Dead of Winter (2019–…): Season 1, Episode 4 - The Widows of Winter - full transcript

I DON'T THINK IT'S POSSIBLE
TO GO THROUGH

SOMETHING LIKE THIS
AND NOT CHANGE.

THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NOT QUESTION.
I'M NOT WHO I WAS.

EVERYONE HAS THE RIGHT
TO FEEL SAFE IN THEIR HOME.

HOW DARE YOU?

HOW DARE SOMEONE DO THIS
TO ANOTHER HUMAN BEING?

IT WAS BAD ENOUGH
I'VE GOT TO DEAL WITH THIS MESS,

BUT NOW IT'S SPREADING.

NOW IT'S HIT ANOTHER FAMILY.

I COULDN'T HAVE WROTE THIS
IN A MILLION YEARS

THAT IT WOULD
TURN OUT LIKE THIS.



I WAS IN THE PRESENCE OF

SOMEONE WHO...

ENJOYED EVIL.

HELLO?

I KNEW VIRGINIA BECAUSE I HAD
TAUGHT HER DAUGHTER

AT HIGH SCHOOL,
AND THEN, OF COURSE, I KNEW HER

BECAUSE SHE WAS A NEIGHBOR
IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

I REMEMBER BEING UP AT SCHOOL.

IT WAS COLD.
IT WAS VERY, VERY COLD.

IT WAS OBVIOUS
WHEN I WALKED UP TO PEOPLE

THAT SOMETHING HAD HAPPENED

AND PROBABLY NOT GOOD.

WHAT'S WRONG?

YOU DIDN'T HEAR?



THEY FOUND
VIRGINIA JOHANNESSEN.

THEY THINK SHE'S BEEN MURDERED.

VIRGINIA JOHANNESSEN
WAS A 75-YEAR-OLD WIDOW

WHO LIVED ALONE.

IT'S A -- IT'S A SHOCK.

THOSE WORDS,
YOU CAN HEAR THOSE WORDS,

BUT YOU CAN'T TAKE THAT IN.

IT'S --
IT'S VIRGINIA JOHANNESSEN.

YOU WENT FROM, "NO.
MY GOSH. THAT'S AWFUL.

VIRGINIA! THAT'S TERRIBLE,"

AND ALMOST AUTOMATICALLY IT'S,
"WHAT HAPPENED?"

AND THAT WAS THE UNKNOWN.

IT'S FREEZING OUT THERE.

YEAH, WELL DON'T EXPECT THIS
TO WARM YOU UP.

- SO WHERE IS SHE?
- FOLLOW ME.

VIRGINIA'S BODY WAS FOUND
BY HER BROTHER BECAUSE

SHE HADN'T ANSWERED THE PHONE,
SHE HADN'T BEEN TO CHURCH,

SO HE WENT OVER THERE TO CHECK
ON HER, AND THEN HE CALLED 911.

MORNING, PETE.

WHAT DO WE GOT?

SHORT STORY, I THINK
SOMEBODY SNUCK UP BEHIND HER.

SHE WAS SITTING AT A TABLE,
HER BACK TO THE KITCHEN,

WATCHING TELEVISION.

SHE'S WRITING A CHECK,

PROBABLY NEVER EVEN
SAW IT COMING.

POOR LADY?

I THOUGHT IT WAS A GUNSHOT
BECAUSE IT LOOKED LIKE

THE POINT OF ENTRY WOULD
HAVE BEEN A SMALL PROJECTILE.

TAKE A LOOK AT THIS SPATTER.

- PROBABLY A SMALL BULLET.
- TRUE.

DID YOU FIND ANY CASINGS?

NO, WE'VE SEARCHED EVERYWHERE.

GUESS THEY WERE SMART ENOUGH
TO CLEAN UP.

THERE'S SOMETHING I NEED
TO SHOW YOU OUTSIDE.

THE FIRST THING I DID WAS WENT
AND LOOKED AT THE POINT OF ENTRY

WHICH WAS THE NORTH SIDE
OF THE HOUSE,

A BASEMENT WINDOW
THAT HAD BEEN REMOVED

COMPLETELY AND SAT
ON THE GROUND.

OKAY, WHAT DO WE GOT?

LOOKS LIKE THEY BROKE IN
THROUGH THAT WINDOW.

DID YOU GET ANY PRINTS?

IT'S NOT LOOKING GOOD.

BETWEEN THE SNOW AND THE FACT

THAT THEY PROBABLY
USED GLOVES TO GET IN,

I DON'T THINK WE'LL GET MUCH.

DID YOU SEEN THIS?

THIS WINDOW HAS GOT SNOW
UNDERNEATH AND ON TOP.

THE ONLY WAY THAT'S GONNA
HAPPEN IS IF THEY KNOCK THIS OUT

WHILE IT'S SNOWING.

IT HASN'T SNOWED SINCE...

SUNDAY.

I KNEW IT WAS A MAJOR ICE STORM
ON SUNDAY THE 3rd

BECAUSE I HAD A HARD TIME
GETTING TO CHURCH,

SO HER LAST DAY ALIVE WOULD
HAVE BEEN SOME TIME ON SUNDAY,

AND SHE WAS FOUND ON TUESDAY.

Detective Burgert, come in.

- YEAH, GO AHEAD.
- We're in the garage.

The car is missing.

Looks like it could be
a possible theft.

COPY THAT.

SO IT WAS PRETTY OBVIOUS TO US
WHOEVER WENT INTO THE HOUSE

WENT IN THROUGH THE WINDOW,
WALKED UP TO HER,

MURDERED HER,
AND FOUND HER CAR KEYS

WHEREVER THEY WERE KEPT
AND TOOK THE CAR.

SHE HAD BEEN DEAD AT LEAST
TWO DAYS,

WHICH, YOU KNOW, IN THE EVENT
OF SOMEONE GETTING AWAY,

IT GIVES THEM 48 HOURS
TO COVER THEIR TRACKS.

HUNDREDS OF MILES AWAY
IN WISCONSIN,

VIRGINIA'S DAUGHTER, BARBARA,
HAS NOT YET HEARD THE NEWS.

REMEMBER TO GRAB YOUR HAT, HON.

IT'S GONNA BE
A COLD ONE TODAY.

I TOLD YOU WE SHOULD HAVE
MOVED TO FLORIDA.

JOHN AND I WERE
HAVING BREAKFAST.

HELLO?

AND I GOT A PHONE CALL
FROM MY AUNT, MOM'S SISTER,

SAYING, "BARB, YOUR MOM
HAS BEEN KILLED."

YOU DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ELSE?

HOW DID THIS HAPPEN?

I THINK THAT THE EMOTIONAL WASH
REALLY STARTED WITH DISBELIEF.

THIS CAN'T HONESTLY BE TRUE.

MY GOD.
I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS.

IT DIDN'T MATTER
WHAT I WAS FEELING.

I NEEDED TO KEEP IT TOGETHER,
AND I NEEDED TO BE FUNCTIONAL,

AND I DIDN'T NEED EMOTIONS

GETTING IN THE WAY.

HON? WHAT IS IT?

JOHN KNEW THAT.
HE RECOGNIZED THAT.

IT'S MOM.

AND SO HE GAVE ME A SHOT
OF WHISKEY

TO NUMB THEM A LITTLE BIT,

AND THEN HERE'S
THE FIRST QUESTION --

ARE WE TAKING YOUR CAR
OR MINE?

ON THE DRIVE, I WAS TERRIFIED
THAT I WOULD SEE HER THERE.

I DID NOT WANT TO SEE
HER AT ALL.

IT WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN HER.

IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A MOCKERY,

A PUPPET, A DOLL.

SO SORRY.

THIS IS MY CHILDHOOD HOME.

THIS WAS WHERE I SPENT
THE FIRST 17 YEARS OF MY LIFE,

BUT THAT HOUSE WAS HOME
BECAUSE IT WAS WHERE MOM WAS,

AND NOW IT WASN'T ANYMORE.

IT WAS JUST A HOUSE.

I DID NOT HAVE TO IDENTIFY
HER BODY,

FOR WHICH I WILL ALWAYS
BE GRATEFUL

BECAUSE MY UNCLE HAD ALREADY
IDENTIFIED THE BODY.

HI, BARBARA.

I'M SO SORRY ABOUT ALL THIS.

I KNOW THIS IS HARD.

WOULD YOU MIND TAKING A LOOK
AROUND WITH US

AND SEE
IF ANYTHING IS MISSING?

WE WENT IN AND LOOKED
IN HER BEDROOM

AND AT THAT POINT, IT WAS...

THE CEDAR CHEST
HAD BEEN BROKEN OPEN,

AND HER DRESSER
HAD BEEN RIFLED.

HER JEWELRY,
IT WAS IN THIS DRAWER.

IN MY MIND THEN, IT WAS
A BURGLARY THAT WENT BAD.

HER RING.

THEY STOLE IT.

WHAT KIND OF RING?

HER HIGH SCHOOL CLASS RING,
MADONNA HIGH.

SHE LOVED THAT RING.

SHE USED TO WEAR IT
ALL THE TIME.

IT WAS RECTANGULAR.

IT WAS GOLD, AND IT HAD
A LITTLE ENGRAVING

OF THE SCHOOL ON THE FRONT,

AND ON THE INSIDE, IT WAS
ENGRAVED WITH HER INITIALS.

WELL, ONCE WE KNEW THERE WAS
A MADONNA CLASS RING MISSING,

IT WAS REALLY A KIND
OF NICE LITTLE PERK

TO HAVE ON THE INVESTIGATION

BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING
THAT'S SO UNIQUE.

YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY MIGHT
HAVE A CITIZEN WATCH,

BUT NOT EVERYBODY HAS GOT
A CLASS RING FROM MADONNA.

SO WE FIND THE RING, WE FIND
WHO DID THIS TO YOUR MOTHER.

THE PROBLEM WAS TYPICALLY
BURGLARS DO NOT GO INTO HOMES

WHEN THEY KNOW
SOMEBODY IS THERE.

WHOEVER WENT INTO THAT HOUSE,
MAY HAVE INTENDED TO KILL HER.

THE POLICE ASKED WHETHER
SHE HAD ANY ENEMIES,

AND I HAD TO SAY,
"NOT AS FAR AS I KNOW."

KILL HER? I CAN'T IMAGINE.

75-YEAR-OLD WOMEN IN THEIR HOME

DON'T USUALLY GET EXECUTED
BY SOMEBODY.

WORD SPREAD LIKE WILDFIRE

BECAUSE IT WAS
A SMALL COMMUNITY.

I THINK PEOPLE ARE STUNNED,
AND THEY'RE --

WE WERE ALL SORT OF FROZEN,
I GUESS.

EVERYONE HAS A RIGHT
TO FEEL SAFE IN THEIR HOME,

AND WITH THE DEATH
OF VIRGINIA JOHANNESSEN,

THE MURDER
OF VIRGINIA JOHANNESSEN,

IT ROCKED THAT WHOLE SENSE
OF...OF...

TRANQUILITY.

AT THAT POINT, POLICE GAVE US
NO INDICATION

THEY HAD ANYBODY THEY WERE
PARTICULARLY LOOKING AT.

IT WAS VERY MUCH WHAT WOULD BE
ACCURATELY TERMED SENSELESS.

WE KNEW HER CAR WAS STOLEN.

HER CAR HAD BEEN IN HER GARAGE.

SHE'S THE ONLY ONE
THAT DROVE THE CAR.

THE CAR WAS GONE, SO WE DID
PUT OUT AN ATTEMPT TO LOCATE

THAT CAR PRETTY QUICKLY THAT DAY
WITH THE LICENSE PLATE ON IT.

THE AURORA POLICE DEPARTMENT
FOUND IT IN A PARKING LOT

OF AN EAGLE FOOD STORE,

CLOSE DISTANCE
FROM THE MURDER SCENE.

TO END UP WITHIN A MILE
AND A HALF OF HER HOME

WAS SIGNIFICANT.

WHOEVER TOOK THE CAR,
DID THEY LIVE IN THAT AREA?

DID YOU GET ANYTHING OFF IT?

NOTHING.
NO FINGERPRINTS.

IT WAS CLEAN.

THAT'S ALWAYS VERY DISAPPOINTING
WHEN YOU DON'T GET EVIDENCE,

YOU KNOW, LATENT FINGERPRINTS TO
INDICATE WHO MAY HAVE DONE IT.

WE DID BETTER WITH
THE AUTOPSY, THOUGH.

RECOVERED A BULLET FRAGMENT,
A.22.

UNFORTUNATELY,
IT WAS VERY DEGRADED.

AT LEAST WE KNEW WHAT CALIBER
THE BULLET WAS,

BUT WE WERE DISAPPOINTING
IN THE FACT

THAT WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE
TO MATCH IT TO A GUN.

ALL RIGHT, WELL, THANKS.

LET ME KNOW IF YOU HEAR
ANYTHING ELSE, ALL RIGHT?

THERE WAS NOTHING TO GO ON.

WE HAD NO PHYSICAL EVIDENCE.

IT'S TOUGH, VERY TOUGH.

I DID WANT TO STAY INFORMED,

BUT THEY DIDN'T HAVE A LOT
THEY COULD TELL US.

YOU KNOW, THEY'RE CALLING ME
TO TELL ME BASICALLY NOTHING.

I WAS FRUSTRATED.

WITH LITTLE EVIDENCE,
DETECTIVES MUST WORK

WITH THE ASSUMPTION THAT
THE KILLER'S MOTIVE WAS ROBBERY.

MY PARTNER WHO INITIALLY
RESPONDED TO THIS CRIME SCENE

FOUND OUT FROM AURORA P.D.

THAT THEY HAD A SUSPECT
IN SOME AREA BURGLARIES,

SO THAT KIND OF PERKED
OUR INTEREST

A LITTLE BIT ON THIS GUY.

THAT HIM?

YEAH.

THAT'S HIM ON THE LEFT.

LIONEL LANE,
WHO LIVED IN THE AREA,

WHO HAD AN ARREST RECORD
THAT WAS RIGHT UP OUR ALLEY.

HE DID TIME PREVIOUS
FOR A HOME INVASION.

ALL RIGHT.
LET'S GET OUT OF HERE.

THIS GUY HAS DONE THIS BEFORE,

AND LIONEL LANE AT THAT TIME

WAS LIVING IN AN APARTMENT
COMPLEX ON FELTON ROAD

NORTH OF WHERE
VIRGINIA JOHANNESSEN LIVED,

PROBABLY LESS
THAN A QUARTER MILE.

I THOUGHT THAT THIS SOMEONE HAS
TO BE FAMILIAR WITH THE AREA.

THEY HAVE TO KNOW THAT IT'S THIS
ELDERLY WOMAN, HOME ALONE.

I DON'T THINK IT WAS RANDOM.

AURORA ARRESTS HIM FOR
AN OUTSTANDING TRAFFIC WARRANT,

AND THEY TAKE HIM
TO AURORA POLICE DEPARTMENT.

EVENTUALLY, WE GO TO
AURORA POLICE DEPARTMENT

AND INTERVIEW HIM.

LIONEL, YOU KNOW WHY
WE'RE HERE, LIONEL?

'CAUSE I WAS DOING 35 IN A 30.

THAT'S WHAT THEY GOT YOU
IN HERE FOR, LIONEL.

WE WANT TO ASK YOU A COUPLE
OF QUESTIONS ABOUT A MURDER.

WHAT MURDER?

COME ON, LIONEL.
DON'T PLAY DUMB.

LOOK, MAN.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE HELL
YOU TALKING ABOUT.

I'VE NEVER KILLED NOBODY.

YOU KNOW A THING OR TWO
ABOUT HOME INVASIONS?

RIGHT, LIONEL?

HOME INVASION GOES BAD.

THING IS IT HAPPENED
ON FELTON ROAD,

RIGHT DOWN THE STREET
FROM WHERE YOU LIVE.

LISTEN, MAN.

I DIDN'T HAVE NOTHING
TO DO WITH THAT, I SWEAR.

BUT I THINK
I MIGHT KNOW WHO DID.

HE GIVES US INFORMATION
ABOUT THREE OR FOUR GUYS

WHO WANTED TO BURGLARIZE

THE JOHANNESSEN HOME.

WE'RE LISTENING.

THE VERY NEXT DAY,
HE HEARS ONE OF THE GUYS

SAYING TO ONE OF
THE OTHER PLAYERS,

"YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO
DO IT LIKE THAT."

WE TALKED TO THE OTHER THREE
INDIVIDUALS THAT LIONEL NAMED.

SOME, WE NEVER EVEN GOT
THROUGH THE MIRANDA CARD.

THEY DIDN'T --
"WELL, I'M NOT TALKING TO YOU."

ONE DID.

THE TEST IS
STRICTLY VOLUNTARY.

SO WHY DO I HAVE
TO TAKE IT THEN?

BECAUSE IF YOU TAKE IT
AND YOU PASS, WE LET YOU GO.

FINE.

DO YOU KNOW A MAN
NAMED LIONEL LANE?

NO.

WERE YOU INVOLVED IN THE MURDER
OF VIRGINIA JOHANNESSEN?

NO.

ACCORDING TO OUR
POLYGRAPH EXAMINER,

THIS GENTLEMAN WAS IN THE CAR
AND KNEW OF THE MURDER,

BUT WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH
TO ACTUALLY GET THEM IN CUSTODY.

THE STATE'S ATTORNEY WANTED
MORE, SO WE KEPT WORKING IT.

DETECTIVES TRACK DOWN
LIONEL LANE'S EX-GIRLFRIEND,

HOPING SHE CAN PROVIDE
MORE INFORMATION.

HI, LORI?

YES?

WE'RE DETECTIVES WITH

THE KANE COUNTY
SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

YOU MAY BE AWARE THAT WE SPOKE
WITH YOUR EX-BOYFRIEND

A WHILE BACK ABOUT A MURDER,

LIONEL LANE?

I DON'T WANT TO
GET INVOLVED.

I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING.

LET'S MAKE THIS EASY, OKAY?

NOW, LIONEL TOLD US THAT THESE
THREE MEN WERE INVOLVED.

DO YOU RECOGNIZE
ANY OF THESE NAMES?

I DON'T...

IT'S OKAY.

IT'S JUST US HERE.

FINE.

THEY WERE ALL A PART OF IT
AND LIONEL, TOO.

BASICALLY SHE GIVES ME
THE THREE NAMES AND LIONEL

AS INVOLVED
IN THIS JOHANNESSEN HOMICIDE.

I'M SORRY.
THAT'S ALL I KNOW.

I REALLY HAVE TO GET BACK
TO MY SON.

OKAY.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

WE'LL BE IN TOUCH.

DETECTIVES ARE CLOSING
IN ON LIONEL LANE,

BUT WITHOUT AN OFFICIAL
STATEMENT FROM LORI,

IT'S STILL NOT ENOUGH,

AND THE CASE IS ABOUT
TO TAKE A SHOCKING TURN.

THE SORROW, THE GRIEF,
THE GRIEVING,

IT HITS YOU AT 2:37 A.M.
ON A DAY

THAT YOU DON'T EXPECT IT
AT ALL.

IT HITS YOU IN THE RESTAURANT

WHEN YOU HEAR A LAUGH
THAT ALMOST SOUNDS LIKE HERS.

IT HITS YOU IN THE STORE

WHEN YOU SEE A KID
MOUTHING OFF TO HIS MOTHER,

AND YOU WANT NOTHING MORE
THAN TO SHAKE HIM AND SAY,

"DON'T YOU DARE.

DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'VE GOT?"

THAT'S WHEN THE GRIEF HITS.

IT HAS NOW BEEN ALMOST A YEAR

SINCE THE MURDER
OF VIRGINIA JOHANNESSEN.

AS WINTER BEGINS TO DESCEND
ON AURORA AGAIN,

THE PRIME SUSPECTS ARE FREE.

AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN,
ABOUT 1/8 OF A MILE

FROM THE JOHANNESSEN HOMICIDE
ON THE SAME STREET...

...THERE'S ANOTHER HOMICIDE.

SHERIFF'S OFFICE RECEIVED
A CALL OF SHOTS

FIRED IN A HOME ON FELTON ROAD,

WHICH WAS DOWN THE STREET FROM
VIRGINIA JOHANNESSEN'S HOME.

IT IS THE HOME OF
55-YEAR-OLD JILL OBERWEIS.

LIKE VIRGINIA, JILL WAS
A WIDOW LIVING ALONE,

BUT THIS MURDER DOES NOT APPEAR
TO BE A BURGLARY GONE WRONG.

THERE DEFINITELY WAS A SHIFT

IN OUR THINKING WHEN OBERWEIS

HAPPENED BECAUSE NOTHING WAS
EVEN TAKEN IN THE OBERWEIS.

I THINK THEY SET OUT
TO KILL PEOPLE.

THEY WENT INTO THOSE HOMES
KNOWING

THEY WERE GOING
TO KILL THESE WOMEN,

AND THAT'S WHAT THEY DID.

- DETECTIVE!
- BARBARA?

WE HAVE TO STOP THIS.

WHOEVER IS DOING THIS,
YOU GOT TO FIND THEM.

I KNOW. I KNOW.

BARBARA, WE'RE GONNA GET
TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS.

I PROMISE.

PLEASE, YOU'RE ALL WE'VE GOT.

I THINK IT'S PROBABLY LIKE
LIGHTNING STRIKING TWICE

ON THE SAME SIDE OF THE STREET.

I SAW IT HAPPENING
ALL OVER AGAIN,

NOW TO THEIR NEIGHBOR,
ONE OF THEIR BEST FRIENDS.

THERE WERE ONLY SEVEN HOUSES
ON THE STREET.

THE STREET WAS A HALF
A MILE LONG.

EVERYBODY KNEW EVERYBODY.

AND IT JUST...

I WAS ANGRY, BUT I WAS
JUST BROKENHEARTED

THAT THIS IS GOING ON.

PEOPLE WERE PUTTING
HOMES UP FOR SALE.

AT VIRGINIA'S HOUSE,
IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT

TO BY THAT HOUSE WITHOUT --
AND JILL OBERWEIS' ALSO --

WITHOUT THINKING
ABOUT THE HORRIBLE THING

THAT HAD HAPPENED THERE.

IT WAS A LITTLE BIT LIKE
A HEADSTONE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD,

BOTH HOMES.

POLICE HAVE NO SUSPECTS
IN THE KILLING OF WIDOW

JILL OBERWEIS.

IT'S THE SECOND MURDER
IN UNDER A YEAR.

AURORA RESIDENTS, NOW
LIVING IN FEAR FOR THEIR LIVES.

COULD THERE BE A SERIAL KILLER
ON THE LOOSE?

NOW YOU HAD TWO MIDDLE-AGED,
ELDERLY WOMEN,

ON THE SAME ROAD,
MURDERED, EXECUTED BY SOMEONE.

I TOOK IT, YOU KNOW,

PERSONALLY THAT
WE COULDN'T SOLVE IT RIGHT AWAY.

I DO REMEMBER THINKING,
"THIS IS NOT DONE.

"I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S
GONNA HAPPEN NEXT,

BUT THIS IS NOT DONE."

IT'S NOT ONE OF THOSE GO BACK
TO SQUARE ONE SITUATIONS.

THAT'S NOT WHAT I...

DETECTIVES,
THAT BALLISTICS REPORT?

WE HAD CASINGS IN THE HALLWAY
FROM ONE GUN AND CASINGS

WHERE SHE WAS SHOT
FROM A SECOND GUN.

BOTH WERE.22 CALIBER GUNS.

SAME AS
THE JOHANNESSEN MURDER.

I'LL DO YOU ONE BETTER.

WE GOT A SHELL CASING
THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY MATCH

TO A GUN THIS TIME.

GREAT.

AGAIN, ALL WE HAD
WAS SHELL CASINGS,

BUT NOW WE NEED A GUN.

- ALL RIGHT.
- THANKS.

BUT THE RECOVERY OF
THE SHELL CASINGS IS GOLD.

YOU KNOW, GUNS SHOW UP UNLESS
THEY THREW THEM IN A RIVER.

THEY SHOW UP SOMEWHERE.

ATTENTION ALL UNITS,

WE HAVE A 273D,

DOMESTIC DISTURBANCE
IN PROGRESS AT 594 SHEFFER ROAD.

SUSPECT IS AN EDWARD TENNEY,
CAUCASIAN MALE.

THE AURORA POLICE DEPARTMENT
CAME TO A DOMESTIC QUARREL

BETWEEN EDWARD TENNEY
AND HIS GIRLFRIEND.

BE ADVISED,
SUSPECT MAY BE ARMED.

HE HAD A LONG CRIMINAL HISTORY,

A LOT OF BURGLARIES,
BURGLARIES WITH GUNS.

WE FOUND OUT THAT TENNEY
WAS WANTED

ON AN OUTSTANDING WARRANT.

I TOLD YOU TO LISTEN!

- YOU GOT THAT?
- WILL YOU JUST LEAVE ME ALONE?

YOU GOT THAT?

- COME ON!
- DON'T TOUCH ME!

- YOU'RE GONNA BE LIKE THIS?
- FREEZE!

WHAT THE HELL IS THIS?

YOU'RE UNDER ARREST, SIR.

WAIT.
WHERE ARE YOU TAKING HIM?

GET OFF ME!

GET OFF!

****.

MA'AM.

MA'AM?

WE'RE GONNA GET YOU
CHECKED OUT.

I NEED YOU TO TELL ME ARE THERE
ANY WEAPONS ON THE PREMISE?

CAN YOU SHOW ME?

SHE GAVE THE POLICE A GUN
THAT EDWARD HAD.

THAT GUN WAS SUBSEQUENTLY LINKED
TO THE OBERWEIS MURDER.

IT'S BEEN TWO WEEKS
SINCE A SECOND MURDER

IN AURORA, ILLINOIS,

AND POLICE HAVE LOCATED
ONE OF THE MURDER WEAPONS

IN THE HOME OF 34-YEAR-OLD
CRIMINAL EDWARD TENNEY.

WE GO INTERVIEW THIS SUSPECT

AND READ HIM HIS RIGHTS,

AND WE WANT TO KNOW
ABOUT THE GUN.

A WOMAN WAS KILLED
TWO WEEKS AGO,

MARY JILL OBERWEIS.

KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THAT?

NO. WHY?

BECAUSE THE GUN WE FOUND
IN YOUR HOUSE

WAS THE GUN THAT KILLED HER.

YOU'RE NOT GONNA
PUT THAT ON ME.

I JUST BOUGHT THAT GUN
LIKE A WEEK AGO.

HE DENIED ANY KNOWLEDGE
OF THE MURDER

OR ANY CONNECTION TO IT.

HE JUST BOUGHT THE GUN
OFF THE STREET.

HE GAVE ME A REALLY GOOD DEAL,
SO I DIDN'T ASK ANY QUESTIONS.

GUNS THEN WEREN'T REGISTERED,

AND PEOPLE EVEN UP
UNTIL A FEW YEARS AGO,

COULD SELL THEM
TO ANYBODY THEY WANTED TO.

COME ON, ED.

LOOK, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE
TRYING TO PROTECT YOUR FRIEND

OR IF YOU TWO
ARE IN ON IT TOGETHER,

BUT IF YOU KNOW SOMETHING,
YOU TELL US NOW.

ACCORDING TO THE NEIGHBOR
AT OBERWEIS,

HE THOUGHT THERE
WERE TWO RUNNERS.

NOW I'M THINKING IN MY MIND,

"LIONEL AND THIS GENTLEMAN
WITH THE GUN," SO THOSE ARE --

IN MY MIND NOW,
THOSE ARE TWO KEY PLAYERS.

I WANT TO HELP YOU GUYS.

I REALLY DO, BUT IF YOU GOT
ANY MORE QUESTIONS,

I'M GONNA NEED A LAWYER.

DETECTIVES SUSPECT ED TENNEY

IS INVOLVED IN THE MURDERS,

BUT A SURPRISE VISIT WILL SHIFT
THE INVESTIGATION BACK

TO THEIR FIRST SUSPECT,
LIONEL LANE.

A COUPLE DAYS LATER, LORI,

THE EX-GIRLFRIEND
OF LIONEL LANE,

COMES TO THE POLICE STATION.

HEY, WHY DON'T YOU GO SIT
ON THE BENCH OVER THERE?

OKAY.

I'VE BEEN THINKING.

I WANT TO MOVE ON
WITH MY LIFE.

THAT NIGHT,

I WAS IN THE CAR WITH LIONEL.

SHE TELLS ME THAT SHE WAS
ACTUALLY IN THE CAR

WITH HER 6-YEAR-OLD SON,

THE THREE OTHER INDIVIDUALS,
AND LIONEL

AT THE TIME OF THE MURDER
OF VIRGINIA JOHANNESSEN.

LIONEL GOT OUT OF THE CAR

WITH TWO OF THE GUYS,

THEN...

I JUST HEARD A GUNSHOT.

AND I STARTED SCREAMING,
"WHAT IS GOING ON?"

AND THEN...

I GRABBED MY SON,

AND WE STARTED RUNNING.

YOU'RE DOING GREAT, LORI.

SHE SEEMED KNOWLEDGEABLE.

HOW CREDIBLE, I DON'T KNOW.

LORI, I KNOW THIS
IS UNCOMFORTABLE,

BUT WE'RE GONNA HAVE
TO TALK TO YOUR SON.

IS THAT OKAY?

THE KID WAS VERY SHARP.

I ASKED HIM IF HE EVER
REMEMBERED BEING IN A CAR

WHEN IT WAS
KIND OF COLD OUTSIDE,

AND HE SAID, "I CAN REMEMBER
WE COULDN'T RUN TOO FAST."

AND I JUST CAN'T IMAGINE
GETTING GRABBED

OUT OF A CAR AND RUNNING.

RIGHT?

JUST A SECOND.

HE STARTS CRYING.

I JUST THINK OF MY GRANDSON.

SO...

HE REMEMBERED THE WHOLE
INCIDENT LIKE IT WAS YESTERDAY,

AND IT WAS 8, 9, 10,
12 MONTHS LATER ALMOST.

YOU THINK IF I SHOW
YOU THESE FACES,

YOU CAN REMEMBER WHO WAS
WITH YOU IN THE CAR THAT NIGHT?

I SHOWED HIM PICTURES
OF THE THREE INDIVIDUALS

AND -- AND LIONEL...

AND SOME OTHERS
THAT HE WOULD NEVER HAVE KNOWN.

YOU SURE IT'S THIS GUY?

AND HE PICKED OUT THE FOUR,
AND HE DIDN'T KNOW THE OTHERS,

SO HE WAS CREDIBLE,

SO IT MADE HER CREDIBLE.

OKAY, BEN.
YOU DID A REAL GOOD JOB.

- OKAY?
- OKAY.

- LET'S GET YOU BACK TO YOUR MOM.
- OKAY.

DETECTIVES ARE NOW
CERTAIN THAT LIONEL

AND HIS ACCOMPLICES
ARE RESPONSIBLE

FOR THE MURDER

OF VIRGINIA JOHANNESSEN.

THERE WAS A BIG BREAK,

AND FOUR MEN WERE ARRESTED.

WHAT I WAS FEELING
WHEN THEY TOLD ME WAS,

"GOOD. I'M GLAD."

AND THEN THERE WAS,
"WAIT A SECOND.

THIS ISN'T
OVER WITH YET, IS IT?"

LIONEL WAS TRIED,
HAD HIS OWN TRIAL.

THE OTHER THREE
WERE TRIED TOGETHER.

LIONEL LANE WAS FOUND GUILTY.

LIONEL LANE IS
SENTENCED TO 60 YEARS IN PRISON,

BUT A JURY ACQUITS
THE THREE OTHER MEN.

MEANWHILE, THE SECOND MURDER
REMAINS UNSOLVED,

AND THE ONLY EVIDENCE
POINTS TO ED TENNEY.

MY BELIEF WAS ED TENNEY HAD
SOMETHING TO DO WITH HER MURDER.

HE WAS CAUGHT WITH
ONE OF THE TWO GUNS

THAT WAS USED
AT THE OBERWEIS MURDER

ABOUT 13 DAYS AFTER THE MURDER.

LET'S SEE IF I CAN FIND SOMEBODY

THAT TENNEY MAY HAVE TOLD ABOUT
THE MURDER OF JILL OBERWEIS,

AND THAT'S WHERE I WENT.

ONE OF THE PEOPLE
THAT TENNEY WAS LIVING WITH

AT THE TIME OF THE OBERWEIS
MURDER WAS DONALD LIPPERT.

DONALD LIPPERT AND ED TENNEY
ARE COUSINS.

DONNY LIPPERT HAD BEEN
IN JAIL FOR A BURGLARY,

SO I KNOW NOW HE'S A BURGLAR.

I KNOW TENNEY'S A BURGLAR.

I KNOW THESE TWO HOMES
WERE BURGLARIZED

WHEN THE PEOPLE WERE KILLED.

I HAD A DETECTIVE ASSIGNED
TO GO PICK THEM UP

AND BRING THEM TO ME.

DONNY CAME IN.

ALL RIGHT, DONNY.
OVER HERE.

I BELIEVED THAT DONALD LIPPERT
WAS MY PATH

TO RESOLVE THE CRIME.

YOU JUST KIND OF HAVE
TO TALK TO HIM.

GO EASY AT FIRST, LET HIM TALK.

AT ONE POINT, HE STARTED
QUIVERING, CRYING A LITTLE BIT.

HIS WHOLE DEMEANOR CHANGED,
AND NOW HE WAS A LOT QUIETER,

AND THEN HE STARTED
MAKING ADMISSIONS.

THAT'S HUGE.

I WAS CONTACTED BY
DONNY LIPPERT'S FATHER.

HE LED US TO TWO STORAGE
UNIT PROPERTIES

IN ST. CHARLES,
ILLINOIS THAT HE HAD.

I THINK HE WAS TRYING TO HELP
HIS SON

SO HE DIDN'T GET LIFE,
MAYBE GET A LESSER PRISON TERM.

I CAME IN HERE THE OTHER DAY
AND FOUND ALL THIS STUFF.

I THOUGHT YOU SHOULD KNOW.

BOTH DONALD LIPPERT
AND ED TENNEY

HAVE ACCESS
TO THE STORAGE FACILITY.

BURGERT.

MADONNA HIGH, 1934.

HER RING.

I COULDN'T HAVE WROTE THIS
IN A MILLION YEARS.

WITH THE DISCOVERY OF
VIRGINIA JOHANNESSEN'S

STOLEN RING,

DETECTIVES NOW BELIEVE
ED TENNEY AND DONALD LIPPERT

WERE INVOLVED IN HER MURDER.

YOU'RE DOING THE RIGHT THING,
DONNY.

WHAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND
IS WHERE LIONEL LANE

FITS INTO ALL OF THIS.

WHO?

LIONEL LANE, THE GUY WE CHARGED
WITH THE JOHANNESSEN MURDER.

I DON'T KNOW
NO LIONEL LANE, MAN.

HE DIDN'T KNOW
WHO LIONEL LANE EVEN WAS.

AND THEY SAID,
"LIONEL, IT WASN'T YOUR GUY."

OTHER THAN MY PARENTS DYING,

PROBABLY THE WORST DAY
OF MY LIFE.

NOT IN A MILLION YEARS
DID I THINK LIONEL LANE

WASN'T RESPONSIBLE
FOR JOHANNESSEN,

NOT IN A MILLION YEARS.

IT WAS HARD.

I PUT A GUY AWAY FOR, I THINK
60 YEARS, I THINK HE GOT.

IT WAS TOUGH.

SOMETIMES, THE WHEELS
OF JUSTICE DON'T MOVE QUICKLY,

BUT THEY DID MOVE
REALLY QUICKLY

RELEASING LIONEL LANE
FROM PRISON.

WELL, THE BOTTOM LINE,
LORI HAD HER DATES WRONG.

SHE WAS WITH THESE GUYS
AND HER SON IN APRIL,

AND THEY DID A BURGLARY,
NOT THE HOMICIDE.

SHE'S FOUR MONTHS OFF
ON HER TIMELINE.

THAT WAS THE PROBLEM.

IT WAS ANOTHER INCIDENT,
NOT THE HOMICIDE.

WELL, ED TENNEY
IS NOW IN CUSTODY

AT AURORA POLICE DEPARTMENT.

WE GET HIM IN AN INTERVIEW ROOM,
FIND OUT WHAT REALLY HAPPENED.

YOU KNOW,
THERE'S STILL SOMETHING

I CAN'T QUITE FIGURE OUT,
ED.

YEAH? WHAT'S THAT?

JILL OBERWEIS' HOUSE,

YOU DIDN'T STEAL ANYTHING.

YOU HAD NO INTENTION
OF ROBBING HER, DID YOU?

SO WHY'D YOU KILL HER?

TENNEY WAS JUST AN EVIL,
EVIL PERSON.

YOU COULD SENSE THAT.
HE OBVIOUSLY ENJOYED IT.

LET ME TELL YOU WHAT I THINK.

YOU DIDN'T GO THERE TO STEAL
FROM THOSE WOMEN.

YOU WENT THERE TO MURDER THEM.

VIRGINIA JOHANNESSEN'S RING...

...IT HAS NO VALUE.

YOU DIDN'T TRY TO SELL IT.

NO, YOU PUT IT IN A BOX,
AND YOU KEPT IT IN STORAGE.

WHY'D YOU TAKE THE RING, ED?

I'LL TELL YOU WHY.

THIS IS A TROPHY,
ISN'T IT?

ISN'T IT, ED?

TROPHIES, SOUVENIRS, WHICHEVER,
IT'S THE SAME CONCEPT

EVEN IF THEY DON'T DARE
SHOW THEM TO ANYBODY ELSE.

THEY CAN LOOK AT IT AND SAY,
"SEE WHAT I DID?"

THIS WAS JUST A HINT OF

THE KIND OF UGLY
WE WERE DEALING WITH.

YOU'RE NOT A THIEF.

YOU'RE A SERIAL KILLER.

YOU MUST THINK
I'M PRETTY EVIL.

EVIL ENOUGH TO LET
AN INNOCENT MAN GO TO PRISON.

THAT'S ON YOUR CONSCIENCE

NOT MINE.

WHEN TENNEY WAS CONVICTED,

I WALKED INTO THE PLACE

I WAS WORKING IN MADISON
AT THE TIME,

AND I WALKED INTO THE OFFICE

THE FIRST THING THAT MORNING
AND JUST TOOK THE WHITE BOARD

AND JUST WROTE GUILTY, GUILTY,
GUILTY ALL THE WAY ACROSS IT.

AND, YOU KNOW, IT WAS
VERY SATISFYING TO DO THAT.

I HAVE A FAITH AND TRUST
IN THE UNIVERSE.

THE JUSTICE SYSTEM WORKS
PRETTY WELL SOMETIMES.

I CAN HEAR HER.

I CAN HEAR HER SAYING,
"BARB, YOU GOT THIS."

I STILL TALK TO HER.

WHAT WOULD YOU WANT TO SAY
TO YOUR MOM?

I MISS YOU.

I HOPE YOU'RE PROUD OF ME.