Ice Cold Killers (2012–…): Season 3, Episode 1 - Lamb Amomg Wolves - full transcript

Narrator: WINTER CAN SMOTHER
THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST.

THERE WAS A GLOOM, A SHADOW,
THAT HANGS OVER THE AREA.

YOU BELIEVE THAT THE SUN
HAS BEEN EXTINGUISHED.

Narrator: OUTSIDE SEATTLE,
A YOUNG MODEL'S IN DANGER.

SHE WAS A LAMB AMONG WOLVES.

Narrator:
HER LITTLE GIRL VANISHES.

Snow:
WE DON'T KNOW IF THIS PERSON
COULD BE A TICKING TIME BOMB,

WHAT COULD SET THEM OFF AGAIN.

[ POLICE RADIO CHATTER ]

Narrator: THE TERROR
COULD BE JUST BEGINNING.

Ford: IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE THAT
PEOPLE WE LET IN OUR LIVES



HAVE THE CAPABILITY
OF DOING SUCH THINGS.

I WOULD HAVE BEEN
VERY, VERY SCARED.

Narrator: DURING
PACIFIC NORTHWEST WINTERS,

SNOW-PEAKED MOUNTAINS TRAP COLD
OCEAN AIR ALONG THE COASTLINES.

WHEN THOSE DISMAL CLOUDS
HANG HEAVY OVER SEATTLE,

EVEN THE BRIGHT LIGHTS OF THE
CITY CAN'T BANISH THE DESPAIR.

WINTER HERE IN THE
PACIFIC NORTHWEST IS --

YEAH, IT'S COLD, IT'S DARK,
IT'S DEPRESSING,

HIGH PERCENTAGE
OF SUICIDAL RATES,

AND JUST A LOT OF GLOOM.

WHEN IT'S DARK WHEN YOU WAKE UP,
DARK WHEN YOU GO HOME,

YOU BELIEVE THAT THE SUN
HAS BEEN EXTINGUISHED

AND THAT IT'S NEVER
GONNA COME OUT AGAIN.

Narrator: JUST OUTSIDE SEATTLE,
IN KENT, WASHINGTON,



24-YEAR-OLD MODEL
MERIANNE WORLEY

BRINGS HER OWN BRAND OF SUNSHINE
TO BRIGHTEN THE DARKEST DAYS,

ESPECIALLY FOR HER DAUGHTER,
OLIVIA.

Owens:
PEOPLE ARE DRAWN TO MERIANNE

BECAUSE SHE HAS
AN INFECTIOUS SMILE.

SHE'S VERY APPROACHABLE.

YOU COULDN'T HELP
BUT LOOK AT HER. [ CHUCKLES ]

SHE'S JUST VERY, VERY NICE.
SHE'S THE FULL PACKAGE.

Horne: SHE CERTAINLY HAD
A FETCHING LOOK.

SHE COULD LOOK EXOTIC
ON ONE HAND,

AND LIKE THE GIRL NEXT DOOR
ON ANOTHER.

DON'T PEEK.

Narrator: THE SINGLE MOM

HAS PRIMARY CUSTODY
OF HER LITTLE GIRL...

OH, YOU LOOK SO BEAUTIFUL!

...THE MOST IMPORTANT PERSON
IN HER WORLD.

MERIANNE WAS
A VERY ENGAGED MOTHER.

SHE AND HER DAUGHTER DID A LOT
OF ACTIVITIES TOGETHER.

MY IMPRESSION OF HER DAUGHTER

WAS THAT SHE WAS A LITTLE BIT
OF AN ENTERTAINER,

AND SHE WAS A BEAUTIFUL CHILD.

THE DAUGHTER WAS THE LOVE
OF HER LIFE.

IN ANY CONVERSATIONS
THAT WE'VE EVER HAD

WITH ANYBODY WHO KNEW MERIANNE,
SHE WAS THE LIGHT OF HER LIFE.

YES.

Narrator: MERIANNE,

STILL GRIEVING FROM THE RECENT
DEATH OF HER OWN MOTHER,

DOES HER BEST TO FILL OLIVIA'S
DAYS WITH JOY AND PROMISE.

REALIZING OLIVIA
COULD BE A MODEL TOO,

MERIANNE MAKES A DECISION.

SHE WANTS TO MOVE TO L.A.,

WHERE THEY CAN HAVE A SHOT
AT MAKING IT BIG.

MERIANNE HAD EVERYTHING GOING
FOR HER.

SHE WAS BEAUTIFUL.
SHE WAS BRIGHT.

SHE JUST WAS FULL OF LIFE.

Narrator:
BEFORE SHE CAN START FRESH,

EVERYTHING CHANGES.

IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS
OF FRIDAY, MARCH 9, 2007,

MERIANNE'S APARTMENT MANAGER

GOES TO CHECK ON HER
WITH A MAINTENANCE MAN.

HE JUST GOT A CALL FROM A FRIEND
OF HERS, TERRENCE,

WHO'S WORRIED.

HE SAID, "HEY, WILL YOU CHECK
ON MY FRIEND?

I CAN'T GET AHOLD OF HER,

AND I'M REALLY CONCERNED
ABOUT HER."

AND SO THE APARTMENT MANAGER
DID JUST THAT.

Snow:
WHEN THE APARTMENT MANAGER

AND A MAINTENANCE PERSON

WENT INTO MERIANNE'S APARTMENT
TO CHECK,

THEY FOUND THAT THE DOOR
WAS UNLOCKED.

THEY DISCOVERED A BLOODY SCENE
AND A BODY IN THE LIVING ROOM.

GO CALL THE POLICE.

A FEMALE BODY,
LAYING ON HER BACK.

SHE WAS CLOTHED.

SHE WAS KIND OF PARTIALLY
COVERED IN A COMFORTER,

WHICH HAD BLOOD ALL OVER IT,

AND THERE WAS A PILLOW THAT HAD
BEEN COVERING HER FACE

THAT ALSO HAD BLOOD ON IT.

AND THEY, YOU KNOW, BACKED OUT
AND CALLED 911.

Narrator:
KENT POLICE RESPOND.

[ POLICE RADIO CHATTER ]

THERE'S NO QUESTION
WHO THE VICTIM IS.

IT'S MERIANNE.

THE STATE OF THE BODY SUGGESTS

SHE'S LIKELY BEEN DEAD
MORE THAN A DAY.

MERIANNE HAD BEEN STABBED
ABOUT 30 TIMES

IN VARIOUS PLACES IN THE NECK,
FACE, AND TORSO AREA.

Ford: THERE WAS NO DEFENSIVE
WOUNDS FOUND ON HER.

IT DIDN'T APPEAR SHE EVEN HAD
A CHANCE TO FIGHT BACK.

Narrator:
AND FOR NO APPARENT REASON.

Ford: HER WALLET
WITH HER DEBIT CARD

WAS FOUND LAYING
RIGHT NEXT TO HER.

NOTHING WAS TAKEN.

HER TV WAS STILL THERE,

HER COMPUTER WAS STILL THERE,

HER PHONES, AND EVERYTHING.

WHAT STOOD OUT WAS
THERE WAS A CHAIR,

A WHITE CHAIR,

THAT HAD BEEN MOVED INTO
THE CENTER OF THE LIVING ROOM,

AND IT WAS OUT OF PLACE
IN THAT LOCATION.

THERE WERE BLOODSTAINS
ON THAT CHAIR.

Man: BLOOD DROPLETS RIGHT HERE
IN FRONT OF THE TOILET.

Narrator: A TRAIL OF BLOOD
LEADS TO THE BATHROOM.

THERE, INVESTIGATORS FIND
WOMENS' CLOTHING --

A T-SHIRT, SWEATPANTS, SHOES --

AND TWO TOWELS,
ALL WITH TRACES OF BLOOD.

IT'S ODD.

MERIANNE WAS FULLY DRESSED
WHEN SHE WAS KILLED.

Snow: THE WASHINGTON
STATE PATROL CRIME LAB

WAS CALLED OUT
TO PROCESS THE SCENE,

AND WHEN THEY COME IN,

THEY COLLECT FORENSIC EVIDENCE

IN ANY SOURCE
THAT THEY CAN FIND,

WHETHER IT BE LATENTS,
WHETHER IT BE DNA.

Narrator:
THEY LIFT DOZENS OF PRINTS

THROUGHOUT THE APARTMENT TO RUN
THROUGH THE CRIMINAL DATABASE

AND TRY TO DECIPHER
WHAT HAPPENED FROM THE CLUES.

WE SPECULATE THAT SHE WAS SEATED
IN THE CHAIR.

SOMEONE EITHER CAME UP BEHIND
HER OR IN FRONT OF HER

AND INFLICTED THE STAB WOUNDS
TO HER NECK AREA.

ROBBERY WAS CLEARLY NOT A MOTIVE
IN THIS SITUATION.

Snow: THERE WAS A FEELING OF IT
NOT JUST BEING VERY BRUTAL,

BUT THERE WAS A DEFINITE FEELING
OF SOMETHING PERSONAL

ABOUT THAT KILLING.

IT DOESN'T TAKE 30 STAB WOUNDS
TO KILL A WOMAN,

A YOUNG WOMAN,
A TALL, THIN WOMAN.

30 TIMES, THAT SAYS ANGER,
THAT SAYS A PASSION,

AND IN THIS CASE, A PASSION
THAT WAS VERY NEGATIVE.

WHOEVER DID THIS DID NOT WANT
TO SEE WHAT SHE LOOKED LIKE

AFTER THE FACT,
SO THEY COVERED HER FACE.

Snow: ALMOST AS IF
THE KILLER WERE ASHAMED

AND DIDN'T WANT MERIANNE
LOOKING AT HIM ANYMORE.

Narrator: DETECTIVES START
AT THE BEGINNING,

WITH TERRENCE BRADDOCK,

THE FRIEND WHO REPORTED
MERIANNE MISSING.

COME ON UP HERE, BUDDY.

THERE ARE TIMES WHEN
SOME PEOPLE CAN CALL IN

AND TRY TO THROW US OFF THE
SITUATION A LITTLE BIT MORE

BY PRETENDING TO BE A
CONCERNED FRIEND OR WITNESS.

Narrator: BRADDOCK'S A REGULAR
AT AN AREA SKATING RINK.

HE CLAIMS HE WAS SUPPOSED
TO MEET MERIANNE THERE

TWO NIGHTS EARLIER,
ON WEDNESDAY.

Kelly: MERIANNE NEVER SHOWED UP
AT THE RINK THAT NIGHT,

AND THE FRIEND TRIED TO CALL HER
MULTIPLE TIMES

AND NEVER COULD GET AHOLD
OF HER.

MERIANNE AND THE FRIEND

TALKED ON THE PHONE
SEVERAL TIMES A DAY,

AND IT WAS ODD
WHEN HE COULDN'T REACH HER

NOT ONLY ON WEDNESDAY
BUT ON THE FOLLOWING DAY

AND THEN EVEN ON FRIDAY.

HE DROVE BY MERIANNE'S
APARTMENT THE NEXT DAY.

HE SAW HER CAR
IN THE PARKING LOT.

STILL NO RESPONSE.

HE STARTED TO BECOME
VERY WORRIED

AND THEN CALLED
THE APARTMENT MANAGER.

Narrator:
BRADDOCK TELLS POLICE

HE DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO
WITH MERIANNE'S DEATH,

THOUGH THEY FIND IT ODD
HE DOESN'T ASK HOW SHE DIED.

MAYBE BECAUSE HE ALREADY KNOWS.

YOU WANT TO COME SKATE
WITH ME?

HE CONFESSES
TO ONLY ONE THING --

HE WAS FALLING IN LOVE WITH HER.

Snow: HE WAS VERY UP FRONT
ABOUT THE FACT

THAT HE HAD HOPED TO BE MORE
THAN MERIANNE'S FRIEND.

[ LAUGHS ]

COULD JEALOUSY
HAVE BEEN A MOTIVE?

I'LL SEE YOU LATER TONIGHT.

COULD FRUSTRATION HAVE BEEN
A MOTIVE FOR MURDER?

Narrator: DETECTIVES NEED TO
CHECK HIS ALIBI AND HIS PRINTS.

DO YOU KNOW
IF, UM, OLIVIA'S OKAY?

Ford: WE LEARNED THAT
SHE HAD A YOUNG DAUGHTER

THAT LIVED IN THE HOME.

THERE WAS NO SIGNS OF HER.

WE DIDN'T KNOW WHERE SHE WAS.

Kelly: THAT'S AN IMMEDIATE
HEIGHTENED CONCERN

THAT THE CHILD'S NOT THERE.

I MEAN, THAT ADDS TO IT.

NOW DO WE HAVE
AN ABDUCTED CHILD,

WE HAVE A CHILD THAT'S MISSING
AND MURDERED SOMEWHERE?

WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE HAVE.

Narrator: INVESTIGATORS SCRAMBLE
TO PREPARE AN AMBER ALERT.

TIME IS NOT THEIR FRIEND.

Kelly: AS A DETECTIVE,
I KNOW WHAT THE STATISTICS ARE.

IF YOU DON'T FIND THE CHILD
WITHIN THE,

YOU KNOW, FIRST FEW HOURS,

THE ODDS OF FINDING THEM
AREN'T IN YOUR FAVOR.

WE WERE WORRIED WE COULD WIND UP
WITH TWO CRIME SCENES.

THOSE WERE VERY TENSE MOMENTS
IN THE INVESTIGATION,

AND THERE WAS AN URGENCY TO
FINDING "WHERE IS THIS CHILD?"

TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE THERE.

WE DON'T KNOW
WHERE THE DAUGHTER IS.

WE DIDN'T KNOW HOW LONG

SHE WAS GOING TO BE ALIVE,

IF SHE STILL WAS.

Narrator:
ON FRIDAY, MARCH 9, 2007,

WINTER HOLDS KENT, WASHINGTON,
IN ITS GRIP.

POLICE FIND 24-YEAR-OLD MODEL
MERIANNE WORLEY

SAVAGELY STABBED TO DEATH.

HER DAUGHTER, OLIVIA,
IS MISSING.

WHEN WE RESPOND ON A SCENE
LIKE THAT,

YOU SEE THE VIOLENCE OF
WHAT HAPPENED TO A MOTHER,

AND THE CHILD IS GONE, YOU KNOW,

THINGS START RUNNING
THROUGH YOUR MIND.

"IS THE CHILD OKAY?
IS THE CHILD MURDERED?

WHAT'S GOING ON?"

ANYONE THAT CAN DO THAT
TO THE MOTHER

CERTAINLY COULD DO THAT
TO A CHILD.

AT THAT TIME,

WE DIDN'T KNOW IF MERIANNE
WAS THE ACTUAL TARGET

OR IF SOMEBODY WAS TRYING
TO GET TO HER CHILD

AND MERIANNE WAS
TRYING TO STOP IT

AND MERIANNE BECAME THE TARGET
OF THAT RAGE.

AS A FATHER
OF TWO SMALL CHILDREN,

IT WAS DIFFICULT,

KNOWING THAT SOMEBODY'S DAUGHTER
WAS MISSING.

IT WAS DIFFICULT TO TAKE.

THE NEXT QUESTION HAD TO BE
"WHERE'S THE FATHER?"

Narrator:
HIS NAME IS CALVIN MATHERS.

Ford:
WE DIDN'T KNOW IF THERE WAS
ANY PAST DOMESTIC SITUATIONS

BETWEEN THEM TWO AT THE TIME,

WHETHER HE WAS UPSET
ABOUT CHILD SUPPORT OR ANYTHING,

BUT THE MOST LOGICAL PERSON
AT THE TIME

THAT WOULD HAVE A MOTIVE

TO HAVE THE DAUGHTER WOULD BE
THE BIOLOGICAL FATHER.

[ PHONE RINGING ]

Narrator: AS INVESTIGATORS
LOOK FOR HIM

AND PREPARE THE AMBER ALERT,

THEY CONTACT
MERIANNE'S LOVED ONES

TO CONVEY THE DOUBLE DOSE
OF TERRIBLE NEWS.

Horne:
IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE ANYTHING
BEING MUCH WORSE THAN THAT --

HAVING TO DEAL
WITH THIS DREADFUL CALAMITY

OF HER OWN MURDER

AND WONDERING WHAT HAD HAPPENED
TO HER CHILD.

THOSE FIRST FEW HOURS --

VERY DIFFICULT,
VERY DEVASTATING,

VERY EMOTIONALLY GUT-WRENCHING.

Snow: A LOT OF PEOPLE CARED
ABOUT MERIANNE AND LOVED HER,

AND THROUGHOUT THE INVESTIGATION
OF THIS CASE,

THAT WAS ONE THING
THAT STUCK WITH ME

IS THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE
WHO HELPED US

AND WHO WANTED THIS CASE SOLVED.

Narrator: TURNS OUT,

MERIANNE'S RELATIONSHIP
WITH CALVIN MATHERS WAS ROCKY.

Owens:
IT WAS BACK AND FORTH.

THEY ARGUED A LOT,

AND THEY JUST ENDED UP
CALLING IT QUITS

'CAUSE THEY KNEW THEY WEREN'T
GOOD FOR EACH OTHER.

Narrator: SEEMS MATHERS WASN'T
HAPPY ABOUT MERIANNE'S PLAN

TO MOVE TO L.A. WITH OLIVIA.

MAYBE HE REACHED
HIS TIPPING POINT.

HE HAD VISITATION RIGHTS,
BUT THAT DAY, FRIDAY,

WOULD HAVE BEEN MERIANNE'S TURN.

OLIVIA SHOULD HAVE BEEN
WITH HER.

POLICE HAVE TO FIND
MATHERS FAST.

WORD SPREADS AMONG LOVED ONES
ABOUT MERIANNE'S DEATH

AND OLIVIA'S DISAPPEARANCE.

WHEN I GOT THE CALL
FROM THE SHERIFF,

MY HEART AUTOMATICALLY DROPPED.

HE SAID THAT MERIANNE
WAS MURDERED,

AND THAT SHE WAS STABBED
30 TIMES,

AND I CRIED.

I WAS EXTREMELY FEARFUL

OF WHAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED
TO HER DAUGHTER,

WHETHER SHE WAS ABDUCTED,

OR IF SHE SAW
THE MURDER HERSELF

AND SAW HER BEING STABBED.

IT'S A FRIGHTFUL SITUATION.

Narrator: DETECTIVES PROCESSING
THE MURDER SCENE

AT MERIANNE'S APARTMENT
CATCH A BREAK.

Snow: AS DETECTIVES
WERE GATHERED AT THE SCENE,

THE FATHER ACTUALLY DROVE
THROUGH THE PARKING LOT.

Man: GO, GO, GO, GO.

Ford: AND THERE WAS CLEARLY
POLICE OFFICERS THERE

IN MARKED UNITS,

AND THE FACT
THAT HE DECIDED TO LEAVE

WAS VERY SUSPICIOUS IN MY MIND.

[ SIRENS WAILING ]

Narrator:
THE OFFICERS CHASE HIM DOWN.

Ford: WHEN HE GETS OUT
OF THE VEHICLE,

I REALIZE THAT THE DAUGHTER
WAS WITH HIM IN THE CAR.

Narrator: LITTLE OLIVIA
IS ALIVE AND WELL.

IT WAS JUST AN INCREDIBLE
SENSE OF RELIEF,

'CAUSE WE KNEW
THAT SHE WAS SAFE.

Snow: SHE WAS, IN FACT,
ON HER WAY TO SCHOOL,

AND SHE WAS VERY WELL CARED FOR
AND VERY HAPPY,

AND SHE WAS TALKING WITH POLICE,

AND AT THAT TIME,

SHE HAD NO IDEA WHAT HAD
HAPPENED TO HER MOTHER,

AND AT SOME POINT,
SHE WAS GOING TO HAVE TO LEARN

THAT SHE WASN'T GOING HOME
TO HER MOM,

AND THAT'S A HORRIBLE
REALIZATION.

THAT WAS GONNA BE THE LAST
EVERY OTHER DAY

FOR MERIANNE'S DAUGHTER.

Narrator:
NOW POLICE CAN FOCUS

ON FINDING HER MOTHER'S KILLER.

THEY START BY QUESTIONING
OLIVIA'S FATHER, CALVIN MATHERS,

WHO SAYS HE HAD NO IDEA
MERIANNE WAS DEAD.

Ford: HE HAS A FRESH-LOOKING
NEW CAST ON HIS RIGHT ARM,

WHICH ALSO KIND OF HEIGHTENED
MY SUSPICION.

"WHY DOES HE HAVE A BROKEN ARM?"

Kelly: WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING
AT PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE SUSPECTS

AND YOU RUN UPON SOMEONE
SHORTLY AFTER THE CRIME

HAS BEEN DISCOVERED
AND THEY HAVE A FRESH CAST,

OBVIOUSLY THAT'S SOMETHING
YOU NEED TO LOOK AT.

YOU WANT TO KNOW, YOU KNOW,
WHEN DID THE INJURY OCCUR?

IS IT A REAL CAST?

IS THERE ANY BLOOD SPATTER
ON THE CAST?

I GOT IN AN ACCIDENT.
WHAT KIND OF ACCIDENT?

Narrator: HIS DOCTOR CONFIRMS
THE BROKEN ARM

WAS TREATED SEVERAL DAYS
EARLIER, BEFORE THE MURDER.

Snow: THE DETECTIVES HAD NOTICED
NO BLOODSTAINS ON THE CAST,

AND WHEN THEY HANDED
THE FATHER FORMS

TO EITHER FILL OUT OR SIGN
WITH HIS LEFT HAND,

HE WAS VERY UNCOORDINATED
WITH HIS LEFT HAND.

HE HAD A LOT OF DIFFICULTY
DOING ANYTHING.

IT JUST DIDN'T APPEAR
THAT HE WOULD HAVE BEEN

PHYSICALLY CAPABLE
OF OVERPOWERING MERIANNE

AND THEN CARRYING OUT THESE
NEAT, PRECISE STAB WOUNDS

THAT WE SAW ON MERIANNE'S BODY.

...ISSUES, CHILD SUPPORT.

THERE'S GOT TO BE A LITTLE BIT
OF TENSION, RIGHT?

NO. NO, NOTHING VIOLENT.

Narrator: HE EXPLAINS WHY
HE STILL HAD OLIVIA.

Kelly: HE HAD TRIED TO BRING
THE CHILD BACK ON THURSDAY,

THE DAY BEFORE MERIANNE
WAS DISCOVERED DECEASED,

AND THERE WAS NO ANSWER
AT THE DOOR.

HE TRIED HER BY PHONE
MULTIPLE TIMES,

AND HE COULD NEVER GET AHOLD
OF HER.

SO HE TOOK THE CHILD BACK HOME.

Narrator: HE SAYS HE TOOK OFF
WHEN HE SAW THE COPS

BECAUSE HE DIDN'T WANT
HIS DAUGHTER

IN THE MIDDLE
OF A POLICE SITUATION.

WITH NOTHING LINKING HIM TO
ANY CRIME, THEY RELEASE HIM.

HE RETAINS CUSTODY OF OLIVIA.

BY ALL ACCOUNTS,
HE'S A GREAT DAD.

Owens: HER BABY'S FATHER
WAS INVOLVED IN HER LIFE,

AND HE DIDN'T SEEM LIKE
HE WAS TRYING TO RUN AWAY

FROM HIS RESPONSIBILITIES.

HE STAYED THERE AND BECAME
THE FATHER TO THAT CHILD.

Narrator: BUT WHAT ABOUT
TERRENCE BRADDOCK,

WHO MADE THAT FIRST CALL?

BABE, I HAVE TO GO.

[ CHUCKLES ]

SORRY ABOUT THAT.

Snow:
WHEN IT COMES TO LOVE,

IT'S THE MOTIVE
THEY'RE ALWAYS --

KIND OF THE OLDEST IN THE BOOK.

IT WASN'T EASY FOR HIM TO BE
PLACED IN THE FRIEND ZONE.

HE CLEARLY WANTED MORE.

Narrator:
BUT HIS ALIBI PANS OUT, TOO,

AND HIS FINGERPRINTS DON'T MATCH
ANY FOUND AT THE CRIME SCENE.

WE TOOK A REAL HARD LOOK AT HIM

AND REALLY NEVER FOUND
ANY EVIDENCE

TO SHOW THAT HE HAD
ANY INVOLVEMENT AT ALL.

Narrator: ANOTHER POSSIBLE
SUSPECT CLEARED.

BRADDOCK DOES HIS BEST TO HELP.

AT THAT POINT, WE WOULD TAKE ANY
INFORMATION THAT WE COULD GET.

Narrator: TURNS OUT,

THE POPULAR, BEAUTIFUL MERIANNE
HAD A DARK SIDE.

SHE WAS ATTRACTED TO MEN
WITH TROUBLED PASTS.

BRADDOCK GIVES THEM
A PARTIAL NAME TO GO AFTER.

Kelly: HE PROVIDED US SOME
INFORMATION ABOUT ANOTHER MALE,

NAMED RANDY,

THAT MERIANNE HAD SEEN

AND MAY HAVE RECENTLY
BROKEN UP WITH.

MERIANNE HAD TOLD HIM THAT RANDY
HAD ASSAULTED HER IN THE PAST,

AND SHE WAS AFRAID OF HIM.

JUST TELL ME WHO YOU'VE BEEN
TALKING TO!

Narrator: BRADDOCK BELIEVES
MERIANNE FELT SHE WAS IN DANGER.

Kelly:
HE TOLD THE DETECTIVES

THAT HE AND MERIANNE HAD SORT OF
A PROMISE OR A PACT TOGETHER,

THAT IF ANYTHING HAPPENED
TO HER,

THAT WITHIN 24 HOURS,

THIS FRIEND SHOULD CALL
THE POLICE,

BECAUSE SOMETHING
PROBABLY HAPPENED TO HER,

AND IT WAS
PROBABLY AT RANDY'S DOING.

Narrator: BUT BRADDOCK DOESN'T
KNOW RANDY'S LAST NAME

OR MUCH ELSE ABOUT HIM.

AT THAT POINT,

WE SIMPLY DIDN'T KNOW --
WAS RANDY A REAL PERSON?

WE DIDN'T KNOW IF IT WAS
A WILD GOOSE CHASE.

Narrator: SOMEWHERE IN THE COLD
OF THE SEATTLE AREA,

A MURDERER STILL ROAMS.

Snow:
THIS TYPE OF KILLING,

THERE WAS SO MUCH RAGE EVIDENCED

WE DON'T KNOW IF THIS PERSON
COULD BE A TICKING TIME BOMB,

WHAT COULD SET THEM OFF.

THERE'S A DEFINITE CONCERN
THAT THEY COULD KILL AGAIN.

Narrator: AS WINTER'S CHILL
COVERS KENT, WASHINGTON,

LIKE A SHROUD,

THE MERIANNE WORLEY MURDER
INVESTIGATION HEATS UP.

IT WAS A HEADLINE GRABBER.
IT WAS THE TALK OF THE TOWN.

AND MAYBE IT WAS
BECAUSE SHE WAS A MODEL

ON THE ROAD TO HAVING A LIFE

THAT SHE HAD HOPED
AND DREAMED OF,

AND IT IS ALWAYS UPSETTING
TO REALIZE

THAT THE DREAMS THAT ANYONE HAS
ARE SMASHED,

ARE DESTROYED, AND DESTROYED
IN SUCH A VIOLENT WAY.

Narrator: THE SUBURB ALWAYS
SEEMED A SAFE HAVEN --

AN ILLUSION NOW SHATTERED
LIKE ICE.

COME ON.

Horne:
IT WAS HORRIFYING TO PEOPLE,

AND SO IT DOES AFFECT US.

IT AFFECTED THE COMMUNITY
QUITE A LOT.

Narrator: OLIVIA IS SAFE,

BUT HER FAMILY HAS TO FIGURE OUT

HOW TO LET HER KNOW HER MOTHER'S
NEVER COMING BACK.

IT WILL BE A DEVASTATING BLOW,

COMING LESS THAN A YEAR

AFTER MERIANNE'S
OWN MOTHER PASSED AWAY.

Man: [ Voice breaking ]
HER GRANDMOTHER'S IN HEAVEN,

AND NOW ALL WE CAN DO IS TELL
HER THAT'S WHERE MOMMY IS.

MERIANNE'S WITH HER MOTHER.

WHAT ELSE CAN I SAY?

Narrator:
DESPITE THE FAMILY'S GREAT PAIN,

THEY KNOW THEY MUST CHANNEL
THEIR GRIEF.

Horne: SHE CAME FROM A FAMILY
THAT DEALT OUT JUSTICE.

HER FATHER HAD BEEN A PROSECUTOR
IN KING COUNTY,

THE SAME COUNTY THAT KENT IS IN,

AND I THINK BECAUSE OF
HIS EXPERIENCE WITH CRIME --

CERTAINLY AT A GREAT DISTANCE,

CERTAINLY NOTHING AS CLOSE
AS HIS DAUGHTER --

HE KNEW THAT HE NEEDED US
TO TALK ABOUT IT.

HE NEEDED TO HAVE HER NAME
IN THE PAPER, ON TELEVISION,

ON THE RADIO.

HE NEEDED THE HEADLINES,

BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE ONE
REALLY SIGNIFICANT WAY

TO HELP THE POLICE FIND
THE PERSON WHO KILLED HER.

Man:
IT'S ALWAYS BEEN MY NIGHTMARE.

SHE WAS SUCH A BEAUTIFUL
AND BRIGHT

AND LIVELY AND ARTISTIC
AND FUNNY AND A WONDERFUL MOM,

AND TO TAKE THAT LIFE
SO BRUTALLY, IT'S JUST --

IT'S BEYOND COMPREHENSION
HOW ANYONE COULD BE SO SAVAGE.

Narrator:
POLICE GET A LEAD --

MERIANNE WAS AFRAID
OF AN EX-BOYFRIEND,

A GUY KNOWN ONLY AS "RANDY."

TRYING TO FIND OUT WHO RANDY IS
AND SEEKING OTHER SUSPECTS,

THEY INTERVIEW MORE FRIENDS.

THEY WOULD HANG OUT,
AND THEY WOULD DANCE,

AND THEY WOULD SKATE,

AND THAT'S THE KIND OF THING
SHE LIKED TO DO.

SHE WAS IN GREAT SHAPE.

SHE LIKED TO BE OUT.

SHE LIKED TO BE ACTIVE.

Narrator: EVERYONE SAYS

MERIANNE ATTRACTED PLENTY
OF MALE ATTENTION,

NOT ALL OF IT WELCOME.

YOU SHOULD COME
TO OUR PARTY TODAY.

YEAH.

SOUNDS FUN,
BUT I'M GOOD, THANKS.

YOU SURE?

ARE YOU SURE?
POSITIVE.

Man: EXCUSE ME.
OH. HEY.

LET'S TAKE A WALK.

Owens:
MERIANNE DATED TOUGH GUYS

BECAUSE I FELT LIKE SHE WANTED
THAT SENSE OF PROTECTION.

SHE WANTED TO FEEL SAFE.

Narrator: BUT MEN TOUGH ENOUGH
TO PROTECT

ARE SOMETIMES STRONG ENOUGH
TO HARM.

WHAT WAS THAT ALL ABOUT?

I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING WRONG.

COME ON.
IT'S TIME TO GO.

HAD SHE SOUGHT COMFORT
WITH THE WRONG MAN,

WHO TURNED OUT
TO BE A MURDERER?

THE MEDICAL EXAMINER
FINISHES THE AUTOPSY.

THE RESULTS INDICATE

MERIANNE HAD BEEN STABBED
WITH A SMALL BLADE,

LIKE A POCKET KNIFE.

Snow: SHE HAD SUFFERED
BLUNT-FORCE TRAUMA TO HER HEAD.

SHE HAD BRUISING
UNDER ONE OF HER EYES.

IT'S LIKELY THAT HER DEATH
WASN'T INSTANT,

AND THAT SHE WOULD HAVE HAD SOME

AWARENESS OF THE FACT
THAT SHE WAS GOING TO DIE.

Narrator:
THE M.E. NOTES AN ODDITY --

BLOODSTAINS ON THE BOTTOMS
OF HER SOCKS.

SHE WAS WEARING SHOES
WHEN SHE WAS FOUND.

Ford: THE BLOOD DROPS
ON HER SOCKS INDICATED

THAT SHE OBVIOUSLY STEPPED
IN SOME SORT OF BLOOD

BEFORE PUTTING HER SHOES ON.

Narrator:
ESTIMATED TIME OF DEATH --

AROUND 11:00 P.M. ON MARCH 7th,

THE NIGHT SHE FAILED TO SHOW UP
AT THE SKATING RINK.

Ford: WE BELIEVE THAT SHE WAS
ASSAULTED AT LEAST ONCE,

BLED FROM THAT INITIAL ASSAULT,

CHANGED HER CLOTHES
FOR WHATEVER REASON.

Narrator: DETECTIVES SURMISE
THE FIRST ASSAULT

WAS THE BLUNT FORCE TO THE FACE.

SHE MIGHT HAVE TALKED
THE ATTACKER DOWN

AND GOTTEN PERMISSION TO CHANGE
IN THE BATHROOM,

THINKING THE WORST WAS OVER.

SHE WAS SO GOOD WITH PEOPLE,

MAYBE SHE HOPED
TO CALM HIM ENOUGH TO LEAVE

SO SHE COULD CALL THE COPS.

BUT WHEN SHE EMERGED...

SOMEHOW GOT INTO THE CHAIR
AND WAS ATTACKED IN THE CHAIR.

Narrator: AT BEST,

DNA PROCESSING NARROWS
THE SUSPECTS TO ONE,

BUT IN THIS CASE, IT ONLY
RAISES MORE QUESTIONS.

FROM THE CRIME SCENE,

FORENSIC EXPERTS COLLECT
THREE DIFFERENT DNA PROFILES.

ONE IS MERIANNE'S,
BUT THE TWO OTHERS ARE UNKNOWN.

THEY HAD DNA PRESENT
FROM MORE THAN ONE MALE.

Narrator: WHO ARE THOSE TWO MEN,
AND WHO WIELDED THE KNIFE?

DETECTIVES STILL HAVEN'T
BEEN ABLE

TO GET A FULL NAME FOR RANDY,

THE THREATENING GUY MERIANNE
HAD RECENTLY DUMPED.

MERIANNE HAD TOLD
A NUMBER OF PEOPLE

ABOUT THIS MAN IN HER LIFE
NAMED RANDY

THAT SHE WAS AFRAID OF,

THAT MAY HAVE BEEN
VIOLENT TO HER,

AND SO HE WAS A PERSON WE
DEFINITELY WANTED TO LOOK AT.

Narrator: HOPING FOR LEADS ABOUT
THE MEN WHOSE DNA WAS RECOVERED,

POLICE TRY TO RECONSTRUCT
MERIANNE'S FINAL HOURS.

Kelly: WE WANTED TO FIND OUT
WHAT MERIANNE HAD DONE,

WHERE SHE'D BEEN,
WHO'D SHE BEEN IN CONTACT?

WE MADE A TIMELINE FOR THE LAST
FEW DAYS PRIOR TO HER DEATH,

BASED ON HER CELLPHONES
AND HOME PHONES,

HER CREDIT CARD RECEIPTS.

WE FOUND THAT SHE'D PURCHASED
SOME CLOTHING

AT A STORE JUST A COUPLE OF
BLOCKS FROM HER APARTMENT.

Narrator: THEY UNCOVER THE LAST
KNOWN IMAGES OF MERIANNE

ALIVE WITH HER DAUGHTER.

Ford: THAT SURVEILLANCE VIDEO
FROM THAT DEPARTMENT STORE,

IT CAUSED ME PAUSE TO WATCH IT,

'CAUSE I KNOW IN A FEW HOURS
AFTER THAT,

SHE'S GONNA BE DEAD.

IT'S VERY HARD TO SEE HER
WITH HER LITTLE GIRL.

WHAT YOU SEE IS JUST A MOM
AND HER DAUGHTER,

YOU KNOW, SHOPPING,
MOVING AROUND THE STORE.

IT'S A VERY NORMAL DAY.

CERTAINLY NOT THE LAST DAY OF
MERIANNE'S LIFE, IN HER MIND.

IT'S ALWAYS SAD WHEN YOU REALIZE

THAT A VICTIM DOESN'T REALIZE
THAT'S THEIR LAST DAY.

WHEN YOU'RE MURDERED
AND YOU'RE TAKEN AWAY

FROM ALL OF YOUR FAMILY
AND FRIENDS SUDDENLY,

THAT, TO ME, IS ALWAYS ONE OF
THE SADDEST THINGS,

IS THAT YOU DON'T APPRECIATE
THOSE LAST MOMENTS.

Kelly: WE LEARNED, THROUGH
TIMELINE CONSTRUCTION,

THROUGH HER CELLPHONE RECORDS

AND CREDIT CARD RECEIPTS
AND COMPUTER,

KIND OF WHAT SHE HAD DONE
HER LAST NIGHT.

AT ROUGHLY 11:00 P.M.
ON THAT WEDNESDAY NIGHT,

ALL ACTIVITY OF HER LIFE CEASED.

Narrator:
THAT CONFIRMS THE CORONER'S
TIME-OF-DEATH ESTIMATE.

THE PHONE RECORDS REVEAL EVEN
MORE ABOUT HER FINAL HOURS.

WE LOOKED AT HUNDREDS
OF PHONE NUMBERS,

STARTING FROM WHEN WE THINK
SHE WAS DECEASED ON BACKWARDS,

AND ONE OF THE PHONE NUMBERS
THAT WE GOT OFF THERE

TURNED OUT TO BE THIS GUY
WHO WAS HER NEW BOYFRIEND.

Narrator:
IT'S NOT THE ELUSIVE RANDY

OR EVEN HER HEARTSICK
SKATING PAL, TERRENCE.

TURNS OUT, MERIANNE
HAD JUST STARTED DATING

A MAN NAMED CURTIS GARVEY.

WELL, I HATE TO BE THE BEARER
OF BAD NEWS, SIR,

BUT, UM,
MISS WORLEY'S DEAD.

Kelly: THEY HAD KNOWN EACH OTHER
IN THE 2000s

AT A LOCAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE
IN THE CITY OF SEATTLE,

AND THEY HAD JUST RECENTLY
HOOKED BACK UP AGAIN.

Narrator: CURTIS SAYS
THEY OFTEN SPOKE ON THE PHONE

AND OCCASIONALLY SAW EACH OTHER,

BUT HE HAD NOTHING TO DO
WITH MERIANNE'S MURDER.

HE CLAIMS THE LAST TIME
HE SAW HER WAS WEDNESDAY NIGHT,

THE NIGHT AUTHORITIES
BELIEVE SHE DIED.

THEY HUNG OUT AT HIS HOUSE
AND WERE INTIMATE,

THEN SHE LEFT,

SAYING SHE WAS GOING TO MEET
A FRIEND AT THE SKATING RINK.

Ford: HIS DEMEANOR WAS JUST
MATTER-OF-FACT.

HE WASN'T OVERLY EMOTIONAL
ABOUT IT.

HE ASKED WHAT HAPPENED,
BUT I DIDN'T NOTE ANY EMOTION.

Man: IT IS WHAT IT IS.

Kelly: HE ADMITTED TO BEING
WITH HER INTIMATELY

ON THAT WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

WE DIDN'T KNOW IF HE WAS
JUST INITIALLY

TRYING TO COVER HIS TRACKS,

TRYING TO BE FRIENDLY
TO THE POLICE.

HOPE YOU GUYS CATCH HIM.

Narrator: AND CONVENIENTLY
EXPLAINING AWAY ANY OF HIS DNA

POLICE MIGHT FIND
AT THE MURDER SCENE.

THEY COLLECT A SAMPLE
FOR COMPARISON.

HE WAS DEFINITELY SOMEBODY
THAT WE NEEDED TO CHECK OUT

A LITTLE BIT MORE CLOSELY.

Narrator: MAYBE THIS SUSPECT
WILL STICK.

MERIANNE'S FAMILY DESERVES
JUSTICE AND ANSWERS.

Owens: WHY DID THIS HAPPEN
TO MERIANNE?

SHE DIDN'T DESERVE ANY OF THIS.

SHE WAS A YOUNG GIRL
TRYING TO FIND HER LIFE,

AND THEN SOMEONE ENDED IT SHORT.

WHY?

Narrator:
IN KENT, WASHINGTON,

SINGLE MOM MERIANNE WORLEY
HAD A BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTER,

A MODELING CAREER ON THE RISE,
AND THE BEST OF FRIENDS,

UNTIL EVERYTHING WAS SLASHED
TO PIECES BY A KILLER'S BLADE.

Horne: I MEAN, IT TAKES
A SPECIAL BRUTALITY

TO MURDER IN THE WAY
THAT THIS PERSON DID,

AND A SPECIAL EMOTION,

SO SOMETHING --
SOME PASSION, SOME ANGER,

SOMETHING THAT MADE HIM SAY
THIS -- "YOU MUST DIE" --

IN THAT FASHION.

Narrator:
DEDICATED INVESTIGATORS HAVE
WORKED AROUND THE CLOCK.

STILL, NO ARREST.

Snow: THERE WAS
A DEFINITE WORRY, AT TIMES,

ABOUT THE FACT THAT
THIS CASE COULD BECOME COLD

AND THAT IT COULD END UP
BEING PLACED

INTO ONE OF THOSE BOXES AND
MOVED INTO THE COLD-CASE FILES,

WHERE THE ANSWERS
WOULD NEVER BE KNOWN.

Narrator:
TRYING TO FIND THE TWO PEOPLE

WHO LEFT DNA AT THE CRIME SCENE,

DETECTIVES FOCUS ON THE MEN
IN MERIANNE'S LIFE,

SOME OF WHOM
HAD SERIOUS TROUBLES.

KIND-HEARTED MERIANNE
ALWAYS WANTED TO SAVE THEM.

Snow:
IT DID BECOME APPARENT

THAT MERIANNE HAD A TENDENCY

TO BE DRAWN TO INDIVIDUALS
THAT SHE WANTED TO HELP.

Owens: SHE WAS A LAMB
AMONG WOLVES, THOUGH,

I'M GONNA TELL YOU THAT.

NO DOUBT ABOUT IT. YEAH.

SHE WAS TOO NICE TO EVERYBODY.

AND THAT'S WHAT SCARED ME
ABOUT MERIANNE

IS THAT SHE DID THAT A LOT,
WHERE EVERYTHING WAS OKAY.

"OH, THEY'RE COOL, MRS. OWENS.
OH, HE'S COOL, MRS. OWENS."

AND I'M LIKE, "NO,
THAT DUDE'S A PSYCHO."

Narrator: DETECTIVES
ASK MERIANNE'S FRIENDS

ABOUT HER NEW BOYFRIEND,
CURTIS GARVEY,

BUT THEIR RELATIONSHIP
WAS SO NEW,

MOST HAD NEVER HEARD OF HIM.

UNTIL HIS DNA ANALYSIS
COMES BACK,

THEY CAN'T CROSS CURTIS OFF
THE SUSPECT LIST.

AND WHAT ABOUT THE MYSTERY MAN
NAMED RANDY,

OF WHOM MERIANNE WAS SO AFRAID?

THEN THEY GET A NEW TIP.

TERRENCE BRADDOCK,

THE FRIEND
WHO REPORTED HER MISSING,

CALLS WITH MORE INFORMATION
ABOUT RANDY.

THE NEW FRIEND ONE DAY HAD
HAPPENED TO DRIVE BY A HOUSE

AND SAW A PERSON THAT MATCHED
RANDY'S DESCRIPTION,

AND HE TOOK OUR DETECTIVES
TO THAT HOUSE,

AND WE FOUND THAT ADDRESS,
AND THROUGH SOME INVESTIGATION,

WE LEARNED HIS FULL NAME.

Narrator: RANDALL CONNOR,

A FELON ON PAROLE

FROM AN ARMED ROBBERY CONVICTION
IN CALIFORNIA.

CONNOR IS FULLY COOPERATIVE,

SAYING HE'LL DO ANYTHING HE CAN

TO HELP INVESTIGATORS
SOLVE MERIANNE'S MURDER.

Owens: I CAN SEE WHY SHE
WOULD HAVE TALKED TO HIM,

'CAUSE HE'S BIG,
AND THEN HE'S ALSO,

YOU KNOW, HE'S NOT
A BAD-LOOKING GUY.

SO I THINK, YOU KNOW,
SHE WOULD HAVE FALLEN FOR HIM.

Ford: HE CHARACTERIZED
THEIR RELATIONSHIP

AS A STEADY GIRLFRIEND,

INTIMATE, ROMANTIC,
RELATIONSHIP,

THAT THEY POSSIBLY
MIGHT BE GETTING MARRIED.

Narrator: HE SAYS THINGS
THEN COOLED DOWN,

BUT THEY STAYED FRIENDS.

HE DENIES BEING ABUSIVE
AND SAYS HE STILL CARED FOR HER.

CONNOR ADMITS
HE HAD SEEN MERIANNE

EARLIER ON THE DAY SHE WAS
KILLED, IN DOWNTOWN SEATTLE,

BUT SWEARS HE HADN'T BEEN
ANYWHERE NEAR HER APARTMENT

IN KENT THAT NIGHT.

[ PROJECTOR WHIRRING ]

HE SAYS HE WAS HOME,
SURROUNDED BY FAMILY.

HIS FAMILY MEMBERS
CONFIRM HIS ALIBI --

HE WAS THERE WITH THEM
THE WHOLE TIME.

STILL, INVESTIGATORS COLLECT
A DNA SAMPLE

TO COMPARE WITH THE TWO
DISTINCT PROFILES

FOUND AT THE CRIME SCENE.

WHEN THE RESULTS COME BACK,
THEY GET NOT ONE HIT, BUT TWO.

THE NET IS TIGHTENING.
WHO WILL IT END UP CATCHING?

Narrator: INVESTIGATORS
IN KENT, WASHINGTON,

HAVE IDENTIFIED TWO DNA SAMPLES

FROM MERIANNE WORLEY'S
MURDER SCENE.

ONE SET MATCHES HER NEW
BOYFRIEND, CURTIS GARVEY,

WHO SAYS THEY WERE INTIMATE
THE DAY SHE WAS KILLED.

THE OTHER DNA PROFILE
BELONGS TO RANDALL CONNOR.

DETECTIVES PUT BOTH SUSPECTS
UNDER THE MICROSCOPE.

Ryan: HER NEW BOYFRIEND,
WE WERE ABLE TO CLEAR HIM.

HE HAD A SOLID ALIBI

THROUGH DOCUMENTS, FAMILY,
PHONE RECORDS.

Narrator:
CURTIS GARVEY IS OUT.

THAT LEAVES RANDALL CONNOR,

WHOSE FAMILY VOUCHED FOR HIM
ON THE NIGHT OF THE MURDER.

DETECTIVES AREN'T CONVINCED.

THEY KEEP UP THE QUESTIONING.

Ford: HE ACTED COOPERATIVE,
CALM, NEVER RAISED HIS VOICE --

JUST ACTED LIKE
A REGULAR PERSON.

HE WAS PLAYING THE GAME WITH US
AND WANTED TO BE OUR BUDDIES,

AND HE KNEW HOW TO PLAY THE GAME
AND BE COOPERATIVE.

WE KNEW HOW TO PLAY
THE GAME, TOO.

THIS GUY APPEARED TO HAVE
ICE WATER IN HIS VEINS.

Narrator: HE CLAIMED, ON THE DAY
OF MERIANNE'S MURDER,

HE SAW HER IN SEATTLE,

BUT HADN'T GONE NEAR HER PLACE
IN KENT.

HE DOESN'T REALIZE POLICE CAN
TRACK BOTH OF THEIR MOVEMENTS.

WE WERE ABLE TO SHOW,
THROUGH CELLPHONE USAGE,

GENERALLY WHERE RANDY WAS

AND WHERE MERIANNE WAS
AT SPECIFIC TIMES,

FROM PHONES HITTING OFF
OF CELLPHONE TOWERS.

Narrator:
AND THE CELL TOWER PINGS

CLEARLY SHOW
RANDALL CONNOR'S PHONE

WAS IN OR NEAR
MERIANNE'S APARTMENT

THE SAME TIME SHE WAS
ON THE NIGHT OF HER DEATH.

WE COULD SHOW THAT RANDY
HAD LIED TO US.

I KNEW IN MY HEART OF HEARTS,
IN MY MIND, THAT HE WAS OUR GUY,

BUT THAT'S DIFFERENT THAN TRYING
TO CONVINCE A JURY OF 12 PEOPLE.

IT WAS WORRISOME THAT WE WEREN'T
GONNA GET A CONVICTION

OR JUSTICE
WASN'T GONNA BE SERVED

FOR HER DAUGHTER OR HER FAMILY.

Narrator: KNOWING HE LIED
ABOUT HIS WHEREABOUTS,

DETECTIVES REINTERVIEW
HIS FAMILY,

SOME OF WHOM NOW ADMIT

HE WAS NOT WITH THEM THAT NIGHT,
AFTER ALL.

Kelly:
SOME FAMILY MEMBERS DID TELL US
THAT RANDY HAD SAID TO THEM,

"IF ANYONE ASKS WHERE I WAS,

I WAS AT, YOU KNOW, THIS HOUSE
AT 9:00."

AS A POLICE DETECTIVE,

I'VE BEEN DOING THIS
FOR A LONG TIME.

PEOPLE LIE TO ME EVERY DAY,

AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN PEOPLE
DO LIE TO ME,

I WANT TO FIND OUT WHY,

AND THERE'S USUALLY
A PRETTY GOOD REASON.

Ford: WE CAN GET SOMEBODY LOCKED
INTO A STORY,

AND IF WE CAN PROVE
THEY'RE LYING,

SOMETIMES THEY DON'T HAVE
TO CONFESS TO THE CRIME,

WE CAN JUST PROVE
THEY'RE NOT HONEST,

AND SAYING THAT YOU'RE
IN SEATTLE WITH MERIANNE

ON THE DAY THAT SHE DIES,

BUT WHEN, IN FACT,

YOUR CELLPHONE'S
VERY NEAR HER APARTMENT,

THAT'S A BIG RED FLAG.

Snow: HE THOUGHT HE WOULD BEAT
THE DETECTIVES.

I THINK HE THOUGHT
HE WOULD WIN THE GAME.

AND I THINK HE DIDN'T KNOW
WHO HE WAS UP AGAINST.

HE HAD NO IDEA HOW SKILLED
THE DETECTIVES WERE.

Narrator: KENT POLICE FORMALLY
ARREST RANDALL CONNOR

AND CHARGE HIM
WITH FIRST-DEGREE MURDER.

ON A BITTERLY COLD
FEBRUARY MORNING IN 2011,

A JURY HEARS THE DETAILS

OF THE BRUTAL MURDER
OF MERIANNE WORLEY.

Ford: MERIANNE PLANNED ON GOING
SKATING THAT NIGHT.

RANDY CALLED HER
MULTIPLE TIMES --

15 OR SO TIMES --

IN A MATTER OF
ABOUT A HALF-HOUR,

45 MINUTES THAT NIGHT,

AFTER SHE LEFT HER
BOYFRIEND'S HOUSE.

[ PROJECTOR WHIRS ]

Narrator: HE CAUGHT A RIDE
OVER TO HER APARTMENT.

THEN, PERHAPS LIVID ABOUT HER
NEW BOYFRIEND, HE LASHED OUT.

WHAT IS YOUR PROBLEM?

IT SEEMS LIKE SHE WAS ASSAULTED
INSIDE THE APARTMENT,

BECAUSE THAT EVIDENCE
IN THE BATHROOM,

IT SHOWED THAT SHE HAD BLOODY
CLOTHES IN THE BATHROOM,

THAT SHE CHANGED HER CLOTHES.

THERE'S A BLOODY WASH RAG
IN THERE.

Narrator: THE DNA REVEALS HE HAD
SEX WITH HER, POSSIBLY FORCED.

WHETHER THAT WAS CONSENSUAL
OR NOT, WE DON'T KNOW,

AND WE WILL NEVER KNOW.

Snow: SHE MUST HAVE HAD
A MOMENT OR TWO OF HOPE,

AT THAT POINT,
THAT IT WAS ENDING.

Narrator: MAYBE IF SHE COULD GET
HIM TO CALM DOWN ENOUGH,

SHE COULD CALL FOR HELP.

I THINK YOU SHOULD LEAVE.

I DON'T THINK SO.

HE SAT HER IN THE CHAIR
AND SNAPPED.

Snow: WE CAN IMAGINE THAT
WHAT WORKED THE KILLER UP

WAS SOME INTERROGATION RELATED
TO WHO SHE HAD BEEN WITH

EARLIER IN THE DAY,
WHAT SHE HAD BEEN UP TO.

SO, WHAT DO YOU THINK?

HE HAD EXPRESSED UTTER RAGE

THAT IF HE EVER FOUND OUT
SHE WAS WITH SOMEONE,

HE WOULD KILL THAT MAN.

BUT INSTEAD IN THIS SITUATION,
HE KILLED MERIANNE.

[ BREATHING HEAVILY ]

Narrator: THE JURY DELIBERATES
FOR JUST ONE DAY.

Ford: WHEN HE WAS SUBSEQUENTLY
FOUND GUILTY BY THE JURY,

HE TURNED TO
THE PROSECUTION TABLE

WHERE DETECTIVE KELLY AND I
WERE SITTING,

AND THE PROSECUTOR,
AND HE STARTED TALKING TO US

AND, YOU KNOW, RAISING HIS
VOICE, AND HE BECAME ANGRY.

Narrator: RANDALL CONNOR
IS SENTENCED TO 32 YEARS

FOR THE FIRST-DEGREE MURDER
OF MERIANNE WORLEY...

...A BEAUTIFUL, BELOVED,
YOUNG MOM

RIPPED FROM HER DAUGHTER'S LIFE
FOR NO REASON AT ALL.

WHAT MOTIVE COULD THERE HAVE
BEEN, SERIOUSLY?

SHE DOESN'T HURT ANYBODY.

LIKE I SAID,
SHE JUST BEFRIENDS EVERYBODY.

Snow: I THINK THAT SHE WAS
TRYING TO DO THE RIGHT THING.

THIS CASE STICKS WITH ME,

NOT ONLY THE VIOLENCE
OR SAVAGERY OF WHAT OCCURRED,

BUT IT'S JUST
A VERY SAD STORY TO ME,

I MEAN, THAT YOU HAD
THIS YOUNG BEAUTIFUL WOMAN

WHO HAD HER WHOLE LIFE
AHEAD OF HER.

SHE HAD THIS BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTER.

SHE WAS CLOSE TO, YOU KNOW,
FINALLY BEING IN A POSITION

WHERE SHE COULD PURSUE
HER DREAMS.

HE TOOK THAT ALL AWAY FROM HER.