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- There wasn't a lot that shook
me as an investigator,
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but this case
truly broke my heart.
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Yeah.
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- The victims,
they were tied, bound,
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knife lacerations to the neck...
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...severe-force strangulation.
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- He would pull people
over in parking lots
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saying he was a model scout.
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He would sweet-talk them
to get out of their car.
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He could take pictures of them.
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He fine-tuned his craft
over the years.
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- All these victims
came out of the woodwork.
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- No remorse,
no regard for human life.
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- It was all-hands-on-deck.
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That clock was ticking.
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So the only thing
that mattered was finding him.
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- Richmond County, Georgia,
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sits right on
the Savannah River.
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A lot of small communities
around,
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and it has a good hometown
feel to it.
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It's sometimes called
the Augusta-Aiken area,
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right on the border
with South Carolina
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and, uh, just very well known
for the Masters golf tournament
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and Fort Gordon,
a big Army base.
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- On September 5th of 2000,
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the Sheriff's Department
was contacted
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by a superior officer
at Fort Gordon
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concerned about
one of his soldiers
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that had not shown up for work.
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- Marni Glista lived off-base.
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She was a 21-year-old
army sergeant.
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Her husband was also
in the military,
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and he was in Kuwait at the time
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and, uh, called multiple times
and could not get ahold of her.
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[ Police radio chatter,
sirens wail ]
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- Our deputies responded
to the scene
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and they found Marni Glista
laying on the bedroom floor.
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She was nude.
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Her hands were bound,
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and she had something
wrapped around her throat.
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- She had clearly
been strangulated
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and she had obviously
been beaten...
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...but still had a pulse
and some shallow breathing.
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Immediately, they transported
her to the hospital.
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- When I got to the scene,
the door was unlocked,
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all her I.D.,
her money in her purse,
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valuables are still
in the residence.
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It's not like it was a burglary.
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- Did she know them?
Did she let them in?
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Did somebody make her
open that door?
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Either way, it was obvious
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that there had been
a lengthy struggle
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where she had clearly
fought back.
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- Outside of her residence,
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there were groceries
still in the car.
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My thoughts were
somebody probably knew her,
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came to the door
before she even was able
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to get her groceries out,
having a conversation,
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and then something happened
inside the home.
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We found a receipt
from the day before.
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5:00 after work, she stopped
and got some groceries
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less than a mile down the road.
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So we had an investigator
go to the supermarket.
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One of the clerks remembered
Marni coming through her line,
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but they didn't have any video,
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and they didn't remember
anybody suspicious.
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- The crime-scene technicians
collected a lot of evidence
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to work it from a DNA angle.
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- But at the time, we
just didn't have much to go on.
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We were hoping
that maybe Marni might recover
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and give us something.
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- September 5th,
the phone call came in
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that Marni had been attacked
in her home
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and was in critical condition.
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Tears immediately flowed, fear.
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It was a scary time of--
and a lot of unknowns.
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- My sister Marni,
she lived life
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at 100 miles an hour
with her hair on fire.
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[ Laughter ]
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- She's a graduate, alright.
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- She was a very good
people person.
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She knew how to get
what she wanted in life.
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[ Voice breaking ]
She was always up
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for the next adventure.
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Wendy and I flew to Georgia.
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We went into the room.
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Then my parents gave us the news
that...
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[ Inhales deeply,
exhales sharply ]
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...that we're going
to say goodbye.
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- Her husband, Jason,
had made it back from Kuwait.
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He was distraught.
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He was in pieces.
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We were told the brain damage
was irreversible.
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So we stayed there all night
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and, um...
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...we all said goodbye to her.
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- This was big news.
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We were reporting on the shock
and also the fear
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that this created
with the neighbors.
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Who would have done this attack?
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Is there somebody on the loose?
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- The autopsy came back,
and we learned
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that she was actually
sexually assaulted.
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But, unfortunately,
there was no DNA from the scene
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that was able to assist us.
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- They ultimately determined
that there was a strangulation,
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and she was beat so bad that
she had massive brain swelling
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that led to her death.
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- The strangulation method,
unlike stabbing, it's slow.
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It's such
an intimate experience.
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For killers in general
that are sexually driven,
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those are the types of things
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that could become very erotic
to people
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and create this powerful,
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incredibly powerful
base experience
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enjoying the suffering
of others.
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- We were thinking,
with the door being unlocked,
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this has got to be somebody
she knew,
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somebody who knew that
the husband was out of town.
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Was somebody stalking her?
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- Was there a lover?
Was there a love triangle?
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As an investigator,
you have to very systematically
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work through each one
of those possible scenarios
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until you start
developing leads.
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- We interviewed
the post commander
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and the whole battalion,
almost 100 people.
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We were constantly talking
to the family
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and we talked to their friends,
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but we didn't find
any suspects at the time.
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- There was a lot
of frustration.
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It was just--
There was nothing there.
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- We started thinking, did
we have just a random killing?
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- We're looking for
other cases in Richmond County
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to see if there are connections.
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But we didn't have
any similar crimes.
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- So we all talked
to other counties
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to see if they've had
any similar incidents.
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- I was the chief deputy at the
Aiken County Sheriff's Office.
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We were only separated
from Richmond County
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by the Savannah River.
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We are truly
next-door neighbors,
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and we had a case
that had some things in common.
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In December of '99, we received
a missing-persons report.
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- 18-year-old
Josh Wilson worked a long day
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and had fallen asleep.
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His wife, Tiffaney Wilson,
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was supposed
to be taking their 2-month-old
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to see Santa at the Winn-Dixie
and never came home.
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- We went to the store.
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Tiffaney Wilson's vehicle
was in the parking lot.
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There was no surveillance video.
We interviewed the clerks.
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- Tiffaney was nowhere to be
found, and neither is the baby.
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Where is the baby?
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- While that wheel is turning,
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we get a call
from Richmond County.
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A 2-month-old baby
was recovered
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at the Georgia Welcome Center
along I-20,
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six miles down the road.
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- They found the baby
in a car seat, just abandoned.
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- Two days into this,
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an auto-parts attendant
dumping the trash
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saw female clothing,
uh, in a dumpster.
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The dumpster was down the street
from the grocery store
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where her car was found.
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We did have
a clothing description.
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We knew her size.
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It was
Tiffaney Wilson's clothes.
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In any missing-person,
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you have to treat it
as a homicide
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until the evidence tells
you different.
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- There was a lot of suspicion
on Josh, her husband.
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- Through several interviews,
through a lot of shoe leather,
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uh, w-we eliminated him
completely.
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- Three weeks later,
at the end of December 1999,
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hunters found the body
of a woman deep in the woods
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in, uh, rural Aiken County.
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- She was totally nude.
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Her hands were bound
behind her back.
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There was knife lacerations
to the neck,
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severe-force strangulation.
[ Camera shutter clicks ]
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She had been beaten brutally...
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...and we learned
from the coroner's office
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she was sexually assaulted.
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We knew it was Tiffaney Wilson.
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The way she was tied, stabbed,
and beaten so brutally,
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I don't see that
as somebody she knew.
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I absolutely think
it was a stranger.
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Got absolutely no leads
whatsoever.
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We truly had nothing to go on...
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...until Richmond County gave us
a call about the Glista case.
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- That's two victims
who had been sexually assaulted,
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had been strangulated,
bound, murdered,
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and very similar in age.
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- And so
then we started thinking
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that's a possibility
that these could be connected.
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- And then, on October 10th...
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...Richmond County gets
another 911 call.
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- A young woman,
she's been attacked in her home
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by a man who had stabbed her
in the neck.
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- It could have been
the same person was responsible,
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and now we had a victim
who was alive.
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[ Siren wails ]
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- We know
serial killers don't stop.
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- This was the leading story on
every TV news station in town.
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The sketch was run everywhere.
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- He picks up a picture.
He goes,
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"I think this is
who you're looking for."
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It was uncanny
how they looked alike.
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- In 1999 and 2000,
we've got two girls,
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Marni Glista
and Tiffaney Wilson,
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that are murdered
in two different states.
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But there were
some similarities.
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They were both bound,
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they'd both been
brutally beaten,
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and they had both
been sexually assaulted.
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- They had, at that point,
no leads.
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They had no idea
who had done this
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or why anybody would do this.
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- And then one month
after Marni Glista was murdered,
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the Richmond County Sheriff's
Office received a 911 call.
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[ Siren wails ]
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- They dispatched deputies
to the scene
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and found Chrisilee Barton,
18 years old at the time,
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with her throat slashed.
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She had been raped,
and she had been beaten.
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- She could barely talk,
and it was just chilling.
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- Even though
she was in dire straits,
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Chrisilee Barton wanted to
give us some information
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about her assailant...
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...but her condition
was critical,
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and so, first, they rushed her
off to the hospital.
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[ Siren wails ]
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- Investigators started
canvassing the neighborhoods,
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and we got a lead.
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A neighbor had noticed
a teal green Honda Civic
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leaving Chrisilee's house,
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and it had a very distinct
paper tag.
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- When you buy a vehicle
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before you have
your actual license plate,
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you have a paper tag.
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- This car had been purchased
in the last 30 days
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'cause that's typically how long
a paper tag's good for.
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So there were a couple
of dealerships
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that needed to get spoken to.
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- And so,
while we're doing that,
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we got a call from the hospital.
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- Chrisilee Barton became
stable enough
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to have dialogue
with the investigators.
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She had some damage
to her Esophagus and throat,
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but she was able to relay
information about her attacker.
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- She was on her way home
from work.
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She pulled up at a stoplight.
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- A Hispanic male
in a green Honda Civic
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pulled up next to her and began
having conversation with her.
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- She said he was
just asking for directions.
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- The light changes,
so he motioned
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for her to pull over into
the parking lot next to them.
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Then he started telling her
that he was new to the area,
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he was a modeling agent
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and looking to take
photographs of women.
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- He's willing to pay her $200
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in exchange
for taking these pictures
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for his modeling agency.
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He seems intelligent.
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He's very likable
and-- and easy to talk to.
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- People that are psychopaths
oftentimes are--
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are quite skilled and adept
at social skills.
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They find ways
to manipulate and twist
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how people see them externally
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so that they can get
what they want.
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- Chrisilee told him
to follow her home.
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She had second thoughts
about it,
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but she ended up going home
with him anyway.
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She was changing into something
for the photographs,
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and she could hear rustling
in her kitchen.
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And then he came out
with a knife.
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- He stabbed her in the neck.
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That led to him raping her,
beating her.
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She loses consciousness
for a brief period of time.
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At that point,
he left her for dead and fled.
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- But this woman was a fighter.
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Waking up from
her unconsciousness,
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she crawled to the telephone
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and was able to dial 911
and get help.
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The Marni Glista case is fresh
in everyone's minds.
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They had this case
of Tiffaney Wilson.
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They have a new case
of Chrisilee Barton.
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Is this connected?
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- All three had been brutally
beaten and sexually assaulted.
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There are similarities
in terms of where these victims,
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specifically Marni and Tiffaney,
were last seen--
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at a grocery store.
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Tiffaney was stabbed
in the manner
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that Chrisilee Barton
was stabbed.
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Chrisilee and Marni both
had been attacked in their home.
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- We think we have
a common suspect
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and we could be looking for
a serial killer.
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♪
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- We called the forensic artist
to come to the hospital.
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Chrisilee Barton again gave
great information.
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- They spent several hours
together and in the end,
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we were able to put
this composite drawing together,
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the Richmond County Sheriff's
Department supervisor said,
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"We're running this on the news
at 6:00.
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Hold on to your socks
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because we're expecting
a lot of phone calls."
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- The sketch was run
everywhere,
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along with the details
on the car.
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- He raped, sodomized,
and stabbed this young woman,
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Chrisilee Barton.
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- Many tips were coming in,
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both in Georgia
and in South Carolina,
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and we were all
running them down.
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- And then we get
this one phone call
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from somebody claiming to be
a family member of this suspect
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that we've put on TV,
and he says,
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"He's married
to my sister-in-law."
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- Once the composite sketch
of this suspect is on the news,
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we get this one phone call
from a family member.
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He explains to me
that his wife has a sister
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who is married to this guy
in the sketch.
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- And this gentleman knew
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that he recently bought
a teal green Honda.
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- Time was of the essence.
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We couldn't send pictures
via phone back then,
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so I said,
"I'm heading your way."
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So I pull up in his driveway.
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The husband says,
"Come on in."
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He picks up a picture.
He goes,
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"I think this is who
you're looking for."
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I looked back at the sketch
of this suspect.
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I mean, I had--
I had chill bumps.
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It was...
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...uncanny...
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how they looked alike.
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The family called him Ray,
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but clarified that his
full name was Reinaldo Rivera.
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Immediately, I called
our supervisor, and I said,
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"I've got a picture
y'all need to see,
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and get it in front
of Chrisilee Barton."
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- Investigators went to
the hospital.
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Right off the bat,
Chrisilee Barton,
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she was able
to identify him.
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- Once we got a positive I.D.,
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we immediately had
an address for him,
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which was in South Carolina
just across the bridge.
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It was out of our jurisdiction,
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so we contacted the Aiken
County Sheriff's Department.
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- So from that, we and Richmond
County worked hand-in-hand.
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- We descended upon the residence
of Reinaldo Rivera,
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The green vehicle's there.
It's got the paper tag.
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And we're met by the wife
of Reinaldo Rivera.
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- The wife tells them
Reinaldo sped off,
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driving a white Windstar van.
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So now he's in the wind.
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- They had seen the news
at 6:00.
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He knows now, and he has left
in his wife's minivan.
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She was clearly in shock,
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but she understood the gravity
of what was going on
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and wanted to help.
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We put out a lookout
for this vehicle.
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We've got a tag number.
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We've got a description
of the van.
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We've got-- We've got
a last known direction.
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I mean, there's literally
tire marks through the yard.
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- We just started
talking to Mrs. Rivera
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to gather as much information
as we could about her husband.
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- Reinaldo Rivera was born
in 1963.
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He grew up in Puerto Rico.
His father was a doctor.
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He ended up enlisted in the Navy
and had a stellar career.
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- He was a military man
who had actually worked
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for the Joint Chiefs of Staff
in Washington, D.C.
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after that,
in the, uh, early 1990s,
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Reinaldo went to
University of South Carolina,
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where he met his wife.
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They married
Valentine's Day 1993.
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- At that time,
he was elected to go to
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the Naval Academy flight school
in Texas
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to become a Navy pilot.
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When he was in flight school,
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they found that
he was videotaping young ladies
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in sexually compromising
situation,
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and that he had a relationship
with one of the ladies.
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They got him out--
less-than-honorable discharge.
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And so he left the Navy.
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They decided to settle
in South Carolina,
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where he ended up getting
a job with a dealership.
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- According to Mrs. Rivera,
in, uh, August of '98,
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after working
at two car dealerships,
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he lands a very good job
at Bridgestone
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there in Aiken County.
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00:21:59,927 --> 00:22:01,581
- And so here you've got
his wife thinking
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00:22:01,668 --> 00:22:04,018
that her husband was
a local tire inspector,
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00:22:04,105 --> 00:22:06,933
a family man,
a man who goes to church,
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00:22:06,934 --> 00:22:10,024
just raising two young kids
and blending into society.
402
00:22:10,981 --> 00:22:12,853
- In Mr. Rivera's case,
403
00:22:12,940 --> 00:22:15,508
there's that "inside versus
the outside" persona.
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00:22:15,638 --> 00:22:18,249
When we're dealing
with psychopaths,
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they oftentimes will have
the skills to be a-a salesperson
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because they can sell
themselves,
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00:22:23,820 --> 00:22:25,039
because they want
what they want,
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00:22:25,169 --> 00:22:26,867
and they know
how to make that happen.
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00:22:28,869 --> 00:22:32,828
- At first, she just could not
believe it, couldn't accept it.
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00:22:32,829 --> 00:22:35,005
The father of her children.
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00:22:35,092 --> 00:22:39,488
But at the same time,
she knew he matched the sketch.
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00:22:43,318 --> 00:22:45,014
- She didn't want to believe
that her husband could be
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00:22:45,015 --> 00:22:46,321
that kind of monster.
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00:22:47,670 --> 00:22:48,932
The police started to dig into
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Reinaldo Rivera's
criminal history.
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00:22:52,588 --> 00:22:55,286
They find out,
while he was working in D.C.,
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00:22:55,374 --> 00:22:58,464
he had been accused of attacking
a 19-year-old prostitute.
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00:22:59,726 --> 00:23:02,250
- He was arrested,
but the charges was dropped
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00:23:02,337 --> 00:23:04,165
for some unknown reason.
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00:23:05,340 --> 00:23:07,733
- And more shocking
than anything is, ultimately,
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00:23:07,734 --> 00:23:09,300
what got him discharged
from the Navy.
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00:23:09,431 --> 00:23:12,042
He's caught having sex
with a 16-year-old girl.
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00:23:15,698 --> 00:23:19,093
- Mr. Rivera's type seemed
to be these young women.
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00:23:19,180 --> 00:23:22,618
Considering his age,
maybe he never really progressed
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00:23:22,705 --> 00:23:24,228
to a state
where he was interested
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in women more his own age.
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00:23:26,753 --> 00:23:28,971
That could have been part
of the excitement.
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00:23:28,972 --> 00:23:32,280
That vulnerability could have
been part of his-- his drive.
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00:23:33,760 --> 00:23:36,370
- The night shift investigators
come on, and all of them,
430
00:23:36,371 --> 00:23:40,593
they're basically reeled in,
searching for Rivera.
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00:23:40,680 --> 00:23:43,160
- It was all-hands-on-deck.
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00:23:43,247 --> 00:23:44,944
He's a flight risk
at this point.
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00:23:44,945 --> 00:23:47,338
So we knew that clock
was ticking.
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And the only thing that mattered
at that point in time
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was finding him.
436
00:23:58,915 --> 00:24:01,527
- We now had a suspect,
Reinaldo Rivera.
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00:24:01,614 --> 00:24:04,573
He had fled in his wife's van.
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00:24:05,618 --> 00:24:08,750
Investigators start trying
to analyze, "What would I do?
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00:24:08,751 --> 00:24:10,536
Where would he go?"
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00:24:10,623 --> 00:24:15,191
In conjunction with the team
that's sitting on his residence
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00:24:15,192 --> 00:24:17,804
and is now working
with his wife,
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00:24:17,891 --> 00:24:20,415
we set up an additional group
of people
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who are charged
with looking for this vehicle.
444
00:24:25,028 --> 00:24:27,378
- We were going
almost around the clock.
445
00:24:27,466 --> 00:24:30,425
We were looking and looking
and looking and looking.
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00:24:32,340 --> 00:24:34,646
- And then,
first thing in the morning,
447
00:24:34,647 --> 00:24:37,084
one of our investigators
comes on the radio and says,
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he's got the vehicle in
the parking lot on Highway 1.
449
00:24:41,262 --> 00:24:42,568
It's unoccupied.
450
00:24:43,612 --> 00:24:46,789
- The van was at the Rainbow
Motel there in Clearwater.
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00:24:48,399 --> 00:24:52,665
We immediately got marked units
to back him up
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00:24:52,795 --> 00:24:55,319
and go to the Rainbow hotel.
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00:24:57,191 --> 00:25:00,934
- They tracked him to the room
through the, uh, hotel clerk.
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00:25:01,021 --> 00:25:02,544
- He said, "He's just checked in.
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00:25:02,675 --> 00:25:04,590
He's in room 6."
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00:25:05,939 --> 00:25:07,897
- They kicked in the door.
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00:25:07,984 --> 00:25:10,596
They find him
with his wrists cut.
458
00:25:12,772 --> 00:25:15,688
- They found blood everywhere
with a suicide note written.
459
00:25:17,559 --> 00:25:20,040
- He is bleeding out
on the spot.
460
00:25:21,955 --> 00:25:23,564
- We don't want him to die.
461
00:25:23,565 --> 00:25:25,698
We wanted to solve
these murders.
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00:25:27,177 --> 00:25:29,310
- EMS,
they get the bleeding stopped.
463
00:25:29,397 --> 00:25:32,660
We decided to send him on to
the Medical College of Georgia.
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00:25:32,661 --> 00:25:34,707
[ Siren wails ]
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00:25:36,447 --> 00:25:40,277
- He was now in custody
at the hospital.
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00:25:40,364 --> 00:25:42,149
Because of his injuries,
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00:25:42,279 --> 00:25:46,153
Reinaldo Rivera wasn't fit to
be interviewed for a few days...
468
00:25:47,371 --> 00:25:51,550
...but he wakes up,
and he just starts talking.
469
00:25:58,600 --> 00:26:01,297
- He tells them
he's attacked Chrisilee Barton
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00:26:01,298 --> 00:26:03,039
right off the bat.
471
00:26:03,126 --> 00:26:05,259
Then after that,
he tells them
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00:26:05,346 --> 00:26:10,177
that he killed Sergeant Glista
and Tiffaney Wilson.
473
00:26:11,657 --> 00:26:14,094
So now we knew
that these were connected.
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00:26:19,012 --> 00:26:20,753
- He would pull people over
in parking lots,
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00:26:20,840 --> 00:26:22,624
wave them down for directions.
476
00:26:22,711 --> 00:26:24,234
Then he would start saying
he was a model scout,
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00:26:24,321 --> 00:26:26,061
that he could take
pictures of them.
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00:26:26,062 --> 00:26:29,588
He'd offer them money,
and he'd just sweet-talk them.
479
00:26:38,597 --> 00:26:40,468
- Timing is everything.
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00:26:40,555 --> 00:26:42,643
Whatever story he was using
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00:26:42,644 --> 00:26:44,384
and what was going on
in their lives,
482
00:26:44,385 --> 00:26:47,430
all those contribute
to how willing they were
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00:26:47,431 --> 00:26:49,520
to take these pictures.
484
00:26:49,608 --> 00:26:53,567
In the case of Marni Glista,
he said he pitched it like,
485
00:26:53,568 --> 00:26:55,178
"Okay, well, I understand
you're married.
486
00:26:55,265 --> 00:26:56,789
Wouldn't it be nice to send,
like,
487
00:26:56,876 --> 00:26:59,618
this boudoir session
to your husband?"
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00:27:03,883 --> 00:27:07,626
- He tells them everything
about Tiffaney Wilson.
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00:27:32,476 --> 00:27:34,652
- He said he approached
Tiffaney Wilson
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00:27:34,653 --> 00:27:37,394
and asked for directions,
and then he told her,
491
00:27:37,525 --> 00:27:40,483
"I'm a model scout.
I'll pay you to model."
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00:27:40,484 --> 00:27:41,834
A-And that was his hook.
493
00:27:56,805 --> 00:27:59,895
- Saying he wasn't going to take
pictures of them in the nude
494
00:28:00,026 --> 00:28:01,897
created more
of a sense of safety.
495
00:28:01,984 --> 00:28:04,030
It's a safe sale.
It's a good sale.
496
00:28:04,117 --> 00:28:06,815
It's what you want,
and you're gonna be happy.
497
00:28:39,587 --> 00:28:41,545
- When we're dealing
with psychopaths
498
00:28:41,632 --> 00:28:43,765
who lack a sense of guilt,
499
00:28:43,852 --> 00:28:47,246
oftentimes malignant,
narcissistic psychopaths,
500
00:28:47,247 --> 00:28:49,552
they often learn that,
"I can mask,
501
00:28:49,553 --> 00:28:50,902
I can be someone else,
502
00:28:50,903 --> 00:28:52,513
and each time I do that,
503
00:28:52,600 --> 00:28:54,863
it makes it easier
for me to get what I want."
504
00:29:14,100 --> 00:29:17,319
- Once Rivera got her in the van,
505
00:29:17,320 --> 00:29:20,454
even with a baby,
she was done.
506
00:29:33,815 --> 00:29:36,862
- After Rivera strangled
Tiffaney Wilson,
507
00:29:36,949 --> 00:29:39,473
he drove down a dirt road,
508
00:29:39,560 --> 00:29:42,563
and he dumped the body
there in the woods.
509
00:29:44,043 --> 00:29:45,609
- That was the
most disgusting part to me.
510
00:29:45,696 --> 00:29:47,436
He left her out there
just like trash,
511
00:29:47,437 --> 00:29:49,047
just dumping her body,
512
00:29:49,048 --> 00:29:51,572
throwing some leaves
and tree limbs over her.
513
00:29:59,580 --> 00:30:01,059
- He panicked with the baby,
514
00:30:01,060 --> 00:30:03,540
but he knew somebody
would find it quickly
515
00:30:03,627 --> 00:30:05,586
at the Georgia Welcome Center.
516
00:30:24,039 --> 00:30:25,998
- He spoke
like it was matter of fact.
517
00:30:27,303 --> 00:30:29,740
Reinaldo Rivera mentioned
that, once he started,
518
00:30:29,828 --> 00:30:34,180
there was no coming back from it
and that he couldn't stop.
519
00:30:34,267 --> 00:30:36,443
He had to submit to the urges.
520
00:30:37,836 --> 00:30:41,969
- So when Mr. Rivera says he
couldn't control his behavior,
521
00:30:41,970 --> 00:30:43,014
what did he do?
522
00:30:43,015 --> 00:30:45,234
He planned. He thought ahead.
523
00:30:45,321 --> 00:30:48,847
He was able to manipulate,
understand social functioning.
524
00:30:48,977 --> 00:30:51,762
He knew exactly
what he was doing,
525
00:30:51,850 --> 00:30:56,332
and there's clearly evidence
that he had situations
526
00:30:56,419 --> 00:30:58,726
that he had gotten away with
in the past.
527
00:31:12,914 --> 00:31:16,787
- He is implying that
there's more than two murders
528
00:31:16,875 --> 00:31:19,486
of Marni Glista and
Tiffaney Wilson
529
00:31:19,573 --> 00:31:22,010
that he's responsible for.
530
00:31:22,141 --> 00:31:23,969
Investigators are going,
531
00:31:24,056 --> 00:31:26,232
"Well, wait a minute.
What are you talking about?"
532
00:31:26,362 --> 00:31:28,538
- It was a surprise
to all of us.
533
00:31:28,625 --> 00:31:30,149
- Reinaldo Rivera
had killed women
534
00:31:30,236 --> 00:31:31,890
that they didn't
even know about?
535
00:31:39,158 --> 00:31:40,507
- Reinaldo Rivera's wife,
536
00:31:40,637 --> 00:31:43,684
she was doing everything
she could to assist us
537
00:31:43,814 --> 00:31:47,079
once she found out
that he was a serial killer.
538
00:31:48,123 --> 00:31:50,472
- She told Reinaldo,
"Tell the truth.
539
00:31:50,473 --> 00:31:52,301
Tell them
what really happened."
540
00:31:52,432 --> 00:31:54,694
And that's why
he treated his hospital bed
541
00:31:54,695 --> 00:31:56,523
like a confessional.
542
00:31:56,653 --> 00:31:59,787
- Because of that, we get
this shocking development.
543
00:32:01,180 --> 00:32:05,010
- Reinaldo Rivera said
that up until July of 1999,
544
00:32:05,097 --> 00:32:06,402
he had not killed anyone.
545
00:32:06,533 --> 00:32:08,229
He had only raped women.
546
00:32:08,230 --> 00:32:11,146
He said, "Not only
did I attack Chrisilee Barton,
547
00:32:11,233 --> 00:32:12,800
not only am I responsible
for the murder
548
00:32:12,974 --> 00:32:15,628
of Marni Glista
and Tiffaney Wilson,"
549
00:32:15,629 --> 00:32:17,413
but he confessed
to killing two women
550
00:32:17,587 --> 00:32:19,893
no one even knew about.
551
00:32:19,894 --> 00:32:23,332
- Rivera, he told us
that his first victim
552
00:32:23,463 --> 00:32:26,640
was Melissa Dingess,
17 years old.
553
00:32:28,337 --> 00:32:30,426
- He approached her
in the parking lot
554
00:32:30,557 --> 00:32:33,647
behind Graniteville Café.
555
00:32:33,734 --> 00:32:37,868
- He was able to get Melissa
in his van,
556
00:32:37,956 --> 00:32:42,308
where she was sexually assaulted
and strangled to death.
557
00:32:43,352 --> 00:32:46,616
- He said, "I'll tell you
exactly where the body was"...
558
00:32:48,792 --> 00:32:50,316
...and within minutes,
559
00:32:50,446 --> 00:32:52,230
they were able to find
that body.
560
00:32:52,231 --> 00:32:56,148
- They located the body
of Melissa Dingess
561
00:32:56,278 --> 00:32:58,977
along I-20 in Aiken County.
562
00:33:00,456 --> 00:33:03,503
- And then you have
Tabitha Bosdell, 17 years old.
563
00:33:05,418 --> 00:33:07,680
She goes missing.
564
00:33:07,681 --> 00:33:09,421
- Reinaldo Rivera admitted
565
00:33:09,422 --> 00:33:12,599
that he's driving around
in Columbia County,
566
00:33:12,729 --> 00:33:14,514
and he picks Tabitha.
567
00:33:15,732 --> 00:33:17,386
- She was approached
in a parking lot,
568
00:33:17,560 --> 00:33:19,693
and he gave her
the whole model-scout routine.
569
00:33:20,737 --> 00:33:24,871
- Once he got to Tabitha
in his minivan...
570
00:33:24,872 --> 00:33:27,309
...he raped her
and killed her.
571
00:33:29,181 --> 00:33:31,356
- And he ended up drawing a map,
572
00:33:31,357 --> 00:33:35,361
which led our investigators
directly to her remains.
573
00:33:36,536 --> 00:33:38,842
- Tabitha Bosdell
and Melissa Dingess
574
00:33:38,973 --> 00:33:42,672
were both missing-persons cases
that had not made headlines,
575
00:33:42,846 --> 00:33:46,415
and so it really wasn't until
Reinaldo Rivera was caught
576
00:33:46,502 --> 00:33:48,417
the investigators
finally learned he was the man
577
00:33:48,548 --> 00:33:50,550
responsible for what
had happened to them.
578
00:33:51,681 --> 00:33:53,204
In fact, Reinaldo Rivera
579
00:33:53,205 --> 00:33:55,076
was happy to tell investigators
after he was caught
580
00:33:55,250 --> 00:33:57,731
what his method was
and who he liked.
581
00:34:12,789 --> 00:34:15,053
- Mr. Rivera would go after
young women
582
00:34:15,183 --> 00:34:17,054
who had issues with finances
583
00:34:17,055 --> 00:34:19,318
that were, essentially, vulnerable.
584
00:34:19,492 --> 00:34:23,887
Mr. Rivera's ritual may have
involved this desire
585
00:34:24,018 --> 00:34:25,759
to feel that he was the hero
586
00:34:25,846 --> 00:34:28,021
at some point
prior to the victimization
587
00:34:28,022 --> 00:34:29,676
in terms of rape and murder,
588
00:34:29,850 --> 00:34:36,074
the desire to feel desired,
attractive to them.
589
00:34:37,118 --> 00:34:38,771
Or it could have
simply been the fact
590
00:34:38,772 --> 00:34:40,208
that they were easier targets.
591
00:34:54,744 --> 00:34:58,573
- And then he spoke about
how he knew he was a sex addict
592
00:34:58,574 --> 00:35:02,100
and that he couldn't control
these sexual urges.
593
00:35:29,866 --> 00:35:32,260
- He can control the plan,
the manipulation,
594
00:35:32,434 --> 00:35:35,263
can control so much,
but not the impulse to kill?
595
00:35:37,744 --> 00:35:40,138
- In the end,
because of the confessions,
596
00:35:40,225 --> 00:35:43,270
we got charges on him
for abduction and rape,
597
00:35:43,271 --> 00:35:46,839
a violent, aggravated assault,
and murder
598
00:35:46,840 --> 00:35:48,842
across three different counties.
599
00:35:49,930 --> 00:35:53,151
He was admitted
to the Richmond County jail.
600
00:35:54,630 --> 00:35:57,590
- I remember the day I found out
that they caught him.
601
00:35:58,591 --> 00:35:59,766
I was elated...
602
00:36:01,071 --> 00:36:03,900
...because our family could get
the closure they needed.
603
00:36:04,031 --> 00:36:05,772
- And we're so thankful
to Chrisilee
604
00:36:05,859 --> 00:36:10,168
that she survived and was able
to do that composite sketch.
605
00:36:11,343 --> 00:36:12,996
- I didn't think the sketch
was gonna do any good.
606
00:36:13,171 --> 00:36:16,696
I didn't think I was gonna have
him down to the "T" like I did.
607
00:36:18,393 --> 00:36:20,569
- Chrisilee Barton,
in our circle,
608
00:36:20,743 --> 00:36:23,441
was definitely the hero
in this case.
609
00:36:23,442 --> 00:36:28,751
♪
610
00:36:28,838 --> 00:36:31,363
- The moment the composite sketch
of Reinaldo Rivera
611
00:36:31,450 --> 00:36:32,711
went on the news,
612
00:36:32,712 --> 00:36:36,150
we got close
to 40, 45 phone calls
613
00:36:36,281 --> 00:36:38,805
of people who said,
"He tried to pick me up."
614
00:36:39,893 --> 00:36:42,721
- All these victims came out of
the woodwork, basically saying,
615
00:36:42,722 --> 00:36:44,463
"Hey, this man approached me."
616
00:36:45,507 --> 00:36:47,553
- People wanted to tell
their story,
617
00:36:47,683 --> 00:36:51,861
women that were thanking God
they had escaped his grasp.
618
00:36:53,733 --> 00:36:57,258
- In spring of '99, I was an
18-year-old high-school senior.
619
00:36:57,345 --> 00:37:00,956
On a normal Friday afternoon
in Augusta,
620
00:37:00,957 --> 00:37:04,874
I was in the parking lot
of a shopping center,
621
00:37:05,005 --> 00:37:07,921
and that's when I crossed
paths with a serial killer.
622
00:37:15,145 --> 00:37:17,451
- After Reinaldo Rivera
was arrested,
623
00:37:17,452 --> 00:37:19,889
the police department
were being overwhelmed
624
00:37:20,020 --> 00:37:23,241
with reports
of this creepy Hispanic, uh, guy
625
00:37:23,328 --> 00:37:25,982
in different vehicles
harassing young women.
626
00:37:27,114 --> 00:37:31,640
- I was tasked to interview some
of the women that he approached,
627
00:37:31,727 --> 00:37:34,034
and pretty much all of them
that we interviewed
628
00:37:34,164 --> 00:37:36,254
told us stories
that are similar.
629
00:37:40,170 --> 00:37:42,129
- I went to Old Navy after school
630
00:37:42,216 --> 00:37:45,437
about 15, 20 minutes
away from my home.
631
00:37:45,524 --> 00:37:47,177
Came out to the parking lot.
632
00:37:47,265 --> 00:37:50,485
A car pulled up alongside of me,
633
00:37:50,616 --> 00:37:53,749
and a clean-cut
Hispanic guy asked,
634
00:37:53,836 --> 00:37:55,751
"How do you get to
Washington Road?"
635
00:37:55,838 --> 00:37:57,274
I gave him directions,
and then he said,
636
00:37:57,275 --> 00:37:59,407
"I'm a professional
photographer.
637
00:37:59,494 --> 00:38:01,453
Have you ever thought
about being a model?"
638
00:38:02,932 --> 00:38:04,717
- He gave her the
whole model-scout routine,
639
00:38:04,891 --> 00:38:07,850
trying to sweet-talk
this one particular girl.
640
00:38:07,937 --> 00:38:10,112
- He said some
flattering-type things,
641
00:38:10,113 --> 00:38:12,377
but I just thought,
"This is just kind of weird."
642
00:38:13,378 --> 00:38:14,553
But, thankfully, it was like,
643
00:38:14,640 --> 00:38:16,946
"No,
I've got to get out of here."
644
00:38:17,033 --> 00:38:20,298
I got in my car,
and I drove off.
645
00:38:20,385 --> 00:38:23,344
Fast-forward
a year-and-a-half.
646
00:38:23,475 --> 00:38:25,694
I looked at the newspaper.
647
00:38:25,781 --> 00:38:29,307
Before I even read the headline,
saw the man's picture.
648
00:38:30,830 --> 00:38:34,050
That's the guy
that approached me.
649
00:38:34,181 --> 00:38:36,705
You realize
one "yes" or one "no"
650
00:38:36,836 --> 00:38:39,577
can change the trajectory
of your life
651
00:38:39,578 --> 00:38:41,493
and your family's life.
652
00:38:43,364 --> 00:38:45,453
'Cause I'm a mom now,
and I realize
653
00:38:45,540 --> 00:38:46,759
[breathing shakily]
654
00:38:46,846 --> 00:38:48,934
how it would have,
you know--
655
00:38:48,935 --> 00:38:50,589
[chuckles] I'm sorry--
656
00:38:50,676 --> 00:38:53,112
Um, how it would have affected
my-- my mom
657
00:38:53,113 --> 00:38:55,202
and my family,
658
00:38:55,333 --> 00:38:59,074
um, and how it affected
the other women's parents
659
00:38:59,075 --> 00:39:00,860
and their family,
you know?
660
00:39:00,947 --> 00:39:09,129
♪
661
00:39:09,259 --> 00:39:11,784
- The Marni Glista
and Tabitha Bosdell cases
662
00:39:11,871 --> 00:39:16,179
go to trial in Richmond County,
Georgia, in January 5, 2004.
663
00:39:19,705 --> 00:39:23,709
- My mom, Gloria, and
my Aunt Bonnie, my mom's sister,
664
00:39:23,796 --> 00:39:27,538
attended the whole entire trial
to see justice served for Marni
665
00:39:27,539 --> 00:39:29,541
as well as the other
young ladies.
666
00:39:31,673 --> 00:39:34,284
- After three weeks
and five hours of deliberation,
667
00:39:34,372 --> 00:39:37,549
the Richmond County jury found
Reinaldo Rivera guilty.
668
00:39:39,202 --> 00:39:41,814
- I felt sadness,
being in that courtroom,
669
00:39:41,944 --> 00:39:44,947
but when he was found
guilty on all charges,
670
00:39:45,078 --> 00:39:47,036
I felt a sense of relief.
671
00:39:48,516 --> 00:39:51,127
- When he was sentenced
in 2004,
672
00:39:51,214 --> 00:39:54,043
Reinaldo Rivera got up
on the stand at one point.
673
00:39:55,175 --> 00:39:57,743
He actually treated it
like a confessional.
674
00:39:57,830 --> 00:39:59,658
Reinaldo Rivera told the jury,
675
00:39:59,832 --> 00:40:02,051
"If you let me out,
I'm gonna keep doing this,
676
00:40:02,138 --> 00:40:03,923
so you should give me
the death penalty."
677
00:40:06,316 --> 00:40:09,624
- His attention to detail
to the horrendous crime,
678
00:40:09,798 --> 00:40:13,062
he'd almost be
lighthearted about it.
679
00:40:13,149 --> 00:40:14,716
- Almost, like,
bragging about
680
00:40:14,847 --> 00:40:17,850
how he fine-tuned his craft
over the years.
681
00:40:18,938 --> 00:40:21,593
- Reinaldo Rivera had
no remorse,
682
00:40:21,680 --> 00:40:24,422
no regard for human life.
683
00:40:26,206 --> 00:40:28,077
- He was sentenced to death.
684
00:40:29,775 --> 00:40:31,864
There were so many people
who wanted Reinaldo Rivera
685
00:40:31,951 --> 00:40:33,518
to pay for his actions,
686
00:40:33,605 --> 00:40:36,042
and so the fact that he wanted
to be sentenced to death
687
00:40:36,129 --> 00:40:38,827
made it easier for the jury
in this case, I think,
688
00:40:38,958 --> 00:40:39,959
to return that verdict.
689
00:40:40,046 --> 00:40:46,618
♪
690
00:40:46,705 --> 00:40:53,451
♪
691
00:40:53,538 --> 00:40:55,627
- A loss is never a good thing,
692
00:40:55,714 --> 00:40:58,934
especially a loss
in the prime of their lives.
693
00:40:59,892 --> 00:41:02,328
As law-enforcement officers,
694
00:41:02,329 --> 00:41:06,333
the one thing we like to do is
try and give families closure.
695
00:41:06,420 --> 00:41:09,728
And in this case,
I hope the closure that we gave
696
00:41:09,858 --> 00:41:13,079
helps a little bit
with the hurt.
697
00:41:15,560 --> 00:41:16,909
- [ Crying ]
Reinaldo Rivera took away
698
00:41:16,996 --> 00:41:20,173
our bright, shining star
of a sister.
699
00:41:20,260 --> 00:41:22,349
We miss her so much.
700
00:41:23,611 --> 00:41:25,178
[ Laughter ]
701
00:41:25,265 --> 00:41:26,788
Since Marni's passing,
702
00:41:26,875 --> 00:41:31,097
our family has made it a point
to remember her fondly.
703
00:41:31,184 --> 00:41:35,623
Our parents made a garden
in tribute to Marni.
704
00:41:35,710 --> 00:41:37,190
I often wonder...
705
00:41:37,277 --> 00:41:38,365
what she would be doing,
706
00:41:38,452 --> 00:41:40,323
how many children
she would have,
707
00:41:40,454 --> 00:41:42,587
how successful she would be.
708
00:41:43,588 --> 00:41:45,111
That was taken from us.
709
00:41:48,157 --> 00:41:51,726
- Wendy and I, we talk
about Marni all the time.
710
00:41:51,813 --> 00:41:54,990
We keep the memory
of not just Marni alive,
711
00:41:55,077 --> 00:41:57,297
but all the other girls
that suffered.
712
00:41:57,384 --> 00:42:00,126
So if I had one thing
to share--
713
00:42:00,213 --> 00:42:02,781
victims are taken away from us.
714
00:42:03,869 --> 00:42:06,611
That doesn't mean
we never get them.
715
00:42:06,698 --> 00:42:07,872
They're still with us.
716
00:42:07,873 --> 00:42:09,657
- Surprise!
[ Chuckles ]
717
00:42:09,788 --> 00:42:11,224
- Marni adds to our life
718
00:42:11,354 --> 00:42:14,967
in the memories that we get back
when we talk about her.
719
00:42:15,054 --> 00:42:18,405
She lives with us in our hearts,
in our family,
720
00:42:18,536 --> 00:42:21,669
and, some days, I believe
she's the protector now.
721
00:42:22,670 --> 00:42:24,716
Truly feel like
she watches over us.
722
00:42:24,803 --> 00:42:30,635
♪