Ice Cold Killers (2012–…): Season 3, Episode 3 - Dead of Winter - full transcript

Narrator:
IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA,

EVERYONE DREADS
THE DEAD OF WINTER.

PITTSBURGH WINTERS
ARE VERY, VERY BRUTAL.

Narrator: NOW A NEW FORCE
DESTROYS ANYTHING IN ITS PATH.

[ POLICE RADIO CHATTER ]

Jerry:
I WAS IN A PANIC.

THE SCENE FLASHED BEFORE
MY EYES, AND IT STILL DOES.

Narrator: POLICE HUNT A MADMAN
WHO KILLS FOR THE THRILL OF IT.

TO COMMIT A CRIME THIS HEINOUS,
YOU HAVE TO BE A MONSTER.

HE SAID, "CATCH HIM,

BECAUSE HE'S DONE IT BEFORE
AND HE'LL DO IT AGAIN."



[ WIND HOWLING ]

Narrator: IN PITTSBURGH,

THERE'S NO PROTECTION
FROM THE HOWLING, ICY WINDS.

IT JUST GETS THIS BITTER,
BITTER COLD

THAT JUST SINKS
INTO YOUR MARROW,

AND IT MAKES YOU WONDER

WHY YOU WOULD EVER WANT
TO LEAVE THE HOUSE.

Narrator:
DEFYING THE CUTTING COLD,

PITTSBURGH STRIVES TO BE
CUTTING EDGE.

IN 1989,

CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL IS THE JEWEL
IN THE CITY'S CROWN.

IT'S SUCH A THRIVING
MEDICAL COMMUNITY.

AND THIS IS WHERE TONS OF
CUTTING-EDGE RESEARCH IS DONE.

AT THE TIME, THE TRANSPLANT AREA
WAS JUST BLOSSOMING,



ESPECIALLY IN PEDIATRICS.

Narrator: THAT REPUTATION
DRAWS TOP INTERNS

LIKE 26-YEAR-OLD
DR. JEFFREY FARKAS.

Jerry: SO,
HE THOUGHT THAT PITTSBURGH

WAS AN EXTREMELY SAFE CITY.

HE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE
A NICE PLACE TO LIVE.

SO, BEING SAFE IS ONE REASON
WHY HE CAME TO PITTSBURGH.

Narrator: DECEMBER 3, 1989--
A TYPICALLY FRIGID SUNDAY NIGHT.

JEFF RETURNS TO THE HOUSE
HE RENTS ON BEECHWOOD BOULEVARD

IN THE QUIET NEIGHBORHOOD
OF SQUIRREL HILL.

[ ENGINE SHUTS OFF, DOOR OPENS ]

[ KEYS JINGLE ]

[ CAR DOOR SHUTS ]

[ DOG BARKS IN DISTANCE ]

[ WIND HOWLING ]

ABOUT SIX HOURS LATER,

ONE OF HIS TWO ROOMMATES
ARRIVES.

Fuoco:
HIS ROOMMATE CAME HOME THAT
MORNING A LITTLE BIT AFTER 4:00.

AND HE FOUND IT UNUSUAL

THAT THERE WERE LIGHTS ON
UPSTAIRS IN JEFF'S ROOM,

'CAUSE, AGAIN, IT'S A LITTLE BIT
AFTER 4:00 IN THE MORNING.

Narrator:
YET JEFF'S CAR IS NOT OUTSIDE.

Fuoco: HE GOES TO THE DOOR,
AND IT'S OPEN A CRACK.

JEFF?

Narrator: THE ROOMMATE IS ALSO
A DOCTOR, KENT DRISCOLL.

JEFF?

Freeman:
HE ENTERED THE HOUSE,

AND HE SAW THAT THINGS WERE JUST

NOT THE WAY HE THOUGHT
THEY SHOULD BE.

Fuoco: BUT WHAT REALLY MADE
HIS STOMACH SINK

WAS WHEN HE WALKED
INTO THE KITCHEN.

AND THERE ON THE FLOOR WAS
JEFF'S WALLET

WITH HIS DRIVER'S LICENSE AND
HIS CREDIT CARDS STREWN ABOUT.

JEFF?

Narrator:
ALSO, A BLOODY KNIFE.

Jerry: HE GOT SOMETHING
TO PROTECT HIMSELF,

'CAUSE NOW HE WAS REALLY SCARED.

AND HE WENT UPSTAIRS.

[ DOOR CREAKS OPEN ]

Fuoco:
HE GOES INTO THE BATHROOM

AND FINDS HIS FRIEND
AND ROOMMATE...

IN A VERY HORRIFIC FASHION...

...DEAD.

DIDN'T WANT TO BE IN THE HOUSE
EVEN LONG ENOUGH

TO CALL THE POLICE.
HE RAN OUT.

[ ENGINE REVS ]

Fuoco: JUMPS INTO HIS CAR

AND DRIVES TO THE ZONE 6
PITTSBURGH POLICE STATION,

WHICH ISN'T VERY FAR AWAY.

RUNS IN, SCREAMING,
"MY ROOMMATE'S BEEN MURDERED."

Narrator:
OFFICERS RUSH TO THE SCENE.

WE GOT THE ENTIRE HOMICIDE SQUAD
CALLED OUT,

THE ENTIRE MOBILE CRIME UNIT
CALLED OUT.

Narrator: POLICE COMB
THE HOUSE FOR INTRUDERS.

NO ONE'S THERE.

AFTER THE CORONER
REMOVES THE VICTIM,

DETECTIVES TRY TO MAKE SENSE
OF THE UNSPEAKABLE CRIME.

LET'S TALK A LOOK IN HERE.
GET A SHOT OF THIS RIGHT HERE.

IT APPEARED TO US THAT HE HAD
BEEN PICKED UP AND PILE-DRIVEN

INTO THE BATHTUB.

SO, HE WAS HEAD-DOWN,
HIS HEAD WAS COCKED,

AND HIS FEET WERE LEANING
OUT OF THE TUB.

HE WAS TIED UP.
HE WAS STABBED.

HE APPEARED TO BE STRANGLED
WITH A CORD.

GET A SHOT OF THAT.

[ CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS ]

THERE WERE FOUR KNIVES,
A PAIR OF SCISSORS.

ONE KNIFE WAS BENT,
ONE WAS BROKEN.

Narrator: THE KILLER USED THEM
TO STAB JEFF'S CHEST, NECK,

AND HEAD, EVEN HIS EYES.

BUT THE MURDERER
DIDN'T STOP THERE.

THE TOILET TANK TOP WAS BROKEN
IN SEVERAL PIECES.

PARTS OF THAT WERE IN THE TUB.

THERE WAS IRON
THAT WAS FROM DOWNSTAIRS

THAT WAS THERE
THAT WAS BROKEN, ALSO.

CAN YOU GET
A SHOT OF THAT?

Narrator: THE ATTACKER
PUT LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT

INTO THIS SLAUGHTER.

THOUGHT WENT INTO IT.

THERE WAS ACTIVITY WENT INTO IT
WHERE THEY HAD TO GO

TO THIS LOCATION
TO FIND THE SCISSORS,

THEY HAD TO GO TO THIS LOCATION
TO GET THE KNIVES.

CLEARLY THIS PERSON
IS OF ONE MIND-SET.

"I'LL DO WHATEVER IT TAKES
TO KILL THE VICTIM."

Narrator: CURIOUSLY,

POLICE FIND THE CORD CUT
FROM THE VACUUM

INTRICATELY KNOTTED
AROUND JEFF'S NECK.

IT WASN'T THE TYPICAL KNOT
THAT ONE SEES

WHEN SOMEBODY TIES THEIR SHOES
OR TIES A NECKTIE

OR WHEN THEY TIE
A ROPE TOGETHER.

THIS WAS A MORE COMPLEX,
MORE COMPLICATED KNOT.

AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING
RIGHT AWAY,

YOU SAY, "AHA!

"IS THIS PERSON
SPECIFICALLY TRAINED IN THIS

BECAUSE WHATEVER OCCUPATION THEY
MIGHT HAVE OR HAD AT ONE TIME?"

TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.

Narrator: THE MOST BIZARRE
DETAIL OF ALL --

A CARVED WOODEN CARIBBEAN
ART MASK PLACED NEAR THE BODY.

Oh, man.

IT ALSO HAS STAB MARKS
IN THE EYES.

YOU'VE GOT TO ASK YOURSELF,

"WHAT'S THE SIGNIFICANCE
OF THE MASK?"

[ CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS ]

THAT IS REALLY THE PERSON
WHO'S RESPONSIBLE

CONVEYING A MESSAGE TO US
AND TO THE WORLD.

"YOU'RE NOT GONNA
IDENTIFY ME FOR THIS.

THERE'S GONNA BE NOBODY
TO IDENTIFY ME."

Narrator: THOUGH THE INTENSE
VIOLENCE SEEMS PERSONAL,

THE SCATTERED WALLET
AND OTHER BURGLARY EVIDENCE

POINTS TO A MORE RANDOM MOTIVE.

MIXED MESSAGES FROM A MURDERER.

Freeman:
EARLY IN THE INVESTIGATION,

YOU JUST REALLY
DON'T REALIZE THE SIGNIFICANCE

OF WHAT YOU HAVE.

IS THIS SOMETHING
THAT WAS STAGED TO THROW US OFF,

TO MAKE IT LOOK LIKE
IT WAS A STRANGER?

OR IS THIS SOMETHING
THAT OCCURRED

DURING A ROBBERY, BURGLARY,
MURDER?

WE'RE LOOKING FOR FIBERS, HAIRS.

WE'RE LOOKING FOR FINGERPRINTS.

WE'RE LOOKING FOR ANYTHING
THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN TOUCHED.

Narrator: MOST TELLING IS
WHAT DETECTIVES HAVEN'T FOUND --

JEFF'S CAR.

IT'S MISSING,
POSSIBLY STOLEN BY THE KILLER.

POLICE PUT OUT AN A.P.B.

Freeman: AND SO WHAT WE DID WAS
CONTACT MARYLAND, WEST VIRGINIA,

OHIO, NEW YORK STATE POLICE
AND HAD THEM BROADCAST

THE DESCRIPTION OF THE VICTIM'S
CAR EVERY HOUR, STATE-WIDE,

BECAUSE WHO KNOWS HOW FAR THIS
PERSON COULD HAVE TRAVELLED.

Narrator: THE HORRIFYING NEWS
TRAVELS FAST.

THAT MORNING, JEFF'S GREAT AUNT,
WHO LIVES IN THE CITY,

LEARNS OF THE TRAGEDY.

Jerry: SHE HEARD ON THE NEWS

THAT A YOUNG DOCTOR
WHO LIVED IN SQUIRREL HILL

ON BEECHWOOD BOULEVARD
WAS MURDERED.

AND SHE KNEW JEFF
WAS A YOUNG DOCTOR

WHO LIVED IN SQUIRREL HILL
ON BEECHWOOD BOULEVARD

AND FIGURED IT COULDN'T BE
ANYBODY ELSE.

Narrator: SHE AND JEFF'S UNCLE
RACE TO THE HOUSE,

CONFIRM THEIR FEARS,

AND CALL JEFF'S DAD IN FLORIDA.

[ TELEPHONE RINGING ]

Jerry: AND I GOT A PHONE CALL
FROM MY BROTHER.

DIDN'T PULL ANY PUNCHES.

HE SAID, "JERRY,

"JEFF'S DEAD.

WHAT?

"THE POLICE ARE HERE.

THEY GOT THE PLACE
CORDONED OFF."

ONE OF THE WORST THINGS THAT CAN
HAPPEN IS THE DEATH OF A CHILD.

'CAUSE IT'S AGAINST NATURE.

A CHILD IS NOT SUPPOSED TO DIE
BEFORE YOU DO.

YOU KNOW, "WHY JEFF?
WHY IS THIS HAPPENING?"

Narrator:
IT'S A QUESTION DETECTIVES ASK
JEFF'S ROOMMATE, KENT DRISCOLL.

Marraway:
EVERYBODY'S A SUSPECT,

INCLUDING THE INDIVIDUAL
THAT REPORTS THE CRIME.

WE TRY TO ELIMINATE EVERYBODY,

AND THEN WHAT WE HAVE LEFT
IS THE PERSON WHO DID THE CRIME.

Freeman: WHY DIDN'T HE
CALL FROM THE HOME?

WHY DIDN'T HE USE
THE HOME PHONE?

DID HE LEAVE THE HOUSE

BECAUSE HE WANTED TO STAGE
A BURGLARY?

Narrator: AS THE SUN RISES

ON ONE OF PITTSBURGH'S
MOST GRISLY KILLINGS,

AN ICY FEAR GRIPS FAMILY,
RESIDENTS, AND POLICE.

THE BRUTAL KILLING HAS MADE
THE WINTER THAT MUCH COLDER.

[ WIND HOWLING ]

[ WIND HOWLING ]

Narrator:
IN A QUIET, SNOWY NEIGHBORHOOD,

POLICE INVESTIGATE THE SAVAGE
MURDER OF DR. JEFFREY FARKAS,

AN INTERN AT PITTSBURGH'S
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL.

TO COMMIT A CRIME THIS HEINOUS,
YOU HAVE TO BE DEMENTED.

I MEAN, YOU HAVE TO HAVE
SOMETHING WRONG WITH YOU.

YOU HAVE TO BE A MONSTER.

Narrator: HOW THE MONSTER
GAINED ENTRY ISN'T CLEAR.

ALTHOUGH THE HOUSE IS RANSACKED

AND THERE LOOKED LIKE
THERE HAD BEEN A FIGHT,

THERE WAS NO SIGN
OF FORCED ENTRY.

THERE WAS NO BROKEN WINDOWS.

THERE WAS NO BROKEN DOOR.

SO THAT WOULD SUGGEST
THAT THE VICTIM

KNEW THE PERSON THAT KILLED HIM.

Freeman: YOU THINK IT'S
SOMEBODY THAT HE KNOWS

THAT HE LET IN THE HOUSE

OR SOMEBODY THAT HAS
A KEY TO THE HOUSE.

Narrator: AT LEAST
TWO OTHER PEOPLE HAVE KEYS --

JEFF'S ROOMMATES.

SO, THE TWO THAT WE HAD TO LOOK
AT FROM THE VERY BEGINNING

WERE THE TWO HOUSEMATES.

Marraway: USUALLY, WHEN YOU HAVE
THAT TYPE OF OVERKILL,

WHAT YOU HAVE IS SOME SORT OF
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE VICTIM

AND THE PERSON
WHO DID THE KILLING.

THERE IS A RAGE THAT
THAT PERSON HAS,

AND HE'S TAKING IT OUT
ON THE BODY.

Narrator: INVESTIGATORS CONTINUE
QUESTIONING KENT DRISCOLL.

Freeman: KENT'S FINGERPRINTS
WERE FOUND ON ONE KNIFE.

'COURSE, HE COVERED THAT
BY SAYING,

"YEAH, I WENT THERE,
AND I BECAME VERY SUSPICIOUS,

SO I PICKED UP A KNIFE."

AND THEN YOU THINK TO YOURSELF,

"IT'S UNUSUAL,

A DOCTOR PICKING UP A KNIFE
AND GOING THROUGH THE HOUSE."

IT'S NOT WHAT
YOUR NORMAL REACTION WOULD BE.

Narrator: THEY ASK
WHERE HE WAS THAT EVENING.

Freeman:
HE WORKED LATE AT THE HOSPITAL,

AND THEN HE LEFT THE HOSPITAL
AND WENT HOME.

Narrator:
BUT HIS ALIBI IS NOT AIRTIGHT.

PEOPLE CAN'T ACCOUNT FOR EVERY
MINUTE OF EVERY DAY, GENERALLY,

AND SO THERE WERE
SOME TIME LAPSES THERE.

WELL, THEN YOU THINK,

"WELL, HE COULD HAD DRIVEN
FROM THE HOSPITAL HOME,

"KILLED HIM,
AND DRIVEN BACK,

AND NOBODY WOULD HAVE
MISSED HIM."

Narrator: INVESTIGATORS
INTERVIEW THE OTHER ROOMMATE,

DONOVAN LINTZ.

HIS ALIBI IS SOLID.

HE WAS WITH HIS GIRLFRIEND
ALMOST THE ENTIRE NIGHT.

BASED ON VERIFYING WHERE HE WAS

AT THE TIME
THE MURDER TOOK PLACE,

WE WERE ABLE TO ELIMINATE
DONOVAN.

Narrator: BY DAWN ON THE MORNING
OF THE MURDER,

POLICE FIND A POTENTIAL CLUE.

Freeman: IN THE SNOW,
THERE WERE TWO SHOE IMPRESSIONS.

THAT IS,
THEY'RE THREE-DIMENSIONAL.

THEY HAVE DEPTH.
AND WE COULD SEE THE PATTERN.

Narrator:
FORENSIC TECHS MAKE SNOW CASTS.

SNOW IS DIFFERENT
THAN SOIL OR MUD

BECAUSE, WHEN YOU PUT
THE MATERIAL IN,

IT GENERATES A LITTLE BIT
OF HEAT AND TENDS TO MELT IT.

SO YOU HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL,

AND YOU HAVE TO SPRAY IT
WITH A SPECIFIC CHEMICAL FIRST

SO IT SETS UP
AND IT DOESN'T MELT.

AND YOU HAVE TO BE CAREFUL
HOW YOU PUT THE MATERIAL IN.

Narrator: THE IMPRESSIONS
WERE MADE BY SIZE-13 SHOES

AND DON'T MATCH WHAT JEFF
OR HIS ROOMMATES WEAR.

IT'S STILL SO LITTLE TO GO ON.

[ FILM PROJECTOR WHIRRING ]

READY, HUH?

JEFF'S LOSS IS A HARD REALITY
TO FACE.

Jerry:
HE WAS EXTREMELY FRIENDLY.

WHEN YOU MET JEFF,

HE MAD SURE
THAT YOU WERE A FRIEND

RIGHT FROM THE VERY BEGINNING.

PEOPLE JUST LOVED
TO BE AROUND HIM.

Lyons: HE REALLY HAD THAT KIND
OF CARPE DIEM ATTITUDE TO HIM.

I HAVE A PICTURE OF JEFF,

AND HE TOOK IT DURING
THE INTERN RETREAT.

HE TOOK THIS GREAT SELFIE
WITH HIS GRIN.

AND THIS GRIN IS JUST SO
INFECTIOUS AND SO MISCHIEVOUS.

THERE'S THIS TWINKLE
IN HIS EYES.

I LOVE THAT PICTURE OF HIM
BECAUSE IT JUST

SAYS SO MUCH ABOUT HIM AND ABOUT
THE KIND OF PERSON HE WAS.

Narrator:
HE ALSO HAD A MORE SERIOUS SIDE,

A COMMITMENT TO HELP OTHERS.

ONE DAY, HE CALLED ME UP
AND SAID, "DAD,

I WANT TO BE A DOCTOR."

[ Chuckling ]
KIND OF SHOCKED ME A LITTLE BIT.

AND I SAID, "WELL, THAT'S
A PRETTY BIG UNDERTAKING, JEFF."

AND HE SAID, "YEAH,
BUT THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO DO,

WORKING WITH KIDS."

HE DECIDED HE WANTED TO BE
A PEDIATRICIAN.

IS THAT ALL RIGHT?
YEAH? OKAY.

I'M GONNA GO IN HERE
AND LISTEN...

DR. FARKAS HAD A SPECIAL GIFT
WITH CHILDREN.

HE DISCOVERED THAT HE HAD
A NATURAL ABILITY

TO EASE A CHILD'S FEAR
OF THE MEDICAL ENVIRONMENT.

THE KIDS THAT HE WORKED WITH
JUST ABSOLUTELY LOVED HIM.

Narrator:
LIKE ONE YOUNG GIRL WHO WAS
SUFFERING FROM CROHN'S DISEASE.

Jerry: ONE THING HE HAD TO DO
WAS LISTEN TO HER STOMACH.

SO HE'D PUT THE STETHOSCOPE
ON HER STOMACH AND SAY,

"OH, GOOD MORNING MR. STOMACH.
BOY, YOU SOUND GREAT TODAY,

MUCH BETTER THAN YESTERDAY."

[ INHALES DEEPLY ]

THAT GIRL JUST THOUGHT
THE WORLD OF HIM.

WOW.

IT MADE HER STAY IN THE HOSPITAL
TOLERABLE.

Narrator:
JEFF'S COMPASSIONATE SOUL

MAKES HIS DEATH
ALL THE MORE TRAGIC.

A LOT OF OUR KILLINGS,
THEY'RE DRUG RELATED,

THEY'RE PEOPLE
THAT ARE CRIMINALS THEMSELVES

AND PUT THEMSELVES
IN BAD SITUATIONS.

DR. FARKAS WAS
A COMPLETE OPPOSITE.

TOTALLY INNOCENT PERSON

WHOSE DESIRE AND WISHES
WERE TO HELP MANKIND.

ALL RIGHT, I'LL SEE
YOU TOMORROW. BYE.

PEOPLE SAID, "PITTSBURGH'S
A PRETTY SAFE TOWN.

MAYBE YOU SHOULD GO THERE."

AND HE LIKED CHILDREN'S
HOSPITAL, SO HE APPLIED.

AND THERE IS TREMENDOUS IRONY
IN THAT.

HE CAME TO A PLACE
THAT HE THOUGHT WAS SAFE,

AND THAT'S WHERE HE DIED.

[ PROJECTOR SHUTS OFF ]

[ DOG BARKING ]

Narrator:
JEFF'S BODY WAS SO BRUTALIZED,

THE MEDICAL EXAMINER
CAN'T EVEN DETERMINE

WHICH INJURY CAUSED HIS DEATH.

IT WAS ATTRIBUTABLE
TO BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA,

STRANGULATION, TO STABBING.

ANY OF THOSE
WOULD HAVE BEEN FATAL.

THE CORONER LIKENED IT TO A BODY

THAT WAS KILLED IN A HIGH-SPEED
COLLISION IN AN AUTOMOBILE.

THAT'S HOW BRUTALLY
HE WAS BEATEN.

Narrator:
THE THREE KNIFE WOUNDS TO EACH
EYE ARE ESPECIALLY DISTURBING.

Freeman:
ON A PERSONAL, EMOTIONAL LEVEL,

YOU REALLY THOUGHT,
"WAS THIS NECESSARY?

"WHY DID YOU HAVE TO STAB
DR. FARKAS IN THE EYES?

HE'S DEAD."

Narrator:
AND THE MATCHING WOUNDS
TO THE CARIBBEAN MASK?

Lyons: IT FELT ALMOST AS IF

A DIABOLICAL KIND OF
SPIT-IN-YOUR-FACE TYPE OF THING.

LIKE, "I DID THIS.
I'M PROUD OF IT.

I'M DISPLAYING SOMETHING HERE."

Narrator: IS THAT DISPLAY
A CLUE IN ITSELF?

THE MASK WAS
A CHILDHOOD PRESENT.

HIS MOTHER AND I HAD
A BUSINESS TRIP TO NASSAU.

AND WE WERE JUST
DOING SOME SHOPPING,

WANTED TO BRING HIM BACK A GIFT.

AND SO THAT WAS
KIND OF SPECIAL TO HIM.

Freeman:
THE FACT IT WAS A PERSONAL ITEM

THAT WAS CHERISHED
BY DR. FARKAS -- IT WAS HIS.

HE KEPT IT IN THE BEDROOM,
CLOSE TO HIM.

AND SO, WE HAD TO ASK OURSELVES,

"WAS IT SOMEBODY
THAT KNEW DR. FARKAS

AND KNEW HIS RELATIONSHIP
TO THIS PIECE OF ART?"

SO, AGAIN,
THAT RAISES ANOTHER RED FLAG.

Narrator:
UNLIKE THE POLICE,

JEFF'S FRIENDS CAN'T BELIEVE
HE KNEW HIS KILLER.

IT WAS JUST SO OVER THE TOP THAT
WE KNEW THIS WAS A STRANGER.

WE KNEW THIS WASN'T ANYONE
THAT JEFF KNEW.

Narrator: INVESTIGATORS
START TO THINK THE SAME,

ESPECIALLY ONCE THEY RULE OUT
ROOMMATE KENT DRISCOLL.

WHAT HE SAID WAS BACKED UP.

WE WERE ABLE TO GO
AND INTERVIEW PEOPLE

THAT VERIFIED HIS WHEREABOUTS
WHEN THIS HAPPENED.

Narrator: THE KILLER
REMAINS FREE TO SLAY AGAIN.

Fuoco: SO, THERE WAS SOME FEAR
AMONG RESIDENTS

THAT THIS WAS GONNA CONTINUE.

Freeman:
IN HOMICIDE INVESTIGATIONS,

RARELY DO YOU REACH OUT
TO THE FBI...

UNLESS YOU HAVE A VERY STRANGE
OR UNUSUAL CASE,

SOMETHING THAT
THEY CAN WORK WITH.

CLEARLY THIS WAS AN OVERKILL.

THE EYES --
THAT WAS HIGHLY UNUSUAL.

THE UNIQUENESS OF IT
TOLD US IMMEDIATELY,

"YOU GOT TO CALL THE FBI."

Narrator: FREEMAN TELLS
AN FBI CRIMINAL PROFILER

ABOUT THE BRUTAL ATTACK,
THE EYES,

AND THE CARIBBEAN MASK.

THE PROFILER CAN'T LINK THE
ATTACKER TO OTHER RECENT CRIMES.

BUT HE KNOWS
THIS TYPE OF SICK PSYCHOLOGY

AND GIVES A DIRE WARNING.

AND WHAT HE TOLD US,
IT WAS VERY CHILLING.

HE SAID, "CATCH HIM,

BECAUSE HE'S PROBABLY DONE IT
BEFORE AND HE'LL DO IT AGAIN."

[ KNOCKS ON DOOR ]

[ WIND HOWLING ]

[ WIND HOWLING ]

Narrator: PITTSBURGH'S
BLEAK WINTER TURNS EVEN CRUELER

AS THE MURDER
OF A BELOVED PEDIATRICIAN

GRABS THE HEADLINES.

THE WHOLE CITY WAS KIND OF ABUZZ
ABOUT THIS.

PEOPLE WERE FEELING FRIGHTENED.

A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE KIND OF
HANGING OUT AT WORK AND SAYING,

"DO YOU WANT ME TO WALK YOU
TO YOUR CAR?"

WE WERE ALL, KIND OF,
A LITTLE BIT ON EDGE.

Narrator: A SHADOWY KILLER STILL
STALKS THE ICY SUBURBAN STREETS.

WE DON'T KNOW HOW FAST
HIS PREDATORY CLOCK IS TICKING.

SOME, IT WILL BE DAYS
BETWEEN KILLINGS,

SOME, IT WILL BE WEEKS,
AND SOME, IT WILL BE MONTHS.

WITH THIS PERSON, WE DIDN'T KNOW
HOW FAST THAT CLOCK WAS TICKING.

WE DON'T WANT SOMEBODY ELSE TO
DIE LIKE THIS, SO LET'S GET HIM.

Narrator: SEEKING LEADS,

INVESTIGATORS CONDUCT INTERVIEWS
WITH EVERYONE

IN JEFF'S INNER CIRCLE.

Fuoco: THEY DID THAT
BY TALKING TO THE ROOMMATES,

BY EXAMINING JEFF'S LIFE GOING
ALL THE WAY BACK TO HIGH SCHOOL

AND COMING UP TO PRESENT TIME,

EVEN INTERVIEWING
HIS PAPER GIRL.

Marraway:
WE COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING
THAT WOULD INDICATE TO US

THAT SOMEBODY DID THIS
AS A VENGEFUL THING,

SO WE WERE LOOKING
FOR A STRANGER.

Freeman: THAT MADE
THE INVESTIGATION

SO MUCH MORE DIFFICULT.

IT CAN BY ANYONE, ALMOST.

Fuoco: DETECTIVES FOUND THAT
A NUMBER OF ITEMS WERE MISSING,

INCLUDING A VCR, A CD PLAYER,
A TELEPHONE,

A TELEPHONE ANSWERING MACHINE,
AND A 35-MILLIMETER CAMERA.

THEY WERE PRETTY SURE THAT
WHAT THEY HAD WAS A BURGLARY,

WHICH TURNED INTO A ROBBERY,
WHICH TURNED INTO A HOMICIDE.

Narrator: POLICE GET A LEAD
ABOUT THE SHOEPRINTS IN THE SNOW

WHEN THEY LEARN A CALL CAME IN
ABOUT A STRANGE MAN

WALKING AROUND
BEECHWOOD BOULEVARD

NEAR JEFF'S HOUSE THAT NIGHT.

Fuoco: THERE HAD BEEN
A NUMBER OF BURGLARIES

IN THE SQUIRREL HILL
NEIGHBORHOOD,

SO THERE WAS SOME FEAR

THAT WHOEVER WAS
COMMITTING THESE BURGLARIES

WAS THE PERSON
WHO HAD KILLED JEFF.

[ FILM PROJECTOR WHIRRING ]

Narrator:
INVESTIGATORS TALK TO RESIDENTS

WHO REMEMBER A TALL,
YOUNG AFRICAN-AMERICAN MAN

WHO KNOCKED ON THEIR DOOR

AND ASKED FOR A WOMAN
NAMED CINDY.

Fuoco: THIS IS A TRICK
THAT BURGLARS USE.

THEY WILL GO TO A DARKENED
HOUSE, KNOCK ON THE DOOR,

AND MAKE UP A NAME
IF SOMEBODY COMES TO THE DOOR.

Freeman: THEY BECAME ALARMED
BECAUSE HE DIDN'T SEEM SINCERE

IN WHAT HE WAS DOING.

HE LOOKED LIKE HE JUST
SORT OF WANTED TO GET IN.

AND THEY TOLD HIM, "NOBODY LIVES
HERE BY THAT NAME."

AND THE ONE WATCHED HIM
WALK DOWN HER STEPS

AND MAKE A LEFT AND GO
TOWARDS THE NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE.

Narrator: THE SECOND NEIGHBOR
WAS EVEN MORE SUSPICIOUS.

Marraway: HE FELT THAT THERE
WAS SOMETHING SHAKY ABOUT HIM,

AND HE CALLED THE POLICE.

Narrator:
DISPATCH SENT A PATROLMAN.

Freeman: AND THE OFFICER,
USING HIS FLASHLIGHT,

SAW SHOE IMPRESSIONS
GOING TO THE BACK OF THE HOUSE,

WHICH MEANT, YOU KNOW,
HE WAS BACK THERE.

SO THAT SUGGESTED THIS GUY
IS NOT LOOKING FOR CINDY,

HE'S LOOKING TO DO SOMETHING.

THE OFFICER SEARCHED THE AREA,
BUT DIDN'T FIND ANYONE.

Fuoco: UNFORTUNATELY,

JEFF FARKAS' KILLER
ALREADY WAS IN JEFF'S HOUSE.

[ PROJECTOR SHUTS OFF ]

Narrator: DETECTIVES COMPARE

THE SHOE IMPRESSIONS
FROM THE NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE

AND FIND A MATCH TO THOSE
IN JEFF'S YARD.

THIS HAS GOT TO BE OUR GUY.

I MEAN, IT WAS THE MOST
PROMISING THING WE HAD

UP TO THAT POINT,
AND WE FOCUSED ON THAT.

Narrator:
NEIGHBORS PROVIDE ENOUGH DETAIL

TO CREATE A COMPOSITE SKETCH.

Fuoco: IT WAS A TALL, BLACK MAN
WHO WAS WEARING AN ARMY COAT

WITH A HOODIE AND WAS CARRYING
A DARK KNAPSACK.

Narrator: AS DETECTIVES
WORK ON THE SKETCH,

THEY CATCH ANOTHER BREAK --

THE A.P.B. ON JEFF FARKAS'
MISSING CAR PAYS OFF.

JEFF HAD A 1989 ACURA

THAT WAS FOUND THE NEXT MORNING

THREE MILES AWAY
IN AN TOWN CALLED HOMESTEAD,

WHICH IS RIGHT ACROSS
THE MONONGAHELA RIVER.

Freeman: THAT GAVE US
ANOTHER SCENE TO PROCESS,

AND WE SENT TECHNICIANS THERE.

AND IT WAS INTERESTING --
BECAUSE THERE WAS SNOW,

THEY FOUND FOOTWEAR IMPRESSIONS
IN THE SNOW

THAT MATCHED THE ONES WE HAD
BACK AT THE HOUSE.

Narrator:
TECHS SEARCH FOR FINGERPRINTS,

FIBERS, ANY KIND OF EVIDENCE
TO LINK TO THE KILLER...

[ POLICE RADIO CHATTER ]

...BUT COME UP EMPTY.

HOWEVER, THE LOCATION OF THE CAR
WAS A CLUE.

Freeman:
WITH THE COLD WEATHER,

WE FEEL SOMEBODY'S
NOT GONNA PARK THE CAR

AND GO A GREAT DISTANCE WALKING.

Narrator: THEY BEGIN CANVASSING,
HOPING SOMEONE SAW SOMETHING.

WE CONTACTED EVERY BUS DRIVER
THAT WAS ON DUTY

THAT NIGHT AROUND THOSE TIMES.

"DID YOU PICK UP ANYBODY
IN THIS AREA?"

WE CALLED EVERY CAB COMPANY.
AND IT WAS NEGATIVE.

Narrator:
THREE DAYS AFTER THE MURDER,
JEFF'S FAMILY HOLDS HIS FUNERAL.

FRIENDS, CO-WORKERS,
AND PATIENTS LINE UP
TO PAY THEIR RESPECTS.

I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY.
TO ME, IT LOOKED LIKE HUNDREDS.

AND EACH ONE WANTED
TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT JEFF,

ABOUT HOW HE PERSONALLY
AFFECTED THEIR LIFE.

Lyons: AT FIRST,

I REMEMBER FEELING
A LITTLE JADED AND WONDERING,

"DO ALL THESE PEOPLE
REALLY KNOW HIM,

"OR ARE THEY JUST HERE

BECAUSE IT'S BEEN IN
THE NEWSPAPERS AND THE NEWS?"

BUT THEN, AS PEOPLE STARTED
SPEAKING

AND AS, YOU KNOW,

I BEGAN LISTENING
TO THEIR CONVERSATIONS,

I REALIZED THESE WERE ALL PEOPLE

THAT JEFF HAD TOUCHED
WITH HIS LIFE.

THE RABBI CALLS HIS LIFE
"AN IMMEASURABLE BLESSING."

Jerry:
WHEN I WAS AT THE FUNERAL HOME

AND HAD THESE, LITERALLY,
HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE

WANTING TO TALK AND TELL A STORY
ABOUT A SITUATION THAT HAPPENED

THAT AFFECTED THEM
THAT HAD INVOLVED JEFF,

IT WAS JUST MIND-BLOWING.

I MEAN, HOW COULD ONE PERSON IN
SIX MONTHS TOUCH SO MANY LIVES?

I DON'T KNOW.

TO ME, THAT'S SPECIAL.
I MEAN SPECIAL.

Narrator: THE CRIME LAB
WORKS AROUND THE CLOCK

ON THE HUNDREDS OF FINGERPRINTS
COLLECTED.

Fuoco: THE PRESSURE ON
DETECTIVES WAS IMMENSE.

THEY HAD THAT REPORT FROM
THE FBI BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES UNIT

WHICH URGED THEM IMMEDIATELY
TO FIND THIS GUY

FOR FEAR THAT
HE WAS GOING TO DO IT AGAIN.

THEY FELT THAT THEY WERE
RACING THIS PERSON.

AND THE LONGER
THE INVESTIGATION WENT ON,

THE FEAR GREW THAT THEY WERE
GONNA LOSE AND HE WAS GONNA WIN.

[ WIND HOWLING ]

Narrator: AN ICY CHILL SLICES
THROUGH THE PITTSBURGH COMMUNITY

AFTER THE BRUTAL SLAYING OF
PEDIATRIC INTERN JEFFREY FARKAS.

Lyons: HE CARED, BUT HE CARED
IN A WAY THAT WASN'T HEAVY.

IT DIDN'T MAKE YOU FEEL,
LIKE, OBLIGATED.

IT WAS MORE OF A GENEROSITY
OF SPIRIT.

AND THAT REALLY
IS THE KIND OF MAN HE WAS

AS FAR AS BEING A FRIEND.

BUT IT WAS ALSO
THE KIND OF DOCTOR HE WAS

WITH HIS PATIENTS
AND HIS PATIENTS' FAMILIES.

Narrator: WHEN FINGERPRINT
ANALYSIS

FROM THE CRIME SCENE
COMES THROUGH,

MOST OF THE PRINTS MATCH JEFF,
HIS ROOMMATES, AND FRIENDS.

THEY HAD IDENTIFIED EVERY
FINGERPRINT IN THAT HOUSE

BUT ONE,

AND THAT WAS A THUMBPRINT

THAT WAS LEFT ON THE DOOR
OF THE BATHROOM.

AND THEY WERE PRAYING THAT
THAT WAS THE FINGERPRINT

OF THE PERSON WHO HAD KILLED
DR. JEFFREY FARKAS.

THAT PRINT HAS
AN UNUSUAL CHARACTERISTIC,

A STRAIGHT LINE
ACROSS THE BOTTOM.

THE TECHNICIAN FELT THAT WHOEVER
DEPOSITED THIS FINGERPRINT,

BECAUSE OF THAT LINE,

WAS WEARING A BAND-AID
ON THE FINGER.

Narrator: THIS PARTIAL PRINT
MIGHT HOLD ALL THE ANSWERS.

BUT I.D.'ing IT WILL TAKE TIME.

AUTOMATED FINGERPRINT SYSTEMS
WEREN'T ONLINE IN 1989.

ASIDE FROM THE PARTIAL PRINT,

INVESTIGATORS HAVE FOOTPRINTS IN
THE SNOW AND THE VICTIM'S CAR,

FOUND ABANDONED IN HOMESTEAD.

NO ONE KNOWS THE AREA
BETTER THAN THE COPS.

Freeman: WE SPOKE TO
THE HOMESTEAD POLICE,

THE OFFICERS
THAT WERE WORKING NIGHT TURN,

ASKED THEM IF THEY SAW ANYTHING,
THEY NOTICED ANYTHING.

AND THE ONE OFFICER SAID,

"I SAW THIS GUY,
AND HE WAS WALKING.

HE'S ONE OF OUR BAD GUYS.
HE'S A REAL CRIMINAL."

[ FILM PROJECTOR WHIRRING ]

AND HE WAS NOT TOO FAR AWAY
FROM WHERE THE CAR WAS.

AND SO HE GAVE US
THE GUY'S NAME.

Narrator: IT'S LUCAS HILLMAN.

Freeman: AND HE HAD
A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE.

HE HAD BEEN ARRESTED
MULTIPLE TIMES,

HE HAD SERVED TIME IN PRISON,
HE WAS A DRUG USER,

HE HAD COMMITTED
ARMED ROBBERIES,

HE HAD COMMITTED
BURGLARIES AND THEFTS.

AND SO HE HAD
A LONG CRIMINAL HISTORY --

THE TYPE OF PERSON THAT COULD
COMMIT THIS TYPE OF MURDER.

Narrator: DETECTIVES WONDER
IF HE'S THE CREEPY MAN

IN THE ARMY JACKET AND BACKPACK

ASKING NEIGHBORS
ABOUT A WOMAN NAMED CINDY.

THEY BRING HIM IN
FOR QUESTIONING.

[ KNOCKS ON DOOR ]

HE ADMITS HE WAS IN THE AREA
WHERE JEFF'S CAR WAS FOUND...

IT'S FREEZING OUT HERE.
WHAT TOOK YOU SO LONG?

...BUT ONLY BECAUSE
HE WAS VISITING A FRIEND

WHO LIVED THERE.

Freeman: HE WAS ABLE TO GIVE US
A PARTIAL ALIBI,

AND WE TALKED
TO SOME OTHER PEOPLE,

AND HIS PRINT DIDN'T MATCH THE
PRINT ON THE INSIDE OF THE DOOR.

AND WE WERE EVENTUALLY
ABLE TO CLEAR HIM.

Narrator: MORE TIME WASTED.

COMMANDER FREEMAN THROWS
ALL THE DEPARTMENT'S RESOURCES

AT THE CASE.

VACATION DAYS WERE CANCELLED,
OFF DAYS WERE CANCELLED,

ADDITIONAL DETECTIVES
FROM THE BURGLARY, ROBBERY,

AND MOBILE CRIME UNITS SQUADS

WERE ASSIGNED TO HOMICIDE
TEMPORARILY.

THIS WAS PRIORITY NUMBER ONE

IN THE PITTSBURGH
POLICE DEPARTMENT.

POLICE REACH OUT
TO THE PUBLIC FOR HELP.

THERE'S TWO THINGS
THAT BRING PEOPLE OUT,

AND THAT IS A REWARD
AND A COMPOSITE,

AND WE HAD BOTH IN THIS CASE --

$20,000 OFFERED BY THE FAMILY,
AND WE HAD A COMPOSITE.

Freeman:
WHEN YOU PUT OUT A COMPOSITE,
IT'S A DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD.

PEOPLE DON'T LIKE SOMEBODY, SO
THEY SAY IT MATCHES THAT PERSON,

AND SO YOU'VE GOT TO FOLLOW UP
ON AND THAT.

IT JUST CREATES A LOT OF WORK.

Narrator: MOST OF THE CALLS
END UP GOING NOWHERE.

BUT ONE TIP SEEMS PROMISING.

WE GOT A CALL FROM SOMEONE,
AND THEY SAID,

"I KNOW A PERSON THAT LOOKS LIKE
THE COMPOSITE SKETCH."

[ FILM PROJECTOR WHIRRING ]

"AND HE'S SEEING THIS GIRL
NAMED CINDY."

WE DIDN'T GIVE THIS INFORMATION
OUT ABOUT CINDY.

A MAN'S NAME -- JAMAL JACKSON.

AND HE'S BAD NEWS.

HE HAD A LONG CRIMINAL HISTORY,
A LOT OF VIOLENCE, DRUGS.

AND THAT'S THE KIND OF PERSON
THAT WILL GO OUT

AND BEAT SOMEBODY UP AND KILL
THEM AND TAKE THEIR MONEY.

NOT ONLY DID HE MATCH
THE DESCRIPTION PHYSICALLY,

HE HABITUALLY WORE A BACKPACK,

WHICH THE TWO PEOPLE
ACROSS THE STREET SAW,

AND HE ALSO HAD
A GREEN ARMY JACKET.

[ PROJECTOR SHUTS OFF ]

Narrator:
DETECTIVES TRACK HIM DOWN.

Freeman: HE KNEW
THAT WE REALLY SAW HIM

AS A POSSIBLE SUSPECT,
A VERY VIABLE SUSPECT,

AND HE DIDN'T WANT TO BE
LINKED TO THAT MURDER.

AND SO HE FINALLY, AFTER SEVERAL
DAYS, AGREED TO COOPERATE.

AND HE GIVES US AN ALIBI.

Narrator: IT CHECKS OUT,

AND HIS SHOE SIZE DOESN'T MATCH
THE PRINTS FROM THE CRIME SCENE.

AND WE WERE ABLE TO GO BACK
AND THEN CLEAR HIM.

HE WAS NOT INVOLVED.

WHEN WE REALIZED THAT JAMAL
WAS NOT OUR KILLER,

IT'S VERY DISAPPOINTING
TO US BECAUSE, AS A UNIT,

WE THOUGHT THIS WAS PROBABLY
OUR GUY.

Narrator:
POLICE STILL BELIEVE HOMESTEAD,

WHERE JEFF'S CAR WAS FOUND,
IS THE RIGHT PLACE TO LOOK.

SO THEY RETURN THERE
AND TRY PUTTING THEMSELVES

IN THE KILLER'S SIZE 13s.

WHILE WE'RE DOING THE CANVASS
OF THE HOMESTEAD AREA

AROUND WHERE THE CAR WAS FOUND,
I WAS WORKING WITH MY PARTNER,

AND I SAYS, "YOU KNOW,
IT WAS SO COLD THAT NIGHT,

THIS GUY HAD TO STOP SOMEWHERE."

SO WE PULLED INTO
A FAST-FOOD PLACE,

THE FIRST ONE PAST
THE HOMESTEAD HIGH LEVEL BRIDGE.

WE WALKED IN THERE,
AND I SPOKE WITH THE MANAGER.

AND HE SAID
THAT HE WAS WORKING THAT NIGHT,

AND HE REMEMBERED
A GUY COMING IN,

AND THE REASON WHY HE REMEMBERED
HIM WAS THE GUY WAS SO TALL.

AND HE WAS WEARING A BACKPACK
AND AN ARMY-TYPE JACKET,

AND HE HAD THE HOOD UP.

Marraway:
WE FELT THAT THE INDIVIDUAL

WHO WAS AT
THE FAST-FOOD RESTAURANT

WAS ALSO THE INDIVIDUAL
WHO WAS ON BEECHWOOD BOULEVARD

ASKING FOR CINDY.

Narrator: UNFORTUNATELY,
THERE'S NO SECURITY CAMERA.

THE MAN ORDERED
A TRIPLE CHEESEBURGER,

PAID CASH, THEN LEFT,
VANISHING INTO THE COLD.

AND SO, YEAH, YOU FEEL PRESSURE.

WE FELT A REAL OBLIGATION TO
GET HIM BEFORE HE KILLS AGAIN,

BECAUSE HE'S GONNA KILL AGAIN.

[ WIND HOWLING ]

[ WIND HOWLING ]

Narrator:
IN PITTSBURGH, THE HEAT IS ON

TO FIND AN ICE-COLD KILLER
WHO MIGHT BE ON THE PROWL

FOR HIS NEXT VICTIM.

BUT POLICE ARE STILL
A LONG WAY FROM CATCHING HIM.

AT A LOSS, THEY REVIEW FILES
ON ALL RECENT PAROLEES.

Marraway: I CONTACTED
THE SUPERVISOR DOWN THERE,

AND I TOLD HIM THAT
WE WERE LOOKING FOR ANYBODY

FROM THE DUQUESNE, HOMESTEAD,
MUNHALL AREA

WHO MAY HAVE BEEN RELEASED
FROM PRISON.

Narrator: IT MEANS SIFTING
THROUGH HUNDREDS OF RECORDS.

DETECTIVES
HAVE TO PLAY IT SMART.

Marraway:
THERE WERE JUST SO MANY,

SO WE DECIDED
TO ELIMINATE EVERYBODY

WHO WAS 6'4" AND BELOW.

WE ONLY LOOKED AT PEOPLE,
TO START WITH, 6'5" AND ABOVE.

WE CAME ACROSS AN INDIVIDUAL
WHO WAS 6'8",

WAS ON PAROLE FOR A BURGLARY
IN THE SAME GENERAL AREA.

THE MAN IS 24-YEAR-OLD
WILLIAM YARBOUGH.

AS SOON AS I SAW HIS PICTURE,
I TOLD MY PARTNER,

I SAID, "THIS IS HIM."

WE ACTUALLY DREW A HOOD
ON THE PICTURE,

AND IT LOOKED
JUST LIKE THE COMPOSITE.

Fuoco: THEY GO IMMEDIATELY GET
HIS PRINTED FINGERPRINT CARD,

COMPARE IT TO THE THUMBPRINT.
THEY GO, "WE GOT THE GUY."

YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THAT WAS
SORT OF A EUREKA MOMENT.

Freeman: I'LL NEVER FORGET.

I WAS SITTING IN MY OFFICE,
AND ALL OF A SUDDEN,

THE FINGERPRINT TECHNICIAN
IS STANDING THERE.

HE SAID, "IT'S HIM. WE GOT HIM.
WE GOT HIM. WE GOT HIM."

HE WAS REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT,
AS WAS EVERYBODY.

INVESTIGATORS
DETERMINE YARBOUGH

IS A COOK AT
A FAST-FOOD RESTAURANT

NOT FAR FROM VICTIM JEFF FARKAS'
HOUSE.

[ SIREN WAILING ]

AND THEY GO IN,
ASKED IF HE COULD COME OUTSIDE.

HE DOES. AND THEY TOOK HIM
INTO CUSTODY WITHOUT INCIDENT.

Marraway:
ME AND MY PARTNER WENT BACK
AND INTERVIEWED THE MANAGER.

WE ASKED HER IF HE HAD A LOCKER.

WE WERE GONNA GET
A SEARCH WARRANT.

SHE SAID, "NO, EVERYBODY
LEAVES THEIR STUFF THERE."

RIGHT THERE WAS HIS LARGE,
SIZE-13 SHOE SITTING THERE.

AND I SAID,
"WHO DO THEY BELONG TO?"

AND SHE SAID, "THEY BELONG
TO WILLIAM YARBOUGH."

Narrator: THE PATTERN ON
THE SOLE MATCHES THE IMPRESSION

LEFT IN JEFF'S YARD
AND BY HIS CAR.

AND TECHNICIANS FIND
JEFF'S BLOOD

ON ONE OF YARBOUGH'S SHOES.

WHEN HE WAS ARRESTED,

IT WAS OBSERVED THAT HE HAD
A BAND-AID ON ONE OF HIS FINGERS

WHICH MATCHED THE INFORMATION

THAT THE FINGERPRINT TECHNICIANS
GAVE US.

[ FILM PROJECTOR WHIRRING ]

Narrator: INVESTIGATORS LEARN
THAT, WHEN YARBOUGH WAS YOUNG,

HE'D BEEN SENT TO A CAMP
FOR TROUBLED YOUTH.

THERE, HE LEARNED A SKILL
HE PUT TO USE

ON THE NIGHT
OF DECEMBER 3rd, 1989.

Freeman: AT THE CAMP,

ONE OF THE THINGS THEY
TAUGHT THEM WAS KNOT-TYING,

AND ONE OF TYPES OF KNOTS
THEY TEACH THEM TO TIE

WAS THE TYPE OF KNOT THAT WAS
FOUND AROUND DR. FARKAS' NECK.

Narrator: THEY ALSO LEARN HE
HARBORS AS LURID FASCINATION

WITH SLASHER FILMS,

EVEN ADOPTING THEIR
OVER-THE-TOP SYMBOLISM,

LIKE STABBING THE EYES
OUT OF THE MASK.

Fuoco: HE WAS OBSESSED WITH
THOSE KINDS OF FILMS,

AND PARTICULARLY
WITH FREDDY KRUEGER.

[ SWITCHBLADE CLICKS ]

Narrator:
YARBOUGH PLEADS NOT GUILTY.

AT TRIAL,

PROSECUTORS LAY OUT WHAT THEY
BELIEVE HAPPENED THAT NIGHT.

YARBOUGH WAS GOING DOOR TO DOOR
THROUGHOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD,

LOOKING FOR A PLACE
TO BREAK INTO.

[ KNOCKS ON DOOR ]

WHEN ANYONE WAS HOME,
HE MOVED ON.

HE WENT TO FARKAS' HOUSE,
KNOCKED, RECEIVED NO RESPONSE,

TRIED THE FRONT DOOR,
AND THE LATCH WAS OPEN.

Narrator: SOMEONE SIMPLY
FORGOT TO LOCK IT,

A SMALL, BUT FATAL OVERSIGHT.

YARBOUGH ENTERED
AND BEGAN RANSACKING THE HOUSE.

WHEN JEFF RETURNED, YARBOUGH
ACTED ON HIS SICK DESIRES.

Freeman:
HE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY,

AND HE LIVED OUT HIS FANTASY
THAT HE WOULD SEE ON-SCREEN.

DR. FARKAS RAN INTO A BUZZ SAW.

Lyons: HE WAS GETTING SOME KIND
OF EMOTIONAL HIGH OFF OF THIS,

AND THAT FED INTO HIM.

NO!

THIS OBVIOUSLY WAS SOMEONE WHO
WAS COMFORTABLE WITH VIOLENCE,

AND WITH THE TIME AND THE ENERGY
HE SPENT WITH JEFF,

WAS BECOMING
MORE COMFORTABLE WITH IT.

AND THAT'S WHY I HAVE
NO DOUBT IN MY MIND

THAT HE WOULD KILL AGAIN
GIVEN THE CHANCE.

[ PROJECTOR SHUTS OFF ]

Narrator: INVESTIGATORS HAVE HIS
FINGERPRINT ON THE BATHROOM DOOR

AND A DROP OF JEFF'S BLOOD
ON HIS WORK SHOE.

Fuoco: ALL THOSE THINGS
TIED HIM TO THE CRIME,

SO MUCH SO THAT
THE JURY IN THE FOUR-DAY TRIAL

TOOK ONLY THREE HOURS
TO FIND HIM GUILTY.

Narrator:
ON DECEMBER 3, 1990,

ON THE ONE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY
OF THE MURDER,

WILLIAM YARBOUGH IS CONVICTED
OF ROBBERY, BURGLARY,

AND FIRST-DEGREE MURDER.

HE GETS LIFE
WITH NO CHANCE OF PAROLE.

I WAS ELATED. I WAS HAPPY
THAT THEY CAUGHT HIM.

I MEAN, I'M GLAD THAT
HE'S OFF THE STREETS,

THAT HE CAN'T DO THIS AGAIN
TO ANYBODY ELSE.

BUT MY FEELING WAS, "IT'S NOT
GONNA BRING MY SON BACK."

THE LAST TIME I SAW JEFF,
I WAS IN MICHIGAN.

HE HAD JUST GOT HIS MEDICAL
DEGREE FROM WAYNE STATE.

I FLEW BACK TO FLORIDA,
WHERE MY JOB WAS.

AND I WAS LOOKING FORWARD
TO THE TIME

THAT I COULD BE UP IN PITTSBURGH

TO SEE HIM
AT CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL

TO SEE HIM IN
HIS WORK ENVIRONMENT.

NEVER GOT THAT CHANCE.
HE WAS MURDERED.

TO ME, THAT'S A BIG TRAGEDY
IN MY LIFE, THAT I DID NOT...

[ SNIFFLES ]

HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY...

TO SEE HIM WORK AS A DOCTOR.

THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL
CONTINUES TO HONOR

DR. JEFFREY FARKAS
WITH AN ANNUAL AWARD.

WE DECIDED TO MAKE AN AWARD,
BASED ON THE WAY JEFF WAS,

THAT IT WOULD GO TO
THE TOP INTERN OF THE YEAR

THAT SHOWED THE MOST COMPASSION
TOWARD PATIENTS AND PARENTS.

THEY'VE KEPT THE AWARD GOING,
IT'S IN JEFF'S NAME,

AND IT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.

AND THAT MAKES ME FEEL
REALLY GOOD.

I TRULY DO BELIEVE IN EVIL
AND ITS PRESENCE IN THE WORLD.

BUT I ALSO BELIEVE IN GOOD, AND
JEFF WAS ONE OF THE GOOD GUYS.

THE HARDEST PART ABOUT HIM
BEING GONE IS THAT

WE CAN TALK ABOUT HIM
AND ABOUT HIS MEMORY

AND THE LIVES HE TOUCHED,

BUT THINK ABOUT WHAT
HE COULD HAVE ACCOMPLISHED

IF HE HADN'T BEEN TAKEN
AT SUCH A YOUNG AGE.