with a population of nearly a million. 59 00:02:37,448 --> 00:02:39,868 - Snohomish was a quiet place where kids could play. 60 00:02:39,868 --> 00:02:41,661 It was rural. 61 00:02:41,661 --> 00:02:44,497 People rode horses and did simple things for fun. 62 00:02:45,540 --> 00:02:47,375 - [Narrator] But in 1972, 63 00:02:47,375 --> 00:02:50,044 development hasn't reached the area yet. 64 00:02:51,212 --> 00:02:52,755 There are plenty of places in the county 65 00:02:52,755 --> 00:02:54,507 where no one can see you. 66 00:02:58,469 --> 00:03:03,433 33-year-old Walter Morris and 18-year-old Cathy Gogal 67 00:03:03,433 --> 00:03:07,604 pull into a secluded part of a forest in Snohomish County. 68 00:03:08,645 --> 00:03:09,898 - It's not entirely clear 69 00:03:09,898 --> 00:03:12,400 what Cathy and Walter are doing in the forest. 70 00:03:12,400 --> 00:03:14,360 They tell police they were going to practice 71 00:03:14,360 --> 00:03:16,905 shooting Walter's 22-caliber rifle, 72 00:03:16,905 --> 00:03:19,574 but it's also a good place to spend their time together, 73 00:03:19,574 --> 00:03:22,744 since they were keeping their relationship a secret. 74 00:03:24,245 --> 00:03:26,706 - [Narrator] Turning off Penny Creek Road, 75 00:03:26,706 --> 00:03:29,751 Walter and Cathy are blocked by a downed tree 76 00:03:30,668 --> 00:03:32,587 and stop the car to move it. 77 00:03:33,755 --> 00:03:35,298 Behind the tree, 78 00:03:35,298 --> 00:03:38,218 they see a woman in severe distress. 79 00:03:39,302 --> 00:03:41,596 - It was by chance that they found her there. 80 00:03:41,596 --> 00:03:44,599 - [Narrator] The young woman is almost entirely nude, 81 00:03:44,599 --> 00:03:47,560 clutching her bra in her hand. 82 00:03:47,560 --> 00:03:48,728 She's still alive, 83 00:03:48,728 --> 00:03:50,230 but unable to talk. 84 00:03:51,773 --> 00:03:54,234 - This woman has a bullet wound above her right ear, 85 00:03:55,652 --> 00:03:59,239 which very likely has impacted her ability to speak. 86 00:04:01,074 --> 00:04:04,786 - They observed that she'd been shot in the head. 87 00:04:04,786 --> 00:04:08,873 They saw that there was a lot of semen in her underpants. 88 00:04:08,873 --> 00:04:12,710 She was only wearing panties, socks, 89 00:04:12,710 --> 00:04:15,129 and the waffle stomper boots. 90 00:04:16,047 --> 00:04:19,801 She was actually thrashing a little bit, 91 00:04:19,801 --> 00:04:22,720 so they thought that they could save her. 92 00:04:23,805 --> 00:04:24,889 - Walter and Cathy are in a state of shock 93 00:04:24,889 --> 00:04:26,599 at their discovery 94 00:04:26,599 --> 00:04:29,185 and waste no time getting the young woman into their car. 95 00:04:31,354 --> 00:04:34,899 - The girl held Jody's clothing up over her 96 00:04:34,899 --> 00:04:36,651 to cover her body 97 00:04:36,651 --> 00:04:40,154 and held her head up to keep her airway open 98 00:04:40,154 --> 00:04:43,241 while they drove to the hospital as quickly as they could 99 00:04:43,241 --> 00:04:44,951 to get her some help. 100 00:04:45,994 --> 00:04:47,577 - Time is of the essence, 101 00:04:47,577 --> 00:04:49,289 given the condition the young woman is found in. 102 00:04:49,289 --> 00:04:52,375 She has a gunshot wound to the head and is unable to speak. 103 00:04:53,918 --> 00:04:56,546 - [Narrator] The couple rushed the woman to a hospital, 104 00:04:56,546 --> 00:04:59,007 but she's declared dead on arrival. 105 00:04:59,716 --> 00:05:02,885 (telephone rings) 106 00:05:04,553 --> 00:05:07,307 County sheriffs are alerted of the crime 107 00:05:08,099 --> 00:05:10,267 and begin looking for a killer. 108 00:05:11,811 --> 00:05:14,480 - Normally, when you go to a crime scene, 109 00:05:14,480 --> 00:05:16,690 you try not to go in and disturb anything. 110 00:05:16,690 --> 00:05:20,361 So the initial patrol people cordon everything off 111 00:05:20,361 --> 00:05:21,779 to keep everybody out. 112 00:05:21,779 --> 00:05:24,073 And then when the detectives arrive, 113 00:05:24,073 --> 00:05:27,702 they go through methodically trying to process everything 114 00:05:27,702 --> 00:05:29,454 without disturbing anything. 115 00:05:29,454 --> 00:05:32,206 So the first thing they're gonna do is take photographs 116 00:05:32,206 --> 00:05:37,462 of the entire area and look for evidence as they move in. 117 00:05:38,796 --> 00:05:40,882 - When the police are notified of this crime, 118 00:05:40,882 --> 00:05:42,884 there's very little to go on. 119 00:05:43,843 --> 00:05:45,553 All they can do is canvass the area 120 00:05:45,553 --> 00:05:47,847 and ask people if they see the young woman 121 00:05:47,847 --> 00:05:49,807 before she's murdered. 122 00:05:49,807 --> 00:05:53,101 - [Narrator] Investigators talk to a 14-year-old young woman 123 00:05:53,101 --> 00:05:55,938 who works at a fruit stand on her family's property, 124 00:05:55,938 --> 00:05:58,483 which is along Jody's route to the stable. 125 00:05:59,734 --> 00:06:01,069 - Kenda tells the police 126 00:06:01,069 --> 00:06:03,529 she remembers a young woman on a 10-speed bike 127 00:06:03,529 --> 00:06:05,031 riding by that day. 128 00:06:06,240 --> 00:06:08,451 The young woman would sometimes buy fruit for her horse 129 00:06:08,451 --> 00:06:10,036 on the way up to the stables, 130 00:06:10,036 --> 00:06:12,372 located a few miles up the road. 131 00:06:14,082 --> 00:06:15,249 And she remembered the boots 132 00:06:15,249 --> 00:06:17,168 the woman was wearing that date, 133 00:06:17,168 --> 00:06:21,214 which struck Kenda as unusual for a person riding a bike. 134 00:06:22,173 --> 00:06:24,175 - [Narrator] While scouting the area, 135 00:06:24,175 --> 00:06:27,095 police find a white 10-speed bike 136 00:06:27,095 --> 00:06:29,389 not far from where the woman was found. 137 00:06:31,808 --> 00:06:34,685 As the area is flooded with deputies, 138 00:06:34,685 --> 00:06:37,855 police question the owner of the stables, 139 00:06:37,855 --> 00:06:39,273 who gives them the name 140 00:06:39,273 --> 00:06:41,651 they've desperately been searching for. 141 00:06:43,027 --> 00:06:44,904 - [Glen] The owners of the stable pieced together 142 00:06:44,904 --> 00:06:47,031 that the young woman police are looking for 143 00:06:47,031 --> 00:06:50,201 could be 20-year-old Jody Loomis. 144 00:06:51,119 --> 00:06:52,912 - [Narrator] By the time police arrive 145 00:06:52,912 --> 00:06:55,706 at the doorstep of Jody Loomis's house, 146 00:06:55,706 --> 00:06:58,418 she has already been missing for several hours. 147 00:07:00,086 --> 00:07:01,587 - Her mother had given her a dime to call home 148 00:07:01,587 --> 00:07:03,214 if she was going to be late, 149 00:07:03,214 --> 00:07:05,133 but that call never came, 150 00:07:05,133 --> 00:07:07,552 so everyone in the house was under intense stress. 151 00:07:07,552 --> 00:07:10,930 - I noticed that my mom and dad, 152 00:07:10,930 --> 00:07:13,850 they had a funny look on their face and they were like, 153 00:07:13,850 --> 00:07:15,977 "Jody should have been home quite a while ago, 154 00:07:15,977 --> 00:07:18,438 and we haven't heard from her." 155 00:07:18,438 --> 00:07:21,482 (suspenseful music) 156 00:07:21,482 --> 00:07:23,359 A knock came on the door 157 00:07:24,193 --> 00:07:27,196 and it was a detective 158 00:07:28,197 --> 00:07:32,452 and said, "We think we have your daughter." 159 00:07:33,911 --> 00:07:36,080 My mom went down to the ground 160 00:07:36,080 --> 00:07:40,751 and before my dad could even get to her. 161 00:07:40,751 --> 00:07:42,336 That's a moment. 162 00:07:43,337 --> 00:07:45,798 There's those moments everybody has in their life 163 00:07:45,798 --> 00:07:47,467 and that's one for me. 164 00:07:49,051 --> 00:07:52,138 The last thing my mom made sure of was, 165 00:07:52,138 --> 00:07:54,557 "Did she have that dime in her pocket?" 166 00:07:55,933 --> 00:07:57,226 We always had to carry a dime with us 167 00:07:57,226 --> 00:07:59,604 in case we ever needed to make a call. 168 00:08:02,273 --> 00:08:07,487 I was 12 years old when we lost Jody and my world changed. 169 00:08:09,030 --> 00:08:11,491 I lost my closest friend that day. 170 00:08:13,242 --> 00:08:14,744 - [Narrator] Jody lives in a house 171 00:08:14,744 --> 00:08:17,705 with her parents and sister Jana, 172 00:08:17,705 --> 00:08:19,874 along with her fiance Jim. 173 00:08:21,250 --> 00:08:23,044 - By all accounts, 174 00:08:23,044 --> 00:08:24,879 Jody is a kind free spirit who thinks for herself. 175 00:08:26,422 --> 00:08:28,299 - If she loved you, she loved you, 176 00:08:28,299 --> 00:08:31,636 and that didn't mean she wouldn't be mad at you 177 00:08:31,636 --> 00:08:32,678 in the next moment, 178 00:08:32,678 --> 00:08:33,929 but she loved you. 179 00:08:35,223 --> 00:08:39,352 - [Narrator] Jody is an animal lover and a talented artist. 180 00:08:40,477 --> 00:08:44,315 - [Jana] I really appreciate what she was able to do. 181 00:08:45,942 --> 00:08:48,236 - [Narrator] In the early 1970s, 182 00:08:48,236 --> 00:08:52,240 brown suede boots with a thick waffle-shaped sole 183 00:08:52,240 --> 00:08:54,283 became a fashion trend. 184 00:08:54,283 --> 00:08:58,828 The so-called waffle stomper boots may have been warm 185 00:08:58,828 --> 00:09:01,457 for a sunny August day, 186 00:09:01,457 --> 00:09:03,583 but Jody wears them anyway. 187 00:09:05,461 --> 00:09:09,549 - Jody is petite and has the same shoe size as her sister, 188 00:09:09,549 --> 00:09:12,218 so she borrows her sister's boots. 189 00:09:12,218 --> 00:09:14,136 - If she hadn't worn those boots, 190 00:09:14,136 --> 00:09:16,054 who knows whether the girl at the fruit stand 191 00:09:16,054 --> 00:09:19,016 would've noticed Jody ride past on her bike that day. 192 00:09:20,226 --> 00:09:22,687 - [Narrator] Police investigate the hours leading up 193 00:09:22,687 --> 00:09:25,815 to Jody's horrific attack in the forest. 194 00:09:28,568 --> 00:09:31,404 Jody leaves her home on her bicycle 195 00:09:32,071 --> 00:09:34,991 in the afternoon of August 23rd. 196 00:09:36,909 --> 00:09:39,203 - My mom would often drive Jody, 197 00:09:39,203 --> 00:09:43,541 but she was getting into bicycling with her fiance 198 00:09:43,541 --> 00:09:45,501 and was trying to get in better shape 199 00:09:45,501 --> 00:09:47,378 so she could keep up with them, 200 00:09:47,378 --> 00:09:51,966 and so she decided to ride her bike to her horse pasture 201 00:09:51,966 --> 00:09:54,468 and get that extra exercise. 202 00:09:55,553 --> 00:09:59,348 - [Narrator] Jody's horse, Saudi, is located at the stables, 203 00:09:59,348 --> 00:10:02,518 six and a half miles north of the family home. 204 00:10:03,644 --> 00:10:07,607 Jody makes a stop at her friend's house, Linda Hook. 205 00:10:08,482 --> 00:10:10,276 Linda's family is one of many 206 00:10:10,276 --> 00:10:12,403 who are leaving Snohomish County 207 00:10:12,403 --> 00:10:15,072 in search of better opportunities. 208 00:10:15,072 --> 00:10:17,408 When Jody knocks on her door, 209 00:10:17,408 --> 00:10:20,160 Linda is packing to go to California 210 00:10:20,160 --> 00:10:22,705 and won't go horseback riding with Jody. 211 00:10:25,124 --> 00:10:26,333 - The feeling that they could have been there 212 00:10:26,333 --> 00:10:27,793 to prevent what happened to Jody 213 00:10:27,793 --> 00:10:30,087 is a heavy emotion for a friend to carry. 214 00:10:30,087 --> 00:10:31,714 Although it wasn't her fault, 215 00:10:31,714 --> 00:10:33,131 those pervasive what if thoughts 216 00:10:33,131 --> 00:10:34,717 can be difficult to silence. 217 00:10:35,676 --> 00:10:38,095 - [Narrator] Kenda tells police 218 00:10:38,095 --> 00:10:41,140 she remembers Jody taking a little extra pause 219 00:10:42,099 --> 00:10:44,101 before continuing on her bike. 220 00:10:45,686 --> 00:10:47,313 - It's unclear why she pauses. 221 00:10:47,313 --> 00:10:50,524 Perhaps Jody sees something that makes her hesitate 222 00:10:50,524 --> 00:10:53,819 or perhaps she's a couple of miles into a six-mile bike ride 223 00:10:53,819 --> 00:10:56,113 and simply needs to catch her breath. 224 00:10:58,240 --> 00:11:03,162 - [Narrator] Jody is found by Walter and Cathy at 5:30 pm 225 00:11:03,162 --> 00:11:07,041 suffering from the gunshot that would ultimately kill her. 226 00:11:09,293 --> 00:11:11,295 - Police determined that Jody was attacked 227 00:11:11,295 --> 00:11:13,589 while riding her bike towards the stables 228 00:11:13,589 --> 00:11:17,093 sometime between when she's seen at the fruit stand 229 00:11:17,093 --> 00:11:18,678 and when she's discovered. 230 00:11:20,054 --> 00:11:21,554 - I felt like she was so smart, 231 00:11:21,554 --> 00:11:26,059 but I felt like she was quick to say, I don't like you. 232 00:11:26,059 --> 00:11:27,561 Get outta here, you know? 233 00:11:27,561 --> 00:11:31,816 And then that could have triggered something in the murder. 234 00:11:33,401 --> 00:11:35,361 - [Narrator] With somewhat limited information to go on. 235 00:11:35,361 --> 00:11:38,322 Snohomish investigators continue to push hard 236 00:11:38,322 --> 00:11:41,033 to find who did this to Jody Loomis. 237 00:11:43,994 --> 00:11:47,289 (suspenseful music) 238 00:11:54,797 --> 00:11:59,135 Jody Loomis is riding her bike on the way to the stables 239 00:11:59,135 --> 00:12:00,928 where her horse is boarded. 240 00:12:02,554 --> 00:12:05,349 - Jody has been missing for several hours at this point, 241 00:12:06,726 --> 00:12:09,812 so everyone in the house was under intense stress. 242 00:12:09,812 --> 00:12:12,148 - Jody should have been home quite a while ago 243 00:12:12,148 --> 00:12:14,316 and we haven't heard from her. 244 00:12:14,316 --> 00:12:19,739 - [Narrator] Jody is found by Walter and Cathy at 5:30 pm. 245 00:12:20,573 --> 00:12:21,323 - She'd been shot in the head. 246 00:12:22,491 --> 00:12:25,202 She was only wearing panties, socks, 247 00:12:25,202 --> 00:12:27,747 and the waffle stomper boots. 248 00:12:28,831 --> 00:12:30,166 - Walter and Cathy are in a state of shock 249 00:12:30,166 --> 00:12:31,667 at their discovery 250 00:12:31,667 --> 00:12:33,919 and waste no time getting the young woman into their car. 251 00:12:33,919 --> 00:12:36,964 - [Narrator] The couple rushed the woman to a hospital, 252 00:12:36,964 --> 00:12:39,759 but she's declared dead on arrival. 253 00:12:40,634 --> 00:12:43,554 Investigators talk to a 14-year-old young woman 254 00:12:43,554 --> 00:12:46,474 who works at a fruit stand on her family's property, 255 00:12:46,474 --> 00:12:48,976 which is along Jody's route to the stable. 256 00:12:49,894 --> 00:12:52,521 Kenda Rice tells police 257 00:12:52,521 --> 00:12:55,524 she remembers Jody on her bike that afternoon 258 00:12:55,524 --> 00:12:58,778 appearing a bit hesitant or nervous. 259 00:12:59,779 --> 00:13:01,989 Jody stops on her bike for a moment 260 00:13:01,989 --> 00:13:04,784 as though she might be unsure where to go. 261 00:13:05,785 --> 00:13:07,953 - Kenda tells police she remembers that pause 262 00:13:07,953 --> 00:13:09,914 as being odd and memorable. 263 00:13:09,914 --> 00:13:11,499 Police look into the possibility 264 00:13:11,499 --> 00:13:14,293 that Jody might have felt she's being followed. 265 00:13:15,419 --> 00:13:16,837 - The crime is shocking to everyone, 266 00:13:16,837 --> 00:13:19,465 especially in such a quiet rural place. 267 00:13:19,465 --> 00:13:22,885 The effects of distress on a community can be substantial 268 00:13:22,885 --> 00:13:24,345 and would've caused deep trauma 269 00:13:24,345 --> 00:13:26,096 on Jody's friends and family. 270 00:13:30,226 --> 00:13:32,895 - When she's found, Jody is not clothed, 271 00:13:32,895 --> 00:13:38,359 except her knee-high socks, her boots, and underwear. 272 00:13:39,819 --> 00:13:42,571 She's clutching her bra and her clothing is beside her. 273 00:13:42,571 --> 00:13:45,950 And autopsy reveals Jody has been raped. 274 00:13:46,951 --> 00:13:48,494 - [Narrator] Ballistics indicate 275 00:13:48,494 --> 00:13:53,541 that Jody is shot from above by a 22-caliber pistol. 276 00:13:54,708 --> 00:13:58,087 - The bullet wound is located above Jody's right ear. 277 00:13:59,213 --> 00:14:00,756 - It was surmised 278 00:14:00,756 --> 00:14:03,884 that she was probably sitting on the ground 279 00:14:03,884 --> 00:14:07,763 tying her left boot when she was shot in the head 280 00:14:07,763 --> 00:14:08,848 by her assailant. 281 00:14:09,890 --> 00:14:11,433 - [Narrator] Police scramble 282 00:14:11,433 --> 00:14:14,687 to determine if this random act is premeditated 283 00:14:14,687 --> 00:14:18,274 and whether Jody may have known her killer. 284 00:14:18,274 --> 00:14:21,652 - In some cases, everyone becomes a suspect. 285 00:14:24,029 --> 00:14:25,531 - [Narrator] Detectives consider 286 00:14:25,531 --> 00:14:28,242 whether they might already have interviewed Jody's killer. 287 00:14:29,618 --> 00:14:31,912 They look for connections to her rape and murder 288 00:14:31,912 --> 00:14:33,247 that they may have missed. 289 00:14:35,749 --> 00:14:39,378 Police questioned the man who brings Jody to the hospital, 290 00:14:39,378 --> 00:14:41,005 Walter Morris. 291 00:14:41,005 --> 00:14:44,466 They also questioned Jody's father, John. 292 00:14:45,551 --> 00:14:47,636 - The added trauma of feeling suspected 293 00:14:47,636 --> 00:14:50,472 of your own daughter's rape and murder is unimaginable. 294 00:14:51,348 --> 00:14:52,766 - Police have to be thorough 295 00:14:52,766 --> 00:14:55,102 and can't rule out anyone at this point, 296 00:14:55,102 --> 00:14:57,062 including her own father. 297 00:14:58,188 --> 00:14:59,815 - [Narrator] The police wonder if somebody 298 00:14:59,815 --> 00:15:04,320 on the 1,000-acre farm property may have stumbled upon Jody 299 00:15:04,320 --> 00:15:06,906 and acted in a crime of opportunity. 300 00:15:08,073 --> 00:15:11,327 Investigators add to the list of suspects 301 00:15:11,327 --> 00:15:13,370 13-year-old Alan Rice. 302 00:15:14,663 --> 00:15:16,415 - Alan Rice is the son of the family 303 00:15:16,415 --> 00:15:17,958 who owns the 1,000-acre farm 304 00:15:17,958 --> 00:15:20,210 where the fruit stand is located. 305 00:15:20,210 --> 00:15:22,212 He has been with his father all day 306 00:15:22,212 --> 00:15:24,381 cutting wood in the nearby area. 307 00:15:26,133 --> 00:15:28,218 - Mr. Rice was there with his son 308 00:15:28,218 --> 00:15:30,846 cutting firewood in that area. 309 00:15:30,846 --> 00:15:34,224 They were initially contacted and interviewed 310 00:15:34,224 --> 00:15:38,437 and needed to be ruled out as possible suspects 311 00:15:38,437 --> 00:15:39,939 as they were in the area. 312 00:15:41,106 --> 00:15:44,234 - [Narrator] Alan tells police he was apart from his father 313 00:15:44,234 --> 00:15:46,362 on various areas of the property, 314 00:15:46,362 --> 00:15:49,823 cutting large amounts of firewood for the coming fall. 315 00:15:51,241 --> 00:15:53,369 - The boy tells police that he passes by the area 316 00:15:53,369 --> 00:15:55,454 where Jody is attacked several times 317 00:15:55,454 --> 00:15:57,748 over the course of August 3rd. 318 00:15:57,748 --> 00:15:59,959 If he saw or did something that day, 319 00:15:59,959 --> 00:16:02,753 he's not admitting it to the police. 320 00:16:02,753 --> 00:16:04,964 - [Narrator] Snohomish County sheriffs 321 00:16:04,964 --> 00:16:07,091 fan out their investigation, 322 00:16:07,091 --> 00:16:09,718 searching for answers everywhere, 323 00:16:09,718 --> 00:16:14,306 including an area biker gang called the Reapers Roadmen. 324 00:16:16,642 --> 00:16:18,477 - The Reapers Roadmen have a clubhouse 325 00:16:18,477 --> 00:16:21,271 not far from the scene of Jody's murder. 326 00:16:21,271 --> 00:16:23,983 One member of the gang named Yamaha 327 00:16:23,983 --> 00:16:26,944 is known to possess a 22-caliber pistol. 328 00:16:28,278 --> 00:16:31,824 - [Narrator] Local residents make police aware of Yamaha 329 00:16:31,824 --> 00:16:34,410 using his weapon to fire at trains 330 00:16:34,410 --> 00:16:36,286 as they pass through town. 331 00:16:36,286 --> 00:16:38,163 (gun shooting) 332 00:16:38,163 --> 00:16:41,875 It's enough of a connection to add Yamaha's name 333 00:16:41,875 --> 00:16:44,128 to the list of possible suspects. 334 00:16:45,504 --> 00:16:48,632 Inexplicably, much of the evidence, 335 00:16:48,632 --> 00:16:50,217 including the panties 336 00:16:50,217 --> 00:16:53,679 that could now yield so much DNA material, 337 00:16:53,679 --> 00:16:55,472 has been lost. 338 00:16:55,472 --> 00:16:58,058 - Years later when I looked at the case, 339 00:16:58,058 --> 00:17:00,978 all of that evidence had disappeared. 340 00:17:00,978 --> 00:17:02,438 We couldn't find her panties, 341 00:17:02,438 --> 00:17:04,523 we couldn't find the swabs, 342 00:17:04,523 --> 00:17:06,108 we couldn't find the slides 343 00:17:06,108 --> 00:17:09,528 that they examined the spermatozoa on. 344 00:17:09,528 --> 00:17:12,406 So all that evidence had just disappeared. 345 00:17:13,574 --> 00:17:15,242 - [Narrator] Key pieces of evidence, 346 00:17:15,242 --> 00:17:18,412 like the bullet retrieved from Jody and her socks, 347 00:17:18,412 --> 00:17:19,872 are gone forever. 348 00:17:20,998 --> 00:17:24,292 Documents are also lost over the years. 349 00:17:25,878 --> 00:17:29,173 One piece of evidence that is still in police custody, 350 00:17:29,173 --> 00:17:32,509 the boots that Jody wore that fateful day. 351 00:17:33,635 --> 00:17:35,137 - All law enforcement has at this point 352 00:17:35,137 --> 00:17:36,930 is circumstantial evidence. 353 00:17:36,930 --> 00:17:38,390 They have pieces of information 354 00:17:38,390 --> 00:17:40,559 that may suggest there is an opportunity 355 00:17:40,559 --> 00:17:43,228 for the suspect to have been the killer, 356 00:17:43,228 --> 00:17:44,563 but is there motive? 357 00:17:44,563 --> 00:17:46,398 Is there concrete evidence? 358 00:17:46,398 --> 00:17:47,523 They have nothing. 359 00:17:48,567 --> 00:17:49,984 - [Narrator] Police wonder 360 00:17:49,984 --> 00:17:52,696 if Jody Loomis knew her killer at all 361 00:17:52,696 --> 00:17:55,324 or if it was just a random act. 362 00:17:56,575 --> 00:18:00,287 Perhaps she pedaled right into a trap 363 00:18:00,287 --> 00:18:02,580 laid out by a devious predator 364 00:18:02,580 --> 00:18:04,792 lurking in the Washington woods. 365 00:18:06,210 --> 00:18:08,545 - With only sparse information in this case, 366 00:18:08,545 --> 00:18:11,882 there's no way to tell how Jody encountered her attacker. 367 00:18:11,882 --> 00:18:16,011 It's going nowhere for police and the case is growing cold. 368 00:18:17,262 --> 00:18:20,808 - Initially, the community is very alarmed 369 00:18:20,808 --> 00:18:23,185 when they hear that something like this happened, 370 00:18:23,185 --> 00:18:26,647 and that's why oftentimes now the police will say 371 00:18:26,647 --> 00:18:29,398 that the community is not in danger 372 00:18:29,398 --> 00:18:32,361 because this is an isolated incident 373 00:18:32,361 --> 00:18:34,655 based on the circumstances involved 374 00:18:34,655 --> 00:18:36,698 and people that knew each other. 375 00:18:36,698 --> 00:18:39,618 But when you have a case like Jody Loomis 376 00:18:39,618 --> 00:18:42,538 where she's killed by a stranger, 377 00:18:42,538 --> 00:18:43,747 (gun shooting) 378 00:18:43,747 --> 00:18:46,416 then the whole community gets alarmed. 379 00:18:46,416 --> 00:18:49,086 They start locking their doors more 380 00:18:49,086 --> 00:18:51,547 and being more careful than they used to. 381 00:18:51,547 --> 00:18:53,840 Because back in 1972, 382 00:18:53,840 --> 00:18:56,051 people left their doors open. 383 00:18:57,344 --> 00:19:00,388 - [Narrator] The rape and murder of 20-year-old Jody Loomis 384 00:19:00,388 --> 00:19:02,266 goes unsolved. 385 00:19:02,266 --> 00:19:07,729 - This particular case was obviously done by a stranger. 386 00:19:08,814 --> 00:19:09,982 When a stranger commits this kind of crime 387 00:19:09,982 --> 00:19:12,234 and you run outta leads, 388 00:19:12,234 --> 00:19:15,362 then you know you're at a point where, 389 00:19:15,362 --> 00:19:17,781 is it even solvable anymore? 390 00:19:17,781 --> 00:19:19,741 It's probably unsolvable. 391 00:19:20,826 --> 00:19:22,536 - [Narrator] It would take decades for police 392 00:19:22,536 --> 00:19:25,580 to realize the potential of a key piece of evidence, 393 00:19:25,580 --> 00:19:27,749 an item that hadn't disappeared 394 00:19:27,749 --> 00:19:30,627 and had been sitting in their possession all along, 395 00:19:30,627 --> 00:19:33,005 waiting to unlock the case. 396 00:19:35,883 --> 00:19:39,178 (suspenseful music) 397 00:19:46,894 --> 00:19:50,689 20-year-old Jody Loomis gets on her bike 398 00:19:50,689 --> 00:19:53,609 to make the six-mile trek to the stables 399 00:19:53,609 --> 00:19:55,569 where her horse is boarded. 400 00:19:56,987 --> 00:20:00,490 She would only get halfway through the forested area 401 00:20:00,490 --> 00:20:02,409 before she's attacked. 402 00:20:04,828 --> 00:20:07,164 A couple happens to discover Jody 403 00:20:07,789 --> 00:20:09,791 and rush her to the hospital, 404 00:20:10,500 --> 00:20:12,711 but it's too late. 405 00:20:12,711 --> 00:20:18,217 - I was 12 years old when we lost Jody and my world changed. 406 00:20:19,384 --> 00:20:21,595 I lost my closest friend that day. 407 00:20:22,679 --> 00:20:25,432 - Police round up every suspect they can find, 408 00:20:25,432 --> 00:20:28,810 but there's no evidence to point at any of them. 409 00:20:28,810 --> 00:20:30,646 - [Narrator] Key pieces of evidence 410 00:20:30,646 --> 00:20:33,023 are also lost over the years. 411 00:20:33,023 --> 00:20:34,608 - We couldn't find her panties, 412 00:20:34,608 --> 00:20:36,902 we couldn't find the swabs, 413 00:20:36,902 --> 00:20:39,821 so all that evidence had just disappeared. 414 00:20:40,739 --> 00:20:42,032 - [Narrator] One piece of evidence 415 00:20:42,032 --> 00:20:44,326 that is still in police custody, 416 00:20:44,326 --> 00:20:47,788 the boots that Jody wore that fateful day. 417 00:20:48,914 --> 00:20:51,375 - With police unable to clear names for years, 418 00:20:51,375 --> 00:20:53,585 Jody's parents and sister had to learn how to cope 419 00:20:53,585 --> 00:20:56,046 with an overwhelming lack of closure. 420 00:20:57,172 --> 00:20:58,674 It's hard to imagine being a 13 year old 421 00:20:58,674 --> 00:21:00,008 who has to make sense of this, 422 00:21:00,008 --> 00:21:02,135 never having the answers you crave. 423 00:21:03,220 --> 00:21:05,847 - [Narrator] The case remains unsolved 424 00:21:05,847 --> 00:21:08,600 and the file goes relatively unchanged 425 00:21:08,600 --> 00:21:10,477 for more than 35 years. 426 00:21:10,477 --> 00:21:13,647 (upbeat music) 427 00:21:13,647 --> 00:21:18,944 In 2008, police breathe new life into the case 428 00:21:19,736 --> 00:21:21,446 as Jody's murder is featured 429 00:21:21,446 --> 00:21:23,198 in a deck of cold case playing cards 430 00:21:23,198 --> 00:21:28,287 that Snohomish County police distribute to prison inmates. 431 00:21:29,746 --> 00:21:32,165 - For years, the US military gave troops a deck 432 00:21:32,165 --> 00:21:34,167 of most wanted enemy cards. 433 00:21:35,002 --> 00:21:37,921 Around 2007 and 2008, 434 00:21:37,921 --> 00:21:39,923 the idea took off across many states 435 00:21:39,923 --> 00:21:43,176 to give prison inmates a deck of unsolved murder cards 436 00:21:43,176 --> 00:21:46,221 to see if anyone had information. 437 00:21:46,221 --> 00:21:48,807 - [Narrator] Jody's case is the oldest cold case 438 00:21:48,807 --> 00:21:50,309 in this deck of cards. 439 00:21:51,643 --> 00:21:53,895 - Something happens and then you're like, 440 00:21:53,895 --> 00:21:57,316 oh, maybe that could make a difference. 441 00:21:58,734 --> 00:22:00,694 And that's what 2008 brought for us, 442 00:22:00,694 --> 00:22:02,279 there was some hope. 443 00:22:03,571 --> 00:22:04,865 - [Narrator] Law enforcement hopes 444 00:22:04,865 --> 00:22:07,409 to uncover new information behind bars. 445 00:22:08,660 --> 00:22:10,704 For this particular case, 446 00:22:10,704 --> 00:22:13,332 the playing cards come up empty. 447 00:22:14,791 --> 00:22:16,417 That same year, 448 00:22:16,417 --> 00:22:19,796 members of the Snohomish County Cold Case Unit send evidence 449 00:22:19,796 --> 00:22:22,883 from Jody's murder to the state crime lab 450 00:22:23,842 --> 00:22:25,093 for an examination. 451 00:22:27,054 --> 00:22:30,807 - The evidence has been looked at by forensic scientists 452 00:22:30,807 --> 00:22:33,602 a number of times over the years, 453 00:22:33,602 --> 00:22:38,315 but this time a lab technician finds a key piece of evidence 454 00:22:38,315 --> 00:22:42,361 that has been under their noses for 36 years. 455 00:22:43,779 --> 00:22:46,907 - The crime lab discovers a small semen stain 456 00:22:46,907 --> 00:22:48,909 on the waffle stomper boot. 457 00:22:50,160 --> 00:22:53,205 - This becomes an important discovery in 2008 458 00:22:53,205 --> 00:22:54,830 because of DNA technology 459 00:22:54,830 --> 00:22:57,250 that is now available to law enforcement, 460 00:22:57,250 --> 00:23:02,381 but it would've been meaningless to investigators in 1972. 461 00:23:02,381 --> 00:23:03,965 Back then, 462 00:23:03,965 --> 00:23:06,802 DNA analysis would've seemed like science fiction. 463 00:23:08,261 --> 00:23:12,682 - They take a sample of the stain for DNA analysis. 464 00:23:12,682 --> 00:23:15,102 They determine the DNA of the man's semen, 465 00:23:15,102 --> 00:23:19,689 but also discovered DNA that matches Jody's DNA 466 00:23:19,689 --> 00:23:22,067 mixed with a male's DNA. 467 00:23:23,234 --> 00:23:26,154 This confirms that it is the DNA 468 00:23:26,154 --> 00:23:29,199 of the man who had intercourse with Jody. 469 00:23:30,117 --> 00:23:33,829 It's very likely the DNA of their killer. 470 00:23:35,163 --> 00:23:39,835 - [Narrator] The DNA information breaks the case open. 471 00:23:41,253 --> 00:23:44,798 - The men who were suspects in 1972 give DNA samples 472 00:23:44,798 --> 00:23:46,133 to clear their names 473 00:23:46,133 --> 00:23:49,052 through comparison with the semen found on Jody's boot. 474 00:23:50,053 --> 00:23:54,015 At the same time, the DNA is sent to CODIS. 475 00:23:54,015 --> 00:23:57,978 - [Narrator] CODIS, the Combined DNA Information System, 476 00:23:57,978 --> 00:24:01,356 is a nationwide stockpile of DNA samples 477 00:24:01,356 --> 00:24:05,068 taken from convicted felons, missing persons, 478 00:24:05,068 --> 00:24:06,736 and crime scenes. 479 00:24:06,736 --> 00:24:11,324 It is created and maintained by the FBI since 1998. 480 00:24:12,617 --> 00:24:17,539 Alan Rice, now in his 50s, is cleared of any involvement. 481 00:24:18,457 --> 00:24:19,833 So is Walter Morris, 482 00:24:19,833 --> 00:24:22,210 who found Jody after the attack. 483 00:24:23,211 --> 00:24:26,131 And the biker gang theory loses steam. 484 00:24:27,465 --> 00:24:30,844 - Jody's father passes away in 2005 485 00:24:30,844 --> 00:24:34,138 before DNA can point him to Jody's murderer. 486 00:24:35,098 --> 00:24:36,933 - [Narrator] After a cross reference 487 00:24:36,933 --> 00:24:40,061 with the millions of DNA samples in the CODIS database, 488 00:24:40,061 --> 00:24:42,397 investigators come up empty. 489 00:24:43,982 --> 00:24:45,775 - They can't find a DNA connection 490 00:24:45,775 --> 00:24:47,777 with someone else in the data bank. 491 00:24:48,945 --> 00:24:50,446 There's nowhere to go with the file 492 00:24:50,446 --> 00:24:53,074 and it becomes a cold case. 493 00:24:53,074 --> 00:24:55,035 - [Narrator] It would be another decade 494 00:24:55,035 --> 00:24:58,163 before police finally linked their DNA evidence 495 00:24:58,163 --> 00:24:59,414 with a suspect. 496 00:25:00,999 --> 00:25:04,127 (suspenseful music) 497 00:25:06,046 --> 00:25:09,340 A famous case involving a serial rapist 498 00:25:09,340 --> 00:25:11,051 and killer in California 499 00:25:11,051 --> 00:25:15,722 give Snohomish County police a new weapon in their arsenal. 500 00:25:17,057 --> 00:25:19,518 - With the availability of DNA home kits 501 00:25:19,518 --> 00:25:23,188 to establish genealogy and build family trees, 502 00:25:23,188 --> 00:25:25,482 law enforcement sees an opportunity 503 00:25:25,482 --> 00:25:30,529 to use genetic genealogy for criminal investigations. 504 00:25:32,071 --> 00:25:35,909 You can find relatives of the criminal, partial matches, 505 00:25:35,909 --> 00:25:38,703 which can lead to the DNA match. 506 00:25:40,205 --> 00:25:42,290 - The Golden State Killer case in California 507 00:25:42,290 --> 00:25:45,835 is the first example of genetic genealogy being used 508 00:25:45,835 --> 00:25:47,295 to solve a murder. 509 00:25:47,295 --> 00:25:50,715 - [Narrator] California law enforcement linked DNA 510 00:25:50,715 --> 00:25:52,217 from a raped kid 511 00:25:52,217 --> 00:25:56,137 to a close relative of Joseph James DeAngelo, 512 00:25:57,263 --> 00:26:01,184 who is responsible for at least 13 murders, 50 rapes, 513 00:26:01,184 --> 00:26:05,814 and 120 burglaries in the 1970s and '80s. 514 00:26:07,023 --> 00:26:09,526 - Before DNA technology came along, 515 00:26:09,526 --> 00:26:14,239 you needed a smoking gun, a fingerprint, or an eyewitness. 516 00:26:14,239 --> 00:26:18,118 Now you can connect those dots on a molecular level 517 00:26:18,118 --> 00:26:20,579 using genetic genealogy. 518 00:26:21,663 --> 00:26:23,832 Even when a close family member 519 00:26:23,832 --> 00:26:25,584 is found through this technique, 520 00:26:25,584 --> 00:26:29,337 police still have to have a DNA match. 521 00:26:29,337 --> 00:26:32,507 That means finding a sample from the accused 522 00:26:32,507 --> 00:26:36,636 and matching it with existing DNA evidence. 523 00:26:37,679 --> 00:26:39,347 - Despite law enforcement 524 00:26:39,347 --> 00:26:41,141 and genetic experts finding a relative, 525 00:26:41,141 --> 00:26:42,475 there would still be plenty 526 00:26:42,475 --> 00:26:44,603 of follow-up investigating to do. 527 00:26:45,604 --> 00:26:47,564 - You just had the Golden State Killer, 528 00:26:47,564 --> 00:26:49,941 you just had some things breaking open, 529 00:26:49,941 --> 00:26:55,280 and I felt like, wow, this is breaking ground. 530 00:26:56,239 --> 00:26:58,282 Jody's case was so incredibly old. 531 00:26:58,282 --> 00:27:02,494 What were the odds that we'd be able to find him? 532 00:27:02,494 --> 00:27:06,541 - [Narrator] Could the DNA from Jody's boot lead them 533 00:27:06,541 --> 00:27:09,586 to a family member of her killer? 534 00:27:13,506 --> 00:27:16,635 (suspenseful music) 535 00:27:24,225 --> 00:27:28,188 20-year-old Jody Loomis leaves home on her bike 536 00:27:28,188 --> 00:27:30,732 one August morning in 1972, 537 00:27:32,192 --> 00:27:33,652 never to return. 538 00:27:35,195 --> 00:27:38,323 She would only get halfway through the forested area 539 00:27:38,323 --> 00:27:40,407 before she's attacked. 540 00:27:42,327 --> 00:27:44,954 - I lost my closest friend that day. 541 00:27:46,414 --> 00:27:49,250 - After exhausting all leads in this case, 542 00:27:49,250 --> 00:27:51,336 police run out of places to go. 543 00:27:51,336 --> 00:27:54,673 The investigation goes cold for decades. 544 00:27:55,799 --> 00:27:57,258 - [Narrator] Key pieces of evidence 545 00:27:57,258 --> 00:27:59,636 are also lost over the years. 546 00:27:59,636 --> 00:28:01,096 - We couldn't find her panties, 547 00:28:01,096 --> 00:28:03,348 we couldn't find the swabs, 548 00:28:03,348 --> 00:28:06,518 so all that evidence had just disappeared. 549 00:28:06,518 --> 00:28:08,269 - [Narrator] That same year, 550 00:28:08,269 --> 00:28:11,523 members of the Snohomish County Cold Case Unit send evidence 551 00:28:11,523 --> 00:28:14,693 from Jody's murder to the state crime lab 552 00:28:15,443 --> 00:28:16,903 for an examination. 553 00:28:18,446 --> 00:28:21,324 - The evidence has been looked at by forensic scientists 554 00:28:21,324 --> 00:28:23,868 a number of times over the years. 555 00:28:25,036 --> 00:28:27,580 - This time they get a hit. 556 00:28:28,330 --> 00:28:30,166 - [Narrator] 46 Years later, 557 00:28:30,166 --> 00:28:33,586 Snohomish County cold case officers get a phone call 558 00:28:33,586 --> 00:28:36,131 from the genetic genealogists. 559 00:28:36,131 --> 00:28:39,718 Finally, after nearly 50 years, 560 00:28:39,718 --> 00:28:42,137 police close in on a suspect. 561 00:28:43,471 --> 00:28:47,726 The ancestry database links the DNA from Jody's boot 562 00:28:47,726 --> 00:28:50,729 to the parents of six brothers, 563 00:28:51,354 --> 00:28:53,273 but one brother in particular 564 00:28:53,273 --> 00:28:55,900 immediately stands out for police, 565 00:28:57,777 --> 00:28:59,154 Terrence Miller. 566 00:29:00,488 --> 00:29:02,365 - It was really weird when we heard the name. 567 00:29:02,365 --> 00:29:04,701 I thought for sure I was gonna recognize the name, 568 00:29:04,701 --> 00:29:07,746 and it didn't mean anything to me at all. 569 00:29:09,164 --> 00:29:10,749 - [Glen] Terrence Miller does not have a criminal record, 570 00:29:10,749 --> 00:29:12,792 so he wouldn't be listed in CODIS. 571 00:29:13,585 --> 00:29:14,919 - [Narrator] However, 572 00:29:14,919 --> 00:29:17,046 he had a number of run-ins with the law, 573 00:29:17,046 --> 00:29:19,549 and many of those incident reports 574 00:29:19,549 --> 00:29:21,843 involved sexual impropriety, 575 00:29:22,844 --> 00:29:25,054 but no charges were ever filed. 576 00:29:26,514 --> 00:29:29,642 Police quickly gather information on Terrence Miller. 577 00:29:29,642 --> 00:29:33,521 He was accused of sex crimes several times in his life, 578 00:29:33,521 --> 00:29:36,566 some of those times with family members. 579 00:29:36,566 --> 00:29:40,904 And he lived just five miles away from the wooded area 580 00:29:42,447 --> 00:29:44,908 where Jody Loomis is found in 1972. 581 00:29:46,284 --> 00:29:48,411 Police stake out Miller's home 582 00:29:48,411 --> 00:29:53,792 where he and his wife of 43 years operate a ceramics shop. 583 00:29:55,210 --> 00:29:58,713 - They're hoping he will leave a sample of his DNA behind, 584 00:29:58,713 --> 00:30:00,548 so they can see if it's a match 585 00:30:00,548 --> 00:30:03,092 with evidence they already have. 586 00:30:04,135 --> 00:30:05,804 - [Narrator] August, 2018. 587 00:30:06,930 --> 00:30:09,474 Police conduct surveillance on Terrence Miller, 588 00:30:10,558 --> 00:30:13,394 hoping he will leave behind a piece of DNA 589 00:30:13,394 --> 00:30:16,314 that will fully match the DNA from Jody's boot. 590 00:30:17,649 --> 00:30:21,986 - Police are desperate to acquire DNA from this suspect, 591 00:30:21,986 --> 00:30:24,614 hair, saliva, anything, 592 00:30:24,614 --> 00:30:27,158 and he will not give it up willingly. 593 00:30:28,409 --> 00:30:30,245 - He probably knows he's being followed 594 00:30:30,245 --> 00:30:32,288 and they're after his DNA. 595 00:30:32,288 --> 00:30:34,457 He's gotta be sweating over that. 596 00:30:34,457 --> 00:30:36,835 He can't leave DNA evidence behind. 597 00:30:37,836 --> 00:30:40,213 - [Narrator] For Jody Loomis's family, 598 00:30:40,213 --> 00:30:42,090 time is of the essence. 599 00:30:43,842 --> 00:30:45,593 - My mom got to know 600 00:30:45,593 --> 00:30:49,013 that they were going to be making an arrest 601 00:30:49,013 --> 00:30:50,431 and that it was close, 602 00:30:50,431 --> 00:30:52,517 and the detective had that time with her 603 00:30:52,517 --> 00:30:55,812 to let her know that he was working as fast as he could 604 00:30:55,812 --> 00:30:57,814 and getting as much done. 605 00:30:58,690 --> 00:31:01,484 - Her mom was disabled and bedridden. 606 00:31:01,484 --> 00:31:06,865 I can recall going there and talking to them several times 607 00:31:07,907 --> 00:31:10,702 prior to the point where we could get it solved. 608 00:31:10,702 --> 00:31:12,787 It was important to let her know 609 00:31:12,787 --> 00:31:17,041 that we were working on the case and it wasn't forgotten. 610 00:31:18,042 --> 00:31:19,627 - [Narrator] Sadly, 611 00:31:19,627 --> 00:31:23,798 Rosemary Loomis would pass away in January, 2019 612 00:31:23,798 --> 00:31:25,633 at the age of 91. 613 00:31:25,633 --> 00:31:29,721 - I felt really bad that we weren't able to go and tell her, 614 00:31:29,721 --> 00:31:31,931 hey, he's behind bars. 615 00:31:31,931 --> 00:31:36,144 Jana had told her mom that it's getting close, 616 00:31:36,144 --> 00:31:40,064 so her mom, I think, was at peace when she died. 617 00:31:41,149 --> 00:31:44,027 - We didn't make it to the arrest with my mom, 618 00:31:44,027 --> 00:31:46,905 but it was enough for her to know 619 00:31:47,947 --> 00:31:50,909 that they were narrowing it in and that it would be made. 620 00:31:52,410 --> 00:31:53,661 - [Narrator] It won't be 621 00:31:53,661 --> 00:31:55,663 until Terrence visits a local casino 622 00:31:55,663 --> 00:31:58,207 that he slips up and leaves them a sample 623 00:31:58,207 --> 00:32:00,501 of biological material. 624 00:32:03,254 --> 00:32:07,342 - You want to get your best DNA evidence 625 00:32:07,342 --> 00:32:10,094 from something that has saliva on it 626 00:32:10,094 --> 00:32:14,432 'cause there's a lot of good DNA in saliva. 627 00:32:15,600 --> 00:32:18,144 - All scientists need is less than a gram 628 00:32:18,144 --> 00:32:19,938 of genetic material. 629 00:32:21,814 --> 00:32:23,858 We're talking a number of cells, 630 00:32:23,858 --> 00:32:27,195 and it can be from dead skin, dried saliva, 631 00:32:27,195 --> 00:32:29,656 or anything from a person's body. 632 00:32:30,823 --> 00:32:33,952 The dried saliva from a coffee cup can be used 633 00:32:33,952 --> 00:32:37,580 to identify the person who's been drinking from it. 634 00:32:38,706 --> 00:32:40,291 - [Narrator] Now that they have a DNA sample 635 00:32:40,291 --> 00:32:42,168 from Terrence Miller, 636 00:32:42,168 --> 00:32:45,171 they send it back to the lab for analysis 637 00:32:45,171 --> 00:32:49,300 to ensure it matches the DNA extracted from the boot 638 00:32:49,300 --> 00:32:50,969 and to answer the question, 639 00:32:51,928 --> 00:32:54,597 is Terrence Miller Jody Loomis's killer? 640 00:32:56,724 --> 00:33:00,603 As police await results of the DNA analysis, 641 00:33:00,603 --> 00:33:03,231 they continue their investigation 642 00:33:03,231 --> 00:33:06,025 with a visit by undercover detectives 643 00:33:06,025 --> 00:33:07,735 to the Miller residence. 644 00:33:11,030 --> 00:33:13,074 Inside the ceramics shop, 645 00:33:13,074 --> 00:33:17,078 there are stacks of newspapers used to wrap items. 646 00:33:18,830 --> 00:33:21,374 A number of newspapers contained stories 647 00:33:21,374 --> 00:33:23,584 about violent crimes, 648 00:33:23,584 --> 00:33:28,047 specifically about DNA evidence and cold cases. 649 00:33:28,047 --> 00:33:31,300 But one newspaper laying out on the table 650 00:33:31,300 --> 00:33:34,012 gets the attention of law enforcement. 651 00:33:35,096 --> 00:33:37,598 - It's a newspaper from seven months earlier 652 00:33:37,598 --> 00:33:40,268 with a headline about a previous arrest made 653 00:33:40,268 --> 00:33:42,311 using genetic genealogy. 654 00:33:43,521 --> 00:33:45,189 - [Narrator] Using genetic genealogy, 655 00:33:45,189 --> 00:33:48,609 Snohomish County sheriffs arrest William Talbott 656 00:33:48,609 --> 00:33:52,989 for the unsolved 1987 rape and double murder 657 00:33:52,989 --> 00:33:54,741 of a young Canadian couple, 658 00:33:54,741 --> 00:33:58,119 Tanya Van Cuylenburg and Jay Cook. 659 00:33:59,495 --> 00:34:01,539 - In the 1987 case, 660 00:34:01,539 --> 00:34:05,460 Tanya is shot in the head after being raped. 661 00:34:05,460 --> 00:34:07,920 Police use DNA from a semen stain 662 00:34:07,920 --> 00:34:11,299 and match it to DNA discarded by Talbott 663 00:34:11,299 --> 00:34:13,259 more than 30 years later. 664 00:34:14,927 --> 00:34:20,433 - We had undercover detectives go into his wife's business 665 00:34:21,684 --> 00:34:24,145 to try to see what they could learn 666 00:34:24,145 --> 00:34:26,898 that could connect him to Jody's crime 667 00:34:26,898 --> 00:34:30,568 and they found that newspaper sitting out on a table 668 00:34:30,568 --> 00:34:32,445 in her ceramic business. 669 00:34:34,238 --> 00:34:37,950 He held onto that for seven months, 670 00:34:37,950 --> 00:34:41,704 knowing that we had the tools that could catch him. 671 00:34:42,955 --> 00:34:44,998 - The Golden State Killer pleads guilty, 672 00:34:44,998 --> 00:34:47,376 so a court has never tried and convicted 673 00:34:47,376 --> 00:34:49,253 using evidence from genetic genealogy. 674 00:34:49,253 --> 00:34:53,549 Prosecutors are in uncharted territory with this case. 675 00:34:53,549 --> 00:34:56,594 - [Narrator] With the saliva DNA on the coffee cup, 676 00:34:56,594 --> 00:34:58,554 matching the DNA on the boot, 677 00:34:58,554 --> 00:35:01,099 detective Sharp is confident 678 00:35:01,099 --> 00:35:03,226 that Terrence Miller is the killer. 679 00:35:04,477 --> 00:35:05,853 In April, 680 00:35:05,853 --> 00:35:09,190 a judge issues a warrant for the arrest of Terrence Miller. 681 00:35:10,358 --> 00:35:12,401 Now 77 years old, 682 00:35:13,902 --> 00:35:16,697 he's charged with first-degree murder. 683 00:35:16,697 --> 00:35:18,241 - After I arrested him, 684 00:35:18,241 --> 00:35:20,910 I found out that he had been on a bowling league 685 00:35:20,910 --> 00:35:24,288 with my brother for six or seven years. 686 00:35:24,288 --> 00:35:26,582 So it finally hit home 687 00:35:26,582 --> 00:35:29,752 that here I had been on Washington's most wanted, 688 00:35:29,752 --> 00:35:33,631 telling Terry Miller that I had his DNA 689 00:35:33,631 --> 00:35:35,758 and I'm coming after him. 690 00:35:35,758 --> 00:35:39,762 And he's going to bowling every Monday night 691 00:35:39,762 --> 00:35:43,391 looking at my brother's face that looks similar to mine, 692 00:35:43,391 --> 00:35:46,602 knowing that that guy's brother is after me. 693 00:35:47,770 --> 00:35:49,897 I hope he lost a lot of sleep over that. 694 00:35:51,107 --> 00:35:53,484 - Rosemary Loomis dies just three months 695 00:35:53,484 --> 00:35:55,236 before Miller is arrested. 696 00:35:56,612 --> 00:36:00,658 Terrence Miller tells police he didn't know Jody Loomis. 697 00:36:02,326 --> 00:36:03,828 - Innocent until proven guilty. 698 00:36:03,828 --> 00:36:06,330 This case is 47 years old. 699 00:36:06,330 --> 00:36:08,123 The accused denies everything 700 00:36:08,123 --> 00:36:11,419 and prosecutors are using unprecedented technology. 701 00:36:11,419 --> 00:36:13,337 This case is far from over. 702 00:36:14,589 --> 00:36:16,841 - [Narrator] And a disturbing event during the trial 703 00:36:16,841 --> 00:36:20,928 will send shockwaves through everyone involved. 704 00:36:24,849 --> 00:36:28,143 (suspenseful music) 705 00:36:36,068 --> 00:36:39,447 Using DNA from a discarded coffee cup, 706 00:36:39,447 --> 00:36:41,449 Snohomish County sheriffs believe 707 00:36:41,449 --> 00:36:43,242 they have the man responsible 708 00:36:43,242 --> 00:36:45,703 for the rape and murder of Jody Loomis, 709 00:36:45,703 --> 00:36:47,580 47 years earlier. 710 00:36:47,580 --> 00:36:49,582 (gun shooting) 711 00:36:49,582 --> 00:36:51,125 They matched the DNA 712 00:36:51,125 --> 00:36:53,169 with a semen stain found on the boot 713 00:36:53,169 --> 00:36:57,381 Jody was wearing the day she was killed in 1972. 714 00:36:58,466 --> 00:37:01,385 Terrence Miller's wife of 43 years looks on 715 00:37:01,385 --> 00:37:04,639 as her husband is charged with first-degree murder. 716 00:37:05,681 --> 00:37:08,226 He's free on a million-dollar bond. 717 00:37:10,436 --> 00:37:11,729 - At this point, 718 00:37:11,729 --> 00:37:13,522 Terrence Miller is 77 years old 719 00:37:13,522 --> 00:37:15,775 and not considered a flight risk, 720 00:37:15,775 --> 00:37:18,652 especially not with the bail set so high. 721 00:37:19,779 --> 00:37:21,656 - By the time the case against Terrence Miller 722 00:37:21,656 --> 00:37:22,823 goes to trial, 723 00:37:22,823 --> 00:37:24,617 William Talbott is found guilty of murder 724 00:37:24,617 --> 00:37:26,494 and a precedent is set. 725 00:37:27,661 --> 00:37:29,372 That's hopeful news for prosecutors, 726 00:37:29,372 --> 00:37:31,916 but the burden on the prosecution is still huge. 727 00:37:31,916 --> 00:37:33,960 There's a mountain to climb here. 728 00:37:35,253 --> 00:37:36,545 - [Narrator] While the prosecution 729 00:37:36,545 --> 00:37:38,005 brings forward its evidence, 730 00:37:38,005 --> 00:37:40,341 the defense points out that the burden of proof 731 00:37:40,341 --> 00:37:43,928 is on prosecutors to prove beyond a reasonable doubt 732 00:37:43,928 --> 00:37:46,764 that Terrence Miller is guilty. 733 00:37:48,099 --> 00:37:51,936 The defense questions the integrity of the entire case, 734 00:37:51,936 --> 00:37:53,896 suggesting that there's not enough 735 00:37:53,896 --> 00:37:56,940 to convict Terrence Miller of the crime. 736 00:37:57,733 --> 00:37:59,277 - The job of the defense attorney 737 00:37:59,277 --> 00:38:01,487 is to poke holes in the prosecution's case. 738 00:38:01,487 --> 00:38:03,489 With key pieces of evidence missing, 739 00:38:03,489 --> 00:38:05,700 be it from willful destruction of the evidence 740 00:38:05,700 --> 00:38:08,160 or things being lost as they're rearranged, 741 00:38:08,160 --> 00:38:11,122 these are holes in the case the prosecution must overcome 742 00:38:11,122 --> 00:38:12,957 to get a guilty verdict. 743 00:38:12,957 --> 00:38:14,875 The prosecution basically tells the jury 744 00:38:14,875 --> 00:38:16,585 that science doesn't lie. 745 00:38:16,585 --> 00:38:18,921 They show the DNA evidence from the boot to the coffee cup 746 00:38:18,921 --> 00:38:20,672 and how they made the match, 747 00:38:20,672 --> 00:38:22,300 and then let the jury decide. 748 00:38:24,552 --> 00:38:26,929 - [Narrator] November, 2020. 749 00:38:26,929 --> 00:38:29,640 Both sides complete their closing arguments 750 00:38:29,640 --> 00:38:31,600 and the jury deliberates. 751 00:38:31,600 --> 00:38:35,062 But Terrence Miller takes justice into his own hands 752 00:38:35,062 --> 00:38:38,024 just hours before the jury is expected to come back 753 00:38:38,024 --> 00:38:39,317 with its verdict. 754 00:38:40,901 --> 00:38:42,777 - The trial ended on a Friday 755 00:38:42,777 --> 00:38:44,947 and the jury went out to deliberate. 756 00:38:44,947 --> 00:38:47,992 I think he saw the handwriting on the wall 757 00:38:47,992 --> 00:38:51,954 that Monday he was gonna be found guilty. 758 00:38:51,954 --> 00:38:55,791 So that Monday morning before he came to court, 759 00:38:55,791 --> 00:38:56,959 he went into the backyard 760 00:38:56,959 --> 00:39:00,087 and somewhere he'd gotten a 22 revolver 761 00:39:00,087 --> 00:39:01,922 and shot himself in the head 762 00:39:02,965 --> 00:39:04,633 (gun shooting) 763 00:39:04,633 --> 00:39:06,344 instead of coming to court to be found guilty. 764 00:39:08,012 --> 00:39:10,973 - We were getting ready to go in the courtroom 765 00:39:10,973 --> 00:39:15,186 and one of the detectives walked in 766 00:39:15,186 --> 00:39:19,357 and had this funny look on her face and she said, 767 00:39:20,608 --> 00:39:22,193 "I've got some news to tell you. 768 00:39:22,193 --> 00:39:23,861 And Terry Miller won't be there, 769 00:39:23,861 --> 00:39:26,405 he just took his life this morning." 770 00:39:27,864 --> 00:39:30,409 - Immediately law enforcement wonder, 771 00:39:30,409 --> 00:39:34,288 could this 22-caliber pistol be the murder weapon 772 00:39:34,288 --> 00:39:37,666 used way back in 1972? 773 00:39:37,666 --> 00:39:39,668 It's a gun that Miller owns, 774 00:39:39,668 --> 00:39:41,337 but in order to know, 775 00:39:41,337 --> 00:39:45,966 you have to examine the bullet removed from Jody's head 776 00:39:45,966 --> 00:39:48,386 and that bullet has been lost. 777 00:39:49,594 --> 00:39:51,097 - The jury is already deliberating 778 00:39:51,097 --> 00:39:53,140 at the time of Terrence Miller's suicide. 779 00:39:53,140 --> 00:39:55,351 So in an unusual move, 780 00:39:55,351 --> 00:39:58,521 the judge decides to allow them to come to a verdict 781 00:39:58,521 --> 00:40:01,815 without telling them that the accused is already dead. 782 00:40:01,815 --> 00:40:04,610 - [Narrator] Unaware that Terrence Miller is dead, 783 00:40:04,610 --> 00:40:08,531 the jury comes back with a verdict the very next day. 784 00:40:08,531 --> 00:40:11,826 They find him guilty of first-degree murder. 785 00:40:14,203 --> 00:40:15,746 - They let the jury, 786 00:40:15,746 --> 00:40:18,040 without knowing that he'd murdered himself, 787 00:40:18,040 --> 00:40:19,708 let them make the decision, 788 00:40:19,708 --> 00:40:21,877 and he was found guilty. 789 00:40:22,962 --> 00:40:26,424 At least our family was able to hear that. 790 00:40:28,217 --> 00:40:31,429 I'm glad that the jury was able to make their decision. 791 00:40:32,555 --> 00:40:35,141 - Getting a conviction using genetic genealogy 792 00:40:35,141 --> 00:40:36,976 is still a new technique, 793 00:40:36,976 --> 00:40:39,562 but becoming more wildly accepted in courts. 794 00:40:39,562 --> 00:40:42,022 There are now dozens of cases being prosecuted 795 00:40:42,022 --> 00:40:43,440 using this approach. 796 00:40:44,900 --> 00:40:48,779 - Using genetic genealogy to locate a suspect 797 00:40:48,779 --> 00:40:50,239 and then confirming it 798 00:40:50,239 --> 00:40:54,660 with two DNA samples taken nearly a half a century apart 799 00:40:54,660 --> 00:40:57,538 is a huge step for investigators. 800 00:40:57,538 --> 00:41:01,876 It shows there is no time limit on justice. 801 00:41:02,793 --> 00:41:04,628 - [Narrator] Genetic genealogy, 802 00:41:04,628 --> 00:41:08,215 it's another tool in the arsenal for investigators. 803 00:41:08,215 --> 00:41:10,259 For the family of Jody Loomis, 804 00:41:10,259 --> 00:41:13,053 it brings a piece of closure on a tragedy 805 00:41:13,053 --> 00:41:15,222 that left a 50-year scar. 806 00:41:18,142 --> 00:41:20,603 - The one thing that Jody would want 807 00:41:20,603 --> 00:41:24,648 is to give other cold case families hope. 808 00:41:24,648 --> 00:41:27,610 I think that would be Jody's biggest drive. 809 00:41:27,610 --> 00:41:29,652 - The only way I think you can have closure 810 00:41:29,652 --> 00:41:31,780 is if you could bring Jody Loomis back 811 00:41:31,780 --> 00:41:33,491 and give her back to her family. 812 00:41:35,034 --> 00:41:39,914 All you can do as an investigator is do your best 813 00:41:39,914 --> 00:41:41,665 to find out the truth, 814 00:41:41,665 --> 00:41:44,877 to hold the person responsible for the crime, 815 00:41:44,877 --> 00:41:48,714 and to allow the family to have some answers. 816 00:41:48,714 --> 00:41:51,759 We do this work to give the family some answers 817 00:41:51,759 --> 00:41:53,469 and peace of mind 818 00:41:53,469 --> 00:41:56,222 'cause I don't think you can ever really give 'em closure. 819 00:41:57,515 --> 00:41:59,391 - [Narrator] With the DNA on the boot that Jody was wearing 820 00:41:59,391 --> 00:42:01,060 when she was found 821 00:42:01,060 --> 00:42:02,393 and the DNA on the coffee cup 822 00:42:02,393 --> 00:42:04,855 that Miller casually tossed out, 823 00:42:04,855 --> 00:42:08,526 the rape and murder of Jody Loomis is finally solved. 824 00:42:09,985 --> 00:42:11,820 - Seeing that boot again, 825 00:42:11,820 --> 00:42:13,155 it was like, okay, yeah, 826 00:42:13,155 --> 00:42:14,864 it doesn't look quite, you know what? 827 00:42:14,864 --> 00:42:16,033 It aged a lot. 828 00:42:16,033 --> 00:42:18,118 To see it again and to hold that boot 829 00:42:18,118 --> 00:42:21,205 and to know that so many things in Jody's case, 830 00:42:21,205 --> 00:42:23,916 so many things have been lost along the way. 831 00:42:23,916 --> 00:42:26,544 This person's no longer alive. 832 00:42:27,835 --> 00:42:31,549 And then all of a sudden, the boot is what saved the day. 833 00:42:35,052 --> 00:42:38,347 (suspenseful music)