Ice Cold Killers (2012–…): Season 2, Episode 3 - Devil's Den - full transcript

[ WOLF HOWLS ]

Narrator: THE WILDS OF ALASKA --
VAST, UNTAMED, AND DANGEROUS.

A PLACE OF PREDATORS,
BOTH BEAST AND MAN.

PEOPLE EXPECT THE BEAUTY
AND THE DANGER OF ALASKA,

BUT NOBODY EXPECTS THE DARK MIND
OF A KILLER IN THEIR MIDST.

WE'RE DEALING WITH A SOCIOPATH.

I THINK THERE'S
NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.

DEFINITELY SOMEBODY
THAT HAS ICE IN THEIR VEINS.

HE WAS ON THE HUNT.

Krannichfeld: IF HE ROBBED YOU,
YOU'RE GONNA DIE.

HE'S YOUR WORST NIGHTMARE.



[ Voice breaking ]
I REMEMBER COMING HOME ONE DAY

AND JUST CRYING OUT,
"GOOD GOD. WHY? WHY?"

CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY
DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS

Narrator: LONG WINTERS
BLANKET SOUTHERN ALASKA

WITH WHAT SEEMS
LIKE ENDLESS ICE AND SNOW.

IT'S A HARSH PLACE.

BUT IT'S THE KIND OF HARSH
SOME PEOPLE GRAVITATE TO.

THEY WANT TO BE LEFT ALONE.

THEY WANT TO BE
AWAY FROM SOCIETY.

THEY WANT TO BE ISOLATED.

Humphrey:
SO, ALASKA BUILDS CHARACTER.

IF YOU HAVE A CHARACTER,
IT BUILDS A GOOD CHARACTER.

IF YOU HAVE A BAD CHARACTER,
IT BRINGS OUT THE DARK SIDE.

Narrator:
A DARK SIDE THAT CAN REMAIN
HIDDEN IN THE SNOWY ISOLATION.



IT'S A GREAT PLACE TO HIDE OUT.
YOU'RE OUT OF THE MAINSTREAM.

IT'S A PLACE TO LIE LOW.

Narrator: TUCKED AWAY
IN ALASKA'S INTERIOR,

EVIL HIBERNATES,

WAITING UNTIL A SPRINGTIME
BLOODLUST PULLS HIM SOUTH

TO STRIKE ACROSS THE LOWER 48.

[ SILENCED GUNSHOT,
CASING CLINKS ]

IN 1986, IN LODI, CALIFORNIA,

ROBERT AND DAGMAR LINTON

HAVE NO REASON TO SUSPECT
THAT WICKEDNESS HAS AWAKENED

FROM A LONG WINTER'S NAP.

Linton: THEY WERE VERY MUCH
IN LOVE WITH EACH OTHER.

THEY BOTH WORKED
FOR THE CITY OF LODI.

THEY WOULD HAVE LUNCH TOGETHER
OUT BEHIND CITY HALL.

Narrator:
MARRIED 41 YEARS, THEY BEGAN
AS HIGH-SCHOOL SWEETHEARTS.

MY DAD WAS A COUPLE YEARS
OLDER THAN MY MOM,

AND SO HE WAS A COUPLE OF YEARS
AHEAD OF HER IN SCHOOL.

BUT I THINK MY DAD
WAS THE HEARTTHROB.

I REMEMBER MOM MENTIONING ONCE

THAT A LOT OF GIRLS WERE
INTERESTED IN HIM BUT SHE WON.

Narrator:
NEWLY RETIRED, THE PAIR PLANS
THE VACATION OF A LIFETIME --

A CAMPING TRIP NORTH,

THROUGH AMERICA'S BEAUTIFUL
AND REMOTE NORTHWEST.

WE USED TO GO CAMPING
AS A FAMILY ALL THE TIME,

SO CAMPING WAS A THING THAT
WE GREW UP DOING -- WITH A TENT.

AND IT JUST SEEMED
A NATURAL THING

FOR THEM TO DO ON THEIR TRIP
WAS TO PULL THEIR TRAILER

AND HEAD OUT FOR THREE MONTHS.

WE'RE LEAVING.
WE'LL SEE YOU SOON.

BYE-BYE.

BE GOOD WHILE WE'RE GONE.

BYE-BYE.

MOM WAS VERY METHODICAL.

SHE PLANNED EVERYTHING, I THINK,
RIGHT DOWN TO THE Nth DEGREE,

AND SHE'D CALL
EVERY SATURDAY AND SAY,

"HEY, WE'RE GONNA BE
IN THIS TOWN NEXT WEEK.

SEND OUR MAIL HERE."

SEE YA.
BE CAREFUL.

LOVE YOU.

Narrator: THE COUPLE PLANS
TO REACH VANCOUVER, CANADA,

IN TIME FOR THE WORLD'S FAIR
AND THEN HEAD HOME

BEFORE WINTER RECLAIMS
ITS ICY GRIP ON THE REGION.

DAGMAR TEMPERS HER EXCITEMENT
WITH A TOUCH OF FOREBODING.

JUST BEFORE THEY LEFT, SHE ENDED
UP HAVING THEIR WILLS UPDATED

IN CASE
SOMETHING WERE TO HAPPEN.

IT SEEMS LIKE SHE MUST HAVE
HAD A PREMONITION OF...

[ Voice breaking ]
...OF NOT COMING HOME.

Narrator:
BEFORE CROSSING INTO CANADA,

THE LINTONS STOP
IN BRINNON, WASHINGTON...

...AND SET UP A HOME BASE FOR
A WEEK OF SIGHTSEEING DAY-TRIPS.

WHERE ARE YOU HEADED
AFTER HERE?

I THINK WE'RE GONNA PROBABLY
HEAD BACK DOWN HOME.

WE HAVE THREE YOUNGSTERS
AT HOME.

WE LOVE IT OUT HERE,
THOUGH.

Fischer: THEY HAD PULLED
INTO THIS CAMPGROUND,

MET THE NEIGHBORS,
AND MADE ARRANGEMENTS

TO GET TOGETHER THE NEXT DAY,
JUST BE FRIENDLY,

AND WENT OFF
TO DO SOME SIGHTSEEING.

GREAT TO MEET YOU.
GREAT TO MEET YOU.

THANK YOU.
GOOD NIGHT.

A NICE COUPLE.

VERY NICE.

WELL, WHAT DO YOU THINK?
SHOULD WE TURN IN?

Narrator: THOUGH DAGMAR PLANS
TO CALL EVERY FEW NIGHTS...

...THE CALLS STOP COMING.

Fischer:
IT WAS A WEEK OR SOMETHING.
I GET A CALL FROM MY BROTHER.

"HAVE YOU HEARD FROM MOM?"

"NO, I DIDN'T.
I MISSED THE LAST CALL."

AND, YOU KNOW,
I'M NOT REALLY WORRIED ABOUT IT

BECAUSE THEY'RE TRAVELING.

YOU KNOW,
MAYBE THEY CAN'T FIND A PHONE.

Linton:
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, ONE DAY,

THE MAIL GOT RETURNED,

AND I DIDN'T THINK
TOO MUCH ABOUT IT.

BUT WHEN THE NEXT WEEK'S MAIL
CAME BACK,

THAT'S WHEN
I STARTED GETTING CONCERNED.

Narrator:
THEIR PARENTS' NEW FRIENDS

IN THE NEIGHBORING RV
ARE WORRIED, TOO.

THEY HAD NOTIFIED
THE ADMINISTRATION AT THE CAMP

THAT, "GEEZ, THESE PEOPLE
WERE GONNA BE BACK,

"AND THEY HAVEN'T GOTTEN BACK.

THERE MIGHT BE SOMETHING WRONG."

Narrator:
THE CAMPGROUND CONTACTS

THE JEFFERSON COUNTY
SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

THE COMPLAINT CAME IN
TO THE DISPATCH

THAT THERE WAS A TRAILER
IN NACO WEST CAMPGROUND.

THEY HAD ONLY PAID UP
FOR A DAY OR SO,

AND THEY WERE WAY PAST THAT.

Narrator: CHIEF CRIMINAL DEPUTY
PETE PICCINI

ARRIVES TO INVESTIGATE.

Piccini:
THERE WERE STILL PERSONAL ITEMS,
YOU KNOW, DISHES, SILVERWARE,

AND STUFF LIKE THAT
SITTING OUT.

LOOKED LIKE THEY WERE LEAVING

FOR A LITTLE WHILE
AND COMING BACK.

Narrator: ONLY THE LINTONS
AND THEIR TRUCK ARE MISSING,

LIKE THEY WENT OFF
FOR A DAY-TRIP.

THAT WAS TWO WEEKS AGO.

YOU CAN SEE, YOU KNOW,
DOORS, CUPBOARDS OPEN.

NOBODY HAD BEEN IN THERE
SCOURING THROUGH THE PLACE.

THERE WERE NO NOTES
OR ANYTHING LEFT,

BUT THE ONLY THING WE SAW
WAS AN ITINERARY.

AND IT GAVE THEIR WHOLE TRIP,
WHERE THEY WERE GOING TO STOP.

AND FROM WHAT WE COULD SEE,

THEY WERE FOLLOWING
THAT ITINERARY RELIGIOUSLY.

Narrator: THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE
CONTACTS RICHARD LINTON.

Linton: THEY SAID,
"DID YOUR FOLKS COME HOME?

OR DID THEY FLY HOME, OR DID
THEY DECIDE TO TAKE A SIDE TRIP,

OR DO YOU KNOW
ANYTHING ABOUT THEM?"

I GO, "NO."

Piccini: I SAID, "WAIT A MINUTE.
THESE FOLKS --

THEY'RE EITHER
UP ON THE MOUNTAIN,

OR THEY FELL INTO THE CREEK
OR SOMETHING."

WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY IDEA,

BUT WE KNEW
THAT IT SURE DIDN'T LOOK GOOD.

Narrator:
WASHINGTON AUTHORITIES ISSUE

AN ALL-POINTS BULLETIN
FOR THEIR TRUCK

AND START TO TRACK
THEIR CREDIT CARDS.

THE TRACE REVEALS THAT THE DAY
AFTER THE LINTONS DISAPPEARED,

SOMEONE USED
THE COUPLE'S CREDIT CARD

TO BUY A MOVIE AND GASOLINE
125 MILES FROM THE CAMPSITE.

Piccini:
THAT'S ALL YOU HAVE TO GO ON.

YOU'RE WORKING AT A DISADVANTAGE
'CAUSE HE'S ALWAYS AHEAD OF YOU.

YOU DON'T KNOW
EXACTLY WHERE HE'S GOING.

Narrator:
OVER THE NEXT THREE WEEKS,

PICCINI CHASES A GHOST
ON A PECULIAR SPENDING SPREE.

HE SNAPPED UP A CROCKPOT,
MEN'S UNDERWEAR,

SCHOOL SUPPLIES, AND A CLARINET.

THE STUFF THIS GUY WAS GETTING
WAS JUST STRANGE, YOU KNOW.

"WHAT'S UP HERE?"

YOU KNOW,
THIS ISN'T MA AND PA KETTLE

SETTING THEMSELVES UP,
YOU KNOW, AND HOUSEKEEPING,

AND IT DIDN'T MAKE SENSE.

Narrator: THE THIEF HITS A SNAG
WHEN HE RETURNS

TO AN OREGON COIN SHOP
TO TRY TO BUY A RARE GOLD PESO.

WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT?

I WAS TAKING A LOOK
AT THAT GOLD PESO RIGHT THERE.

I JUST BOUGHT ONE
JUST LIKE IT.

Piccini:
HE BOUGHT ONE, PAID $500 FOR IT,

AND THE CREDIT CARD
WAS JUST ABOUT MAXED OUT,

SO HE COULDN'T BUY
THE SECOND ONE.

I'M SORRY, SIR.
YOUR CARD HAS BEEN DECLINED.

OH.

Narrator: THE SHOP OWNER
DESCRIBES THE CUSTOMER

AS 6'4" WITH A GAP
BETWEEN HIS TEETH,

A BANDAGE ON HIS RIGHT ARM,
AND A THICK SOUTHERN ACCENT.

THE MYSTERY MAN REMAINS A
STEP AHEAD BY USING A FAKE I.D.

WITH HIS PHOTO
PAIRED WITH LINTON'S NAME.

Piccini: THIS GUY, WHOEVER
IT IS, HAS GOT THESE PEOPLE.

AND THIS GUY'S IN THE WIND.

AND I BELIEVE HE'S GOING
EAST ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

Narrator: PICCINI ASKS THE BANK
TO KEEP THE CREDIT CARD ACTIVE,

HOPING TO CATCH UP TO THE MAN
AND HOPEFULLY THE LINTONS.

THE ACTIVITY'S SPORADIC,

AND THE REPORTS
ARE ALWAYS TOO LATE.

Narrator: A MONTH
AFTER THE LINTONS VANISH,

DEPUTY PICCINI
FINALLY GETS A BREAK

WHEN SECURITY
AT THE SEATTLE-TACOMA AIRPORT

SPOTS THE COUPLE'S TRUCK
ABANDONED IN LONG-TERM PARKING.

IT LOOKS
LIKE IT'S BEEN SCRUBBED.

Piccini: GOT LOOKING
BETWEEN THE BED AND THE CAB,

AND I GOT A FLASHLIGHT ON IT,
AND I COULD SEE

WHAT LOOKED LIKE RUST,
BUT IT WASN'T RUST.

I JUST GOT DOWN UNDER THE TRUCK
AND GOT MY KNIFE OUT --

POCKET KNIFE OUT -- AND DID
A LITTLE BIT OF SCRAPING,

AND SHEETS OF BLOOD
CAME DOWN OFF THERE.

SOMETHING PRETTY VIOLENT
HAD HAPPENED BACK THERE.

Narrator:
POLICE NOW SUSPECT THE WORST.

THIS CASE MIGHT HAVE GONE
FROM MISSING PERSONS TO MURDER.

I REMEMBER COMING HOME ONE DAY
WHEN NOBODY WAS HOME

AND JUST CRYING OUT,
"GOOD GOD. WHY? WHY?"

Man: HOP IN.

Dagmar:
WELL, WHAT DO YOU THINK?

Narrator:
ROBERT AND DAGMAR LINTON'S

NORTHWEST ADVENTURE
COMES TO A CHILLING END

WHEN THE COUPLE
MYSTERIOUSLY VANISHES.

CHIEF CRIMINAL DEPUTY
PETE PICCINI

FINDS AN OMINOUS SIGN --

BLOOD IN THEIR ABANDONED TRUCK.

TESTS REVEAL THREE BLOOD TYPES.

TWO MATCH THE LINTONS.

THE THIRD MIGHT BE
FROM AN ABDUCTOR.

Richard: THERE'S JUST
THIS WHOLE MYSTERY OF,

"WHERE COULD THEY BE?
ARE WE EVER GONNA FIND THEM?"

THEN AFTER WE FIND
THE CARDS BEING USED,

OKAY, NOW THERE'S
A PERSON INVOLVED

THAT MUST HAVE DONE SOMETHING
TO MY FOLKS.

Narrator: WHOEVER HE IS,

HE KEEPS USING
THE LINTONS' CREDIT CARD,

AND PICCINI TRACKS
EVERY PURCHASE.

Piccini:
YOU COULD JUST START GETTING
A FEEL FOR WHERE THIS WAS GOING.

WE WERE STARTING
TO DRAW UP ON HIM.

Narrator: THEN THE PRESS
PICKS UP THE STORY.

I GOT AHOLD OF ONE
OF THE LEAD REPORTERS ON IT

AND ASKED THEM TO HOLD THIS,
IF YOU WILL.

"DON'T PUT IT OUT.
WE ARE SO CLOSE.

I THINK WE MAY BE ABLE TO DO
SOMETHING IN A DAY, MAYBE TWO."

Narrator:
BUT IF IT BLEEDS, IT LEADS.

Reporter:
ROBERT LINTON AND HIS WIFE...

Narrator: THE REPORTER
RUNS THE STORY ANYWAY.

Reporter:
...A VACATION TRIP...

THE LINTONS ARE MISSING.

ALL THAT REMAINS
IS THEIR TRAVEL TRAILER.

THIS DISAPPEARANCE
HAS EVERYONE WORRIED.

Narrator:
NEWS CREWS SWARM THE RV PARK

WHERE THE LINTONS
LEFT THEIR CAMPER

AND BROADCAST DETAILS OF THE
ELDERLY COUPLE'S DISAPPEARANCE.

EVERYTHING STOPPED.
THAT WAS THE END OF IT.

HE WAS PROBABLY
WATCHING THE TUBE

WHEN IT FLASHED ON THERE, TOO.

HE KNEW,
"IT'S TIME TO BE OUT OF HERE."

WE HAD SO MANY LOOSE ENDS.
I MEAN, ALL OUR ENDS WERE LOOSE.

THERE WASN'T A CONCLUSION
TO NONE OF THEM

OTHER THAN THE CREDIT CARDS
BEING USED.

Reporter:
...ARE PREPARING FOR THE WORST.

Narrator: NOW THE CREDIT-CARD
TRAIL GROWS ICE-COLD.

IT'S AS IF WHOEVER GRABBED
THE LINTONS HAS VANISHED.

Piccini: GRIZZLY BEARS AND
BLACK BEARS AND EVERYTHING --

THEY ALL GO INTO HIBERNATION,
TOO, IN THE WINTER.

SO I MAYBE FOLLOWED ALONG
WITH THAT THINKING,

EXCEPT THAT THE BEARS
HAVE HONOR, AND HE DID NOT.

Narrator:
WHERE DOES THIS EVIL REST?

Humphrey: WITH THE RIGHT
RESOURCES IN ALASKA,

IT'S EASY TO DISAPPEAR.

IT'S EASY TO ISOLATE YOURSELF.

YOU GET HEAVY SNOWFALLS
IN THE WINTER

THAT YOU CAN KIND OF HIBERNATE
IN A CABIN WITH,

AND THEN, WHEN YOU DO COME OUT,

USUALLY,
YOU'RE NEEDING SOME ACTION.

Narrator:
FOUR HEARTBREAKING YEARS PASS.

Richard:
IT WAS A BIG THING.

SPLASHED -- FRONT-PAGE NEWS --
"FAMILY MISSING."

EVERY TIME I TURNED AROUND,
SOMEBODY WAS ASKING,

"YOU KNOW, WHAT HAVE YOU
HEARD LATELY? WHAT'S GOING ON?"

IT'S A REAL, UM...

BEWILDERING EXPERIENCE.

Fischer: AND IT'S LIKE, "WHAT
IF THEY SHOW UP NEXT MONTH?"

IN THE BACK OF MY MIND, I KEPT
THINKING, "THEY'LL COME BACK."

Narrator:
DEPUTY PICCINI IS DETERMINED

TO FIND THE MISSING COUPLE.

EVERY TELETYPE THAT EVER
COME OUT FROM ANY AGENCY,

ANYTHING ABOUT BIG GUYS, 6'4",

I WOULD CHECK IT OUT, CALL
THAT AGENCY AND TALK TO THEM.

ONE DAY,
A TELETYPE COMES THROUGH

FROM MURRAY, UTAH.

THEY HAVE HAD THIS COIN DEALER
WHO WAS SHOT.

Narrator: THE DEPUTY LEARNS
THAT IN MAY 1990...

...COIN-SHOP OWNER
KELLY FINNEGAN

MET A FRIENDLY TEXAN WHO SAID
HIS NAME WAS JIM STOCKTON.

HE BASICALLY JUST KIND OF
BEFRIENDED HIMSELF WITH KELLY

AND OTHER PEOPLE IN THE STORE,
OTHER CUSTOMERS, IN FACT.

HOW YOU DOING?
NOT BAD. HOW ABOUT YOURSELF?

Narrator: THE CHARMING STRANGER
WITH THE GAP IN HIS TEETH

STOPPED IN SEVERAL TIMES
OVER A FEW DAYS.

YEAH, YOU KNOW WHAT?
LET ME TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.

Mehrer: HE WOULD SHOW UP
AT DIFFERENT TIMES OF THE DAY.

KELLY FELT SO COMFORTABLE
WITH HIM

THAT HE WAS BUZZING HIM IN
WITHOUT A PROBLEM.

Narrator: ONLY ONE THING
STRUCK KELLY AS STRANGE.

Mehrer: KELLY NEVER SAW HIM
JUST PARK RIGHT UP IN FRONT

LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE
NORMALLY DID.

YOU KNOW, THERE WAS
A FEW PARKING SPACES

RIGHT IN THE FRONT OF THE STORE,
AND THROUGH THE BIG WINDOWS,

HE COULD SEE WHO WAS COMING,

BUT HE NEVER SAW THIS GUY
IN A VEHICLE.

Narrator: ON MAY 4th,

THE SAME MAN CAME BY
AROUND CLOSING TIME,

SAYING HE WAS WAITING
FOR HIS WIFE TO PICK HIM UP.

IF YOU NEED ANYTHING, MAN,
JUST LET ME KNOW.

ALL RIGHT. SOUNDS GOOD.
HEY, WHERE'S YOUR RESTROOM AT?

YEAH, IT'S RIGHT DOWN
THE CORRIDOR.

OKAY.
I'LL BE RIGHT BACK.

THE RESTROOM
IS USUALLY JUST FOR EMPLOYEES,

AND IT'S LOCKED UP,

BUT KELLY SAID, YEAH,

HE FELT COMFORTABLE
WITH HIM BEING THERE,

AND SAID, "GO AHEAD,"
AND LET HIM IN.

Narrator: MOMENTS LATER,
A MONSTER EMERGED

WITH A SILENCED.22.

Mehrer: THE SUSPECT GRABBED
A CURTAIN THAT WAS IN THE STORE

AND PULLED IT OFF THE WALL AND
LAID IT OVER THE TOP OF KELLY,

I THINK,
JUST TO HIDE HIM FROM VIEW

BECAUSE THE FRONT OF THE STORE
JUST HAD BIG WINDOWS.

HE WAS WALKING AROUND THE STORE
AND STEPPING OVER KELLY,

GOING TO THE SAFE,

PICKING ITEMS OUT OF THE SAFE,
PUTTING THEM IN A BOX.

HE WAS JUST KIND OF
GRUNTING AND MOANING,

ALMOST LIKE ANIMALISTIC NOISES.

YOU STUPID BASTARD.
I FOOLED YOU.

Narrator: HE MADE OFF WITH
$70,000 IN GOLD AND JEWELRY.

AMAZINGLY, HIS VICTIM SURVIVED.

AFTER PLAYING DEAD, A WOUNDED
KELLY FINNEGAN HIT THE ALARM.

E.M.T.s RUSHED HIM
TO A HOSPITAL.

Mehrer:
TURNED OUT THAT IT DIDN'T

ACTUALLY PENETRATE HIS SKULL
AT ALL,

THAT IT JUST WENT
UNDER THE SKIN.

IT WAS JUST A MIRACLE THAT HE
ACTUALLY SURVIVED THAT SHOOTING.

Narrator: INVESTIGATORS
GATHERED FINGERPRINTS

AND FRAGMENTS FROM A.22-CALIBER
BULLET LODGED IN THE CEILING,

BUT NO SHELL CASING.

OUR ORIGINAL BELIEF, BECAUSE
WE COULDN'T FIND THAT CASING,

WAS THAT HE MUST HAVE PICKED
IT UP AND TAKEN IT WITH HIM.

THIS GUY DEFINITELY HAD
A SOPHISTICATION TO HIM.

HE WAS SMARTER
THAN THE AVERAGE GUY.

Narrator: POLICE DETERMINE
JIM STOCKTON IS A FAKE NAME.

SO, SOMEBODY
TO ACTUALLY ACT THAT WAY

AND THEN TURN AROUND
AND SHOOT YOU

IS DEFINITELY SOMEBODY
THAT HAS ICE IN THEIR VEINS.

HE WAS ON THE HUNT.
THIS WAS A PLANNED-OUT CRIME.

YOU KNOW,
HE HAD A REASON FOR IT.

Narrator:
AND NOW HE'S VANISHED.

WE WERE STILL CONCERNED ABOUT,
"WHERE IS THIS SUSPECT AT?"

YOU KNOW, "WHERE DID HE GO?"

NOBODY ELSE SAW THE SUSPECT
LEAVE THE STORE,

NO CAR DESCRIPTION FOR
A GETAWAY VEHICLE OR ANYTHING.

WE JUST DIDN'T HAVE
ENOUGH INFORMATION ON
HOW TO FIND THIS GUY.

Narrator: DEPUTY PETE PICCINI
RECALLS A GAP-TOOTHED MAN

WITH A SOUTHERN ACCENT

USED THE LINTONS' CREDIT CARD
AT A COIN SHOP.

Piccini:
IT WAS A 50-PESO GOLD COIN --

NOT AT ALL LIKE YOU NORMALLY SEE

WITH PEOPLE
WHO STEAL CREDIT CARDS.

THIS WAS ENTIRELY DIFFERENT.

Narrator: AFTER SO LONG,

HAS PICCINI PICKED UP
THE TRAIL AGAIN?

AND THIS ONE BROUGHT A GUT
FEELING, ALL OF A SUDDEN,

OF SAYING, "THIS IS MY GUY.

THIS IS MY GUY.
I KNOW IT'S MY GUY."

YOU KNOW, LIKE, SOMETIMES YOU
GET A PREMONITION ON SOMETHING,

THE HAIR GOES UP
ON THE BACK OF YOUR NECK,

AND YOU SAY, "THIS IS IT."

THIS WAS THE MOST SOLID LEAD
I'D EVER HAD IN THE FOUR YEARS.

Narrator: BY NOW, PICCINI'S SURE
THE LINTONS HAVE BEEN KILLED.

Piccini:
I THINK HE'D DONE AWAY WITH
THESE PEOPLE SOMEHOW OR ANOTHER.

WHY AND WHERE?
WHAT'S GONNA GO NEXT?

HOW IS THIS GUY OPERATING?

Narrator: THE NEXT LEAD
ABOUT THE MYSTERIOUS SHOOTER

COMES TWO MONTHS LATER...

AND 600 MILES AWAY

IN THE WIDE-OPEN SPACES
OF BILLINGS, MONTANA.

HE DOESN'T STAY IN ONE AREA.

HE TRIP-TRAPS
ALL OVER THE COUNTRY --

ALL OVER THE PLACE.

Narrator: AND THIS TIME,
THERE ARE NO SURVIVORS.

[ WIND HOWLING ]

[ WIND HOWLING ]

Narrator: CHIEF CRIMINAL DEPUTY
PETE PICCINI

BELIEVES AN ELUSIVE GUNMAN

MURDERED
ROBERT AND DAGMAR LINTON

IN WASHINGTON STATE
JUST TO ROB THEM.

YOU DON'T THINK
IT'S HAPPENING TO YOU.

"THIS CAN'T HAPPEN TO ME.

THIS ONLY HAPPENS
IN THE MOVIES."

ONLY THIS IS REAL LIFE.
IT'S NOT THE MOVIES.

Narrator: PICCINI THINKS THE MAN
WHO ATTACKED THE LINTONS

ALSO SHOT A COIN-SHOP DEALER
IN MURRAY, UTAH.

HE LEARNS ABOUT A SIMILAR CASE
IN BILLINGS, MONTANA.

A GAP-TOOTHED MAN
BEFRIENDED A COIN DEALER,

VISITING HIS SHOP SEVERAL TIMES.

THE MAN SAID HIS NAME
WAS CHARLES HORTON.

HE'S A FARMER FROM TEXAS,
LOOKING TO BUY A LOT OF GOLD.

GENTLEMEN,
HOW WE DOING?

I'M HERE TO CHECK OUT SOME OF
YOUR FINE JEWELRY AND COINS.

HE'S A VERY COLD,
CALCULATING INDIVIDUAL,

AND YET, ON THE SURFACE,

GOT THAT GOOD OL' BOY,
THAT TEXAS ACCENT.

HE'S DISARMING.

THIS IS MY SON.
HOW YOU DOING?

HOW ARE YOU?
I'M PRETTY GOOD.

Krannichfeld: HE'S A TALKER,
LIKE A USED-CAR SALESMAN.

THEY'RE SMOOTH.

THEY LIKE TO MAKE YOU
COMFORTABLE WITH THEM.

OBVIOUSLY,
PART OF THIS GUY'S M.O.

WAS BUILDING A RAPPORT
WITH THESE PEOPLE

AND TRYING TO GAIN THEIR TRUST
AND PUT THEM IN A SITUATION

WHERE HE WOULD BE, YOU KNOW,
ABLE TO CATCH THEM OFF GUARD.

Narrator:
SOMETHING ABOUT HIM DIDN'T
SIT RIGHT WITH THE DEALER.

HE HAD A SCAR
ACROSS ONE OF HIS HANDS,

BUT HE DIDN'T HAVE
THE HANDS OF A FARMER.

THEY WERE THE HANDS OF A BANKER.

Narrator: THAT'S NOT ALL
THE COIN DEALER OBSERVED.

HE WAS DRIVING SILVER PONTIAC,
A SILVER BONNEVILLE PONTIAC,

AND HE WOULD NEVER PARK IT
IN FRONT OF THE SHOP.

HE WOULD ALWAYS PARK IT
DOWN THE STREET

AND THEN WALK INTO THE SHOP.

Narrator:
ON THE BUYER'S THIRD VISIT,

THE FRIENDLINESS WAS GONE.

COME ON IN.
TAKE A LOOK AROUND.

SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING
THAT INTERESTS YOU.

WELL, I THINK TODAY
IS YOUR LUCKY DAY

'CAUSE I'D LIKE TO BUY
ABOUT 30 GRAND WORTH

OF GOLD AND SILVER,
IF YOU GOT IT.

WELL, LET ME GET
INTO THE SAFE HERE.

THE COIN DEALER EXPECTED
TO SELL SOME GOLD...

HERE YOU GO, MY FRIEND.

[ SILENCED GUNSHOT ]

...BUT ENDED UP TAKING LEAD.

THE STORE'S SECRETARY
HADN'T HEARD THE SHOT,

MUFFLED BY THE SILENCER.

[ SILENCED GUNSHOT ]

Marischen:
THIS IS NOT A SNATCH-AND-GRAB.

THIS IS SHOOTING A PERSON

AND GOING THROUGH HIS SAFE,
HIS DISPLAY CASES,

WHATEVER HE HAS ON HIM,
AND TAKING WHATEVER YOU WANT.

Krannichfeld:
AND THIS ISN'T SOMETHING
YOU HAVE TO DRIVE AWAY.

THIS IS SOMETHING YOU CARRY OFF
IN A LITTLE BAG,

SO YOU'RE TALKING
WALKING DOWN THE STREET,

CARRYING $100,000, $150,000
WITH NO PROBLEM.

HE MADE A LOT OF MONEY
REAL FAST.

Narrator: AND HE MADE SURE
THERE WERE NO SURVIVORS.

[ SILENCED GUNSHOT ]

Ehli: HE KNEW WHAT HE WAS DOING,
FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE.

HE HAD PLANNED THIS OUT,

AND HE KNEW, YOU KNOW, THAT
HE COULD DO IT AND GET AWAY.

Narrator: THE OWNER'S SON TELLS
POLICE ABOUT CHARLES HORTON,

BUT THEY DETERMINE
IT'S ALSO A FAKE NAME.

MONTANA AUTHORITIES ALERT LAW
ENFORCEMENT ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

Mehrer:
THE ROBBERY WAS SIMILAR TO OURS

WHERE THE OWNER WAS SHOT
IN THE HEAD WITH A.22,

AND HE KIND OF BEFRIENDED
THESE PEOPLE.

I THOUGHT,
"THIS IS OUR BIG BREAK."

Narrator: HE USED
A DIFFERENT NAME EACH TIME,

BUT THE GAP-TOOTHED GRIN
AND THE FRIENDLY DRAWL

ARE THE SAME...

JUST LIKE THE MAN PICCINI
THINKS KILLED THE LINTONS.

INVESTIGATORS REALIZE A MADMAN
IS PROWLING THE COUNTRY.

SINCE ALL THEY HAVE ARE ALIASES,

THEY DUB HIM
"THE COIN SHOP KILLER."

YOU CAN READ TELETYPES FOREVER
ABOUT CREDIT-CARD THEFT,

BUT THE PEOPLE
WHO ARE KILLING COIN DEALERS --

WELL, THAT WAS
OUT OF THE ORDINARY.

Narrator: CHECKING RECORDS,

INVESTIGATORS FIND
THREE OTHER COIN DEALERS

KILLED BY A.22-CALIBER
OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS.

IN MARCH 1988,

HE TOOK DOWN A COIN-SHOP OWNER
IN KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

[ SILENCED GUNSHOT ]

IN JULY 1987,

HE SLAYED A SPOKANE, WASHINGTON,
COIN-SHOP OWNER

JUST AFTER CLOSING TIME.

AND IN NOVEMBER 1986,

THE BODY OF A VACAVILLE,
CALIFORNIA, COIN-SHOP OWNER

TURNED UP IN A CREEK BED

WITH A SINGLE GUNSHOT WOUND
TO THE HEAD.

ALL THREE UNSOLVED FOR TOO LONG.

YOU HAVE A FAMILY
THAT'S BEEN TOTALLY DISRUPTED.

IT BECOMES VERY PERSONAL,

EVEN THOUGH THEY TELL YOU
NOT TO LET IT BECOME PERSONAL.

BUT IT DOES BECAUSE YOU WONDER

IF THERE'S SOMETHING
YOU'RE NOT DOING

OR THAT YOU ARE DOING

THAT'S NOT ALLOWING YOU
TO SOLVE THIS CASE.

Narrator: THERE IS NO QUESTION
IT'S ALWAYS THE SAME GUY.

IT WAS VERY NOTICEABLE.

THE TEXAS DRAWL
AND THE GAP-TOOTHED GRIN

WERE THE BIG
IDENTIFIABLE PIECES.

HE KILLS JUST TO KILL.

HE DOESN'T KILL
BECAUSE HE HAS TO.

HE KILLS BECAUSE HE WANTS TO.

ONCE HE GETS IT IN HIS BLOOD
AND GETS AWAY WITH IT,

HE'S GOT THE POWER OF GOD
IN HIS HAND.

HE SHOOTS AND KILLS THE PERSON
IN THE FACE

WHEN YOU'RE TWO FEET AWAY
FROM HIM.

THAT'S A COLD PERSON.

Narrator: HE GOES BY A LONG LIST
OF FAKE NAMES

AND ONLY SEEMS TO STRIKE
IN THE SUMMER.

HE MURDERS THEN RETREATS...

MURDERS THEN RETREATS.

IT ALMOST WAS,
LIKE, A HIBERNATION,

YOU KNOW, A PERIOD OF TIME
WHERE HE JUST WOULD GO DORMANT,

YOU KNOW,
NOTHING FOR SEVERAL MONTHS.

AND THEN, ALL OF A SUDDEN,
ANOTHER CRIME WOULD OCCUR.

Fischer: I'M CURIOUS TO KNOW
WHY HE CHOSE MY PARENTS.

WAS IT BECAUSE
THEY WERE HELPFUL,

OR WAS IT BECAUSE

THEY WERE JUST IN THE WRONG
PLACE AT THE WRONG TIME?

[ INDISTINCT CONVERSATION ]

THERE'S NO CONTINUITY.

THERE'S NOTHING
THAT PULLS EVERYTHING TOGETHER.

HE'S A PRETTY SMART CRIMINAL
IN TERMS OF COVERING HIS TRACKS.

Narrator:
FINGERPRINTS LEFT BEHIND

ARE NOT
IN ANY AGENCY'S DATABASE.

HERE. CHECK THAT OUT.

WHOA.
WHERE'D YOU GET IT?

I JUST FOUND IT AT A JEWELRY
STORE ON MY BUSINESS TRIP.

I THOUGHT
YOU MIGHT LIKE IT.

WOW. REALLY? FOR ME?

IT'S GENUINE,
AND IT'S ALL YOURS.

THAT'S A REAL FIND.

Piccini: WE WERE DEFINITELY
DEALING WITH A SOCIOPATH.

THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.

THANKS, DAD.

HE WAS GETTING
SOME SORT OF THRILL

OUT OF KILLING THE PEOPLE
HE WAS KILLING.

Narrator: AUTHORITIES
STRUGGLE TO HUNT HIM DOWN

BEFORE HE STRIKES AGAIN.

Krannichfeld:
BUT WE DON'T KNOW HOW HE
EXISTED OR WHERE HE EXISTED.

THE KEY, FOR HIM, WAS MOVEMENT.

HE'D COMMIT A CRIME
AND THEN LEAVE.

HE'D JUST DISAPPEAR.

Narrator:
LIKE A TRULY ABOMINABLE SNOWMAN,

HE SEEMS IMPOSSIBLE TO TRACK,

ONLY THIS KILLER
IS ABSOLUTELY REAL.

AND WHEN SPRING COMES,
HE'LL RESUME HIS HUNT.

[ WIND HOWLING ]

[ WIND HOWLING ]

Narrator: AUTHORITIES
TRACK A SERIAL KILLER

WHO CHANGES NAMES
LIKE THE SEASONS.

THEY BELIEVE HE KILLED ROBERT
AND DAGMAR LINTON IN WASHINGTON

AND COIN-SHOP DEALERS
IN SIX OTHER STATES.

Krannichfeld:
I CAN'T EVEN FATHOM

HOW SOMEONE WOULD BE ABLE
TO DO THAT --

JUST SHOOT SOMEBODY IN THE HEAD,
UNPROVOKED.

EVEN THOUGH YOU DEAL
WITH THIS STUFF ALL THE TIME

AS A POLICE OFFICER,
YOU NEVER CAN WRAP YOUR MIND

AROUND SOMEONE HAVING
THE INTENSE HATE.

Narrator: AFTER EACH SLAYING,
HE VANISHES FOR THE WINTER.

WHEN A BEAR FIRST WAKES UP
FROM HIBERNATION,

HIS INSTINCTS ARE TO EAT.

HE'S RAVENOUS, HUNGRY.
HE'S GONNA GO OUT AND KILL.

BUT BEARS DON'T ATTACK
FOR MALICIOUS INTENT.

HUMAN PREDATORS ARE WHAT
YOU HAVE TO WATCH OUT FOR.

NOW, FOR SURE,
THERE WAS AN URGENCY

TO TRY TO LOCATE THIS GUY
EVEN MORE SO

BECAUSE WE DIDN'T WANT IT
TO HAPPEN

TO ANOTHER VICTIM
SOMEWHERE ELSE.

Narrator: THEN A TIPSTER
CALLS MONTANA POLICE,

SAYING HE SAW A SUSPICIOUS MAN
DRIVE AWAY

AFTER THE MURDERS IN BILLINGS.

HE WROTE DOWN THE LICENSE PLATE.

AND THAT REALLY LEADS THEM TO,

"OKAY, WE'VE GOT
THE LICENSE PLATE.

WE'VE GOT A GOOD DESCRIPTION."

AND THINGS START,
YOU KNOW, ROLLING.

Narrator: RUNNING THE PLATE,
THEY LEARN THE SILVER PONTIAC

IS REGISTERED
TO A MAN NAMED LARRY ULRICH,

AND THEY GET AN ADDRESS
IN WYOMING.

WE HAD A REAL GOOD LEAD
AT THAT POINT --

THAT NOW WE KNEW
EXACTLY WHERE WE WERE LOOKING

AND WHO WE WERE LOOKING FOR.

[ SIRENS WAIL ]

SO THEY WENT
TO THAT PARTICULAR ADDRESS,

BUT THEY DIDN'T FIND ANYTHING.

Narrator:
TURNS OUT, IT'S A FAKE ADDRESS.

LARRY ULRICH IS STILL ONE STEP
AHEAD OF THE AUTHORITIES.

THEN THEY STARTED TO LOOK
FOR THE CAR INDIVIDUALLY.

Narrator: THE NEXT DAY,
POLICE SPOT AN ABANDONED CAR

AT THE AIRPORT
IN JACKSON HOLE, WYOMING.

ALTHOUGH ULRICH TRIED
TO DISGUISE IT, IT'S HIS.

Ehli: THE FRONT OF THE CAR'S
COVERED WITH BUGS.

THE LICENSE PLATE, THOUGH,
IS CLEAN.

IT DOESN'T HAVE ANY BUGS ON IT.

IT'S THE SAME CAR,
DIFFERENT LICENSE PLATE.

Narrator: INSIDE, AUTHORITIES
FIND ULRICH'S REGISTRATION,

COIN WRAPPINGS
FROM THE MONTANA SHOP,

AND A.22-CALIBER HANDGUN
WITH A SILENCER.

THE CLIP'S MISSING THREE ROUNDS,

LIKELY THE THREE SHOTS

THAT KILLED THE MONTANA
COIN DEALER AND HIS SECRETARY.

IN WASHINGTON, CHIEF
CRIMINAL DEPUTY PETE PICCINI

RUNS THE NEW NAME
THROUGH HIS STATE'S DATABASES.

HE FINDS AN OLD DRIVER'S LICENSE

WITH AN ADDRESS
IN DEMING, WASHINGTON,

JUST 60 MILES FROM WHERE THE
LINTONS' CREDIT CARD WAS USED.

PICCINI ALSO LEARNS

ULRICH ONCE HAD TWO CHILDREN
REGISTERED IN DEMING SCHOOLS.

THAT WAS ONE
OF THE "AHA" MOMENTS.

I WAS ABLE TO GET AHOLD
OF THE PRINCIPAL

AT THE HIGH SCHOOL
AND TALK TO HIM.

AND HE REMEMBERED THE FAMILY.

HE BELIEVED THAT THEY HAD LEFT
AND HAD GONE TO ALASKA.

Narrator:
THE PRINCIPAL RECALLS

THE FAMILY PUT THINGS IN STORAGE
BEFORE HEADING NORTH.

AND HE MENTIONS A SEEMINGLY
INSIGNIFICANT DETAIL.

HE REMEMBERED THE DAUGHTER
PLAYED IN THE BAND, AND HE SAID,

"IN FACT, IT WAS THE ONLY
B- FLAT CLARINET IN THE BAND."

Narrator: PICCINI'S SUSPECT USED
THE LINTONS' CREDIT CARD

TO BUY A SIMILAR CLARINET.

THE DEPUTY GETS A SEARCH WARRANT
FOR THE STORAGE UNITS

AND UNLOCKS A KILLER'S SECRETS.

WE WALKED IN. WE LOOKED AT IT.
IT WAS MOUNTAINOUS.

THE PLACE WAS JAM-PACKED
FULL OF EVERYTHING.

THERE WAS THIS B-FLAT
BUNDY CLARINET

WITH THE SERIAL NUMBER
SCRAPED OFF IT.

BUT THERE IT WAS.

AND THEN THERE WAS A BAG,

AND IN THE BAG
WAS BRAND-NEW UNDERWEAR.

THESE ARE ONLY THINGS
I JUST HEARD ABOUT.

I'M HOLDING THEM NOW. WHOA!

I MEAN, THAT WAS JUST LIKE
SOMEONE CAME IN --

"YOU JUST WON THE LOTTERY."

Narrator: AIRLINE PERSONNEL
IN JACKSON HOLE

CONFIRM LARRY ULRICH FLEW
FROM WYOMING TO ANCHORAGE

TWO DAYS AFTER
THE MONTANA MURDERS.

A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK THAT THEY
CAN GO TO ALASKA AND DISAPPEAR

BECAUSE IT'S SUCH AN UNKNOWN,
TO GO OUT INTO THE WILDERNESS,

AND SOMEBODY MIGHT NOT FIND YOU
FOR A LONG TIME.

AGAIN, YOU'RE OFF THE GRID.
YOU'RE OUT OF THE MAINSTREAM.

IT'S A PLACE TO LIE LOW.

PERHAPS HE'S PLANNING
WHAT HE'S GOING TO DO NEXT.

PERHAPS HE'S JUST MAKING SURE
THAT THE TRAIL GROWS COLD

FROM WHAT PREVIOUS ACT
HE COMMITTED.

Narrator:
ALASKA STATE TROOPERS

TRACK ULRICH TO A CABIN
IN REMOTE KENNY LAKE...

WHERE HE LIVES WITH HIS FAMILY.

[ INDISTINCT CONVERSATION ]

THE VILLAGE IS 90 MILES OUTSIDE
VALDEZ, ALASKA.

TUCKED BETWEEN
THE MIGHTY COPPER RIVER

AND THE MAJESTIC
WRANGELL MOUNTAINS,

ITS SNOW-PACKED PINES OFFER
THE PERFECT PLACE TO HIDE.

IT'S A SMALL COMMUNITY,

AND YOU COULD ESCAPE THERE,
FOR SURE.

I THINK THE AREA
IS PRETTY SPREAD OUT,

SO YOU CAN LIVE OFF THE GRID
SOMEWHAT.

BUT YOU STILL HAVE THAT
CONNECTION TO THE ROAD SYSTEM,

SO YOU CAN GO TO VARIOUS PLACES.

Humphrey:
KENNY LAKE IS SO REMOTE

THAT THERE'S EVEN
A LOT OF ALASKANS

THAT DON'T KNOW WHERE IT IS.

IT'S NOT A PLACE
SOMEBODY CAN STUMBLE UPON

OR COME TO ACCIDENTALLY.

THERE'S A LOT OF OUTLYING AREAS
THAT PEOPLE CAN DISAPPEAR,

THEY CAN HIDE.

Narrator:
NOW THAT THEY KNOW WHERE
THE ALLEGED SERIAL KILLER IS,

AUTHORITIES NEED
TO TAKE HIM DOWN.

S.W.A.T. TEAMS
FROM SEVERAL AGENCIES

CONVERGE ON
THE ALASKAN HINTERLANDS.

Marischen:
HE WAS A GUN NUT.

I MEAN, HE WAS GONNA GO DOWN
BIG-TIME WITH THIS THING,

AND HE HAD NOTHING TO LOSE
TO SHOOT IT OUT.

[ WIND HOWLING ]

Narrator:
A MULTI-STATE TASK FORCE DEPLOYS

TO CAPTURE A SERIAL PREDATOR

HOLED UP IN THE REMOTE ALASKAN
HAMLET OF KENNY LAKE.

ON AUGUST 13, 1990,

A S.W.A.T. TEAM SWARMS
LARRY ULRICH'S PROPERTY...

...PREPARING
FOR AN ALL-OUT ASSAULT.

AS DAWN BREAKS,
AUTHORITIES DETERMINE

THE BEST WAY TO TAKE HIM DOWN

IS TO LURE HIM OUT
AND AWAY FROM HIS GUN STASH.

[ TELEPHONE RINGS ]

HELLO?
THIS IS HE.

THEY CALL HIM AT THE HOUSE

AND SAY THAT THEY HAD PAPERS
ON AN UNRELATED MATTER

TO SERVE ON HIM,

AND COULD HE COME DOWN
TO A STORE

THAT WAS LOCATED A SHORT
DISTANCE FROM THE HOUSE

CALLED KENNY LAKE MERCANTILE?

YEAH, I COULD BE THERE
IN 10 MINUTES.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

WHO WAS THAT, DAD?

I GOT TO RUN DOWN
AND SIGN SOME PAPERWORK.

Man: HE'S COMING OUT,
HEADED TO THE CAR.

[ ENGINE TURNS OVER ]

HE'S ON THE MOVE!

WE IMMEDIATELY
GOT INTO OUR VEHICLES

AND GOT READY
TO JUMP BEHIND HIM,

FOLLOW HIM,
MAKE THE TRAFFIC STOP.

Narrator:
ULRICH PULLS OFF THE ROAD

AND RIGHT INTO THEIR TRAP.

TURN OFF THE ENGINE!
OUT OF THE TRUCK NOW!

NOW!
DON'T DO ANYTHING STUPID!

TURN OFF THE TRUCK!
OUT! NOW!

Mehrer: AS SOON AS HE TURNED
INTO THE TURNOUT,

THERE WAS PROBABLY --

EIGHT OR NINE MEMBERS JUMPED OUT
AND SWARMED THE VEHICLE.

OUT OF THE TRUCK!

HANDS UP! HANDS UP!

TURN AROUND!

Narrator: ALASKA STATE TROOPERS
ARREST HIM FOR THE MURDERS

OF THE MONTANA COIN-SHOP OWNER
AND HIS SECRETARY,

AS WELL AS THE ATTEMPTED MURDER
OF KELLY FINNEGAN.

Marischen:
HE WAS PRETTY STOIC.

HE KNEW HIS RIGHTS.

HE SMILED,
AND HE GAVE THE OLD TEXAS DRAWL

AND THE GOOD OL' BOY ROUTINE.

Woman: WHAT'S GOING ON?

Narrator: AFTER THE ARREST,
POLICE DESCEND ON HIS CABIN.

CAN YOU JUST WAIT
FOR HIM TO COME BACK?

THEY'RE MET
BY HIS PANICKED WIFE.

WHY ARE YOU GUYS HERE?
SETTLE DOWN.

THEY RECOVER SEVERAL GUNS

AND A TRAVEL BAG FROM
HIS MOST RECENT TRIP SOUTH.

AMONG ITS CONTENTS,
A GOLD-ENGRAVED POCKET WATCH,

STOLEN FROM
KELLY FINNEGAN'S SHOP.

HIS WIFE SWEARS SHE KNOWS
NOTHING OF HIS CRIME SPREE.

NOBODY HERE IS --
WE'RE ALL --

WHEN PUT TO SOME OF THE TIGHTER
QUESTIONS, SHE BACKED OFF.

AND SHE BACKED OFF BY SAYING,
"I DON'T KNOW.

HE WOULD NEVER TELL ME
WHAT HE DID,"

THAT HE WOULD GO HIS OWN
AND HE WOULD TRAVEL A LOT,

"BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT HE DID."

Narrator: BUT THE STORY TAKES
A BIZARRE TURN.

AUTHORITIES REALIZE
THE MAN THEY HAVE IN CUSTODY

IS NOT LARRY ULRICH

WHEN THEY FIND A REPORT
OF A MAN WITH THAT NAME

WHO HAS A POLICE RECORD
IN NEW MEXICO.

AND SO, WE GOT AHOLD OF A
LIEUTENANT IN HOBBS, NEW MEXICO,

AND TALKED TO HIM.

VERY FAMILIAR WITH THIS GUY.

Narrator: THE LIEUTENANT
SHOWS THE REAL LARRY ULRICH

A PHOTO OF THE MAN IN CUSTODY
IN ALASKA.

HE RECOGNIZES HIS OLD BUDDY,
WHOSE NAME IS CHARLES SINCLAIR.

THEY WERE FRIENDS AT ONE TIME
AND KNEW EACH OTHER,

AND IT WAS A CLASSMATE.

HE JUST STOLE HIS IDENTITY.

Narrator: POLICE LEARN SINCLAIR
ONCE OWNED A STORE IN NEW MEXICO

STOCKED WITH COINS,
ANTIQUES, AND GUNS.

IN 1985, THE SHOP MYSTERIOUSLY
BURNED TO THE GROUND.

THEY BELIEVE
SINCLAIR TORCHED THE PLACE,

COLLECTED THE INSURANCE,
AND SKIPPED TOWN.

Piccini: THE FAMILY
ALL CHANGED THEIR NAMES

WHEN THEY LEFT
HOBBS, NEW MEXICO,
IN THE DEAD OF NIGHT.

THE FAMILY
JUST WENT ALONG WITH IT,

NEVER QUESTIONED HIM ABOUT IT,

AND WHATEVER HE SAID WENT
AS FAR AS THEY WERE CONCERNED.

Narrator: SINCLAIR SETTLED
HIS NEWLY MINTED ULRICH FAMILY

IN REMOTE DEMING, WASHINGTON,

NOT FAR FROM ROBERT
AND DAGMAR LINTON'S CAMPSITE.

CHIEF CRIMINAL DEPUTY
PETE PICCINI

FINALLY GETS THE LONG-AWAITED
NEWS OF AN ARREST.

TOTAL RELIEF FOR ME.

JUST TOTAL RELIEF.

THIS IS IT.

THIS IS SO GOOD HE'S NOT OUT
KILLING PEOPLE ANYMORE.

Narrator:
PICCINI RACES TO ALASKA

TO GET HANDWRITING AND DNA
SAMPLES FROM HIS PRIME SUSPECT.

IT GIVES HIM THE CHANCE TO GET
FACE-TO-FACE WITH A SOCIOPATH.

WE GOT YOU, PAL.

Piccini: AND TO THIS DAY --
AND I'VE ALWAYS SAID IT,

AND I'LL STILL SAY IT --
IF YOU'VE EVER SEEN

A RATTLESNAKE ON A HOT ROCK,
EYE LEVEL WITH YOU,

THAT WAS CHARLIE SINCLAIR TO ME.

Narrator:
DESPITE PICCINI'S BEST EFFORTS,

SINCLAIR NEVER ADMITS
TO KILLING THE LINTONS.

NOTHING TO SAY?

BUT TESTS SHOW
SINCLAIR'S BLOOD TYPE

MATCHES THE SAMPLE FOUND
IN THE LINTONS' TRUCK.

THOUGH ROBERT AND DAGMAR'S
BODIES ARE NEVER FOUND,

POLICE ARE CONFIDENT
SINCLAIR KILLED THE COUPLE,

AS WELL AS NINE OTHERS
AT VARIOUS COIN SHOPS.

YET, MONEY DOESN'T SEEM
TO BE THE MOTIVE.

WAS HE DOING IT
TO REMOVE WITNESSES?

WAS HIS MAIN IMPETUS
TAKING ALL THIS MONEY,

OR WAS IT THE KILLING?

IT WASN'T LIKE THEY WERE
IN A RICH CASTLE UP IN ALASKA.

YOU KNOW,
THEY WERE IN A REMOTE CABIN

THAT HAD A STOVE
IN THE MIDDLE OF IT.

IT WAS THE KILLINGS, I THINK,
THAT HE THRIVED ON.

Narrator:
BEFORE CHARLES SINCLAIR

CAN GO TO TRIAL,

HE OVERDOSES ON MEDICATIONS
AND DIES IN JAIL.

Piccini: HE'S LIKE ALL THE REST
OF THEM TYPE OF PEOPLE.

WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO IT,

THEY'RE GUTLESS
ON THEIR OWN RIGHT.

IT'S EASY TO HAVE A GUN
AND POINT IT AT SOMEBODY.

BUT NOW HE HAD THE GUN
POINTED AT HIM.

HE COULDN'T HANDLE THAT.

SO HE TOOK THE GUTLESS WAY OUT.

Narrator:
NO ONE WILL EVER KNOW

WHAT WENT THROUGH
CHARLES SINCLAIR'S MIND

OR WHAT MADE
HIS MURDEROUS HEART SO COLD.

THE ONLY PERSON WHO TRULY KNOWS

ALL OF THE DEATH
AND DESTRUCTION HE DID

TOOK THAT INFORMATION
TO THE GRAVE.

Narrator:
IT'S JUSTICE ENOUGH

FOR THE LINTONS'
SURVIVING CHILDREN.

AND HE BROUGHT HIMSELF
TO HIS OWN JUSTICE.

I MEAN, HE MET HIS MAKER.
[ LAUGHS ]

HE MET THE FINAL JUDGE.

REAL QUICK.

YOU KNOW, MAN'S JUSTICE...

UH...

MAN'S JUDGE WILL HAVE A 2x4,

AND GOD WILL COME IN
WITH THE 4x4.

Fischer: I BELIEVE THAT THEY'RE
IN HEAVEN WATCHING OVER US,

AND THEY'RE WAITING.

THEY'RE WAITING
FOR WHEN IT'S OUR TURN.

AND WE'LL SEE THEM AGAIN.