Ice Cold Killers (2012–…): Season 4, Episode 4 - Killer Holiday - full transcript

Narrator:
ONE TERRIBLE WISCONSIN WINTER,

A SINGLE MOM BECOMES PREY.

YOU HAVE A WOMAN
WHO VANISHES INTO THIN AIR.

Man: HEY, HEY, HEY.

THERE WAS TWO GUYS
THAT SHE WAS AFRAID OF.

THE SADDEST DAYS I EVER
HAD IN MY LIFE.

Williamson: I CAN'T EXPLAIN
HOW THE FEELING IS.

IT WAS A NIGHTMARE.

Huber: THIS WAS SUCH
A MYSTERIOUS CASE TO WORK

AND SUCH A MYSTERIOUS THING
TO UNRAVEL.

Narrator: HORROR EMERGES
FROM BENEATH THE SNOW



AND BEGINS TO REVEAL
A TWISTING STORY

OF DECEIT, VIOLENCE,

AND A BITTER TRUTH
NO ONE SAW COMING.

THAT'S PRETTY ICY.

THAT'S PRETTY EVIL.

**

Narrator: IN THE VILLAGE
OF MUKWONAGO, WISCONSIN,

WINTER MEANS MONTHS
OF OPPRESSIVE, ICY COLD.

Huber: WISCONSIN WINTERS
ARE LEGENDARY.

THE WIND CHILL'S DOWN
TO 20, 30, 40 BELOW.

AND SNOWFALLS OF 4 FEET
IS ABOUT OUR AVERAGE.

NOT ONLY CAN THEY BE COLD,
THEY CAN BE LONG.

Narrator:
YET THE WINTER FREEZE
BRINGS NEW BEGINNINGS

FOR 38-YEAR-OLD GAIL MASSET,



A SINGLE MOM
WITH A 20-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER

AND A 16-YEAR-OLD SON.

SHE'S HAD
HER SHARE OF HARDSHIPS.

WHEN GAIL HAD HER CHILD,
SHE HAD TO DROP OUT OF SCHOOL.

AND SHE DID
THE BEST SHE COULD.

YOU WANT
TO COME ON IN?

SHE BASICALLY RAISED
HER TWO CHILDREN, A BOY,

AND A GIRL, ON HER OWN.

SHE WORKED A VARIETY OF JOBS.

ONE JOB SHE LOST
BECAUSE SHE BROKE HER FINGER.

Narrator: NOW SHE'S TURNING
THINGS AROUND.

McBride:
SHE HAD GOTTEN A JOB

AT A LOCAL PLASTICS COMPANY
THAT SHE LIKED A LOT.

AND SHE WAS STUDYING
TO GET HER G.E.D.

AND THAT WOULD'VE ALLOWED
HER TO MOVE UP.

SHE WANTED TO MAKE
HER LIFE BETTER,

GET A BETTER-PAYING JOB.

SHE WANTED TO GIVE
HER CHILDREN MORE.

I WAS JEALOUS 'CAUSE
SHE COULD RAISE THE TWO CHILDREN

BY HERSELF, WORK TWO,
THREE JOBS.

I DON'T KNOW HOW SHE DID IT.

BUT SHE DID IT,
AND SHE DID A GREAT JOB.

Narrator: SHE'S ALSO RECONNECTED
WITH AN OLD BOYFRIEND,

40-YEAR-OLD MIKE O'HAVER.

McBride: I THINK THERE WAS
A DEGREE OF TRUST

THAT GAIL HAD IN MIKE

BECAUSE HE WAS SOMEONE
THAT SHE KNEW SINCE HIGH SCHOOL.

SO THE RELATIONSHIP
RE-ESCALATED VERY FAST.

YOU'RE THE SMARTEST,
PRETTIEST GIRL I KNOW.

[ CHUCKLES ]
THANK YOU.

**

Narrator:
ON NOVEMBER 20th, 2005,

GAIL HEADS FOR A NIGHT OUT.

McBride: MIKE THOUGHT SHE JUST
LEFT TO GO TO THE LOCAL BAR,

PLAY A GAME OF DARTS,
PLAY A GAME OF POOL.

HEY, GAIL?

GAIL?

Narrator: THE NEXT MORNING,
SHE ISN'T HOME,

ALTHOUGH
HER CAR IS STILL OUTSIDE.

McBride: HE KIND OF WONDERS
WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THAT.

HE WASN'T VERY WORRIED AT FIRST.

YOU KNOW, SHE PROBABLY
STAYED OVER AT A FRIEND'S HOUSE.

SHE PROBABLY CAUGHT
A RIDE TO WORK.

Narrator: BUT GAIL DOESN'T
SHOW UP FOR WORK THAT MORNING.

[ RINGING ]

MIKE CALLS HER CELLPHONE.

[ RINGING CONTINUES ]

NO ANSWER.

**

LATER THAT DAY, HE TAKES
A CLOSER LOOK AT HER CAR

AND FINDS A REAL
REASON TO WORRY.

GENERALLY, WOMEN
DON'T GO ANYWHERE,

IN MY EXPERIENCE, WITHOUT
THEIR PURSE OR THEIR CELLPHONE.

WHERE COULD SHE HAVE GONE?

BECAUSE HER CAR WAS LEFT BEHIND,

HER PERSONAL EFFECTS
WERE LEFT BEHIND.

Lecher: GAIL NEVER WENT
ANYWHERE WITHOUT A PHONE.

SHE WAS EITHER
AT WORK OR AT HER MOM'S

OR AT MY HOUSE.

OR, YOU KNOW, SHE WAS NEVER GONE
WHERE NOBODY KNEW WHERE SHE WAS.

I FELT SOMETHING WAS WRONG.

Narrator:
ESPECIALLY WHEN SHE MISSES

HER SECOND DAY AT HER NEW JOB.

AND SHE WOULD HAVE NEVER
MISSED WORK.

THAT'S NOT LIKE HER
AT ALL -- NEVER.

SHE WOULD GO TO WORK SICK.

McBride:
MIKE GOES WITH GAIL'S FATHER

TO THE MUKWONAGO
POLICE DEPARTMENT,

AND THEY FILE
A MISSING PERSONS REPORT.

Schmidt: MISSING ADULTS
CAN BE VERY TRICKY

BECAUSE IF A PERSON
WANTS TO LEAVE

AND DOESN'T WANT TO BE FOUND,
THEY HAVE THAT RIGHT.

HER PARENTS STATED
THAT SHE HAS IN THE PAST

GONE OUT FOR A DAY OR TWO,
AND THEN SHE'LL COME HOME.

SO, UH, WE'D ASSUMED
THAT WAS THE CASE

IN THIS SITUATION.

Narrator: STILL, POLICE
AGREED TO LOOK INTO IT

AND START WITH MIKE.

WOULD YOU TELL US
WHAT HAPPENED THAT NIGHT?

Huber: HE WAS THE LAST PERSON
THAT SHE'D BEEN SEEN WITH.

SHE LIVED WITH HIM.

HE WAS NATURALLY
THE FIRST PERSON

THAT THE POLICE
WOULD LOOK AT TO SAY,

"WELL, WHAT DO YOU KNOW
ABOUT HER WHEREABOUTS?"

Schmidt: MIKE WAS
VERY COOPERATIVE WITH US,

WAS VERY CONCERNED AND WORRIED
ABOUT WHERE SHE WAS.

BECAUSE HE EVEN TOLD US
THAT THIS WAS NOT

LIKE HER TO BE GONE
FOR THIS LONG A PERIOD OF TIME.

Narrator: EVEN THOUGH
IT MIGHT AROUSE SUSPICION,

HE CLUES THEM INTO AN ARGUMENT
THEY HAD THE NIGHT SHE LEFT.

UH, WE GOT INTO
A LITTLE ARGUMENT.

MR. O'HAVER STATED THAT
THEY WERE HAVING A FEW DRINKS.

[ PROJECTOR WHIRRS ]

GAIL WAS GOING
THROUGH HIS PAPERS

AND FOUND A PICTURE
OF AN OLD GIRLFRIEND.

SHE FELT THAT HE WAS
CHEATING ON HER.

WHAT IS THIS?

WHO IS THIS PICTURE OF?
I JUST FOUND IT IN YOUR --

IT'S, UH --
IT'S AN EX-GIRLFRIEND.

WHY DO YOU HAVE THIS PICTURE
OF YOUR EX-GIRLFRIEND?

McBride:
SHE BECAME JEALOUS OF THAT.

YOU KNOW, IT WAS
A FAIRLY ROUTINE ARGUMENT.

- I DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS IN THERE.
- ARE YOU CHEATING ON ME?

- NO.
- ARE YOU GONNA LEAVE ME?

I DIDN'T EVEN
KNOW THAT WAS THERE.

Narrator: UPSET,
SHE CALLED HER DAUGHTER.

[ CELLPHONE RINGING ]

Schmidt: THE DAUGHTER WAS AWAY
IN MILWAUKEE AT THE COLLEGE.

HELLO?

THE DAUGHTER STATED IT WAS
THE THIRD OR FOURTH CALL,

THAT SHE MISSED THE FIRST THREE
BECAUSE SHE WAS SLEEPING.

MOM, NO, I'VE ALREADY
BEEN ASLEEP FOR 2 HOURS NOW.

Gail: SWEETHEART.

CAN YOU COME GET ME?

MIKE AND I
JUST HAD A FIGHT.

McBride: SHE TOLD HER
TO COME AND GET HER.

CAN'T YOU GET GRANDMA
TO COME PICK YOU UP?

BUT THE DAUGHTER
WAS IN MILWAUKEE

AND GAIL WAS IN MUKWONAGO.

AND THOSE ARE PRETTY FAR APART.

IT'S WAY TOO LATE FOR ME TO BE
DRIVING OUT THAT FAR.

Williamson:
SHE SAID THAT SHE WAS TOO TIRED,

JUST CALL GRANDMA.

GRANDMA'S CLOSER --
JUST CALL GRANDMA.

All right,
you're right.

I'M SORRY.

UM, I'LL TALK
TO YOU TOMORROW, OKAY?

ALL RIGHT, I LOVE YOU.
- I LOVE YOU.

- Night.
- BYE.

[ SIGHS ]

**

Narrator:
MIKE EXPLAINS THAT, LATER,

GAIL GOT A PHONE CALL
FROM A COUSIN.

HELLO?

HEY.

Schmidt: THEY MADE PLANS
TO GO OUT DRINKING.

YEAH, I CAN DO THAT.

HE TOLD HER NOT TO DRIVE...

ALL RIGHT, BYE.

...BECAUSE SHE
HAD BEEN DRINKING.

SO HE ASSUMED THAT THE COUSIN
WAS GOING TO COME

AND PICK UP GAIL.

LOOK, I'M GONNA LEAVE.

I'LL BE BACK.

HE SAID THAT HE WENT TO BED.

HE WASN'T GONNA
SIT UP AND ARGUE.

AND HE FIGURED SHE'D JUST
GO OUT, HAVE A FEW DRINKS

AND COME HOME,
AND EVERYTHING WOULD BE FINE.

BECAUSE THIS WASN'T
THE FIRST TIME

THAT THEY'VE ARGUED
ABOUT EX-GIRLFRIENDS.

MIKE WAS DESPERATE TO FIGURE OUT

WHAT HAD HAPPENED
TO HIS GIRLFRIEND.

AND HE WANTED TO BE AS HELPFUL
AS HE COULD IN THAT QUEST.

[ PROJECTOR WHIRRS ]

Narrator: POLICE HOPE
SEARCH AND RESCUE DOGS

CAN PICK UP HER SENT.

Schmidt: WE SEARCHED
THE OUTSIDE OF THE HOUSE

AND THE SURROUNDING AREA.

THERE'S RAILROAD TRACKS
RIGHT BEHIND THEIR HOUSE.

Narrator: THERE -- A HIT.

ONE OF THE, UH, HANDLERS
THOUGHT THAT THEIR DOG

MAY HAVE FOLLOWED A SCENT
ABOUT TWO BLOCKS

NORTH OF THE HOUSE
TO A FEED MILL.

Narrator: POLICE SCRAMBLE
TO SEARCH THE MILL.

IT'S COLD AND BLEAK OUTSIDE,
AND IT'S STARTING TO SNOW.

Narrator: IF SHE'S BEEN THERE
SEVERAL DAYS,

THERE'S NOT MUCH TIME
TO FIND GAIL MASSET ALIVE.

[ DOG BARKS ]

[ WIND HOWLING ]

[ WIND HOWLING ]

Narrator:
MUKWONAGO, WISCONSIN, POLICE

HAVE THEIR FIRST BREAK
IN THEIR SEARCH

FOR MISSING SINGLE MOM
GAIL MASSET,

WHEN SEARCH-AND-RESCUE DOGS
TRACK HER SCENT FROM HER HOME

TO A FEED MILL NOT FAR AWAY.

BUT POLICE FIND NO SIGN OF GAIL,
DEAD OR ALIVE.

AND THE SCENT TRAIL ENDS.

IN THE END, THEY WEREN'T ABLE
TO TURN UP ANY CONCRETE LEADS

AS TO WHERE SHE MIGHT'VE
WENT USING THE DOGS.

Narrator:
GAIL'S BOYFRIEND, MIKE,

OFFERS TO DO ANYTHING
TO HELP POLICE.

WE NEED TO CHECK OUT
THE HOUSE.

Schmidt:
HE LET US SEARCH THE HOUSE.

HE LET US SEARCH HIS VEHICLES.

HE LET US SEARCH

JUST ABOUT ANYTHING
THAT HE OWNED.

WE WERE HOPING TO FIND ANYTHING
THAT COULD HELP US

IN TELLING US WHY SHE WAS GONE.

NOTHING WAS IN DISARRAY,

NO OBVIOUS SIGNS
OF ANY STRUGGLE.

WE WENT THROUGH ALL OF HER
PAPERWORK, ALL OF HER CLOTHING.

CHECK OUT THE JACKET.

WE FOUND PIECES OF PAPER
WITH PHONE NUMBERS ON IT.

SO WE ASKED MIKE
IF WE COULD TAKE THOSE WITH US

SO WE COULD FOLLOW UP AND SEE

IF SHE BEEN HEARD FROM
AT ANY OF THESE PLACES.

IS IT ALL RIGHT
IF WE TAKE THESE?

YEAH, SURE.

I HAVE A PHOTO
AND A LIST OF...

Narrator:
HE ALSO PROVIDES PHOTOS

AND A LIST
OF PLACES SHE MIGHT GO.

Schmidt: MIKE GAVE US SOME BARS
THAT SHE HUNG OUT

IN WEST ALLIS, WISCONSIN.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

Schmidt: SO WE HAD OFFICERS
GO TO WEST ALLIS

TO THE BARS,
CHECK WITH THE BARTENDER,

TOOK HER PICTURE TO SEE IF
SHE HAD BEEN IN THERE RECENTLY.

Narrator: NO ONE HAS SEEN
OR SPOKEN TO GAIL

SINCE SHE VANISHED.

AND DETECTIVES FIND NO ACTIVITY
ON HER CREDIT CARDS

OR BANK ACCOUNTS.

Schmidt: WE ENTERED HER

IN THE NATIONAL CRIME
INFORMATION CENTER

AND ALSO THE WISCONSIN
CRIME INFORMATION BUREAU

AS A MISSING PERSON.

Huber: IT WAS JUST A MYSTERY
TO THE FAMILY

BECAUSE IT WAS NOT
AT ALL LIKE GAIL

TO STAY OUT OF TOUCH
WITH HER CHILDREN

FOR MORE THAN A COUPLE OF DAYS.

Schmidt: WE RECEIVED A CALL
FROM THE MILWAUKEE FBI OFFICE.

WE SENT THEM OUR REPORTS --
"HERE'S EVERYTHING WE'VE DONE.

DID WE MISS SOMETHING?

IS THERE SOMETHING MORE
WE SHOULD DO?"

BECAUSE WE DON'T GET
A LOT OF THESE IN MUKWONAGO.

THEY SAID, "YOU'VE COVERED
ALL THE BASES."

Narrator: FOUR DAYS AFTER GAIL'S
DISAPPEARANCE IS THANKSGIVING.

WHEN THANKSGIVING CAME,
THAT'S WHEN IT HIT ME THAT --

OKAY, TON OF BRICKS HIT ME.

SHE IS MISSING.

'CAUSE SHE DIDN'T CALL THE KIDS.
THAT'S NOT LIKE GAIL AT ALL.

SOMETHING'S WRONG.

SOMETHING HAPPENED TO HER.

Huber: I CAN ONLY IMAGINE WHAT
THAT FAMILY MUST'VE FELT LIKE.

HOLIDAYS ARE SUPPOSED
TO BE JOYOUS OCCASIONS.

I DON'T IMAGINE
IT WAS VERY JOYOUS AT ALL.

AS WORRY INCREASES,

MIKE REACHES OUT
TO THE NEWS MEDIA FOR HELP.

MY NAME IS MIKE O'HAVER.

Williamson:
HE WANTED GAIL TO BE FOUND FAST.

IT'S TAKING TOO LONG.
HE SAID, "WHERE IS SHE?"

HE WAS WORRIED ABOUT HER,
IF SHE'S OKAY.

WE'VE BEEN WORKING
WITH THE POLICE.

McBride:
HE WAS FRONT AND CENTER.

HE WAS THE GUY SEEKING
OUT THE CAMERAS TO SAY,

YOU KNOW,
"I NEED YOUR HELP, COMMUNITY,

TO FIND MY GIRLFRIEND"...

- YEAH.
- GET HIS FACE.

McBride:...TELLING PEOPLE
HOW MUCH HE LOVED HER.

I JUST WANTED TO SAY I LOVE YOU.

AND I MISS YOU.

YOUR FAMILY MISSES YOU.

AND, UH, PLEASE COME HOME.

Narrator: IT KEEPS PEOPLE
TALKING ABOUT THE CASE

BUT DOES NOT SOLVE IT.

AFTER THE FIRST WEEK WENT BY,
AND AGAIN SHE HAD NO CONTACT

WITH HER CHILDREN,
NO CONTACT WITH HER PARENTS,

YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHEN
YOU START THINKING,

"OKAY, THIS IS JUST NOT RIGHT.

I DON'T THINK WE'RE
GONNA FIND GAIL ALIVE."

Narrator: BUT POLICE DON'T SHARE
THAT WITH THE FAMILY.

I'M NOT GONNA DO THAT BECAUSE
YOU WANT THEM TO HAVE HOPE.

Narrator: SEARCHING FOR CLUES
IN HER BACKGROUND,

DETECTIVES DIG DEEPER.

[ PROJECTOR WHIRRING ]

[ INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS ]

Narrator: THEY LEARNED GAIL
WAS A FREE-SPIRITED WOMAN

WHO LOVED RIDING MOTORCYCLES

AND PLAYING POOL
OR DARTS WITH FRIENDS.

SHE WAS A HARD-WORKING PERSON
AND A FUN-LOVING PERSON.

AND A PERSON
THAT WORKED HARD FOR HER KIDS.

- AH!
- OH!

Narrator:
INVESTIGATORS LOOK INTO MIKE.

HE'S BEEN HELPFUL, BUT IS
THERE MORE POLICE DON'T KNOW?

Lecher: HE CARED ABOUT
HER AND HER CHILDREN.

THEY SEEMED HAPPY
AND SMILING TOGETHER

AND JOKING AROUND.

Williamson: HE WAS
HER HIGH SCHOOL SWEETHEART.

AND SHE REALLY LOVED HIM.

Narrator: NOTHING INDICATES
HE DID ANYTHING TO HER.

A FRIEND TELLS POLICE SHE HAS
CONCERNS ABOUT GAIL'S EX.

PEOPLE THOUGHT
THAT THE FATHER OF HER CHILDREN

MIGHT HAVE HAD SOMETHING
TO DO WITH IT.

SHE'D ALWAYS HAVE BRUISES.

[ KNOCK ON DOOR ]
Girl: MOM?

- THEY DIDN'T GET ALONG.
- IS EVERYTHING OKAY?

THEY ALWAYS HAD SHOUTING MATCHES
ON THE PHONE.

I'LL BE OUT IN A MINUTE.

THE POLICE HAD TO LOOK AT,
YOU KNOW, HER EX

AND SEE IF HE COULD POSSIBLY
HAVE DONE SOMETHING TO GAIL.

THE FAMILY, THEY'RE FAMILIAR

WITH THE HISTORY
OF WHAT WENT ON.

WE LOOKED INTO IT,

AND THERE WAS
JUST NOTHING THERE

TO POINT
THE EX-HUSBAND IN OUR DIRECTION.

Narrator:
STILL NO SOLID ANSWERS.

Williamson: I CAN'T EXPLAIN
HOW THE FEELING IS --

THE EMPTINESS, THE LOSS,
THE WORRYING, THE WONDERING.

IT WAS A NIGHTMARE.
IT WAS --

EVERYBODY'S LIFE
STOPPED IN OUR FAMILY.

Narrator: THEN, GAIL'S MOTHER

RECALLS SOMETHING THAT MIGHT
BREAK THE CASE OPEN --

AN INCIDENT THAT TOOK PLACE DAYS
BEFORE SHE VANISHED.

GAIL'S MOTHER, KARYL, TOLD US
THAT GAIL MENTIONED TO HER

THAT THERE WAS TWO GUYS
THAT SHE WAS AFRAID OF.

McBride: SHE FIRST ENCOUNTERED
THESE MEN IN A BAR.

THEY WERE WATCHING HER
AND VERY INTERESTED IN HER,

BUT IN A MENACING WAY.

LIKE, THEY WERE STALKING HER.

Narrator:
WHEN SHE TRIED TO LEAVE...

THINGS GOT REALLY SCARY.

SHE CALLED HER MOM
AND SAID THEY WERE AFTER HER.

McBride: THEY'D FOLLOWED HER
OUT TO HER CAR,

WHICH RAISED THE POSSIBILITY

THAT THEY HAD WRITTEN DOWN
HER LICENSE PLATE

AND COULD'VE FIGURED OUT
WHERE GAIL NOW LIVED.

[ ENGINE STARTS ]
Man: HEY, LADY.

YOU HAVE A WOMAN
WHO VANISHES INTO THIN AIR.

AND SHE'S RECENTLY TOLD
A CLOSE FAMILY MEMBER

THAT SHE'S FRIGHTENED OF PEOPLE

THAT SHE THINKS
ARE STALKING HER.

YOU HAVE TO WONDER
IF THEY DID SOMETHING TO GAIL.

SO THE POLICE REALLY SET OUT
TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT

WHO WERE THESE MEN.

THERE'S AN URGENCY,
BUT WHERE DO YOU BEGIN LOOKING?

**

[ WIND HOWLING ]

[ WIND HOWLING ]

Narrator:
IN MUKWONAGO, WISCONSIN,

POLICE LEARN TWO MEN STALKED
SINGLE MOM GAIL MASSET

BEFORE SHE VANISHED.

GAIL TOLD HER MOTHER
ABOUT THE MEN, BUT FEW DETAILS.

Schmidt: GAIL'S MOTHER, KARYL,
TOLD US THAT SHE TRIED

TO GET MORE INFORMATION
FROM HER DAUGHTER --

WHERE THEY WERE, WHO THEY WERE,
THOSE KIND OF THINGS.

AND GAIL WOULDN'T TELL HER.

[ PROJECTOR WHIRRING ]

Narrator:
GAIL'S BOYFRIEND, MIKE,

DOESN'T KNOW
ABOUT THE MEN, EITHER.

- WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
- NOTHING.

- DON'T SCARE ME LIKE THAT.
- HONEY, I'M SORRY.

I DIDN'T --
I DIDN'T MEAN TO SCARE YOU.

IT'S JUST --
WHAT'S OUT THERE?

McBride: MAYBE SHE THOUGHT THAT,
YOU KNOW, IT WOULD UPSET HIM

BECAUSE THEY WERE OTHER MEN
OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

SO SHE REALLY ONLY
TOLD HER MOTHER.

MIKE LATCHED ONTO THIS THEORY
RIGHT AWAY, THOUGH.

AND HE STARTED TO CONSIDER
THIS COULD BE PLAUSIBLE.

**

[ PROJECTOR WHIRRING ]

[ MAN SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY
ON TELEVISION ]

Narrator: HE TELLS FRIENDS

HE CAN BARELY SLEEP
WITH THE NOT KNOWING.

Huber:
I WENT TO TALK TO HIM.

HE WAS WORRIED SICK ABOUT HER.

HE DID TELL ME THAT HE HAD
TROUBLE SLEEPING AT NIGHT

AND WAS WATCHING THE DOOR.

HE SLEPT ON THE COUCH
WAITING FOR HER

TO WALK IN AT A MOMENT'S NOTICE.

McBride: HE WAS REALLY
TRAUMATIZED ABOUT GAIL.

I MEAN, IMAGINE
HOW ANYONE WOULD FEEL

IF THEIR SIGNIFICANT OTHER

ONE NIGHT JUST LITERALLY
WALKED OUT THE DOOR

AND NEVER CAME BACK.

Narrator:
AFTER A WEEK, HE CALLS POLICE

WITH NEW INFORMATION
THAT MIGHT HELP.

Schmidt: MIKE TOLD US THAT THERE
WAS A SUSPICIOUS BLACK TRUCK

DRIVING ON THE STREET
IN FRONT OF THEIR HOUSE.

HE SAID HE NOTICED IT TWO
OR THREE TIMES IN ONE DAY.

AND IT'S DRIVING BY REAL SLOW.

Narrator: COULD THEY BE
THE MEN FROM THE BAR?

Schmidt: IF THERE WOULD'VE
BEEN SOMETHING MORE

TO GIVE US A BETTER DESCRIPTION,

A PARTIAL PLATE NUMBER --
SOMETHING LIKE THAT --

THEN WE COULD ATTEMPT TO LOCATE.

BUT JUST WITH THE BASIC
INFORMATION THAT WE WERE GIVEN,

THERE'S THOUSANDS
OF BLACK TRUCKS

IN THE WISCONSIN AREA.

YOU CAN'T HAVE OFFICERS
STOPPING EVERY BLACK TRUCK.

Narrator: WEEKS PASS
WITH NO NEW DEVELOPMENTS.

I THINK,
IN THE BACK OF YOUR MIND,

YOU ALWAYS FEAR THE WORST
BUT HOPE FOR THE BEST.

Williamson: AFTER A WHILE,
I KIND OF EXPECTED

THAT SHE WASN'T GONNA BE OKAY,

THAT SHE WAS DEAD SOMEWHERE.

THAT SHE WAS GONE.

Schmidt: AS AN INVESTIGATOR,

YOU WANT TO GIVE ANSWERS
TO THE FAMILIES.

IT'S FRUSTRATING WHEN YOU JUST
DON'T HAVE THOSE ANSWERS.

THE FAMILY, I COULD ONLY
IMAGINE THE HELL

THAT THEY'RE GOING THROUGH.

Huber: THEY DIDN'T HAVE
ANYTHING TO GO ON.

AND THAT WAS PART OF WHY

THIS WAS SUCH
A MYSTERIOUS CASE TO WORK

AND SUCH A MYSTERIOUS THING
TO UNRAVEL.

Narrator:
ON JANUARY 10, 2006,

NEARLY TWO MONTHS
AFTER GAIL DISAPPEARED,

FINALLY SOME ANSWERS.

Huber: GUY OUT WALKING HIS DOG
ON A COUNTRY ROAD

ON A TYPICAL WINTER AFTERNOON
IN WISCONSIN.

THE DOG SEES SOMETHING
AND TOOK OFF ON HIM.

Schmidt: APPARENTLY, HIS DOG
RAN OFF THROUGH SOME BRUSH,

DIDN'T COME BACK
WHEN HE CALLED HIM.

SO HE KIND OF WALKED IN
THROUGH THE BRUSH.

Man: DIESEL?

DIESEL, COME HERE.

HEY.

AND AT THAT TIME, HE SAW
WHAT APPEARED TO BE A BODY

LAYING FACE-DOWN IN THE FIELD.

OH, MAN.

COME ON, BUD.
COME ON.

Narrator:
DETECTIVES AND TECHNICIANS
BEGIN PROCESSING THE SCENE.

Schmidt: THE BODY WAS 25 FEET
OR SO OFF OF THE ROADWAY.

McBride: THIS REALLY WAS
SORT OF A MIRACLE

THAT THIS BODY WAS FOUND AT ALL

BECAUSE IT WAS
PRETTY WELL-HIDDEN.

[ WIND RUSHING ]

Narrator: IT'S A WOMAN.

THERE'S NO I.D. ON HER.

Schmidt:
THERE WAS NO GUNSHOT WOUNDS,

NO STAB WOUNDS ON THE BODY --
ANYTHING LIKE THAT --

NO OBVIOUS CAUSE
OF DEATH VISIBLE

ON THE BODY AT THAT TIME.

THERE WAS NOTHING
DISTURBED ON THE GROUND

IN THE AREA OF THE BODY.

THERE WAS NOT
A LARGE AMOUNT OF BLOOD.

SO IT WAS OBVIOUS TO US

THAT THIS PERSON
WAS NOT KILLED THERE.

THIS PERSON
WAS KILLED ELSEWHERE

AND THEN BROUGHT
TO THIS LOCATION.

Narrator:
TECHS COMB THE AREA FOR CLUES,

BUT FIND NOTHING.

Schmidt:
YOU HOPE IT'S NOT THE PERSON

BECAUSE YOU'RE STILL HOPING

THAT YOU'RE GONNA FIND
THIS PERSON ALIVE AND WELL.

AND WE'RE JUST NOT KNOWN
TO BE A DUMPING GROUND

FOR BODIES AROUND HERE.

IN THE PIT OF MY STOMACH,
I KIND OF FIGURED

THAT THIS WOULD PROBABLY BE HER.

WE KNEW THAT SHE HAD
A ROSE TATTOO ON HER SHOULDER.

SMARTEST,
PRETTIEST GIRL I KNOW.

THANK YOU.

AND WE NOTIFIED
THE MEDICAL EXAMINER.

THEY CHECKED, AND THE PERSON

DID HAVE A ROSE TATTOO
ON THEIR SHOULDER.

THEY DID A FINGERPRINT
AND CONFIRMED THAT IT WAS GAIL.

AND MY HEART -- I JUST SANK.

I JUST COULDN'T SAY
NOTHING NO MORE.

THAT'S ONE OF THE WORST PARTS
OF THIS JOB

IS MAKING THE NOTIFICATIONS --

TELLING A LOVED ONE
THAT THEIR LOVED ONE IS DEAD.

THAT'S NOT THE ANSWER
THAT THEY WANTED.

IT'S NOT THE ANSWER
YOU WANTED TO GIVE THEM.

WHEN WE TOLD MIKE
THAT IT WAS POSITIVELY GAIL,

HE BROKE DOWN --

VERY UPSET, VERY EMOTIONAL.

Narrator:
THE AUTOPSY REPORT REVEALS

SEVERE BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA
AND A CRACKED VERTEBRA.

Schmidt: THE HEAD INJURY,
THE MEDICAL EXAMINERS THOUGHT,

WAS FROM SOME TYPE
OF HARD OBJECT,

WHICH COULD'VE BEEN PUNCHING
AND FALLING TO THE FLOOR,

SOMETHING LIKE THAT, OR HIT
OVER THE HEAD WITH SOMETHING.

Huber: THE MEDICAL EXAMINER'S
DEATH CERTIFICATE,

THE CAUSE OF DEATH --
HOMICIDAL VIOLENCE.

JUST THAT PHRASE
IS ENOUGH TO MAKE YOU SHUDDER.

I WORK WITH WORDS, AND I'M AWARE
OF THE POWER OF WORDS.

AND THOSE ARE TWO
OF THE MOST POWERFUL WORDS

I HAVE EVER HEARD ON MY JOB.

AND THAT WAS THE CAUSE
OF DEATH FOR GAIL MASSET.

I WILL NEVER FORGET THAT PHRASE.

Karyl: SHE LOOKED LIKE SHE WAS
IN A HORROR MOVIE.

THAT'S HOW SHE LOOKED.

SHE DIDN'T EVEN LOOK LIKE GAIL.

I FELT VERY EMPTY.

IT WAS LIKE A PART
OF ME IS GONE.

MY SISTER IS GONE.

BUT LET'S JUST BE THANKFUL
THAT SHE WAS FOUND,

BECAUSE A LOT
OF FAMILY OUT THERE

DON'T EVEN FIND
THEIR LOVED ONES.

THE WONDERING
AND THE WORRYING STOPPED.

WE KNEW WHERE SHE WAS.

THEN I THOUGHT, "NOW, WE GOT
TO GET TO THE PART NOW --

WHO DONE IT?"

Schmidt:
WHEN THE BODY'S FOUND,

IT USUALLY
IS MORE QUESTIONS THAN ANSWERS.

WHERE HAS SHE BEEN
SINCE SHE WAS REPORTED MISSING?

WAS SHE IN SOMEBODY'S
BASEMENT TIED UP

OR BEING HELD AGAINST HER WILL

AND THEN LATER KILLED

AND THEN THE BODY
PLACED AT THAT LOCATION?

Narrator: DETECTIVES STILL
HAVE NOTHING CONCRETE

ON THE TWO MEN
WHO HAD STALKED GAIL.

McBride: LOOKING FOR THESE MEN
WAS LIKE A NEEDLE IN A HAYSTACK

BECAUSE THEY REALLY HAD
NOTHING TO GO ON.

THEY DIDN'T EVEN HAVE
A THOROUGH DESCRIPTION

OF WHAT THE MEN LOOKED LIKE.

THEY DIDN'T HAVE THEIR NAMES,
THEIR LICENSE PLATES,

OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

Narrator: FIVE DAYS AFTER
THE BODY'S FOUND,

MIKE O'HAVER
RUSHES INTO THE POLICE STATION

WITH A FRIGHTENING STORY.

HE SAID LATE FRIDAY NIGHT,
SATURDAY MORNING,

HE WAS IN HIS HOUSE --
ABOUT 2:00 A.M.,

SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

HE HEARD A NOISE OUT
IN THE BACKYARD,

LIKE SOMEBODY HIT THE SIDING
ON HIS HOUSE OR SOMETHING.

[ PROJECTOR WHIRRING ]

SO HE GRABBED A FLASHLIGHT,
DECIDED TO GO OUT

AND CHECK IT OUT.

HE SAID THAT,
AS HE CAME AROUND A CORNER,

THE NEXT THING HE KNOWS...

OHH! OHH!

...SOMETHING WAS WRAPPED
AROUND HIS NECK FROM BEHIND.

[ CHOKING ]

Narrator: HE SAYS HE HEARD
THE MAN THREATEN HIM...

HE SAID,
"YOU'RE GONNA GET YOURS NOW."

...BEFORE HE PASSED OUT.

OBVIOUSLY,
AT THIS POINT IN TIME,

THE POLICE HAVE TO WONDER,
"DID THE MAN WHO ATTACKED MIKE

HAVE SOMETHING TO DO
WITH GAIL'S MURDER?"

**

[ WIND HOWLING ]

[ WIND HOWLING ]

Narrator: FIVE DAYS AFTER
THE TRAGIC DISCOVERY

OF GAIL MASSET'S FROZEN REMAINS,

HER BOYFRIEND, MIKE O'HAVER,

TELLS POLICE
HE WAS ALSO ATTACKED.

Schmidt: HE SAID THAT HE
PASSED OUT AFTER A FEW MINUTES.

NEXT THING YOU KNOW, HE WOKE UP.

DOESN'T KNOW HOW LONG
HE WAS OUTSIDE.

HE WOKE UP.
THE GUY WAS GONE.

Man: SO, WHAT TIME DID
ALL THIS HAPPEN?

Narrator: GAIL HAD BEEN
STALKED BY TWO MEN,

BUT MIKE ONLY
SAW ONE THAT NIGHT.

Schmidt:
HEARD ONE MAN'S VOICE.

HE NEVER GOT A LOOK AT HIM,
COULDN'T DESCRIBE HIM.

THOUGHT HE HEARD A LOUD TRUCK
AFTERWARDS,

WHEN HE WAS PASSING OUT.

IT SOUNDED LIKE A PICKUP TRUCK,
AND THEY DROVE OFF.

SO YOU DIDN'T SEE
THE VEHICLE AT ALL?

NO, ALL I KNOW
IS THAT...

McBride: THERE'S THIS PICKUP
TRUCK AND ONE OR TWO MEN

WHO KEEP REAPPEARING
IN THE STORY LINE

IN A MENACING WAY.

THEY FOLLOW GAIL TO HER CAR.

[ ENGINE STARTS ]

SHE'S AFRAID OF THEM.
SHE THINKS THEY'RE STALKING HER.

MIKE SAYS THAT HE HAD
SEEN A TRUCK

WITH TWO MEN IN IT DRIVING
NEAR THE HOUSE.

AND NOW HE'S BEEN
ATTACKED BY A MAN

WHO GETS IN WHAT SOUNDS
LIKE A PICKUP TRUCK.

Narrator:
DETECTIVES INTERVIEW NEIGHBORS,

HOPING SOMEONE GOT MORE DETAILS.

Schmidt: NOBODY ELSE SAW
ANYTHING OR HEARD ANYTHING.

IT'S ALL HOMES IN THE AREA.

THERE'S NO BUSINESSES
WITH SURVEILLANCE

OR ANYTHING AROUND THERE.

SO THERE'S NO VIDEO
THAT WE COULD'VE GOTTEN.

Narrator: MORE THAN A WEEK

AFTER THE DISCOVERY
OF GAIL'S REMAINS,

HER FAMILY HOLDS THE FUNERAL.

Lecher: IT WAS ONE
OF THE SADDEST DAYS

I EVER HAD IN MY LIFE.

I PRETTY MUCH CRIED
THROUGH THE WHOLE THING

'CAUSE IT WAS JUST -- IT JUST --

I COULDN'T BELIEVE SHE WAS GONE.

Narrator:
BUT FOR MIKE, IT'S TOO MUCH.

Woman:
THESE JUST ARRIVED.

McBride: HE SENT FLOWERS,

AND THE FLORAL ARRANGEMENT
HAD A NOTE.

SO PEOPLE FELT THAT, YOU KNOW,
PEOPLE GRIEVE DIFFERENTLY.

AND MIKE WAS JUST TOO UPSET
TO GO TO THE FUNERAL.

HE COULDN'T HANDLE IT.

**

POLICE WANTED ANSWERS
FOR GAIL'S FAMILY.

AND THEY WANTED TO BRING
HER KILLER TO JUSTICE.

AND THEY HAD
THIS REALLY PROMISING LEAD

OF THESE MEN WHO SHE SAID
HAD BEEN STALKING HER.

AND THEY DID EVERYTHING
THAT THEY COULD

TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT
WHO THESE MEN WERE.

Narrator: 13 DAYS AFTER
THE DISCOVERY OF GAIL'S BODY,

MUKWONAGO POLICE FINALLY
GET ANOTHER LEAD TO FOLLOW.

A LOCAL NEWS DEPARTMENT

TURNS OVER AN E-MAIL
THEY RECEIVED.

Schmidt: THE E-MAIL WRITER
STATED THAT HE AND HIS FRIEND,

WHO DRIVES A BLACK TRUCK...

[ PROJECTOR WHIRRING ]

...WERE DRIVING
DOWN THE STREET IN MUKWONAGO

AND SAW A FEMALE STANDING
BY A CAR IN A DRIVEWAY.

SO THEY STOPPED AND ASKED HER IF
SHE WANTED TO PARTY WITH THEM.

AND SHE SAID, "YEAH"...

- SURE.
- ALL RIGHT.

Schmidt:...AND GOT IN
THE TRUCK BETWEEN THEM.

[ PROJECTOR WHIRRS ]

Narrator:
HE CLAIMS THE WOMAN DIED

IN HIS FRIEND'S HOUSE
AFTER FALLING DOWN THE STAIRS.

Schmidt:
HE SAYS THAT THEY PANICKED,

DECIDED TO PUT THE BODY
IN GARBAGE BAGS AND HIDE IT.

THEY DROVE ON SOME ROADS
FOR A WHILE,

FINALLY FOUND A PLACE,

AND THEY DUMPED HER IN A FIELD.

THE E-MAIL WRITER SAID THAT HE
COULDN'T LIVE WITH IT ANYMORE.

AND HIS FRIEND
NEEDS TO BE FOUND.

BUT HE WOULDN'T GIVE A NAME.

Narrator:
IS THIS ABOUT GAIL?

Schmidt: IT JUST SAID A FEMALE,
BUT BEING DUMPED IN A FIELD

WAS SOMEWHAT CONSISTENT
WITH WHAT WE HAD.

THE BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA
TO THE HEAD, BRUISING,

COULD BE FROM STAIRS --
FALLING DOWN STAIRS, SURE.

SURE.

McBride: AND THEY ENCOUNTERED
HER RIGHT NEXT TO HER CAR,

WHICH FIT THE STORY
THAT SHE WAS HEADED FOR HER CAR

TO GO TO A TAVERN
FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS.

- I NEED SOME SPACE RIGHT NOW.
- WHY?

McBride:
IT ALSO WOULD EXPLAIN

WHY HER PURSE AND HER CELLPHONE
WERE FOUND IN THE CAR

BECAUSE SHE JUST GOT
IN THE TRUCK WITH THESE TWO MEN,

APPARENTLY VOLUNTARILY.

Narrator: THE WRITER
DOESN'T FULLY IDENTIFY HIMSELF,

BUT THAT DOESN'T STOP POLICE.

McBride:
I THINK PEOPLE FORGET THESE DAYS

HOW EASY IT IS TO TRACE
ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION.

THEY DELUDE THEMSELVES
INTO THINKING

THEY MIGHT ACTUALLY BE ABLE
TO STAY ANONYMOUS

AND THAT THE E-MAIL WOULDN'T
BE TRACED BACK TO THEM.

Schmidt:
THE IP ADDRESS WAS TRACED

DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET
AND TWO HOUSES TO THE NORTH

OF WHERE MIKE AND GAIL LIVE.

Narrator: THAT HOUSE IS OWNED

BY A MAN NAMED
SEBASTIAN DOUGLAS.

YOU'RE GONNA BE LATE FOR WORK
IF YOU DON'T GET GOING.

HE HAS A WIFE AND KIDS.

YES, PLEASE.

AND HE IMMEDIATELY
BECOMES THE PRIME SUSPECT.

McBride: HERE'S A MAN
WHO LIVES ACROSS THE STREET

TWO HOUSES DOWN.

HE COULD HAVE BEEN
WATCHING THEIR HOUSE

AND MAYBE DERIVED
AN INTEREST IN HER FROM THAT.

HE COULD'VE EASILY
BEEN THE PERSON

WHO ATTACKED MIKE...

OHH!

...AND STRANGLED HIM.

AND THEN HE COULD'VE
JUST RUN ACROSS THE STREET

AND GONE INTO HIS HOUSE.

THAT'S HOW HE DID IT.

Schmidt: THE RESIDENCE
SEEMED LIKE, YOU KNOW,

JUST YOUR NORMAL
TYPICAL FAMILY OF FOUR,

LIVING ON A SMALL STREET,
WORKING HARD --

HAD A NICE HOUSE.

AND YOU WONDER, "OKAY,
WHO ACTUALLY LIVES HERE?"

**

[ WIND HOWLING ]

[ WIND HOWLING ]

Narrator:
NEWS OUTLETS RECEIVE AN E-MAIL

WITH INSIDE INFORMATION
ON THE GAIL MASSET MURDER

AND TURN IT OVER TO POLICE.

THE FORENSICS UNIT TRACES IT

TO A MAN NAMED
SEBASTIAN DOUGLAS,

WHO LIVES DOWN THE STREET
FROM MIKE AND GAIL.

WE FELT WE WERE GETTING CLOSE.
WE'RE GONNA GET ANSWERS.

WE'RE GONNA
FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED.

Narrator: DETECTIVES RUN
A BACKGROUND CHECK ON DOUGLAS.

YOU'RE GONNA BE LATE FOR WORK
IF YOU DON'T GET GOING.

- OKAY, ALMOST DONE.
- YOU WANT SOME COFFEE?

Schmidt: WE CHECKED OUR LOGS --
WE'VE NEVER BEEN

AT THE RESIDENCE
FOR ANY PROBLEMS BEFORE.

YOU KNOW, IT'S
YOUR TYPICAL AMERICAN FAMILY.

MOM AND DAD WORKED.
KIDS WENT TO SCHOOL.

Narrator: INVESTIGATORS QUESTION
THE ENTIRE DOUGLAS FAMILY.

HAVE A GOOD DAY.

Schmidt: WE EXPLAINED
WHY WE WERE THERE.

THEY WERE VERY COOPERATIVE.

THEY SAID THAT THEY DIDN'T SEND
ANY E-MAIL LIKE THAT.

WE TALKED TO THE KIDS.
NOBODY SENT AN E-MAIL LIKE THAT.

Narrator:
BUT JUST BECAUSE AN E-MAIL
COMES FROM AN IP ADDRESS

DOESN'T MEAN
IT COMES FROM THAT HOUSE.

I WAS IN THE SQUAD
WITH THE FORENSIC UNIT

WITH THEIR LAPTOP.

CHECK OUT...

WE WERE OUT ON GRAND AVENUE.

AT THAT TIME, YOU DIDN'T NEED
A PASSWORD FOR WI-FI.

THEY HAD A CHOICE
OF FIVE INTERNET PROVIDERS

THAT THEY COULD'VE
USED AT THAT POINT.

FIVE WI-FI NETWORKS,
ALL UNSECURED.

Narrator:
ANYONE NEARBY COULD HAVE HOPPED

ON THE WIRELESS NETWORK...

THAT'S HOW HE DID IT.

...LIKE MIKE O'HAVER.

WE GOT HIM.

WHEN THE FORENSIC UNIT
EXPLAINED TO ME HOW IT WORKS,

THAT'S WHEN I REMEMBERED
HE TOLD ME

THAT HE NOW HAD INTERNET SERVICE

BECAUSE HE HAD A DEVICE
THAT CAPTURES WI-FI.

Man:
IS THIS YOUR COMPUTER?

UH, YEAH, IT IS.

McBride:
AND NOW IT'S STARTING TO ADD UP

TO THE POLICE, YOU KNOW?

AND THEY START TO LOOK AT MIKE
IN A NEW LIGHT.

WHAT CAN YOU TELL ME
ABOUT THE E-MAIL

THAT WAS RELEASED
TO THE PRESS?

I DON'T KNOW.

Narrator: POLICE QUESTION HIM
ABOUT THE E-MAIL,

BUT HE DENIES EVERYTHING...

AT FIRST.

WE WERE ABLE TO TRACE IT BACK
TO YOUR LAPTOP.

Schmidt:
WHEN HE FINALLY ADMITTED
THAT HE SENT THE E-MAIL,

HE TOLD US THAT HE DID NOT FEEL

WE WERE DOING ENOUGH TO FIND
THE BLACK TRUCK.

AND HE WAS HOPING THE MEDIA
WOULD FIND THE BLACK TRUCK.

THAT WAS HIS REASON
FOR DOING THAT.

WHOEVER OWNS THAT TRUCK
PROBABLY KILLED GAIL.

I DON'T BELIEVE YOU.

I KNOW THERE'S
MORE TO IT THAN THAT.

COME CLEAN, MIKE.

TELL US
WHAT REALLY HAPPENED.

UH...

ALL RIGHT.

OKAY.

Narrator: AFTER A FEW HOURS
OF INTENSE QUESTIONING,

HE FINALLY BREAKS DOWN.

Schmidt: AGAIN, HE DENIED
ANY INVOLVEMENT IN THE MATTER.

AFTER A PERIOD OF TIME,
HE FINALLY BEGAN TO OPEN UP.

AND I DON'T WANT TO
SAY HE TOLD THE TRUTH.

HE FINALLY TOLD US
THAT SOMETHING DID HAPPEN THERE.

[ PROJECTOR WHIRRING ]

Narrator:
HE SAYS IT REALLY DID START

OVER THE PICTURE
OF HIS EX-GIRLFRIEND.

WHO IS THIS PICTURE OF?
I JUST FOUND IT IN YOUR --

IT'S AN EX-GIRLFRIEND.

Schmidt: AT THAT TIME,
THEY STARTED ARGUING.

AND SHE HIT HIM.

SHE LEFT.

HE STATED THEY ARGUED MORE.

MIKE WENT
AND SLAPPED HER BACK.

YOU'RE NOT LEAVING ME!

Narrator:
GAIL DECIDED TO LEAVE.

[ CELLPHONE RINGING ]

SHE CALLED HER DAUGHTER
TO PICK HER UP.

SWEETHEART, CAN YOU COME GET ME?
MIKE AND I JUST HAD A FIGHT.

McBride:
HER DAUGHTER SAID IT WAS TOO
LONG OF A DRIVE AND TOO LATE.

SO SHE COULDN'T COME
AND GET HER.

BUT GAIL WAS GETTING
HER STUFF TOGETHER,

AND SHE WAS GOING TO LEAVE,
ANYWAY.

[ DOOR CREAKS ]

Williamson:
I BELIEVE SHE WENT IN THE CAR.

[ BEEPS ]

SHE HAD HER PURSE,
HER CELLPHONE --

EVERYTHING WAS IN THE CAR.

GET OUT OF THE CAR.

AND MIKE GRABBED HER
AND TOOK HER OUT OF THE CAR

'CAUSE MIKE DID NOT WANT HER
TO LEAVE.

HE DIDN'T LIKE
ANYBODY LEAVING HIM.

SHE STARTED POKING ME.

Huber: SHE KIND OF STARTED
ACCUSING HIM.

THEN HE PUSHED HER BACK.

AND THEN IT
ESCALATED TO PUNCHING.

[ GRUNTS ]

YOU THINK
YOU CAN LEAVE ME?!

SHE HIT BACK,
'CAUSE, OF COURSE, MY SISTER

WOULD NEVER LET ANYBODY HIT HER
AND GET AWAY WITH IT.

- [ GRUNTS ]
- DON'T!

- I OWN YOU!
- STOP!

Schmidt: AND...

[ GRUNTING ]

[ PANTING ]

[ PROJECTOR WHIRRING ]

I HIT BACK.

Narrator: MIKE CONFESSES
HE PUNCHED GAIL SEVERAL TIMES,

BUT CLAIMS HE REALIZED
WHAT HE WAS DOING AND STOPPED.

EVERYTHING WAS FINE.

SHE SEEMED OKAY.

LIKE, SHE WAS FINE.

Schmidt:
HE SAID THAT, AT THAT POINT,

HE WANTED TO CALL THE POLICE
AND TURN HIMSELF IN.

AND SHE TALKED HIM OUT OF IT,

STATED THAT THEY --
HE TOLD HER HE LOVED HER.

THEY MADE UP.
HE WENT TO BED.

SHE WAS ON THE COUCH SLEEPING.
HE FELL ASLEEP.

WHEN HE WOKE UP IN THE MORNING,
HE WENT OUT IN THE LIVING ROOM.

TRIED TO WAKE HER UP,
AND SHE DIDN'T WAKE UP.

HE SAID SHE WAS DEAD.

SO WHAT DID YOU DO?

[ CELLPHONE RINGING ]

McBride: WHEN HER BODY
WAS LYING IN HIS HALLWAY

AND, YOU KNOW,
WRAPPED IN PLASTIC,

HE CALLED HER CELLPHONE

TO MAKE IT LOOK
LIKE HE WAS LOOKING FOR HER.

THAT'S PRETTY ICY.

THAT'S PRETTY EVIL.

Narrator:
UNDER COVER OF DARKNESS,

HE PUT HER BODY IN THE TRUNK

AND DROVE
TO THE REMOTE DUMPING SPOT.

HE GOT RID OF THE EVIDENCE
THAT HE COULD...

...INCLUDING GAIL'S BODY,
AND THEN...

...PUTS UP THE CHARADE OF THE
CONCERNED, PANICKED BOYFRIEND.

"ANYTHING I CAN DO TO HELP -- "
THAT KIND OF THING.

I JUST WANTED TO SAY I LOVE YOU.

AND, UH, PLEASE COME HOME.

Narrator:
TO THROW POLICE OFF,

HE MADE UP THE STORY
OF THE ATTACK,

THEN HACKED
HIS NEIGHBOR'S WI-FI.

McBride: HE WRITES THIS
ELABORATE, DETAILED E-MAIL

THINKING HE'S OUTSMARTING
THE POLICE.

BUT WHAT HE ENDED UP DOING --
I MEAN, IT'S KARMA --

IS HE GAVE THE POLICE
THE EVIDENCE THEY NEEDED.

THE ACCOUNT MIKE
GAVE TO THE POLICE

OF HOW HE KILLED GAIL
WAS PRETTY SELF-SERVING.

HE TRIED TO MINIMIZE
HIS BEHAVIOR

AND EXAGGERATE HERS.

THERE'S NO EVIDENCE
THAT HE HAD SERIOUS INJURIES

THAT SHE HAD CAUSED TO HIM.

THE EVIDENCE IS THAT HE SNAPPED

AND HE BRUTALLY BEAT HER.

Narrator: AND THEN SPENT
THE HOLIDAYS WITH HER FAMILY.

Huber: MIKE O'HAVER IS AT THE
MASSET HOUSE FOR THANKSGIVING.

HE'S AT THE MASSET HOUSE
FOR CHRISTMAS.

YOU HAVE MIKE THERE
COMMISERATING WITH THEM,

KNOWING ALL ALONG
THAT HE WAS THE REASON

THAT THEY'RE IN SUCH PAIN.

EXCUSE ME.

THAT IS THE COLDEST,

MOST EMOTIONALLY BRUTAL PART
OF IT FOR ME.

I CONSIDER HE'S A SOCIOPATH,

AND I DON'T THINK
HE'S CAPABLE OF FEELING.

Narrator:
ON JUNE 25, 2007,

MIKE O'HAVER IS FOUND GUILTY

OF FIRST-DEGREE
INTENTIONAL HOMICIDE

FOR THE MURDER OF GAIL MASSET.

HE IS SENTENCED TO LIFE
IN PRISON WITHOUT PAROLE.

Lecher: WHEN I SAW HIM
IN THE COURTHOUSE,

WE ACTUALLY LOOKED STRAIGHT
AT EACH OTHER IN THE EYE TO EYE,

AND HE JUST MADE ME SICK.

YOU KNOW, I FIGURED HE WAS GONNA
BE THE ONE TO MAKE GAIL HAPPY.

AND THEN HE TURNS AROUND
AND DOES THIS.

Williamson:
I WILL NEVER FORGIVE HIM.

NEVER.

HE TOOK HER AWAY.
WE'RE NEVER GONNA SEE HER.

IT'S NOT THE SAME.
OUR FAMILY'S NOT THE SAME.

SHE WAS A WONDERFUL WOMAN,

A WONDERFUL MOTHER,

A WONDERFUL SISTER.

SHE WAS JUST A WONDERFUL PERSON.

I MISS HER, THOUGH.

THAT'S ALL I CAN SAY --
I MISS HER A LOT.

Lecher: THE LOSS OF HER JUST
AFFECTED EVERYBODY.

AND, YOU KNOW, AND EVERYBODY
WISHES SHE WAS HERE.

Williamson:
I LOOK AT HER PICTURE EVERY DAY,
WAKE UP EVERY MORNING CRYING.

I JUST --
THEY SAY IT GETS EASIER.

IT GETS HARDER.

EVERY DAY
AND EVERY YEAR GETS HARDER.

IT DOES NOT GET EASY.