Ice Cold Killers (2012–…): Season 2, Episode 4 - Hitchhike to Hell - full transcript

[ HOWLING ]

Narrator:
IN THE ICY EXTREMES OF COLORADO,

EVIL TAKES MANY FORMS.

IT'S ABJECT TERROR.

[ TIRES SCREECH ]

HE'S GONNA KILL ME!
PLEASE HELP! PLEASE!

Carbone: NO ONE'S EVERY PREPARED
TO BE IN A CAR CHASE

WITH PEOPLE SHOOTING AT YOU.

[ TIRES SCREECH,

[ GUNSHOT, SCREAMING ]

Schmidt: AFTER THE VICIOUSNESS
OF HER ATTACK,



SHE'S NOT GONNA DO WELL
OUT IN THE WILDERNESS.

Narrator: A HORRIFIC ASSAULT
THAT'S ALMOST UNIMAGINABLE

EXCEPT THAT IT'S SO FAMILIAR.

THIS IS SOMEBODY
WHO'S DONE THIS BEFORE.

IT REALLY STARTED FEELING
LIKE MORE OF A SERIAL KILLER.

Narrator:
THE KEY TO THESE CRIMES --
A CLUE HIDDEN IN THE ICE.

WE WERE JUST HUNGRY TO FIND OUT

WHAT WAS GONNA BE
THE NEXT BIZARRE TWIST

IN THIS WEIRD STORY.

IT'S LIKE HAVING
A 1,000-PIECE JIGSAW PUZZLE

AND THEY'RE NOT EVEN
ON THE TABLE.

THEY'RE SCATTERED
THROUGHOUT THE ROOM

AND YOU GOT TO GO FIND THEM
AND BRING THEM UP TO THE TABLE.

[ WOMAN SCREAMS ]



CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY
DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS

Narrator:
FEBRUARY 1994.

THICK, WET SNOW BLANKETS
COLORADO'S ROCKY MOUNTAINS.

IT SMOTHERS THE JAGGED PEAKS

AND CREEPS DOWN TO BURY
DENVER AND ITS SUBURBS BELOW.

NORTH OF DENVER IS THORNTON,

A MOUNTAIN TOWN
SURROUNDED BY SKI SLOPES.

AT 5:45 IN THE MORNING,

30-YEAR-OLD JACKIE CREAZZO
CAREFULLY NAVIGATES

A SLICK INTERSTATE OFF-RAMP,

PLANNING HER ESCAPE
FROM THORNTON'S BLISTERING COLD.

Moriarty: SHE GETS UP
THAT MORNING AND IS ON HER WAY

TO GET HER FATHER
TO GO TO THE AIRPORT

TO GO SPEND TIME IN LAS VEGAS.

Narrator:
ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD,

SHE SEES WHAT SHE THINKS
IS A STRANDED DRIVER.

Grant:
SHE SAW A SMALL BLONDE FIGURE

THAT APPEARED TO BE IN DISTRESS,
ARMS WAVING,

AND SHE THOUGHT THAT THE PERSON
WAS IN SOME KIND OF TROUBLE.

[ Crying ] PLEASE LET ME IN!
HE'S GONNA KILL ME!

PLEASE! PLEASE, GO! GO!

OKAY, OKAY, OKAY.

SHE THINKS TO HERSELF,
"I'VE GOT TO DO SOMETHING HERE

"BECAUSE THIS HYSTERICAL WOMAN

"THINKS THIS MAN
IS GONNA KILL HER,

WHICH MEANS I'M IN DANGER,
AS WELL."

IT'S GONNA BE FINE.
IT'S GONNA BE FINE.

WHAT TIME IS IT?

5:58.

HE JUST RAPED ME
FOR OVER TWO HOURS.

OH, MY GOD.

I'M GONNA GET YOU
SOMEPLACE SAFE, I PROMISE.

HER TERROR LEVEL
IS OUT OF SIGHT.

SHE'S BEEN HORRIBLY ABUSED.

SHE'S BEEN ABDUCTED
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT.

SHE'S BEEN BRUTALIZED
FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS.

SHE'S HYSTERICAL,
COMPLETELY OUT OF CONTROL.

Narrator: JACKIE HEADS FOR
THE THORNTON POLICE DEPARTMENT,

ONLY THREE MILES AWAY.

BUT TROUBLE'S CLOSING FAST.

[ PANTING ]

PLEASE, GO!

HE'S RIGHT THERE!
HE'S GONNA KILL ME!

McKinley: THEY WERE DRIVING
FOR THEIR LIVES.

JACKIE HAD NO IDEA
WHO THIS GUY WAS

THAT WAS FOLLOWING THEM,
AND HE HAD NO FEAR.

Grant: JACKIE GOES FROM
"I WANT TO HELP SOMEBODY"

TO "OH, MY GOD"
IN [SNAPS] THAT QUICK.

Narrator:
JACKIE'S SPEEDING TIRES SPIN
HELPLESSLY ON THE BLACK ICE.

PLEASE, GOD!

THE SEDAN KEEPS GAINING.

THEY'RE ALMOST
AT THE POLICE STATION.

[ SCREAMS ]

OUT OF NOWHERE, GUNSHOTS.

[ GUNSHOT ]

AAH!

TOTALLY LIKE A HOLLYWOOD MOVIE.

[ TIRES SCREECH ]

THE SHOTS JUST KEEP COMING.

[ GUNSHOTS, GLASS SHATTERS ]

Grant: JACKIE IS HIT.

SHE LOSES CONTROL
OF HER LOWER EXTREMITIES

AND SHE CAN'T DO ANYTHING
WITH THE CAR.

THE MOST SHE CAN DO
IS JUST GRAB THE WHEEL,

AND SHE'S HOLDING IT
REALLY TIGHT,

AND SHE'S TRYING TO STEER IT,

TRYING TO GUIDE THE CAR.

[ SCREAMING ]

Narrator:
JACKIE PLOWS ACROSS THE MEDIAN

AND INTO A SNOW BANK

100 YARDS
FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

Grant:
TALK ABOUT REALITY TELEVISION.

THIS WAS REALITY.

THIS WAS REALITY.

Narrator:
THEY'VE MADE IT TO THE STATION

BUT NOT TO SAFETY.

THE SNOW MUFFLES
THE SOUND OF THE CRASH.

THE COPS HEAR NOTHING.

THE SHOOTER CLOSES IN.

THERE'S NOWHERE TO RUN.

[ WHIMPERING ]

Narrator: THE GUNMAN RETURNS
TO FINISH OFF JACKIE.

JACKIE IS SURE
THAT SHE'S GONNA DIE,

THAT THIS IS THE LAST FACE
SHE'LL EVER SEE.

HOW'S IT FEEL TO DIE?

[ GUN CLICKS ]

Narrator:
HE'S OUT OF BULLETS.

Grant: SHE SAID SHE'D NEVER
FORGET THAT STONE-COLD STARE.

WHAT A THING TO HAVE HAPPENED
IN BARELY 10 MINUTES,

FROM STOPPING TO ASSIST
A FELLOW TRAVELLER

TO THINKING YOU'RE GONNA DIE.

CAN'T FATHOM IT.
CAN'T FATHOM IT.

Narrator: THE GUNMAN
HAS RECLAIMED HIS VICTIM.

HELP ARRIVES MOMENTS LATER.

WHAT HAPPENED?

[ SIREN WAILING ]

AN OFFICER TAKES JACKIE'S
BARELY COHERENT STORY.

Moriarty:
THE INFORMATION THAT WE WERE
GETTING FROM JACKIE ON SCENE,

TALKING ABOUT A RAPE
AND EVERYTHING THAT HAD HAPPENED

AND SHOTS BEING FIRED,

WE STILL DON'T EVEN KNOW
WHO THE VICTIM IS.

IT'S NOT MAKING ANY SENSE.

Narrator:
WHY WOULD THE KIDNAPPER
RELEASE HIS VICTIM

ONLY TO CHASE HER DOWN AGAIN?

Carbone:
SOMETHING THAT, IN HIS MIND,
MADE HIM FEEL CONFIDENT ENOUGH

THAT HE WAS GONNA LET HER GO

AND THEN HE WASN'T
GONNA GET INTO TROUBLE.

AND THEN SOMETHING CLICKED
ONCE SHE GOT PICKED UP

THAT HE MADE A MISTAKE AND HE
NEEDED TO REMEDY THAT MISTAKE.

Narrator: THE LEVEL OF VIOLENCE,
THE CHASE AND RECAPTURE --

IT SOUNDS LIKE
A PERSONAL VENDETTA.

IT SEEMS LIKE
A BAD DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

IT WAS A BAD EVENING OUT

AND FRIENDS
WERE TRYING TO GET AWAY

FROM THE HUSBAND
OR THE BOYFRIEND.

I MEAN, IT JUST FELT LIKE
THAT KIND OF A SCENARIO.

WHY ELSE
WOULD SOMEBODY IN ONE CAR

TAKE SOMEBODY OUT OF ANOTHER CAR
UNLESS THEY KNEW THEM?

[ POLICE RADIO CHATTER ]

Narrator:
THE KIDNAPPING VICTIM HADN'T
EVEN TOLD JACKIE HER NAME.

WE HAVE THIS CRIME SCENE.

WE HAVE A VICTIM
THAT'S KIDNAPPED.

WE NOW HAVE OFFICERS AND DOGS
TRYING TO TRACK THE CAR.

I MEAN,
THERE IS SO MUCH HAPPENING

FOR SUCH A LITTLE
POLICE DEPARTMENT ALL AT ONCE.

[ SIRENS WAILING ]

Narrator:
BEFORE THE SOLE WITNESS
CAN GIVE MORE DETAILS,

SHE'S RUSHED INTO SURGERY.

THE FATE OF THE CASE HINGES
ON WHETHER JACKIE LIVES OR DIES.

WE HAD JACKIE AT THE HOSPITAL
UNDERGOING MASSIVE SURGERIES,

BEING TUBED IN THE SIDE,

COMING IN AND OUT
OF CONSCIOUSNESS,

GOING INTO CARDIAC ARREST.

WE THINK SHE'S GONNA DIE.

[ MONITOR BEEPING ]

NOW'S NOT A GOOD TIME
TO INTERVIEW HER,

BUT THERE WAS
THAT SENSE OF URGENCY LIKE,

"WELL, IF I DON'T DO IT NOW,

WE MIGHT NOT EVER GET
HER LAST WORDS."

YOU'RE TRYING TO SAVE A LIFE
OF JACKIE CREAZZO

WHILE AT THE SAME TIME
TRYING TO GATHER

AS MUCH INFORMATION
TO SAVE THE LIFE

OF THE PERSON THAT'S KIDNAPPED.

[ MONITOR BEEPING ]

[ FLATLINE ]

[ WIND HOWLING ]

[ WIND HOWLING ]

Narrator:
AS AN ICY WINTER GRIPS COLORADO,

GOOD SAMARITAN JACKIE CREAZZO
HOLDS THE KEY TO IDENTIFYING

A KIDNAPPING VICTIM
AND HER ASSAILANT.

I SAW THE ACCIDENT.

RUSHED TO EMERGENCY SURGERY,

SHE MANAGES
TO TELL INVESTIGATORS

WHERE SHE PICKED UP
THE YOUNG WOMAN.

SO, WE SEND OFFICERS DOWN THERE.

Grant: THERE WASN'T ANYTHING
MECHANICALLY WRONG WITH IT.

THE THEORY IS THAT
SHE SOMEHOW WAS FORCED TO STOP.

Moriarty: WE RUN
THE LICENSE PLATE OF THAT CAR

TO FIGURE OUT WHO POTENTIALLY
THE VICTIM COULD BE

THAT THE SUSPECT
HAS TAKEN AWAY.

Narrator: THE CAR IS REGISTERED
TO A MAN NAMED CASEY BRADSHAW.

QUESTIONED AT HIS HOME,

BRADSHAW TELLS POLICE

HIS 25-YEAR-OLD WIFE, RHONDA,
DRIVES THE CAR

AND SHE STILL HASN'T COME HOME
FROM WORK.

THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN INVOLVED
IN AN ACCIDENT.

YOU DON'T REMEMBER HER
COMING BACK AT ALL?

SHE HASN'T BEEN HOME.
I'VE BEEN WORRIED SICK.

YOUR FIRST CONTACT WITH SOMEONE
IS VERY TELLING

AND YOU WANT TO GET
THEIR RESPONSE.

WHAT DOES HE THINK ABOUT
THAT IT'S 8:00 IN THE MORNING

BY THE TIME WE'RE MAKING
NOTIFICATION

AND HIS WIFE'S NOT HOME YET?

IS HE ANGRY?

DOES HE HAVE AN IDEA
WHERE SHE IS?

Narrator: HE CLAIMS HE LAST SAW
RHONDA WHEN SHE LEFT FOR HER JOB

AS A COCKTAIL WAITRESS
AT A MOUNTAINSIDE CASINO.

IT'S A TEMPORARY GIG.

RHONDA DREAMS OF BEING A COP.

Moriarty: SHE WAS EARNING
MORE MONEY IN THE EVENING

TO START HER LIFE, YOU KNOW?

A VERY TYPICAL, DRIVEN
YOUNG FEMALE,

WILLING TO WORK THE LATE HOURS.

SHE WAS TRYING TO MAKE MONEY
TO BUY A HOME.

[ POLICE RADIO CHATTER ]

Narrator: BUT MONEY PROBLEMS
CAN BE A TRIGGER

FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

THOUGH CASEY BRADSHAW
SEEMS CONCERNED,

HE'S NOT OFF THE HOOK.

Moriarty: HOW'S THEIR
RELATIONSHIP BEEN GOING

SINCE THEY'VE BEEN MARRIED?

ARE THEY IN DEBT?
DO THEY OWE MONEY TO ANYBODY?

DO THEY DO DRUGS?

ALL OF THOSE THINGS

ARE JUST TYPICAL
CHECKLIST KIND OF THINGS.

Narrator: INVESTIGATORS
ALSO CHECK WITH THE CASINO,

WHICH ATTRACTS
ALL SORTS OF CHARACTERS.

Moriarty: WHEN YOU'RE IN
THAT FIRST 24 HOURS

AND YOU HAVE A VICTIM
WHO'S BEEN KIDNAPPED

AND YOU JUST NOW IDENTIFIED
WHO SHE IS,

YOU WANT TO THINK OF
ANY CONNECTION IN HER LIFE

THAT COULD POSSIBLY GET YOU
TO SOMEBODY

WHO'S ASSOCIATED WITH HER THAT
COULD HELP SOLVE THE MYSTERY.

Narrator:
NONE OF HER COWORKERS RECALL

ANY PARTICULARLY CREEPY
CUSTOMERS THAT NIGHT.

WHEN HER SHIFT ENDED
AT 2:00 A.M.,

THE HARDWORKING WIFE
AND STEPMOTHER

TOOK A CASINO BUS TO HER CAR
IN THE PARK-AND-RIDE LOT.

Grant: WE DON'T HAVE
ANY DIRECT EVIDENCE

OF WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED ONCE
SHE GOT OFF THAT CASINO BUS.

Narrator: INVESTIGATORS HOPE
JACKIE CREAZZO

CAN FILL IN THE BLANKS.

SHE BARELY SURVIVED HER ORDEAL.

THREE BULLETS TORE INTO HER...

[ ENGINE REVS, SCREAMING ]

[ GUNSHOT ]
...IN THE FACE...

[ GUNSHOT ]
...IN THE SHOULDER...

[ GUNSHOT ]
...AND ONE PIERCED HER SPINE.

Man: SIR, I'M TERRIBLY SORRY.
IT'S CRITICAL.

UNFORTUNATELY SHE MAY NOT
BE ABLE TO WALK AGAIN.

I'M GONNA DO EVERYTHING
I CAN.

EVERYTHING ABOUT HER LIFE
AS SHE KNEW IT

WAS NO LONGER THE SAME.

Narrator: ALL BECAUSE
SHE STOPPED TO HELP A STRANGER.

McKinley: WE ALL HOPED
THAT WE COULD BE THAT PERSON.

YOU THINK, "COULD I HAVE DONE

THE SAME THING
JACKIE CREAZZO DID?"

WE ALL HOPED THAT WE COULD HAVE.

BUT REALLY,
IF WE LOOK INSIDE OURSELVES,

MOST OF US PROBABLY
COULDN'T HAVE OR WOULDN'T HAVE.

Narrator: JACKIE'S ABLE
TO RECOGNIZE A PHOTO OF RHONDA.

[ GUNSHOT ]

SHE TELLS POLICE
WHAT RHONDA TOLD HER.

Moriarty: A SEDAN BUMPS HER CAR
AND CAUSES AN ACCIDENT.

SHE PULLS OVER.

IT'S NOT A BIG ACCIDENT,

BUT THERE NEEDS TO BE
AN EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION.

THE DRIVER OF THE SEDAN
CONVINCES RHONDA

TO GET IN HIS CAR
BECAUSE IT'S SNOWY

AND THE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE SO POOR.

FROM THE TIME
THE ACCIDENT OCCURS

AND THAT SHE GETS IN THE CAR

IS WHEN THE SEXUAL ASSAULT
STARTS TAKING PLACE.

Narrator:
HE DROVE HER TO ANOTHER SPOT
AND RAPED HER FOR TWO HOURS.

INEXPLICABLY, HE DROPPED HER
BACK OFF AT HER CAR.

Carbone: YOU REALLY DON'T KNOW
WHAT'S GOING ON IN THEIR HEAD,

WHETHER HE HAD DONE THIS BEFORE
AND LET A VICTIM GO

AND THEN THE VICTIM
NEVER TESTIFIED.

Moriarty: SHE LITERALLY
FEARED FOR HER LIFE

THAT HE WAS GONNA KILL HER.

AND WHEN JACKIE CREAZZO'S CAR
GOES BY,

SHE'S SEES IT AS AN OPPORTUNITY
TO START RUNNING

IN HOPES THAT THIS CAR
WILL STOP.

Narrator:
THEN THE CHASE, THE SHOOTING...

[ GUNSHOT ]
...THE RECAPTURE.

IT DOESN'T FEEL LIKE
A FIRST-TIME CRIMINAL'S WORK.

THIS IS SOMEBODY
WHO'S DONE THIS BEFORE.

IT REALLY STARTED FEELING LIKE
MORE OF A SERIAL KILLER.

Narrator: CRIME-SCENE ANALYSTS
COMB THE SNOWY OFF-RAMP

FOR ANYTHING THAT MIGHT
LEAD THEM TO THE KIDNAPPER.

A DENT IN THE CAR
AND FOOTPRINTS IN THE SNOW

SUPPORT JACKIE'S ACCOUNT.

TO LOCAL COPS,
THE TALE OF TERROR

THAT STARTS WITH A STAGED
FENDER BENDER SOUNDS FAMILIAR.

THE MORE DESCRIPTIVE THEY GOT

FROM WITNESSES WHO HAD SEEN
THESE EVENTS,

YOU KNOW, IT SOUNDED LIKE
JESSICA ARREDONDO.

Narrator: ON A COLD
NOVEMBER MORNING IN 1988,

21-YEAR-OLD JESSICA ARREDONDO
FAILED TO SHOW UP FOR WORK.

THEY CALLED UP FROM WORK
AND THEY ASKED IF SHE WAS HOME.

WE THOUGHT
THAT SHE HAD ALREADY LEFT,

AND SO WE CHECKED HER BEDROOM

AND SAW THAT HER BED
HADN'T BEEN SLEPT ON.

Narrator: SHE'D BEEN WITH
HER BOYFRIEND THE NIGHT BEFORE,

BUT HE CLAIMED
HE HADN'T SEEN HER

SINCE SHE DROPPED HIM OFF
AT A NIGHTCLUB.

[ CAR DOOR CLOSES ]

Toppenberg: SHE WAS GONNA
DRIVE AROUND A WHILE

AND THEN COME BACK
AND PICK HIM UP.

SHE NEVER CAME BACK
TO PICK HIM UP.

Narrator:
THE NIGHT JESSICA DISAPPEARED...

[ CRASH ]

...A WOMAN REPORTED HEARING
A COMMOTION IN THE STREET.

SHE WAS LAYING IN BED AWAKE.
SHE HEARD A MINOR CAR ACCIDENT.

SHE HEARD MULTIPLE MEN
YELLING AT EACH OTHER

AND THEN GET IN A CAR
AND THE CAR DROVE OFF

WITH A LOUD, FAST
SORT OF A GETAWAY.

AND IT WAS CLEAR THAT

THAT'S WHERE JESSICA ARREDONDO
HAD BEEN KIDNAPPED FROM.

Narrator: THE WITNESS
GOT A BRIEF LOOK AT THE MEN.

SHE SAW A LIGHT-SKINNED
BLACK MALE AND A WHITE MALE.

Narrator: THE NEXT DAY,
A COUPLE OF KIDS

FOUND DISCARDED CLOTHES
AND A NAKED BODY.

JESSICA ARREDONDO
WAS TAKEN FROM HER CAR,

AND HER BODY WAS FOUND
IN ESTES PARK, COLORADO --

A LONG WAYS AWAY FROM WHERE
SHE WAS TAKEN IN DENVER.

Narrator:
AS POLICE RECOVERED THE VICTIM,

THEY NOTED FOOTPRINTS
IN THE SNOW.

Haze:
WHAT WE FOUND OUT WAS THAT THERE

APPEARED TO BE
TWO SETS OF TRACKS.

THERE WERE TWO MEN INVOLVED.

AND THEY APPARENTLY CARRIED
HER NUDE BODY

OUT OF THIS VEHICLE
AND THEY CARRIED HER

UP AN EMBANKMENT
AND THREW HER OVER.

Narrator:
HER CAUSE OF DEATH WAS TRAUMA

CONSISTENT WITH JUMPING
OUT OF A MOVING VEHICLE --

JUST LIKE RHONDA BRADSHAW,

JESSICA DID ALL SHE COULD
TO ESCAPE HER ATTACKERS.

I CANNOT UNDERSTAND WHY ANYBODY
WOULD WANT TO HURT HER.

I JUST WONDERED,

"WELL, HOW COULD ANYBODY
DO ANYTHING LIKE THIS

TO SUCH A WONDERFUL PERSON
AS JESSICA?"

Narrator: TWO DAYS LATER,

POLICE FOUND JESSICA'S
NEW MUSTANG ABANDONED,

JUST LIKE IN RHONDA'S CASE.

[ POLICE RADIO CHATTER ]

THE DOORS WERE LOCKED
AND THE BODY DENTED,

LIKE SHE'D BEEN FORCED OFF
THE ROAD LIKE RHONDA BRADSHAW.

HER KILLERS WERE NEVER CAUGHT.

Grant: WE FELT LIKE THERE WERE
A LOT OF SIMILARITIES --

THE CAR CHASE,
THE ABDUCTION FROM THE CAR.

THAT PIQUED OUR INTEREST.

Narrator: QUESTION IS,
ARE THE TWO CASES CONNECTED?

Toppenberg: JESSICA ARREDONDO
AND RHONDA WERE SIMILAR

IN APPEARANCE,
IN AGE, IN GENERAL LOCATION.

SERIAL KILLERS USUALLY HAVE
A FRAMEWORK

THAT THEY WORK WITHIN.

AND THE SIMILARITY
BETWEEN JESSICA AND RHONDA

CERTAINLY FIT THAT PROFILE.

IT WAS PART OF
THE CONNECTION THERE.

HE FOUND HIS VICTIM,
PREYED ON IT,

THAT WAS PART OF THE PROCESS,
PART OF THE GAME WAS THE HUNT.

POTENTIALLY EVEN KNOW THE PERSON
BEFOREHAND, MAYBE NOT.

Narrator:
IF IT IS THE SAME ATTACKER,
HE NOW HAS RHONDA BRADSHAW.

AND IF HE HASN'T KILLED HER,
THE COLORADO COLD JUST MIGHT.

Schmidt: A WOMAN WOULD
NOT LIKELY BE ABLE TO SURVIVE

ANY NIGHTS ALONE
OUT IN THE COLORADO ROCKIES

WITHOUT ADEQUATE SHELTER,
CLOTHING,

OR ANY KIND OF PREPAREDNESS.

Narrator: AND NOW,
AS A WICKED WINTER STORM

BEARS DOWN ON COLORADO,

RHONDA'S CHANCES OF SURVIVAL
GROW EVEN SLIMMER.

[ HOWLING ]

[ WIND HOWLING ]

[ WIND HOWLING ]

Narrator:
AFTER A BRAZEN ABDUCTION,

COLORADO POLICE SEARCH
FOR 25-YEAR-OLD RHONDA BRADSHAW.

THERE'S AN URGENCY BECAUSE
A YOUNG WOMAN WAS KIDNAPPED

AND YOU WANT TO GET HER BACK

BEFORE SOMETHING ELSE BAD
HAPPENS TO HER.

Narrator:
A WINTER STORM SLOWS THEM DOWN.

TIME IS RUNNING OUT.

THERE'S ALWAYS HOPE
THAT SOMEONE WILL BE FOUND ALIVE

WHEN THEY'RE MISSING.

EVERYBODY HOPED
THAT SHE WOULD BE FOUND ALIVE.

Narrator:
INVESTIGATORS QUESTION
RHONDA'S HUSBAND AGAIN,

BUT HE HAS NO IDEA
WHO MIGHT HAVE GRABBED HER.

Moriarty:
HE WAS DISTRAUGHT.

HE WAS GOING THROUGH

SOME SERIOUS DENIAL THAT, LIKE,
IT CAN'T BE HER.

THE MORE WE TALKED TO HIM,
THE MORE YOU COULD JUST FEEL

THAT HE WAS VERY GENUINE
ABOUT THAT.

NOTHING LED US TO BELIEVE THIS
WAS ANY KIND OF A LOVE TRIANGLE.

[ CRYING ]

Narrator:
HE'S OFF THE SUSPECT LIST,

LEFT ONLY TO HOPE
POLICE CAN FIND RHONDA ALIVE.

DETECTIVES HAVE LITTLE TO GO ON.

JACKIE CREAZZO,
THE LONE WITNESS,

PROVIDES A DESCRIPTION
OF RHONDA'S ABDUCTOR.

Moriarty: IT WAS
A PRETTY GENERIC DESCRIPTION --

BLACK MALE, CLEAN-CUT,
25 TO 30 YEARS OF AGE.

Narrator:
HE COULD BE A COWORKER,

A CUSTOMER FROM THE CASINO,
OR A COMPLETE STRANGER.

DESPERATE, AUTHORITIES
RETRACE THEIR OWN STEPS.

WE HAD ONE DETECTIVE
THAT DIDN'T COME TO THE CALL.

HE HAD BEEN BUSY
AND DIDN'T COME OUT RIGHT AWAY.

AND HE'S LIKE, "OH, I'D LIKE
TO SEE THE CRIME SCENE."

AND SO, WE'RE LIKE,
"YOU'RE KIDDING."

LIKE, "WHERE WERE YOU
12 HOURS AGO?"

Narrator: TURNS OUT,
REVISITING THE CRIME SCENE

IS A STROKE OF GOOD LUCK.

NOW IT'S A NEW FEELING
AT THE CRIME SCENE.

YOU HAVE SOME MORE INFORMATION

ABOUT WHAT YOU'VE TALKED
WITH JACKIE ABOUT,

HOW SHE'S RELAYED
RHONDA'S STORY.

SO YOU'RE LOOKING
AT THE CRIME SCENE DIFFERENT

THAN YOU WERE
EARLIER IN THE MORNING.

Narrator:
BY NOW, THE MELTING SNOW
REVEALS A NEW CLUE.

WE'RE JUST KIND OF
LOOKING AROUND AND YOU HEAR...

[ IMITATES BUZZING ]

AND WE'RE LIKE, "WHAT'S THAT?"

AND ONE OF THE ADAMS COUNTY
S.O. -- SHERIFF'S OFFICERS...

[ PAGER VIBRATING ]

...FINDS A PAGER.

WE'RE LIKE, "WOW.

"IF WE HADN'T COME DOWN HERE

"TO SHOW THIS LATECOMER
DETECTIVE THE CRIME SCENE,

"WOULD HAVE WE ALL BEEN
AROUND HER CAR

AND BEEN ABLE TO HEAR A PAGER
BEFORE THE BATTERY DIED?"

Narrator:
THERE, ON THE FROZEN GROUND,

THE CASE SUDDENLY ISN'T SO COLD.

Moriarty:
WHEN YOU FIND NEW EVIDENCE,

TRULY YOU THINK TO YOURSELF

"SOMETIMES IT'S BETTER
TO BE LUCKY THAN GOOD."

AND IT FELT LUCKY.

IT FELT LIKE A HUGE DOOR
OPENED FOR US IN THIS CASE.

Narrator: DETECTIVES CALL
THE LAST NUMBER ON THE PAGER

[ Ringing ]
AND HEAR A SHOCKING MESSAGE.

MAN:
If you find this pager,

return it to
the Denver police department.

This pager is the property of
the Denver police department.

There is a reward
for returning this pager.

THE PAGER BELONGS

TO DENVER POLICE DETECTIVE
MATTHEW KINCAID.

Moriarty:
I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU.

AS THE LEAD INVESTIGATOR,
THE LEAD DETECTIVE ON THIS,

I AM IMMEDIATELY THINKING,

"WHAT WAS A DENVER DETECTIVE
DOING AT OUR CRIME SCENE?"

YOU START GOING,

"IS A POLICE OFFICER RESPONSIBLE
FOR THIS CRIME?"

Narrator:
IT'S UNIMAGINABLE.

Moriarty:
OH, THERE'S A BROTHERHOOD.

BUT WHEN YOU CROSS A LINE
LIKE THAT,

THAT'S A SERIOUS LINE.

THERE'S NO PROTECTING.

IT'S LIKE,
"IF IT IS THIS DENVER DETECTIVE,

WE'RE TAKING HIM DOWN."

Narrator: A BACKGROUND CHECK
MAKES THEM WORRY.

THOUGH KINCAID'S
A 20-YEAR VETERAN OF THE FORCE,

HIS PERSONAL LIFE
TROUBLES INVESTIGATORS.

SO, WHEN WE STARTED DOING
BACKGROUND CHECKS

AND FIGURING OUT
WHAT KIND OF CRIMINAL HISTORY

THAT HE COULD POTENTIALLY HAVE,

THEN WE WERE LIKE, "OH, MY GOSH.

HE SHOT HIS WIFE
IN THE STOMACH."

[ GUNSHOT, WOMAN SCREAMS ]

Narrator: REMARKABLY,
SHE DIDN'T PRESS CHARGES.

Moriarty: WE'RE LOOKING
AT THE SHOOTING AND IT'S LIKE,

"THE SHOOTING WAS CONSIDERED
ACCIDENTAL?

HOW DOES THAT HAPPEN?"

Narrator:
KINCAID DOESN'T FIT

JACKIE CREAZZO'S DESCRIPTION
OF THE RAPIST

AS A CLEAN-CUT 30-YEAR-OLD.

COULD HE BE PROTECTING SOMEONE?

HE WAS AN OLDER GENTLEMAN,
DIDN'T FIT THE PROFILE.

AND SO, RIGHT AWAY
THERE WAS AN ASSUMPTION

THAT IT WAS MAYBE A RELATIVE
OR SOMEBODY

CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH HIM.

Narrator: POLICE LEARN
KINCAID'S NEPHEW DANIEL

SHOT A MAN WHEN HE WAS 16.

[ GUNSHOTS ]

HE SERVED JUST FIVE YEARS
AND IS NOW FREE.

WE'RE LIKE,
"OKAY, THIS IS GETTING

A LITTLE BIT MORE SERIOUS."

Narrator: DETECTIVE KINCAID
ALSO HAS TWO SONS.

ONE OF THEM, ROBERT HARLAN,
HAS A RECORD FOR ASSAULT.

HE, TOO, IS FREE
AND LIVING IN THE AREA.

Moriarty: IT'S LIKE HAVING
A 1,000-PIECE JIGSAW PUZZLE

AND THEY'RE NOT EVEN
ON THE TABLE.

THEY'RE SCATTERED
THROUGHOUT THE ROOM

AND YOU GOT TO GO FIND THEM
AND BRING THEM UP TO THE TABLE.

Narrator: DETECTIVES
HAVE TO SOLVE IT FAST.

RHONDA MIGHT STILL BE
AT THIS MAN'S MERCY.

IF YOU'RE THE SUSPECT

AND YOUR VICTIM
HAS ESCAPED ONCE,

IT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN AGAIN.

THE SECOND ESCAPE
SEEMED IMPOSSIBLE.

[ WIND HOWLING ]

[ WIND HOWLING ]

Narrator: POLICE IN COLORADO
RACE AGAINST TIME

TO CATCH A VIOLENT
SEXUAL PREDATOR.

THEY HAVE A CHILLING SUSPICION

RHONDA BRADSHAW
ISN'T HIS FIRST VICTIM.

Carbone:
BY THE WAY HE DID THIS,

IT PROBABLY WASN'T
THE FIRST TIME THAT HE DID IT.

HE PROBABLY WATCHED HER,
STUDIED HER,

AND THIS PARTICULAR WOMAN
FIT HIS PROFILE.

Narrator: POLICE SUSPECT
HE ALSO MURDERED

JESSICA ARREDONDO
SIX YEARS EARLIER.

McKinley:
THE SIMILARITIES ARE THAT
JESSICA ARREDONDO AND RHONDA

WERE BOTH IN THEIR CARS
AND WERE SOMEHOW FOLLOWED

AND THEN RUN OFF THE ROAD.

Narrator: A DENVER
POLICE DETECTIVE'S PAGER

FOUND NEAR RHONDA'S CAR
PROVIDES AN UNSETTLING CLUE.

THE DETECTIVE'S NEPHEW DANIEL
DID TIME FOR A FATAL SHOOTING.

AND HIS SON ROBERT HARLAN
HAS A RECORD FOR ASSAULT.

WHEN THE NEWS REPORTS
A DESCRIPTION

OF THE ABDUCTOR'S CAR,

THE CALLS START COMING IN,
IMPLICATING THE SON.

Moriarty: ON THE TIP LINE,
WE WERE GETTING CALLS.

THE PEOPLE WERE SAYING,

"WE BELIVE
THIS IS ROBERT HARLAN.

HIS CAR MATCHES."

SO, NOW WE'RE GETTING CALLS
ON THE TIP LINE

THAT ARE MATCHING
THE INFORMATION

THAT WE HAVE FROM THE PAGER.

AND HE FITS THE AGE DESCRIPTION.

Narrator: INVESTIGATORS TAKE
A CLOSER LOOK AT HARLAN.

HE WAS A VERY SOCIAL PERSON,
LIKED TO GO TO THE BARS,

VERY ACTIVE WITH WOMEN.
HE WAS KIND OF A LADIES' MAN.

HEY.
[ CHUCKLES ]

Narrator: IN APRIL 1991,
A YOUNG WOMAN REPORTED

THAT WHILE SHE WAS ON A DATE
WITH HARLAN AT HIS HOUSE,

HE RAPED HER.

HE THREATENED TO KILL HER
IF SHE EVER TOLD ANYONE.

[ SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY ]

SIT DOWN!

EMBARRASSMENT.

McKinley: HIS OWN DAD
ARRESTED HIM FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT.

SO, HIS DAD WAS TRYING TO
FACE UP TO THIS DEMON CHILD.

Narrator: AFTER A MISTRIAL,
THE WOMAN REFUSED TO TESTIFY

AGAINST ROBERT HARLAN
A SECOND TIME.

HE AVOIDED JAIL WHEN A JUDGE
GAVE HIM TWO YEARS' PROBATION

AND ORDERED HIM TO COMPLETE
A SEX OFFENDER PROGRAM.

THIS IS TEXTBOOK CASE OF A GUY

WHO JUST WAS GIVEN
EVERY CHANCE IN THE WORLD.

HE THOUGHT THAT HE'D BE LET OFF
SO MANY TIMES

THAT HE WASN'T GONNA HAVE TO PAY
FOR THIS ONE.

Narrator:
THORNTON OFFICERS DISCOVER

THAT HARLAN AND MURDER VICTIM
JESSICA ARREDONDO

WORKED AT THE SAME COMPANY
WHEN JESSICA DISAPPEARED.

Toppenberg:
IT WAS A GIGANTIC RED FLAG,

ESPECIALLY WITH ROBERT HARLAN
WORKING SECURITY THERE.

AND THEN WE WERE ABLE TO FIND
A WITNESS

THAT GAVE US A COMPOSITE SKETCH

OF SOMEONE
THAT WAS DRIVING IN PURSUIT

OF JESSICA ARREDONDO
THE EVENING SHE DISAPPEARED.

AND THAT PERSON LOOKED LIKE
ROBERT HARLAN.

Narrator:
DETECTIVES DEMAND THE COMPANY
TURN OVER HIS PERSONNEL FILES.

Moriarty: I AM EXPECTING TO GET
SOME MANILA ENVELOPES.

AND THEY BRING OUT
BOXES OF COMPLAINTS

AGAINST ROBERT HARLAN.

AND I REMEMBER
JUST BEING SHOCKED

AND THINKING,
"THIS IS REMARKABLE."

HOW MANY COMPLAINTS
DID THEY HAVE

ABOUT SEXUAL HARASSMENT
ON THIS GUY

THAT DIDN'T MAKE IT
TO A POLICE DEPARTMENT?

AUTHORITIES VISIT JACKIE CREAZZO
IN THE HOSPITAL.

SHE'S THE ONE PERSON
WHO MIGHT POSITIVELY I.D.

THEIR NEW PRIME SUSPECT.

Woman:
FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO SAY...

THIS MOMENT IS THE REASON SHE
FOUGHT SO HARD TO STAY ALIVE.

TAKE YOUR TIME
LOOKING AT THEM.

Moriarty: WHEN I'M INTERVIEWING
JACKIE, SHE SAYS TO ME,

SHE GOES,
"I DIDN'T HAVE TO COME BACK."

AND I JUST KIND OF LOOK AT HER,
AND SHE GOES,

"WHEN I WAS IN
THE EMERGENCY ROOM,

"THERE WAS A WHITE LIGHT.

"AND I HEARD A VOICE SAYING,

'YOU CAN COME TO THE WHITE LIGHT
OR YOU CAN GO BACK.'"

AND SHE SAID,
"AND I KNEW RIGHT THEN AND THERE

"THAT I KNEW
WHO THIS PERSON WAS,

"AND I HAD TO COME BACK

BECAUSE I COULD TELL
WHO THIS PERSON WAS."

Creazzo:
THAT'S THE GUY.

I KNOW THIS IS HIM.
THIS IS HIM.

Moriarty: THERE WAS NOT
A QUESTION IN HER MIND.

SHE'S LIKE, "ABSOLUTELY POSITIVE
THAT'S YOUR GUY."

Narrator:
THAT'S THE GOOD NEWS.

THE BAD NEWS COMES
RIGHT ON ITS TAIL.

ROAD WORKERS IN NEARBY AURORA

FIND BLOODY CLOTHES
BENEATH AN OVERPASS.

THEY MATCH WHAT RHONDA WORE
THE NIGHT SHE DISAPPEARED.

[ SIREN WAILING ]

BLOODHOUNDS SCOUR THE FROZEN
CULVERTS AND OFF-RAMPS.

ONE SUDDENLY SOUNDS AN ALERT.

Carbone: WE FOUND A BULLET
AND WE FOUND HER BLOOD.

WE DIDN'T KNOW WHERE
THE WOUND WAS AT THAT TIME,

SO THAT WAS CERTAINLY
A CONCERN TO US.

Narrator: WITHOUT A BODY,
THERE'S NO PROOF RHONDA IS DEAD.

WITH RENEWED URGENCY,

POLICE CLOSE IN
ON ROBERT HARLAN'S HOME

BRACED FOR BATTLE
AND, THEY HOPE, A RESCUE.

ROBERT HARLAN!
THIS IS THE POLICE!

WE HAVE A WARRANT
FOR YOUR ARREST!

OPEN THE DOOR!

ROBERT HARLAN, WE HAVE A WARRANT
FOR YOUR ARREST!

OPEN THE DOOR!
THIS IS THE POLICE!

[ KNOCK ON DOOR ]

[ WIND HOWLING ]

[ WIND HOWLING ]

Narrator: POLICE IN COLORADO
CLOSE IN ON ROBERT HARLAN,

SUSPECTED OF SNATCHING
RHONDA BRADSHAW

AND MURDERING
JESSICA ARREDONDO.

IT'S EARLY IN THE MORNING,
AND WE DON'T HAVE A CLUE

HOW HE'S GONNA RESPOND.

SO WE'RE READY
WITH THE ENTRY TEAM.

[ GLASS BREAKING ]

Carbone: BEFORE THEY WENT IN,
THEY DID THE FLASH GRENADES.

THEY KNEW HE WAS ARMED AND THEY
TOOK ALL THE PRECAUTIONS.

Narrator: IN THE END,
HE SURPRISES EVERYONE

BY SURRENDERING QUIETLY.

Toppenberg: ROBERT HARLAN
WAS THE SON OF A DETECTIVE

WITH THE DENVER
POLICE DEPARTMENT.

AND AS SUCH, HE PROBABLY KNEW

MORE ABOUT EVIDENCE,
EVIDENCE COLLECTION,

AND HOW TO HIDE EVIDENCE
THAN MOST PEOPLE.

HE WAS A MORE DAUNTING SUSPECT
THAN MOST.

Narrator: EVEN SO,
EVIDENCE TECHS COLLECT

A CACHE OF AMMUNITION, SEX AIDS,

PORN MAGAZINES,
AND A CRACK PIPE.

WHAT THEY DON'T FIND IS RHONDA.

Moriarty: THERE WAS
BLOOD EVIDENCE IN THE CAR.

HE HAD TRIED TO CLEAN IT.

THERE WAS SOME ON THE DOOR FRAME

WHERE JACKIE HAD DESCRIBED
THAT HE DRUG HER BACK

AND PUT HER INTO THE BACKSEAT
OF THE CAR.

Narrator:
POLICE STILL HAVE NO BODY,

NO PROOF THAT RHONDA IS DEAD.

WITH ALL THE BLOOD IN THE TRUNK
AND FINDING THE BULLET,

WE THOUGHT THAT RHONDA WAS,
YOU KNOW, INJURED VERY SEVERELY

AND DIDN'T KNOW WHERE SHE WAS.

MAYBE SHE'S DEAD,
MAYBE NOT.

EITHER WAY,
WE GOT TO FIND HER.

EXPECT ME TO HELP YOU WITH THAT?
I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING.

WHERE IS SHE?

I DON'T KNOW
ANYTHING ABOUT IT.

TELL US WHAT YOU KNOW.

WENT OVER MY AUNT'S HOUSE,
HAD A COUPLE DRINKS.

Narrator:
HARLAN PLAYS DUMB,

FIRST SAYING HE PASSED OUT
AT HIS AUNT'S HOME THAT NIGHT

AFTER A DRINKING BINGE,

THEN CLAIMING
HE HAD A RENDEZVOUS

WITH HIS ESTRANGED WIFE.

LET'S SEE. FIRST YOU SAY
YOU DIDN'T GO ANYWHERE.

IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN
THE NIGHT BEFORE.

SO NOW YOU WENT AND SAW
YOUR WIFE?

Moriarty: HE WAS GONNA MAKE YOU
WORK FOR WHAT HE HAD.

THIS WAS CALCULATED.
THIS WAS MANIPULATIVE.

THIS WAS CONTROLLING.
THIS WAS ABOUT POWER.

AND HE FELT HE HAD IT.

Narrator:
AFTER HOURS OF INTERROGATION,

HE FINALLY ADMITS
HE HAD SEEN THE VICTIM

THE NIGHT SHE DISAPPEARED.

SHE WAS TRYING TO BUY
SOME DRUGS.

SHE'S GOT A BAD HABIT.

Grant: HE SAID
HE HAD ARRANGED TO MEET RHONDA

AND SELL HER
$500 WORTH OF COCAINE

AND THEY HAD, IN FACT,
PARTIED TOGETHER

AND DONE THE COCAINE.

AND WHEN HE LEFT HER,
SHE WAS ALIVE.

Narrator: POLICE BELIEVE
HE'S JUST TRYING TO EXPLAIN AWAY

EVIDENCE AND WITNESS STATEMENTS.

Carbone:
THERE'S STILL AN URGENCY

AND GUYS ARE WORKING
AROUND THE CLOCK ON IT.

AND THEY CAN'T LET THAT GO
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW,

THAT'S A KEY TO GET HER ALIVE.

Narrator: THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY
CHARGES ROBERT HARLAN

WITH EIGHT FELONY COUNTS
INCLUDING FIRST-DEGREE MURDER.

Grant: WE FIGURED
WE MIGHT NEVER FIND HER BODY.

BUT WE CERTAINLY HAD
ENOUGH INDICATION

THAT SHE WAS DEAD
AND WHERE SHE HAD DIED

THAT IT WAS WORTH
TAKING THE CHANCE

TO FILE A CASE AGAINST HIM.

WE FELT THAT, YOU KNOW,
WE'RE NOT GONNA LET THIS GUY GO.

Narrator:
HARLAN STONEWALLS.

WITHOUT A BODY,
A CONVICTION WILL BE DIFFICULT.

THE SEARCH CONTINUES.

THEN DETECTIVES GET
CRUCIAL PIECES OF EVIDENCE

FROM AN UNLIKELY SOURCE --
HARLAN'S OWN FATHER.

HIS FATHER HANDS OVER
A BAG OF EVIDENCE.

IT'S THE GUN,
IT'S HIS CELLPHONE,

IT'S CLOTHING.

IT'S CRITICAL, CRITICAL
PIECES OF EVIDENCE

THAT LATER DOWN THE ROAD,
ALL HAVE RHONDA'S DNA ON THEM.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S THE FATHER
IN HIM OR THE COP IN HIM

THAT HAS TO RECOGNIZE
NO ONE ELSE SHOULD GET HURT

AT THE HANDS OF HIS SON.

I GUESS WHEN YOU FINALLY HAVE

THE BAG FULL OF EVIDENCE
IN YOUR HANDS,

WHAT DO YOU DO WITH IT?

YOU EITHER BECOME
A CO-CONSPIRATOR

AND PART OF THE CRIME

OR YOU REPORT THE CRIME.

Narrator:
RHONDA'S HORRIBLE PLIGHT
CAPTURES THE PUBLIC'S SYMPATHY.

McKinley:
FIVE DAYS WENT BY,

AND WE KNEW THAT SEARCHERS
WERE OUT THERE,

NOT LOOKING
FOR SOMEONE WHO WAS ALIVE

BUT LOOKING FOR A BODY.

Narrator:
AT LAST, SHE IS FOUND...

BEATEN AND SHOT THREE TIMES.

DEFENSIVE WOUNDS
ON HER HANDS PROVE

THE YOUNG WOMAN
WHO ALWAYS WANTED TO BE A COP

DIDN'T GO DOWN WITHOUT A FIGHT.

SHE FOUGHT TO THE END
FOR HER SURVIVAL,

HOPING FOR ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY
TO ESCAPE.

SHE PROBABLY WOULD HAVE MADE
A GREAT COP, YOU KNOW?

REALLY BRAVE, YOU KNOW,

SEEMED LIKE SHE WAS KIND OF
A WARRIOR-TYPE.

PROBABLY WOULD HAVE DONE
A GOOD JOB.

Narrator: TOXICOLOGY PROVES

ROBERT HARLAN LIED ABOUT RHONDA
DOING COCAINE WITH HIM.

Grant: SHE HAD MINIMAL ALCOHOL
IN HER BLOOD.

SHE HAD NO DRUGS OF ANY KIND --
NO COCAINE, NOTHING.

HIS STATEMENT WAS B.S.,

JUST DESIGNED TO EXCULPATE HIM
AS MUCH AS HE COULD.

Narrator: DETECTIVES LIFT
HARLAN'S FINGERPRINTS

FROM RHONDA'S WALLET.

THE 9mm TURNED IN BY HIS FATHER

MATCHES SLUGS PULLED
FROM JACKIE CREAZZO'S CAR.

ON JUNE 1, 1995,

DEFENSE ATTORNEYS
SHOCK THE COURT

BY ADMITTING THEIR CLIENT
DID KILL RHONDA BRADSHAW.

THEY ARGUE IT WAS
AN IMPULSIVE AFTERTHOUGHT,

NOT PREMEDITATED MURDER.

THE PROSECUTION'S KEY WITNESS
IS JACKIE CREAZZO.

SHE TELLS THE JURY
ABOUT BEING CHASED DOWN AND SHOT

AND ABOUT HARLAN
RECAPTURING RHONDA.

Moriarty:
YOU GOT THE FEELING,

WHEN ALL THE EVIDENCE
STARTED COMING TOGETHER,

THAT THIS WAS PREMEDITATED

AND THAT HE KNEW
EXACTLY WHAT HE WAS DOING.

MOST HEROES ARE RELUCTANT TO
SHINE THE LIGHT UPON THEMSELVES.

BUT JACKIE DESERVES THE LIGHT.

SHE'S A ROLE MODEL.

I HAVE A LOT OF ADMIRATION
FOR JACKIE CREAZZO.

WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW
IS WHY.

WHY DID IT HAVE TO TURN OUT
THIS WAY?

WHY DID HE HAVE TO DO
WHAT HE DID?

AND REALLY, HE HAS NO ANSWER.

HE HAS NO ANSWER, AT LEAST,
THAT WOULD SATISFY ME.

Roan: "WE, THE JURY, UNANIMOUSLY
FIND BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT

DEATH IS THE APPROPRIATE
PUNISHMENT IN THIS CASE."

Narrator: THE JURY CONVICTS
ROBERT HARLAN ON ALL CHARGES,

DELIVERING A DEATH SENTENCE
FOR RHONDA'S MURDER...

AND 144 YEARS
FOR THE ATTEMPTED MURDER...

[ GUNSHOT ]

...OF JACKIE CREAZZO.

NEARLY 10 YEARS LATER,

AN APPELLATE COURT
REDUCES HIS SENTENCE

TO LIFE WITHOUT
THE POSSIBILITY OF PAROLE.

Grant:
I STILL THINK ROBERT HARLAN

SHOULD LOOK THE DEVIL
IN THE EYE,

AND EVENTUALLY HE WILL.

IT'S LIFE IN PRISON.
IT'S NATURAL LIFE.

SO HE'LL DIE IN PRISON.

BUT HE SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED
THE ULTIMATE SANCTION.

Narrator:
LARIMER COUNTY INVESTIGATORS

HOPE TO ONE DAY DELIVER JUSTICE
FOR JESSICA ARREDONDO.

I'M ABSOLUTELY CONVINCED
THAT ROBERT HARLAN IS INVOLVED

IN KILLING AND DISPOSING OF
THE BODY OF JESSICA ARREDONDO.

Narrator:
POLICE STILL DON'T KNOW

WHO THE SECOND MAN WAS
IN THAT CRIME.

AND I BELIEVE
THERE'S A GOOD CHANCE

THAT ROBERT HARLAN
COULD BE CHARGED

WITH OTHER HOMICIDES,
POTENTIALLY,

ESPECIALLY
WITH THE DNA POTENTIAL

THAT EXISTS NOW
THAT DID NOT EXIST THEN.

Grant:
HE WAS A PREDATOR FROM EARLY ON.

AND HE TURNED FROM BEING
A SEXUAL PREDATOR

INTO BEING A HOMICIDAL
SEXUAL PREDATOR.

Narrator: A PREDATOR
WHO RIPPED RHONDA BRADSHAW

AWAY FROM HER FAMILY.

McKinley: THIS BEAUTIFUL
YOUNG WOMAN, YOU KNOW,

SHE STILL HAD HER LIFE
AHEAD OF HER.

SHE WAS A MOM.
SHE HAD KIDS.

SHE WANTED TO SERVE,
AND SHE NEVER GOT THAT CHANCE.