Forensic Files (1996–…): Season 13, Episode 35 - Covet Thy Neighbor - full transcript
>> Narrator: UP NEXT, A
COLLEGE CO-ED VANISHES WITHOUT A
TRACE.
>> THE TELEVISION WAS STILL ON.
IT WAS ALMOST AS IF HER
ACTIVITIES HAD BEEN INTERRUPTED.
>> IT'S JUST REALLY SCARY TO
THINK ABOUT -- THAT IT HAPPENED
HERE.
>> Narrator: HER FELLOW STUDENTS
PRAYED FOR HER SAFE RETURN.
POLICE FEARED HER ABDUCTOR MIGHT
BE AMONG THEM.
>> EVERYBODY WAS A SUSPECT, BUT
WE HAD NO DIRECTION TO GO.
>> Narrator: EVENTUALLY THE
TRAIL LED TO A BARN FIRE
HUNDREDS OF MILES AWAY.
A SENSELESS MURDER WITH NO
MOTIVE.
SCIENCE PLAYED A BIG PART IN
OLAMIDE ADEYOOYE'S LIFE.
EVER SINCE SHE WAS A LITTLE
GIRL, SHE DREAMT OF A CAREER IN
MEDICAL RESEARCH.
AND SHE WAS HALFWAY THERE,
ENTERING HER SENIOR YEAR AT
ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY.
>> OLAMIDE LIKED SCIENCE A LOT.
I COULD DEFINITELY SEE HER GOING
INTO THE FORENSIC FIELD, WORKING
IN A LABORATORY, DOING DNA
ANALYSIS.
>> Narrator: OLAMIDE WORKED HER
WAY THROUGH SCHOOL AS A
WAITRESS.
FRIDAY NIGHTS WERE USUALLY THE
BUSIEST, SO IT WAS UNUSUAL WHEN
OLAMIDE DIDN'T SHOW UP ONE
FRIDAY WHEN SHE WAS SCHEDULED.
THE NEXT DAY, SHE DIDN'T ANSWER
REPEATED CALLS TO HER APARTMENT
AND CELLPHONE.
>> HER FRIENDS AND FAMILY BEGAN
TO BECOME MORE WORRIED ABOUT
OLAMIDE -- NOT BEING ABLE TO GET
AHOLD OF HER.
>> Narrator: OLAMIDE'S CAR WAS
GONE, HER APARTMENT LOCKED.
WHEN POLICE ENTERED OLAMIDE'S
APARTMENT, THEY DISCOVERED HER
PURSE AND HER WALLET WERE THERE.
HER CELLPHONE WAS ON THE SOFA
WITH MORE THAN 60 UNANSWERED
MESSAGES.
THE TELEVISION WAS ON.
IT LOOKED AS IF SHE HAD JUST
GOTTEN UP AND LEFT, UNTIL POLICE
ENTERED HER BEDROOM.
>> THE SEARCH REVEALED A LARGE
PILE OF CLOTHING ON THE BEDROOM
FLOOR.
WHEN WE SYSTEMATICALLY WENT
THROUGH EACH PIECE OF CLOTHING,
WE BEGAN TO SEE STAINS OF
BLEACH.
>> THE ODOR OF BLEACH LEADS ALL
OF US TO BELIEVE THAT SOMEONE
WAS TRYING TO COVER UP OR CLEAN
UP A CRIME.
>> Narrator: UNDERNEATH THE
CLOTHING WAS A LARGE BLOODSTAIN.
>> THE BLOOD WAS TESTED AT THAT
TIME, AND IT WAS ULTIMATELY
IDENTIFIED BACK TO OLAMIDE.
>> Narrator: THEY ALSO FOUND A
BLOOD TRAIL LEADING OUTSIDE.
>> THERE WERE BLOOD DROPS DOWN
THE BACK PORCH, DOWN THE BACK
STEPS, DOWN ACROSS THE PARKING
LOT, ENDING ABOUT A FOOT FROM
WHERE THE TRUNK OF OLAMIDE'S
CAR WOULD HAVE BEEN.
>> SOMEONE COULD HAVE SILENTLY
CARRIED HER DOWN THE STAIRS AND
PLACED HER IN A VEHICLE IN THE
DARKNESS.
>> Narrator: ALTHOUGH OLAMIDE
LIVED IN AN APARTMENT
OFF CAMPUS, HER DISAPPEARANCE
STRUCK FEAR AMONG THE STUDENTS.
>> YOU'RE A YOUNG FEMALE WALKING
AROUND CAMPUS -- I HAVE A NIGHT
CLASS, SO, USUALLY WHEN I GET
OUT OF SCHOOL, I WALK HOME.
AND IT'S JUST REALLY SCARY TO
THINK ABOUT -- THAT IT HAPPENED
HERE.
>> Narrator: "MISSING" POSTERS
WERE PUT ALL OVER CAMPUS AND THE
SURROUNDING COMMUNITY.
DAYS WENT BY, BUT THERE WAS
STILL NO SIGN OF OLAMIDE.
>> I'M TRYING TO DO EVERYTHING I
CAN.
I MEAN, I KNOW SHE'D BE DOING
THE SAME THING FOR ME.
>> Narrator: AS THE SEARCH
ENTERED ITS SECOND WEEK,
INVESTIGATORS GOT A POTENTIAL
BREAK FROM A SMALL TOWN 700
MILES AWAY.
>> A POLICE OFFICER IN
MISSISSIPPI HAD HEARD ABOUT
OLAMIDE AND HER DISAPPEARANCE BY
THE NEWS MEDIA.
>> Narrator: HE TOLD ILLINOIS
POLICE ABOUT A BODY THEY'D FOUND
AFTER A RECENT BARN FIRE THEY
HAD IN MISSISSIPPI.
THE FIRE WAS AN ARSON, AND ALL
THEY KNEW WAS THAT THE VICTIM
WAS A YOUNG FEMALE.
>> POLICE WERE ABLE TO GET THE
DENTAL RECORDS OF OLAMIDE FROM
HER FAMILY DENTIST.
THE RECORDS, ALONG WITH THE
REMAINS, WERE TAKEN TO A
FORENSIC ODONTOLOGIST, AND HE
WAS ABLE TO POSITIVELY IDENTIFY
THE REMAINS AS OLAMIDE.
>> IT PROBABLY IS THE WORST
FEELING I'VE EVER FELT.
I FELT HORRIBLE FOR HER MOTHER,
I FELT HORRIBLE FOR HER BROTHER.
IT BLOWS MY MIND FOR SOMEONE TO
THINK THAT THEY CAN KIND OF PLAY
GOD AND TAKE SOMEONE ELSE'S
LIFE.
>> Narrator: INVESTIGATORS NOW
WONDERED WHO KILLED OLAMIDE AND
WHY HE TOOK HER TO MISSISSIPPI.
[ GOSPEL CHOIR SINGING ]
>> Narrator: STUDENTS AND
FACULTY OF
ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY
GATHERED ON CAMPUS TO REMEMBER
OLAMIDE ADEYOOYE.
>> SHE PUSHED PEOPLE TO BE THEIR
BEST.
SHE WANTED EVERYONE TO BE THEIR
BEST, INCLUDING HERSELF.
>> Narrator: HER FAMILY WAS
UNDERSTANDABLY FRUSTRATED, NOT
KNOWING WHO WAS RESPONSIBLE OR
WHY.
>> WHEN YOU THINK OF OLAMIDE,
REMEMBER THE YOUNG, BEAUTIFUL
WOMAN WHO HAD A HUNGER FOR
KNOWLEDGE, INTELLIGENCE, AND WHO
WANTED TO HELP OTHERS.
>> Narrator: AT THE AUTOPSY, THE
MEDICAL EXAMINER CONCLUDED THAT
OLAMIDE'S DEATH OCCURRED LONG
BEFORE THE FIRE STARTED.
>> THE CAUSE OF DEATH, IN THE
MEDICAL EXAMINER'S OPINION, WAS
EXSANGUINATION, WHICH MEANS LOSS
OF BLOOD DUE TO A PENETRATING
INJURY.
>> Narrator: INVESTIGATORS BEGAN
THEIR SEARCH FOR THE KILLER BY
LOOKING INTO OLAMIDE'S FRIENDS,
ASSOCIATES, ANY POSSIBLE
ENEMIES, AND, CERTAINLY, ANYONE
WHO HAD TIES TO MISSISSIPPI.
ON THE NIGHT OLAMIDE
DISAPPEARED, FRIENDS SAID, SHE
HAD A DATE PLANNED WITH A NEW
BOYFRIEND.
>> WE HAD TALKED ABOUT HOW SHE
WAS EXCITED ABOUT GOING OUT ON A
DATE WITH A GENTLEMAN NAMED
PARTIECE.
>> Narrator: PARTIECE WAS
25-YEAR-OLD PARTIECE HARVESTER,
A CRIMINAL-JUSTICE MAJOR AT THE
UNIVERSITY.
WHEN INTERVIEWED BY POLICE,
PARTIECE CLAIMED OLAMIDE
CANCELED THEIR DATE AT THE LAST
MINUTE.
CANCELED THEIR DATE AT THE LAST
MINUTE.
PARTIECE DENIED ANY INVOLVEMENT
IN THE CRIME.
>> THE FACT THAT SHE HAD
CANCELED A DATE WITH A GUY ON
THE VERY NIGHT THAT SHE'S LAST
SEEN ALIVE IS CERTAINLY
SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA JUMP OUT.
>> Narrator: ANOTHER SUSPECT WAS
OLAMIDE'S FORMER BOYFRIEND
ANDY FOLEY, A GUITAR PLAYER IN A
BAND.
THE TWO HAD RECENTLY BROKEN UP.
>> THEY LOVED EACH OTHER A LOT,
BUT IT WAS DEFINITELY HARD FOR
THEM TO BE AWAY FROM EACH OTHER
FOR SUCH A LONG PERIOD OF TIME.
>> Narrator: BUT FOLEY PROVIDED
AN AIRTIGHT ALIBI.
>> ANDY WAS ACTUALLY ON TOUR,
AND HE WAS ACTUALLY ON THE EAST
COAST, AND OTHER BAND MEMBERS OF
HIS VERIFIED HIS WHEREABOUTS ON
THE NIGHT OF HER DISAPPEARANCE.
>> Narrator: SOMETHING ELSE
HAPPENED ON THE DAY SHE
DISAPPEARED -- OLAMIDE TOLD
FRIENDS ABOUT AN INCIDENT THAT
HAPPENED WHILE SHE WAS TAKING A
SHOWER IN THE AFTERNOON.
>> HEY, OLA!
>> Narrator: ONE OF OLAMIDE'S
FORMER ROOMMATES,
ASHLEY TODD MARTIN, HAD ENTERED
OLAMIDE'S APARTMENT UNINVITED
THROUGH THE UNLOCKED FRONT DOOR.
>> I'M IN THE SHOWER.
>> THIS APPARENTLY ANGERED
OLAMIDE.
ASHLEY'S ATTITUDE WAS, "WHY
DON'T YOU HAVE YOUR DOOR LOCKED
WHILE YOU'RE TAKING A SHOWER?"
>> Narrator: OLAMIDE AND ASHLEY
HAD RECENTLY DECIDED TO LIVE
SEPARATELY.
>> OLAMIDE DIDN'T WANT TO BE
AROUND THIS GIRL ANYMORE.
ACCORDING TO OLAMIDE'S CLOSE
FRIENDS FROM HOME, THIS GIRL
SEEMED TO BE A BAD INFLUENCE ON
OLAMIDE, AND THEY WERE CONCERNED
ABOUT OLAMIDE'S RELATIONSHIP
WITH THIS GIRL.
>> I'D HEARD THEM HAVE A COUPLE
OF FIGHTS, SOMETIMES.
YOU KNOW, I'D BE ON THE PHONE
AND THEY'D BE FIGHTING WITH EACH
OTHER, AND IT JUST -- SHE WASN'T
NORMAL WHEN SHE FOUGHT WITH HER.
IT WASN'T THE OLAMIDE THAT I
KNEW.
>> Narrator: ASHLEY TODD MARTIN
VEHEMENTLY DENIED ANY
INVOLVEMENT IN OLAMIDE'S
DISAPPEARANCE, BUT POLICE
THOUGHT HER CONSTANT APPEARANCES
ON TELEVISION NEWSCASTS TO
DISCUSS OLAMIDE WERE SUSPICIOUS.
>> IT'S, LIKE, I FEEL BAD, I
FEEL GUILTY, BUT I'M JUST GLAD
THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO SIT HERE
AND WONDER WHETHER SHE'S BEING
HURT OR TORTURED OR, YOU KNOW --
SHE'S JUST PEACEFUL NOW.
>> IT APPEARED TO BE MORE ABOUT
ASHLEY THAN ABOUT OLAMIDE.
>> Narrator: SINCE THERE WERE NO
SIGNS OF FORCED ENTRY INTO
OLAMIDE ADEYOOYE'S APARTMENT,
INVESTIGATORS WORKED UNDER THE
ASSUMPTION THAT OLAMIDE WAS
ACQUAINTED WITH HER KILLER.
AN INFORMANT CALLED POLICE,
SUGGESTING OLAMIDE'S NEIGHBOR
MIGHT HAVE BEEN RESPONSIBLE.
>> WE WERE CONTACTED BY A WOMAN
WHO HAD SEEN THE NEWS COVERAGE
OF OLAMIDE'S DISAPPEARANCE.
>> THIS WOMAN WAS CONCERNED THAT
AN EX-BOYFRIEND OF HERS MAY HAVE
BEEN INVOLVED IN OLAMIDE'S
DISAPPEARANCE.
>> Narrator: THE MAN WAS
27-YEAR-OLD MAURICE WALLACE.
HE LIVED IN A BUILDING ABOUT 100
YARDS FROM OLAMIDE'S APARTMENT.
THOUGH NOT A COLLEGE STUDENT,
WALLACE HAD BEEN LIVING ON OR
NEAR CAMPUS FOR YEARS.
MANY STUDENTS REMEMBERED HIM,
AND NOT FONDLY.
>> [ SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY ]
HEY, COME ON! COME ON!
BRING IT OVER HERE, DAWG!
>> HE WOULD INVITE HIMSELF TO
PARTIES.
PEOPLE DESCRIBED HIM AS KIND OF
CREEPY AND STRANGE -- WOMEN,
ESPECIALLY.
>> HE WASN'T A STUDENT.
HE WASN'T A MEMBER OF THE
COMMUNITY.
HE WAS...A BAD PERSON.
HE WAS A BAD PERSON.
AND MYSELF AND 25,000 OTHER
20-SOMETHINGS IN NORMAL WILL
ATTEST TO THAT.
>> Narrator: A BACKGROUND CHECK
REVEALED MAURICE WALLACE HAD
SERVED FOUR MONTHS IN JAIL
SHORTLY BEFORE OLAMIDE'S MURDER.
>> MAURICE WALLACE HAD ASSAULTED
AND BATTERED SOMEONE IN A
TAXICAB.
IT WAS A SITUATION WHERE HE
DIDN'T KNOW THE VICTIM PRIOR TO
THE ASSAULT, AND IT WAS ANOTHER
EXAMPLE OF HIS UNPREDICTABILITY
AND AGGRESSIVENESS.
>> Narrator: AFTER HE WAS
RELEASED, WALLACE HAD TROUBLE
FINDING WORK, AND HE TOLD A
FORMER GIRLFRIEND HE WAS
PLANNING TO COMMIT VIOLENCE.
>> HE HAD SAID SOME VERY
DISTURBING THINGS.
HE WAS GOING TO MAKE A NAME FOR
HIMSELF OR BECOME A MARTYR
BY GOING OUT AND KILLING
SOMEONE.
>> Narrator: WALLACE ALSO
EXPRESSED HIS OPINIONS ON RACE.
>> HE SEEMED TO HAVE A LOT OF
OPINIONS ABOUT SOCIETY AND
RACISM AND HIS TAKE ON WHAT WAS
WRONG WITH SOCIETY AS A WHOLE.
HE HAD INDICATED THAT HE WANTED
TO MARRY A NIGERIAN WOMAN.
>> Narrator: WITNESSES SAID
OLAMIDE AND WALLACE MET ONCE AND
THAT WALLACE TOLD OLAMIDE HE
OBJECTED TO HER DATING WHITE
MEN.
>> THERE WAS ONE OCCASION WHERE
HE HAD ATTENDED A PARTY, AND
OLAMIDE WAS THERE AND HE WAS
KIND OF HARASSING OLAMIDE ABOUT
HER BOYFRIEND.
>> Narrator: BUT WAS THIS A
POSSIBLE MOTIVE FOR MURDER?
>> WE THINK HE MAY HAVE BEEN
UPSET WITH HER.
"SHE'S PART OF THE PROBLEM
BECAUSE SHE'S NOT PROMOTING HER
RACE.
SHE'S A 'SELLOUT'" -- IF THAT'S
THE TERM THAT HE WOULD USE.
>> Narrator: WHEN POLICE WENT TO
QUESTION HIM, HE WAS GONE.
NEIGHBORS SAID HE HADN'T BEEN
AROUND SINCE OLAMIDE WENT
MISSING.
>> HE DID NOT HAVE A VEHICLE,
AND THE FACT THAT OLAMIDE'S
VEHICLE WAS MISSING HAD POINTED
EVEN MORE DIRECTLY TOWARDS
WALLACE.
>> Narrator: NATIONWIDE ALERTS
WERE ISSUED FOR WALLACE AND FOR
OLAMIDE'S CAR.
>> WHEN WE SAY THAT, "YES, WE
HAVE REASON TO BELIEVE THAT HE
IS INVOLVED OR HAS KNOWLEDGE,"
THAT DOES NOT RULE OUT THAT
THERE COULD BE OTHER
INDIVIDUALS.
THERE VERY WELL COULD BE.
SO WE'RE STILL LOOKING AT THAT,
BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ALL OF THE
PIECES PUT TOGETHER YET.
>> Narrator: WALLACE'S
CREDIT-CARD ACTIVITY SHOWED HE
PURCHASED GASOLINE IN
MISSISSIPPI THE DAY AFTER
OLAMIDE DISAPPEARED.
THE GAS STATION WAS NEAR THE
BARN WHERE OLAMIDE'S BODY WAS
DISCOVERED.
>> WHAT WE HOPED TO FIND OUT
WAS -- DID HE PURCHASE GAS OR AN
ACCELERANT THERE THAT COULD BE
USED TO START THE FIRE?
>> Narrator: UNFORTUNATELY,
THERE WERE NO VIDEO-SURVEILLANCE
CAMERAS AT THAT GAS STATION.
INVESTIGATORS DISCOVERED WALLACE
DID HAVE A CONNECTION TO
MISSISSIPPI.
>> WALLACE HAD SOME CONNECTION
TO MISSISSIPPI, IN THAT HE HAD
SOME RELATIVES THAT WERE THERE.
>> Narrator: WHILE INVESTIGATORS
SEARCHED FOR WALLACE, THEY ALSO
HAD TO SEARCH FOR FORENSIC
EVIDENCE, AND THEY WEREN'T
HAVING MUCH LUCK INSIDE
OLAMIDE'S APARTMENT.
>> IT'S A COMMON MISCONCEPTION
THAT THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF
FINGERPRINTS LEFT AT EVERY CRIME
SCENE.
AND A LOT OF TIMES YOU MAY ONLY
FIND ONE OR YOU MAY FIND NONE.
>> Narrator: SINCE THE CRIME WAS
COMMITTED AT NIGHT,
INVESTIGATORS ASSUMED THE KILLER
WOULD HAVE TURNED OFF THE LIGHTS
AFTER CLEANING UP THE BLOOD.
BUT THERE WERE NO VISIBLE
BLOODSTAINS ON THE LIGHT SWITCH
BY THE DOOR.
>> THAT WHOLE AREA WAS ACTUALLY
BROUGHT INTO THE LABORATORY --
THEY CUT OUT THE WALL AND TOOK
THE LIGHT SWITCH AND BROUGHT IN
ALL OF THAT TO US.
>> Narrator: ANALYSTS VIEWED THE
SWITCH PLATE WITH OBLIQUE, OR
ANGLED, LIGHTING.
>> WE TAKE VARIOUS DIFFERENT
TYPES OF LIGHT SOURCES, AND WE
BRING THEM IN FROM THE SIDE,
FROM THE FRONT, AND DO A LOT OF
TILTING WITH THE EVIDENCE IN
ORDER TO LOOK AT IT ON THE
SURFACE TO SEE IF WE CAN SEE
ANYTHING ON THE SURFACE ITSELF.
>> Narrator: AND THAT'S WHERE
THEY FOUND A SINGLE HIGH-QUALITY
FINGERPRINT, AND IT LOOKED LIKE
IT WAS IN PLASMA.
>> NOT ALL BLOOD IS RED OR
BROWNISH LIKE YOU WOULD THINK.
THERE ARE OTHER COMPONENTS IN
THE BLOOD THAT ARE CLEAR.
THE PLASMA IS A CLEAR SUBSTANCE,
AND IT TENDS TO SEPARATE OUT
FROM THE RED PART OF THE BLOOD.
>> Narrator: DNA TESTING SHOWED
THE BLOOD WAS OLAMIDE'S, WHICH
MEANT THE PRINT PROBABLY
BELONGED TO WHOEVER HARMED HER.
>> THAT WAS KEY.
THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT OF
INNOCENT EXPLANATION FOR THAT.
IT'S LIKE FINDING A PRINT OF HER
BLOOD ON A MURDER WEAPON.
>> Narrator: BUT WHERE WAS
MAURICE WALLACE?
>> Narrator: INVESTIGATORS FOUND
A FINGERPRINT ON THE LIGHT
SWITCH IN OLAMIDE ADEYOOYE'S
APARTMENT.
THE PRINT DIDN'T MATCH OLAMIDE'S
FORMER ROOMMATE
ASHLEY TODD MARTIN OR ANY OF THE
OTHER SUSPECTS QUESTIONED IN THE
CASE.
BUT POLICE WERE STILL SEARCHING
FOR THEIR PRIME SUSPECT,
MAURICE WALLACE.
ACCORDING TO HIS CREDIT-CARD
ACTIVITY, HE WAS TRAVELING
THROUGHOUT THE SOUTHERN
UNITED STATES.
TO TRACK HIM MORE CLOSELY,
INVESTIGATORS FOCUSED ON HIS
CELLPHONE ACTIVITY.
>> THROUGH CELLULAR-PHONE
FORENSICS, WE WERE ABLE TO
LOCATE, VERY SPECIFICALLY, WHERE
MAURICE WALLACE WAS, IN REAL
TIME.
>> Narrator: WHEN WALLACE MADE
A CALL FROM A SHOPPING MALL IN
ATLANTA, GEORGIA, POLICE WERE
STANDING BY.
[ TIRES SQUEAL ]
>> POLICE! DON'T MOVE!
DON'T MOVE!
[ SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY ]
PUT YOUR HANDS ON THE WHEEL NOW!
>> WHEN POLICE ARRESTED
MAURICE WALLACE, THEY FOUND
OLAMIDE'S KEYS IN HIS
POSSESSION, WHICH WAS A BIG
GIVEAWAY AT THAT POINT.
>> Narrator: WALLACE WASN'T
DRIVING OLAMIDE'S CAR.
HE WAS DRIVING A RENTAL CAR
INSTEAD.
>> THERE WAS A GAS CAN THAT WAS
LOCATED IN HIS RENTAL VEHICLE.
WE SUSPECTED IT MAY HAVE BEEN
USED TO START THIS FIRE.
>> Narrator: WALLACE DENIED ANY
INVOLVEMENT IN OLAMIDE'S MURDER.
>> Narrator: WALLACE DENIED ANY
INVOLVEMENT IN OLAMIDE'S MURDER.
WHEN POLICE LEFT THE ROOM,
WALLACE WAS ALONE.
UNAWARE HE WAS BEING RECORDED,
HE MADE WHAT LOOKED LIKE A
SPEECH TO HIMSELF.
THIS REVEALED A POTENTIAL MOTIVE
FOR OLAMIDE'S MURDER.
>> WE THINK HE MAY HAVE BEEN
UPSET WITH HER FOR DATING A
WHITE MAN.
>> Narrator: WHEN POLICE
COMPARED WALLACE'S FINGERPRINT
TO THE BLOODY FINGERPRINT FOUND
IN OLAMIDE'S BEDROOM, IT WAS A
MATCH.
10 DAYS AFTER WALLACE'S ARREST,
POLICE FOUND OLAMIDE'S CAR
ABANDONED IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA
OF ATLANTA.
OLAMIDE'S BLOOD WAS DISCOVERED
IN THE TRUNK.
THEY ALSO FOUND BLOODY
FINGERPRINTS ON THE REARVIEW
MIRROR.
>> I WAS ABLE, THEN, TO POWDER
AND LIFT THOSE IMPRESSIONS AND
THEN LIFT THEM OFF OF THE
REARVIEW MIRROR AND THEN DO A
COMPARISON.
>> Narrator: ONE OF THESE WAS
MAURICE WALLACE'S THUMBPRINT.
DNA TESTING IDENTIFIED THE BLOOD
AS OLAMIDE'S.
INVESTIGATORS ALSO FOUND
EVIDENCE ON WALLACE'S JEANS.
>> TO THE NAKED EYE, IT DIDN'T
APPEAR THAT THERE WAS ANYTHING
UNUSUAL ABOUT THEM.
HOWEVER, LATER, FORENSIC TESTING
FOUND THERE WAS BLOOD ON THOSE
PANTS.
>> Narrator: AND THAT BLOOD WAS
OLAMIDE'S -- DEFINITIVE PROOF
THAT WALLACE WAS HER KILLER.
POLICE BELIEVE OLAMIDE LET
WALLACE INTO HER APARTMENT.
SHE KNEW HIM FROM THE
NEIGHBORHOOD.
ONCE INSIDE, HE MAY HAVE MADE A
SEXUAL ADVANCE AND WAS REJECTED.
HE THEN SNAPPED.
>> [ SHOUTING ]
>> Narrator: HE STABBED OLAMIDE,
GETTING BLOOD ON HIS JEANS.
HE WRAPPED HER BODY IN A
BLANKET AND PUT OLAMIDE'S BODY
IN THE TRUNK OF HER CAR.
HE TRIED TO CLEAN THE
BLOODSTAINS WITH DETERGENT FOUND
IN THE APARTMENT.
BUT AS HE TURNED OFF THE LIGHT,
HE LEFT HIS FINGERPRINT ON THE
SWITCH PLATE IN PLASMA AND LEFT
HIS BLOODY THUMBPRINT ON THE
REARVIEW MIRROR...
THEN DROVE TO MISSISSIPPI TO
BURN HER BODY.
HE FOUND AN OLD BARN, PUT
OLAMIDE'S BODY INSIDE, THEN SET
IT ON FIRE.
THE ENTIRE BARN BURNED TO THE
GROUND.
FORENSIC ODONTOLOGY IDENTIFIED
HER REMAINS, ALTHOUGH WALLACE
PROBABLY THOUGHT NO ONE IN
MISSISSIPPI WOULD CONNECT THIS
FIRE TO A GIRL'S DISAPPEARANCE
IN ILLINOIS.
OLAMIDE'S FRIENDS AND FAMILY SAY
THE OUTSTANDING WORK OF THE
INVESTIGATORS AND SCIENTISTS
MARKED THE END OF A LONG,
DIFFICULT STRUGGLE.
>> SHE WAS A GREAT PERSON, AND
SHE WAS ALWAYS LOVING AND OPEN.
AND AS MUCH AS THAT'S A GREAT
QUALITY, IT CAN ALSO BE SOMEWHAT
OF A DOWNFALL, BECAUSE THE WORLD
CAN BE VERY UGLY, AND YOU DON'T
KNOW WHO IS OUT THERE.
>> Narrator: IN DECEMBER OF
2005, MAURICE WALLACE WAS
CHARGED WITH FIRST-DEGREE
MURDER.
HIS ABERRANT BEHAVIOR DIDN'T
END WITH HIS ARREST.
>> MAURICE WALLACE WAS VERY
COMBATIVE DURING COURT HEARINGS.
ONE OCCASION, HE SPIT ON THE
FLOOR AS HE ENTERED THE
COURTROOM...
TALKING WHEN HE WAS NOT SUPPOSED
TO BE TALKING...
INTERRUPTING THE JUDGE.
>> Narrator: BECAUSE OF THE
EVIDENCE AGAINST HIM, WALLACE
PLED GUILTY AND WAS SENTENCED TO
LIFE IN PRISON.
>> MAURICE WALLACE IS A
SOCIOPATH.
HE'S EVIL.
HE CERTAINLY KNEW WHAT HE WAS
DOING EVERY STEP OF THE WAY,
HERE.
HE HAD A PLAN.
HE CARRIED IT OUT.
DIDN'T HAVE ANY REGARD TO HIS
VICTIM.
>> HE WAS JUST AN EVIL MAN THAT
DID WHAT HE TOLD HIS FRIEND ON
THE PHONE -- HE WAS GONNA GO OUT
AND KILL SOMEBODY AND TRY TO
MAKE A NAME FOR HIMSELF.
>> WHEN THE VICTIM HAS BEEN
MURDERED OR IS NO LONGER ALIVE,
THE ONLY THING THAT'S LEFT TO BE
ABLE TO SPEAK FOR THAT PERSON IS
THE EVIDENCE ITSELF.
COLLEGE CO-ED VANISHES WITHOUT A
TRACE.
>> THE TELEVISION WAS STILL ON.
IT WAS ALMOST AS IF HER
ACTIVITIES HAD BEEN INTERRUPTED.
>> IT'S JUST REALLY SCARY TO
THINK ABOUT -- THAT IT HAPPENED
HERE.
>> Narrator: HER FELLOW STUDENTS
PRAYED FOR HER SAFE RETURN.
POLICE FEARED HER ABDUCTOR MIGHT
BE AMONG THEM.
>> EVERYBODY WAS A SUSPECT, BUT
WE HAD NO DIRECTION TO GO.
>> Narrator: EVENTUALLY THE
TRAIL LED TO A BARN FIRE
HUNDREDS OF MILES AWAY.
A SENSELESS MURDER WITH NO
MOTIVE.
SCIENCE PLAYED A BIG PART IN
OLAMIDE ADEYOOYE'S LIFE.
EVER SINCE SHE WAS A LITTLE
GIRL, SHE DREAMT OF A CAREER IN
MEDICAL RESEARCH.
AND SHE WAS HALFWAY THERE,
ENTERING HER SENIOR YEAR AT
ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY.
>> OLAMIDE LIKED SCIENCE A LOT.
I COULD DEFINITELY SEE HER GOING
INTO THE FORENSIC FIELD, WORKING
IN A LABORATORY, DOING DNA
ANALYSIS.
>> Narrator: OLAMIDE WORKED HER
WAY THROUGH SCHOOL AS A
WAITRESS.
FRIDAY NIGHTS WERE USUALLY THE
BUSIEST, SO IT WAS UNUSUAL WHEN
OLAMIDE DIDN'T SHOW UP ONE
FRIDAY WHEN SHE WAS SCHEDULED.
THE NEXT DAY, SHE DIDN'T ANSWER
REPEATED CALLS TO HER APARTMENT
AND CELLPHONE.
>> HER FRIENDS AND FAMILY BEGAN
TO BECOME MORE WORRIED ABOUT
OLAMIDE -- NOT BEING ABLE TO GET
AHOLD OF HER.
>> Narrator: OLAMIDE'S CAR WAS
GONE, HER APARTMENT LOCKED.
WHEN POLICE ENTERED OLAMIDE'S
APARTMENT, THEY DISCOVERED HER
PURSE AND HER WALLET WERE THERE.
HER CELLPHONE WAS ON THE SOFA
WITH MORE THAN 60 UNANSWERED
MESSAGES.
THE TELEVISION WAS ON.
IT LOOKED AS IF SHE HAD JUST
GOTTEN UP AND LEFT, UNTIL POLICE
ENTERED HER BEDROOM.
>> THE SEARCH REVEALED A LARGE
PILE OF CLOTHING ON THE BEDROOM
FLOOR.
WHEN WE SYSTEMATICALLY WENT
THROUGH EACH PIECE OF CLOTHING,
WE BEGAN TO SEE STAINS OF
BLEACH.
>> THE ODOR OF BLEACH LEADS ALL
OF US TO BELIEVE THAT SOMEONE
WAS TRYING TO COVER UP OR CLEAN
UP A CRIME.
>> Narrator: UNDERNEATH THE
CLOTHING WAS A LARGE BLOODSTAIN.
>> THE BLOOD WAS TESTED AT THAT
TIME, AND IT WAS ULTIMATELY
IDENTIFIED BACK TO OLAMIDE.
>> Narrator: THEY ALSO FOUND A
BLOOD TRAIL LEADING OUTSIDE.
>> THERE WERE BLOOD DROPS DOWN
THE BACK PORCH, DOWN THE BACK
STEPS, DOWN ACROSS THE PARKING
LOT, ENDING ABOUT A FOOT FROM
WHERE THE TRUNK OF OLAMIDE'S
CAR WOULD HAVE BEEN.
>> SOMEONE COULD HAVE SILENTLY
CARRIED HER DOWN THE STAIRS AND
PLACED HER IN A VEHICLE IN THE
DARKNESS.
>> Narrator: ALTHOUGH OLAMIDE
LIVED IN AN APARTMENT
OFF CAMPUS, HER DISAPPEARANCE
STRUCK FEAR AMONG THE STUDENTS.
>> YOU'RE A YOUNG FEMALE WALKING
AROUND CAMPUS -- I HAVE A NIGHT
CLASS, SO, USUALLY WHEN I GET
OUT OF SCHOOL, I WALK HOME.
AND IT'S JUST REALLY SCARY TO
THINK ABOUT -- THAT IT HAPPENED
HERE.
>> Narrator: "MISSING" POSTERS
WERE PUT ALL OVER CAMPUS AND THE
SURROUNDING COMMUNITY.
DAYS WENT BY, BUT THERE WAS
STILL NO SIGN OF OLAMIDE.
>> I'M TRYING TO DO EVERYTHING I
CAN.
I MEAN, I KNOW SHE'D BE DOING
THE SAME THING FOR ME.
>> Narrator: AS THE SEARCH
ENTERED ITS SECOND WEEK,
INVESTIGATORS GOT A POTENTIAL
BREAK FROM A SMALL TOWN 700
MILES AWAY.
>> A POLICE OFFICER IN
MISSISSIPPI HAD HEARD ABOUT
OLAMIDE AND HER DISAPPEARANCE BY
THE NEWS MEDIA.
>> Narrator: HE TOLD ILLINOIS
POLICE ABOUT A BODY THEY'D FOUND
AFTER A RECENT BARN FIRE THEY
HAD IN MISSISSIPPI.
THE FIRE WAS AN ARSON, AND ALL
THEY KNEW WAS THAT THE VICTIM
WAS A YOUNG FEMALE.
>> POLICE WERE ABLE TO GET THE
DENTAL RECORDS OF OLAMIDE FROM
HER FAMILY DENTIST.
THE RECORDS, ALONG WITH THE
REMAINS, WERE TAKEN TO A
FORENSIC ODONTOLOGIST, AND HE
WAS ABLE TO POSITIVELY IDENTIFY
THE REMAINS AS OLAMIDE.
>> IT PROBABLY IS THE WORST
FEELING I'VE EVER FELT.
I FELT HORRIBLE FOR HER MOTHER,
I FELT HORRIBLE FOR HER BROTHER.
IT BLOWS MY MIND FOR SOMEONE TO
THINK THAT THEY CAN KIND OF PLAY
GOD AND TAKE SOMEONE ELSE'S
LIFE.
>> Narrator: INVESTIGATORS NOW
WONDERED WHO KILLED OLAMIDE AND
WHY HE TOOK HER TO MISSISSIPPI.
[ GOSPEL CHOIR SINGING ]
>> Narrator: STUDENTS AND
FACULTY OF
ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY
GATHERED ON CAMPUS TO REMEMBER
OLAMIDE ADEYOOYE.
>> SHE PUSHED PEOPLE TO BE THEIR
BEST.
SHE WANTED EVERYONE TO BE THEIR
BEST, INCLUDING HERSELF.
>> Narrator: HER FAMILY WAS
UNDERSTANDABLY FRUSTRATED, NOT
KNOWING WHO WAS RESPONSIBLE OR
WHY.
>> WHEN YOU THINK OF OLAMIDE,
REMEMBER THE YOUNG, BEAUTIFUL
WOMAN WHO HAD A HUNGER FOR
KNOWLEDGE, INTELLIGENCE, AND WHO
WANTED TO HELP OTHERS.
>> Narrator: AT THE AUTOPSY, THE
MEDICAL EXAMINER CONCLUDED THAT
OLAMIDE'S DEATH OCCURRED LONG
BEFORE THE FIRE STARTED.
>> THE CAUSE OF DEATH, IN THE
MEDICAL EXAMINER'S OPINION, WAS
EXSANGUINATION, WHICH MEANS LOSS
OF BLOOD DUE TO A PENETRATING
INJURY.
>> Narrator: INVESTIGATORS BEGAN
THEIR SEARCH FOR THE KILLER BY
LOOKING INTO OLAMIDE'S FRIENDS,
ASSOCIATES, ANY POSSIBLE
ENEMIES, AND, CERTAINLY, ANYONE
WHO HAD TIES TO MISSISSIPPI.
ON THE NIGHT OLAMIDE
DISAPPEARED, FRIENDS SAID, SHE
HAD A DATE PLANNED WITH A NEW
BOYFRIEND.
>> WE HAD TALKED ABOUT HOW SHE
WAS EXCITED ABOUT GOING OUT ON A
DATE WITH A GENTLEMAN NAMED
PARTIECE.
>> Narrator: PARTIECE WAS
25-YEAR-OLD PARTIECE HARVESTER,
A CRIMINAL-JUSTICE MAJOR AT THE
UNIVERSITY.
WHEN INTERVIEWED BY POLICE,
PARTIECE CLAIMED OLAMIDE
CANCELED THEIR DATE AT THE LAST
MINUTE.
CANCELED THEIR DATE AT THE LAST
MINUTE.
PARTIECE DENIED ANY INVOLVEMENT
IN THE CRIME.
>> THE FACT THAT SHE HAD
CANCELED A DATE WITH A GUY ON
THE VERY NIGHT THAT SHE'S LAST
SEEN ALIVE IS CERTAINLY
SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA JUMP OUT.
>> Narrator: ANOTHER SUSPECT WAS
OLAMIDE'S FORMER BOYFRIEND
ANDY FOLEY, A GUITAR PLAYER IN A
BAND.
THE TWO HAD RECENTLY BROKEN UP.
>> THEY LOVED EACH OTHER A LOT,
BUT IT WAS DEFINITELY HARD FOR
THEM TO BE AWAY FROM EACH OTHER
FOR SUCH A LONG PERIOD OF TIME.
>> Narrator: BUT FOLEY PROVIDED
AN AIRTIGHT ALIBI.
>> ANDY WAS ACTUALLY ON TOUR,
AND HE WAS ACTUALLY ON THE EAST
COAST, AND OTHER BAND MEMBERS OF
HIS VERIFIED HIS WHEREABOUTS ON
THE NIGHT OF HER DISAPPEARANCE.
>> Narrator: SOMETHING ELSE
HAPPENED ON THE DAY SHE
DISAPPEARED -- OLAMIDE TOLD
FRIENDS ABOUT AN INCIDENT THAT
HAPPENED WHILE SHE WAS TAKING A
SHOWER IN THE AFTERNOON.
>> HEY, OLA!
>> Narrator: ONE OF OLAMIDE'S
FORMER ROOMMATES,
ASHLEY TODD MARTIN, HAD ENTERED
OLAMIDE'S APARTMENT UNINVITED
THROUGH THE UNLOCKED FRONT DOOR.
>> I'M IN THE SHOWER.
>> THIS APPARENTLY ANGERED
OLAMIDE.
ASHLEY'S ATTITUDE WAS, "WHY
DON'T YOU HAVE YOUR DOOR LOCKED
WHILE YOU'RE TAKING A SHOWER?"
>> Narrator: OLAMIDE AND ASHLEY
HAD RECENTLY DECIDED TO LIVE
SEPARATELY.
>> OLAMIDE DIDN'T WANT TO BE
AROUND THIS GIRL ANYMORE.
ACCORDING TO OLAMIDE'S CLOSE
FRIENDS FROM HOME, THIS GIRL
SEEMED TO BE A BAD INFLUENCE ON
OLAMIDE, AND THEY WERE CONCERNED
ABOUT OLAMIDE'S RELATIONSHIP
WITH THIS GIRL.
>> I'D HEARD THEM HAVE A COUPLE
OF FIGHTS, SOMETIMES.
YOU KNOW, I'D BE ON THE PHONE
AND THEY'D BE FIGHTING WITH EACH
OTHER, AND IT JUST -- SHE WASN'T
NORMAL WHEN SHE FOUGHT WITH HER.
IT WASN'T THE OLAMIDE THAT I
KNEW.
>> Narrator: ASHLEY TODD MARTIN
VEHEMENTLY DENIED ANY
INVOLVEMENT IN OLAMIDE'S
DISAPPEARANCE, BUT POLICE
THOUGHT HER CONSTANT APPEARANCES
ON TELEVISION NEWSCASTS TO
DISCUSS OLAMIDE WERE SUSPICIOUS.
>> IT'S, LIKE, I FEEL BAD, I
FEEL GUILTY, BUT I'M JUST GLAD
THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO SIT HERE
AND WONDER WHETHER SHE'S BEING
HURT OR TORTURED OR, YOU KNOW --
SHE'S JUST PEACEFUL NOW.
>> IT APPEARED TO BE MORE ABOUT
ASHLEY THAN ABOUT OLAMIDE.
>> Narrator: SINCE THERE WERE NO
SIGNS OF FORCED ENTRY INTO
OLAMIDE ADEYOOYE'S APARTMENT,
INVESTIGATORS WORKED UNDER THE
ASSUMPTION THAT OLAMIDE WAS
ACQUAINTED WITH HER KILLER.
AN INFORMANT CALLED POLICE,
SUGGESTING OLAMIDE'S NEIGHBOR
MIGHT HAVE BEEN RESPONSIBLE.
>> WE WERE CONTACTED BY A WOMAN
WHO HAD SEEN THE NEWS COVERAGE
OF OLAMIDE'S DISAPPEARANCE.
>> THIS WOMAN WAS CONCERNED THAT
AN EX-BOYFRIEND OF HERS MAY HAVE
BEEN INVOLVED IN OLAMIDE'S
DISAPPEARANCE.
>> Narrator: THE MAN WAS
27-YEAR-OLD MAURICE WALLACE.
HE LIVED IN A BUILDING ABOUT 100
YARDS FROM OLAMIDE'S APARTMENT.
THOUGH NOT A COLLEGE STUDENT,
WALLACE HAD BEEN LIVING ON OR
NEAR CAMPUS FOR YEARS.
MANY STUDENTS REMEMBERED HIM,
AND NOT FONDLY.
>> [ SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY ]
HEY, COME ON! COME ON!
BRING IT OVER HERE, DAWG!
>> HE WOULD INVITE HIMSELF TO
PARTIES.
PEOPLE DESCRIBED HIM AS KIND OF
CREEPY AND STRANGE -- WOMEN,
ESPECIALLY.
>> HE WASN'T A STUDENT.
HE WASN'T A MEMBER OF THE
COMMUNITY.
HE WAS...A BAD PERSON.
HE WAS A BAD PERSON.
AND MYSELF AND 25,000 OTHER
20-SOMETHINGS IN NORMAL WILL
ATTEST TO THAT.
>> Narrator: A BACKGROUND CHECK
REVEALED MAURICE WALLACE HAD
SERVED FOUR MONTHS IN JAIL
SHORTLY BEFORE OLAMIDE'S MURDER.
>> MAURICE WALLACE HAD ASSAULTED
AND BATTERED SOMEONE IN A
TAXICAB.
IT WAS A SITUATION WHERE HE
DIDN'T KNOW THE VICTIM PRIOR TO
THE ASSAULT, AND IT WAS ANOTHER
EXAMPLE OF HIS UNPREDICTABILITY
AND AGGRESSIVENESS.
>> Narrator: AFTER HE WAS
RELEASED, WALLACE HAD TROUBLE
FINDING WORK, AND HE TOLD A
FORMER GIRLFRIEND HE WAS
PLANNING TO COMMIT VIOLENCE.
>> HE HAD SAID SOME VERY
DISTURBING THINGS.
HE WAS GOING TO MAKE A NAME FOR
HIMSELF OR BECOME A MARTYR
BY GOING OUT AND KILLING
SOMEONE.
>> Narrator: WALLACE ALSO
EXPRESSED HIS OPINIONS ON RACE.
>> HE SEEMED TO HAVE A LOT OF
OPINIONS ABOUT SOCIETY AND
RACISM AND HIS TAKE ON WHAT WAS
WRONG WITH SOCIETY AS A WHOLE.
HE HAD INDICATED THAT HE WANTED
TO MARRY A NIGERIAN WOMAN.
>> Narrator: WITNESSES SAID
OLAMIDE AND WALLACE MET ONCE AND
THAT WALLACE TOLD OLAMIDE HE
OBJECTED TO HER DATING WHITE
MEN.
>> THERE WAS ONE OCCASION WHERE
HE HAD ATTENDED A PARTY, AND
OLAMIDE WAS THERE AND HE WAS
KIND OF HARASSING OLAMIDE ABOUT
HER BOYFRIEND.
>> Narrator: BUT WAS THIS A
POSSIBLE MOTIVE FOR MURDER?
>> WE THINK HE MAY HAVE BEEN
UPSET WITH HER.
"SHE'S PART OF THE PROBLEM
BECAUSE SHE'S NOT PROMOTING HER
RACE.
SHE'S A 'SELLOUT'" -- IF THAT'S
THE TERM THAT HE WOULD USE.
>> Narrator: WHEN POLICE WENT TO
QUESTION HIM, HE WAS GONE.
NEIGHBORS SAID HE HADN'T BEEN
AROUND SINCE OLAMIDE WENT
MISSING.
>> HE DID NOT HAVE A VEHICLE,
AND THE FACT THAT OLAMIDE'S
VEHICLE WAS MISSING HAD POINTED
EVEN MORE DIRECTLY TOWARDS
WALLACE.
>> Narrator: NATIONWIDE ALERTS
WERE ISSUED FOR WALLACE AND FOR
OLAMIDE'S CAR.
>> WHEN WE SAY THAT, "YES, WE
HAVE REASON TO BELIEVE THAT HE
IS INVOLVED OR HAS KNOWLEDGE,"
THAT DOES NOT RULE OUT THAT
THERE COULD BE OTHER
INDIVIDUALS.
THERE VERY WELL COULD BE.
SO WE'RE STILL LOOKING AT THAT,
BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ALL OF THE
PIECES PUT TOGETHER YET.
>> Narrator: WALLACE'S
CREDIT-CARD ACTIVITY SHOWED HE
PURCHASED GASOLINE IN
MISSISSIPPI THE DAY AFTER
OLAMIDE DISAPPEARED.
THE GAS STATION WAS NEAR THE
BARN WHERE OLAMIDE'S BODY WAS
DISCOVERED.
>> WHAT WE HOPED TO FIND OUT
WAS -- DID HE PURCHASE GAS OR AN
ACCELERANT THERE THAT COULD BE
USED TO START THE FIRE?
>> Narrator: UNFORTUNATELY,
THERE WERE NO VIDEO-SURVEILLANCE
CAMERAS AT THAT GAS STATION.
INVESTIGATORS DISCOVERED WALLACE
DID HAVE A CONNECTION TO
MISSISSIPPI.
>> WALLACE HAD SOME CONNECTION
TO MISSISSIPPI, IN THAT HE HAD
SOME RELATIVES THAT WERE THERE.
>> Narrator: WHILE INVESTIGATORS
SEARCHED FOR WALLACE, THEY ALSO
HAD TO SEARCH FOR FORENSIC
EVIDENCE, AND THEY WEREN'T
HAVING MUCH LUCK INSIDE
OLAMIDE'S APARTMENT.
>> IT'S A COMMON MISCONCEPTION
THAT THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF
FINGERPRINTS LEFT AT EVERY CRIME
SCENE.
AND A LOT OF TIMES YOU MAY ONLY
FIND ONE OR YOU MAY FIND NONE.
>> Narrator: SINCE THE CRIME WAS
COMMITTED AT NIGHT,
INVESTIGATORS ASSUMED THE KILLER
WOULD HAVE TURNED OFF THE LIGHTS
AFTER CLEANING UP THE BLOOD.
BUT THERE WERE NO VISIBLE
BLOODSTAINS ON THE LIGHT SWITCH
BY THE DOOR.
>> THAT WHOLE AREA WAS ACTUALLY
BROUGHT INTO THE LABORATORY --
THEY CUT OUT THE WALL AND TOOK
THE LIGHT SWITCH AND BROUGHT IN
ALL OF THAT TO US.
>> Narrator: ANALYSTS VIEWED THE
SWITCH PLATE WITH OBLIQUE, OR
ANGLED, LIGHTING.
>> WE TAKE VARIOUS DIFFERENT
TYPES OF LIGHT SOURCES, AND WE
BRING THEM IN FROM THE SIDE,
FROM THE FRONT, AND DO A LOT OF
TILTING WITH THE EVIDENCE IN
ORDER TO LOOK AT IT ON THE
SURFACE TO SEE IF WE CAN SEE
ANYTHING ON THE SURFACE ITSELF.
>> Narrator: AND THAT'S WHERE
THEY FOUND A SINGLE HIGH-QUALITY
FINGERPRINT, AND IT LOOKED LIKE
IT WAS IN PLASMA.
>> NOT ALL BLOOD IS RED OR
BROWNISH LIKE YOU WOULD THINK.
THERE ARE OTHER COMPONENTS IN
THE BLOOD THAT ARE CLEAR.
THE PLASMA IS A CLEAR SUBSTANCE,
AND IT TENDS TO SEPARATE OUT
FROM THE RED PART OF THE BLOOD.
>> Narrator: DNA TESTING SHOWED
THE BLOOD WAS OLAMIDE'S, WHICH
MEANT THE PRINT PROBABLY
BELONGED TO WHOEVER HARMED HER.
>> THAT WAS KEY.
THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT OF
INNOCENT EXPLANATION FOR THAT.
IT'S LIKE FINDING A PRINT OF HER
BLOOD ON A MURDER WEAPON.
>> Narrator: BUT WHERE WAS
MAURICE WALLACE?
>> Narrator: INVESTIGATORS FOUND
A FINGERPRINT ON THE LIGHT
SWITCH IN OLAMIDE ADEYOOYE'S
APARTMENT.
THE PRINT DIDN'T MATCH OLAMIDE'S
FORMER ROOMMATE
ASHLEY TODD MARTIN OR ANY OF THE
OTHER SUSPECTS QUESTIONED IN THE
CASE.
BUT POLICE WERE STILL SEARCHING
FOR THEIR PRIME SUSPECT,
MAURICE WALLACE.
ACCORDING TO HIS CREDIT-CARD
ACTIVITY, HE WAS TRAVELING
THROUGHOUT THE SOUTHERN
UNITED STATES.
TO TRACK HIM MORE CLOSELY,
INVESTIGATORS FOCUSED ON HIS
CELLPHONE ACTIVITY.
>> THROUGH CELLULAR-PHONE
FORENSICS, WE WERE ABLE TO
LOCATE, VERY SPECIFICALLY, WHERE
MAURICE WALLACE WAS, IN REAL
TIME.
>> Narrator: WHEN WALLACE MADE
A CALL FROM A SHOPPING MALL IN
ATLANTA, GEORGIA, POLICE WERE
STANDING BY.
[ TIRES SQUEAL ]
>> POLICE! DON'T MOVE!
DON'T MOVE!
[ SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY ]
PUT YOUR HANDS ON THE WHEEL NOW!
>> WHEN POLICE ARRESTED
MAURICE WALLACE, THEY FOUND
OLAMIDE'S KEYS IN HIS
POSSESSION, WHICH WAS A BIG
GIVEAWAY AT THAT POINT.
>> Narrator: WALLACE WASN'T
DRIVING OLAMIDE'S CAR.
HE WAS DRIVING A RENTAL CAR
INSTEAD.
>> THERE WAS A GAS CAN THAT WAS
LOCATED IN HIS RENTAL VEHICLE.
WE SUSPECTED IT MAY HAVE BEEN
USED TO START THIS FIRE.
>> Narrator: WALLACE DENIED ANY
INVOLVEMENT IN OLAMIDE'S MURDER.
>> Narrator: WALLACE DENIED ANY
INVOLVEMENT IN OLAMIDE'S MURDER.
WHEN POLICE LEFT THE ROOM,
WALLACE WAS ALONE.
UNAWARE HE WAS BEING RECORDED,
HE MADE WHAT LOOKED LIKE A
SPEECH TO HIMSELF.
THIS REVEALED A POTENTIAL MOTIVE
FOR OLAMIDE'S MURDER.
>> WE THINK HE MAY HAVE BEEN
UPSET WITH HER FOR DATING A
WHITE MAN.
>> Narrator: WHEN POLICE
COMPARED WALLACE'S FINGERPRINT
TO THE BLOODY FINGERPRINT FOUND
IN OLAMIDE'S BEDROOM, IT WAS A
MATCH.
10 DAYS AFTER WALLACE'S ARREST,
POLICE FOUND OLAMIDE'S CAR
ABANDONED IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA
OF ATLANTA.
OLAMIDE'S BLOOD WAS DISCOVERED
IN THE TRUNK.
THEY ALSO FOUND BLOODY
FINGERPRINTS ON THE REARVIEW
MIRROR.
>> I WAS ABLE, THEN, TO POWDER
AND LIFT THOSE IMPRESSIONS AND
THEN LIFT THEM OFF OF THE
REARVIEW MIRROR AND THEN DO A
COMPARISON.
>> Narrator: ONE OF THESE WAS
MAURICE WALLACE'S THUMBPRINT.
DNA TESTING IDENTIFIED THE BLOOD
AS OLAMIDE'S.
INVESTIGATORS ALSO FOUND
EVIDENCE ON WALLACE'S JEANS.
>> TO THE NAKED EYE, IT DIDN'T
APPEAR THAT THERE WAS ANYTHING
UNUSUAL ABOUT THEM.
HOWEVER, LATER, FORENSIC TESTING
FOUND THERE WAS BLOOD ON THOSE
PANTS.
>> Narrator: AND THAT BLOOD WAS
OLAMIDE'S -- DEFINITIVE PROOF
THAT WALLACE WAS HER KILLER.
POLICE BELIEVE OLAMIDE LET
WALLACE INTO HER APARTMENT.
SHE KNEW HIM FROM THE
NEIGHBORHOOD.
ONCE INSIDE, HE MAY HAVE MADE A
SEXUAL ADVANCE AND WAS REJECTED.
HE THEN SNAPPED.
>> [ SHOUTING ]
>> Narrator: HE STABBED OLAMIDE,
GETTING BLOOD ON HIS JEANS.
HE WRAPPED HER BODY IN A
BLANKET AND PUT OLAMIDE'S BODY
IN THE TRUNK OF HER CAR.
HE TRIED TO CLEAN THE
BLOODSTAINS WITH DETERGENT FOUND
IN THE APARTMENT.
BUT AS HE TURNED OFF THE LIGHT,
HE LEFT HIS FINGERPRINT ON THE
SWITCH PLATE IN PLASMA AND LEFT
HIS BLOODY THUMBPRINT ON THE
REARVIEW MIRROR...
THEN DROVE TO MISSISSIPPI TO
BURN HER BODY.
HE FOUND AN OLD BARN, PUT
OLAMIDE'S BODY INSIDE, THEN SET
IT ON FIRE.
THE ENTIRE BARN BURNED TO THE
GROUND.
FORENSIC ODONTOLOGY IDENTIFIED
HER REMAINS, ALTHOUGH WALLACE
PROBABLY THOUGHT NO ONE IN
MISSISSIPPI WOULD CONNECT THIS
FIRE TO A GIRL'S DISAPPEARANCE
IN ILLINOIS.
OLAMIDE'S FRIENDS AND FAMILY SAY
THE OUTSTANDING WORK OF THE
INVESTIGATORS AND SCIENTISTS
MARKED THE END OF A LONG,
DIFFICULT STRUGGLE.
>> SHE WAS A GREAT PERSON, AND
SHE WAS ALWAYS LOVING AND OPEN.
AND AS MUCH AS THAT'S A GREAT
QUALITY, IT CAN ALSO BE SOMEWHAT
OF A DOWNFALL, BECAUSE THE WORLD
CAN BE VERY UGLY, AND YOU DON'T
KNOW WHO IS OUT THERE.
>> Narrator: IN DECEMBER OF
2005, MAURICE WALLACE WAS
CHARGED WITH FIRST-DEGREE
MURDER.
HIS ABERRANT BEHAVIOR DIDN'T
END WITH HIS ARREST.
>> MAURICE WALLACE WAS VERY
COMBATIVE DURING COURT HEARINGS.
ONE OCCASION, HE SPIT ON THE
FLOOR AS HE ENTERED THE
COURTROOM...
TALKING WHEN HE WAS NOT SUPPOSED
TO BE TALKING...
INTERRUPTING THE JUDGE.
>> Narrator: BECAUSE OF THE
EVIDENCE AGAINST HIM, WALLACE
PLED GUILTY AND WAS SENTENCED TO
LIFE IN PRISON.
>> MAURICE WALLACE IS A
SOCIOPATH.
HE'S EVIL.
HE CERTAINLY KNEW WHAT HE WAS
DOING EVERY STEP OF THE WAY,
HERE.
HE HAD A PLAN.
HE CARRIED IT OUT.
DIDN'T HAVE ANY REGARD TO HIS
VICTIM.
>> HE WAS JUST AN EVIL MAN THAT
DID WHAT HE TOLD HIS FRIEND ON
THE PHONE -- HE WAS GONNA GO OUT
AND KILL SOMEBODY AND TRY TO
MAKE A NAME FOR HIMSELF.
>> WHEN THE VICTIM HAS BEEN
MURDERED OR IS NO LONGER ALIVE,
THE ONLY THING THAT'S LEFT TO BE
ABLE TO SPEAK FOR THAT PERSON IS
THE EVIDENCE ITSELF.