Ice Cold Killers (2012–…): Season 1, Episode 4 - Frozen Carnage - full transcript

[ ANIMAL HOWLS ]

Narrator: THE WILDS OF ALASKA
ARE A VAST AND UNTAMED FRONTIER.

Oberlatz: ALASKA IS PARADISE.
IT'S SPECTACULAR.

[ WOLF SNARLS ]

BUT IT CAN ALSO
BE YOUR WORST NIGHTMARE.

Narrator:
AMID THE RUGGED WILDERNESS,

PEOPLE VANISH
AT AN EERILY HIGH RATE.

Oberlatz: ONE OF THE MOST
DANGEROUS ELEMENTS IN ALASKA

IS THE HUMAN ELEMENT.

NO!
Man: SHUT IT!

Narrator: IN A SLEEP SUBURB
JUST OUTSIDE FAIRBANKS,



INNOCENT YOUNG GIRLS ARE
BEING SNATCHED FROM THE STREETS.

WE KNEW WE HAD A SERIAL KILLER.

Narrator: POLICE SCRAMBLE
TO STEM THE TIDE OF BODIES

AND COME FACE-TO-FACE WITH
THE UNLIKELIEST OF PREDATORS.

THIS IS NOT THE TROLL
FROM UNDER THE BRIDGE.

THIS IS THE STRANGER BESIDE YOU.

[ TIRES SCREECH ]

Narrator:
JUST SOUTH OF THE ARCTIC CIRCLE
LIES NORTH POLE, ALASKA...

A TINY TOWN FILLED
WITH AS MUCH MAGIC AS MYSTERY.

Oberlatz:
NORTH POLE IS A SMALL COMMUNITY
OF PROBABLY 2,500 PEOPLE

AND PROBABLY ONE
OF THE LAST PLACES ON EARTH

WHERE YOU'D EVER EXPECT
ANYTHING BAD TO HAPPEN.

Narrator: IT'S BEST KNOWN
AS THE PLACE

TO SEE SANTA AND HIS SLEIGH
TAKE TO THE SKIES.



BUT ITS HEAVENS ARE ALSO HOME

TO THE MOST SPECTACULAR NATURAL
PHENOMENON KNOWN TO MAN --

THE NORTHERN LIGHTS.

DESPITE
ALL SCIENTIFIC EXPLANATION,

MANY NATIVE ALASKANS BELIEVE

THE LIGHTS SYMBOLIZE SOMETHING
BEYOND THE EARTHLY REALM.

NATIVE FOLKLORE AND LEGEND
SUGGEST THE NORTHERN LIGHTS

REPRESENT THOSE WHO HAVE DIED
A VIOLENT DEATH WAVING TORCHES,

INVITING
THOSE WHO ARE FORTHCOMING.

AND OCCASIONALLY
THE NORTHERN LIGHTS

ARE ACCOMPANIED BY A SOUND,
LIKE A CRACKLING SOUND.

THAT WOULD BE THE SPIRIT WORLD

TRYING TO COMMUNICATE
WITH THOSE THAT ARE ON EARTH.

[ WIND BLOWING ]

Narrator:
BUT IN THE SUMMER OF 1980,

EVEN THESE HEAVENLY SPIRITS
CAN DO LITTLE

TO PROTECT
THE PEOPLE OF NORTH POLE

FROM AN EVIL

NOT EVEN THE BRIGHT LIGHTS
OF THE AURORA BOREALIS

CAN REVEAL.

[ CRICKETS CHIRPING ]

11-YEAR-OLD DORIS OEHRING
IS RIDING HER BIKE HOME

FROM A SWIMMING LESSON

WHEN SHE
MYSTERIOUSLY DISAPPEARS.

Ernewen:
SHE WAS A TYPICAL KID --

FULL OF LIFE, FULL OF ENERGY,
FULL OF LOVE.

SHE PLAYED THE TRUMPET.
SHE SANG.

WE HAD A SONG
THAT WE SANG TOGETHER

CALLED "HARMONY,"

AND [Chuckling]
WE DIDN'T SING IT INHARMONY,

BUT, BOY, DID WE HAVE FUN
SINGING IT

AT THE TOP OF OUR LUNGS.

Narrator:
AT FIRST, POLICE WONDER IF THE
LITTLE GIRL MIGHT HAVE RUN AWAY.

WE GOT PHONE CALLS
ASKING IF SHE WAS AT OUR HOUSE.

I WAS ASKED WHERE SHE WAS,
IF I HAD SEEN HER

'CAUSE SHE HAD JUST
RECENTLY SPENT THE NIGHT

HAD WE TALKED
ABOUT HER BEING UNHAPPY,

HAD WE TALKED
ABOUT HER WANTING TO RUN AWAY --

YOU KNOW,
ALL OF THOSE TYPES OF THINGS,

BECAUSE SHE WAS GONE.

I DIDN'T REGISTER IT.

Narrator: THE GIRL'S FAMILY
AND AUTHORITIES ARE ALARMED.

ALASKA IS A VERY DANGEROUS PLACE
FOR A CHILD ALONE.

THERE ARE MANY THINGS
THAT CAN KILL YOU IN ALASKA.

THE WEATHER CAN KILL YOU.

THE WILDLIFE...[ BEAR ROARS ]

...IS DANGEROUS
AND HAS KILLED MANY PEOPLE.

YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO HAVE
A HEIGHTENED SENSE OF AWARENESS

IN ALASKA.

YOU HAVE TO BE IN TUNE
WITH EVERYTHING AROUND YOU.

[ ANIMAL HOWLS ]

Man: DORIS!

Man #2: DORIS!

Narrator: THAT AFTERNOON,

AUTHORITIES FIND DORIS' BIKE
HIDDEN IN THE BUSHES

ALONG BADGER ROAD,

SOME 20 FEET OFF THE ROADWAY.

THERE ARE NO FOOTPRINTS
AND NO SIGN OF DORIS.

Barnard: OH, THIS WAS TOUGH.
THIS WAS A REAL TOUGH ONE.

I MEAN, HERE'S
AN 11-YEAR-OLD GIRL

ABDUCTED OFF A BICYCLE
ON A STREET

IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY.

REWARDS WENT UP.

WE HAD POSTERS AND PICTURES
OF DORIS ALL OVER TOWN,

REWARDS FOR HER RETURN.

Narrator:
A WITNESS LATER COMES FORWARD,

CLAIMING TO HAVE SEEN
A BLUE VEHICLE

IN THE SAME VICINITY
THAT DAY.

Barnard: SEES A VEHICLE
COME SHOOTING OUT OF A DIRT ROAD

RIGHT BEHIND
WHERE THE BICYCLE WAS FOUND --

LITTLE DIRT TRAIL --

BLASTING OUT ONTO THE HIGHWAY,

AND THE GUY WAS GRAPPLING
WITH SOMETHING IN THE SEAT.

Narrator: THE WITNESS WORKS
WITH A POLICE ARTIST

TO DRAW A COMPOSITE SKETCH
OF THE SUSPECT.

IT'S DISTRIBUTED TO
POLICE AGENCIES AND NEWS MEDIA.

DESPITE MASSIVE GROUND
AND AERIAL SEARCHES,

THERE'S NO TRACE OF DORIS...

AND THE SKETCH
OF HER SUSPECTED KIDNAPPER

GENERATES NO LEADS.

Barnard: WELL, HER DAD HAD
A BUSINESS DOWNTOWN.

ONCE HE HEARD THAT
SHE WAS ABDUCTED AND MISSING,

HE JUST LEFT HIS BUSINESS
AND WENT HOME.

AND, AS FAR AS I COULD TELL,
HE NEVER WENT BACK.

AND HE SPENT MOST OF HIS TIME
STARING OUT THE WINDOW.

I THINK HE HAD A FEELING THAT
SHE WOULD COME BACK SOMEDAY.

Narrator: IN AN INSTANT,

AN ENTIRE COMMUNITY
IS HELD HOSTAGE,

TERRORIZED BY AN UNKNOWN ENEMY.

Thompson:
I REMEMBER BEING TOLD

THAT THEY WERE, LIKE,
GOING ELBOW TO ELBOW

THROUGH AS MUCH
OF THE WOODED AREAS

OF BADGER ROAD.

YOU'RE INNOCENT UNTIL
SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPENS,

AND THEN YOU'RE NO LONGER,

REALLY, THAT LITTLE,
INNOCENT LITTLE KID.

YOUR...YOUR WHOLE WORLD
IS TURNED UPSIDE DOWN.

[ SIREN WAILS ]

Narrator:
TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE,

THIS IS THE SECOND
UNSOLVED ABDUCTION IN NORTH POLE

IN LESS THAN A YEAR...

AND THE FIRST ENDED IN MURDER.

EIGHT MONTHS EARLIER...

A YOUNG BOY
HUNTING ALONG A CREEK

MADE THE GRUESOME FIND --

THE DECOMPOSING BODY
OF A YOUNG WOMAN.

Barnard: SHE WAS LAYING
ON HER BACK, FULLY CLOTHED.

SHE HAD BEEN SHOT IN THE HEAD.

Narrator:
INVESTIGATORS DETERMINE
THE VICTIM HAD BEEN STRANGLED...

[ DEVICE BEEPING
AND WARBLING ]

...BUT THERE IS NO EVIDENCE
OF SEXUAL ASSAULT.

[ DEVICE BEEPS ]

THE ONLY CLUE -- THE SHELL
CASING OF A.38 CALIBER BULLET.

SHOCKINGLY,

CLOTHING AND JEWELRY REVEAL
THE MOST UNLIKELY OF VICTIMS.

THE YOUNG WOMAN IS IDENTIFIED
AS 19-YEAR-OLD GLINDA SODEMANN,

THE DAUGHTER
OF AN ALASKA STATE TROOPER.

Armstrong:
SHE JUST HAD BEEN MARRIED --
JUST GOTTEN MARRIED --

AND HAD A BABY.

I BELIEVE
SHE WAS JUST AS FULL OF LIFE

AS ANYBODY COULD EVER BE.

Narrator: GLINDA'S HUSBAND,
A MILITARY MAN,

HAD REPORTED HER MISSING
MORE THAN A MONTH EARLIER.

[ BABY CRYING ]

GLINDA?

Barnard: HE IS AT WORK.
HE COMES HOME.

THE BABY'S IN THE CRIB.
GLINDA'S GONE.

[ CONTINUES CRYING ]HEY.

Barnard:
THE FIRST THOUGHT

WAS THAT SHE HAD JUST DECIDED
TO GIVE UP THE MARRIAGE

BECAUSE IT WAS
A FRESH, NEW MARRIAGE.

Narrator: AUTHORITIES QUICKLY
HONE IN ON GLINDA'S HUSBAND

AS THE MOST LIKELY KILLER.

DO YOU KNOW
WHY YOU'RE HERE?

YEAH. YEAH.

Barnard: HE WAS A NATURAL
SUSPECT, BEING THE HUSBAND.

WE ALL LEARN THAT FROM BASIC 101
IN HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION.

DO YOU KNOW
WHERE YOUR WIFE IS?

Armstrong: I ALWAYS BELIEVED
THAT HE DID IT.

I THINK HE WAS GETTING TO
WHERE HE COULDN'T CONTROL HER

LIKE HE THOUGHT
HE WAS GONNA CONTROL HER.

Narrator: BUT GLINDA'S HUSBAND
DENIES ANY INVOLVEMENT

AND AGREES TO TAKE A POLYGRAPH.

WHEN HE FAILS THE TEST,
POLICE ARE EVEN MORE SUSPICIOUS,

BUT THEY HAVE NO SOLID EVIDENCE
TO TIE HIM TO THE CRIME.

HER FATHER IS HEARTBROKEN WHEN
HIS COLLEAGUES MUST RELEASE HIM.

I HAD TO BE CAREFUL
WHAT I SAID AND WHAT I DONE,

'CAUSE I'D BE INTERFERING

WITH THE PROCESS
OF INVESTIGATION.

Barnard: I SAW HIM
IN THE OFFICE EVERY DAY,

AND AT SOME POINT,
HE STOPPED ASKING ME,

"WHERE YOU AT
WITH MY DAUGHTER'S HOMICIDE?"

BUT HE WOULD LOOK AT ME,

AND I WOULD KNOW
WHAT HIS QUESTION WAS.

Narrator: NOW TROOPERS
ARE SCRAMBLING TO FIND ANSWERS

FOR ANOTHER FATHER --

THIS ONE MISSING
HIS 11-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER.

POLICE HAVE NO IDEA
WHAT'S GOING ON IN NORTH POLE --

ONLY THAT THEY'RE POWERLESS
TO STOP IT.

WE JUST FIGURED THAT THERE'S
GONNA BE ANOTHER ONE REAL SOON.

[ WIND HOWLING ]

[ WIND HOWLING ]

Narrator: IN THE SUMMER OF 1980,
THERE IS LITTLE TO CELEBRATE

IN THE TINY TOWN
OF NORTH POLE, ALASKA.

A YOUNG WOMAN IS DEAD...

AND 11-YEAR-OLD DORIS OEHRING
IS MISSING.

THEN, JUST NINE MONTHS LATER,

ANOTHER YOUNG GIRL --
16-YEAR-OLD WENDY WILSON --

MYSTERIOUSLY DISAPPEARS.

Downey: WENDY'S WALKING
TO HER BOYFRIEND'S HOUSE,

AND A FRIEND DECIDES NOT TO GO.

THE LAST THING HER FRIEND SAW

WAS WENDY TALKING
TO A MAN IN A TRUCK,

AND THAT WAS THE LAST TIME
THAT SHE WAS SEEN.

Narrator: WENDY'S BODY IS FOUND
THREE DAYS LATER.

LIKE GLINDA SODEMANN,

SHE HAS BEEN STRANGLED
AND SHOT IN THE HEAD.

THERE ARE SIMILARITIES.
THEY'RE LYING ON THEIR BACK.

THEY'RE FULLY CLOTHED,

SO IT DOES NOT APPEAR

THERE WAS SEXUAL ASSAULT
AT THE TIME.

THEY'RE SHOT IN THE HEAD.
THEY APPEAR TO BE VERY SIMILAR.

Narrator: BUT POLICE CANNOT
IGNORE THE DISCREPANCIES.

WHILE WENDY WILSON WAS LAST SEEN
GETTING INTO A WHITE TRUCK,

A MAN HAD COME FORWARD
AFTER DORIS OEHRING'S ABDUCTION,

CLAIMING TO HAVE SEEN A BLUE CAR
IN THE VICINITY.

AND THAT ISN'T ALL.

DORIS' OLDER BROTHER, TOM,

TELLS POLICE ABOUT
A STRANGE ENCOUNTER HE HAD HAD

WITH A SIMILAR BLUE CAR
WHILE BICYCLING WITH HIS SISTER

ALONG BADGER ROAD
THE DAY BEFORE SHE DISAPPEARED.

Barnard: THERE WAS A VEHICLE
PARKED ALONGSIDE THE ROAD

WITH A HOOD UP,

AND DORIS WAS IN THE LEAD,

AND THE GUY AT THE CAR
STOPPED HER

AND WAS TALKING TO HER,

AS THE BROTHER BICYCLED UP.

AND AS SOON
AS HE SAW THE BROTHER,

HE WAVED HER ON
AND CLOSED THE HOOD AND LEFT.

THE BROTHER GOT A DESCRIPTION --
A VAGUE DESCRIPTION --

OF THE VEHICLE AND SORT OF
A PASSING DESCRIPTION

OF THE GUY.

Narrator: COULD THERE BE
MORE THAN ONE PREDATOR?

ASIDE FROM THE COMPOSITE SKETCH
OF THE SUSPECT,

TROOPERS HAVE LITTLE TO GO ON.

AN INITIAL SUSPECT LIST

INCLUDES ALL MALES
LIVING IN THE FAIRBANKS AREA.

ELIMINATING
THE VERY YOUNG AND THE VERY OLD,

INVESTIGATORS ARE LEFT
WITH 15,000 POSSIBILITIES.

Downey:
IT HAD TO BE MIND-BOGGLING.
WHERE DO YOU EVEN START?

15,000 PEOPLE
IN THIS SMALL AREA --

IT HAD TO BE, LIKE,
ALMOST EVERY OTHER PERSON

THAT COULD HAVE BEEN A SUSPECT.

Narrator:
AS POLICE SCRAMBLE FOR LEADS,

THE BODY OF A THIRD WOMAN
TURNS UP

NEAR EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE.

THE VICTIM IS IDENTIFIED
AS 21-YEAR-OLD MARLENE PETERS.

Downey: HER FATHER
IS STRICKEN WITH CANCER.

HE'S BEEN HAVING HEALTH ISSUES.

SHE LIVES IN FAIRBANKS,

HAS NO OTHER WAY
TO GET TO ANCHORAGE.

SO, THE LAST TIME
SHE'S SEEN IS IN FAIRBANKS,

PREPARING TO HITCH A RIDE
TO GET TO ANCHORAGE.

NOBODY ACTUALLY SAW HER
GET IN THE VEHICLE

OR KNEW ANYTHING ELSE
ABOUT HER.

SHE JUST DISAPPEARED.

Narrator:
AUTHORITIES DETERMINE MARLENE
HAS ALSO BEEN STRANGLED...

HER HEAD RAVAGED BY THE BLAST
OF A 16-GAUGE SHOTGUN.

McCann: WE STARTED TO
SEE A PICTURE DEVELOPING.

THAT'S WHEN WE BECAME
A BIT PANICKED AT ALL THIS.

WE WERE HAVING A NUMBER
OF MURDERS IN CLOSE PROXIMITY.

BY THEN,
IT WAS MORE THAN RANDOM.

A BLIND MAN
COULD SEE THE CONNECTION.

Narrator:
EVEN MORE FRIGHTENING --

THE IDEA THAT THE MAN
BEHIND THE STRING OF MURDERS

COULD BE THE SAME ONE
WHO SNATCHED 11-YEAR-OLD DORIS.

McCann:
THAT WAS A RADICAL DEPARTURE

FROM THE BEHAVIOR
THAT HIS KILLER WAS SHOWING US.

HE DIDN'T PULL OVER AND
TRY AND LURE HER INTO HIS TRUCK.

THIS TIME,
WHOEVER TOOK DORIS OEHRING

HID IN A LITTLE ROAD
AND WAITED FOR HER TO RIDE BY,

AND HE GRABBED HER
OFF THAT BICYCLE AND SPED AWAY.

Narrator:
THE ABDUCTION OF A CHILD,
COMBINED WITH THE FACT

THAT NONE OF THE VICTIMS
HAD BEEN SEXUALLY ASSAULTED,

GIVES POLICE CHILLING INSIGHT
INTO THE MIND OF A KILLER.

McCann: SEX FOR THIS KIND
OF KILLER IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT,

AND HIS SEX IS RELIVING
THE POWER AND THE MANIPULATION

AND THE CONTROL OF THAT VICTIM.

THAT'S SORT OF WHERE
HIS SEXUAL FANTASIES COME FROM,

IS HIS ENJOYMENT
OF TAKING TOTAL CONTROL

OF THAT VICTIM

AND POSSESSING HER FOREVER.

Narrator:
POLICE WONDER IF LITTLE DORIS
MIGHT STILL BE ALIVE,

IF IT'S POSSIBLE SOMEONE
MIGHT BE HOLDING HER HOSTAGE.

Barnard:
ALL OF US WERE THINKING --

WE WERE THINKING
KIDNAPPING, ABDUCTION.

WE WERE REALLY TRYING
TO FIND HER.

Narrator: BUT THEIR SEARCH
IS DERAILED TWO DAYS LATER

AFTER POLICE LEARN
A FIFTH YOUNG WOMAN HAS VANISHED

WHILE WALKING HOME ALONE.

Barnard: I FELT
THAT SHE WAS ANOTHER VICTIM.

I FELT STRONG ABOUT THAT.

BEING
A SMALL-TOWN STATE TROOPER,

YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T THINK
THAT THERE'S SERIAL KILLERS

IN YOUR MIDST.

YOU KNOW, THEY'RE IN ATLANTA,
OR THEY'RE IN THE GREEN RIVER

OR SOMEWHERE ELSE,
BUT NOT IN FAIRBANKS.

BUT THERE WAS ONE.

Narrator: TROOPERS TEAM UP WITH
MILITARY AND CIVILIAN VOLUNTEERS

AND LAUNCH A DESPERATE SEARCH,

HOPING TO FIND THE GIRL
BEFORE TIME RUNS OUT.

AT THE SAME TIME,
THEY REVIEW THEIR RECORDS,

FOCUSING HEAVILY
ON DORIS OEHRING'S ABDUCTION.

[ CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS ]

MAYBE THERE IS SOMETHING
THEY MISSED.

DORIS'S OLDER BROTHER
TOLD POLICE

HE'D SEEN HIS SISTER
TALKING TO A MAN IN A BLUE CAR

THE DAY BEFORE SHE DISAPPEARED.

HE ALSO DESCRIBED THE MAN
AS HAVING A MUSTACHE

AND A MILITARY-STYLE HAIRCUT.

IN THE MILITARY COMMUNITY
OF NORTH POLE,

THAT COULD BE JUST ABOUT ANYONE.

BUT POLICE ALREADY KNOW
OF ONE PERSON OF INTEREST --

GLINDA SODEMANN'S HUSBAND.

Man: DO YOU UNDERSTAND
WHY YOU'RE HERE?

YEAH. YEAH.

THE MILITARY MAN
HAD LONG BEEN SUSPECTED

IN THE DEATH OF THE
ALASKA STATE TROOPER'S DAUGHTER,

AND HE'D FAILED ONE POLYGRAPH.

POLICE ASK HIM
TO SUBMIT TO A SECOND POLYGRAPH.

THE TEST PROVES INCONCLUSIVE,

BUT IT'S NOT ENOUGH
FOR POLICE TO HOLD HIM.

ALL THEY CAN DO IS KEEP A CLOSE
EYE ON THEIR PRIME SUSPECT.

THAT SEPTEMBER...

OH, MY GOD.
Man: WHAT?

ABOUT 100 YARDS OUT.

...SOLDIERS HUNTING RABBITS

STUMBLE UPON THE REMAINS
OF THE FIFTH VICTIM,

NOT FAR FROM WHERE THE OTHERS
HAD BEEN FOUND.

SHE, TOO, HAD BEEN STRANGLED
AND SHOT IN THE HEAD.

Downey: TROOPERS, AT THIS POINT,
HAD TO BE THINKING,

"OKAY, NOW WHAT
ARE WE DEALING WITH?

HOW MANY MORE WOMEN
ARE WE GOING TO FIND?"

Narrator: MEANWHILE,

THOSE LIVING IN A PLACE KNOWN
FOR THE MAGIC OF CHRISTMAS

ARE THINKING COPS WILL NEED
A MIRACLE OF THEIR OWN

TO STOP THIS MADMAN.

McCann:
THE PUBLIC WAS VERY FRIGHTENED.
THERE WAS A LOT OF FEAR.

AND, OF COURSE,
THESE ARE THE SORTS OF THINGS

THAT HEIGHTEN THE EXPERIENCE
FOR THE KILLER.

HE LOVES THAT,
AND HE LOVES HAVING CONTROL,

NOT ONLY OF THE VICTIMS --
TOTAL CONTROL --

BUT HE NOW HAS CONTROL
OVER THE POPULATION AT LARGE.

[ WIND HOWLING ]

[ WIND HOWLING ]

Narrator: UNABLE TO CALCULATE
THE NEXT MOVE

OF THE SUSPECTED SERIAL KILLER

STALKING THE TINY COMMUNITY
OF NORTH POLE, ALASKA,

STATE TROOPERS TRY
ANOTHER TACTIC.

BECAUSE THE BODIES
HAD BEEN FOUND

WITHIN 10 MILES
OF EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE,

AUTHORITIES DECIDE TO STAKE OUT

THE KILLER'S
SO-CALLED DUMPING GROUNDS.

Barnard:
WE WOULD SPEND HOURS AND NIGHTS
OUT THERE WAITING TO SEE,

LOOKING AT ANY VEHICLES
THAT CAME THROUGH.

IF WE STAYED THERE LONG ENOUGH
AND WERE OBSERVANT ENOUGH,

WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO CATCH HIM.

WE'D PROBABLY CATCH HIM
AFTER SOMEBODY ELSE WAS DEAD,

BUT WE WOULD CATCH HIM.

Narrator:
THEY BELIEVE THE SUSPECT
MAY BE DRIVING TWO VEHICLES

IN AN EFFORT
TO STAY UNDER THE RADAR.

BUT THEY NEVER SPOT
THE MYSTERIOUS BLUE CAR

OR THE WHITE TRUCK.

THEY'RE FURTHER FRUSTRATED

BY THE OVERWHELMING NUMBER
OF LEADS.

McCann: BACK THEN, WORDS LIKE
"UPLOAD," "DOWNLOAD," "DATABASE"

WERE FOREIGN WORDS TO US.

YOU CAN'T JUST HIT "ENTER"
OR HIGHLIGHT SOMETHING

OR CLICK ON A FEW THINGS
BACK THEN.

THERE'S NOTHING TO CLICK ON.

IT'S MEMORY
FROM EACH OF THE INVESTIGATORS.

Narrator:
BUT MEMORY ALONE WON'T CUT IT.

TROOPER SAM BARNARD
FLIES TO GEORGIA

TO STUDY POLICE PROCEDURE

IN THE MASSIVE MANHUNT
AND CAPTURE OF THE KILLER

OF MORE THAN TWO DOZEN
BLACK YOUTHS --

WHAT WOULD EVENTUALLY
BECOME KNOWN

AS THE "ATLANTA CHILD MURDERS."

HE COMES HOME ARMED
WITH A NEW COMPUTERIZED METHOD

OF COLLECTING LEADS.

WE HAD TO MAKE A COMPUTER --
IN ANCHORAGE, THEY BUILT ONE.

THE THING
WAS ABOUT AS BIG AS THIS ROOM.

WE HAD TO HIRE
A BUNCH OF DATA-INPUT LADIES

THAT SIT AND TYPED ALL DAY LONG
AND PUT THAT STUFF IN.

Narrator:
THE NEW TECHNOLOGY ALLOWS LOCAL,
STATE, AND MILITARY AGENCIES

TO SHARE THEIR INFORMATION.

ULTIMATELY, AN AREA-WIDE
HOMICIDE TASK FORCE IS FORMED,

BUT GREATER MANPOWER
MAKES NO DIFFERENCE.

WE WEREN'T GETTING ANYWHERE.

PSYCHICS WERE COMING OUT
OF THE WOODWORK.

WE HAD A PSYCHIC TELL US,

"I THINK THAT YOU'RE GONNA
FIND HER BODY

SOMEWHERE
WHERE THERE'S TREES AND WATER."

WELL, THAT'S ALL OF ALASKA.

Narrator:
STONEWALLED AND DESPERATE
TO FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED

TO 11-YEAR-OLD DORIS OEHRING,

INVESTIGATORS TURN TO THE
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

FOR HELP.

[ FILM PROJECTOR RUNNING ]

SERIAL KILLERS PLY THEIR TRADE
FOR A MYRIAD OF REASONS.

PSYCHOLOGICAL PROFILERS
TRY TO UNDERSTAND

AND CLASSIFY
THESE DEADLY PREDATORS.

AT THE TIME
OF THE NORTH POLE MURDERS,

PROFILING IS JUST COMING OF AGE.

[ MUFFLED SCREAMING ]

BASED ON TROOPERS' DESCRIPTIONS
OF THE MURDERS,

PROFILERS SURMISE THE KILLER
IS PROBABLY A CIVILIAN

WHO LIVES ALONE AND HAS
A HARD TIME HOLDING A JOB.

[ FILM PROJECTOR RUNNING ]

IN THE '80s, THE BUREAU'S
PSYCHOLOGICAL PROFILES

HAD PROVEN 85% SUCCESSFUL.

THEIR PROFILE
OF THE ATLANTA CHILD MURDERER

WAS RIGHT ON TARGET.

ALASKA STATE TROOPERS FEEL
THEY FINALLY HAVE SOMETHING

TO WORK WITH.

McCann: IT'S NOT A PHOTOGRAPH --
ABSOLUTELY NOT.

IT'S NOT A FINGERPRINT.

YOU CAN'T SAY SOMEONE'S INNOCENT
BECAUSE THEY'RE MILITARY

AND THE PROFILE SAYS THEY ARE
LIKELY TO BE CIVILIAN...

OR WHITE VERSUS BLACK.

YOU HAD TO BE OPEN-MINDED,

AND THESE ARROWS
THAT POINT TO A SERIAL MURDERER

ARE ALWAYS SUBTLE.

Narrator:
EAGER TO PUT ANY DOUBTS TO REST,

INVESTIGATORS ASK
THE PRIME SUSPECT,

GLINDA SODEMANN'S HUSBAND,
TO SUBMIT TO A THIRD POLYGRAPH.

THIS TIME,
AN EXPERT PERFORMS THE TEST.

Barnard:
WE TOOK HIM IN A ROOM,

AND FIVE, 10 MINUTES LATER,
HE COMES BACK OUT,

AND HE SAYS, "THIS GUY'S
GOT A HEART MURMUR --

"A RANDOM HEART MURMUR.

"HE'LL FAIL A POLYGRAPH TEST

OR SHOW AN INCONCLUSIVE
ALL THE TIME."

Narrator:
AUTHORITIES ARE STUMPED.

THEY'RE FURTHER PERPLEXED
WHEN THE KILLINGS,

WHICH SEEM TO BE ACCELERATING,

SUDDENLY STOP.

McCann: WE KNOW THAT A SERIAL
MURDERER REALLY DOES NOT STOP.

HE IS EITHER DEAD,
INCARCERATED, HOSPITALIZED,

OR JUST MOVED AWAY.

SO THEN WE HAVE TO START LOOKING
AT THE REST OF THE NATION,

AND THAT'S WHAT WE DID.

Narrator:
ALTHOUGH THE FBI PROFILE

SUGGESTS
THE KILLER IS A CIVILIAN,

INVESTIGATORS CAN'T OVERLOOK
THE FACT

THAT THE VICTIMS HAVE
ALL BEEN FOUND

WITHIN 10 MILES
OF EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE.

AND THE EYEWITNESSES
IN DORIS OEHRING'S ABDUCTION

NOTED THE SUSPECT'S
MILITARY-STYLE HAIRCUT.

TROOPERS EXTEND THEIR SEARCH
OF SUSPECTS

TO INCLUDE MILITARY PERSONNEL.

Barnard: A CIVILIAN CAN MOVE
IN AND OUT OF FAIRBANKS

AND YOU'D NEVER BE ABLE TO
TRACK THEM.

TIME AND DATE
WOULD BE VERY DIFFICULT.

BUT THE MILITARY WAS TRACKABLE.

THEY KEEP A RECORD
OF WHO'S COMING AND GOING

AND THE DAY THEY LEAVE
AND THE DAY THEY SHOW.

Narrator: TROOPERS ASK
EIELSON SECURITY POLICE

FOR A LIST OF VEHICLES

MATCHING THE DESCRIPTIONS
OF THE BLUE CAR

BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN USED
IN DORIS OEHRING'S ABDUCTION

AND THE WHITE TRUCK
WENDY WILSON WAS LAST SEEN IN.

THE AIR FORCE COMES BACK
WITH A LIST

OF 550 NAMES AND LICENSE PLATES

OF SIMILAR VEHICLES
REGISTERED TO DRIVE ON BASE.

THE INVESTIGATIVE TEAM
ALSO ASKS THE AIR FORCE

FOR A LIST
OF ALL MILITARY PERSONNEL

WHO HAD TRANSFERRED FROM EIELSON

AFTER THE DISCOVERY
OF THE FIFTH VICTIM

IN SEPTEMBER 1981.

McCann: WE WANTED THE MILITARY
TO LOOK AT PEOPLE OF INTEREST --

PEOPLE ON THEIR BASES
THAT MAY HAVE HAD SOME PROBLEM

THAT CAME TO THEIR ATTENTION
FOR WHATEVER REASON.

Narrator:
AND THEY REQUEST THE ASSISTANCE

OF POLICE AGENCIES
NEAR AIR FORCE INSTALLATIONS

ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD.

WE PUT OUT THIS BULLETIN

TO ALL
THE LAW-ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES

AROUND THESE AIR FORCE BASES --

"IF YOU HAVE A HOMICIDE
THAT MEETS THIS DESCRIPTION --

"WOMEN FULLY CLOTHED,

"SHOT IN THE HEAD
ALONG THE ROAD --

LET US KNOW."

Narrator:
IN NOVEMBER 1982,

MORE THAN A YEAR AFTER
THE LAST KILLING IN ALASKA,

TROOPERS RECEIVE
A DISTURBING CALL

FROM NORTH TEXAS.

A YOUNG WOMAN
HAS BEEN FOUND DEAD --

MURDERED
IN AN EERILY SIMILAR FASHION.

TROOPER BARNARD
RACES NEARLY 4,000 MILES

TO THE LONE STAR STATE.

Barnard: I THOUGHT I'D BEEN
TIME-WARPED BACK TO THE 1800s

WHEN I WENT
INTO THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE

IN HENRIETTA, TEXAS.

COME ON IN.

I WALKED IN THE OFFICE,

AND THE SHERIFF'S GOT
HIS COWBOY BOOTS ON

AND HIS PISTOL AND HIS HAT
AND HIS FEET UP ON THE TABLE,

JUST LIKE ON TV.

I'M THINKING, "THIS CAN'T BE.

THEY CAN'T STILL
BE DOING THIS HERE."

Narrator: SHOCKINGLY, TEXAS
AUTHORITIES TELL TROOPER BARNARD

THEY ALREADY HAVE
THE KILLER IN CUSTODY.

UNSOLVED CASES?

WE DON'T HAVE ANY UNSOLVED CASES
IN MY COUNTY, BOY.

Barnard: I SAID,
"HOW DID YOU GET HIM?"

"WELL, WE HEARD THAT
THIS GIRL KNEW A GUY IN DALLAS

"WHO KNEW A GUY
WHO WAS A METH DEALER.

"AND THE METH DEALER
BLEW HIMSELF UP

"IN A TRAILER HOUSE

"DOING A METH-LAB THING.

"SO, WE FIGURED HE DID IT.

OH, HE'S DEAD.
THE CASE IS CLOSED."

I WAS AMAZED.

Narrator: STILL, ALASKA STATE
TROOPERS CAN'T HELP BUT BELIEVE

THEIR SERIAL KILLER
IS ALIVE AND WELL...

AND ACTIVELY ON THE HUNT
FOR VICTIMS

IN THE RUGGED PLAINS OF TEXAS.

McCann:
THEY FIT IN ANYWHERE.

THEY ARE LITERALLY
THE STRANGER BESIDE YOU.

THEY'RE ONE OF US.

BUT BEHIND THEIR EYES
IS THE GREATEST OF ALL EVIL.

[ GUNSHOT ]

[ WIND HOWLING ]

[ WIND HOWLING ]

Narrator:
ALASKA STATE TROOPERS

FEAR THE NORTH POLE
SERIAL KILLER

IS NOW ON THE PROWL
IN TEXAS.

WHILE THEY ATTEMPT
TO GAIN MORE INFORMATION

ABOUT A SIMILAR MURDER
DOWN SOUTH,

THE AIR FORCE COMES FORWARD

WITH A LIST
OF ALL MILITARY PERSONNEL

WHO HAD TRANSFERRED
FROM EIELSON.

ONE NAME
IMMEDIATELY JUMPS OUT --

THOMAS RICHARD BUNDAY.

[ FILM PROJECTOR RUNNING ]

RECORDS INDICATE BUNDAY
IS A TECHNICAL SERGEANT

WHO TRANSFERRED
TO SHEPPARD AIR FORCE BASE

NEAR WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS,

SHORTLY AFTER
THE MURDER OF THE FIFTH VICTIM

IN ALASKA.

POLICE ARE SURPRISED

TO FIND BUNDAY OWNS BOTH
A BLUE CAR AND A WHITE TRUCK.

McCann:
HE HAD BEEN OF INTEREST

TO MILITARY --
EIELSON AIR FORCE POLICE --

FOR THE FACT
THAT THERE WERE COMPLAINTS

WITHIN THEIR OWN SYSTEM...

THAT'S THE WAY
I LIKE A WOMAN.

...THAT HE WOULD SAY
INAPPROPRIATE SEXUAL REMARKS

TO WOMEN.

Narrator: BUT THERE'S ONE THING
THAT DOESN'T ADD UP.

THE FBI SUGGESTED THE KILLER WAS
A SINGLE, UNEMPLOYED CIVILIAN.

BUNDAY IS A DEDICATED MILITARY
MAN AND A MARRIED FATHER OF TWO.

TROOPER SAM BARNARD
RETURNS TO TEXAS.

DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING
ABOUT THE DISAPPEARANCE...

BUNDAY'S EAGER
TO ANSWER QUESTIONS

BUT REFUSES
TO TAKE A LIE-DETECTOR TEST

OR GIVE A DNA SAMPLE.

Barnard:
MY MIND IS ON FIRE.

NOBODY, OF ALL THE PEOPLE
WE TALKED TO, EVER SAID NO.

AN INNOCENT PERSON WHO HAD
NOTHING TO HIDE

SHOULDN'T SAY NO.

Narrator: UNABLE TO
PRESS FORWARD WITHOUT A WARRANT,

TROOPER BARNARD
RETURNS TO ALASKA.

AT THE SAME TIME,

OTHER INVESTIGATORS
SEEK THE HELP

OF A CRITICAL EYEWITNESS --

DORIS OEHRING'S
OLDER BROTHER, TOM.

HE HAD SEEN HIS SISTER
TALKING TO A MAN IN A BLUE CAR

THE DAY
BEFORE SHE DISAPPEARED --

A MAN HE DESCRIBED AS HAVING
A MILITARY-STYLE HAIRCUT.

TOM IS SHOWN
A PHOTOGRAPHIC LINEUP

THAT INCLUDES RICHARD BUNDAY.

HE IMMEDIATELY PICKS HIM OUT.

HE ALSO RECOGNIZES
BUNDAY'S BLUE CAR.

WE KNEW WE HAD HIM.
WE KNEW IT WAS OUR GUY.

AND THEN WE JUST WENT INTO THE
PLAN OF HOW WE'RE GONNA GET HIM.

Narrator:
ON MARCH 7, 1983,

NEARLY THREE YEARS
AFTER DORIS VANISHED,

TROOPERS CHRIS STOCKARD
AND JIM McCANN FLY TO TEXAS

TO AGAIN QUESTION
RICHARD BUNDAY.

THEY SET UP SHOP IN A MOTEL ROOM

AND TALK TO HIM FOR HOURS
FOR SEVERAL DAYS IN A ROW.

Downey: THEY HAVE THIS KIND OF
BOGUS STAKEOUT ROOM

SO THAT BUNDAY FEELS
LIKE THEY'VE BEEN ONTO HIM

AND THEY KNOW
A LOT MORE ABOUT THE CASE.

HE KEEPS COMING BACK.

HE'S ACTUALLY EARLY FOR EACH
APPOINTMENT, WILLING TO TALK.

THEY JUST REALLY DIDN'T KNOW

WHAT THEY WERE GONNA
GET FROM HIM.

McCann: WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT EVERYTHING BUTMURDER

OR ANYTHING ABOUT OUR CASE,

AND THAT'S THE FIRST TEST.

AN INNOCENT PERSON
WOULD COME TO THAT ROOM

AND SAY, "WHAT DO YOU WANT?
WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT HERE?

WHY AM I HERE TONIGHT?"

NOT THOMAS RICHARD BUNDAY --
HE SAID NOTHING.

HE LISTENED, AND I SPOKE.

WE WERE CONVINCING HIM FOR DAYS.

HE JUST SAT THERE, AND WE TALKED
FOR THREE HOURS EVERY DAY.

HE LISTENED, HE LISTENED,
AND HE LISTENED.

Narrator: TROOPERS ARE BAFFLED
BY BUNDAY'S ODD BEHAVIOR.

HE WON'T DENY THE CRIMES,
BUT HE REFUSES TO CONFESS.

TROOPERS KNOW
IF HE'S PLAYING A GAME,

THEY WILL HAVE TO OUTWIT HIM
TO WIN.

EACH TIME THEY MEET, AUTHORITIES
RECORD THEIR CONVERSATIONS.

McCann: BECAUSE OF THE POOR
TECHNOLOGY WE HAD AT THE TIME,

WE WERE CUT OFF
AT ABOUT THREE HOURS.

WE HAD TO CUT HIM LOOSE
EVERY TIME WE TALKED TO HIM,

AFTER ABOUT THREE HOURS.

HE'D GO AWAY,

AND MY PARTNER AND I WOULD LOOK
AT EACH OTHER

AND SAY, "YEAH, HE DID IT.
YEAH, HE'S OUR KILLER.

NOW IT'S UP TO US
TO GET HIM TO CONFESS TO THAT."

Narrator:
AFTER A WEEK OF INTERROGATION,

BUNDAY AGAIN SHOWS UP
AT THE MOTEL.

RICH, GOOD TO SEE YOU.
COME ON IN.

McCann: I OPENED THE DOOR, AND
HE WOULDN'T LOOK ME IN THE EYE.

NOW, OF COURSE,

GOING THROUGH MY MIND
AND CHRIS' MIND EVERY NIGHT

IS THAT WE'RE UNARMED
[CHUCKLES]

AND THAT THIS GUY,

NOW THAT HE KNOWS
WE'RE ONTO HIM,

YOU KNOW,
HE COULD DO SOMETHING FUNNY.

HE STARTED TO
REACH FOR HIS POCKET.

COME ON IN, RICH.
LET'S TALK.

IT WAS BASICALLY
HIS ONLY DENIAL.

IT WAS, "DEAR JIM AND CHRIS,

"I'VE REALLY ENJOYED TALKING
TO YOU GUYS THESE PAST FEW DAYS.

I KIND OF LIKE YOU GUYS" --
OR WORDS TO THAT EFFECT --

"BUT YOU SAY I DID THESE THINGS,
AND I DIDN'T.

RICH."

WELL, IT WASN'T
THE CONFESSION WE WANTED.

IT DID KNOCK US BACK
A LITTLE BIT BUT NOT MUCH.

WE LOOKED AT THAT AND SAID,

"THAT'S ABOUT AS WEAK A DENIAL
AS YOU COULD EVER GET

"IN A CASE OF WHETHER SOMEBODY
STOLE AN ICE-CREAM CONE,

NOT FIVE MURDERS."

Narrator: NOW CERTAIN
THEY'RE CLOSING IN ON THE TRUTH,

THE TROOPERS OBTAIN
A SEARCH WARRANT.

KNOWING SERIAL KILLERS OFTEN
RELY ON SOUVENIRS OR TRINKETS

TAKEN FROM THE VICTIM
TO RELIVE THEIR KILLINGS,

INVESTIGATORS SPEND
MORE THAN 12 HOURS

COMBING THROUGH BUNDAY'S HOME
AND VEHICLES.

THE WHOLE TIME,
RICHARD BUNDAY IS BY THEIR SIDE.

AUTHORITIES COMES AWAY
WITH BAGS OF MATERIAL,

INCLUDING AMMUNITION SIMILAR
TO THE TYPE USED IN THE KILLINGS

AND NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS
ABOUT THE CRIMES.

McCann: I OPENED THE ONE BOX
AND, RIGHT ON THE TOP,

FACING ME...

RICH, COME HERE.

...WAS A HEADLINE,
"FBI PROFILE SAYS."

AND I SAID,
"RICH, WHAT THE HELL IS THIS?"

"OH, I KNOW.
THAT -- THAT'S JUST A SOUVENIR."

AND HE LAUGHED,
AND HE SAID, "I DON'T MEAN THAT.

"I MEAN, I TOOK THAT
FROM FAIRBANKS WHEN I LEFT.

I JUST STUCK IT IN THERE
TO REMIND ME OF FAIRBANKS."

Narrator:
DESPITE MOUNTING SUSPICIONS,
TROOPERS' HANDS ARE TIED.

THEY CAN'T TAKE HIM INTO CUSTODY

WITHOUT FIRST OBTAINING
AN ARREST WARRANT --

FROM ALASKA.

EVERY NIGHT WAS NERVE-RACKING,
STRESSFUL BEYOND BELIEF.

EVERY NIGHT,
CHRIS AND I LAY IN OUR BEDS

IN THAT HOTEL ROOM,

AND WE'RE JUST LIKE,
"WHAT IS HE DOING TONIGHT?"

IT'S SCARY TO THINK
THAT, "IS HE OUT PROWLING

AND GOING TO KILL ANOTHER?"

[ WIND HOWLING ]

[ WIND HOWLING ]

[ TELEPHONE RINGING ]

Narrator:
HOURS AFTER SEARCHING THE HOME

OF SUSPECTED SERIAL MURDERER
RICHARD BUNDAY,

ALASKA STATE TROOPERS
GET AN UNEXPECTED PHONE CALL.

BUNDAY TELLS POLICE
HE CAN'T FIND HIS CAR KEYS

AND HE THINKS OFFICERS MIGHT
HAVE ACCIDENTALLY PICKED THEM UP

WHILE COLLECTING EVIDENCE.

McCann: I SAID, "LOOK, MAN,
I'M NAKED AS A JAYBIRD.

"I JUST GOT OUT OF THE SHOWER.
LET ME GET DRESSED.

I'LL BRING THEM BACK UP."

HE SAID,
"NO, DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT, JIM.

I'M COMING TO SEE YOU
TOMORROW MORNING, RIGHT?"

"YEAH, YOU BET."

AND I SAID, "OKAY.

WELL, I'LL HAVE THE KEYS HERE
FOR YOU AT 0900."

Narrator:
BUT TROOPER McCANN SENSES
BUNDAY HAS MORE ON HIS MIND

THAN HIS KEYS.

HE TRIES A DIFFERENT APPROACH,

PRESSING IN ON THE SUSPECT

ABOUT THE STRING OF MURDERS
IN ALASKA.

McCANN TRIES TO TRIP BUNDAY UP

BY INCLUDING A SIXTH KILL
HE KNOWS HE DID NOT COMMIT.

McCann:
I TOOK THAT MOMENT,

WITH THE RELATIONSHIP
THAT WE HAD DEVELOPED,

AND I SAID, "RICH, YOU KNOW,

"THIS THING'S BEEN GOING ON
A LONG TIME.

"IT'S NOT GONNA GO AWAY.
IT'S NOT A MATTER OF WHO DID IT.

"IT'S A MATTER
OF WHY IT HAPPENED.

AND IT'S NOT ALL OF THEM,
IS IT?"

AND HE SAID, "YEAH,
IT WASN'T ALL OF THEM."

Narrator: TROOPER McCANN HAS
FINALLY GOTTEN BUNDAY TO CRACK.

NOW HE NEEDS HARD EVIDENCE
LINKING HIM TO THE MURDERS.

THE TROOPER ASKS BUNDAY
TO MEET AT THEIR TEXAS MOTEL

THE FOLLOWING MORNING.

RICH, COME ON IN.

SURPRISINGLY,
THE SUSPECT SHOWS UP

AND FINALLY COMES CLEAN
ABOUT THE KILLINGS.

McCann: I USED DORIS
TO SORT OF GET HIM GOING.

"I'M REALLY INTERESTED
IN WHERE DORIS IS.

"HER FAMILY WANTS TO
HAVE HER BODY BACK.

"THEY'D LIKE TO PRAY
OVER HER BODY.

THEY WANT HER BACK.
WHERE IS SHE?"

AND HE CRIED.

HE DIDN'T CRY
ABOUT ANYBODY ELSE,

BUT HE CRIED ABOUT THAT CHILD.

Narrator:
HIS CONFESSION IS A BIT VAGUE,

BUT HE KNOWS ENOUGH
ABOUT THE MURDERS

TO CONVINCE INVESTIGATORS
HE'S THEIR MAN,

DESPITE THE FBI PROFILE.

Barnard: WHO WOULD EXPECT A MAN
WHO HAD A WIFE AND TWO CHILDREN,

BEEN IN THE MILITARY
FOR 15 YEARS --

WHO WOULD EXPECT HIM
TO BE A SERIAL MURDERER,

KILLING YOUNG GIRLS?

NOBODY CAN CALL THAT.

Narrator: ODDLY ENOUGH,

EVEN BUNDAY CAN'T SAY
WHY HE COMMITTED THE CRIMES,

ONLY THAT HE WAS HAVING PROBLEMS
WITH GIRLS WHILE IN ALASKA.

[ FILM PROJECTOR RUNNING ]

INVESTIGATORS DELVE
INTO HIS PAST

AND FIND HIS PREDATORY NATURE

MAY HAVE STEMMED
FROM HIS UPBRINGING.

Downey: ONE OF HIS SIBLINGS --
HIS BROTHER --

SAID THAT, AS A BOY,
HE WAS BEATEN BY HIS FATHER.

THE PARENTS HAD
A TUMULTUOUS RELATIONSHIP.

AND THAT HIS FATHER DIED

BEFORE RICHARD
COULD ACTUALLY PROVE HIMSELF

TO HIS FATHER.

SO, WHO KNOWS? WHO KNOWS
WHAT LED TO ALL OF THIS?

BUT IT SEEMS TO BE
AT ROOT OF THE FAMILY ISSUES

IN HIS EARLY CHILDHOOD.

Narrator:
BUNDAY AGREES TO GO BACK
TO FAIRBANKS WITH INVESTIGATORS

AND PROMISES TO LEAD THEM
TO DORIS' REMAINS.

THERE'S JUST ONE PROBLEM.

TROOPERS HAVE NO POWER
TO ARREST HIM OUTSIDE OF ALASKA.

McCann: "THERE'S A PLANE CHANGE
IN SEATTLE.

WHAT IF HE CHANGES HIS MIND?"

"HUH."

"IF HE WANTS
TO GO OFF TO TULSA, OKLAHOMA,

"OR GO VISIT DISNEYLAND
OR WHATEVER,

I HAVE NO POWER TO ARREST HIM."

Narrator: THE GOVERNOR OF ALASKA
OFFERS POLICE A PRIVATE LEARJET

TO BRING THE SUSPECT HOME.

McCann: "WE'RE GONNA COME HOME
TO ALASKA VICTORIOUS.

"WE PROVED THEM ALL WRONG.
WE WERE RIGHT.

HE DID DO IT.
WE GOT HIM TO CONFESS."

Narrator:
TROOPERS ARRANGE TO TAKE BUNDAY
INTO CUSTODY THE FOLLOWING DAY.

BUT THE NEXT MORNING,
HE FAILS TO SHOW UP AS PROMISED.

IT'S THE FIRST TIME
HE'S LET INVESTIGATORS DOWN.

McCann:
THE DAY WAS OMINOUS.

THERE WAS TORNADO WATCHES,
STORMS.

AT 11:00 IN THE MORNING,
IT TURNED BLACK --

LIGHTNING, WIND,
AND THEN SILENCE.

IT WAS EERIE, AND CHRIS AND I
DIDN'T EVEN REALLY TALK.

WE WERE SCARED TO DEATH
THAT HE'S OUT KILLING.

Narrator: THE TROOPERS CONTACT
POLICE CONDUCTING SURVEILLANCE

AT BUNDAY'S HOME,

ONLY TO FIND HE'S APPARENTLY
SLIPPED PAST SURVEILLANCE

ON HIS MOTORCYCLE.

McCann:
THE HOURS WENT BY,

AND AT ABOUT 1:45
THAT AFTERNOON,

JUST PACING ABOUT,
AND THE PHONE RANG FINALLY --

BROKE THE SILENCE OF THE DAY.

AND THE BOTH OF US
KIND OF LOOKED AT THAT PHONE.

IT JUST RANG.

AND I FINALLY WENT OVER
AND PICKED UP THE PHONE.

Narrator: McCANN'S NOT PREPARED
FOR WHAT HE'S ABOUT TO HEAR.

McCann: CHRIS LOOKED,
AND HE SAID, "WHAT?"

I SAID, "HE'S DEAD.
HE'S DEAD."

Narrator: TROOPERS LEARN BUNDAY
FIRST DROPPED HIS TAXES OFF

AT AN H&R BLOCK
ACCOUNTING OFFICE,

THEN ROAD SOME 40 MILES NORTH
OF TOWN BEFORE TURNING AROUND.

HE THEN FLOORED HIS MOTORCYCLE,
DRIVING OVER 100 MILES PER HOUR.

SUDDENLY,
HE CROSSED THE CENTER LINE...

[ TIRES SCREECH ][ CRASH ]

...AND SLAMMED INTO A TRUCK.

McCann:
HE ENDED IT ALL THAT DAY.

THE TRUCK DRIVER SAID, "I TRIED
TO GET AWAY FROM THAT GUY.

"I SAW HIM COMING OVER
IN MY LANE.

"I GOT DOWN OFF THE SHOULDER,

"BUT HE HIT ME RIGHT SMACK-DAB
IN THE FRONT WHEEL

AND THE ENGINE --

AND IT JUST BLEW HIM UP."

Barnard:
HE GOT WHAT HE DESERVED.

I MEAN, A KILLER LIKE THAT
NEEDS TO BE KILLED.

BUT IT'D HAVE BEEN NICE

IF HE WOULD HAVE GIVEN US
A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION.

Narrator:
MONTHS LATER, INVESTIGATORS
OBTAIN DEFINITIVE PROOF

THEY'D CAUGHT THE RIGHT MAN.

HAIRS FOUND
IN BUNDAY'S PICKUP TRUCK

ARE GENETICALLY LINKED
TO WENDY WILSON,

AND SHOTGUN SHELLS FOUND
IN HIS HOME

MATCH THOSE FOUND
AT TWO OF THE CRIME SCENES.

IN AUGUST 1986,

THREE YEARS AFTER BUNDAY'S DEATH

AND JUST MONTHS
AFTER DORIS OEHRING

WOULD HAVE
GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL,

HER SKULL IS FOUND
IN A REMOTE SECTION

OF EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE.

Ernewen: FOR ME, IT WAS LIKE
REOPENING THE WOUNDS.

IT WAS LIKE
ALL OF THOSE MEMORIES,

ALL OF THOSE EMOTIONS,
COME FLOODING BACK.

YOU LOSE HER AGAIN.

HOW MANY TIMES
DO YOU HAVE TO LOSE SOMEONE

BEFORE THEY'RE TRULY GONE?

Thompson: I BLAMED MYSELF
A LOT OF YEARS

FOR HER BEING TAKEN,

'CAUSE OF THE FACT THAT...

I WASN'T HOME THAT DAY,
AFTER SWIMMING CLASS,

THAT MAYBE IF I WERE HOME,

IT WOULD HAVE DETERRED HER
FOR A FEW MINUTES

AND HE WOULDN'T HAVE
HAD HIS CHANCE TO TAKE HER.

[ SCREAMING ]

Narrator: BUNDAY TOLD POLICE
HE STRANGLED THE YOUNG GIRL

AT ONE
OF HIS FAVORITE KILLING SPOTS

AND THEN DROVE ONTO THE BASE
WITH HER BODY IN THE TRUNK.

HE DUMPED THE BODY
IN A REMOTE AREA

NEAR THE BUILDING
IN WHICH HE WORKED.

IT WAS LATER LEARNED
THAT HIS JOB WITH THE AIR FORCE

ALLOWED HIM TO SET UP CAMERAS

FROM WHICH HE COULD VIEW
HIS DUMP SITE

AND RELIVE
HIS SADISTIC BEHAVIOR.

McCann:
WE NEVER DID PROVE FOR A FACT

THAT HE WAS WATCHING
THAT CRIME-SCENE AREA

WITH THOSE REMOTE CAMERAS,

BUT I'M SURE HE WAS --

AND RELIVING THE ENACTMENT
OF THAT CRIME

AND POSSIBLY WATCHING US

AS WE DID
OUR CRIME-SCENE INVESTIGATION.

Narrator: ALASKA STATE TROOPERS
ARE CONVINCED

BUNDAY IS RESPONSIBLE
FOR THE FIVE MURDERS

IN ALASKA

AND THE ONE IN NORTH TEXAS.

THEY BELIEVE HE DENIED
THE TEXAS MURDER

TO AVOID THE DEATH PENALTY

BEFORE OPTING, INSTEAD,
TO KILL HIMSELF.

McCann: THIS IS NOT THE TROLL
FROM UNDER THE BRIDGE.

THIS IS THE STRANGER BESIDE YOU.

THIS IS A GUY THAT DOESN'T SEEM
THREATENING AT ALL.

NO ONE KNOWS WHAT EVIL
IS BEHIND HIS EYES.

JUST ONE OF US.