Ice Cold Killers (2012–…): Season 3, Episode 5 - Blizzard of Bullets - full transcript

Narrator: IN IDAHO, SNOW MUFFLES
THE SOUND OF A SLAYING.

HEY!

WHO DID THIS BRUTAL THING
TO THIS BEAUTIFUL YOUNG LADY?

Narrator:
THE PAIN IS JUST BEGINNING.

THE HARDEST PART
WAS WATCHING MY FOLKS

TRY TO BRING THAT KID
BACK TO LIFE. YEAH.

[ FLATLINE ]

HERE I'D JUST GONE THROUGH ONE,
AND THEN THERE'S ANOTHER ONE,

AND HOW COULD THIS
POSSIBLY HAPPEN?

[ GUNSHOTS ]

Menser:
IT WAS THE THIRD ONE



THAT REALLY MADE IT
INTO THE SENSATION THAT IT WAS.

"OH, MY GOD.
THERE'S A MONSTER OUT THERE."

Narrator: ICY RIVERS PRESS THE
QUIET TOWN OF BLACKFOOT, IDAHO,

AGAINST SNOW-COVERED MOUNTAINS.

Menser: A WINTER HERE
CAN GET REALLY, REALLY BRUTAL.

IT'S GENERALLY
A MISERABLE TIME OF YEAR

WITH THE ROADS COVERED WITH ICE,
THE GROUND IS COVERED WITH SNOW.

YOU WANT TO STAY INDOORS
AS MUCH AS YOU CAN.

Narrator: IN ONE OF BLACKFOOT'S
CONVENIENCE STORES,

21-YEAR-OLD NEWLYWED
STACY LARSON

STAYS WARM
WORKING THE NIGHT SHIFT.

SHE JUST LOVED TO WORK. SHE
WAS GREAT WITH THE CUSTOMERS.

AND SHE KNEW WHO TO TEASE

AND WHO TO JUST GIVE
A QUICK SMILE TO.



OKAY.
HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.

SHE WAS JUST THE GIRL NEXT DOOR
'CAUSE SHE WAS JUST VERY SIMPLE.

SHE JUST -- SHE WAS WHO SHE WAS.

Anderson:
STACY WAS A TOUGH GIRL.
SHE'D STAND UP FOR ANYONE.

SHE'D STAND UP FOR HER SIBLINGS.
SHE'D STAND UP FOR A FRIEND.

SHE WOULDN'T TAKE ANY GUFF.

Narrator: A KIND YOUNG WOMAN
WITH A FULL LIFE AHEAD OF HER.

[ BELL JINGLES ]

BUT ONE WINTER NIGHT...

...EVIL COMES HER WAY.

FEBRUARY 28, 1987.

JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT.

A GROUP OF STACY'S FRIENDS
HEADS TO THE STORE.

WE DECIDED,
ME AND TWO OF MY FRIENDS,

THAT WE WERE GONNA RENT
SOME MOVIES AND HANG OUT.

[ ENGINE REVS ]

AND THE PICKUP
BASICALLY COMES STRAIGHT AT ME.

OH, MY GOD!

HEY! WATCH OUT!

I ASSUMED
THAT IT WAS JUST A DRUNK DRIVER.

I MEAN,
IT'S THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT.

[ BELL JINGLES ]

Narrator: THEY HOPE HE
DIDN'T GIVE STACY ANY TROUBLE.

STACY?

Baier:
AND I LOOKED AROUND.

I'M GONNA GO CHECK
THE COOLER.

EVEN WENT BACK IN THE COOLER,
CALLING STACY'S NAME.

I DIDN'T SEE HER
BACK THERE.

SHE COULDN'T
HAVE GOTTEN FAR.

I COULD SEE
HER PURSE SITTING THERE.

THIS IS WEIRD. SHE
WOULDN'T WALK OUT ON A SHIFT.

AND SHE DEFINITELY WOULDN'T
HAVE LEFT HER STUFF HERE.

Narrator:
STACY'S NOWHERE INSIDE.

Baier: AND AT THAT POINT
IS WHEN WE SAID,

"WE NEED TO CALL THE POLICE."

[ SIREN WAILING ]

Jackson: WHEN WE ARRIVED,
ON THE REGISTER, IT SHOWED

THAT IT WAS JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT
WAS THE LAST TRANSACTION.

ABOUT $200
WAS MISSING FROM THE TILL.

Narrator: THE WOMEN TELL POLICE
ABOUT THE TRUCK.

[ ENGINE REVS ]

Baier:
IT WAS A DARK-GREEN PICKUP.

AND I REMEMBER
THE HITCH BEING ON THE FRONT.

AND I REMEMBER SEEING A PERSON
INSIDE THE PICKUP

WITH LONG DARK HAIR, KIND OF
A LITTLE BIT BIGGER BUILD.

Narrator:
BUT THEY DIDN'T SEE A FACE.

HAD SOMEONE ROBBED THE PLACE
AND GRABBED STACY?

Baier: WE COULD SEE IN THEIR
EYES THAT THIS WAS SERIOUS,

THAT THIS WAS SOMETHING
THAT WAS NOT OKAY.

Narrator: STACY'S EMPTY CAR
IS STILL IN THE PARKING LOT.

POLICE CONTACT HER HUSBAND.

Jackson:
OFFICERS WENT TO HER HOUSE,

AND HER HUSBAND IS SHOCKED
THAT HIS WIFE HAD DISAPPEARED.

Narrator:
EVERY AVAILABLE OFFICER SEARCHES

IN EVER-WIDENING CIRCLES
FROM THE MINI MART.

THEY CHECK ROAD SIDES,
OPEN FIELDS, CANALS.

NO SIGN OF STACY
OR THE MYSTERIOUS TRUCK.

THE COMMUNITY JOINS IN.

A LOCAL DENTIST HAPPENED TO BE
CLOSE TO THE FAMILY,

HAD GONE LOOKING FOR HER
THAT MORNING.

HE DROVE PAST TWO DUMPSTERS.

Narrator: THERE,
IN THE BLOOD-SOAKED SNOW --

STACY.

SHE'S DEAD, SHOT MULTIPLE TIMES.

THE SUN WAS WARMING UP,
AND THE SNOW WAS MELTING,

AND THE CRIME SCENE
WAS DISAPPEARING.

Narrator: DETECTIVES NOTE
TRUCK-TIRE TRACKS

AND TWO SETS OF FOOTPRINTS
PRESSED INTO THE SNOW.

Jackson: THERE WERE
SHELL CASINGS THAT WERE FOUND

THAT WERE.38-CALIBER.

Narrator:
THEY'RE FROM A REVOLVER,
WHICH DOESN'T EJECT CASINGS.

THERE'S MORE.

[ CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS ]
Moss: THERE WAS A HAIR.

IT WAS AN 18-INCH-LONG HAIR
ON HER SWEATER.

THE HAIR
HAD A LITTLE CURVE IN IT.

Narrator:
IT DOESN'T MATCH STACY'S.

COULD IT BE THE KILLER'S?

DETECTIVES ALSO NOTE
WHAT THEY DON'T FIND.

HER WATCH WAS MISSING.

MANY CRIMINALS TAKE SOUVENIRS SO
THEY CAN REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED.

Narrator:
BLACKFOOT POLICE BELIEVE
AN ASSAULT STARTED IN THE TRUCK.

COME HERE.
COME HERE.

Moss: STACY WOULD FIGHT
BEFORE SHE WOULD LET SOMEBODY

SEXUALLY TAKE LIBERTIES
WITH HER.

SHE WAS OF THAT NATURE.

SHE WOULD NOT GIVE IN
VOLUNTARILY.

[ WHIMPERS ]

Narrator:
IT APPEARS, AS SHE RAN,

HER ATTACKER MISSED
WITH SEVERAL SHOTS

UNTIL ONE HIT HER IN THE ARM.

[ GUNSHOTS ]

THE KILLER DUMPED THE CASINGS
WHILE RELOADING.

I THINK
SHE HAD GOTTEN DOWN TO HIDE.

[ WHIMPERS ]

I THINK
THAT HE WENT UP AND...

[GUNSHOT]

...SHOT HER FROM CLOSE RANGE.

THE WOUNDS THAT STACY HAD
WAS NOT IMMEDIATELY FATAL.

Rodriguez:
AND THEN HE LEAVES HER.

THIS IS COLD AT NIGHT,
OF COURSE. THIS WAS THE WINTER.

[ ENGINE TURNS OVER ]

THE SADISTIC PART OF THIS
WAS THAT HE LEFT HER TO DIE.

I WONDER WHAT STACY
WAS THINKING, LAYING THERE.

"WHY DOESN'T SOMEBODY
COME HELP?"

KNOWING
THAT THERE'S NOBODY THERE.

Moss: THERE'S THE MYSTERY
OF WHO DID THIS.

WHO DID THIS BRUTAL THING
TO THIS BEAUTIFUL YOUNG LADY?

Rodriguez: IS IT MONEY?
IS IT DRUG RELATED?

IS IT ALCOHOL RELATED?
OR IS IT SEXUAL RELATED?

Anderson: I WAS JUST WONDERING
HOW? WHO? I HAD NO IDEA.

I COULDN'T THINK OF A SOUL
THAT WOULD HAVE DONE THAT.

AND I THOUGHT, "HOW COULD THEY
HAVE GOTTEN AWAY WITH IT?"

SHE'S SO TOUGH. SHE WOULD HAVE
FOUGHT LIKE NO OTHER."

JUST NO WAY
THAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED.

Narrator: DETECTIVES DEVELOP
THEIR FIRST GOOD SUSPECT

WHEN ANOTHER CLERK
AT STACY'S STORE

TELLS THEM ABOUT A FREQUENT
CUSTOMER, ERIC WHITNEY.

HI. HOW ARE YOU?

OH, PRETTY GOOD
NOW I'VE SEEN YOU TODAY.

WELL, THAT'S GOOD.

WE'RE GLAD TO SEE YOU.
[ CHUCKLES AWKWARDLY ]

Jackson: HE WOULD GO IN.
AND SHE WAS FRIENDLY TO HIM.

HE WAS THE KIND OF PERSON

THAT DIDN'T COMMUNICATE
VERY WELL WITH WOMEN.

CAN I HELP YOU
WITH ANYTHING?

YEAH, ACTUALLY,
I WAS WONDERING

IF YOU'D LIKE TO GO OUT
WITH ME SOMETIME.

OH, UM...
I'M MARRIED.

WHAT YOUR HUSBAND DON'T KNOW
WON'T HURT HIM.

NO. I'M SORRY. NO.
I ACTUALLY WON'T.

[ POUNDS COUNTERTOP ]

Jackson: HE WAS A PERSON
THAT HAD A HOT TEMPER

THAT WAS PHYSICALLY CAPABLE
OF BEING VIOLENT.

Narrator:
POLICE TRACK HIM DOWN.

Jackson: WHEN WE TALKED TO HIM,
HE HAD SCRATCHES ON HIS FACE.

AND THEY ALMOST LOOKED
LIKE FINGERNAIL SCRATCHES.

WE WERE LOOKING AT A VICTIM
THAT WOULD HAVE FOUGHT BACK.

Narrator:
THEY ASK WHITNEY IF HE HAS ANY
THEORIES ABOUT STACY'S MURDER.

IT'S A TACTIC

THAT SOMETIMES GETS EGO-DRIVEN
KILLERS TO GIVE THEMSELVES UP.

AND SOME OF THE THINGS
THAT HE SAID

WAS PRETTY CLOSE
TO WHAT REALLY HAPPENED.

Narrator: HAD WHITNEY SLIPPED IN
FROM THE IDAHO COLD,

GRABBED AN INNOCENT YOUNG WOMAN,

AND MURDERED HER
JUST BECAUSE HE COULD?

THAT MAKES HIM VERY DANGEROUS.

THAT MEANS HE'S KILLING JUST
FOR THE PLEASURE OF KILLING.

[ WIND HOWLING ]

[ WIND HOWLING ]

Narrator: ON THE EDGE
OF IDAHO'S SNAKE RIVER

IN THE CHILLING WINTER AIR,

BLACKFOOT POLICE INVESTIGATE
THE MERCILESS SLAYING

OF 21-YEAR-OLD STORE CLERK
STACY LARSON.

ANYTIME YOU HAVE A MURDER, IT'S
BRUTAL AND IT'S VERY UPSETTING.

THIS IS GONNA BE SOMETHING

THAT'S GONNA TOUCH
THE LIVES OF A LOT OF PEOPLE.

Narrator:
SUSPECT ERIC WHITNEY HAS
A HISTORY OF A VIOLENT TEMPER.

BUT HE CLAIMS
HE WAS AT WORK THAT NIGHT.

WHEN DETECTIVES CHECK HIS
TIME CARD, THEY SEE IT'S TRUE.

HE WAS THERE UNTIL
LONG AFTER STACY WAS KILLED.

ERIC WHITNEY DIDN'T DO IT.

SO, WHO DID?

INVESTIGATORS HAVE NO WITNESSES,
NO LEADS ON THE TRUCK.

WE WERE LOOKING FOR A BAD
PERSON. HE'S A VERY BAD PERSON.

Jackson:
WE ALWAYS HAD THE FEELING

THAT THIS PERSON
WOULD PROBABLY DO IT AGAIN.

Narrator: 16 DAYS LATER AND
30 MILES NORTH IN IDAHO FALLS...

...23-YEAR-OLD NOLAN HADDON

WORKS HIS SHIFT
AT A CONVENIENCE STORE.

ON THE NIGHT OF MARCH 16th,
HE GETS A SURPRISE VISITOR.

[ POUNDS COUNTERTOP ]
HEY!

[ LAUGHS ]

OH, MAN, YOU JUMPED.

HEY, BROTHER.
HOW YOU DOING?

I'M DOING ALL RIGHT.

FOR SOME UNKNOWN REASON,
I DROVE ACROSS TOWN.

NEVER BEEN TO THE STORE
IN MY LIFE.

NEVER KNEW WHERE IT WAS
FOR CERTAIN.

AND I JUST --
I DROVE RIGHT TO IT.

Julie:
HE LIKED THE JOB VERY MUCH.

HE THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE
A GREAT OPPORTUNITY

FOR A LITTLE SPENDING MONEY.

Clay:
NOLAN WAS GOING TO SCHOOL TO
BECOME A RADIATION TECHNICIAN.

AND HE WAS
JUST ABOUT TO GRADUATE.

HE WAS ON HIS FINAL SEMESTER.

YOU WON'T HAVE ANYTHING
I CAN TAKE BACK WITH ME,
SOME COFFEE OR SOMETHING?

NO!
COME ON. IT'S COLD OUT THERE.

NO.

YOU KNOW, HE WAS HAPPY-GO-LUCKY.
WE WERE LAUGHING, JOKING.

AND I GUESS I LEFT THE STORE

AROUND MAYBE 10:30
AT THE LATEST.

EVERYTHING WAS NORMAL.

Narrator:
IT'S THE LAST NORMAL NIGHT THE
HADDON FAMILY WILL EVER HAVE.

A LITTLE BEFORE 6:00 A.M.
THE NEXT DAY,

THE CLERK ON THE MORNING SHIFT
ARRIVES TO OPEN UP.

HELLO?

BUT SOMETHING'S NOT RIGHT.

HELLO? ANYONE HERE?

THE FRONT DOOR
WAS LEFT UNLOCKED.

Narrator:
NOLAN SHOULD HAVE LOCKED IT
WHEN HE CLOSED LAST NIGHT.

Shaw: THE TELEPHONE
WAS NOT ON THE HOOK,

AND IT WAS LEFT HANGING,
DANGLING.

HELLO?
CASH REGISTER WAS OPEN.

AND THERE WAS BLOODY FOOTPRINTS.

AND SO SHE CALLED HER BOSS
FROM INSIDE THE STORE.

AND THEN HE CAME OVER.

OH, MY GOD.
GOD!

Narrator:
IT'S NOLAN IN A POOL OF BLOOD.

HE HAS A PULSE. HURRY UP.
CALL 911.

HURRY UP.

HE WAS SUFFERING FROM LOSS
OF BLOOD AND HYPOTHERMIA.

THE OWNER TRIED TO HELP

WITH PREVENTING
MORE BLOOD FROM BEING LOST

AND CALLED 911,
DID EVERYTHING THAT HE COULD,

TRYING TO SAVE NOLAN.

Moss:
THERE WAS STILL SOME LIFE THERE.

AND SO THEY GET HIM TO THE
HOSPITAL AS FAST AS THEY CAN.

[ SIREN WAILS ]

Narrator: E.R. DOCTORS SEE NOLAN
HAS BEEN SHOT SEVERAL TIMES.

WHILE THE DOCTORS DO THEIR WORK,

IDAHO FALLS DETECTIVES
DO THEIRS.

I JUST BEGAN WORKING MY WAY FROM
THE OUTSIDE IN TO FIND CLUES.

AND I LIFTED 149 FINGERPRINTS
OUT OF THERE.

Narrator:
NOT A LOT FOR A BUSY STORE,
BUT A CHALLENGING NUMBER TO I.D.

[ CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS ]

THEY PHOTOGRAPH THE BLOODY
PRINTS, LIKELY FROM BOOTS.

Shaw:
THE OWNER TOLD US THAT

MISSING WAS AROUND $116
OUT OF THE CASH REGISTER

AND NUMEROUS CIGARETTES
AND NUMEROUS LIGHTERS.

THAT WAS ABOUT ALL THEY
COULD DETERMINE THAT WAS TAKEN

AT THAT TIME.

Narrator:
NOT TAKEN -- MORE THAN $1,900.

THE ATTACKER SHOT HIM
FOR THE THRILL OF IT.

THE MONEY WAS STILL IN THE SAFE.

AND THE SAFE WAS OPEN.
IT WASN'T LOCKED.

Narrator: IN THE COOLER...

Shaw: THERE WAS FIVE BULLETS
SHOT IN THERE.

WE WERE ABLE TO RECOVER

SOME OF THE SLUGS
THAT HAD MISSED THE VICTIM.

Narrator:
THEY'RE.38-CALIBER.

THEY WERE IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE.

WE HAD A GOOD LOOK AT BULLETS
RIGHT OFF THE BAT,

AND IT WAS FEDERAL LEAD
HOLLOW BASE BULLET.

Narrator:
NEARBY, CURIOUS CLUES.

PARTIALLY BURNT PAPER BAGS
AND A LIGHTER.

THERE'S NO SECURITY CAMERA,

SO INVESTIGATORS

BEGIN CANVASSING THE AREA
FOR WITNESSES.

THEY ALSO HAVE TO NOTIFY
NOLAN'S FAMILY.

Julie: WE GOT A PHONE CALL
VERY EARLY IN THE MORNING

THAT HE HAD BEEN SHOT.

AND HE SAID, "THIS LOOKS BAD."

WE HEARD,
"WELL, HE'S BEEN SHOT."

WELL, YOU DON'T KNOW
HOW BAD OR ANYTHING.

I WAS DEFINITELY IN SHOCK.
I WAS SO CONFUSED.

I KNEW RIGHT WHERE THE HOSPITAL
WAS, BUT I COULDN'T FIND IT.

I DON'T KNOW
HOW TO REALLY EXPLAIN.

JUST SHOCK, CONFUSION.

Narrator: WHILE NOLAN
UNDERGOES EMERGENCY SURGERY,

ALL THE FAMILY CAN DO
IS WAIT AND REMEMBER.

Clay:
NOLAN WAS A VERY ACTIVE PERSON.

HE WAS ALWAYS FUN WITH FRIENDS,
DOING THINGS, YOU KNOW?

HE'D TAKE OFF AND GO
TO WEST YELLOWSTONE

OR FISHING OR HUNTING.

Julie: HE WAS THE YOUNGEST
OF OUR THREE BOYS,

AND HE WAS A VERY EASY CHILD.

VERY FRIENDLY.

Narrator: IT'S NOT JUST FAMILY
THINKING ABOUT THE YOUNG MAN.

Shaw: NOLAN WAS
A GOOD EMPLOYEE, WELL LIKED.

I HAD BEEN IN THERE A FEW TIMES
AS A CUSTOMER,

AND HE WAS ALWAYS VERY NICE.

Narrator:
THE DETECTIVE'S DAUGHTER
WAS EVEN MORE OF A REGULAR.

Julie: DETECTIVE SHAW'S DAUGHTER
WAS A NURSE AT THE HOSPITAL,

AND SHE CAME IN EVERY NIGHT
ABOUT 9:00, 9:30

AND GOT AN APPLE
AND, I BELIEVE, A DRINK.

SO HE HAD THEM OUT FOR HER.

Narrator: NOW NOLAN
IS BARELY CLINGING TO LIFE.

Shaw: WE WERE ALL HOPING
THAT NOLAN WOULD PULL THROUGH

AND THAT WE'D BE ABLE TO CATCH
THE PERSON THAT DID IT QUICKLY

AND THAT NOLAN WOULD BE ABLE
TO ASSIST US IN DOING THAT.

Narrator: WHILE DOCTORS
STRUGGLE TO SAVE NOLAN,

POLICE TRY TO PIECE TOGETHER
HOW IT ALL WENT DOWN.

Shaw: THE CASH REGISTER -- EACH
TRANSACTION HAS A TIME BY IT.

AND SO WE WERE ABLE TO GO
THROUGH THE TRANSACTIONS.

Narrator: THE LAST CUSTOMER
WAS AT 10:17 P.M.

THE SHOOTER LIKELY SLIPPED IN
AROUND THE 11:00 CLOSING TIME.

NOLAN WAS TAKEN INTO THE COOLER,
TOLD TO KNEEL DOWN.

AND HE WAS SHOT.

FIVE TIMES IN EXECUTION STYLE.

Narrator:
PROBABLY WITH A.38 REVOLVER,
WHICH DOESN'T EJECT CASINGS --

EXACTLY LIKE THE WEAPON USED
IN STACY LARSON'S SLAYING.

NOLAN DIDN'T GIVE UP.

ONE OF THE BULLETS
HAD SEVERED HIS SPINE,

SO HE WAS UNABLE TO GET OUT
OF THE COOLER.

THERE'S BAGS IN THERE,
GROCERY BAGS.

HE WAS ABLE TO LIGHT A FIRE
TO KEEP HIMSELF WARM.

WE FOUND OUT THAT HE'D BEEN IN
THERE ALMOST EIGHT HOURS

BEFORE HE WAS DISCOVERED.

[ MONITOR BEEPING ]

WE WANT TO SAVE LIFE,
NUMBER ONE, FIRST AND FOREMOST.

BUT AS AN INVESTIGATOR,
I WANT A WITNESS.

Narrator:
AND THEY NEED TO KNOW

IF IT WAS THE SAME SHOOTER
WHO HAD ATTACKED STACY --

THE SHADOWY MAN WITH LONG HAIR.

THEY'RE BOTH CONVENIENCE STORES.
THEY'RE BOTH THE LATE SHIFT.

THEY WERE BOTH SHOT
WITH THE SAME CALIBER WEAPON.

WE WANTED TO COMPARE
BECAUSE BOTH WERE A.38.

AND SO, WE DID SEND THE BULLETS

TO THE BALLISTICS PEOPLE
AT THE IDAHO CRIME LAB,

AND THEY MATCHED.

Narrator:
DEFINITELY THE SAME SHOOTER.

Clay:
EVERYBODY BECOMES A SUSPECT.

EVERYBODY YOU SEE --

SOMEBODY DRIVES BY YOUR HOUSE,
"ARE YOU THE ONE?"

YOU KNOW?
"ARE YOU THE ONE?"

Narrator: THE ONLY PEOPLE
WHO CAN ANSWER THAT

ARE THE SHOOTER
AND NOLAN HADDON,

WHO'S STILL STRUGGLING
TO SURVIVE.

[ WIND HOWLING ]

[ WIND HOWLING ]

Narrator:
IDAHO POLICE HUNT A PREDATOR

WHO MURDERED ONE STORE CLERK,
STACY LARSON, IN BLACKFOOT,

AND SHOT ANOTHER, NOLAN HADDON,

NEARLY THREE WEEKS LATER
IN IDAHO FALLS.

Menser: THEY BOTH HAPPENED
AT CONVENIENCE STORES.

THEY WERE BOTH SHOT.

BUT THE SECOND ONE WAS MALE,
NOT FEMALE.

AND SO YOU'VE GOT
YOUR SIMILARITIES

AND THEN YOU'VE GOT
YOUR DIFFERENCES.

Narrator:
STACY WAS SEXUALLY ASSAULTED.

WHY GO AFTER NOLAN?

THERE WAS A LADY

THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE WORKING
THAT NIGHT,

AND NOLAN HAD CHANGED SHIFTS
WITH HER.

AND SO, I BELIEVE,

THAT THE PERPETRATOR
HAD BEEN STAKING THE PLACE OUT

AND KNEW THAT
THAT LADY WOULD BE WORKING.

BUT NOLAN WAS THERE,
TAKING THAT LADY'S PLACE.

Narrator: PERHAPS,
WHEN THE ATTACKER SAW NOLAN,

HE DECIDED TO SHOOT HIM
FOR THE SICK PLEASURE OF IT.

[ GUNSHOT ]

NOW THE YOUNG CLERK
IS IN INTENSIVE CARE.

[ MONITOR BEEPING ]

BUT SADLY,
JUST LIKE STACY LARSON...

[FLATLINE]
...NOLAN HADDON DOESN'T MAKE IT.

HIS ACTUAL CAUSE OF DEATH WAS
HYPOTHERMIA AND LOSS OF BLOOD,

WHICH WE ALL FELT
REALLY BAD ABOUT

'CAUSE IF WE
COULD HAVE GOT TO HIM QUICKER,

HE MAY HAVE SURVIVED.

Julie:
THE DOCTOR CAME AND TOLD US.

I THINK I WAS SORT OF IN SHOCK.

I DON'T KNOW
THAT I REACTED AT ALL.

MY HUSBAND GOT UP
AND PUNCHED A HOLE IN THE WALL.

I REMEMBER FINDING MY PARENTS.

AND WE WALKED INTO A ROOM
WHERE HE WAS.

HE WAS LAYING THERE ON THE TABLE

AND...
HAD FIVE BULLET HOLES IN HIM.

AND THE HARDEST PART
WAS WATCHING MY FOLKS

TRY TO BRING THAT KID
BACK TO LIFE. YEAH.

THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN
THE ROUGHEST FOR ME.

Julie: WELL, YOU CAN'T IMAGINE
SOMEONE TAKING SOMEONE'S LIFE

JUST FOR A FEW CIGARETTES
AND A LITTLE MONEY.

IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT
FOR ANY OF US TO COMPREHEND.

I NEVER DREAMED
WE'D HAVE MURDER IN OUR FAMILY.

I GUESS I EXPECTED THE WHOLE
WORLD TO STOP, AND IT DIDN'T.

IT REALLY DIDN'T.

Narrator:
CLAY'S ONE COMFORT --

HIS UNEXPECTED VISIT
TO THE STORE THAT NIGHT

GAVE HIM ONE LAST CHANCE TO SEE
HIS BROTHER ALIVE AND HAPPY.

Clay: THEY SAY
THINGS HAPPEN FOR A REASON.

I'VE LEARNED IN MY LIFE,
THAT IS VERY TRUE.

IT IS VERY TRUE.

HEARING THE WHOLE STORY
ABOUT NOLAN WAS UNBELIEVABLE.

HERE I'D JUST GONE THROUGH ONE,
AND THEN THERE'S ANOTHER ONE,

AND HOW COULD THIS POSSIBLY
HAPPEN TO PEOPLE THAT I KNOW?

YOU JUST WONDER,
"IS IT GONNA STOP?

IS THERE MORE?
WHAT'S GONNA BE NEXT?"

Menser: YOUR IMAGINATION CAN RUN
WILD IN A CLIMATE LIKE THAT.

MEN WERE LIKE,
"IF ANYBODY TRIES THAT WITH ME,

I'M GONNA SHOOT
THAT SON OF A BITCH." YOU KNOW?

BUT WOMEN ARE LIKE, "OH, MY GOD.
THERE'S A MONSTER OUT THERE."

I MEAN,

YOU TALK ABOUT WORST-CASE
AND WORST-NIGHTMARE SCENARIOS.

ALL THE INVESTIGATORS THERE KNEW

WE HAVE A SERIAL KILLER
GOING HERE.

Menser:
IT WAS JUST A TIME

WHEN THE COMMUNITY HAD TO FACE
CERTAIN THINGS

ABOUT WHERE IT LIVED
AND THE TIMES WE LIVE IN.

BEFORE THESE HOMICIDES,

THERE WERE A LOT OF PEOPLE
WHO MIGHT HAVE SAID,

"WELL, THAT SORT OF THING
WILL NEVER HAPPEN HERE."

AND AFTER THAT,

I DON'T THINK ANYBODY
WAS EVER GONNA SAY THAT AGAIN.

Narrator:
INVESTIGATORS CONTINUE SEARCHING

FOR THE TRUCK
SEEN AT STACY'S ABDUCTION.

IMAGINE 10,000 VEHICLES
IN IDAHO FALLS --

TRYING TO FIND
A PICKUP THAT MATCHES.

THERE'S HUNDREDS OF THEM.

BUT YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH THEM.

Narrator:
AS THEY SCOUR THE AREA,

CALLS POUR IN
FROM FRIGHTENED RESIDENTS.

Menser:
THERE'S PEOPLE WHO ARE GIVING
YOU ALL SORTS OF INFORMATION.

YOU KNOW, "I SAW SOMEBODY.
I THINK IT WAS SO-AND-SO."

THERE'S A TON OF INFORMATION
FLYING AROUND,

AND YOU HAVE TO SIFT THROUGH IT
TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S GOOD

AND WHAT'S JUST SOMEBODY

WHO WANTS TO MAKE A HEADLINE
OR SOMETHING.

Narrator:
MOST LEADS LEAD NOWHERE.

THE ONE PROMISING TIP
COMES IN FROM FIRTH, IDAHO,

HALFWAY BETWEEN BLACKFOOT
AND IDAHO FALLS.

Jackson: WE BECAME AWARE OF A
PERSON WHO WAS BOOKED INTO JAIL

AND HAD TOLD THE JAILER

THAT HE SHOULD BE CHARGED
WITH FIRST-DEGREE MURDER

'CAUSE HE HAD KILLED SOMEONE.

Narrator: HE KNOWS SEVERAL
DETAILS OF STACY'S MURDER

POLICE WITHHELD FROM THE PUBLIC.

HE SAYS HE TOOK HER FROM
THE STORE OUT INTO THE WOODS

AND SHOT HER IN THE BACK
WITH A.38.

Jackson:
AND SO, AT THAT TIME,

WE THOUGHT WE MIGHT HAVE THE
PERSON THAT HAD KILLED STACY.

Narrator:
HOPING TO CEMENT THE CASE,

TECHS COLLECT HAIR SAMPLES
AND SHOEPRINTS

TO COMPARE TO THE ONES
FROM THE CRIME SCENE.

NONE MATCH.

UNDER PRESSURE, THE MAN
FINALLY ADMITS IT WAS ALL A LIE.

HE WAS ANGRY AT BEING ARRESTED

ON WHAT HE THOUGHT
WERE BUM CHARGES.

SO HE FALSELY CONFESSED JUST
TO WASTE INVESTIGATORS' TIME.

Jackson: HE RECANTED THE STORY
AND HAD ALIBIS.

SO WE COULD ELIMINATE HIM
AS A SUSPECT.

Narrator: MORE TIME LOST
AND NONE TO SPARE.

Jackson: EVERYTHING STOPPED
IN OUR PERSONAL LIVES,

AND WE WERE WORKING ON THIS CASE
WITH NOTHING ELSE IN MIND.

Menser:
IN A TOWN LIKE THIS,

SOMETHING THAT SENSATIONAL,
SOMETHING THAT TERRIFYING --

PEOPLE ARE TALKING
ABOUT NOTHING BUT THIS.

IT WAS THE SUBJECT

IN THE STORES, IN THE CHURCHES,
IN THE WORKPLACE.

I WAS TALKING
WITH A LOCKSMITH FRIEND OF MINE,

AND HE SAYS
HE WENT FROM INSTALLING

ONE OR 2 LOCKS ON HOMES
EVERY WEEK TO 10 OR 20.

[ ENGINE TURNS OVER ]

Shaw: WE ALL FELT THERE WAS
GONNA BE ANOTHER VICTIM SOON.

WE NEEDED TO RESOLVE
THIS THING QUICKLY

SO THAT OTHERS CAN'T BE HARMED.

Menser: BY THAT POINT,

THE POLICE WERE GETTING REALLY,
REALLY RATTLED ABOUT IT, TOO.

THERE WAS JUST
THIS GENERAL DREAD THAT SAYS,

"WHEN'S THIS GONNA HAPPEN AGAIN
AND TO WHO?"

[ CAR DOOR CLOSES ]

[ WIND HOWLING ]

Narrator:
IN IDAHO, A SHADOWY GUNMAN

FIRST KILLS 21-YEAR-OLD
STORE CLERK STACY LARSON,

THEN 23-YEAR-OLD CLERK
NOLAN HADDON.

INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE
HE'S NOT DONE YET.

Shaw:
BASED ON HIS BEHAVIOR,

HE WAS REALLY INTO
THE MURDER PART OF IT

BECAUSE HE DIDN'T HAVE TO MURDER
EITHER ONE OF THEM.

THIS PERSON'S GONNA KEEP
MURDERING. WE KNOW THAT.

Narrator: OFFICERS STAKE OUT
LOCAL CONVENIENCE STORES

AND ASK NEIGHBORING COUNTIES
TO DO THE SAME,

LOOKING FOR A LARGE MAN
WITH LONG HAIR.

IT WAS A PREVENTION MATTER
FOR US.

SO WE HAD SURVEILLANCE ON EVERY
STORE IN BONNEVILLE COUNTY

THAT WERE OPEN AFTER MIDNIGHT.

Jackson: THE OTHER STORE CLERKS
WERE ALL FRIGHTENED.

THIS PERSON
WAS STILL ON THE LOOSE.

THEY DIDN'T KNOW
IF HE COULD COME BACK OR --

YOU KNOW, ALL THE FEARS IN THEIR
MIND AS THEY WORKED ALONE.

Narrator: WHEN NOLAN HADDON
IS LAID TO REST,

INVESTIGATORS DISCRETELY
VIDEOTAPE THE ATTENDEES.

THEY'D ALSO TAPED
STACY LARSON'S FUNERAL.

Shaw:
IN A LOT OF MURDER CASES,

THE PERPETRATORS GO TO THE
FUNERAL OR GO TO THE GRAVESITE.

I WAS GOING TO FILM

EVERYBODY WHO CAME AND WENT
FROM THE FUNERAL

AND ALSO WENT OUT
TO THE CEMETERY

AND DID THE SAME THING
OUT THERE.

Narrator: THEY'RE LOOKING
FOR ANYONE SUSPICIOUS.

BUT NO ONE SEEMS TO STAND OUT.

THEN, ON MARCH 19th,
THE SAME DAY OF NOLAN'S FUNERAL

AND IN THE VERY SAME
SMALL TOWN...

THE IDAHO FALLS
POLICE DEPARTMENT RECEIVED

A REPORT OF A WOMAN MISSING
BY HER HUSBAND.

Narrator:
THE HUSBAND SAYS HIS WIFE,

34-YEAR-OLD SPECIAL-EDUCATION
TEACHER ANDREA TOWNSEND,

WASN'T FEELING WELL THAT MORNING
AND DECIDED NOT TO TEACH.

SHE TOLD HER HUSBAND
SHE WAS GOING TO SCHOOL

TO DROP OFF A LESSON PLAN
AND NEVER CAME HOME.

Rodriguez:
WHEN WE PUT THE PICTURE OF HER
THROUGH THE NEWS MEDIA,

CALLS STARTED COMING IN.

SHE HAD BEEN AT A GROCERY STORE
HERE IN IDAHO FALLS.

AND SHE WAS OBSERVED BY HERSELF.

AND I HESITATED TO CALL IT
A CRIMINAL CASE AT THAT POINT,

BUT WE SURE COULDN'T IGNORE IT,
EITHER.

WE STARTED A SEARCH FOR HER.

Narrator:
POLICE HAVE A HUNCH THIS IS
RELATED TO THE EARLIER MURDERS.

WE COULD NOT IGNORE THAT
SHE COULD HAVE BEEN KIDNAPPED.

THAT, IN ITSELF,
IS SOMEWHAT FRIGHTENING,

BECAUSE, GUESS WHAT.

THE KILLER
MAY HAVE CHANGED HIS M.O.

ANDREA DOES NOT WORK
AT A CONVENIENCE STORE.

SHE'S A SCHOOLTEACHER.

TRYING TO THROW US OFF
BY HIS BEHAVIOR.

THAT IS WHAT'S FRIGHTENING.

Narrator: BUT THIS TIME, THEY'RE
NOT STARTING WITH A BODY.

ANDREA MIGHT STILL HAVE
A CHANCE.

Menser:
EVERYBODY KNEW SOMETHING WAS UP,

AND EVERYBODY KNEW
THERE WAS A GUY OUT THERE.

BUT IT WAS THE THIRD ONE

THAT REALLY MADE IT
INTO THE SENSATION THAT IT WAS.

THE DREAD BECAME PALPABLE THEN.

Jackson: EVERY MINUTE
WAS A CRITICAL MOMENT.

WHEN SOMEBODY IS ABDUCTED,
THE MORE TIME THAT GOES BY,

THE LESS LIKELY IT IS THAT

THAT PERSON
WOULD BE RELEASED UNHARMED.

Narrator:
IN LESS THAN 24 HOURS...

POLICE FIND THE VAN

ABANDONED IN IDAHO FALLS.

Rodriguez:
SO, NOW WE KNOW.

THIS IS A CRIMINAL MATTER

BECAUSE THE VICTIM
IS NOT IN THE VAN.

Moss:
WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS FOUND,

THERE WAS A MAJOR FOCUS ON IT
AND ON WHAT THEY COULD FIND.

THERE WAS LONG HAIR --
LONG BROWN HAIR.

ANDREA HAS SHORT HAIR.

THAT IS NOT HER HAIR.

THEY FOUND HER CHECKBOOK
WHERE SHE'D WRITTEN CHECKS

AND THAT SHE HAD GONE THROUGH
A COUPLE OF BANKS TO GET CASH.

Narrator:
THE CHECKS ADD UP TO 2 GRAND.

IT APPEARS ANDREA'S ABDUCTOR

FORCED HER TO WRITE
AND CASH THEM AT DRIVE-THROUGHS.

[ CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING ]

THEY SEARCH FOR ANYTHING
THAT MIGHT HELP LEAD TO ANDREA.

Rodriguez: THERE WAS
THE SCRAPE MARKS ON THE BUMPERS.

THE UNDERCARRIAGE
HAD BEEN BRUISED BY ROCKS.

THERE WAS GRASS, THE CHEATGRASS

THAT WAS UNDERNEATH
PART OF THE FRAME.

ONE OF OUR DEPUTIES --
WHO IS JUST AMAZING TO ME --

SAW THE CHEATGRASS AND GOES,

"WELL, THAT CHEATGRASS
IS IN THE DESERT."

WELL, WE'VE GOT

HUNDREDS OF MILES OF DESERT
HERE IN IDAHO FALLS.

"BUT NOT LIKE THIS CHEATGRASS.

IT'S USUALLY
ON THE WEST SIDE OF TOWN."

WE SEND OUT DEPUTIES TO THE WEST
SIDE OF IDAHO FALLS, HIGHWAY 20.

BUT THERE'S THOUSANDS OF MILES
OF CHEATGRASS.

ONE OF OUR DEPUTIES SEES THAT
THERE'S A FENCE ALONG THE ROAD.

JUST LIKE SOMEBODY
JUST DROVE OFF THE ROAD,
WENT THROUGH THE FENCE.

WHILE WE ARE SEARCHING
10 FEET APART,

THEY FOUND A STACK OF PAPERS
FROM ANDREA --

PAPERS THAT SHE CORRECTED
FROM HER STUDENTS --

JUST SITTING THERE.

AT THIS POINT THEN,

WE KNEW THAT ANDREA
WAS SOMEWHERE IN THIS AREA.

WE KNOW ANDREA IS THERE.

Narrator:
THEY HOPE THEY CAN SAVE HER

FROM BECOMING
MURDER VICTIM NUMBER THREE.

IT'S AN EERIE FEELING.
WE NEED TO FIND HER RIGHT NOW.

[ WIND HOWLING ]

[ WIND HOWLING ]

Narrator: AFTER THE SLAYINGS OF
STACY LARSON AND NOLAN HADDON,

AUTHORITIES
IN SOUTHEASTERN IDAHO

SCRAMBLE TO FIND ABDUCTED
TEACHER ANDREA TOWNSEND.

Rodriguez: IT'S COLD.

AND THE SHERIFF SAID,
"LET'S STRETCH OUT.

AND WE'RE GONNA WALK
THIS FIELD."

Officer:
HEY, I FOUND HER!

ONE OF THE OFFICERS
FINDS ANDREA, DEAD.

Narrator: SHE'S BEEN SEXUALLY
ASSAULTED AND SHOT NINE TIMES.

IT'S A STORY

TERRIFYINGLY SIMILAR
TO STACY LARSON'S BRUTAL END.

[ WHIMPERING ]
LIKE STACY,

IT LOOKS
LIKE ANDREA TRIED TO ESCAPE,

BUT THE KILLER
FIRED FROM BEHIND.

[ GUNSHOTS ]

HE'S EMPTIED HIS GUN.
SO HE HAD TO STOP AND RELOAD IT.

[ GUNSHOT ]

AND THAT WAS THE FINAL SHOT.

Narrator:
AS WITH STACY, THE KILLER LEFT
AN ACCIDENTAL CALLING CARD.

IT LINKS HIM TO THE CRIME
BEYOND ANY DOUBT.

SHE HAD A HEAD HAIR,
16.5-INCH-LONG HEAD HAIR,

SHOT INTO HER HEART.

SO, THE HAIR FROM THE SHOOTER
WAS EMBEDDED IN HER HEART.

Narrator: HE DID NOT TAKE
EXPENSIVE JEWELRY.

ONCE AGAIN,
THIS WASN'T ABOUT ROBBERY.

THE KILLER
IS MERCILESS AND CONSISTENT.

Rodriguez:
THE SLUG IS.38-CALIBER.

.38 SLUG IN STACY'S,
.38 SLUG IN NOLAN'S,

AND A.38 SLUG IN ANDREA'S.

WE HAVE THE SAME SUSPECT.

Narrator:
OFFICERS CANVASS THE AREA

AND FIND A WITNESS
WITH A CRUCIAL CLUE.

Rodriguez: THE FARMHAND

WHO WORKS HALF A MILE AWAY
FROM WHERE ANDREA WAS LOCATED

HEARD SIX OR SEVEN SHOTS

AND OBSERVED THIS VAN
DRIVING EASTBOUND ON THIS ROAD,

AND SAW
THAT IT WAS HIS COUSIN PAUL.

Narrator: INVESTIGATORS LEARN
PAUL EZRA RHOADES

HAS A LONG CRIMINAL HISTORY
INVOLVING DRUGS, ROBBERY,

AND IS A SUSPECT
IN A BIZARRE, VULGAR ACT

COMMITTED
ON A LINGERIE-SHOP MANNEQUIN

DURING A STORE BREAK-IN.

POLICE BELIVE
HE PERFORMED A SEX ACT ON IT,

THEN SHOT IT WITH A.38.

IN TERMS OF PROFILING BEHAVIOR,

HERE WAS HAVE A MANNEQUIN
THAT'S SEXUALLY ABUSED.

AND I THINK
THAT WAS THE EERIE PART.

NOW HE'S GOING
TO ACTUAL HUMAN BEINGS.

Menser: THIS GUY
WAS OBVIOUSLY PRETTY TWISTED

OUT OF NORMAL PARAMETERS
OF BEHAVIOR, DON'T YOU THINK?

Narrator: DETECTIVES RACE
TO RHOADES' HOME.

HE'S NOT THERE.

HIS MOTHER SAYS
SHE THINKS HE STOLE HER CAR.

Rodriguez: THE THOUGHT IS,

"HE'S GOING TO KILL AGAIN
AND AGAIN UNTIL WE STOP HIM."

SO, NOW WE LIGHT UP THE MEDIA
WITH HIS FACE,

WITH A PICTURE OF HIM,
PAUL EZRA RHOADES, NATIONWIDE.

AND A MASSIVE MANHUNT
IS LOCATING HIM.

Narrator:
THE MEDIA BLITZ WORKS.

WHEN A TRUCKER THINKS
HE SPOTS THE FUGITIVE,

HE REPORTS
A HUGE MAN WITH LONG HAIR

STUMBLING OUT OF A CAR
IN NEVADA.

RHOADES MAY HAVE FLED FROM
THE SNOW BUT NOT FROM JUSTICE.

Moss:
THE DRIVER OF THE TRUCK,

HE SAYS HE DROPPED SOMETHING AS
HE WAS GETTING OUT OF THE CAR.

"I SAW HIM DROP SOMETHING."

10-4.

[ SIREN WAILS ]
Narrator: NEVADA POLICE RESPOND.

THE DOOR ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE
WAS STILL STANDING OPEN.

AND LAYING THERE
WAS A.38 REVOLVER.

Rodriguez: THAT'S THE GUN
THAT KILLED ALL THREE.

HE WAS OUR GUY.

AND HERE'S THE ONE THING

THAT WE CAN SHOW
KILLED ALL THREE VICTIMS.

BOY, THAT'S A MAJOR BREAK.

Narrator: NEVADA POLICE CONTINUE
BROADCASTING RHOADES' PICTURE.

ON MARCH 25, 1987,
THEY GET THE CALL.

Rodriguez: THERE WAS
THREE OR FOUR CASINOS THERE,

AND ONE OF THEM CALLED
THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT

AND SAID, "HEY, HE'S HERE."

SO, IT WAS LIKE A MAD RUSH.

TWO UNIFORMED OFFICERS AND
A STATE TROOPER WENT IN THERE,

GOT HIM, AND BROUGHT HIM OUT.

Narrator: HE NEVER EVEN BOTHERED
TO CHANGE HIS CLOTHES.

Shaw: THERE WAS BLOOD ON HIM,
BLOOD ON THE BOOTS,

BLOOD ON HIS PANTS, BLOOD
ON HIS SHIRT -- HUMAN BLOOD.

Narrator:
HIS LONG HAIR MATCHES

THE STRANDS FOUND WITH ANDREA'S
AND STACY'S BODIES.

HE'S CARRYING TWO PACKS OF
CIGARETTES AND FIVE LIGHTERS --

THE SAME BRANDS AS THOSE STOLEN
FROM NOLAN HADDON'S STORE.

WHY DO YOU HAVE
FIVE LIGHTERS?

'CAUSE THEY WERE ON SALE.

THERE'S A WRISTWATCH
IN THE POCKET.

LOOKED LIKE A GIRL'S WATCH.

AND IT WAS STACY'S.

THE WATCH WAS A TROPHY.

HE KEPT THAT FROM THAT VICTIM

'CAUSE HE WAS GONNA REMEMBER HER
FROM THAT WATCH.

THAT'S WHAT THEY DO. THAT'S WHAT
THESE KIND OF KILLERS DO.

Narrator:
AND THEN A BIZARRE CONFESSION.

Shaw: THEN WHEN WE GOT
TO THE POLICE STATION

AND I TOLD HIM
ABOUT THE MURDERS,

AND I TOLD HIM THE ONES
WE WERE --

I NAMED THEM ALL.
I NAMED ALL THREE VICTIMS.

AND HE SAID, "I DID IT."

AND THEN HE PUT HIS HEAD DOWN
AND WENT TO SLEEP.

Narrator: LIKE A TRUE SOCIOPATH
WITH NO CONSCIENCE

OR REMORSE ABOUT
THE THREE HORRIFIC SLAYINGS.

MULTIPLE CHARGES AGAINST RHODES
INCLUDE RAPE,

FIRST-DEGREE KIDNAPPING,
AND FIRST-DEGREE MURDER.

AS THE NEWS SPREADS,

THE IDAHO FALLS
AND BLACKFOOT COMMUNITIES

REALIZE HE'S A LOCAL FIXTURE.

Menser: THERE WAS A LOT OF,
"OH, I'VE SEEN THAT GUY,"

BECAUSE HE WAS PRETTY HARD
TO MISS,

BEING AS BIG AS HE WAS AND
AS MENACING-LOOKING AS HE WAS.

HE WAS DEFINITELY NOT THE TYPE
TO BLEND INTO A CROWD.

Anderson: I SAW HIM
IN THE CONVENIENCE STORE

WHEN I HAD BEEN THERE
VISITING WITH HER.

BUT I DIDN'T THINK
ANYTHING OF IT.

FOR ME, IT JUST SEEMED UNREAL

THAT YOU WOULD HAVE BEEN
IN THE SAME PLACES

AS SOMEONE THAT COULD HAVE DONE
SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

Narrator:
PAUL EZRA RHOADES PLEADS GUILTY
TO KILLING NOLAN HADDON

AND STANDS SEPARATE TRIALS

FOR THE SLAYINGS OF STACY LARSON
AND ANDREA TOWNSEND.

Moss:
IN BONNEVILLE COUNTY,

HE WAS FOUND GUILTY
OF FIRST-DEGREE MURDER.

HE WAS FOUND GUILTY
OF FIRST-DEGREE KIDNAPPING.

IN BINGHAM COUNTY, HE WAS FOUND
GUILTY OF THE VERY SAME THINGS.

THAT'S A SATISFYING FEELING.

IT'S FEELING, "WELL, TILL THIS
POINT, WE'VE DONE ALL RIGHT."

Narrator: HE'S SENTENCED TO LIFE
FOR THE MURDER OF NOLAN HADDON

AND DEATH

FOR THE MURDERS OF STACY LARSON
AND ANDREA TOWNSEND.

I THINK WHAT'S ALWAYS GONNA
BE A MYSTERY ABOUT RHOADES
IS, WHY DID HE DO IT?

THIS WASN'T A CRIME OF PASSION.

THIS WAS MORE A CRIME
OF JUST...COMPULSION.

SOME SWITCH WENT ON IN HIS BRAIN
AND SAID,

"I GOT TO GO OUT
AND KILL SOMEBODY,

AND THEN I'M NOT GONNA BE RIGHT
UNTIL I DO."

Narrator:
ON NOVEMBER 18, 2011,

PAUL EZRA RHOADES IS EXECUTED
BY LETHAL INJECTION.

Jackson: WELL, THE VICTIMS
WERE ALL INNOCENT PEOPLE,

JUST TRYING TO BE HAPPY
AND LIVING THEIR LIVES.

AND NOT ONLY DID HE AFFECT
THE PEOPLE THAT HE KILLED,

BUT THE FAMILIES AND ALL
THE RELATIVES, THOSE PEOPLE --

CHANGED THEIR LIVES FOREVER.