A Crime to Remember (2013–…): Season 5, Episode 6 - Black Sheep - full transcript

SOMETIMES, LIVING ON A FARM,

YOU GET TO KNOW THE LAND
SO WELL,

IT SPEAKS TO YOU.

YOU KNOW WHEN YOU WAKE UP
AT DAWN

WHAT THE FARM IS
SUPPOSED TO SOUND LIKE,

HOW THINGS ARE SUPPOSED FEEL.

AND WHEN SOMETHING IS WRONG,
YOU CAN FEEL THAT, TOO.

I GREW UP WITH DOROTHY MARK.

WE'D BEEN FRIENDS
ALL OUR LIVES.

I OFTEN WONDER ABOUT HER
ON THAT MORNING.

DID SHE HAVE A FEELING?



DID SHE KNOW IN HER BONES
THAT SOMETHING WAS WRONG?

WHEN SHE STEPPED THROUGH
THE DOOR THAT MORNING,

DID THE AIR FEEL DIFFERENT?

LES!

SHE KNEW THAT FARM LIKE IT WAS
ONE OF HER OWN KIDS.

SHE HAD RAISED
HER FOUR BOYS THERE,

AND NOW HER GRANDCHILDREN
WERE BEING RAISED THERE, TOO.

JORJEAN!

LES!

ANYBODY HOME?

DOROTHY AND I
BOTH GREW UP BELIEVING

THAT A LIFE OF HARD WORK
ON THE FARM,

NO MATTER HOW PAINFUL,
WAS GOD'S WORK.

THE BABIES.



BUT NOTHING COULD HAVE
PREPARED DOROTHY

FOR WHAT SHE SAW THAT DAY.

THAT MORNING, I GOT A CALL FROM
THE BLACK HAWK COUNTY SHERIFF

SAYING WE'VE GOT
FOUR DEAD BODIES.

I DROVE IMMEDIATELY
TO THE SCENE.

AND INSIDE,
THERE'S JUST CARNAGE.

TWO VICTIMS,
LES AND JORJEAN MARK,

WERE MOTIONLESS ON THE FLOOR
OF THE BEDROOM.

THEY WERE STILL
IN THEIR PAJAMAS.

LES MARK WAS SHOT FIVE TIMES
IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD

AND IN THE BODY.

JORJEAN WAS SHOT THREE TIMES,
ALL IN THE BACK.

NO GUN.
RULES OUT A MURDER-SUICIDE.

THIS WAS CRAZY,
EVEN FOR THE POLICE.

EVERYONE IN TOWN KNEW
THE MARK BOYS WERE BELOVED.

I WENT TO SCHOOL
WITH THE MARK BOYS.

EVERYBODY KNEW THEM.

EVERYBODY LIKED THEM.

THEY WERE FRIENDS TO ALL OF US.

LES WAS THE YOUNGEST
OF THE FOUR MARK BOYS,

BUT HE WAS ALWAYS
THEIR FAVORITE,

ALWAYS REAL GOOD
TO HIS PARENTS.

WHATEVER THEY NEEDED DONE
ON THE FARM,

HE WAS THERE FOR THEM.

AND HIS WIFE, JORJEAN, WAS LIKE
THE DAUGHTER THEY NEVER HAD.

SHE WAS BEAUTIFUL AND SMART,
GRADUATE OF IOWA STATE.

LES'S MOM COULDN'T HAVE
BEEN PROUDER OF THEM.

AND WHEN THEY GAVE HER
TWO BEAUTIFUL GRANDKIDS,

IT JUST ABOUT MADE HER HEART
BURST WITH PRIDE.

NONE OF US COULD BELIEVE
HOW ANYONE COULD HURT

THESE GOOD FOLKS.

THE WHOLE THING DIDN'T MAKE
SENSE, DIDN'T COMPUTE AT ALL.

IN THE KIDS' BEDROOM,
WE SAW THE TWO BABIES,

JULIE, AGE 5,
AND JEFF, 18 MONTHS,

LYING IN THEIR BEDS,

BOTH OF WHOM HAD BEEN SHOT --

ONE SHOT TO THE FOREHEAD

AND ONE SHOT IN THE HEART.

IT'S THE KIND OF THING
THAT EVEN DISTURBS THE COPS.

TO SEE THOSE CHILDREN
LYING THERE,

I JUST COULDN'T UNDERSTAND

HOW ANYBODY COULD DO THAT.

WHOEVER WE WERE LOOKING FOR
WAS ABLE TO SHOOT THOSE CHILDREN

WHO WERE JUST LYING THERE
DEFENSELESS.

SO THAT GAVE US SOME INDICATION

OF WHAT KIND OF A PERSON
WE WERE DEALING WITH.

WE THOUGHT THIS COULD BE
SOME SORT OF A CRAZED PERSON

WHO WAS JUST OUT
ON A KILLING SPREE.

THE BOOK "IN COLD BLOOD" WAS
ON EVERYONE'S SHELF BACK THEN,

AND WE COULDN'T HELP
BUT WONDER,

"WAS THIS LIKE WHAT HAPPENED TO
THE CLUTTER FAMILY IN KANSAS,

SOME KIND OF SENSELESS
ROBBERY AND MURDER?"

THE DETECTIVES FIND A
PILLOW AT THE TOP OF THE STAIRS,

AND IT LOOKED LIKE A PILLOW
FROM LES'S DAUGHTER'S BED.

THERE WAS A KEY TO THE HOUSE

HANGING ON A NAIL
OUTSIDE THE DOOR,

WHICH IS FAIRLY TYPICAL.

IOWANS ARE A TRUSTING BUNCH,

BUT THE PANE IN THE GLASS WINDOW
OF THE FRONT DOOR WAS BROKEN.

SOMEBODY COULD GAIN ENTRY INTO
THE HOUSE BY THE USE OF THE KEY.

SO WHAT EXACTLY WAS THE POINT
OF BREAKING THE DOOR, THEN?

THE FRONT PANE OF GLASS
OF THE GRANDFATHER CLOCK

HAD BEEN BROKEN.

5:00.

THIS WAS ONE OF THE PRIZED
POSSESSIONS OF LES MARK.

BUT NOTHING ELSE
WAS DAMAGED OR MISSING.

SO THAT QUICKLY
RULED OUT A ROBBERY GONE BAD.

THE CLOCK THAT WAS
IN THE BEDROOM

THAT WAS OPERATING
ON ELECTRICITY

HAD STOPPED AT 3:30.

HEY, FLICK
THAT LIGHT SWITCH ON.

WHERE DO YOU THINK
THEY KEEP THE FUSE BOX

IN AN OLD HOUSE LIKE THIS?

WHAT A MESS.

YEAH.
I DON'T SEE IT.

THERE IT IS.

WE FOUND THAT THE BREAKERS HAD,
IN FACT, BEEN TRIPPED.

THAT'S THE SIGN
THAT THIS WAS PREMEDITATED.

SOMEBODY SET OUT
TO KILL THIS FAMILY.

THE PERPETRATOR OF THE CRIME

KNEW WHERE THE FUSE BOX
WAS LOCATED.

THIS WAS SOMEBODY
WHO KNEW THE HOUSE.

DOROTHY MARK WAS NUMB.

SHE JUST COULDN'T PROCESS WHAT
HAD HAPPENED TO HER BELOVED SON

AND DAUGHTER-IN-LAW
AND GRANDCHILDREN.

SO THEY DON'T
INTERVIEW DOROTHY RIGHT AWAY.

THEY REALIZE SHE'S NOT READY.

AT THAT POINT, I REALIZED
THAT THIS WAS A MATTER

THAT NEEDED MORE INVESTIGATIVE
POWER THAN WE HAD.

SO I PLACED A CALL TO THE HEAD

OF THE BUREAU OF CRIMINAL
INVESTIGATION IN DES MOINES.

I HAD THE AREA CORDONED OFF.

THEY WERE LOOKING
FOR SHELL CASINGS OF SOME KIND,

CAR TRACKS, FOOTPRINTS.

THERE PROBABLY WERE 50 PEOPLE
WANDERING THE AREA.

NO TIRE TRACKS.

YOU THINK HE'S ON FOOT?

WE DIDN'T SEE ANY TIRE
TRACKS APPROACHING OR LEAVING,

AND THE HOUSE WAS SEVERAL
MILES AWAY FROM THE TOWN.

SO WE WERE CONCERNED THAT
THE PERPETRATOR OF THE CRIME

COULD STILL BE LURKING
ON THE PROPERTY.

LET'S TAKE A LOOK.

AW, MAN.

I CAME OVER TO CHECK OUT
THIS PHONE BOX

AND TWISTED MY ANKLE.

BUT THEN I FOUND THESE.

TWO .38 LONG COLT CARTRIDGES,

A RARE CALIBER OF CARTRIDGE.

THE SAME AMMUNITION WE
EVENTUALLY FOUND IN THE BODIES.

THE PERPETRATOR HAD
CUT THE PHONE WIRES,

AND WE WONDER IF,
IN HIS ATTEMPT TO DO SO,

HE STEPPED IN THE SAME HOLE,

AND THOSE BULLETS SOMEHOW
FELL OUT OF HIS POCKET.

YEAH, COLT .38 LONG.
OKAY.

WE CALLED ALL OF THE SPORTING
GOODS STORES IN THE AREA

TO SEE IF ANYBODY HAD PURCHASED
.38 LONG COLT AMMUNITION.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

BUT THAT CAME BACK EMPTY.

WE WERE ALL IN SHOCK.

IF THIS COULD HAPPEN
TO A NICE, YOUNG MAN LIKE LES

RIGHT THERE ON HIS OWN FARM,

WOULD ANY OF
OUR CHILDREN BE SAFE?

IT TOOK THE BREATH OUT OF ME.
IT JUST SHOCKED ME THAT BAD.

I WAS ONE OF THEM
THAT LOCKED THE DOORS,

AND I DID SLEEP
WITH A SHOTGUN BESIDE MY BED.

EVERYBODY WAS SCARED.

THEY REALLY WERE.

DETECTIVES HAD TO BE THINKING,
"WHOEVER DID THIS

HAD TO HAVE KNOWN
THE HOUSE FIRSTHAND,

HAD TO HAVE HAD SOME KIND
OF PERSONAL GRUDGE

AGAINST THE FAMILY."

AND WHO KNEW
ALL THE FAMILY DRAMA

BETTER THAN MY FRIEND DOROTHY,

MATRIARCH OF THE MARK FAMILY?

WHAT DO YOU KNOW?

THE DAY AFTER THE BODIES
ARE DISCOVERED,

THE DETECTIVES
SPOKE WITH DOROTHY.

WE'RE EXPLORING
THE POSSIBILITY

THAT YOUR SON MIGHT
HAVE KNOWN THE PERPETRATOR.

WE'RE ASKING BECAUSE IT SEEMS
LIKE THE PERPETRATOR

WAS FAMILIAR
WITH THE HOUSE.

CAN YOU THINK OF ANYONE
WHO MIGHT HAVE KNOWN THE HOUSE?

I SUPPOSE IT WOULD
MOSTLY BE

FRIENDS AND FAMILY.

WE ALWAYS HAD
PLENTY OF BOTH.

SEE GRANDPA?
HEY!

DOROTHY'S HUSBAND, WAYNE,

WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL
IN HIS REAL ESTATE BUSINESS

AND IN HIS FARMING OPERATION.

THIS WAS NO
SMALL POTATOES IOWA FARM.

IT WAS WORTH
WELL OVER $1 MILLION.

BUT WAYNE
WAS SUFFERING FROM CANCER

AND WAS NOT STRONG
AT THAT POINT IN TIME.

THERE WE GO.

WAYNE WAS SICK.

WE COULDN'T
KEEP UP THE FARM.

SO WE FIGURED IT WAS TIME
TO GIVE IT TO ONE OF THE BOYS.

HELLO?

- HEY!
- HEY!

THE BOYS DIDN'T ALL LIVE
ON THE FARM ANYMORE,

BUT I WOULD SEE THEM
AROUND TOWN

WHEN THEIR PARENTS
CALLED THEM HOME.

RICHARD WAS THE OLDEST.

HE WAS A MINISTER
WHO HAD A CHURCH IN CANADA.

HEY, LOOK WHO I FOUND
AT THE AIRPORT.

JERRY WAS THE SECOND OLDEST.

JERRY WAS AN ACADEMIC,

PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEER,
LEGAL AID LAWYER.

JERRY HAD MOVED OUT
TO CALIFORNIA.

HEY. COME HERE.

CAN I HAVE A HUG?
COME HERE, BABY.

HEY, HEY, HEY.

- PEEKABOO.
- I SEE YOU.

THE THIRD SON WAS TOM.

TOM, WE DIDN'T KNOW
IF YOU'D MAKE IT.

SOMEONE TOOK MY CAR, AGAIN.

SO I HAD TO WALK HERE.

HE LIVED IN A HOTEL IN WATERLOO,

AND HE WAS LIMITED IN SOME WAY,

BOTH SOCIALLY AND ACADEMICALLY.

IN HERE, DAD.
I GOTCHA.

YOU BEEN
WORKING OUT, POP?

AND LES WAS ALWAYS
WAYNE'S FAVORITE.

HE WAS A HARD WORKER
AND A PERSON WHO COULD DO

WHAT WAYNE WANTED DONE,
WHICH WAS RUN THE FAMILY FARM.

SO WE GAVE THE FARM
TO LES.

WHEN DID LES AND JORJEAN
MOVE INTO THE HOMESTEAD?

JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO.

THE DETECTIVES WONDER,

"IS THERE SOMETHING
GOING ON IN THIS FAMILY,

WHERE YOU HAVE THE YOUNGEST
OF THE FOUR SONS

TAKING OVER
THE FAMILY HOMESTEAD?"

LES STOOD IN LINE
TO INHERIT EVERYTHING

AND TO INHERIT
THE ENTIRE FAMILY BUSINESS.

ALL THREE OF THE BROTHERS
HAVE SOME SORT OF A POTENTIAL MOTIVE.

IT WASN'T UNTIL THE FUNERAL

THAT IT STARTED
TO SINK IN FOR US

THAT LES AND HIS FAMILY
WERE REALLY GONE.

SEEING THOSE TINY, LITTLE
COFFINS OF THE TWO GRANDKIDS

WAS PARTICULARLY HARD
FOR EVERYONE PRESENT THAT DAY.

...MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY.
THEY WERE OUR FRIENDS.

THEY WERE OUR FAMILY.

AND THEY WERE TAKEN SO SUDDENLY

AND SO TRAGICALLY.

THE FUNERAL TOOK PLACE
FOUR DAYS AFTER AFTER THE MURDERS.

BY THEN, ALL THREE BROTHERS
HAD ALL COME BACK.

FUNERALS ARE ALWAYS
A GOOD OPPORTUNITY

FOR THE DETECTIVES
TO OBSERVE PEOPLE'S BEHAVIOR.

CAN THEY LEARN ANYTHING

THAT WOULD HELP
WITH THEIR INVESTIGATION?

CAN THEY SEE SOMEBODY
ACTING STRANGELY?

AFTER WE FOUND
THE BULLETS IN THE GRASS

OUTSIDE THE JUNCTION BOX

AND REALIZED THAT THE AGENT
HAS STEPPED IN A HOLE,

WE WONDERED
IF THE PERPETRATOR HAD,

IN FACT, STEPPED
IN THE SAME HOLE.

SO I WANTED TO SEE WHETHER OR
NOT ANYONE WALKED WITH A LIMP.

JESUS SAID UNTO HER,

"I AM THE RESURRECTION
AND THE LIFE.

HE THAT BELIEVETH IN ME,
THOUGH HE WERE DEAD,

YET SHALL BE ALIVE."

THE DETECTIVES OBSERVE THAT
TOM REALLY IS OFF IN HIS OWN WORLD.

"AND SO WHOEVER LIVETH
AND BELIEVETH IN ME

SHALL NEVER DIE."

HE SHOWED VERY LITTLE
EMOTION ABOUT HIS BROTHER LES.

I'D LIKE TO INVITE
RICHARD TO SAY A FEW WORDS.

RICHARD?

RICHARD MADE A WONDERFUL EULOGY

FOR HIS YOUNGER BROTHER.

HE WAS SAD, CRIED,
SHOWED ALL OF THE EMOTION

THAT YOU WOULD EXPECT
FOR THE LOSS OF A LOVED ONE.

THE DETECTIVES KNEW
JERRY, BY REPUTATION,

AS BEING THE ACADEMIC,
THE SMART ONE,

THE ONE WAS IN THE PEACE CORPS,
THE LAWYER.

RIGHT THERE. LOOK.

AND THEN, AS WE WATCHED JERRY,

WE DETERMINED
THAT HE WAS LIMPING.

SO, JERRY, WE'RE TRYING
TO GET A SENSE

OF WHAT YOUR BROTHER WAS LIKE.

CAN YOU TELL US
A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HIM?

WERE YOU CLOSE?

WE WERE LIKE A TEAM.

SO EVERY TIME THERE'S RAIN,
IT FLOODS.

CAN'T FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO.

WELL, IF WE UPGRADE
THE IRRIGATION SYSTEM,

INITIAL COSTS WOULD BE HIGH,
BUT ULTIMATELY,

WE'D MAKE UP FOR IT
AND SAVE COSTS DOWN THE LINE.

LES AND JERRY WERE VERY CLOSE.

JERRY KNEW FARMING
AND TAUGHT LES ALL HE KNEW.

YOU KNOW WE HAVE TO ASK.

WHERE WERE YOU ON THE NIGHT
OF THE MURDERS?

YOU KNOW, I FOUND OUT
WHEN I WAS OUT ON MY BIKE.

JERRY TOLD DETECTIVES THAT
HE HAD LEFT BERKELEY ON WEDNESDAY

AND HEADED TOWARD
THE THE DESERT.

HE STAYED OVERNIGHT
IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA,

WOKE UP EARLY THE NEXT
MORNING ON THURSDAY,

AND STARTED RIDING
TOWARDS VEGAS.

JERRY SAID HE PASSES
SALT LAKE CITY,

DRIVING THROUGH CHEYENNE
TO CHAPPELL, NEBRASKA.

THAT'S WHERE HE STOPPED
LATE FRIDAY NIGHT.

GETS UP IN THE MORNING,
HE GASSES UP,

AND THEN HEADS BACK HOME.

HE SAID THAT HE MADE
CALLS FROM TWO OF THOSE LOCATIONS

TO HIS GIRLFRIEND, MIMI.

I TOLD HIM I WASN'T COMFORTABLE
WITH HIM GOING ON THAT TRIP,

BUT HE CALLED EVERY DAY.

IF HE WAS, IN FACT,
IN CHAPPELL, NEBRASKA,

600 MILES AWAY
FROM THE CRIME SCENE,

ON FRIDAY NIGHT,

THERE WAS NO WAY
HE COULD HAVE BEEN

THE PERSON
WHO PERPETRATED THIS MURDER.

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

I DON'T KNOW.

IT'S A LONG WAY TO GO
ON A BIKE.

LET'S GET
THE PHONE RECORDS.

IF THEY CAN FIND
THE PHONE RECORDS

OF THE INCOMING CALLS
RECEIVED BY MIMI

IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA,

THEY CAN THEN REVERSE
ENGINEER THOSE CALLS

AND SEE WHERE, GEOGRAPHICALLY,
THOSE CALLS CAME FROM.

BUT LET'S REMEMBER BACK,
IN TERMS OF TECHNOLOGY,

1975, IT'S A WHOLE
DIFFERENT WORLD.

THERE ARE NO CELLPHONES.
THERE'S NO INTERNET.

PHONE RECORDS ARE NOT EVEN
NECESSARILY COMPUTERIZED.

WE'RE STILL TALKING ABOUT
ROTARY TELEPHONES.

SO THEY WERE GOING
TO HAVE TO WAIT.

BUT JUST BECAUSE THEY SEE
SOMETHING THAT'S PROMISING,

THEY CAN'T, FOR A SECOND,

LET THEIR EYE OFF
THE BALL AND RELAX

AND NOT LOOK
AT EVERY POSSIBILITY.

WHEN YOU'VE BEEN BLESSED
WITH MORE THAN ONE CHILD,

YOU ASSUME THAT YOUR KIDS
WILL BE FRIENDS FOR LIFE,

THAT THEIR SIBLINGS WILL ALWAYS
BE THERE FOR EACH OTHER,

EVEN AFTER YOU'RE GONE.

YOU NEVER STOP TO THINK
THAT ONE SON

COULD HAVE SOMETHING TO GAIN
FROM ANOTHER ONE'S DEATH.

I'LL CALL YOU BACK.
THANK YOU.

- WHATCHA GOT?
- LOOK AT THIS.

RICHARD MARK, THE MINISTER,

HAD BORROWED MONEY
FROM HIS BROTHER LES.

IS THERE SOMETHING
HERE? DID THE OLDER BROTHER

HAVE A FINANCIAL REASON

TO KILL HIS BROTHER
AND SISTER-IN-LAW,

EVEN THOUGH HE MAY HAVE BEEN
A MAN OF GOD?

WE HEAR YOU HAVE
MONEY PROBLEMS, DICK.

IT'S EMBARRASSING, RIGHT?

BUT, UM, I'VE BEEN
STEADY RECENTLY.

THE CHURCH JUST RECEIVED
SOME NEW TAX BREAKS.

RICHARD, AT THE TIME,
WAS A PREACHER UP IN CANADA.

HE GAVE AWAY MOST
OF HIS FORTUNE TO THE CHURCH.

HIS HEAD WAS SORT OF
IN THE RELIGIOUS CLOUDS.

LOOK, YES, I-I'VE HAD
SOME FINANCIAL TROUBLES

AND I TOOK A LOAN FROM LES.

BUT THAT LOAN
HAS BEEN SATISFIED.

CAN YOU TELL US WHERE YOU WERE
ON THE NIGHT OF THE MURDERS?

AT THE CHURCH.

YOU'VE BEEN A MEMBER
OF THIS CHURCH, YOU SAID,

FOR SEVEN YEARS?

DETECTIVES WERE ABLE
TO CONFIRM THE ALIBI,

THAT HE WAS IN CANADA,
PRETTY QUICKLY.

THEY NEED TO TALK
TO THE LAST BROTHER, TOM.

WITHIN A FEW HOURS, THEY HAD
FOUND TOM IN DOWNTOWN WATERLOO

AND BROUGHT HIM IN.

YOU KNOW
WHY YOU'RE HERE, TOM?

DID HONEY SAY SOMETHING?

SHE HATES ME.

SHE'S ALWAYS TELLING
LIES ABOUT ME.

PEOPLE IN GENERAL
DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO MAKE OF TOM.

TOM WAS SAID TO HAVE DISPLAYED

SOME SCHIZOPHRENIC TENDENCIES

THAT LIMITED HIM IN TERMS

OF HIS FUNCTIONING IN SOCIETY.

HE DIDN'T REALLY
HAVE LUCK KEEPING A JOB.

HE WASN'T REALLY ORGANIZED,

DIDN'T REALLY TAKE CARE
OF HIS MONEY.

TOM, CAN YOU TELL US
ABOUT YOUR LITTLE BROTHER?

LES?

HE'S DEAD.

HE'S SUPPOSED
TO TAKE CARE OF ME.

IS THE CAR OUTSIDE?

NO.

WHERE IS IT?

I-I PARKED IT AT THE STORE.

I SWEAR.
SOMEONE MOVED IT AGAIN.

TOM, YOU LOST IT.

LOOK, WHEN I FIND THE CAR,
YOU'RE NOT GETTING

THOSE KEYS BACK.
I'M DONE WITH THIS.

I HATE IT
WHEN YOU DO THAT.

TOM'S RELATIONSHIP WITH LES
WAS A LITTLE ROCKY.

HE NEVER RESPECTED ME.

HE ALWAYS...

MADE ME FEEL LIKE
I WAS NOTHING.

TOM WAS A DRIFTER.

HE HAD ALCOHOLIC,
SCHIZOPHRENIC TENDENCIES.

HE WAS UNSTABLE.

I'M THE OLDER BROTHER.

I TOLD HIM STOP IT.

DOROTHY AND WAYNE GAVE LES
POWER OF ATTORNEY OVER TOM,

SO EVENTUALLY, TOM
BECAME INCAPACITATED

AND ALMOST TOTALLY
DEPENDENT ON LES

AND THE OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS.

I WOULD TELL HIM ONE THING,
AND HE WOULD JUST

LOOK AT ME
LIKE I'M SOME... FREAK!

THE DETECTIVES ARE
CONCERNED THAT WE HAVE SOMEBODY

WHO HAS PSYCHIATRIC ISSUES
THAT CAUSE HIM

TO BREAK WITH SOCIETY.

TO THEM, THAT IS SOMEBODY
WHO COULD BE CAPABLE

OF A PARTICULARLY HEINOUS CRIME,

MAYBE EVEN WITHOUT REALIZING IT.

I COULD UNDERSTAND
WHY THEY WOULD LOOK AT TOMMY.

HE WAS THE ONE
MY POOR FRIEND DOROTHY

WAS ALWAYS WORRIED ABOUT,

ALWAYS GETTING HIMSELF
INTO SOME KIND OF MISCHIEF.

BUT I NEVER THOUGHT HE HAD IT
IN HIM TO KILL SOMEONE.

DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT YOU DID
LAST FRIDAY NIGHT, TOM?

I SLEPT THROUGH
MOST OF THE DAY.

I WENT TO THE BAR...

AND THE STRIP CLUB.

WHAT TIME DID YOU LEAVE
THE STRIP CLUB?

I DON'T KNOW.

TOM'S ALIBI IS INCREDIBLY WEAK
BY TYPICAL STANDARDS.

BUT IT'S FAIRLY CLEAR TO THEM

THAT THE KILLING OF THESE
FOUR PEOPLE AT THE MARK FARM

REQUIRED SOMEBODY WHO KNEW
WHAT THEY WERE DOING,

WHO PLANNED IT OUT.

AND TOM DOESN'T GIVE THEM ANY
SIGNS

THAT HE COULD HAVE COMMITTED
THIS KIND OF PREMEDITATED,

PLOTTED ACT.

DOROTHY LOVED EACH OF HER SONS,
BUT SHE WORRIED ABOUT THEM ALL.

DICK HAD MONEY PROBLEMS.

TOM WAS ALWAYS IN
SOME KIND OF TROUBLE,

AND JERRY HAD MOVED
TO CALIFORNIA

FORGOTTEN WHERE HE'D COME FROM.

LES WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THE ONE
SHE DIDN'T NEED TO WORRY ABOUT,

AND THE ONLY THING WORSE
THAN LOSING HIM

WOULD BE IF SHE FOUND OUT

THAT ONE OF HER OTHER SONS
WAS TO BLAME.

THE DETECTIVES FINALLY
GET AHOLD OF JERRY'S PHONE RECORDS.

THEY THEN MATCH UP CALLS PLACED
TO HIS GIRLFRIEND MIMI'S LINE

FROM PAY PHONES
AROUND THE COUNTRY.

WE DISCOVERED THAT
THE PHONE CALLS WERE NOT MADE

FROM WHERE JERRY CLAIMED
HE'D MADE THE CALLS.

THEY START LOOKING
A LOT MORE SERIOUSLY

AT EVERY SINGLE SECOND
OF THIS MOTORCYCLE TRIP.

THE PHONE CALLS WERE COMING
FROM LOCATIONS MUCH CLOSER TO IOWA

AND THE MARK HOME
THAN JERRY HAD SAID.

HE TRIED TO MAKE THE TRIP
LOOK SHORTER THAN IT WAS.

THE CHALLENGE THAT WE HAD
WAS PAY PHONE RECORDS DON'T PROVE

THAT JERRY WAS THE ONE
MAKING THOSE TELEPHONE CALLS.

IT COULD HAVE BEEN ANYBODY.

SO WE HAD TO PROVE
THROUGH OTHER WITNESSES

THAT HE WAS MUCH FARTHER EAST

THAN HE CLAIMED TO HAVE BEEN.

NOW, I'VE MADE THAT DRIVE
FROM CALIFORNIA.

YOU GET TIRED ON THE ROAD,
HUNGRY, EVEN LONESOME.

IT'S IMPOSSIBLE
NOT TO STOP SOMEWHERE,

NOT TO BE SEEN BY SOMEBODY.

I ASKED THE BUREAU
OF CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS

TO STOP AT EVERY TRUCK STOP

AND EVERY RESTAURANT ON I-80

BETWEEN CEDAR FALLS
AND BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA.

THEY INTERVIEWED
HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE,

SHOWED THEM PHOTOGRAPHS.

THE SCOPE AND SIZE
OF THIS INVESTIGATION

WAS UNPARALLELED
IN IOWA HISTORY.

ON THURSDAY, THE WEEK
AFTER THE MURDERS,

DETECTIVES FIND
A GAS STATION ATTENDANT,

LESLIE WARREN,
IN CHAPPELL, NEBRASKA.

WE'RE LOOKING FOR A MAN.

HAVE YOU SEEN ANYONE
LOOKED LIKE THIS?

LESLIE WARREN TOLD THE
DETECTIVES THAT THERE WAS A MAN

THAT WAS SLEEPING
IN THE RESTROOM,

AND THAT HE WAS CONCERNED
ABOUT THE MAN,

BECAUSE HE DIDN'T WANT
PEOPLE DOING THAT.

JERRY MARK HAD TOLD DETECTIVES

THAT HE STOPPED IN CHAPPELL
FOR GAS ON SATURDAY MORNING.

YOU SAW THIS MAN
ON SATURDAY?

IT WAS FRIDAY MORNING.

BUT LESLIE WARREN SAYS
HE SEES HIM ON FRIDAY,

AN ENTIRE DAY BEFORE.

THAT MEANS THAT JERRY COULD WELL
HAVE RIDDEN HIS MOTORCYCLE

ALL DAY
AND BEEN IN PERFECT POSITION

TO COMMIT THE CRIME
FRIDAY NIGHT AFTER DARK.

DETECTIVES BRING IN MIMI,
JERRY'S LONGTIME GIRLFRIEND,

ON FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7th,
A WEEK AFTER THE MURDERS.

ANY IDEA WHY
THESE PHONE RECORDS SHOW

THAT JERRY RODE HIS MOTORCYCLE
STRAIGHT TOWARD IOWA,

NOT STOPPING IN NEBRASKA
LIKE HE TOLD US?

WELL, MAYBE THE RECORDS
ARE WRONG.

ISN'T THAT POSSIBLE?

THE DETECTIVES SENSE
THAT SHE SEEMS TO HAVE

SOME LEVEL OF DOUBT HERE.

WE BELIEVED THAT SHE
MIGHT BE WITHHOLDING INFORMATION

ABOUT HER BOYFRIEND

THAT WAS VITAL TO THIS CASE.

TAKE US THROUGH YOUR WEEK AND
START WITH THE DAY JERRY LEFT.

I DON'T EVEN THINK
I CAN REMEMBER EVERYTHING.

YOU WERE BUSY?

I WORK AT THE LIBRARY,
BUT THAT WEEK,

I WAS SUBBING IN FOR SOMEONE.
I HAD A DOUBLE SHIFT.

JERRY LEFT WHILE I WAS SLEEPING,
BUT I KNEW THAT HE WOULD.

AND THAT MORNING
THAT I GOT UP,

THE LIGHT BULB WENT OUT
IN THE KITCHEN,

AND SO I HAD TO GO TO THE
STORAGE SHED TO GRAB THE LADDER,

AND SOMEONE HAD
BROKEN THE LOCK.

SOMEONE BROKE
INTO YOUR SHED?

SHE SAID THAT THE STORAGE SHED
HAD A CHEAP LOCK ON IT,

AND THAT SHE WENT OUT AND FOUND
THAT THE LOCK HAD BEEN BROKEN.

WAS ANYTHING MISSING?

THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN
A GUN IN THERE.

A REVOLVER WAS MISSING

THAT USED .38 LONG
COLT CARTRIDGES.

THE SAME AMMUNITION USED
TO KILL LES AND HIS FAMILY.

WHEN WE TALKED TO MIMI
ABOUT THE GUN,

SHE ACKNOWLEDGED
THAT IT WAS AN OLD GUN

THAT HER FORMER HUSBAND HAD HAD.

IT HAD OLD AMMUNITION IN IT.

SO JERRY THREW
THE AMMUNITION AWAY,

BUT THEY KEPT THE GUN.

WE SEARCHED EVERY POND AND CAVE

AND HILL THAT WE COULD FIND

TO SEE IF WE COULD FIND
THAT GUN,

BUT WE WERE UNSUCCESSFUL.

WITHOUT A MURDER WEAPON,
THIS IS ALL HEARSAY.

WE NEEDED PROOF BEYOND
A REASONABLE DOUBT.

BUT HE HAD TO GET
THE BULLETS, RIGHT?

HE HAD TO GO
AND BUY THEM SOMEWHERE.

THE DETECTIVES HAVE THE BENEFIT
IN THIS CASE OF AN UNUSUAL GUN.

THEY KNOW THESE ARE RARE FINDS.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

HOW CAN I HELP YOU?

WOULD YOU HAPPEN
TO HAVE SOLD

ANY OF THESE .38 LONG
COLT BULLETS?

I ASKED THE DCI TO GO
TO EVERY SPORTING GOODS STORE

THAT THEY COULD FIND
IN THE PHONE DIRECTORY

TO SEE IF THERE WERE ANY SALES
OF .38 LONG COLT AMMUNITION.

YEAH, I'VE GOT
ONE BOX LEFT.

SOLD THE OTHER LAST WEEK.

LAST WEEK?

DO YOU KEEP A LOG OF
WHO YOU SELL THE BULLETS TO?

THEY STOPPED AT KEN'S
SPORTING GOODS STORE

IN PASO ROBLES, CALIFORNIA.

GUN SHOPKEEPER DOESN'T
REALLY REMEMBER THE GUY'S FACE.

BUT IN CALIFORNIA,
YOU HAVE TO TAKE A NAME

AND A SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER

FOR EVERYBODY THAT BUYS BULLETS.

AND THERE IT IS -- JERRY MARK'S
NAME, HIS SIGNATURE,

AND HIS SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER.

GOT HIM.

CAN I SEE THE BULLETS?

THESE WERE THE UNUSUAL BULLETS
THAT WERE FOUND IN THE DITCH...

...AND WERE THE SAME BULLETS

THAT WERE IN THE BODIES
OF OUR VICTIMS.

THANKS FOR YOUR HARD WORK.

NOW, WHAT KIND OF GUY
KILLS HIS OWN BROTHER,

HIS OWN NIECE AND NEPHEW,
AND FOR NO REASON?

THEY STILL DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY.

WHAT WOULD LEAD THIS MAN,
WHO, BY ALL ACCOUNTS

SEEMED TO HAVE A GOOD
RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS FAMILY,

TO DO SOMETHING
THAT IS JUST SO EXTREME?

THEY NEED MOTIVE.

THEY NEED TO TALK
TO THE PEOPLE WHO KNOW

THESE VICTIMS THE BEST.

WHAT WAS LES'S
RELATIONSHIP LIKE WITH JERRY?

JERRY'S MY SON.

BUT YOU CAN'T
CHOOSE YOUR FAMILY, RIGHT?

WAYNE WAS VERY SICK,

AND HE KNEW THAT
HE COULDN'T CARRY ON.

SO, DAD, WHAT'S, - WHAT'S
HAPPENING WITH THE FARM?

DICK WAS IN
THE MINISTRY, AND JERRY THOUGHT

HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN
THE SECOND ONE IN LINE.

I'M GIVING THE FARM
TO LES.

WHA--

DAD, TH-THAT'S CRAZY.

I MEAN, I STARTED FARMING
BEFORE LES WAS EVEN BORN.

JERRY FELT AS THOUGH
HE GREW UP ON THE FARM.

HE WAS THE ONE WHO TAUGHT
LES EVERYTHING HE KNEW,

AND HE WAS SMART.

WE SHOULD RUN THE FARM
TOGETHER, RIGHT, LES?

WITH MY BRAINS AND --
AND YOUR WORK ETHIC --

COME ON, JERRY.

ARE YOU SERIOUS?

I'VE BEEN HERE.

I'VE BEEN WORKING THE FARM.
WE -- WE GOT A SYSTEM GOING.

IT WORKS GOOD.

COME ON. YOU GOT
THAT LAW DEGREE ANYWAY.

YOU'RE NOT A FARMER ANYMORE.

YOU CANNOT BE SERIOUS.

DAD?

LES HAS PUT HIS TIME IN,

AND HE'S THE ONE
WHO DESERVES IT.

THAT'S NOT HOW THIS WORKS.

I DID EVERYTHING
I WAS SUPPOSED TO.

JERRY, YOU HAVEN'T
DONE ANYTHING.

WAYNE SAID,
"FIRST OF ALL, YOU'RE TOO LAZY.

YOU DON'T DO YOUR JOB.
WE CAN'T TRUST YOU.

THERE'S NO WAY THAT YOU'RE GOING
TO GET BACK IN THIS OPERATION."

IT'S ALL RIGHT.
I GOTCHA.

OLD MAN, WHEN YOU DIE,

I'M GOING TO COME BACK TO IOWA
JUST TO PISS ON YOUR GRAVE.

I GOT IT. I GOTCHA.

SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE
TO SAY ABOUT THAT.

NOW WE HAVE A MOTIVE.

JERRY WAS NOT GOING TO BECOME
THE HEIR APPARENT

TO HIS FATHER'S FORTUNE,

AND IN ORDER FOR HIM
TO GET BACK TO THAT POSITION,

HE HAD TO ELIMINATE
HIS LITTLE BROTHER.

DETECTIVES BELIEVE
THAT JERRY WAS MOTIVATED

BY A JEALOUSY
FOR A YOUNGER BROTHER

WHO, AT ONE POINT,
HAD LOOKED UP TO HIM

BUT NOW HAD TAKEN THE UPPER HAND
IN THE RELATIONSHIP.

JERRY HAD GONE HOME
AND HATCHED A PLAN.

JERRY WAS THE ONE
WHO HAD TAKEN THE GUN.

THE ONLY REASON
THAT THE LOCK WAS BROKEN

WAS TO DECEIVE US
AS TO HIS INVOLVEMENT.

HE MAPS OUT A COURSE IN HIS MIND

WHERE HE IS GOING TO RIDE
PRETTY MUCH STRAIGHT THROUGH,

GETTING MAYBE THREE HOURS
OF SLEEP A NIGHT,

AND HE JUST GOES.

HE GETS ON I-80.
HE TRAVELS EAST.

GOT A WASHROOM I CAN USE?

HE'S SEEN AT THE GAS STATION
IN CHAPPELL.

AND HE'S FIGHTING, YOU KNOW,

THE FATIGUE OF THE ROAD
AND THE BOREDOM,

AND HE IS DETERMINED
TO GET THERE ON FRIDAY.

WE THEORIZE THAT HE MAY
HAVE BEEN ON SOME SPEED

OR SOMETHING TO KEEP HIM AWAKE.

HE STEPS IN THE HOLE,

DROPPING THE BULLETS IN
THE GRASS BY THE JUNCTION BOX.

HE CUTS THE WIRES
FOR THE TELEPHONE

SO THERE CAN BE
NO CALL FOR HELP.

HE GETS THE KEY OFF THE HOOK,
AND HE ENTERS THE HOUSE.

IT'S LATE. THE HOUSE IS QUIET.

EVERYONE'S ASLEEP.

HE GOES DOWNSTAIRS,
AND HE HITS THE BREAKERS

SO THAT THERE'S NO ELECTRICITY
IN THE HOUSE.

THEN, KNOWING THIS
HOUSE LIKE THE BACK OF HIS HAND

BECAUSE HE HAD GROWN UP HERE,
HE GOES UP.

GET UP.

- GEEZ.
- GET HER UP, TOO.

BOTH OF YOU ON THE FLOOR,
RIGHT HERE.

GET ON THE FLOOR.
FACE THE BED.

OKAY, OKAY, OKAY.
OKAY.

- TURN AROUND.
- JERRY, JUST CALM --

PUT YOUR FACE ON THE BED!

JERRY, HOLD ON.
HOLD ON!

- PUT YOUR --
- OKAY! I --

- OKAY.
- WHY ARE YOU --

SHUT UP.
DON'T LOOK AT ME.

JERRY, HOLD ON.
CALM -- CALM DOWN.

JUST -- JUST PUT IT DOWN.

- WE CAN TALK.
- PUT YOUR FACE ON THE BED.

OKAY. OKAY. OKAY.

NO! NO!

NO!

PEEKABOO.

I SEE YOU.

THE POLICE OFFICERS AT THE SCENE

FOUND A PILLOW
OUTSIDE THE PARENTS' DOOR.

THE THEORY IS THAT
THIS 5-YEAR-OLD GIRL

HAD HEARD THE GUNSHOTS,

AND SHE HAD COME TO HER PARENTS'
ROOM WITH HER PILLOW,

AND JERRY MARK WALKED OUT,
AND SHE SAID,

"HI, UNCLE JERRY.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?"

AND THAT HE TOOK HER BY THE HAND

AND TOOK HER BACK UP
AND PUT HER IN BED,

AND THEN HE KILLED HER.

THEN, HE GOES OVER,

AND HE KILLS HIS NEPHEW.

EVERYONE'S DEAD.

HE GOES DOWNSTAIRS.

HE KNOCKS THE GLASS OUT
OF THE GRANDFATHER CLOCK.

HE THROWS A POT THROUGH
THE WINDOW IN THE PORCH.

HE GOES TO WHEREVER
HE HAS HIDDEN HIS MOTORCYCLE.

HE HOPS ON IT,
AND HE DRIVES AWAY.

ON MONDAY, NOVEMBER 10th,

JERRY IS ARRESTED
FOR THE MURDER OF HIS BROTHER,

HIS BROTHER'S WIFE,
AND THEIR TWO CHILDREN.

I THINK IT CAME DOWN
TO NOT ONLY LESLIE'S

TAKING OVER THE FAMILY FARM,

BUT HATRED OF HIS FATHER.

LES WAS ALWAYS WAYNE'S FAVORITE,

AND WAYNE THOUGHT JERRY
HAD NO CLEAR DIRECTION IN LIFE.

WHEN JERRY WENT BACK
TO VISIT WITH HIS FATHER,

I THINK JERRY CAME BACK THINKING

THAT HE WAS GOING TO RECEIVE THE
RECEPTION OF THE PRODIGAL SON,

THAT HIS FATHER WOULD
RUN OUT TO GREET HIM

AND THROW A BIG PARTY
AND WELCOME HIM BACK.

AND INSTEAD, HE FOUND
JUST THE OPPOSITE.

IT'S THE SECOND OLDEST STORY
IN THE BIBLE, CAIN AND ABEL,

BROUGHT TO LIFE IN THE MIDWEST.

GOD FAVORED ABEL
OVER HIS BROTHER,

AND IT GOT ABEL KILLED.

MAYBE IT'S SOMETHING WE'RE
ALL GUILTY OF AS PARENTS.

WE DON'T MEAN TO, BUT SECRETLY,
WE HAVE OUR FAVORITES.

BUT WHAT DOES IT DO TO THEM

IF THEY FIND OUT?