Ice Cold Killers (2012–…): Season 3, Episode 2 - Christmas Terror - full transcript

Narrator:
THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST WINTER --

RISKY AND UNPREDICTABLE.

BEWARE THE WEATHER
AND THE PREDATORS.

IT'S COLD, AND YOU'RE NOT
LOOKING AT WEATHER

THAT'S GOOD FOR ANYBODY
TO BE OUTSIDE FOR VERY LONG.

Narrator:
A CHERISHED COUPLE VANISHES.

WE PUT SEARCH TEAMS OUT,
TRIED TO COVER ALL THE ROADS.

Halstead: IT DIDN'T HAVE TO
HAPPEN THIS WAY.

IT'S CRUEL
AND IT MAKES NO SENSE AT ALL.

IT SAID, "IF YOU SAY ANYTHING,
WE'LL KILL YOUR MOM,

WE'LL KILL YOUR DAD,
AND WE'LL KILL YOU."



Narrator:
CUT OFF BY THE SNOWCAPPED
CASCADE MOUNTAINS TO THE EAST,

LEWIS COUNTY, WASHINGTON,
HIDES IN THE WILDERNESS.

HERE, RUGGED RESIDENTS BRAVE
PUNISHING ALPINE WINTERS.

Halstead: STORMS CAN BE
VERY WINDY AT TIMES.

YEAH, UNPREDICTABLE.

WEATHER CAN CHANGE
MINUTE TO MINUTE.

Mike: IF YOU'RE LOST OUTSIDE
AT NIGHT AROUND HERE,

THERE'S A GOOD POSSIBILITY
THAT YOU'RE NOT GONNA MAKE IT

TILL THE NEXT DAY

IF YOU CAN'T
KEEP YOUR WITS ABOUT YOU.

Narrator: THIS IS WHERE ED AND
MINNIE MAURIN MAKE THEIR HOME.

Meyer: EVERYBODY KNEW THEM.

EVERYBODY LOVED THEM.

Mike: GRANDMA WAS ALWAYS
VERY LOVING AND CARING.



GRANDPA ED, HE WORKED VERY HARD.

THE MAN WOULD GIVE YOU
THE SHIRT OFF HIS BACK.

Narrator:
IN THE WINTER OF 1985,

ED AND MINNIE HAVE BEEN MARRIED
FOR 24 YEARS.

THEY OWN A FARM SET BACK OFF
ONE OF LEWIS COUNTY'S

LONELY WINDSWEPT HIGHWAYS.

Mike:
THEY DID DO EVERYTHING TOGETHER.

THEY WENT TO CHURCH TOGETHER,
THEY WENT TO THE STORE TOGETHER,

THEY WENT TO THE BANK TOGETHER,
AND DID THEIR SHOPPING.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Meyer: THEY WERE DEEPLY IN LOVE,
AND IT WAS VERY RARE

THAT YOU WOULD SEE ED WITHOUT
MINNIE OR MINNIE WITHOUT ED.

DID A GOOD JOB.

YEAH, LOOKS GREAT.
LOOKS GREAT.

Schendel:
EVERY YEAR, ED AND MINNIE WOULD
HOST A CHRISTMAS PARTY

FOR THEIR FRIENDS AT CHURCH.

AND IT TOOK THEM DAYS
TO GET READY FOR THIS PARTY.

Narrator: THEIR FRIENDLINESS
EXTENDS TO STRANGERS IN NEED.

Dennis:
THEY WOULD OPEN THEIR DOORS,

AND IF SOMEBODY HAD A FLAT TIRE
OR NEEDED SOME GAS,

ED WOULD JUST DROP
WHATEVER HE'S DOING

AND TRY TO HELP HIM OUT.

IN 1985, THE BIG CHRISTMAS PARTY
IS SET FOR DECEMBER 19th.

FRIENDS AND FAMILY
BEGIN TO ARRIVE AT NOON.

BUT THIS IS THE DAY
EVERYTHING CHANGES.

WHEN SOME OF THE FOLKS STARTED
TO APPEAR AT THE HOUSE,

ED AND MINNIE WERE NOT HOME.

Kimsey: DOORS WERE LOCKED,
THE DRAPES ARE SHUT,

AND NO ONE IS AROUND
TO BE FOUND.

Meyer: THE CAR WAS GONE,

AND IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT ED
AND MINNIE WERE GONNA MISS.

THEY WERE EXCITED
TO HAVE THIS PARTY.

IT'S SOMETHING THEY DID
EVERY YEAR.

Narrator:
20 MINUTES PASS, THEN 30.

STILL NO MINNIE AND ED.

Meyer: AS THE NIGHT GREW ON
AND AS IT GOT LATER,

THEY BECAME
MORE AND MORE CONCERNED.

Narrator: WHEN RELATIVES
FINALLY GET INSIDE...

HEY, MOM?

...NO ONE'S THERE.

ED?

MOM?

AND IT'S CLEAR
SOMETHING'S WRONG.

WHEN WE GOT IN THE HOUSE,

WE FOUND THESE PAPERS
STREWN AROUND,

SOME BANK STATEMENTS
IN DIFFERENT ROOMS,

IN THE BATHROOM.

ED AND MINNIE MAURIN
WERE NOT KNOWN

TO SHARE THEIR FINANCES
WITH ANYBODY.

AND SO,
WHEN THESE FAMILY MEMBERS

SAW THESE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS,
THEY THOUGHT...

HEY, ED?

...THERE'S A PROBLEM.

Narrator:
THEY PHONE THE SHERIFF.

Mansfield: ONE OF THEIR
DAUGHTERS CALLED AND SAID,

"HEY, SOMETHING REALLY STRANGE
HAPPENED HERE.

"MY FOLKS AREN'T HOME.

WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON,
AND WE'RE REALLY CONCERNED."

Narrator:
INVESTIGATORS SEARCH THE HOUSE.

Kimsey:
THEY FOUND MRS. MAURIN'S PURSE

HIDDEN BY THE COUCH
UNDERNEATH OF A NEWSPAPER,

AND THEY THOUGHT THAT WAS
EXTREMELY SUSPICIOUS AND WRONG

BECAUSE MRS. MAURIN WOULD NEVER
LEAVE THE HOUSE

WITHOUT HER PURSE.

Halstead:
THEY FOUND THE BED WAS NOT MADE.

THEY FOUND ON ED'S SIDE
OF THE BED

HIS CLOTHES, PANTS AND A SHIRT.

ON HIS NIGHTSTAND,
THEY FOUND HIS WATCH,

WHICH WAS UNUSUAL FOR HIM
TO NOT HAVE HIS WATCH ON.

Narrator: AS NIGHT FALLS AND
THE TEMPERATURE TURNS BRUTAL,

SEARCH PARTIES FORM,

AND DETECTIVES CANVASS
THE NEIGHBORHOOD FOR WITNESSES.

Mansfield: IT'S WINTER,
IT'S COLD, IT'S IN DECEMBER,

AND YOU'RE NOT
LOOKING AT WEATHER

THAT'S GOOD FOR ANYBODY
TO BE OUTSIDE FOR VERY LONG,

EVEN IF THEY'RE IN A CAR.

Meyer: THE HOPE WAS THAT THEY
WOULD JUST KIND OF STAY

WHEREVER THEY WERE

SO THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT COULD
FIND THEM THE NEXT DAY.

Narrator:
BUT SEARCHERS FIND NOTHING.

AS THE PROCESSING OF THE HOUSE
CONTINUES, WORRY GROWS.

Meyer: THERE WAS A SHOE PRINT
ON A STOOL IN THE BACK ROOM,

AND THEN THERE WAS ALSO
A SHOE PRINT ON THE BATHTUB

NEAR WHERE THE BANK STATEMENTS
WERE FOUND.

AND NEITHER SHOE PRINT MATCHED
EITHER ED OR MINNIE.

CAN I HELP YOU?

LAW ENFORCEMENT WAS CONCERNED

THAT MAYBE A STRANGER GOT TO
KNOW ED AND MINNIE MAURIN,

TOOK ADVANTAGE
OF THEIR HOSPITALITY,

AND KIDNAPPED THEM
FROM THE HOUSE.

Narrator: INVESTIGATORS BEGIN
COLLECTING FINGERPRINTS --

MANY, MANY FINGERPRINTS.

I REALLY THOUGHT THAT I WAS
GONNA GET A RANSOM CALL

ON MY FOLKS.

Meyer: THE POLICE DIDN'T KNOW
WHO COULD BE RESPONSIBLE

FOR ED AND MINNIE MISSING,

SO IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT THEY
START BUILDING THE TIMELINE.

YOU KNOW, WHO WAS THE LAST
PERSON THAT SAW ED AND MINNIE?

WHERE DID THEY SEE THEM AT
UNDER WHAT CIRCUMSTANCES?

Narrator:
THEY BEGIN WITH LOVED ONES.

Halstead: LAW ENFORCEMENT
ALWAYS TALKS TO FAMILY MEMBERS

BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES, THEY'RE
THE ONES THAT HAVE MOTIVE.

Narrator: INVESTIGATORS GRILL
MINNIE AND ED'S GRANDSON, MIKE.

THE POLICE THOUGHT
I COULD'VE BEEN A SUSPECT

BECAUSE I WAS SO TIGHT
WITH MY GRANDMA AND GRANDPA.

I HELP THEM OUT ON THE FARM
EVERY CHANCE I GET.

Kimsey: WOULD GO OVER THERE AND
SPEND EVERY SATURDAY

OR THE WEEKENDS
WITH ED AND MINNIE MAURIN.

HE WOULD KNOW THEIR HABITS,
FINANCIAL STATUS OF THEM,

OR WHAT'S GOING ON ON THE FARM.

Narrator:
AND HE'S GOT A REPUTATION.

I LED A PRETTY WILD LIFE.

I HAD MY TIMES THAT I WAS --
I PARTIED HARD.

Kimsey:
AND SO, THE RUMORS FLY.

WHEN MIKE WAS QUESTIONED
BY THE DETECTIVES

FROM THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE,
HE WAS UPSET.

HE WAS DEFINITELY NOT HAPPY
BEING QUESTIONED

ABOUT HIS GRANDPARENTS'
DISAPPEARANCE,

AND HE WAS BELLIGERENT.

I WOULD NEVER HARM
MY GRANDPARENTS, EVER, EVER.

IT DID CAUSE MORE SUSPICION
TOWARDS HIM FROM HIS REACTION.

I WAS MAD AND ANGRY

BECAUSE THEY SHOULD BE OUT
LOOKING FOR WHO DID THIS.

Narrator: INVESTIGATORS
HAVE TO CHECK EVERY ANGLE.

THE NEXT MORNING, A NEW PIECE
OF EVIDENCE COMES IN...

...WHEN A BANK TELLER REPORTS
A VERY STRANGE VISIT FROM ED

THE DAY OF THE DISAPPEARANCE.

SHE RECEIVED A PHONE CALL
FROM ED REQUESTING CASH,

THAT HE WAS GONNA COME IN
AND GET $8,500 IN CASH

AND THAT HE WANTED IT ALL
IN $100 BILLS.

HI, ED.

MERRY CHRISTMAS.
HELLO, ED.

Narrator: AN HOUR LATER,
ED WALKED INTO THE BANK ALONE.

Kimsey: HE DIDN'T HAVE
MRS. MAURIN WITH HIM.

THEY WOULD ALWAYS GO IN
TOGETHER,

AND ACTUALLY,
MRS. MAURIN WAS KNOWN

TO DO MORE OF THE FINANCIAL
BANKING THAN MR. MAURIN.

THE BANK TELLER SAID
THAT SHE TALKED TO MR. MAURIN

AND ASKED WHERE MINNIE WAS,

AND HE TOLD HER
THAT SHE WAS SICK

AND SHE WAS OUT IN THE CAR
AND SHE WASN'T FEELING GOOD.

HE INDICATED
THAT HE NEEDED THE MONEY

BECAUSE THEY WERE GONNA GO
UP NORTH,

AND THE KIDS WERE GONNA
HELP THEM BUY A CAR.

Narrator:
THE CASH HADN'T ARRIVED
FROM THE MAIN BRANCH YET,

SO ED WENT BACK
TO WAIT IN HIS CAR.

HE PARKED FAR AWAY,
THOUGH IT WAS A COLD DAY

AND THE PARKING LOT
WAS MOSTLY EMPTY.

WHILE ED IS OUTSIDE,
THE MONEY COMES.

THE CASH COMES TO THE BANK.

THE TELLER WALKS OUTSIDE
TO GO GET ED OUT OF THE CAR.

THE TELLER SEES
A SECOND PERSON IN THE CAR,

BUT SHE'S NOT SURE WHO IT IS.

SHE GETS ABOUT HALFWAY
FROM THE DOOR TO THE CAR,

AND ED GETS OUT OF THE CAR.

Narrator: HE RUSHES TO HER
LIKE HE'S PROTECTING THE CAR.

IS SOMEONE THERE,

SOMEONE DANGEROUS,
HIDING JUST OUT OF SIGHT?

[ WIND HOWLING ]

[ WIND HOWLING ]

Narrator:
IN LEWIS COUNTY, WASHINGTON,

JUST BEFORE CHRISTMAS,
ED AND MINNIE MAURIN VANISH.

THE NEXT DAY, A BANK TELLER
CALLS POLICE WITH INFORMATION.

SHE SAYS SHE SAW ED THE MORNING
THE COUPLE DISAPPEARED.

THERE WAS SOMEONE IN THE CAR
WITH HIM.

SHE JUST ASSUMED
THAT IT WAS MINNIE

BECAUSE THE WINDOWS,

THEY HAD BECOME CONDENSED
ON THE INSIDE.

Narrator: ED STOPPED THE TELLER
FROM APPROACHING.

Halstead: SO, THE TELLER AND ED
GO BACK INTO THE BANK.

SHE TRIES TO CONVINCE HIM
TO TAKE A CASHIER'S CHECK.

ED REFUSES TO TAKE
A CASHIER'S CHECK.

HE IS ADAMANT
THAT HE WANTS TO HAVE CASH.

THE TELLER COUNTS OUT THE MONEY,
$8,500 IN $100 BILLS,

PUTS IT INTO AN ENVELOPE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

OKAY.
BYE-BYE.

Narrator:
THE STORY ABOUT BUYING A NEW CAR

DOESN'T MAKE SENSE
TO THOSE WHO KNOW THE COUPLE.

ED AND MINNIE
AREN'T GONNA GO UP NORTH.

THEY ALWAYS BOUGHT THEIR CARS
LOCALLY.

THEY TALKED TO THE KIDS.

NONE OF THE KIDS WERE GONNA
HELP THEM BUY A CAR,

AND THEY'RE CERTAINLY
NOT GONNA GO UP THERE AND DO IT

IF MINNIE'S NOT FEELING WELL,

AND THEY'RE NOT GONNA DO IT

ON THE DAY OF THEIR PLANNED
CHRISTMAS PARTY.

SO, THESE WERE ALL CLUES
THAT SOMETHING ISN'T RIGHT.

Mike:
EVERYTHING THAT WENT ON THAT DAY

SOUNDED TOTALLY NOT LIKE
MY GRANDMA AND GRANDPA.

Kimsey:
THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE KNEW

THAT ED AND MINNIE'S LIFE
WERE AT STAKE AT THIS POINT.

Narrator: BUT IS THEIR GRANDSON
REALLY INVOLVED?

Kimsey:
AFTER MIKE WAS INTERVIEWED
AND HE PASSED THE POLYGRAPHS,

IT WAS CLEAR
THAT HE WAS MORE UPSET

ABOUT BEING QUESTIONED
OR ACCUSED.

LAW ENFORCEMENT COULD TELL

THAT HE OBVIOUSLY DIDN'T HAVE
ANYTHING TO DO WITH IT.

I HELP THEM ON THE FARM
EVERY CHANCE I GET

AND I VISIT THEM
ON THE WEEKENDS.

MY MIND WAS WONDERING
WHERE THEY WERE

AND IF ANYBODY WAS HOLDING THEM.

Narrator:
THE FINGERPRINTS FROM THE HOUSE
COME BACK FROM THE LAB.

ONLY FAMILY MEMBERS AND FRIENDS.

NO UNIDENTIFIED PRINTS.

ANOTHER DEAD END.

THE FAMILY IS SICK WITH WORRY.

Dennis:
THEY WERE JUST TELLING US

THAT THEY WOULD LET US KNOW
AS SOON AS THEY FOUND SOMETHING,

AND WE WERE STILL ALL IN SHOCK
REAL, REAL BAD.

Narrator: NO ONE'S HEARD FROM ED
OR MINNIE IN MORE THAN 24 HOURS.

THE LEWIS COUNTY COMMUNITY
REDOUBLES ITS SEARCH.

EVERYBODY'S LOOKING
FOR ED AND MINNIE MAURIN

AND THEIR VEHICLE.

IT'S COLD, IT'S FOGGY.

Woman: ED!

Mike: ME AND MY DAD WERE OUT
LOOKING AND SEARCHING THE AREAS.

Man: ED?

WE KIND OF LOOKED AT EACH OTHER
AND ONE SAID TO THE OTHER,

"MORE THAN LIKELY,
WE'RE NOT GONNA FIND ANYTHING

"THAT WE REALLY WANT TO FIND.

BUT WE GOT TO KEEP LOOKING UNTIL
WE FIND -- TILL WE FIND THEM."

Narrator: BUILDING A LIST
OF POSSIBLE SUSPECTS,

INVESTIGATORS LEARN
ABOUT THE COUPLE'S HIRED HANDS.

Mike: AT THAT TIME,
THE FARM HAD BEEN TURNED OVER

INTO CHRISTMAS TREES.

THERE WAS
A COUPLE SHADY CHARACTERS

THAT WERE AROUND THERE

THAT WE NEVER REALLY
KNEW MUCH ABOUT.

Schendel: THEY CAME AND WENT
FROM THE PROPERTY

QUITE FREQUENTLY,

AND THEY SAW THE HABITS
OF ED AND MINNIE.

THEY HAD OPPORTUNITY
AND THEY HAD MOTIVE.

ONE OF THESE WORKERS
REALLY STOOD OUT.

HE WAS ROUGH AND GRUFF.

Narrator: NOBODY SEEMS TO KNOW
THE DRIFTER'S NAME.

HE HAD TROUBLE WITH THE LAW,
AND THE FAMILY KNEW IT.

HEY. HOW YOU DOING?

Dennis: HE WORKED IN
THE CHRISTMAS TREE PLANTATION.

THAT WOULD GIVE HIM
A GOOD TIME TO CASE THE HOUSE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
GOOD SEEING YOU.

Narrator:
HE'D KNOW THEIR SCHEDULES

AND WHEN THEY WERE HOME ALONE.

INVESTIGATORS WORK
ON TRACKING THE DRIFTER DOWN

AND CONTINUE CANVASSING
NEARBY HOMES.

CAN I HELP YOU?
OH, HEY.

Mansfield: A NEIGHBOR OF ED
AND MINNIE ACTUALLY TOLD US

THAT SOMEONE PRIOR TO THE 19th
HAD STOPPED BY HER HOUSE

LOOKING AND ASKING FOR GAS.

Meyer: SHE DIDN'T FEEL
COMFORTABLE WITH HIM

AND SAID THAT SHE DIDN'T HAVE
ANY GAS.

Narrator: SHE NOTICES
HE KEEPS CHECKING OUT

THE MAURINS' HOUSE NEARBY.

Meyer:
HE WENT BACK TO HIS TRUCK,

STARTED HIS TRUCK,
AND LEFT THE AREA.

AND THAT CAUSED THE NEIGHBOR
SOME CONCERN

BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY,
IF YOU'RE OUT OF GAS,

YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE
TO START YOUR TRUCK AND LEAVE.

SHE DESCRIBED HIM AS SCRUFFY
AND 20-SOMETHING-YEAR-OLD MALE.

Narrator:
HE SOUNDS A LOT LIKE THE DRIFTER

WHO WORKED AT THE TREE FARM

AND HASN'T BEEN SPOTTED
SINCE THEY DISAPPEARED.

THE FAMILY CLINGS TO THE HOPE

THAT ED AND MINNIE
ARE ALIVE SOMEWHERE.

THEN DETECTIVES RECEIVE A TIP

THAT MIGHT BE
THE BIGGEST BREAK SO FAR.

Kimsey: AN EMPLOYEE
OF THE LOCAL SHOPPING MALL

REPORTS SEEING WHAT THEY BELIEVE
WAS THE MAURIN VEHICLE

IN THE NORTHEAST CORNER
OF THE PARKING LOT.

Narrator:
INVESTIGATORS RACE TO THE SCENE.

THE DETECTIVE
THAT ARRIVED AT THE CAR

COULDN'T SEE IN THE CAR

BECAUSE THE WINDOWS
HAD BEEN FROSTED OVER

BECAUSE IT WAS SO COLD
THE NIGHT BEFORE.

SO, HE ACTUALLY TOOK HIS HAND
AND RUBBED ON THE WINDOW.

RUBBED OUT A PIECE OF THE ICE

SO THAT HE COULD SEE
INSIDE OF THE CAR.

HE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT HE WAS GONNA
FIND INSIDE OF THE CAR.

DETECTIVES WERE HOPEFUL
THAT MAYBE A CHANCE

THAT THEY WERE SLEEPING
IN THE CAR,

THAT THEY GOT LOST
AND RAN OUT OF GAS,

OR FOR SOME UNKNOWN REASON,
THEY WERE OKAY.

Narrator:
THAT HOPE DOESN'T LAST.

WELL, IMMEDIATELY UPON OPENING
THE CAR DOOR,

POLICE KNEW THAT SOMETHING HAD
GONE HORRIBLY WRONG.

Narrator: THERE'S A BLANKET
ON THE FRONT SEAT.

UNDERNEATH,
A SCENE FROM A HORROR MOVIE.

[ WIND HOWLING ]

[ WIND HOWLING ]

Narrator: LESS THAN 24 HOURS
AFTER ED AND MINNIE MAURIN

VANISH INTO
A WASHINGTON STATE WINTER,

INVESTIGATORS FIND
THEIR ABANDONED CAR

IN A LEWIS COUNTY MALL
PARKING LOT.

Meyer: THEY SAW THAT THERE WAS
A LARGE AMOUNT OF BLOOD

IN BOTH THE DRIVER'S AREA AND
THE PASSENGER'S AREA, AS WELL.

Halstead: THERE WAS A CRACK
IN THE WINDSHIELD,

AND THE DASHBOARD OF THE VEHICLE
HAD BEEN DAMAGED

BY WHAT APPEARED TO BE
PELLETS FROM A SHOTGUN.

Kimsey: THEY DON'T KNOW
WHOSE BLOOD IT IS.

I'M SURE DEEP DOWN INSIDE,

THEY'RE THINKING
THAT IT'S THE MAURINS',

BUT THEY CAN'T LOOK AT THE BLOOD

AND SAY THIS IS
ED AND MINNIE MAURIN.

Mansfield:
WE DON'T HAVE ANYONE'S BODY YET,

SO MAYBE THERE'S A CHANCE,
MAYBE THERE'S SOME HOPE.

GOT TO KEEP WORKING THIS,

WE GOT TO STAY ON THIS
AND FIND SOME ANSWERS.

Dennis: I THINK ALL OF US
WERE JUST IN TOTAL SHOCK.

I TRIED TO STAY MORE POSITIVE,

AND WAS SURE WE WOULD FIND ONE
OF THEM ALIVE, OR AT LEAST ONE.

Narrator: THE DISCOVERY PUTS
THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY ON EDGE.

Schendel: THIS WAS A TOWN
WHERE PEOPLE DIDN'T THINK

THAT THEY NEEDED
TO LOCK THEIR DOORS,

AND THEY KNEW THEIR NEIGHBORS
AND THEY KNEW EVERYBODY.

AND WHEN THIS HAPPENED,
EVERYONE FELT VICTIMIZED

WHETHER THEY KNEW ED AND MINNIE
PERSONALLY OR NOT.

Narrator: AND STILL,
SEARCH PARTIES BRAVE THE COLD

TO BRING ED AND MINNIE HOME.

EVERY DAY, I WAS OUT WITH
MY FRIENDS AND PEOPLE LOOKING.

Narrator:
ON THE MORNING OF CHRISTMAS EVE,

FIVE DAYS AFTER
THE DISAPPEARANCE,

THE COMMUNITY'S SPIRIT OF HOPE
BURNS OUT.

ON THE 24th, WE RECEIVED A CALL
FROM A LOCAL MAN

WHO WAS ON A LOGGING ROAD,

AND HE SAW WHAT HE THOUGHT WAS
A MANNEQUIN OVER IN THE DITCH.

Narrator: A CLOSER LOOK
REVEALS IT'S NO MANNEQUIN,

BUT THE BODY OF A WOMAN.

AND NEARBY, A SECOND CORPSE.

WE GOT ANOTHER ANSWER.

IT WASN'T AN ANSWER WE WANTED,

BUT IT WAS --
IT WAS WHAT IT WAS.

ON THAT LOGGING ROAD
ON THE 24th OF DECEMBER,

WE LOCATED THE BODIES
OF ED AND MINNIE MAURIN.

Meyer: MINNIE HAD BEEN SHOT
IN THE LEFT SHOULDER/NECK AREA,

AND ED HAD BEEN SHOT
IN HIS BACK,

IN THE UPPER PORTION
OF HIS BACK.

Narrator: PUTTING TOGETHER
THE DAMAGE TO THE CAR,

TIRE MARKS, AND BLOOD TRAILS,

DETECTIVES TRIED TO RECONSTRUCT
THEIR FINAL TERRIBLE MINUTES.

THEY HAD BEEN DRIVEN
TO THIS LOCATION.

THEY KNEW THIS WAS COMING.

Narrator:
THEY WERE SHOT IN THE CAR.

Halstead: ON THE ROAD,

THERE WERE TWO LARGE POOLS
OF BLOOD,

AND THEN TWO TRAILS OF BLOOD
THAT LED FROM THE POOLS OF BLOOD

TO WHERE THE TWO BODIES
WERE EVENTUALLY LOCATED.

IT WAS OBVIOUS
TO THE INVESTIGATORS

THAT THE BODIES
HAD BEEN DRAGGED THERE.

Narrator: IN THIS COLDEST
OF COLD-BLOODED MURDERS,

THE KINDLY COUPLE
WAS DUMPED LIKE TRASH.

INVESTIGATORS FIND
A BANK RECEIPT FOR A WITHDRAWAL

IN ED'S JACKET.

IT'S SPATTERED WITH BLOOD.

THE $8,500 IS MISSING.

THE PRICE OF TWO LIVES.

YOU JUST WONDER
WHY DID THIS HAPPEN?

WHAT COULD MAKE SOMEBODY
DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS?

Mike: TO KNOW THAT MY CHILDREN
WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO GROW UP,

DIDN'T GET TO KNOW THEM AND KNOW
WHAT NICE PEOPLE THEY WERE,

AND TO SIT ON GRANDPA'S LAP
AT CHRISTMASTIME ANYMORE,

IT WAS PRETTY HARD
TO HAVE TO GO THROUGH THAT.

Schendel:
IT WAS A TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCE

NOT ONLY FOR THE FAMILY, BUT FOR
THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE.

Meyer:
WE WERE ABLE TO DETERMINE

THAT IT WAS A SAWED-OFF SHOTGUN
THAT CAUSED THE WOUNDS

BECAUSE A FULL-SIZED SHOTGUN
SIMPLY WOULD NOT BE ABLE

TO BE USED IN THE VEHICLE
GIVEN THE SIZE OF THE VEHICLE.

Narrator: DETECTIVES WITHHOLD
THE DETAIL OF THE SHOTGUN

FROM THE PUBLIC.

Meyer: WHEN THE POLICE
HAD THE OPPORTUNITY

TO INTERVIEW A VIABLE SUSPECT,

IT WAS IMPORTANT
THAT IF THEY GOT INFORMATION

FROM THE PERSON
BEING INTERVIEWED,

THEY COULD TEST IT AGAINST
THE INFORMATION THAT THEY KNEW.

Narrator: AUTHORITIES ASK
THE COMMUNITY FOR ANY LEADS,

ANYONE WHO SAW ANYTHING IN
THE MALL PARKING LOT THAT DAY.

SEVERAL WITNESSES COME FORWARD.

Schendel:
NOT ONLY HAD THEY SEEN THE CAR,

BUT THEY ALSO SAW A MAN
WALKING AWAY FROM THE CAR

HOLDING WHAT APPEARED TO BE
A FIREARM

COVERED WITH A WHITE CLOTH.

Narrator:
THE MALL SELLS GUNS,

SO SEEING A MAN WITH A WEAPON
DURING THE BUSY SHOPPING SEASON

WOULDN'T RAISE EYEBROWS
UNTIL NOW.

THEY SAID HE HAD
A STOCKING CAP ON,

GREEN ARMY JACKET, BLUE JEANS,
AND BOOTS.

Halstead: A WHITE MALE
WITH HAIR -- CURLY HAIR --

COMING OUT FROM THE BACK
AND THE FRONT AND THE SIDES.

20s, 30s, SCRUFFY BEARD,

PIERCING, EVIL-LOOKING EYES.

Narrator: THE DESCRIPTION
SOUNDS LIKE THE DRIFTER

WHO WORKED
AT THE CHRISTMAS TREE FARM.

WHEN INVESTIGATORS
FINALLY LOCATE HIM,

HE'S COOPERATIVE
AND PASSES A POLYGRAPH.

HE'S NOT THEIR MAN.

THEY'RE BACK TO SQUARE ONE.

THEY HAD NO IDEA
WHO MIGHT'VE DONE THIS.

Narrator: THE LEWIS COUNTY
COMMUNITY GATHERS

TO MOURN THE LOSS
OF THE BELOVED ED AND MINNIE.

THEY BROUGHT IN THE TWO CASKETS,

AND WE WERE ALL SITTING
IN THE FRONT.

AND...

DIDN'T REALIZE...
HOW MUCH THEY WERE LOVED.

[ SNIFFLES ]

TO TURN AROUND AND SEE
THAT MANY PEOPLE AT A FUNERAL.

WENT UP TO THE CASKET,

LAID MY HAND ON THE CASKET,
AND MADE THAT PROMISE TO MOM.

I SAID, "MOM, I'LL FIND OUT
WHO DID THIS,

AND THEY WILL PAY."

Narrator: A COMPOSITE SKETCH
GOES OUT TO THE MEDIA.

Schendel: RUMORS WERE FLYING
ABOUT WHO MIGHT BE INVOLVED

OR WHO COULD DO
SUCH A HORRIBLE THING.

Kimsey: THOUSANDS OF TIPS
STARTED POURING IN,

AND CITIZENS AND PEOPLE
FROM OTHER STATES

WERE CALLING IN AND REPORTING
THAT IT COULD BE THIS GUY

OR IT COULD BE THEIR NEIGHBOR
OR THEIR EX-HUSBAND.

Narrator:
THE LIST OF SUSPECTS

INCLUDES MANY KNOWN CRIMINALS
IN THE AREA.

BUT INVESTIGATORS NEED EVIDENCE,
OR SPECIFIC WITNESS STATEMENTS

PUTTING SUSPECTS
WITH THE MAURINS.

ONE TIP DOES STAND OUT.

A WOMAN THINKS SHE RECOGNIZED

THE MAN WALKING AWAY
FROM THE MAURINS' CAR

AT THE MALL THAT DAY.

HIS NAME -- PETE CASEY.

Kimsey: INVESTIGATION UNRAVELING
ON PETE CASEY

DISCOVERED THAT HE WAS
AT ONE TIME MARRIED

TO A NIECE OF THE MAURINS.

Meyer: GIVEN THE FACT THAT HE,
AT ONE TIME,

WAS PART OF THE FAMILY,
HE MAY HAVE SOME INFORMATION

REGARDING THE FINANCES
OF ED AND MINNIE.

Narrator:
AND EVEN MORE OMINOUS...

PETE CASEY
HAD A CRIMINAL HISTORY.

HE WAS INVOLVED
IN DRUG ACTIVITY.

SO, THE POLICE STARTED LOOKING
AT HIM AS A POSSIBLE SUSPECT.

Narrator: THEY KNOW
CASEY WON'T TALK TO COPS,

SO THEY DECIDE TO HAVE
THE QUESTIONS

COME FROM SOMEONE ELSE.

Man: PETE.
THE MAFIA.

[ WIND HOWLING ]

Narrator: THE DAY
OF ED AND MINNIE MAURIN'S

COLD-BLOODED DOUBLE HOMICIDE,

A WITNESS THINKS SHE SPOTS A MAN
NAMED PETE CASEY

WALKING FROM THEIR ABANDONED CAR
IN THE MALL PARKING LOT.

THINGS WERE ADDING UP
WITH THIS GUY.

HE IS A FAMILY MEMBER,

HE HAS A CRIMINAL HISTORY,
AND HE WOULD KNOW THE MAURINS.

Narrator:
WITH THAT AND THE WITNESS I.D.,

CASEY'S THEIR BEST SUSPECT YET.

DETECTIVES NEED TO COAX
A CONFESSION OUT OF HIM.

DOING SO WILL TAKE ANOTHER KIND
OF FAMILY MEMBER -- A GODFATHER.

Meyer:
PETE'S NOT THE TYPE OF GUY

THAT'S JUST GOING TO COOPERATE
WITH A POLICE INVESTIGATION,

AND SO THE POLICE DEVELOPED
A RUSE,

AND THAT RUSE
WAS TO TRY TO CONVINCE PETE

THAT HE WAS BEING LOOKED AT

AT BECOMING A MEMBER
OF THE MAFIA.

Narrator: UNDERCOVER DETECTIVES
MAKE CONTACT,

TELLING HIM THE MAFIA NEEDS
GUYS LIKE HIM.

IF CASEY THINKS
HE'S TALKING TO THE MOB,

HE MIGHT BOAST ABOUT THE MURDER.

HE AGREES
TO START WORKING FOR THEM.

Meyer: WHEN PETE BECAME
INTERESTED IN THE RUSE

THAT THE POLICE HAD ESTABLISHED,
THEIR SUSPICION WAS HEIGHTENED.

THEY ARE DROPPING OFF PACKAGES,
TELLING HIM TO DELIVER IT.

THEY HAVE DETECTIVES
IN AN APARTMENT ACROSS TOWN,

AND HE'S DELIVERING
THIS PACKAGE.

SO, THEY'RE SLOWLY DOING THIS,
GAINING HIS TRUST,

MAKING HIM BELIEVE
THESE DETECTIVES

WERE ACTUALLY MEMBERS
OF THE MAFIA.

Detective: IN ORDER TO TAKE
THIS THING TO THE NEXT LEVEL,

I'D KIND OF LIKE TO KNOW A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOU, YOU KNOW?

WHAT YOU'VE DONE.

Narrator: AFTER SLOWLY BUILDING
CASEY'S TRUST,

THE UNDERCOVER DETECTIVES
MAKE THEIR MOVE.

TELL ME ABOUT SOME GOOD STUFF
YOU'VE DONE.

YOU WANT TO MAKE SOME MONEY,
WANT TO DO SOME REAL THINGS,

WE GOT TO KNOW
WE CAN TRUST YOU.

Halstead: THEY TELL HIM,
"HEY, YOU'RE GOOD.

"YOU CAN JOIN OUR GROUP,
OUR ORGANIZED CRIME GROUP,

"BUT IN ORDER TO DO THAT,
YOU HAVE TO TELL US INFORMATION

"THAT NOBODY ELSE KNOWS
ABOUT YOU --

"SOMETHING THAT IS DAMAGING
TO YOU

SO THAT WE KNOW
YOU'RE BEING REAL WITH US."

WHAT I KNOW IS THAT I POPPED
BOTH THOSE OLD FOLKS

AND DUMPED THE BODIES
IN THE WOODS.

HE STARTED TO PROVIDE
INFORMATION ABOUT A HOMICIDE,

A DOUBLE HOMICIDE.

Kimsey: HE IS CONFESSING
TO BEING INVOLVED IN IT.

HE'S SAYING IT WAS HIM,

SO DETECTIVES ARE LIKE,
"WE GOT OUR GUY.

THIS IS HIM."

KNOCKED OVER THE BANK.
TOOK OFF WITH THE CASH.

Narrator: BUT AS PETE STARTS
SPILLING THE GORY DETAILS,

THEY REACH
A FRUSTRATING REALIZATION.

THINGS ARE NOT MATCHING UP.

HE IS SAYING
THAT HE ROBBED THE BANK.

HE'S USING
A DIFFERENT MURDER WEAPON.

HE DIDN'T KNOW
WHERE THE BODIES WERE LOCATED.

THEY HONESTLY BELIEVED

THAT PETE WAS TRYING TO CONFESS
TO A CRIME HE DID NOT COMMIT.

HE DID NOT KNOW
HE WAS TALKING TO DETECTIVES.

HE THOUGHT HE WAS TALKING
TO THE MAFIA,

TRYING TO MAKE HIMSELF
LOOK LIKE A BIG, BAD KILLER.

Narrator:
PETE CASEY IS NO MURDERER.

JUST A BIG, BAD LIAR.

IT WAS A LONG AND TWISTED ROAD
TO A DEAD END.

INVESTIGATORS STILL HAVE A LIST
OF KNOWN CRIMINALS IN THE AREA,

BUT NOTHING SPECIFICALLY LINKING
ANY OF THEM TO THE MAURINS.

Meyer:
THE POLICE NEVER GAVE UP.

THEY KNEW THAT EVENTUALLY,
THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO FIGURE OUT

WHO WAS RESPONSIBLE
FOR THE DEATH OF ED AND MINNIE.

IT WAS JUST A MATTER OF TIME.

Narrator: THE FAMILY PUTS UP
A $10,000 REWARD,

BUT THE LEADS DRY UP
AND THE CASE GOES COLD

FOR NEARLY TWO FULL DECADES.

IN 2002, MINNIE'S SON, DENNIS,

TRIES TO PUMP NEW ENERGY
INTO THE CASE.

I HIRED TWO INVESTIGATORS

WHO HELPED
THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT

REOPEN MY MOTHER'S AND ED'S
MURDER.

AND THE PRIVATE INVESTIGATORS
WENT BACK THROUGH

ALL THE EVIDENCE
FROM THE VERY START.

Narrator:
THE P.I.s WORKED CLOSELY

WITH THE ORIGINAL INVESTIGATORS.

Mansfield: SOME OF THE SUSPECTS
THAT WE HAD DEVELOPED

EARLY ON IN THE '90s,
NAMES WERE COMING BACK UP.

WE STILL DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING
THAT WAS TANGIBLE.

WE STILL DIDN'T HAVE
A SMOKING GUN.

Narrator: ALMOST 20 LONG YEARS
AFTER THE MURDERS,

INVESTIGATORS GET SOME
GAME-CHANGING INFORMATION.

FORMER LEWIS COUNTY RESIDENT
JASON SHRIVER COMES TO THEM

WITH A STUNNING REVELATION
ABOUT WHAT HE WITNESSED

ON THE DAY OF THE MURDERS
WHEN HE WAS JUST 17.

DECEMBER 19th,
MY MOTHER AND I WERE GOING

TO GET MY WISDOM TEETH
TAKEN OUT.

AND WE'RE DRIVING
DOWN HIGHWAY 12.

AND IT WAS EARLY IN THE MORNING.

AND WE SAW THE MAURINS' CAR
DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD.

Narrator:
ED WAS DRIVING SLOWLY,

SO JASON AND HIS MOTHER
PASSED THEM.

Shriver:
I LOOKED OVER AT THE CAR,

AND I SAW MR. MAURIN DRIVING

AND MRS. MAURIN
SITTING DIRECTLY BEHIND HIM,

WHICH WAS KIND OF ODD.

AND THEN I LOOK OVER,

WHERE I SEE RICK RIFFE
IN THE FRONT

AND I SEE GREG RIFFE
IN THE BACK SEAT

ON THE PASSENGER SIDE.

AND I WAVED,
AND HE DIDN'T WAVE BACK.

AND THEN HE MADE EYE CONTACT
AND I WAVED AGAIN,

AND GREG MADE A SLIGHT GESTURE,

AND THEN WE DROVE PAST THEM
AND DROVE DOWN THE ROAD.

Narrator:
AS NEWS ABOUT ED AND MINNIE

SWEPT LIKE AN AVALANCHE
ACROSS THE COMMUNITY,

GREG AND RICK RIFFE RACED AHEAD

TO MAKE SURE
JASON KEPT HIS MOUTH SHUT.

Shriver: SAID, "YOU TELL ANYBODY
ABOUT ANYTHING?

THAT YOU SAW US?"

I SAID, "I DIDN'T TELL ANYBODY
ANYTHING.

NOBODY KNOWS ANYTHING."

THEY'RE THREATENING ME
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY,

AND SAID,
"IF YOU SAY ANYTHING,

"THE SAME THING THAT HAPPENED
TO THEM WILL HAPPEN TO YOU.

"WE'LL KILL YOUR MOM,
WE'LL KILL YOUR BROTHERS,

WE'LL KILL YOUR DAD,
AND WE'LL KILL YOU."

Narrator:
A HORRIFYING THREAT

AND TERRIBLE PRESSURE
FOR A TEENAGE BOY.

YOUNG JASON
HAD TO KEEP HIS AWFUL SECRET.

Shriver: THE RIFFES DROVE BY
THE HOUSE ALMOST EVERY DAY,

AND I NEVER WALKED OUT
TO THE BARN AGAIN

WITHOUT A SHOTGUN.

Narrator: TWO YEARS LATER,
THE BROTHERS SKIP TOWN.

THEY SETTLED IN ALASKA,
THINKING ITS SNOWY ISOLATION

WOULD CHILL THE HEAT
THEY LEFT BEHIND.

BUT THE NEED FOR JUSTICE
STILL SMOLDERED IN LEWIS COUNTY,

AND JASON SHRIVER WAS THE ONLY
ONE WHO COULD IGNITE IT.

AFTER MY MOTHER HAD PASSED AWAY,

I READ AN ARTICLE
IN THE CHRONICLE

ABOUT THESE PRIVATE
INVESTIGATORS

THAT DENNIS HADALLER HAD HIRED.

AND LIKE I SAID,
MY MOM HAD ALREADY PASSED AWAY,

SO I DIDN'T HAVE TO WORRY
ABOUT PROTECTING HER,

AND MY BROTHERS WERE GROWN MEN.

THEY COULD TAKE CARE
OF THEMSELVES,

AND MY DAD, YOU KNOW, HE COULD
TAKE CARE OF HIMSELF, SO...

IT WAS TIME.

I MEAN, I WAS WAITING FOR IT
FOR SO LONG, YOU KNOW?

Narrator: FOR YEARS,
ED AND MINNIE'S FAMILY ACHED

FOR THE ANSWER
JASON ALWAYS KNEW.

AFTER HE TELLS INVESTIGATORS,

HE SPEAKS TO DENNIS HADALLER
FACE TO FACE.

[ Voice breaking ]
I TOLD HIM I WAS SORRY,

AND I ASKED FOR HIS FORGIVENESS
NOT SAYING ANYTHING.

AND HE GAVE ME A HUG AND SAID,
"IT'S OKAY, JASON.

"THERE'S NOTHING TO FORGIVE.

YOU DID EXACTLY WHAT I WOULD'VE
DONE TO PROTECT YOUR FAMILY."

I UNDERSTOOD HOW HE FELT

'CAUSE HE FELT THE SAME WAY FOR
HIS MOTHER AS I DID FOR MINE.

Narrator: THE RIFFE BROTHERS

WERE ON THE ORIGINAL
SUSPECT LIST FROM YEARS BEFORE.

INVESTIGATORS EVEN HAD A WITNESS

WHO NOTICED THEM SPENDING MONEY
AFTER THE MURDERS.

BUT THEY NEVER HAD ENOUGH
FOR AN ARREST.

Kimsey: THE INFORMATION PROVIDED
BY JASON SHRIVER WAS HUGE.

IT IMPACTED
THE ENTIRE INVESTIGATION.

Halstead:
NOW WE HAVE AN EYEWITNESS

THAT PUTS GREG AND RICK
IN ED AND MINNIE'S CAR

ON THE DAY THEY DISAPPEAR.

THEY WERE A VERY GOOD MATCH
FOR THE COMPOSITE SKETCH.

Kimsey: THE DETECTIVES KNEW
THAT RICK AND HIS BROTHER GREG

LIVED APPROXIMATELY A MILE EAST
FROM THE MAURINS' RESIDENCE

DURING 1985.

Schendel: THEY WERE BOTH KNOWN
TO BE PRONE TO VIOLENCE,

AND THEY WERE SCARY.

Narrator:
AND NOW THE BROTHERS HAVE FLED

INTO THE COLD DARKNESS
OF ALASKA.

IT'S THE PERFECT PLACE
TO DISAPPEAR.

[ WIND HOWLING ]

[ WIND HOWLING ]

Narrator:
AFTER NEARLY TWO DECADES,

A WITNESS REVEALS
HE SAW RICK AND GREG RIFFE

IN THE CAR WITH MURDER VICTIMS
ED AND MINNIE MAURIN.

AUTHORITIES STILL NEED MORE.

PROSECUTORS DID NOT FEEL

AS THOUGH THERE WAS
ENOUGH EVIDENCE TO GO FORWARD,

AND THE PROBLEM
WITH A CASE LIKE THIS

IS WHEN YOU GO INTO COURT,
YOU ONLY HAVE ONE SHOT,

AND IF YOU'RE UNSUCCESSFUL,
THEN THOSE PEOPLE WALK.

AND SO IT WAS IMPORTANT
THAT WE HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION

THAT WE COULD HAVE
TO PUT THE BEST CASE FORWARD.

Narrator:
INVESTIGATORS BEAR DOWN

ON THE RIFFE BROTHERS'
ASSOCIATES,

INCLUDING A GUY
NAMED DALE BURESS.

HE GIVES THEM A VITAL DETAIL

HE'D BEEN TOO AFRAID
TO SHARE BEFORE

ABOUT SOMETHING HE DID FOR
RICK RIFFE BEFORE THE KILLINGS.

DALE TELLS THE DETECTIVES
THAT HE PURCHASED A SHOTGUN

AT A SPORTING GOODS STORE
IN LEWIS COUNTY,

AND HE GAVE IT TO RICK RIFFE.

Narrator: RICK RETURNED THE GUN
MONTHS AFTER THE MURDERS.

IT HAD BEEN SAWED OFF BY THEN.

THE STORY'S CREDIBLE.

DETECTIVES NEVER MADE PUBLIC

THE FACT THAT THE MURDER WEAPON
WAS A SAWED-OFF SHOTGUN.

DALE HID THE GUN
IN HIS PARENTS' HOUSE

BECAUSE HE HAD A SUSPICION

THAT THE GUN WAS INVOLVED
IN THE MAURIN HOMICIDE.

IT WAS FOUND
BY DALE'S STEP-FATHER,

WHO ENDED UP THROWING IT
OFF A BRIDGE INTO A LAKE.

Narrator: AUTHORITIES
REPEATEDLY DREDGE THE LAKE,

BUT NEVER FIND THE GUN.

Kimsey:
DALE KEPT HIS INFORMATION QUIET

BECAUSE HE WAS FEARFUL
OF RICK AND GREG RIFFE.

HE KNEW THE CAPABILITY THAT
THEY COULD KILL AND KILL AGAIN,

AND HE WAS NOT GOING TO
GET INVOLVED WITH THIS CASE

BECAUSE HE WAS FEARING
FOR HIS LIFE.

Narrator: NOW HE AGREES
IT'S TIME TO TESTIFY.

TO BOLSTER THE CASE,

INVESTIGATORS WANT TO GET
MORE WITNESSES ONBOARD.

THE ONLY PHOTOS
OF THE RIFFE BROTHERS

AT THE TIME OF THE MURDERS
ARE OF POOR QUALITY.

DETECTIVE KIMSEY TURNS
THE OLD BLACK-AND-WHITE PHOTOS

INTO HIGHER RESOLUTION
COLOR PICTURES.

MORE WITNESSES
NOW IDENTIFY RICK RIFFE

AS THE MAN THEY SAW BY
THE MAURINS' CAR BACK IN 1985.

NEW WITNESSES REPORT
SEEING GREG THERE, TOO.

WE DECIDED AT THAT POINT

THAT WE THOUGHT HAD ENOUGH
INFORMATION TO GO FORWARD.

Narrator: THE RIFFE BROTHERS
ARE STILL IN ALASKA.

IRONICALLY, THE VERY DAY

INVESTIGATORS COMPLETE
THE WARRANT, GREG RIFFE DIES

FROM COMPLICATIONS OF DRUG USE
AND DIABETES.

Mike: I WAS ACTUALLY ANGERED
BY THAT --

THAT HE GOT TO GET OFF
SO EASILY,

THAT HE DIDN'T DESERVE TO DIE.

HE SHOULD'VE HAD TO COME DOWN
AND FACE THE MUSIC.

Narrator: WASHINGTON DETECTIVES
TRAVEL TO THE ALASKAN HAMLET

OF KING SALMON TO QUESTION RICK.

SORRY, GUYS,
I GOT NOTHING FOR YOU.

I HAVE NO IDEA.

Narrator: IT'S THE MOMENT
THEY'VE WAITED DECADES FOR.

BUT RICK RIFFE
COULDN'T CARE LESS.

DETECTIVES WITNESS A BIZARRE
CALL DURING QUESTIONING.

AND HE SAYS, "WELL,
I'M ORDERING CHICKEN WINGS."

THAT IS AN EXTREMELY STRANGE
THING TO SAY

TO THE DETECTIVES
ASKING YOU QUESTIONS.

YOU'RE MORE WORRIED
ABOUT ORDERING CHICKEN WINGS

THAN ANSWERING QUESTIONS.

HE WAS EXTREMELY COLD,
EMOTIONLESS.

NOT A HEART
FOR WHAT HE'S DID IN THE PAST.

Halstead: IT'S HIS EYES.

THEY'RE JUST DARK, AND THEY JUST
LOOK RIGHT THROUGH YOU.

WE WOULD LIKE YOU
TO STAND UP

AND PUT YOUR HANDS
BEHIND YOUR BACK.

YOU'RE UNDER ARREST.

Narrator:
PROSECUTORS CHARGE HIM

WITH TWO COUNTS
OF FIRST-DEGREE HOMICIDE,

PLUS BURGLARY, ROBBERY,
AND KIDNAPPING.

AT TRIAL, THEY TELL THE JURY
WHAT THEY BELIEVE HAPPENED.

DALE AND THE TWO BROTHERS
WERE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY 12

PASSING THE MAURIN HOUSE,

AND THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT
GETTING MONEY

AND NEEDING DRUG MONEY.

Narrator: THEY FIGURED
ED AND MINNIE'S HOUSE

WAS AS GOOD A PLACE AS ANY
TO STEAL IT FROM.

IT WAS RICK RIFFE WHO ASKED
THE MAURINS' NEIGHBOR FOR GAS

WHILE CASING THE HOUSE.

ON THE MORNING OF DECEMBER 19th,

RICK AND GREG WENT INTO
ED AND MINNIE'S HOUSE.

Narrator:
THEY CONTROLLED THE COUPLE
WITH THE SAWED-OFF SHOTGUN

WHILE DEMANDING CASH.

FINDING NONE,
THE BROTHERS FORCED ED

TO CALL THE BANK
TO ARRANGE A WITHDRAWAL.

Kimsey: AND I'M SURE ONE OF THEM
IS TELLING THEM BOTH,

"IF YOU DON'T DO WHAT WE SAY,
WE'RE GONNA KILL YOU."

AND SO, THEY LEAVE FROM
THE RESIDENCE TO THE BANK,

STAY IN THE CAR
WITH MRS. MAURIN,

AND MR. MAURIN GOES IN
AND WITHDRAWS THE MONEY.

WHERE'S MY MONEY?

Narrator: AT SOME POINT,

THE BROTHERS MOVED MINNIE
TO THE FRONT SEAT.

Meyer: THEY WERE THEN TAKEN
UP THE LOGGING ROAD,

AND WE BELIEVE
THAT MINNIE WAS SHOT FIRST

AS THE CAR WAS TRAVELING
DOWN THE ROAD,

AND THEN ED WAS SHOT
IN THE BACK.

Kimsey: THEIR BODIES WERE
DRAGGED OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE,

AND THEN THEY DRIVE THE VEHICLE
TO THE MALL

AND DROP IT OFF
IN THE PARKING LOT.

Meyer:
AND THEN THE CAR WAS ABANDONED

WHERE SEVERAL WITNESSES
SAW RICK AND GREG

WALKING AWAY FROM THE CAR.

Narrator: THE JURY FINDS
RICK RIFFE GUILTY ON ALL COUNTS,

AND THE JUDGE SENTENCES HIM
TO 103 YEARS IN PRISON.

IT'S JUST LIKE A LOAD
IS LIFTED OFF YOUR SHOULDERS,

AND YOU SAY, "WOW, YEAH.
NOW I CAN REST."

Narrator: THE MURDERS
OF ED AND MINNIE MAURIN

CAUSED SO MUCH PAIN
TO THIS COMMUNITY

BECAUSE THE COUPLE
HAD BROUGHT SO MUCH JOY.

IT'S IN THE BACK OF YOUR MIND
EVERY YEAR.

EVERY CHRISTMAS.

WHAT SOME PEOPLE TAKEN AWAY
FROM OTHER PEOPLE'S FAMILY.

WHAT I REMEMBER ABOUT MY MOTHER
IS HER SMILE.

AND SHE WAS ALWAYS THERE
FOR US KIDS.

ED WAS ALWAYS THERE
TO GIVE YOU ENCOURAGEMENT,

AND HE WAS ALWAYS THERE
FOR MY MOTHER.

YOU ALWAYS REMEMBER
THE LAST WAY YOU SAW THEM --

HAPPY, LOVING --
AND YOU MISS THEM.